The Be Well Beautiful People Podcast

Welcome to the Trauma & Healing podcast series hosted by and inspired by our host Demarra West and her debut book Me Too: A Therapist’s Journey to Heal, Find Liberation, & Joy. This 12-episode series helps individuals understand the universal nature of trauma and its pervasive impacts, and a pathway towards healing and liberation for us all. The book and this series delves into Demarra’s r...

Welcome to the Trauma & Healing podcast series hosted by and inspired by our host Demarra West and her debut book Me Too: A Therapist’s Journey to Heal, Find Liberation, & Joy. This 12-episode series helps individuals understand the universal nature of trauma and its pervasive impacts, and a pathway towards healing and liberation for us all. Demarra, a trained therapist, lives with eight o...

Demarra West, author of Me Too: A Therapist’s Journey to Heal, Find Liberation, & Joy, founder of Be Well Beautiful People and host of the Be Well Beautiful People podcast, leads us through the first episode of the Trauma & Healing podcast series centered around her book. This series will feature 12 episodes and include the practices that have been paramount to her healing and transformati...

Dr. Akua K. Boateng is a sought after psychotherapist and therapeutic coach. As a licensed clinician with extensive experience, practice and education spanning nearly 15 years, Dr. Boateng has been featured in The Washington Post, ESSENCE, NBC News, Refinery29, HuffPost, Pinterest, CNN, and more as a trusted speaker, expert contributor and insightful consultant. She currently works with high profi...

Tina Strawn (she/they) is a joy and liberation advocate, racial and social justice activist, author of "Are We Free Yet? The Black, Queer Guide to Divorcing America." The heart of Tina's work is founding and leading Legacy Trips, immersive, 3-day antiracism weekends where participants visit historical locations such as Montgomery and Selma, AL, and utilize spiritual practices and other mindfulness...

Dr. Adia Gooden is a licensed clinical psychologist who received her BA in Psychology from Stanford University and her PhD in Clinical Community Psychology from DePaul University. Dr. Adia is a sought-after, dynamic speaker who gives talks and workshops on unconditional self-worth, imposter syndrome, and Black women’s mental health. She is most known for her TEDx talk called “Cultivating Unconditi...

Rebecca Whitman, known as the Magnetic Abundance Mentor, is an International best-selling author who graduated with honors from Princeton University. “LA Weekly” magazine featured her as one of the Top 7 Entrepreneurs to watch in 2023.  She has also been featured in “New York Weekly,” “Miami Magazine,” and has had appearances on ABC and CBS. Additionally, she has given keynote speeches at Columbia...

Jovian Zayne is a celebrated international speaker, certified leadership coach, and expert facilitator who deeply transforms the lives of others through her inspiring and grounded approach to living and leading a purpose and values-driven life. With nearly 20 years of experience developing thousands of values-driven leaders, she continues to shape the culture and leadership of the world’s most inn...

Elaine Starling, The Abundance Ambassador, is a sought-after TEDx and international speaker, the host of The Abundance Journey Podcast and Video Show, an international best-selling author, coach, trainer, and successful entrepreneur. Elaine’s unusual spiritual awakening prompted her to help people who crave spiritual enlightenment to partner with The Divine so they achieve the financial Abundance...

For over fifteen years, Sister Anyangō has been using her experiences to help individuals, primarily women over forty, to discover themselves, and create a road map on how to get there. In addition she’s a dancer, master teaching artist in various dance mediums, and a university visiting lecturer. Additionally she is an award-winning Empowerment Freedom Coach, Motivational Speaker, and Published A...

Vanessa Chisakula is an artist, a speaker and creative activist, who employs art as a medium for advocacy. She has been featured on various platforms including CSW66, the UN High-Level Global Conference, the Southern Human Rights Defenders Summit, the International Fundraising Congress (IFC), the Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC), and the WHO-Afros 75th Anniversary Commemoratio...

Certified yoga and meditation teacher, Caitlin Cady has been called a “wellbeing whiz” by Australian Yoga Journal and her positive perspectives and relatable, playful approach have inspired people across the globe to get lit up and live to their full potential. After a decade-long battle with chronic Lyme disease, Caitlin turned to meditation as a last resort, desperate to heal herself. This not o...

For more than a decade, Cheryl Pullins has been the invisible force behind women in the corporate space to women in the marketplace looking to elevate their impact and skyrocket their income while doing what sets their souls on fire. She left a two-decade corporate career to start her company and has helped thousands of women along the way build abundant, iconic brands.  In our conversation, we ex...

Kristie Kennedy, The Image Confidence Expert is a TEDx Audacious Leadership Keynote Speaker and Authentic Lifestyle Author, & Certified Radical Resilience Coach. As the owner of Queenfidence Global Image Consulting her electrifying inspirational gift empowers visionaries with confidence and clarity keys to find their voice, free their voice and look fabulous using their voice. In our conversat...

Lucinda Cross is the founder of Activate Worldwide LLC. a boutique marketing firm that supports small business owners with leveraging and monetizing their services and products. Lucinda is a highly sought-after motivational speaker, best selling author, TV personality, and spokesperson for Verizon as their Small Business Come Back Coach. She’s also the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award f...

Dr. Nicole Roberts Jones affectionately called “The Purpose Producer”, is uniquely gifted at one thing – drawing out what’s best in YOU and helping you take your Brilliance to The Bank. A veteran of the entertainment industry, she now works with entrepreneurs to start businesses alongside their 9 to 5, generating multiple revenue streams and a greater bandwidth to serve their clients without being...

Wendi Blum Weiss is a visibility expert, best selling author, international speaker and business architect. She helps speakers, coaches, and entrepreneurs start, grow and monetize their brand and business using her unique Reverse Engineer Your Identity method. Wendi is also the founder of The Speakers and Coaches Society which has grown to 22,000 members from around the world.  Wendi also co-produ...

Laura van Dernoot Lipsky is the founder and director of The Trauma Stewardship Institute and author of Trauma Stewardship and The Age of Overwhelm. She is the host of the podcast Future Tripping, which is dedicated to conversations about overwhelm. In our conversation for  we explored the following:1) The difference between vicarious trauma and burnout2) Refusing to take on the toxicity of our env...

Majora Carter is a real estate developer, urban revitalization strategy consultant, MacArthur Fellow and Peabody Award winning broadcaster. She is also a lecturer at Princeton University's Keller Center. She has helped connect tech industry pioneers such as Etsy, Gust, FreshDirect, Google, and Cisco to diverse communities across the country. In our conversation, we explored the following:1) Land p...

Morgan Reid, mental health professional and founder of A Little Mental, has the goal of bringing mental health and wellness to everyone. During this episode we explore how to discover wellness practices that are perfectly aligned for you along with practical ways to make well-being a top priority.

Dr. Jackie "Bouvier" Copeland, Founder of Black Philanthropy Month & Women Invested to Save Earth Fund , takes us on a transformative journey through Black philanthropy’s legacy. Tune in as Dr. Copeland shares heartwarming stories, dispels myths, ignites change, and celebrates the unwavering spirit of giving within the Black Community. Be prepared to be inspired during Black Philanthropy Month...

Nichomi Higgins is a licensed psychotherapist, speaker, and bestselling author who passionately exists to empower women of vision with the tools to inspire and lead others through curiosity and self-compassion. She believes that when individuals boldly and bravely choose to lead themselves in this manner, they unconsciously accept a Divine invitation to evolve confidently into their most authentic...

Dr. Annice Fisher founded Developing Capacity Coaching and later, their sister non-profit GiveSankofa, Inc. to focus on co-creating a world where everyone has the full and equal opportunity to benefit from the resources within their organization, community, city, and world. Her Conscious Leadership for Equity work is currently being integrated across a variety of sectors including judicial justice...

Kena Hodges is the example that you can be whatever you want to be, whenever you DECIDE to be. She is an artist, a holistic healer, a wellness warrior, an influencer, a student, a teacher, a coach, an author, and a mom. With a specialization in mindset coaching, manifestation, self-love/inner work, nutrition, herbal/supplemental medicine, fitness, yoga, and meditation, Kena guides individuals to e...

Tonya Melendez is an award-winning psychic medium who teaches people to harness their intuitive intelligence to empower their lives and lifestyle. A former librarian, Tonya turned her coffee shop tarot readings into a thriving wellness, wisdom, and woo business. Tonya was voted the #3 Psychic Medium in the world by STB TV Channel (Kyiv, Ukraine). A licensed spiritual counselor and certified yoga i...