Balanced Black Girl is a podcast dedicated to helping you feel your best. Tune in for approachable health, self-care, personal development, and well-being advice.
The Balanced Black Girl podcast has a holistic approach to life. According to its philosophy, one must consider every aspect to improve well-being. They must work on the emotional, physical, social, and spiritual daily. That sort of transformation requires a lot of effort, so the podcast is here to assist. It hopes to help its listeners develop healthy habits while also exploring the barriers to entry.
The podcast host Les Alfred started her blog, The Balanced Berry, in 2014. Back then, she used it as a creative outlet. It was a place for her to share healthy recipes and workouts. She also used it to stay connected with her past personal training clients. Over the years, the blog grew and became a wellness brand. Something about it never felt right for Alfred. The majority of the well-being industry was white, tall, and skinny, and that wasn't who she was. Trying to fit in made her lose her identity. So, around 2018, Alfred decided to rebrand. That rebranding coincided with a podcast dedicated to people like her. It was for people who didn't see themselves in the mainstream wellness space.
Balanced Black Girl offers a combination of listeners' questions and interviews with experts. Alfred invites wellness specialists, advocates, allies, fitness professionals, and anyone in between. In one episode, Alfred interviews a career expert to discuss imposter syndrome. In another, she talks to a scholar to explore solutions for food inequality. Other topics include dismantling colorism and coping mechanisms. She also discusses optimizing the menstrual cycle and preserving the Black legacy.
Every discussion on the Balanced Black Girl podcast is candid and vulnerable. It seeks to be informative as well as relatable. Alfred wishes to provide a voice to women of color and allies in the wellness realm. She wants them to feel heard, represented, and comforted in every stage of their lives.
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