The Black Women's Wellness Podcast

The Black Women's Wellness Podcast Mission is to help Black Women overcome stress by amplifying an array of wellness offerings. Our Vision is to ensure that all Black Women live productive, meaningful, and robust lives unhinged by stress. Our Guest for this episode is Taylor Nelson. Taylor is a research assistant in the Health Policy Center at the Urban Institute. Her research focuses on #beha...

The Black Women's Wellness Podcast Mission is to help Black Women overcome stress by amplifying an array of wellness offerings. Our Vision is to ensure that all Black Women live productive, meaningful, and robust lives unhinged by stress. Our Guest for this episode is Dr. Courtney L. McCluney (she/her), who is an award-winning educator, researcher, consultant, and advisor. She is the founder o...

The Black Women's Wellness Podcast Mission is to help Black Women overcome stress by amplifying an array of wellness offerings. Our Vision is to ensure that all Black Women live productive, meaningful, and robust lives unhinged by stress . Our Guest for this episode is Camara Chambers, from Toronto Canada and hear the global victories and shared challenges #BlackWomen across the #Diaspora expe...

The Black Women's Wellness Podcast Mission is to help Black Women overcome stress by amplifying an array of wellness offerings. Our Vision is to ensure that all Black Women live productive, meaningful, and robust lives unhinged by stress. Our Guest for this episode is DeVita Love , a School Psychologist for over seven years and a Board Certified Behavioral Analyst for eight years. DeVita is ab...

At an early stage in her career, Adaeze established an interest in developing programs geared towards better health outcomes for underserved communities. In the last 3 for years, Adaeze has worked in various capacities in improving access to healthcare for underserved communities, particularly using health information technology. Most notably, she’s worked with national and local mental health org...

Kiesha (she/her), a full-time yoga teacher and trainer, has a respected and well-deserved reputation in the national yoga community and is a co-director of the Yoga Retreat for Women of Color™. Kiesha joined CorePower Yoga (CPY) in 2016 as one of the original teachers that opened the Charlotte market. Kiesha continues to grow with CPY in her role as Studio Coordinator, Online 200 TT Coach, and mos...

Roselane Da Silva-Miller is a mother to three amazing children Zaila (11), Mahkai (8) and Esperanza (1). She served in the U.S. Peace Corps in Eswatini from 2006 to 2008 and moved to Washington, DC in January of 2009. Roselane has been working as a Foreign Claims Specialist with the U.S. Social Security Administrator for the past 15 years. --- Check our our Podcast Episodes Here: https://www.thebw...

Lisa D. T. Rice is a social entrepreneur, independent political strategist, and public policy advisor. Recently elected as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner in her hometown of Washington, DC, she advocates for cancer care policy; women’s leadership; democracy reform; and political innovation in the U.S.. She is a social justice mentor and advocate as well. Lisa serves on three nonprofit boards...

Dr. Drea is a Work-Life Balance Coach and a Doctor of Physical Therapy . She is founder and owner of  Work Life Wellness (WLW), which she created to support her clients and community, in improving their health in a holistic way. WLW has 4 branches: the online health and wellness store (WLW MyShop), which . she is most excited about; home physical therapy; work-life balance coaching; and fitness co...

Dr. Yolandra “Yola” Hancock is a mom, physician, TED speaker, and public health shero who combines her hands-on clinical experience and public health expertise with her passion for building vibrant communities to provide patient-empowered “best in class” care and community empowerment. Dr. Yola holds a bachelor’s degree from UCLA, a doctorate from the UCLA School of Medicine, and a Master’s degree...

Abiola Ogunbekun, or Abby, is a certified 200-hour teacher with yoga nidra and prenatal/postnatal certifications. Not only does she teach at multiple studios/venues around Charlotte, but she also has a private studio in her home for teaching one-on-one and/or 2-3 person classes through her private business, Call Me Abby. Her learnings enable her to teach both all levels and advanced yoga classes,...

DeJa Love is the CEO and Founder of the Black Women's Wellness Agency. DeJa has dedicated her life to advocating and holding space for Black Women and is passionate about supporting Black Women in their wellness journey.  Listen in as CEO DeJa Love discusses black people in the sunken place, and how its reflection of white supremacy has a hold on our community. --- https://thebwwa.com http://...

Tonya D. Parker of Mind Body & Soul Food calls on three decades of experience using multiple modalities to support women in transition who feel stressed out and overwhelmed, resulting in disruption, distress, and/or dis-ease. Through holistic healing, teaching, coaching, and writing, Tonya’s intention is to provide mind, body, and soul nourishment for them to experience more peace and ease so...

Dr. Karis Childs is a native of Yorktown, Virginia, and currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia. She’s an avid reader, and health enthusiast, through exercise and healthy lifestyle habits. Childs graduated from Virginia State University where she gained a B.S. in biology. She gained her Doctor of Health Science and Master of Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology from Eastern Virgini...

Kristen Jeffers was one of the first people to bring the concept of Black Urbanism to the internet and social media in 2010 by purchasing and launching The Black Urbanist, which in its 11th year continues to be a resource for Black urbanism at the intersection of feminism and queer/trans life. She is the author of the forthcoming A Black Urbanist Journey to a Queer Feminist Future, a memoir/manife...

Whitney Bunts is the Senior Director of Public Policy at True Colors United. Before joining the True Colors United family, she was a policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), where she worked on an array of issues such as Mental health, Education Justice, workforce development, and juvenile justice. Whitney led the decriminalization efforts at the organization to eradicate an...

Ms. Erinn Dumas is the Founder and CEO of Dumas83 Marketing Agency. She is responsible for helping grow small businesses using proven marketing techniques. With over 16 years of developing strategic marketing solutions for the federal government, nonprofits, agencies, and private companies, Ms. Dumas decided to open her own marketing agency. Her expertise is in helping clients develop a marketing...