Be Well Sis: The Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Home Therapy: Transforming Your Space into a Sanctuary for Your Wellbeing with Anita Yokota Nov 07, 2023

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Guest Spotlight:

Anita Yokota is a licensed marriage and family therapist turned interior designer and author of the bestselling book, HOME THERAPY. She believes design and wellness go hand in hand in our homes.
Domino named Anita’s site the Best New Design Blog in 2017 and her work has been featured on GMA3, MyDomaine, Apartment Therapy, Real Simple, Oprah Daily and many others.

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Feel Good Fridays: From SAD to Glad; A Guide to Managing Seasonal Affective Disorder Nov 03, 2023

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Feel Good Fridays: a Friday Bonus series that explores various wellness trends, wellness finds, pop culture as it relates to Wellness, or simply my thoughts.

Let's talk about Seasonal Affective Disorder.

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Resources:

NIH SAD Info

The Loveland Foundation- Therapy Fund

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Flower Power to the People | Lindsay Fauntleroy Oct 20, 2023

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For today's episode- I'm joined by friend to the show, acupunturist, and author- Lindsay Fauntleroy, for a much needed conversation on things that we should also add to our self-care tool kit especially in times like these.

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. 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.

"The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free." Dr. Maya Angelou

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Flower Essence Self-Assessment Quiz: https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/5c1cf9494dd4910013be1879 Elementals Flower Essences: Use code BEWELLSIS www.ElementalsEssences.com Virtual Flower Essence Therapy Sessions: https://www.thespiritseed.org/integrativefloweressencetherapy Spirit Seed Classes and Community: https://www.thespiritseed.org

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Feel Good Fridays: Expressing Gratitude Oct 13, 2023

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Happy Friday Friend! As you know, it's October and that means it's my birthday month! To help me celebrate, I'm asking you to take a few moments to follow (or subscribe) and leave a rating/review. If you listen on Spotify, please take a moment to answer the question by leaving honest feedback about the episode.

Today's episode references this Tweet found here along with all of the other things that we have going on in our community.

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Creating a Safe Space for Mental Health Conversations with Priscilla Agyeman of Saddie Baddies Oct 10, 2023

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Guest Spotlight:

saddie baddies® was created in 2019 by Priscilla O. Agyeman, MPH (she/her)- a creative entrepreneur, thought leader and mental health activist. Priscilla noticed there was a gap in digital discourse designed primarily for young Black, Latinx, Asian, Indigenous, and multiracial people that educated and unpacked the layers of mental health — and she knew that needed to change. Through carefully curated visual content and evidence-based topics, saddie baddies® is challenging a shift in mental health discourse worldwide.

How to Connect with Priscilla:

Follow on Instagram

Listen to the Soft Life Podcast by Saddie Baddies

Check out her website

Resources Mentioned in this Episode-

The Loveland Foundation Therapy Fund

The Charlyne McFarland Therapy Assistance Program

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Be Well, Sis Partners:

AG1– Redeem your offer for 1 year of high-quality Vitamin D + 5 free travel packs

Let’s Get Checked: If you want to feel more empowered in your health and wellness and get tested at home, visit trylgc.com/bewellsis and get 25% off your test using code BEWELLSIS

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Understanding Trauma: A Conversation with Dr. Maiysha Clairborne Oct 04, 2023

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In this episode, Dr. Maiysha Clairborne joins us to discuss trauma, its effect on the brain, grounding, and healing. She also helps us explore the definition of trauma from a mental and psychological perspective, emphasizing that trauma is not solely about the events themselves, but also about how our bodies respond to those events. This conversation delves into the misconceptions and overuse of the term "trauma," highlighting the need for a nuanced understanding. Tune in to gain insights into the impact of trauma and the importance of healing and finding grounding in the face of adversity.

Guest Spotlight

Dr. Maiysha is an integrative physician, visionary, thought leader, consultant, and trainer of neuro linguistic programming, and her specialty in trauma-informed communication is teaching people the power of words and how our unconscious thoughts and beliefs have an impact on the reality we create. She teaches leaders to become trauma-informed by teaching conscious communication and emotional fluency.

How to connect with Dr. Claiborne:

Follow her on Instagram

Listen to her podcast- The Black Mind Garden Podcast

Visit her website

Resource Mentioned:

The Mood Meter App- Based on decades of research from Yale. Tell your Mood Meter mobile app how you feel and build emotional intelligence that lasts a lifetime.

Puzzle with me! Use code BEWELLSIS15 at checkout.

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Be Well, Sis Partners:

AG1– Redeem your offer for 1 year of high-quality Vitamin D + 5 free travel packs

Let’s Get Checked: If you want to feel more empowered in your health and wellness and get tested at home, visit trylgc.com/bewellsis and get 25% off your test using code BEWELLSIS

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Feel Good Fridays: First World Problems Sep 22, 2023

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BabyFoot Exfoliating Foot Peel

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Playing a New Game: A Black Woman's Guide to Thriving in the Workplace with Dr. Tammy Wilborn Sep 20, 2023

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Join us as we explore the impact of workplace wellness on our entire lives. From strained relationships to chronic health conditions and even shortened lifespans- toxic work environments play a major role and we don't talk enough about it.

Guest Spotlight

New Orleans native, Dr. Tammy Lewis Wilborn is a mental health and wellness expert, author, and speaker whose transformative messages inform, inspire, and ignite audiences to live, love, and lead. Dr. Wilborn is a retired board-certified licensed professional counselor-supervisor with 20+ years of professional experience.

Dr. Wilborn is the author of Playing A New Game: A Black Woman’s Guide to Being Well and Thriving in the Workplace . Playing A New Game offers Black women a new way forward, in which ambition and wellness can not only coexist but bolster each other. With insights from her extensive professional counseling experience and research, Dr. Wilborn expands the dialogue on Black women’s experiences of race and gender stereotypes at work as a wellness issue and provides evidence-based best practices that promote self-care and self-empowerment as necessary tools for professional success.

Be Well, Sis Partners:

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In the Charlotte area? Join us on September 29th for our first LIVE event.

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Feel Good Fridays: Stop Chasing Purpose Sep 15, 2023

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Feel Good Fridays: a Friday Bonus series that explores various wellness trends, wellness finds, pop culture as it relates to Wellness, or simply my thoughts.

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Rediscovering the World and Ourselves with Ashley N. Company Sep 13, 2023

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Guest Feature:

In this episode, Cassandre speaks with Ashley Company, the CEO and founder of Jelani Travels. Ashley shares the story behind Jelani Travels, which started as a nonprofit that took three Black girls to Ghana. Despite initial challenges in raising funds, Ashley's determination and personal investment led to the success of the first two cohorts. As word spread, more adults expressed interest in becoming chaperones. Tune in to learn more about Ashley's journey and the transformative power of travel.

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