We recently had the chance to connect with Hennessie Martin and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Hennessie, thank you for taking the time to reflect back on your journey with us. I think our readers are in for a real treat. There is so much we can all learn from each other and so thank you again for opening up with us. Let’s get into it: What’s more important to you—intelligence, energy, or integrity?
Integrity is more important. Because if you don’t have a genuine heart, a moral compass, and abide by some sore of ethics, then being smart or of high energy, won’t even matter. It never will matter, either.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
Hey y’all! I’m Hennessie, sole owner of the Humble Pressure brand. What started out as me just pursuing my modeling dreams, over the last couple years I’ve pivoted in my business career. I’m now a published author! I changed the brand name, to where it’s more of an umbrella. Therefore, anything that I decided to venture into, will be under the Humble Pressure brand umbrella, and not just limited to one thing.
Appreciate your sharing that. Let’s talk about your life, growing up and some of topics and learnings around that. What was your earliest memory of feeling powerful?
It’s a crazy story actually! The earliest memory I have of me feeling powerful, like “Yeah this is my moment!” I was a child, and I talked back to my granny. I got in so much trouble! But in the moment I remember mumbling something under my breath, and she was like “what did you say?!” Y’all why did I holler out? “You heard me!” Yeah, it hurt to sit down on my little butt for rest of the night LMAO.
When did you stop hiding your pain and start using it as power?
When I realized that I’m an actual human. Crazy, right? When I realized that I’m actually human, and not some superhuman with immortality and special powers, I was able to realize, like, I don’t have to be “On” all the time, everything doesn’t have to have a timeline, everything doesn’t have to be planned out and perfect. The moment I realized nothing and no one is ever perfect, I was able to stop hiding behind the pain of not being this great superhero for everyone else, and just be. I realized I can just be, and the people who love me for my human abilities, won’t shame me for taking off the super suit sometimes.
So a lot of these questions go deep, but if you are open to it, we’ve got a few more questions that we’d love to get your take on. What’s a belief or project you’re committed to, no matter how long it takes?
Me. I am the biggest project I will ever work on, and it’s a 24/7 constant work, LOL. I want to be able to look back in 2 weeks, in a month, in 6 months, and say “girl you remember when I used to like this, do this, say this, etc?” I don’t believe we as people ever stop growing, mentally, emotionally, or spiritually. There is a constant evolution happening with us, and it’s scary! Because suddenly you realize that what used to make you happy, made you smile, made you feel good, it just doesn’t do it any more. And that’s okay! I love being an active project to myself. It’s like an experiment that I get to watch play out live, LOL.
Thank you so much for all of your openness so far. Maybe we can close with a future oriented question. What will you regret not doing?
Living. I think about it every single day. Sometimes I feel like I am living, but most of the time I feel like I’m just existing. Same old routine, day to day, same pattern, same schedule, same words. It’s boring! Lmao but again it also goes back to me being my biggest project. What will I experiment with next? What will I try that gives me that feeling of “I’m living?” Being free? It sounds like I’m talking about drugs, BUT I’M NOT LMAO. Don’t do drugs, folks! But seriously, I want to be able to wake up and be so excited for what the day has in store. But with that, comes with changing what my days look like. I’m following my dreams part time while working a full time 9-5. I’ve gotta change that around, otherwise I’ll just keep on existing most days, and barely living the other days.
Contact Info:
- Website: humblepressuremodeling@gmail.com
- Instagram: _humblepressure; _humblepressurereads
- Facebook: Humble Pressure Modeling; Humble Pressure Reads
Image Credits
@thevividexperience, Jade Griffin
@chaseportraits, Chase
