Harnessing Power and Finding Purpose as Women of Color with Demarra West

An Intimate Conversation with Women of Color

Harnessing Power and Finding Purpose as Women of Color

with Demarra West

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In this episode Demarra and I, talk about:

[00:05:36] People as pathways to prosperity.

[00:15:28] Keeping our energy clean.

[00:24:21] Grind culture and its consequences.

Transcript

Do you want more out of life? Are you ready to live boldly in pursuit of your dreams?

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About this episode

Demarra West, founder and chief wellness officer of Be Well Beautiful Woman, in this episode, explains how the Be Well, Beautiful Woman podcast and other offerings revolve around the topic of well-being and proactive practices to enhance resilience. She emphasizes the importance of taking a proactive approach to build resilience and effectively handle life's challenges.

Demarra's work, including retreats, group coaching, virtual community, and podcast episodes, all center around the concept of well-being and its daily practice. The goal is to create a supportive space where women can come together, learn, and live a fully aligned life rooted in their desires and centered on joy. By prioritizing well-being and taking proactive steps, women can tap into their power, find their purpose, and connect with the world in a way that supports personal growth and evolution.

Demarra also mentions an upcoming summit called the "abundance summit," featuring inspiring women who serve as sources of inspiration for others to live a fully aligned life. Demarra believes that practicing gratitude, using breath to center oneself, and setting intentions are three effective ways to access joy, find clarity, and maintain a sense of well-being.

People as pathways to prosperity.

Demarra West: “And whether we're talking about the group mastermind coaching or the virtual community, Be My Sister's Keeper, or, you know, a podcast episode, everything centers around well-being and how we can practice that day in and day out. And not from a reactive standpoint, but from a proactive standpoint, so that when life lifes, we're more resilient, right, to deal with that. And everything centers around you know, the co-creation process and harnessing our power and finding out what our purpose and our passion is and connecting with, you know, the world in a way that is supportive of our evolution and really asking for help.”

Keeping our energy clean.

Demarra West: “Keeping our energy clean allows us to always be in a power play position. And so we can certainly clear energy through Reiki or EFT or Tai Chi, but also somatic practices that allow movement, like a yoga practice. When we're not moving, what's happening to our energy, it's stagnating. So anytime we're moving, we're actually in part releasing energy. This is about ultimately understanding that everything we do, everything we feel is ours and ours alone.“

Grind culture and its consequences.

Demarra West: “Like this whole grind culture is fascinating to me because it's killing us, you know, like it's killing us. And if it's not killing us at worst, it's killing us at best because it's depriving us day to day of lived experiences of joy, and peace and abundance in all forms. And anytime that we are living a life incongruence to who we were put on this planet to be, and we were put in this planet, our birthright is to have joy and it is to have peace and is to have abundance in all forms.”

Memorable Quotes

• 00:05:36 - “People are our number one pathway to prosperity."
• 00:15:28 - "Keeping our energy clean allows us to always be in a power play position."
• 00:28:21 - "I think that when we set an intention, this is my bonus one, there's real power in that."

About Demarra West

Demarra West is founder and chief wellness officer of Be Well Beautiful Woman which is a global wellness community focused on liberation and joy so all women can live and lead on their own terms. Through this social enterprise, Demarra provides retreats, group coaching, wellness & business support, and hosts The Be Well Beautiful Woman podcast. Demarra provides transformation support to women as a licensed therapist, Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), professional certified coach, and healing modality training, including, but is not limited to, meditation, forest bathing, and emotional freedom techniques (aka tapping). Demarra is also certified in Yoga as a Peace Practice and Trauma Sensitive Yoga through the Trauma Center.

Further, Demarra is principal and lead consultant of Change Agent Consulting (CAC) - a national consulting company that has been in operation since 2007. CAC provides executive coaching, organizational assessment, strategic & business planning, fund development, program & leadership development, evaluation, start-ups, and anti-racism and equity & inclusion services.

Demarra has led many successful ventures (for-profit and non-profit) while guiding others to launch and scale their businesses. Her entrepreneurial success has allowed her to travel all over the world, be engaged with her community in meaningful ways, and help individuals from all walks of life have greater fulfillment and purpose.

Demarra holds an MA in Clinical Mental Health from Western Michigan University, is the current Board Chairwoman of YWCA Kalamazoo, serves on the Kalamazoo County Jury Board, and is mom extraordinaire to her daughter, Zane’ and dog, Lu

Connect with Demarra West:

Email: [e-mail]

Website: https://www.bewellbeautifulwoman.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bwellbeautiful/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bwellbeautiful

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/be-well-beautiful-woman/

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