R&B singer Mýa doesn’t remorse working towards celibacy for seven years – in reality, she encourages it.
The 44-year-old was a visitor on the “Way Up with Angela Yee” present and admitted that in her celibacy interval, she had probably the most “mental clarity.”
“Just doing without, it shifted my mindset,” Mýa shared of her journey. “It was no longer a focus. The rush to be in a relationship, the rush to be married, the rush to be in something because that’s what you’re taught to do — to have kids or procreate. And I think there’s a lot of pressure on women to be able to do that.”
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R&B singer Mýa practiced celibacy for seven years. (Getty Photos)
Mýa went on to share that self-love was necessary to her throughout this era.
“Love is beautiful, and I think the world always needs more of it, but I think you must start with yourself,” she mentioned. “And I have to start with self always, versus expecting from other sources.”
“Just doing without, it shifted my mindset.”
She concluded with, “So it was just reconditioning. I think it’s something that was necessary because it’s a very spiritual thing. And you must be very selective if you want better results. That self-accountability started with me by shutting that part of my life off.”
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Mýa being deemed a “sex-symbol” early on in her profession as one of many causes she grew to become celibate.
Mýa admitted that her celibacy journey “was necessary.” (Photograph by Erika Goldring/Getty Photos for ESSENCE)
Mýa shared that being celibate allowed her to apply self-love. (Photograph by Wealthy Polk/WireImage)
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“There’s a lot of things that are said about you and you ingest all of that… at an early age,” she mentioned. “And then the aesthetic you may come with is totally opposite of who you actually really are, and it intersects in your life when you’re trying to date or maybe taking photos with other celebrities, and so it can get very tricky.”
Mýa continued, “But I think a lot of things that are sacred should just remain private, for me until, of course, I’m solid, and I’m ready and the foundation of us is together, and even then it’s a risk. So I don’t really play with that part of my life publicly.”
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