EP230: Episode 230 - Making The Wellness Industry More Inclusive

The Business of Becoming with Lori Kennedy

I work in the Health and Wellness Industry.

I help businesses within the Health and Wellness industry grow.

This is why this conversation is one of the most important and impactful conversations that I have had thus far on The Business of Becoming.

I have had amazing guests in the past touch on the biases and non-inclusive ways that the industry portrays and represents itself as. The conversation that I didn’t have was how we can work together to impact the growth of this industry.

That’s why I reached out to thought leader Chrissy King to see if she would be interested in talking to us today about anti-racism diversity inclusion.

The Health and Wellness Industry should provide an inclusive space where all people are able to live well, whatever that means for them, and to be able to show up in the body that they have, and feel safe.

And that's not happening right now.

Tune in. Get ready to listen with your guards down.

Let's make the change that this industry is needing.

More on Chrissy King :

Chrissy King is a writer, speaker, strength coach, and educator with a passion for creating a diverse and inclusive wellness industry. She empowers individuals to stop shrinking, start taking up space, and use their energy to create their specific magic in the world. She has been featured in SELF, SHAPE, Health, Cosmopolitan, BuzzFeed, Muscle and Fitness, and Livestrong, among others. With degrees in Social Justice and Sociology from Marquette University, Chrissy merges her passion for Social Justice and her passion for fitness to empower individuals within the fitness and wellness industry to create spaces that allow individuals from all backgrounds to feel seen, welcome, respected, and celebrated.

You can connect with her on her website, or Instagram!

What We Talk About In This Episode:

• Body Liberation
• Anti-racism
• Diversity Inclusion
• Body Positivity
• Photoshop
• Alternative Health
• Coaching
• Privilege
• Perceived Ability
• Trauma
• White Centered
• Unconscious Bias
• Able Bodied Person
• Microaggressions
• The Body Liberation Project

Things We Mention In This Episode:

• Anti-Racism Replay - Chrissy King
• Chrissy King Instagram

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… did you know that we make a donation on behalf of every special guest that we have on The Business of Becoming? Today’s donation is going to Fitness4AllBodies . F4AB teaches fitness professionals to understand how systems of oppression affect our bodies and how to apply a social justice lens to their work.