Ep. 136: Black Women's Womb Wellness

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KOEREYELLE, Personal Development Coach

Education, Non-profit, Self-improvement, Business, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Religion & Spirituality, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Mental Health

4.8 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Real wealth is good health. Beatrice Dixon, founder of The Honey Pot Company, which sells a plant-based feminine hygiene line of products, shares her business story. The company’s products are sold in stores including Target, Walmart, and Whole Foods. If you have a goal of selling your products in retail, this episode is one you must hear. “If you force it and it’s not for you, it’s not going to work out.” -Koereyelle This Week on Confessions of a WERKaholic [1:59] Beatrice’s career path before The Honey Pot [5:01] What real life problem led Beatrice to creating her first product [5:41] The dream that changed her life [8:00] Beatrice shares her spiritual belief [9:15] This one thing will affect everything else in your life [16:50] The first step needed for retail success [20:20] What Beatrice wished she’d known beforehand [24:11] Why retail isn’t for the faint of heart [25:29] How she views getting into Target [29:51 ] Why you need to figure out what you’re good at doing Resources Mentioned: Werk University - http://werkuniversity.com The Honey Pot Company -https://thehoneypot.co/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	You can work let's work. Come on, let's work. Come on, let's work. Come on, let's work. You can wish for it, or you can work for it. You gotta work for greatness. If you ain't working, you should be working. Come on. Let's work.
0:23.4	These are the confessions of a workaholic.
0:30.0	Welcome to Confessions of a Workaholic, where we share the success secrets of fearless female entrepreneurs who are obsessed with success.
0:33.6	This episode is brought to you by Work University.
0:37.6	Work You is the online clubhouse that connects women of color to the resources that they need so they can stop living paycheck to paycheck and start living the life of their dreams.
0:47.8	For enrollment details, log on to workuniversity.com or check the show notes for the link.
0:57.1	So today we are talking to a true workaholic who understands that real wealth is good help. Beatrice Dixon is the creator,
1:04.4	the founder of the Honeypot Company, which is a plant-based feminine hygiene line created with a goal to provide women with a healthy alternative to feminine care.
1:16.1	She has been featured everywhere from the Today Show to New York Times, essence, Forbes, and even T. Payne's School of Business.
1:25.2	And if that ain't bossy enough, y'all, she was one of 40 women,
1:30.0	one of 40 women of color to raise $1 million in venture capital. So yes, yes, y'all,
1:37.6	the boss is in the building. Beatrice, are you ready to confess? Yeah, I am.
1:45.4	I'm excited.
1:55.4	So I love to start the show by asking what you started your career doing because I always find it so interesting how our passions tend to lead us away from our profession.
1:57.9	So what did you actually start your career doing?
2:05.4	So I started my career off in pharmacy. Actually, I was a, I was a pharmacy technician for Cigna Healthcare, literally like right out of high school. And I did that for, I want to say,
2:17.4	like 10 years, almost 10 years.
2:19.9	And then I left from doing that because I got tired of being around.
2:26.1	I just got tired of a toxic work environment.
2:29.4	You know what I mean?
2:29.9	Like hospitals and healthcare are essentials to humans um not only to humans but to other earth
2:40.7	you know to other earthlings as well but to work in it can be tough if it's not really your passion
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