In These Streets - Metiya Chique

In These Streets

July 17, 2016

Cap: JD Sports | Top: Misguided | Shorts: Topshop | Skirt: ASOS | Coat: Zara | Boots: ALDO

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Come with me to get our director Mr @tylerperry of

Come with me to get our director Mr @tylerperry of The Six Triple Eight movie and our choreographer the incredible
Ms @therealdebbieallen a thank you card! 💗

We had so many wonderful memories when filming @sixtripleeight_netflix but one of the best things about it was meeting so many diverse and beautiful Black women working as a unit of over 200 everyday right here in UK 🇬🇧

It was so powerful and healing for me particularly having grown up in a small town in Yorkshire as the only Black girl in my school.

We danced, laughed and cried together🥹 And Ms Debbie made sure we marched perfectly together too - guys she does not play when it comes to her craft 🤣❤️

Filming in the freezing UK February weather was definitely a challenge but we encouraged each other and built a
wonderful sisterhood. Because we knew that the women of the 6888th battalion went through the worst conditions and persevered to victory!

It was a double pleasure to film part of this in my university town @universityofbradford and work with the locals again ❤️ We were so honoured to have been part of history! 🫡

#sixtripleeight #6888

My first sermon : Conditions for a miracle LIVEST

My first sermon :
Conditions for a miracle LIVESTREAM

After a year of healing from toxic shame and child

After a year of healing from toxic shame and childhood abuse, in September 2024 I attended Woman Evolve conference in Dallas, Texas🇺🇸and experienced my full breakthrough ⛓️

The week before my flight to Dallas, I had finally confronted and disclosed my abuse to family involved. But it hadn’t really sank in. Everything was happening so fast and I couldn’t quite believe that I was free or what it meant to be free.

It was like the speakers at @womanevolve knew that chains needed to broken and burnt to the ground. From worship with Tasha Cobbs to the messages from Dr Anita Phillips, @sarahjakesroberts and in this clip @sherylbrady there was a POWERFUL repetition and reiteration of God’s UNFAILING love for us.

That God knew us, saw us and he loved us even before he formed the foundations of the earth. That God CHOSE us.

What does it even mean That God chose YOU?

There’s a story of a man named David, you probably know him as King David the great warrior and psalmist🤴🏿

But before he was king, David was just a boy. He was a son, a little brother of 7 and a shepherd of his father’s flock. David was so ordinary that when the prophet Samuel came to anoint the next king of Israel, David’s own father didn’t even think to include him in the lineup😢

Actually the prophet took one look at his older, taller, more handsome brother and wanted to anoint him instead! But God stepped in and said that he doesn’t use the same factors as people when it comes to choosing, he sees the heart ❤️ God had chosen David.

David lived a tumultuous life of incredible highs and direst lows. At one point he was running for his life, tears on a rock for a pillow, fighting alone in the darkest corner with no one to support or encourage him.

But David never gave up because he chose to BELIEVE that God was always with him. David didn’t have looks like AJ, billions in the bank, an MBA or experience in Kingship.

But God chose him for the same reason he chooses you - coz you are his, and he is yours.

When David CHOSE God back, he stepped into his power, his strength and his PURPOSE .

What are you gonna step into in 2025? I can’t wait to see what your YES will unveil 🤗

And then this happened!🙆🏿‍♀️ So it was

And then this happened!🙆🏿‍♀️ So it was January 2023 and I was on a solo trip in Malta bringing in the new year. I was confused and stressed about my life, so I decided to start the year in St Paul’s Bay praying and fasting for God’s guidance.

On the second day of my prayer & fasting I got a text from my old agency saying I should apply for a role they thought would be suitable for me. I ignored it 🫠 Prayer & fasting day 3 I got another text saying I was BOOKED for the same job. 😣

Fast-forward to February and I found myself on the set of The Six Triple Eight film in Cambridge acting alongside Mrs Kerry Washington, under the directorship of Mr @tylerperry and the choreography of @therealdebbieallen !😱

I’ll never forget the moment I got to share a scene with @kerrywashington .It was one of the best moments of my life to sit opposite her and act through the announcement of President Roosevelt’s death ( edited scene) and I felt ALIVE.

The first time I acted in a play was in Reception in Kabwe, Zambia. I was so excited to play Mary but was given the role of a sheep without an audition! I cried all the way home until my mum asked them to give me an audition and they were so shocked that the shy little girl came alive on stage. The following year I played the nightingale in The Nightingale, then Maria in Sound of Music, then Zipporah in Moses and finally finished high school in England with a newspaper article for getting one of the highest GCSE scores in the country in Performing Arts.

My parents thought it would be better off for me to focus on medical school vs drama 🎭 so that’s what I did. I thank God for that because truthfully, it was easier for me to be someone else than to be myself and I might never have learnt to be myself.

15 years later and dream deferred and forgotten, but I guess God never forgot 🥺

It’s no coincidence that this is the movie God chose for me to be in. The Six Triple Eight film tells the true story of the the first and only Women’s Army Corps unit of color to be stationed overseas during World War II. These incredible women faced segregation, discrimination and racism BUT they soldiered on.

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But WHY does he love me? I recall countless sleepl

But WHY does he love me? I recall countless sleepless nights up pondering the thought. WHY does God love me?

So much of the value the world puts on us is based on the benefits or usefulness we contribute to them.

It’s easy to love the successful, wonderful person you appear to be on Instagram, but so many beautiful smiles hide the most broken hearts 💔

Who are we when all the shiny things are taken away?

The most difficult shackle to break during my healing journey was TOXIC shame⛓️ Feeling like it was my fault that the things that happened to me did. And carrying the weight of concealing those things in a bid to change the inner narrative about my value.

How do you learn to love your true self in a world that places brokenness at the bottom of the ladder?

When I opened God’s word in the bible it stated that our value was not based on the things we had - the titles or achievements, the failures, or the hurt of the past.

It said your value is based on GOD the creator who saw you even before you were born. Who chose you when you couldn’t even choose yourself. 👶🏾

God who is not afraid of your brokenness, because he is the ONLY one who knows the light he placed in you since the beginning. 🔆
And that light is greater than any darkness and evil this world and Satan can throw at you.

Why does God love you? Because you are HIS and he is YOURS 💞

He wants to turn your ashes into a crown of beauty too, sis 🥹❤️ 👑🕊️x

#survivortothriver #morethanaconqueror #healingjourney

📸 : @gabriellenca.photography

Thank you guys so much for the love and support on

Thank you guys so much for the love and support on my last video. Sharing my journey was not an easy decision and it’s definitely taken me the whole 12 months to even attempt to record the video you saw. But I was compelled to do so because as I was going through my journey I realised that so many people are hurting and the world doesn’t really give us time to HEAL.

Like there’s a time to go to school, to get a job, to marry and have children, but WHEN do you heal? I dread the thought of where I would have ended up if I had carried on the way I was without stopping to process and acknowledge the wounds of my past.

I know that not everyone will understand why I would publicly share such intricate details of my life on the worldwide web. And truthfully, it won’t be for many people.

BUT if just one person can look at my journey and see themselves in it, if they can know that there is a place for the broken hearted and downtrodden, that someone sees you and cares about what you’ve been through. And above all, that it is possible to HEAL, then it’s worth it for me.

I heard a parable of a shepherd that left his flock of 99 sheep to find his ONE lost sheep…🐑I didn’t think I was worth finding but God saw me, met me and gave me the opportunity to be healed. I’m so proud of this little girl now and I would like to help someone else to be more than a conqueror too.

Thank you for making this a safe healing space, you are welcome to share in my daily affirmations above and follow my FREEDOM TO HEAL podcast linked in the bio. Affirmations have been so pivotal in rewiring my trauma state from fear to FAITH.

I hope they help you too and let me know what you think of the podcast!😁(Link in bio)

Happy healing 🫂❤️‍🩹🌱

#survivortothriver #morethanaconqueror #healingjourney

[TW⚠️: This video discusses SA pls take care i

[TW⚠️: This video discusses SA pls take care if this is a sensitive topic 🫂❤️ ]

Hi friend 👋🏿 Happy New Year. It feels great to be back on Instagram after a year of no social media.

2024 was a year of healing for me. I went on a journey that had me revisiting long-buried wounds, hoping to finally stop them bleeding.

I learnt to exchange my criticism for compassion and my apathy for empathy for little young me 👧🏾 and I finally gave myself the opportunity to cry and grieve what I had lost.

Many times the road seemed dark and unending, but it was as I was drowning that I felt the hand of the Lord reach down into the muddy waters and rescue me.

He told me that he knows me, he sees me, he chose me and he thinks I am still VERY good even after everything I’d been through.

For someone else who feels broken, I want to let you know that you’re not too damaged to be loved, or too shattered to be whole again. YOU ARE LOVED beyond measure and God has a plan for your life that is greater than the pain of your past. ❤️

The full video is linked in my bio and on YouTube under @MetiyaChique.

May God bless you with his peace, love and healing through 2025 ❤️‍🩹 xx

What’s coming is better than what has been 🥰

What’s coming is better than what has been 🥰

God specialises in the impossible. I want to encou

God specialises in the impossible. I want to encourage you that what looks impossible for you right now is NOTHING to the creator of heaven and earth. His plan for you goes above and beyond your dreams, your family, your career, or your time on earth 🌍 ♾️

Your life will bless people you don’t even know! Have faith and trust in him. He will give you better than you could ever dream of ❤️ type Amen in the comments if you’re believing in your Abraham promise! 😄🙏🏿

YOU’RE BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING! Xxx

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Finally sharing my birthday pics from 6 SEPTEMBER!

Finally sharing my birthday pics from 6 SEPTEMBER! 🥳🎉🎂

Like most of this year, for the very first time ever, I had NO plans for my birthday - zero/gucci/nada! No flights ✈️ or Oceanside 🌊vacations booked, not even dinner! If you know me, you’ll understand how strange this is coz I be booking flights way in advance 😭

So I had initially planned to go to Tulum then fly to @womanevolve conference. But around August, I started to accept that God had a different plan for me this year.

And I’m soo grateful, because God is good. Even when we get tired, he keeps on going - planning and working for our ultimate good.
God doesn’t forget his children, he doesn’t slumber nor sleep regardless of what the circumstances look like!

Reflecting on the past 31 years of life, I realise that I’m finally living a life I don’t feel the need to escape from🥹

I’m so grateful to be alive and to WANT to be alive, I can’t believe I made it! 🥺 So many of my cousins and aunties died when I was a young girl in Zambia in the 90’s so truthfully, I never thought I’d make it so far.

I thank God for never giving up on me, and thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday - I was overwhelmed by the love I received from you guys🥹🫶🏿 and especially my friends who made the day so special and @eden_fabulous_flowers for the best surprise and making me cry😭
You are an Angel! 😇

And Happy birthing anniversary to my muse my beautiful mummy @suwaview thank you. You have been an incredible mother and I wanna be just like you when I grow up!🥰 (see how my dress is a copy of hers?! 🤣)

SEPTEMBER BABIES WHERE YOU AT!!! It’s our time let’s gooo ❤️🥳Drop your dates below 💃🏿🥂

Dress: @farailondon
Dinner: @malarestaurant

EXACTLY 11 months ago today, I embarked on a journ

EXACTLY 11 months ago today, I embarked on a journey to Jamaica 🇯🇲 for the first time. Thinking I was going to celebrate my birthday and launch my book; The Purpose Journal. But God had a different plan.

What I thought was the beginning of my Purpose empowering work to serve talented people like you, was actually the beginning of a totally different pathway for me: a journey of HEALING. Lol. Jamaica gave me a gift that I didn’t even realise I needed, and the past 11 months have taken me through various stages of healing.

Healing is rough and uncomfortable and draining. It takes so much energy, and I didn’t even realise I was going through it until one day I broke down in the middle of the night crying because it dawned on me that I’d never given myself space to cry, to be a victim or to recognise and acknowledge my pain. It was hard, but I was so happy to be free, to understand why I was so restless and overzealous in my ambitions at times. And my therapist was so happy too loool (it took many hours of therapy to get here 😅)

Sometimes we don’t realise that we are going through something that’s asking more of us. We’re used to giving and proving ourselves constantly that we don’t know how to stop without feeling guilty. When life goes differently to how you planned, you tend to question your worth, your ability or if you’re good enough, BUT you are good enough, and whatever life is asking of you right now is only A PART of your story.

If you allow yourself to be present in this part of your story, you will see how it ties together with the purpose in which you were created and you’ll learn what God is trying to show you. That you ARE enough.

Jamaica surrounded me with love everyday. I met the most wonderful people just filling me up with love, care and concern for free lol. It was a spiritual experience that triggered my journey of healing. There’s no shame in being broken, Broken crayons colour too 🥰 and I hope you can join me in this journey of seeing the beauty your colour brings to the world, even if it’s a little rough round the edges. Comment a ❤️ if u with me & add me to your favourites so you don’t miss a thing! To love & healing💕 x Metiya

Happy New Year!🥳 Don’t SLEEP on yourself this

Happy New Year!🥳 Don’t SLEEP on yourself this year. 2022 might not have been the best year for you, but the growth you went through is what will propel you forward in 2023!❤️

Watch the full video on How To Reflect on your 2022 with kindness and compassion on my YouTube channel linked in bio or search @MetiyaChique x
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