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placing your well-being first should never come last
LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR SERVICES
Our Services include health education, health coaching, nutrition education, physical activity, and dance fitness workshops along with wellness programs, challenges, and events. Our services encompass the eight dimensions of wellness and address the social determinants of health. Our aim to help women of color overcome health gaps and improve health equity to achieve optimal health, healing, wholeness, and well-being, while impacting the community.
RedefiNING self-care to make health and personal wellbeing a number one priority.
Well-being Programs and Events
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Statistics Relating to Women’s and Health
The lack of sleep is linked to type 2 diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and depression (CDC)
Black women have the highest rates of obesity or being overweight compared to other groups in the United States (OMH).
Only one in three Black adults with mental illness receive treatment (NAMI).
Among Hispanic American women, 78.8 % are overweight or obese (OMH).
45.2% of women aged 20 and over have high blood pressure and/or taking anti blood pressure medication (CDC)
A healthy diet and regular physical activity can help prevent weight gain, heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and some kinds of cancer (CDC).
Chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and obesity compromise women’s health (CDC).
41.8% of women aged 20 and over who are obese (CDC).
about me
A Public Health and Kinesiology professional, with over 13 years of experience in the community wellness, corporate health, and fitness industry.
I decided to combine my years of experience, expertise, and education from the public health and corporate health sector. I intend to pour my innovation and health solutions back into my community who need it the most, to the women who look like me, to serve as a creative catalyst and improve the well-being, health status and increase health equality.
core values
Selfish for Your Health’s vision is to inspire minority women and all women to make permanent lifestyle changes to their personal health and well-being by reframing the word "selfish “for the selfless. We aim to change the perception of health and wellbeing while shifting cultural norms through following values below:
Health Empowerment
Social Connection and Support
Positive Health Perception and Body Positivity
Well Being and Whole Health
Referral, Education, and Resources
Dimension of Wellness
Social Determinants of Health
Social Impact
empowering individuals by awakening and enhancing their desires to place their health first
Areas of Focus
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Healthy Weight
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Metabolic Disease Risk (Heart Disease, Diabetes, Cholesterol, and waist size)
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Mental Health: Stress Management
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Physical Activity
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Nutrition Education
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Sleep Health
Approaches
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Public Health principals
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Exercise Science practices
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Corporate Health & Wellness strategies
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Behavior Change Techniques
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Health Innovation
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