Shea Butter & Therapy Ft Abena Boamah

Naked Beauty

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🗓️ 14 September 2018

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

“Sometimes therapy can be a lot…you’re unpacking things you didn’t even know were there. Therapy allowed me to realize how my anxieties were manifesting and also to realize that I have the authority and I’m worthy of not being in this space at all times. Sometimes when you’re an anxious person or you’re depressed you think….'this is how it ishis is always going to be how it is and I just have to work in this bubble of anxiety or sadness'….but now I have different tools to move out of it.” - my guest incredible guest Abena, on her experience with therapy

Abena Boamah M.Ed, creator of Hanahana beauty, is on a mission to disrupt the global beauty industry. I’m amazed by Abena’s boldness, point of view and ambition — all while remaining entirely down to earth & SO FUN! Abena is committed to creating transparency, accessibility and sustainability with her 100% handcrafted shea butter sourced from the Katariga Women's Cooperative in Tamale, Ghana. She describes growing up in a Ghanian household in the suburbs of Ohio, teaching on the westside of Chicago and being a Pisces. She convinces me to open my mind to therapy (and makes a very compelling case I want everyone to hear)!

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0:00.0	Hello, it's Brooke Devard and you're listening to the Naked Beauty podcast. I'm here with my beautiful guest.
0:15.0	Abbana, Bwama, a chumpum.
0:22.0	Perfect. Perfect. That was perfect. Guam a chumpum. Achumpum.
0:23.0	Perfect.
0:24.0	Perfect. It's a beautiful name.
0:26.0	Is this a Ghanaian name?
0:27.0	Yes, it's a Ghanaian name.
0:28.0	Yeah.
0:29.0	Beautiful name.
0:30.0	And I feel like my inner soul is still on glow from yesterday.
0:35.0	I feel the same way.
0:37.0	Yesterday's event that you curate was incredible.
0:40.0	Beauty and chill.
0:41.0	The title is perfect.
0:42.0	Yes. Oh my God, no, literally, that was the first one, so we've done like a
0:47.0	yoga and show. Okay. And we did the first yoga show in Ghana and then like in LA just this last week and the Beauty and Chill one though like I was actually really
0:56.1	nervous to put it on. Really? Yeah because I was like I remember I called actually called Lauren of Ash of black girl and I'm like when I was like buying drinks for it because I was just like I don't know that using beauty like going like being really like saying intentional about being in the beauty industry has been something that I'm like okay you're really stepping into this and also because I'm just learning as I go you know so
1:24.8	it's been a bit intimidating like we were kind of talking about you know like if
1:28.9	you're not someone that wears makeup or you're not like for me I'm just like for beaut is like creating and skin care and like in that sense.
1:35.0	But it was amazing.
1:37.0	Yeah, I was incredible.
1:39.0	New York shows so much love to.
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