It’s the holiday season- a time for good food, good friends, family, and overall enjoyment. But that isn’t always the case. It can also be a time that triggers the not so good feelings– grief, loneliness, comparison, and overall sadness. So, I tapped my friend- Brittny Horne of RVL wellness to join me and chat all things mental and emotional health around the holidays.  We’ve created a holiday miniseries just for you to help you navigate all the holiday feels.  Join us every Friday in December for bonus episodes where we discuss relationships, managing expectations, and the anxiousness that we can sometimes feel during this time of year.  Think of us as your holiday besties! Tell a friend to tell a friend. Be well, Sis. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

* My apologies for the mic issues 😩; Still a great conversation nonetheless with Lindsay Wynn- cofounder of Momotaro Apotheca.  Momotaro Apotheca is a certified organic and cruelty-free vulvovaginal care line that supports your body’s natural ability to heal. Their proactive plant-based products work gently yet effectively to systematically address symptoms associated with common vulvovaginal issues stemming from infection and general irritation without interfering with pH balance, hormones, pheromones, or medication. Visit Momotaroapotheca.com and use code BEWELLSIS at checkout for savings!    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Guest Spotlight Efia is a Mindset + Manifestation Coach, content creator + podcast host of The Manifest Edit. Her mission is centered around empowering ambitious women to stop playing small, confidently manifest their desires, and create extraordinary lives. Nothing charges her more than empowering people to step into their greatness, which is something I know to be true of your work also.  After being orphaned at 14 she desperately wanted to live a normal life but the older she got she realized normal wasn’t going to cut it… she wanted more. Efia went from battling chronic illness, anxiety + depression to moving overseas from Scotland to Australia and manifesting her extraordinary life. Now Efia dedicates her life to empowering others to break out of normal and into extraordinary.   Get Efia’s free course → The Power Of Subconscious Manifestation  Efia’s Book recommendation: We Should All Be Millionaires by Rachel Rodgers  How to Connect with Efia: Visit her website Follow on IG! Checkout her Podcast!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

“It is true; most medicine does come in a bottle. There is however, some medicine that can only come through love, faith and hope. It comes from our Source, from our life force within. We can all benefit from this wonderful medicine daily and administer as often as needed.” ― Mishi McCoy Guest Spotlight Lindsay Fauntleroy is a licensed acupuncturist and the founder of The Spirit Seed, a school that offers personal and professional development courses that are rooted in ancestral understandings of health, humanity, nature, and the cosmos. Lindsay is a certified instructor for the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM), as well as a facilitator of the Flower Essence Society's global practitioner certification program. Her approach to soul medicine emerged through over 15 years of clinical practice, Doctoral studies of Indigenous and African Diasporic psychology, and her commitment to community wellness. Lindsay's line of Five-Element flower essence remedies, the Elementals, is available nationally and internationally. She's, most recently, the author of In Our Element: Using the Five Elements as Soul Medicine to Unleash Your Power  a beginner-friendly book introduces the five elements—water, wood, fire, earth, and metal—as a system for understanding the cycles and rhythms of your body, mind, and soul. With a practical approach that weaves together Eastern medicine, western psychology, and African ancestral principles of spirituality, that teaches you how to use the elements to improve physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. More- Find out which Flower Essence resonates best with you during this season by taking this quiz! Get 20% off flower essences with code BEWELLSIS at checkout!  How to Connect with Lindsay: Workshops and Courses Instagram Be Well, Sis Partners: Athletic Greens– Redeem your offer for 1 year of high-quality Vitamin D + 5 free travel packs.  Bolden: A trusted voice in skincare that works to inspire women to nurture, value, and love their natural beauty. Check out their entire skincare range here! Natural Annies Essentials: A clean, non-toxic home fragrances and candle-making experience for you and your entire family. NaturalAnnie Essentials is a black woman-owned and family-operated lifestyle soy candle company based in Bridgeport, Connecticut.  Shop scents that elevate the ambiance of your home here! Taupe Coat: A vegan nail care brand that believes in a life filled with color, beauty, and abundance. Shop non-toxic nail care here! Nyah Beauty: is a natural skincare brand offering high-quality, consciously handcrafted soaps, lotions, candles, and scrubs. They offer plant-based skincare options free of detergents, phthalates, and other potentially irritating ingredients. Momotaro Apotheca: A plant-based and certified organic vulvovaginal care company that supports the body’s natural ability to heal from issues stemming from yeast infection, BV, clothing, exercise, and sex.  Mothering Tea: Hand-crafted, small-batch teas to help you create more moments of stillness and reflection.  SUPPORT OUR CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN HERE!!!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The first 3 months after giving birth is affectionately known as the 4th trimester. With so much emphasis placed on the new addition to the world, very little is shared about the often very trying and complex time for the parent. This episode peels back the curtain on  this important and complex time. Guest Feature: Lydia Simmons was unable to obtain the level of healthcare support required during postpartum, she turned to her knowledge of food as a foundational and core means of health to create MILK Postnatal; a 7-Ingredient, vegan, 1OO% Superfood Postnatal that would support Moms from Day 1 of Postpartum up to 2 years of Breastfeeding and into Lifestyle Wellness. Lydia sought the advice of Chemists, Physiologists, and Nutritional Scientists to bring her product to market due to her own difficulties to overcome the difficult postpartum times. Lydia realigned expectations for her sensitive community to assure premium ingredients, a 30-day supply to aid moms with the cost of affordable health and wellness supplementation. She developed breastfeeding-safe items to best support other women who were and would experience the same. -MORE into: We're still crowdfunding- learn more about how you can SUPPORT here! Lydia's Book Recommendation: The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman How to connect with Lydia: Lydia's Instagram Shop M.O.O. here!  Be Well, Sis Partners: Athletic Greens– Redeem your offer for 1 year of high-quality Vitamin D + 5 free travel packs  Bolden: A trusted voice in skincare that work to inspire women to nurture, value, and love their natural beauty. Check out their entire skincare range here! Natural Annies Essentials: A clean, non-toxic home fragrances and candle-making experience for you and your entire family. NaturalAnnie Essentials is a black woman-owned and family-operated lifestyle soy candle company based in Bridgeport, Connecticut.  Shop scents that elevate the ambiance of your home here! Taupe Coat: A vegan nail care brand that believes in a life filled with color, beauty, and abundance. Shop non-toxic nail care here! Nyah Beauty: is a natural skincare brand offering high-quality, consciously handcrafted soaps, lotions, candles, and scrubs. They offer plant-based skincare options free of detergents, phthalates, and other potentially irritating ingredients. Momotaro Apotheca: A plant-based and certified organic vulvovaginal care company that supports the body’s natural ability to heal from issues stemming from yeast infection, BV, clothing, exercise, and sex.  Mothering Tea: Hand-crafted, small-batch teas to help you create more  moments of stillness and reflection.     See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lately, almost everyone has been talking about the likelihood that we’re headed towards a  recession. But my weekly trips to the grocery store, gas prices, and the current housing crisis tell me that we’re just about there.  In this episode, I’m joined by Danetha Doe- economist and Webby Award-winning TV host, and founded of Money and Mimosas to uncover how we can create wealth in any climate and in a socially and environmentally responsible way.  Learn more from and about Danetha here! Be Well, Sis Partners: Athletic Greens– Redeem your offer for 1 year of high-quality Vitamin D + 5 free travel packs  Bolden: A trusted voice in skincare and that work to inspire women to nurture, value, and love their natural beauty. Check out their entire skincare range here! Natural Annies Essentials: A clean, non-toxic home fragrances and candle-making experience for you and your entire family. NaturalAnnie Essentials is a black woman-owned and family-operated lifestyle soy candle company based in Bridgeport, Connecticut.  Shop scents that elevate the ambiance of your home here! Taupe Coat: A vegan nail care brand that believes in a life filled with color, beauty, and abundance. Shop non-toxic nail care here! Nyah Beauty: is a natural skincare brand offering high-quality, consciously handcrafted soaps, lotions, candles, and scrubs. They offer plant-based skincare options free of detergents, phthalates, and other potentially irritating ingredients. Momotaro Apotheca: A plant-based and certified organic vulvovaginal care company that supports the body’s natural ability to heal from issues stemming from yeast infection, BV, clothing, exercise, and sex.  Mothering Tea: Hand-crafted, small-batch teas to help you create more  moments of stillness and reflection.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today’s episode is a bit heavier than usual but I wouldn’t feel right if we didn’t discuss the threat to bodily autonomy in this country post the overturning of Roe V. Wade by the US Supreme Court. In this episode, we're joined by Cynthia Ploth- the co-founder of Stix, and was recorded before the actual decision came through and we collectively got the heads up when the documents were leaked back in May.  Guest Spotlight Cynthia Plotch, named to Inc.’s Top 100 Female Founders and Forbes 1000 Entrepreneurs in 2021, is Stix’s co-founder. Along with Jamie Norwood, Cynthia co-founded Stix, a health brand that empowers women to make confident health decisions, starting with reproductive and vaginal health products and sex education.  Learn more about Stix here! Donate to the Restart Donation Bank here! Be Well, Sis Partners: Athletic Greens– Redeem your offer for 1 year of high-quality Vitamin D + 5 free travel packs  Bolden: A trusted voice in skincare that works to inspire women to nurture, value, and love their natural beauty. Check out their entire skincare range here! Natural Annies Essentials: A clean, non-toxic home fragrances and candle-making experience for you and your entire family. NaturalAnnie Essentials is a black woman-owned and family-operated lifestyle soy candle company based in Bridgeport, Connecticut.  Shop scents that elevate the ambiance of your home here! Taupe Coat: A vegan nail care brand that believes in a life filled with color, beauty, and abundance. Shop non-toxic nail care here! Nyah Beauty: is a natural skincare brand offering high-quality, consciously handcrafted soaps, lotions, candles, and scrubs. They offer plant-based skincare options free of detergents, phthalates, and other potentially irritating ingredients. Momotaro Apotheca: A plant-based and certified organic vulvovaginal care company that supports the body’s natural ability to heal from issues stemming from yeast infection, BV, clothing, exercise, and sex.  Mothering Tea: Hand-crafted, small-batch teas to help you create more  moments of stillness and reflection.  ***Purchase your ‘me-time’ self-care box here*** This campaign runs through the end of July. Get yours NOW! Be well, Sis. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Let's talk about skin! Guest Spotlight: Chinelo & Ndidi are lifelong beauty enthusiasts and curious observers of the beauty rituals of women around the world. They recognized the huge need for highly effective and clinically proven products that address the unique skincare needs of women of color and created an affordable, vegan & cruelty-free skincare line backed by science for melanin-rich skin.  Shop Bolden on their website, Amazon, or Walmart! Resources: Bolden Skincare Blog--> Check it out here! My favorite Estheticians Online (Skinclass Hero, Caveofbeauty, LaBeautyologist).  Well + Good Article  We are still CROWDFUNDING to improve and expand--> CONTRIBUTE Be Well, Sis Partners: Athletic Greens- Redeem your offer for 1 year of high-quality Vitamin D + 5 free travel packs  Bolden: A trusted voice in skincare and that work to inspire women to nurture, value, and love their natural beauty. Check out their entire skincare range here! Natural Annies Essentials: A clean, non-toxic home fragrances and candle-making experience for you and your entire family. NaturalAnnie Essentials is a black woman-owned and family-operated lifestyle soy candle company based in Bridgeport, Connecticut.  Shop scents that elevate the ambiance of your home here! Taupe Coat: A vegan nail care brand that believes in a life filled with color, beauty, and abundance. Shop non-toxic nail care here! Nyah Beauty: is a natural skincare brand offering high-quality, consciously handcrafted soaps, lotions, candles, and scrubs. They offer plant-based skincare options free of detergents, phthalates, and other potentially irritating ingredients. Momotaro Apotheca: A plant-based and certified organic vulvovaginal care company that supports the body’s natural ability to heal from issues stemming from yeast infection, BV, clothing, exercise, and sex.  Mothering Tea: Hand-crafted, small-batch teas to help you create more  moments of stillness and reflection.    ***Purchase your 'me-time' self-care box here*** This campaign runs through the end of July. Get yours NOW!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Major News: We're CROWDFUNDING!!!!! Support our campaign here! Guest Spotlight:   Berrion is a Board Certified Integrative Health Practitioner, Menstrual Health Educator & the Creator of Optimize Your Flo who believes that you can have a period & a life — an enjoyable one at that. She also believes that a woman who is fully educated, equipped, and empowered with tools and resources about her body and its language, is truly her own best advocate and is on a mission to help you become just that. In today's conversation, we discussed:  What is Cycle Syncing How to have pain-free periods What food cravings might reveal about possible nutritional deficiencies How to eat for optimal menstrual health  And so much more.  Berrion's Book Recommendation: Mastery of Self by Don Miguel Ruiz  How to connect with Berrion:  Berrion's  Instagram Berrion's TikTok: @berrionlberry Check out Optimize Your Flo here. Be Well, Sis Partner: Athletic Greens: Redeem your offer of 1 free year of high-quality Vitamin D + 5 free travel packs by visiting athleticgreens.com/bewellsis See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Many know Necole as the successful former celebrity blogger of Necole Bitchie and media mogul of xoNecole- however, similar to most women, she spent years overworking, skipping meals, and forgetting to prioritize self-care while hustling her way to success in an unhealthy way. And her periods were debilitating! After learning about hormonal imbalances and their very real impacts on our reproductive health, she launched My Happy Flo.  In this episode, Necole gave a mini-masterclass on hormonal health. I literally had to take notes! We discussed:  Tips for a less painful period How My Happy Flo helps  The role that nutrition plays in hormonal health The link between gut health and hormonal health Why Necole decided to launch My Happy Flo Resources mentioned in this episode: Spain to reportedly offer three days of menstrual leave every month What is I-3-C? (Indole 3- Carbinole) What is DIM (Diindolylmethane)? How Birth Control Pills Affect Your Nutritional Needs Post-Birth Control Syndrome  Blood Tests without Insurance- Jason Health   Necole's Book recommendation*: The Fifth Vital Sign:Master Your Cycles and Optimize Your Fertility by Lisa Hendrickson-Jack Where to find Necole online: Visit My Happy Flo! Follow My Happy Flo on Instagram! Follow her on Instagram (she also shares a TON of gems here!)  Be Well, Sis Partner: Athletic Greens: Redeem your offer of 1 free year of high-quality Vitamin D + 5 free travel packs by visiting athleticgreens.com/bewellsis   See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.