Imessage not working with phone number

[bryngrant]

My problem is that my Imessage wont activate with my phone number only my email 

***Edited to add labels***

[FidoMaria]

Hi bryngrand and welcome to the Community.

Have you already tried going in Settings > Messages > Send and receive, scrolling to the bottom, and selecting your number in the Start new conversations from section?

Let me know!