Bayou Wellness Collective

A Heart Project, Born from Listening

Bayou Wellness Collective came about as a heart project from countless conversations filled with frustration, confusion and a longing for better. Too many sheets were left with tears behind as clients poured their hearts out feeling helpless, unheard and overwhelmed on their wellness journeys. My heart broke each time. Sure, it was the first time I was hearing their story, but it echoed the voices and mirrored the tears of many who trusted me on their journey.

Like a record on repeat:
“My doctor won’t listen.”
“Did you see the lawsuit on that product?”
“My hormones are off, but all they offer are more meds.”
”I’m in so much pain, but the images don’t show anything - they said it’s all in my head.”
”My organs are being affected by the medications they are giving me.”
“It’s grass-fed, but the land is sprayed with chemicals.”

Every story essentially carried the same message - we’re tired and just want to be well.
Tired of being unheard, overprescribed, undereducated and left to scroll through online
forums, mom groups and online searching for providers who truly
care beyond a scripted routine. This shouldn’t be the normal we accept anymore.
Hours of time to hopefully find a provider who cares.

As a doula, I have watched mothers fight for their birthing rights
trying to find OBs who honor doulas and midwives.
Mothers desperately searching for care providers who don’t use fear as a tool to earn
more income or push a c-section at the convenience of their provider’s schedule.
Mothers who want golden hour honored and being able to delay the clamping
of the cord. Mothers who simply want their primal birthing rights and baby’s
rights honored. “Does anyone know a doctor who actually listens?”

I hear families questioning why ingredients are in our foods that are banned in other countries sit on our shelves in grocery stores.
Why does our food contains what other countries forbid? How are, We The People, living in one of the greatest nations and yet we are so powerless to change even this seemingly simple issue.

I witnessed people get “punished” by trainers under the guise of “accountability” for gaining even just an ounce of weight between training sessions. I witnessed and still hear clients talk about spending hundreds a month on “fitness plans” that left them nutrient-depleted, discouraged and more disconnected from their bodies than before they began the program.

Bayou Wellness Collective was created as a response and I suppose a revolution. Born from that ache of every story echoing the same truth.

It’s a movement built on compassion and accountability, education and empowerment.
A place where wellness professionals, farmers, healers, trainers and community come together for one purpose:
to restore what’s been taken - our right to truth, our right to choose, our right to be heard and our right to wellness.

People are craving real care. People are craving truth, connection and wellness.

Bayou Wellness Collective

A platform of hope.
A platform built by our community, for the community.
A community space rooted in wellness, education and the right to choose.
A place where you can find practitioners, farmers, trainers, healers and more who listen deeply, think critically and believe true wellness is from soil to soul.