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 #behavioralhealthservices, #mentalhealth, and #racialdisparities within the #healthcaresystem.

Her recent work explores various actors and sectors in health care and progress toward standardized race and ethnicity #datacollection.

Taylor graduated from the Catholic University of America with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.

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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 of EquiWell Partners where she reimagines ways to foster equity and wellness in organizations. Her research on emotional tax and racial codeswitching has been featured in the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, the World Economic Forum, BBC and NPR. Dr. Courtney has also published research in multiple academic journals and regularly joins business podcasts and conferences to share commentary on equity and justice work in organizations.

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 experience.

Camara Chambers #Founded Let’s Hike T.O. in July 2021 after several years of leading hikes and noticing a distinct lack of #Diversity in the members of her local hiking club. Determined to address the issue, she approached the club’s board but was met with resistance at her suggestions to be more #Inclusive in its membership efforts. After gathering a group of friends and brainstorming what a truly inclusive and diversity-focused hiking community would look like, Let’s Hike T.O. was born.

Let’s Hike T.O. is committed to diversifying the hiking community through easy access to safe and enjoyable hikes for anyone interested in hiking, with a particular focus of intentionally engaging people of color, newcomers and young adults aged 20-40. Let's Hike T.O. envisions a world where everyone feels welcome, accepted, and respected in the hiking community and has access to positive hiking experiences on urban trails in Toronto and natural trails across Ontario. We will achieve this vision by providing dedicated outreach to under-represented communities such as people of color, newcomers, and youth and offering safe and enjoyable hikes led by trained leaders of diverse backgrounds.

Camara Chambers is a trained #Hike #Leader (since 2014) and has led hikes across southern #Ontario. Camara Chambers is originally from the urban metropolis of #London, England, and moved to Toronto in 2011, as she discovered her love of hiking.

In her day job, Camara is a #SeniorManager at Toronto Metropolitan University, and is responsible for a number of leadership programs at the university’s #ThinkTank, the #LeadershipLab. In 2019, Camara was chosen as one of 100 Black Women in #CanadaToWatch, she is a #CivicAction #DiverseCityFellow, and was recognized as a national leader in the Canadian nonprofit landscape in #ThePhilanthropist.

Comment Below, did you consider how colonized hiking is and how it often excludes Black Women?

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The Black Women's Wellness Podcast Mission is to help Black Women overcome stress by amplifying an array of wellness offerings.

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 organizations to reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness and increasing access to therapeutic resources for underserved communities.

Adaeze is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she earned her B.S. in Biological Sciences and minor in Chemistry and Africana Studies. She later earned her MPH in Program Evaluation from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia.

She currently works as a Management Analyst for the Government of the District of Columbia’s Department of Healthcare Finance where she plans to contribute to policy changes that address health disparities and promote healthcare equity and access. During her free time Adaeze enjoys volunteering with various organizations, spending time with family and friends, traveling, andexploring various arts and culture.

Social Media Handles:LinkedIn Profile Link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adaeze-b-okonkwo-a9a820168Twitter Handle: @Okonkwo_b

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 most recently as 300 TT Lead.

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.

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 of directors.

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 consulting. Dr. Drea is also passionate about teaching people the importance of preventative care (both physically and emotionally) in order to increase their success in their goals.

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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 of Public Health from The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She teaches at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University, is the founder of Delta Health and Wellness Consulting, and works with various organizations and government agencies in the health policy space to affect large scale change to address health inequities. From being a Reiki Master to serving as a Doula, in all of the work that she does as a physician, as a professor, and public health champion, Dr. Hancock is fully committed to raising up the next generation to reach their full health potential.