The Bougie Baldie Podcast
The Bougie Baldie Podcast
Podcast Description
Welcome to The Bougie Baldie Podcast, your ultimate companion on the journey through women' hair loss. I’m your host, Kellie Rhymes – a dedicated women’s hair loss support and authenticity coach. Also an advocate, after navigating my own experience with Scarring Alopecia.
Together, we’ll dive deep into the world of women’s hair loss, sharing heartfelt stories, insightful advice, and empowering information to inspire your path.
Remember, while we offer valuable insights, our discussions are meant to complement, not replace, professional advice.
Hit follow and let’s embark on this journey!
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast centers around themes of women's hair loss, emotional support, and empowerment, featuring episodes on early signs of hair loss, choosing the right wig, navigating insurance for cranial prostheses, and emotional wellness in self-acceptance. For example, one episode highlights the emotional toll of hair loss while providing resources for community support.
Welcome to The Bougie Baldie Podcast, your ultimate companion on the journey through women’ hair loss. I’m your host, Kellie Rhymes – a dedicated women’s hair loss support and authenticity coach. Also an advocate, after navigating my own experience with Scarring Alopecia.
Together, we’ll dive deep into the world of women’s hair loss, sharing heartfelt stories, insightful advice, and empowering information to inspire your path.
Remember, while we offer valuable insights, our discussions are meant to complement, not replace, professional advice.
Hit follow and let’s embark on this journey!
Season two of the Bougie Baldie Podcast premieres with guest Erika Hill, a poet, social justice advocate, social entrepreneur, blogger, and author of the alopecia anthology chapter “Finding Joy After Alopecia.”
The host announces the Bougie Baldie Show is now available on the Zondra TV Network (Apple TV, Amazon Fire, and Roku) and shares that this season will feature guests focused on women’s hair loss.
Erika discusses her alopecia areata journey beginning during the stress of her father’s cancer diagnosis (2016) and his passing (2017), her experiences with locs falling out, dermatologist visits, ointments and injections, a 30-day JAK inhibitor clinical trial with negative side effects, and her decision to embrace being bald.
She explains triggers tied to grief and stress, ongoing scalp irritation, and strategies for coping such as journaling, meditation, music, and finding “childlike joy.”
Erika shares why she contributed to the anthology to increase awareness and support children—especially Black girls—living with alopecia, and she reads an excerpted poem from her chapter.
The conversation also covers her work as CEO of Vision Street Research, LLC, providing project management, workforce development training, market research, and data analysis for Black-led businesses and community organizations, including internships for youth focused on soft skills, career exploration, and self-care during the pandemic, plus financial empowerment work on Long Island.
Erika highlights advocacy through NAAF as a legislative liaison, including education around wig coverage and using data to broaden understanding that alopecia is more than “just hair.” She previews upcoming Joy After Alopecia merch and tools and directs viewers to:
Links:
The Bougie Baldie TV Show Bald Confidence is officially out! Listen first hand to women that have experienced various forms of hair loss and have come out on the other side of acceptance and confidence.
You can watch the entire season at www.zondratv.com. Make sure you check it out!
Work with Kellie Rhymes, Women's Hair Loss Support and Authenticity Coach
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https://www.limitlessmindsetcoach.com/
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