Summer Rewind: Buying Black and Living Green with Dr. Kristian Henderson
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4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2019
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In today’s summer rewind episode, we’re revisiting this conversation with Dr. Kristian Henderson of BLK+GRN.
Dr. Kristian Henderson is a professor of public health, a natural lifestyle enthusiast, and the founder of BLK+GRN, an all-natural marketplace by all Black artisans. BLK+GRN curates products that are sold in categories like skincare, home, bath and body to meet the needs of wellness seekers who want to buy Black and live green.
In the U.S. black women buy nearly twice as many body care and beauty products, with nearly 75% of the products marketing to black women containing toxic ingredients that can have a negative impact on our health. Through the creation of BLK+GRN, Dr. Kristian is tackling this issue head-on. She is an unshakable optimist who is passionate about helping women cultivate a lifestyle that’s free of artificial ingredients, toxins, and harmful chemicals. She believes that doing so is the only way to foster true happiness.
In this episode, we dive into the importance of understanding what ingredients are in our body care products, and how doing so can have a profound impact on our health.
She and her team are leading their community into a Toxic-Free 2019 when it comes to products, mindset, and lifestyle. We had an inspiring, insightful conversation that will have a positive takeaway for everyone. We’re so grateful for the opportunity to share her story and mission.
In this episode, we talk about…
- How to make the switch to non-toxic products.
- Toxic ingredients we should avoid.
- The importance of supporting Black-owned businesses.
- What inspired her to start BLK+GRN.
RESOURCES:
- Stay up to date on Dr. Kristian’s Recovery
- Send support to Dr. Kristian’s family
- BLK+GRN Website: www.blkgrn.com
- Follow BLK+GRN on Instagram: @blkgrn
- Follow Dr. Kristian on Instagram: @drkristianh
- Follow Facebook: BLK+GRN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BLKandGRN/
- Follow BLK+GRN on Twitter: @blkgrn
- From the BLK+GRN Blog: The Black Girl’s Guide to Self Care
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| 0:00.0 | On this show I have talked at length about the importance of eating enough protein |
| 0:04.7 | but sometimes eating protein throughout the day can be a challenge. However, |
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| 0:57.0 | Welcome to the Balance Black Girl Podcast. We're putting Black Girl Magic in motion. This show is dedicated to reinventing |
| 1:06.2 | wellness for women of color. I'm your host Lestrandra Alfred. Thank you so much |
| 1:11.5 | for tuning into this week's episode of the |
| 1:15.1 | balanced black girl podcast. So if you've been listening for the past few weeks you |
| 1:20.2 | may know that I am currently on vacation that is right while this episode is |
| 1:27.2 | being released your girl is celebrating her 30th birthday in Greece. So we are doing a little summer |
| 1:36.3 | rewind for a couple of weeks here while I go live my best |
| 1:41.2 | balanced black girl life. And I am sharing with you or re sharing some of the |
| 1:47.6 | incredible conversations that we had in the earlier days of the balanced black girl |
| 1:51.7 | podcast that I really want to make sure new |
| 1:54.4 | members of our audience get to hear or for those of y'all who have been with me for |
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