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Healthcare, Wellness & Fitness
Stories of women entrepreneurs with businesses in the healthcare, wellness and fitness industries.
Tori Levine: Mommy and Me Babywearing Fitness Classes
“There is a need in the ‘new mom fitness world’ for a program that educates new moms about the importance of their core and pelvic floor and how to strengthen these areas after pregnancy and birth.”
Purnima Mandava: Holistic Weight Loss
“I thought it would be awesome if I could build a solution around this gap in the market for the right kind of women’s fitness by setting up an exclusively female wellness space.”
Lovern Gordon: Helping Survivors of Domestic Violence
“Success is being able to inspire someone with my personal experience in dealing with abuse.”
Tamera Davis: Pay It Forward Dental Care
“I have now started 2 dental health programs that are still in operation, serving hundreds and hundreds of low-income patients annually.”
Cindy Carbone: Leading Clients to a Healthy Body & Mind
“I enjoy working with women most because women have so much power to change our world.”
Kelli Girsch: A Luxury Shaving Club Exclusively For Women
“Women shave 3x more than men do, why can’t we have our own grooming club exclusively for women with specialty shaving and grooming products made for women curated by women?”
Connie Curtis: Gluten and Food Allergy Specialist
“I add value to peoples lives in this areas and help them get healthy faster and spend less time and money.. so they can do all the things they love and live life.”
Angela Savitri: Freedom From Chronic Stress
“Success is inner peace, regardless of my external circumstances.”
Shubi Husain of SH Health Sanctuary: Bringing Health & Wellness to New Delhi
“My positive attitude helps me face all challenges with firmness and conquer them with humility.”
Kim Nimsgern of Casual Panache: Hair-Rollers Made Easy
“Initially I felt if this was such a good idea someone would have created it already, but after a lot of research I realized it just was not out there, so I decided to create it.”
Holly Twining: Exploratory Adventures for Mind and Body
“I . . . realized that I could take that piece of my job — connecting people of all ages to nature and bring it together with my yoga practice — and build community on my own.”
Danielle Wilson Naqvi: Bringing Newborn Screening to Pakistan
“The ZB Foundation was born and we are now the pioneers for new born screening in Pakistan.”
Cheelu Chandran of DeBox: Empowering Women to Live Their Lives Outside the Box
“Life has taught me that I can make a difference and that is why I am alive.”
Helen Denise of Hilin Life Products, Inc.: An Entrepreneur Brings Natural Family Planning to the Main Stream Market
“To make dreams real, first you have to have them.”