Informed Choice with The Naija Goddess

Burnout is not a mood, it is a measurable physiological state, and most women never learn to recognize it until the body forces the issue. In this episode, self-preservation coach La Brown joins The Naija Goddess to break down what chronic stress actually does to the nervous system, and why so many high-achieving women cannot say no even when they know they should. La built her coaching practice a...

She had the title, the wardrobe, and the reputation. She also had a drinking problem nobody could see, a closet full of clothes from a woman she no longer was, and a growing disconnection from the person she was supposed to be. Donna Hundley is the Chief Presence Strategist and founder of The Designed Presence, a framework built to help highly achieved women over 40 align how they feel on the insi...

Your body has been trying to tell you something for years. The tension you stopped noticing. The sleep that never fully restores. The reactions that feel too big for the moment that triggered them. You are not broken. You are depleted.   In this episode of Informed Choice, Dr. Ini, The Naija Goddess, DFM, PhD, board-certified holistic nutritionist, sits down with Roy Hatcher: Systema master, licen...

Male depression is one of the most underdiagnosed conditions in modern healthcare, and the reason is simpler than most people think. It does not look like sadness. It looks like anger, irritability, and emotional withdrawal. And the partners who love these men often see it clearly and feel completely powerless to help.   Dr. Andrea Angel Atkinson-Taylor is a Board Certified Registered Nurse with n...

Nervous system healing is the missing layer in every protocol that is not working. In this episode of Informed Choice with The Naija Goddess, I sit down with Candice Van Dertholen, founder of The Warrior Within Healing and an International Speaker and Advisor to Visionaries Navigating Growth, Visibility, and Identity Evolution, to make the case that until the body feels safe at the nervous system...

Chronic stress doesn't always look like a breakdown, and this week's guest is proof of it. Dr. Andrena Phillips, CEO and Founder of KeepMovinWithAndrena and TransformU Coaching Institute, joins Ini to talk about what it actually costs a woman's body to stay composed through years of holding everything together in silence. Key topics covered: What chronic stress does to the nervous system long befo...

Belly fat after 40 and the protein myth are connected in ways most people never hear, and in this episode of Informed Choice with The Naija Goddess, holistic health coach Mandi Murrow joins Ini to set the record straight. Together they unpack why the mainstream protein conversation is misleading, how ultra-processed food is engineered to keep you hooked, and why stubborn fat after 40 is a metaboli...

What you won't let go of is making you sick. In this episode of Informed Choice with The Naija Goddess, holistic nutritionist and functional medicine doctoral candidate Ini sits down with Dr. Paulette Evans, Six Sigma black belt, CEO of Evans Efficiency Experts, and author of Your X-Factors: Turning Hidden Struggles into Undeniable Strengths. Dr. Evans built a framework called Purposeful Purging a...

Bone loss starts in your 30s. Most women never find out until years of silent decline have already stacked up. In this episode of Informed Choice with The Naija Goddess, Emma Elliott, PharmD, BCPS, a Board-Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist and clinical pharmacist, breaks down the muscle-bone connection the healthcare system treats as two separate problems when the biology says they are one. Top...

Two emergency C-sections. No doula. No one told her she had options. Now she runs Charlotte's newest birth center and has spent 17 years making sure other women never feel that powerless again. Nicole Hunter is a doula, childbirth educator, parent coach, and owner of Well Body and Birth, Charlotte's newest birth center dedicated to redefining women's healthcare and birth through holistic, personal...

Your dog's behavior and chronic skin issues may be coming from your home environment, not from genetics or a training gap. In this episode of Informed Choice with The Naija Goddess, Ini sits down with Will Carmack, owner of Dog Pro Services in Gastonia, NC, certified dog trainer, and ABC-certified mentor with over 25 years at the grooming table, to break down the direct link between household prod...

First responder health is one of the most underexamined areas in evidence-based wellness. In this episode of Informed Choice with The Naija Goddess, host Ini sits down with Captain Benjamin Henderson of the Gaston County Sheriff's Office to examine what nearly two decades of command-level law enforcement actually does to the human body. Topics covered: The physiological cost of chronic sympathetic...

✨ ABOUT THIS EPISODE What if the most powerful medicine you have access to is already in your grocery store? In this live Food as Medicine 101 class, I walk you through the exact framework I used to reverse PCOS, Type 2 diabetes, fibroids, hypothyroidism, and high cholesterol without a single pharmaceutical. I was nearly 400 pounds. My doctors told me I would manage these conditions for the rest...

✨ ABOUT THIS EPISODE Each episode of Informed Choice with The Naija Goddess invites you to think differently about what it really means to heal. We separate fact from fiction, uncover what is often overlooked in modern health conversations, and bring truth to the surface through evidence-based dialogue and lived experience. In this week's conversation, Daphne of Makeup Queen Cosmetics joins me to...

✨ ABOUT THIS EPISODE Each episode of Informed Choice with The Naija Goddess invites you to think differently about what it really means to heal. We separate fact from fiction, uncover what's often overlooked in modern health conversations, and bring truth to the surface through evidence-based dialogue and lived experience. In this week's conversation, my husband joins me to explore the Executive...

✨ ABOUT THIS EPISODE Each episode of Informed Choice with The Naija Goddess invites you to think differently about what it really means to heal. We separate fact from fiction, uncover what’s often overlooked in modern health conversations, and bring truth to the surface through evidence-based dialogue and lived experience. In this week’s conversation, W. Keith Burgess joins me to explore how to e...

✨ ABOUT THIS EPISODE Each episode of Informed Choice with The Naija Goddess invites you to think differently about what it really means to heal. We separate fact from fiction, uncover what’s often overlooked in modern health conversations, and bring truth to the surface through evidence-based dialogue and lived experience. In this week’s conversation, Tone X joins me to explore what it looks like...

In this engaging session, Naija Goddess delves into the intricate relationship between health, intimacy, and nutrition, emphasizing the importance of understanding the body's signals. She draws parallels between women's menstrual cycles and men's erectile health, highlighting how both can serve as indicators of overall health. The discussion transitions into a comprehensive exploration of the thre...

✨ ABOUT THIS EPISODE Each episode of Informed Choice with The Naija Goddess invites you to think differently about what it really means to heal. We separate fact from fiction, uncover what is often overlooked in modern health conversations, and bring truth to the surface through evidence-based dialogue and lived experience. In this week’s conversation, Jameka Whitten joins me to explore why vegan...

✨ ABOUT THIS EPISODE Each episode of Informed Choice with The Naija Goddess invites you to think differently about what it really means to heal. We separate fact from fiction, uncover what is often overlooked in modern health conversations, and bring truth to the surface through evidence based dialogue and lived experience. In this week’s conversation, Renee Reid joins me to explore how to see th...

✨ ABOUT THIS EPISODE Each episode of Informed Choice with The Naija Goddess invites you to think differently about what it really means to heal. We separate fact from fiction, uncover what’s often overlooked in modern health conversations, and bring truth to the surface through evidence-based dialogue and lived experience. In this week’s conversation, dementia expert Vernell Mitchell joins me to...

✨ ABOUT THIS EPISODE Each episode of Informed Choice with The Naija Goddess invites you to think differently about what it really means to heal. We separate fact from fiction, uncover what is often overlooked in modern health conversations, and bring truth to the surface through evidence-based dialogue and lived experience. In this week’s conversation, Venus L. Moore joins me to explore how finan...

✨ ABOUT THIS EPISODE Each episode of Informed Choice with The Naija Goddess invites you to think differently about what it really means to heal. We separate fact from fiction, uncover what is often overlooked in modern health conversations, and bring truth to the surface through evidence-based dialogue and lived experience. In this week’s conversation, Sadruddin Abdullah joins me to explore how d...

✨ ABOUT THIS EPISODE Each episode of Informed Choice with The Naija Goddess invites you to think differently about what it really means to heal. We separate fact from fiction, uncover what is often overlooked in modern health conversations, and bring truth to the surface through evidence-based dialogue and lived experience. In this week’s conversation, Master Sayyid CeeiAllah joins me to explore...

✨ ABOUT THIS EPISODE Each episode of Informed Choice with The Naija Goddess invites you to think differently about what it really means to heal. We separate fact from fiction, uncover what’s often overlooked in modern health conversations, and bring truth to the surface through evidence-based dialogue and lived experience. In this week’s conversation, Leslie Butler Barron joins me to explore how...