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On this episode of Shop Essence Live in partnership with New Voices Family we feature Brooke Blacksher, Founder of Health Atelier. Brooke is a seasoned tech professional and the heart behind Health Atelier, combining her expertise in CX, analysis and with 10+ years of firsthand full time caregiving for her mom who navigated chronic illness stemming from diabetes.
After seeing the struggles in her mom's healthcare journey, Brooke created Health Atelier to provide simple, easy, and effective wellness solution that can be incorporated into your wellness journey with ease.
Their Essential Greens Superfoods powder is a game changer with 40 nutrient rich ingredients ,Probiotics, Fiber, Antioxidants, 0g of sugar, no caffeine, plus it’s boosted with Vitamin D3 — all in a drink you’ll actually want to finish.
Watch the video for more info!
After seeing the struggles in her mom's healthcare journey, Brooke created Health Atelier to provide simple, easy, and effective wellness solution that can be incorporated into your wellness journey with ease.
Their Essential Greens Superfoods powder is a game changer with 40 nutrient rich ingredients ,Probiotics, Fiber, Antioxidants, 0g of sugar, no caffeine, plus it’s boosted with Vitamin D3 — all in a drink you’ll actually want to finish.
Watch the video for more info!
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00:00Hey friend, are you getting the proper amount of greens every single day? You guys know that that's
00:09a huge factor in our energy and how we go about the earth. I know that there's energy drinks out
00:16there, but it's right there in your food. And I know we're not getting our proper greens. I know
00:21I'm not. So I am so excited to bring you today's founder here on Shop Essence Live in partnership
00:28with the New Voices family. Everybody, welcome to the show. Founder of Health Atelier. We have
00:36Brooke Blackshire. Hello everybody. Hello. Oh my gosh. Hey girl. Hey. So I am so excited to talk
00:46about this incredible line that you have where we can just have a dose of this every single day.
00:52And it is life changing. I am somebody that has recently sworn off energy drinks. Like it was
00:59just, you know, I have a late night sometimes and we try to keep our energy up as moms, as career
01:04women, we want to be healthy, but then we need that energy boost. And a lot of this is available in our
01:09food, but you know, we're on the go. We're not necessarily sitting there measuring how much
01:15greens we have in a day. And you have such an incredible solution before we get into the taste
01:22test. Tell us how you came up with this incredible brand. Yes, yes, absolutely. And thank you so much
01:28for the beautiful intro. So for me, you know, Health Atelier was born from a personal place, a personal
01:33mission. You know, like so many of us, myself included, we know someone that's been impacted by
01:39diabetes, whether it's our aunts, uncles, grandparents, parents themselves. And for me,
01:46it was my mom. And for the last 10 years, the last decade, I had the privilege of being her caretaker.
01:52And during that time, I was really able to see, you know, the health challenges and the health
01:58journey that she was on. Unfortunately, you know, a lot of other health issues stem from diabetes. So I
02:04wanted to be able to give her something that wasn't just another prescription, another, you know,
02:11doctor's visit, here you go, something else to just put in the medicine cabinet. I wanted to give
02:15her something that could work from the inside out from a holistic perspective, just for her well-being.
02:20And so that's kind of what I went on a mission to do. And I couldn't really find anything that
02:26really fit exactly what I was looking for. I looked for a lot of products. And I really loved greens,
02:31but I didn't love how they tasted. So for me, I was like, you know what, let me do this. And let
02:37me do it a little bit better. Let me make sure I'm making a product that has a lot of greens in it
02:41without tasting like lawn clippings and be able to have a product that also looks at us as a whole
02:46person. Because one of the main things for me too, was I didn't see myself represented in any of
02:51these brands, right? And the marketing and the advertising and the information that was provided
02:56back, I just felt lost. And I just didn't see anything that looked like me or my family
03:01members or my community. So I wanted to really provide an elevated, joyful wellness experience
03:07for people of color. And so that's why I started with these greens, because we need greens in our
03:13lives and they don't have to be gross. So that's just a little bit about why I started it. And then
03:18we can always jump into why they're amazing. Oh my gosh. But let's jump into that. Cause I know
03:24I'm talking a lot about energy. Can you talk about the benefits of getting your proper dosage
03:30of super green today? Yeah, absolutely. So a lot of times we have this preconceived notion,
03:36right? This narrative in our head that greens are gross. We think greens, we think salad, spinach,
03:41barley, all the things we don't really want to eat or drink. And with greens, what I loved about them
03:46is that it's a quick, efficient way to get that extra needed boost. Nine times out of 10, you know,
03:52we're not getting that one to two pounds of leafy greens in our daily diet, right? And so this is
03:58not to say, don't eat your salads, but this is definitely an opportunity to get that extra boost
04:03of greens in your day, right? You're going to get about 5,240 milligrams of greens or 5.2 grams of
04:10greens, which is amazing. You're getting things like spirulina, chlorella, you're getting, you know,
04:17wheatgrass, spinach, broccoli, alfalfa. So like really great nutrient rich greens, but you also
04:25have that antioxidant blend. So you have the pineapple, the moringa, the papaya, pomegranate,
04:30goji berries. So really healthy antioxidant, you know, enhanced, you know, antioxidant blend.
04:37That's really what it is. So I wanted to give us the best of the best without also overlooking the
04:42things that we need, because unfortunately, as a community of color, we are disproportionately
04:47vitamin D deficient, right? About 70% of Hispanics and about 82% of African-Americans are vitamin D
04:54deficient. So I actually boosted our greens with vitamin D3 as well. So really giving us that kind
05:00of super green. So not just your greens, you're getting vitamin D3 too. And just, you know, some
05:06really great things like great fiber blend for our gut health, because we got to stop leaving that,
05:10you know, conversation off the table and really focus on allowing us to have that digestive enzyme,
05:17that probiotic, and just really focusing us like as the holistic whole person, just in an elevated
05:22way. So. Oh, I love, listen, Brooke has got us y'all. She is taking care of. Oh, I, and I thank you.
05:32Thank you so much for the intentionality around everything that you put into Health Atelier.
05:38What, like, if I am taking this over time, what are some of the differences that you, what are some
05:44of the differences your consumers have noticed after, you know, having this every morning and
05:50adding it to their daily routine? Definitely. So some of the things, especially the feedback that
05:54I've heard is going to be about a three-parter here. The first one is going to be for their
05:59immunity. So one thing that's great with vitamin D3 is that it's really great for helping with your
06:03immunity boost, your energy. So it really is like that little mood lifter. So I like to call it like
06:09sunshine in a bottle, right? It's sunshine in every scoop, because it really gives you that lifted,
06:14elevated, just like I'm ready to start my day. Now it is zero caffeine because I didn't want to add
06:20those jitters, but it does give you that natural boost of energy, but nothing crazy, no, you know,
06:25crazy rush. And we also really focus on digestion. Again, here, especially in our communities,
06:32we have leaky gut, we have constipation issues. So we wanted to really focus on giving us something
06:36good to kind of get ourselves moving. So we don't shy away from those constipation conversations.
06:42We want something that's going to help us out, really get us going, and just, you know, be open
06:47about the wellness issues that we face so we can actually address them and be proactive and preventative.
06:52So with this, you're definitely going to get a nice digestive cleanse as well, but nothing crazy.
06:57It's something just to help out with, you know, those gut issues we face.
07:01Oh my gosh. I cannot, I cannot wait to have this be a part of my every day.
07:06So you've made this so easy and I'd love for you to do just a little demo.
07:12So you're starting your day. What, what is it you have to do in order to leave?
07:18We want to make this as easy as possible, as simple as possible for our consumers.
07:23So what we did, easy peasy, grab a glass. You want something just simple.
07:27Now it's going to make about 14 to 15 ounces, depending how much you'd like to mix.
07:34I'm going to go ahead and eyeball this because I'm a pro at this by now, but you want to have some water
07:39and do about eight to 10 ounces of water just in a glass. So we're going to pour a little bit of that.
07:45Then we're going to go ahead and add, I like to elevate it with just a little bit of apple juice.
07:51You can do white apple juice. You can do no apple juice. You can really do it however you'd like.
07:57And again, it can be a splash. It can be between two to three ounces.
08:00And then all you got to do is grab your greens, which again, I love in our Frostberry Fusion flavor.
08:08This flavoring is going to be very subtle. It's very cool. It's very, you know, undertones of like that coolness.
08:15So you don't feel overwhelmed. It's not too tart. Just want to make it to where it's something that's very easy to drink.
08:21So grabbing that scoop, grab a little greens here, empty that right on in.
08:27And then I love to use an electric whisk or mixer just to really blend the greens because, again, we did put a good amount in there.
08:34So because of that, we want to make sure they're blended well.
08:38Stick your little whisk in there and just give it a quick blend. Super, super easy.
08:44And if you don't have an electric whisk, you can definitely just go ahead and use, you know, a spoon,
08:49use a mixer bottle, a tumbler bottle, shake it up really well.
08:53And then just, again, give it a nice mix.
08:58That's all you got to do there.
09:01And then we are going to add just a little bit of ice because I love my greens. It's nice and cold.
09:11And then just add a straw, give it a quick stir, and literally you're all set to go.
09:15Listen, we could do this, okay? We could do that every single day.
09:22I am so, so excited about this and knowing what the benefits are and just starting off your day.
09:30It's so important, too, for this step B in the morning.
09:33I find when I make healthier decisions to start my day, I tend to, you know, follow that trend all day long.
09:40Or if I have something super unhealthy and indulgent, my day is like, I ain't going to the gym, I ain't doing nothing.
09:47So I am, I'm really, really excited about making this a part of our everyday life.
09:52You guys know I taste test everything on ShopSense Live, so we're going to do a taste test I am so, so excited about.
09:59Oh, first of all, I think the splash of apple juice is really smart, but I don't even know if I needed the splash of apple juice.
10:11I'll be, I'll keep it 100%.
10:14Anything green to me, I'm scared because I'm like, is this, am I going to taste grass?
10:18It's going to taste like grass.
10:20I couldn't do it.
10:21But this is really, really good.
10:23I don't even, and you put so much love and like all the fruits and things into it as well, so it doesn't taste like I'm just drinking strained broccoli.
10:32But I know there's broccoli in here.
10:35I love it.
10:37Okay.
10:37You guys have, you have a special promo code for the ShopSense Live audience.
10:43Can you let us know what that is?
10:45So as you guys go, please.
10:47So I wanted to go ahead and provide you guys and give you guys the opportunity to just try the greens out.
10:51You know, I love a good discount myself.
10:54So I was going to give you the discount code here.
10:56I have a green 15 for 15% off of our essential greens powder.
11:01Again, delicious.
11:02Just like she said, you're going to kind of feel the same way.
11:04You may not even need the apple juice, right?
11:06I just love that as like a little enhancer, kind of like how you have coffee.
11:09You can always add a creamer, but you don't have to.
11:12So.
11:14You guys.
11:15Come on.
11:16Doesn't have to be hard for things to be healthy, right?
11:19We got to take agency over our health.
11:21We got to reclaim our wellness and our well-being.
11:23And this is, like you said, such a good way to do that at the start of your day, getting out of that medicine cabinet and back onto that kitchen counter, right?
11:30Something easy to grab, mix it quick, take it on the go.
11:34I mean, I drink this at the gym.
11:35I drink it all the time.
11:36Listen, you know, I'm leaving for a vacation.
11:39This is coming with me.
11:41And let's be 100% real.
11:43The reason why it's so hard to keep up on these health trends and the reason why it's so hard to be consistent with it is because that stuff tastes nasty.
11:53Let's be real.
11:55It's just not.
11:56It's like you don't want to wake up every day and like have to force something or torture yourself.
12:01So I am just like, Brooke, I am forever grateful and thankful for you creating this incredible, like, solution for us.
12:11It is super healthy and it actually tastes really good.
12:15Yes.
12:15So thank you.
12:16A million times.
12:18Y'all at home, you have a 15% discount depending on when you're watching this in space and time.
12:24Don't wait because it might be running out.
12:26So definitely go and use the 15% discount.
12:30Go to her website that is scrolling here to purchase Health Atelier.
12:35Change your life.
12:36Oh, my goodness.
12:37Okay.
12:38So this show is in partnership with the New Voices family.
12:40Can you talk about what it's been like and what's been a benefit to you for being a part of such a great community?
12:47Yes, absolutely.
12:48So I was fortunate and blessed to be a part of the Madam CJ Walker New Voices cohort this past fall.
12:55And it was just, to be honest, such a great experience.
12:58As a new founder launching a company, it can feel very, very overwhelming.
13:02And so to be able to be around and amongst other fellow entrepreneurs who are on a very similar journey, who are going through things very similar to you, definitely makes you have that community that you're feeling like sometimes you may not have.
13:16It allowed us to have the opportunity just to network and build those just honest relationships that I've made with people outside of the cohort, sorry, within the cohort that we've maintained outside of that, which has been amazing and such a huge opportunity just to have that community and not feel alone and be able to learn from other people in their journey.
13:37And to just talk about the instructors for a minute, like all of them, they just feed into you so much.
13:44They really want to see you win.
13:46They actually want you to succeed.
13:49They want to give you the resources.
13:50I mean, from, you know, sending you via Slack articles about, you know, my business in particular and the trends of the industry to, you know, helping you with your speaking or your cadence and just so many different things from, you know, outside support outside of just the classroom setting and in those instructor-led settings.
14:07And so just such a beautiful, you know, program and people who really want to feed into us and see us win and just, you know, see that next, you know, emerging group of entrepreneurs that are looking to do good and to do good in the world and for our community.
14:22So just so happy that I had that opportunity to be a part of it and just the family that I have now as I continue to be involved.
14:30I love that.
14:32So you guys heard Brooke, right?
14:34Take a chance on yourself.
14:36If you have a business, a Black-owned business or somebody that you know, make sure they check out newvoicesfamily.com.
14:42There's a ton of resources.
14:44There's mentorship, but then there's also community with other entrepreneurs, which I think is super important.
14:50Take a chance on yourself.
14:51Go fill out a business profile.
14:53It's not even applying.
14:54Just fill out a business profile and become a part of this incredible community.
14:58I could be talking to you a few months from now.
15:00It has happened.
15:01So take a chance on yourself.
15:03Brooke, first of all, that's gone.
15:06I downed it.
15:07I am so excited to start my day with this instead of starting it with a cup of coffee.
15:12I think it's going to be a major difference.
15:15So thank you.
15:17A million times.
15:18It will be on a plane with me.
15:20I'm not going anywhere without this.
15:23And thank you so much for your results.
15:25I cannot wait.
15:27Brooke.
15:28Yes.
15:29Until the next time.
15:29I'm so excited for you.
15:31Thank you so much.
15:32Thank you so, so much.
15:33Loved it.
15:34Thank you guys.
15:34And please get your greens.
15:36Enjoy them.
15:36Get your green game strong.
15:38So get your green game strong.
15:40Let's go.
15:42See you guys next time.
15:44See you guys next time.
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