60. Queen Afua Leading Activist of 50 Yrs In Holistic Practices for Black Women’s Womb Health, Addressing Fibroids, Preventing Hysterectomies, & Helping Others with Heart Health, Beauty, & More

Queen Afua has been a Black American pioneer in the green holistic movement for over 50 years in NYC. As a teenager she suffered from severe asthma and had other complications and decided to turn her life around through natural ancient African techniques of healing the body. She has become known for being a healer of African American women and the pandemic they are experiencing of illness in the womb. Queen Afua has designed ways to address fibroids that often lead to hysterectomies, death at childbirth and other gynecological problems. Black women are seldom understood as to how their body's function as little research has been done, as they are not helped by the same procedures in medicine that white women receive. Queen Afua has fought for wellness for women of color throughout the US, Europe, Caribbean, and Africa, helping over one million people. She works with integrative medical doctors, and is able to stop align with their services to help many people.  She is often a guest on shows like Charlamagne Tha God on Breakfast Club Power, is a New York Times Bestselling author, and has been interviewed by magazines like Essence, Rolling Stone and other publications and podcasts.  She is also a  trusted advisor to notables such as Erykah Badu, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Lauren London, Common, Iyanla Vanzant. She is the author of Heal Thyself and Sacred Woman.

 

Music Featured:
Will Be By Your Side by MeloMance, and Superstar by Lee Seung Hyub (J.Don)
(featuring Cheeze) Solo Debut

 

Guest Bio:

Queen Afua, born Helen Robinson, is a New York Times best selling author, holistic health and wellness practitioner, entrepreneur, and has been affectionately coined as the “Mother of Womb Wellness” for over 50 years. Queen Afua has dedicated her life to fighting diseases by teaching people how to understand and utilize the power of food, self-care, and holistic healthy choices as an empowering lifestyle. Her teachings are based on the principles of ancient African traditions, and she has blended this with contemporary natural health and beauty techniques. In 2000,

 Queen Afua opened the Queen Afua Wellness Center in Brooklyn, which offers a range of holistic health services. Queen Afua is the author of Heal Thyself: For Health and Longevity her second book, Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind, and Spirit, has become a classic. Queen Afua is a quintessential voice and authority for Black Women in regards to their reproductive health, and their overall empowerment in holistically reclaiming, renewing and protecting their wombs from hysterectomies, chronic premenstrual syndrome and fibroid tumors. Queen Afua’s work has been recognized by many organizations, including the United Nations and the National Black Women’s Health Project. The 7-time author has been praised for her works by The Breakfast Club, Vogue and Essence magazine, Red Table Talk, and many others — she is also a trusted advisor to notables such as Erykah Badu, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Common, Iyanla Vanzant, and the list goes on. Queen Afua has also been featured in publications such as The New York Times, Rolling Stone magazine, and MindBodyGreen. 

 

Guest Contact: 

www.queenafua.com

1.888.344.4325 

 

Host Contact: 
Enoe Aracely Brown

Producer & Host

www.holisticedgeradio.com

holisticedgeradio@gmail.com