Meet Deliqua LaShawn Isom of Flawless Fitness Spa in Smyrna

Today we’d like to introduce you to Deliqua LaShawn Isom.

Deliqua, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
I’m certified personal trainer of 10 years. My story started at the age of 5 years old. I began to be molested by male cousins. One day, I had to use the bathroom and I didn’t want to go. I was dancing around trying not to urinate on myself. My mom asked me what was wrong, why wouldn’t I go to the bathroom. I told her that my cousin was touching me at night. At the time, we stay with my aunt. My mom wanted me to tell my aunt what was happening. I didn’t I used the bathroom and got a whooping because I didn’t tell my aunt that her son was touching me at night. I never told again this went on for years.

Fast forward, we moved. Then, I began to be molested by another male cousin and a female cousin. Now, this happens in two different cities, one cousin in cocoa and the other when we stay in Melbourne, FL. The female cousin wasn’t my biological cousin, she was my baby sister’s cousin.

No, I didn’t tell anyone because I didn’t believe I would be protected. If my mom didn’t protect me at age 5, when I told why would she protect me now? As you could imagine, this puts a strain on our mother-daughter relationship. Growing up, my mother didn’t spare the whoopings, I couldn’t do anything I would get tore out the frame. Many times, she would leave bruises on my body, at times, my auntie would threaten her about calling child protection or taking me themselves.

By age 15, I had become pregnant with my first child my son. By 18 year’s old, I had my second child, my daughter. This wasn’t a healthy relationship, to say the least, it was very abusive physically. During this relationship, I suffered from anxiety attacks because of the stress of life and this relationship. After a physical altercation with her dad, I also tried to commit suicide by trying to overdose on my anxiety pills. I had locked myself in the bathroom… my daughter’s dad got the door open just in time to knocked the bottle out of my hand.

Moving forward, a few years later, I was raped in my 20’s by an ex-boyfriend. Nope, I still didn’t tell. I became pregnant from this and had an abortion. By this time, I just couldn’t see myself with a third child. I was a struggling single parent. Fighting to live life, raise kids, make ends meet and fighting for my identity. I was going to church involved in the ministry. I didn’t want to go through the public shame, judgment and questions either.

I began to cry out and ask God to take the pain away. I would cry every night after putting my kids to bed. Laying on my floor listening to Kirk Franklin “Something about the name Jesus” this went on for years. I would ask God to allow myself to see my true self. My vision of myself as off. No one knew what I was carrying the hurt, pain, unforgiveness years of feeling like no one cared. Asking God ” Why me”?

I began to start working out… God began to start speaking to me to forgive all the people that had violated me and that had hurt me. Then, I had a health scare that would’ve placed me on medication for pretty much all of my life. Although I was working out my eating habits were horrible. Instead of my Dr. at the time telling me to change my eating habits, she prescribed medicine.

One day, my friends and I went to eat. They asked what’s that you’re taking? I told them they snatched the pills and crushed them told me no. They ordered my food making modification to my food lol… thank God for them.

As I continued my healing process from anger, hurt, pain and unforgiveness. God began to show me myself, the beauty that was within me. My true self. I would continue to work out and God would speak and show me things.

Then Flawless Fitness Spa was birth… Flawless Fitness Spa… as a diamond goes through the purification process so that the true clarity of that diamond can be seen. It must go through the heating process to pull out all of the impurities of that diamond so it can become Flawless. So that, it could be placed on display for many people to purchase.

So, God said name your fitness company Flawless Fitness Spa because I know what it is like to go through the fire of life. I had to get all of the hurt, pain, lack of discipline, bad habits, the hate I had for my body how I viewed my body I felt it was nasty all of that had to come out of me. I had to go through the process the heat. It’s not the body, hair, makeup etc that makes me Flawless. It’s how I came out of the process that makes me Flawless… my vision of myself and life was restored. Through the process, I was restored to my original state of being Flawless all of life’s negative things that had violated and penetrated me. I am now flawless… some weight loss isn’t in physical pounds, it could be years of hurt, pain etc..

So, I’ve answered the call of my purpose of life. I’m know teaching others through fitness how they too can become Flawless and get rid of years of baggage, weight loss and mental weight loss. Helping to restore their confidence back in themselves.

So that is the long story short of me, Deliqua Isom.

Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
No, it hasn’t been a smooth road and to be honest it still isn’t. You see, I was a hairstylist for 10 years before becoming a personal trainer. I came kicking, screaming into this. I was comfortable doing hair this was completely out of my comfort zone. I’m naturally shy. Most people don’t believe it but I am. I didn’t feel I was capable of training others, I didn’t feel I had the personality or confidence to do this. I had to totally remove my feelings. God showed me how he had me in preparation for this. At first, I didn’t understand it. As I begin to truly dig deeper in my faith and inside myself I began to see the purpose. My confidence begins to be built. I had to start speaking positive things over myself. People in the past had talk down to me so bad I had to overcome my the words of my own mouth.

Please tell us about Flawless Fitness Spa.
My business is a Fitness Training. I’m a personal trainer and a Life Coach. I provide Personal training, Corporate Fitness Training, Meal Prep service, Online Training programs and Life Coaching. Through fitness, I teach people how to regain control of their life.

I specialize in weight loss physical and mental. I’m known for being able to sculpt and lift those glutes (butt) lol.

I’m proud to be helping others live a healthy lifestyle by giving them effective principles and workouts. To see them reach their goals, physical and personal. It brings me great joy. Building them up one rep at a time. See them do things they never thought they would be able to do or do things they haven’t done since high school. Helping others embrace who they are and to live life unapologetically.

I believe what sets me apart is the ability to see past their physical needs and see what they may need mentally. My love and compassion for people. Truly care and not just see them as a paycheck.

Do you look back particularly fondly on any memories from childhood?
My lord let me think…. probably going to an M.C Shy D concert with one of my older female cousins. She treated like I was her little sister. We both loved to dance back then.

Pricing:

• Personal training sessions range $200 -600 per month
• Online training programs $25 -150 per month
• Call for a fitness center $20

Contact Info:

• Website: Www.flawlessfitness.biz
• Email: MzFlawlessFitness@yahoo.com
• Instagram: @flawless_fitness38
• Facebook: Flawless Fitness Spa
• Twitter: Deliquai
• Other: YouTube Flawless Fitness Spa

Image Credit:
@bigtimeimages, @skydronecinema, @ezazthatphotography, Greg Saunders photography

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