Reclaim Your Wellness: A Sacred Blueprint for Black Women’s Healing

Inspired by Kellie Bowman’s Wisdom & Well Black Sis’s Mission

Are you ready to rewrite your health story? For too long, Black women have been handed fragmented health advice that ignores our ancestral wisdom and systemic barriers. Dr. Sebi’s daughter, Kellie Bowman, recently shared radical truths about holistic healing – but her message runs deeper than surface-level "self-care."

At Well Black Sis, we see these principles as sacred tools for decolonizing wellness. Let’s explore how each tip connects to our mind-body-soul liberation.

1. Forgive Yourself – The First Act of Rebellion

Research confirms what our grandmothers knew: self-forgiveness lowers cortisol levels (the stress hormone that fuels fibroids, hypertension, and autoimmune disease in Black women).

Our Perspective:

• This isn’t just about mental health – unprocessed guilt lodges in our wombs and nervous systems.

• Try this: "Write a forgiveness letter to your body after medical trauma, then burn it as ritual release."

2. Educate Yourself – Because Our Ancestors Were the Original Scientists

Kellie’s Call: Move beyond Google searches to oral traditions and lived experiences. We concur and also we will add this :

• Study how colonial diets disrupted our gut microbiomes (linked to higher PCOS rates in Black women).

• Join our "Decolonizing Wellness" course where we:

  • Analyze FDA biases against African herbal remedies

  • Stay alert on your medical visits for dismissive doctors

Be proactive! African Americans need to get more serious about modern day issues affecting our generation, our health, our rights, the wellbeing of our families, our businesses as a collective, and our future as a community. 

3. You Are the Sum of Your Experiences – And Your Ancestors’ Triumphs

The Science: Epigenetics proves generational trauma alters our DNA – but so does healing. Here’s what we recommend:

• Create an ancestral altar with:

  • Photos of resilient foremothers

  • Herbs they used (e.g., hibiscus for blood pressure)

• Try Talk Therapy. You don’t know what you don’t know and when you know better, you can do better.

Release what does not serve you and add the things that will contribute to your growth. Also, choose to make the most out of every experience and be your best self everyday!

4. Love Yourself – The Ultimate Resistance

Kellie’s Radical Truth: Self-love means firing incompetent doctors and demanding culturally-competent care.

• Body Sovereignty Challenge:

  • Day 1: Touch your womb and say "I honor you"

  • Day 7: Cancel one appointment with a dismissive provider

• Listen to our podcast episode “Moving Your Body Matters with Joycelyn Francis of JoyFit World”

5. Walk in Your Truth – Like Our Foremothers Who Midwifed Freedom

Nobody knows your truth better than you do. There’s not a person on God’s green earth that can tell you who you are, what you’ve done and what you’ve been through. Your story is yours to tell and you have to own it. Whether that is through your style, words, hair, art, and actions, you get to be proud of who you were created to be and never be apologetic for being you!

Well Black Sis Call-to-Action:

• Tag us on health journey @wellblacksis on IG

Your Next Right Step

This isn’t just about individual health – it’s about healing our lineages forward and backward.

Ask yourself - What’s one thing I can do today that will change how my approach to my healing tomorrow?