We're back with Health and Wellness Virtuosa Christine Henderson, helping us close our inaugural podcast season! In part two of our season closer, Christine helps us understand the ins and outs of health and wellness coaching. She maps out how it can transform the relationship we have with ourselves. Listen to learn more about the benefits of working with a coach, and get the tea on how to connect and work with a coach like Coach Christine.
 
Key Topics

Christine and Bethany discuss the following:

• Benefits of working with a health coach
• Why having a health coach can help you achieve goals you've been struggling with for a long time
• Tips for navigating unavoidable change
• What a coaching session looks like with Christine Henderson 
• The one simple thing overwhelmed, busy Black women can do that won't be draining on energy or time
• How to align your values with your daily schedule and show up for yourself
• Go-to rest practices of a health coach
• The importance of identifying your energy "boosters" and energy "drains"
• How to connect and work with Coach Christine

To find out more about Christine Henderson and her services:

Website: https://www.purehealthculture.com/
Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/purehealthculture/
Link Tree and Online Fitness Group: linktree.com/purehealthculture
Women's Wellness Walk & Talks: https://www.facebook.com/PureHealthCulture
Email: purehealthculture@gmail.com

***We've made it to the end of our very first podcast season, and we couldn't have done it without you! We'd like to thank our listeners for your support, for engaging with our podcast, and for being a part of this community! Don't forget to like, subscribe, and share. We'll see you next season!***

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What does health and wellness mean to you? Health and Wellness Virtuosa Christine Henderson joins the podcast to discuss her transformative journey, from exiting the rat race and overcoming personal health challenges to achieving her vision of health and becoming the founder of Pure Health Culture. Pure Health Culture helps women prioritize their health and wellness and realize positive health outcomes. Not only does Christine coach clients 1:1, but she has created a community of women who prioritize themselves through regular Women’s Wellness Walk and Talks; she hosts an online fitness support group and runs health and wellness workshops. In Part 1 of our season closer, listeners will get a profound glimpse of how rest is connected to our health and wellness and the inspiring ways we can prioritize ourselves.

Key Topics

Christine and Bethany discuss the following:

• Christine’s health journey and how it inspired her business
• How Christine organized a safe space for women to unpack what they’re struggling with (i.e. work-related stress, time management, slowing down from fast-paced living)
• How our society is in fast mode
• How prioritizing time for ourselves allows us to be able to show up and function and prioritize our health and wellness
• Why protecting our peace helps us respond how and when we want to our commitments
• The importance of shifting from people pleaser to “pleasing myself”
• Christine’s coaching offerings, her coaching topics, and the results her clients have had 
• How Christine built a lasting online community through the power of movement 
• How changing our habits occurs in multiple stages 

To find out more about Christine Henderson and her services:

Website: https://www.purehealthculture.com/
Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/purehealthculture/
Link Tree and Online Fitness Group: linktree.com/purehealthculture
Women's Wellness Walk & Talks: https://www.facebook.com/PureHealthCulture
Email: purehealthculture@gmail.com

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Dear Black woman in need of some TLC… In this episode, Niecie is talking about her recent 2-week vacation to Turkey! She talks about what led up to the trip, how she prepared, her impressions of the country, and what she took away as lessons in restoration. 

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Dear Black woman in need of some TLC,

Have you ever wondered if 'care' extends beyond what you provide yourself? In this episode, we explore the history of self-care, highlighting Black leaders and movements that have been critical to models of self-care. We chat about a present-day rise in awareness of self-care and share how we’ve come to understand self-care, offering examples of self-care in practice. We aren’t stopping there. Listen in as we touch on the history of community care, how we've understood it, and some examples of community care practices. 

Key Topics:

• History of Self-Care
• Highlights of Self-Care in Black History
• Our Experiences of Self-Care
• History of Community Care
• Our Experiences of Community Care

Resources we used for this episode:

• https://www.npr.org/2017/06/04/531051473/the-millennial-obsession-with-self-care
• https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/spring-2023/selfcare-in-the-movement
• https://www.silkandsonder.com/blogs/news/the-origin-of-self-care-the-fascinating-history-and-3-huge-ways-it-can-help-you-right-now
• https://thegrio.com/2021/02/25/history-of-radical-black-self-care/
• https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-radical-history-of-self-care
• https://news.gsu.edu/research-magazine/self-care-black-women-yoga
• https://www.wellandgood.com/what-is-community-care/

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Dear overwhelmed Black woman, have you ever wondered if the elusive “work-life balance” exists? In this episode, we discuss “work-life balance,” our experiences incorporating it into our schedules, and our favorite ways/practices to explore it. For many working Black women (whether your work is paid time or not), we crave an existence that will help us feel both productive and at peace with our mental health. It’s this equilibrium that seems a worthy goal, yet almost impossible to achieve. Well, we’re coming up with the answer and letting you know if you can indeed achieve work-life balance.

Key Topics:

• How do we define work-life balance?
• Personal and professional experiences incorporating work-life balance
• Favorite work-life balance practices 
• Final thoughts - does work-life balance exist?

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Dear exhausted Black woman, 

When’s the last time you gave yourself a few minutes to tune into your body and focus on the present moment sans screens? This is a practice called mindfulness. 

One of the ways to practice being mindful is by listening to your body and being aware of its sensations, emotions, and needs. This is also called embodiment.

 In this episode, we welcome mindfulness of the body (embodiment) as a radical rest practice. There is a plethora of ways to connect with your body in such a mindful way, and in this episode, Bethany and Nieicie introduce you to them! We also explore the following topics…

Key Topics

• What is mindfulness?
• Mindfulness of the body
• Black embodied practices 
• Why it’s hard for Black women to tune into our bodies
• Grief as an invitation to feel into the body
• Listening to the body in real time

Resources mentioned:

• Marisa Renee Lee, Grief is Love (book)
• Holding Change (book)
• Mindfulness in Plain English (book

Invitation to listeners: 

• Take a moment to tune in to your body. Pause the episode if needed.
• If you body had a voice, what would it tell you right now? What does that feel like?
• Once you can feel what it is communicating, ask it what it needs.
• Find time today to do what your body asks.

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Last week, the Supreme Court dropped some significant decisions on Affirmative Action and the Biden Administration's Student Loan Forgiveness Program that have rocked the nation.

While we're unaware of all the long-term impacts this will have, we felt called to drop a bonus episode on our "off" week to open up a self-compassionate dialogue about our response to these recent decisions.

It's powerful to check in during an emotionally overwhelming and unsettling time. As always, we offer some rest ideas we are leaning into that you may want to try, too. 

We hope you, too, are giving yourself some extra tender love and care! If anything, we hope this episode gives you the space to pause, check in, feel your feels, and offer yourself the rest and self-care you need during a time that can feel overwhelming.

We've got you, sis!


Key Topics:

• Why the SCOTUS decisions matter for Black women
• The impact of these recent decisions
• What we are doing to give ourselves extra nourishment during this time

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Steps student loan borrowers can take - here 
• Black Earth Wisdom by Leah Penningham
• Pause Rest Be: Stillness Practices for Courage in Times of Change by Octavia F. Raheem

Learn more:

• Affirmative Action decision
• Student Loan Forgiveness Program decision

Let us know how you are resting during this time - we'd love to hear from you. 

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Do you ever feel out of ideas for your rest practice? Meditation is an ancient practice that is still relevant for self-care in today's fast-paced society. Meditation is especially relevant for Black women who are exhausted. Yet, not every Black woman is familiar with it and its benefits. In this episode, we are taking a non-traditional look at meditation as a practice that's not intimidating and something that can be accessible to anyone. Join us as we offer a plethora of ideas for beginners who want to hear more about what meditation is like (we're sharing our personal experiences!); for people who have been practicing for some time who need ideas for switching up their practice; AND as a BONUS for those who are tired and need a FREE meditation to wind down after a long day, this one is for you!

Key Topics

• Defining meditation
• How we were introduced to meditation
• How has meditation enhanced our restorative practices?
• Meditation resources for beginners and practitioners
• BONUS: 10-Minute Guided Meditation

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Meditation Practices
  • Silent Meditation
  • Guided Meditation
  • Box Breathing
  • Walking Meditation
  • Tea Meditation
  • Guided Visualization
  • Tarot Meditation 
  • Journaling 
  • Ancestral Meditation
  • Spirit Writing
• Apps
  • Insight Timer
    • Library has free guided meditations on diverse topics, soundscapes, live virtual  events, classes, talks
    • Premium Membership for access to courses
    • Black Girl Meditations playlist
  • Liberate App (some meditations are free, others accessed w/subscription) 
    • Black-founded and owned
    • From Twitter: “Liberate Meditation was created to help BIPOC heal with meditations and talks specific to their lived experiences.”
    • Growing library of 100+ meditation topics include inner child, ancestors, sleep, anxiety, self-worth, the body, micro-aggressions, pride, etc.
    • Curated meditation and other content curated by BIPOC team
  • Headspace
  • Calm
• YouTube - search "meditation for Black women" or "meditations by black teachers"
• Meditation Websites
  •  Black Zen - 2 black sisters who are creating meditation experiences for Black and brown communities
  • Mindful.org
• Community Meditation Resources

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