We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Angela Elizabeth Baker a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Angela Elizabeth , thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today So, let’s start with trends – what are some of the largest or more impactful trends you are seeing in the industry?
The current women’s natural/holistic health industry is saturated with individuals, small businesses, AND large corporations who want to make a quick buck off the current natural “vaginal health trend”. Folks are reselling so many called “women’s &/or vaginal health products” drop shipped from china without a clue as to what’s in the product/ supplement, conditions it was made under, haven’t utilized it long enough (or at all) to know how it works, & instead copy and paste “womens health” rhetoric to capitalize on our vulnerabilities!!
We here at Goddess Body Inc. are very dismayed by this huge trend of selling feminine hygiene via social media by any and everybody without having the proper education on intimate care formulation & proper womens anatomical processes whatsoever. It is yet another reason why we drive ourselves to be ASTUTE on every ingredient in every product We sell/create.
For over a decade, Angela Elizabeth has personally formulated & handcrafted over 90% of the women’s Goddess Body Inc. product line! We stay current on research in botany, biology, herbology, nutritional science, biochemistry, biophysics, etc. whose topic matters are in alignment with our healing objectives or may affect our products efficacy. Angela holds a traditional masters degree in biology (thesis research / concentrations in plant science & cell biology), and trained/studied/certified as a holistic health practitioner under the late Dr. Llaila O. Afrika, and a few other well established holistic practitioners, herbalists & healing modalities. She did this for a number of years before taking Goddess Body products & the expertise behind them to masses of women worldwide. Most importantly she HEALED HERSELF of degenerative health issues using these very same Goddess Body creations and others she learned directly from in her field!
We say all this to say…unapologetically:
STOP USING UNVETTED SOCIAL MEDIA BOUTIQUES FOR YOUR VAGINAL HEALTH.. PERIODT
This business trend is creating waayyyyy too much false propaganda in the women’s holistic health and wellness arena in this day and age. “Yoni” this “Yoni” that is becoming the latest trend to hop on to capitalize on women’s vulnerabilities.
The sad part (well there’s a lot of sad parts) about this all is that it is mainly OTHER WOMEN negatively capitalizing on OTHER WOMEN. GoddessBody Inc. is here to be a light in the darkness of greed and ignorance, lack of discipline, & lack of integrity, that we are seeing happening on social media platforms, etsy, drop-shipping websites and the like.
There are various products on the market being created in China and re-sold in the name of healing women of fibroids, cyst, fertility, infections, pH balancing, yoni cleansing, you name it. Many of these pop-up-insta-shops re-selling these products have 0 expertise in holistic health, herbalism, plant science, biology, anatomy, or ANY science for that matter. They simply drop shipping a trending item, and are really good at marketing.
Here are a few examples:
1. “Yoni pearls” aka “yoni detox pearls”, “womb detox pearls”, “vaginal pearls”, “vaginal detox pearls”. Supposedly help to detox the vagina and rid women of anything from fibroids to yeast infections. These are All made in China, in unverifiable & unregulated conditions. There’s no way to know what is actually in the product upon inspection. Nobody has tested the brown gunk found in these things. They are Sold for cents on the dollar, and white labeled & re-sold for extremely large profits in the U.S.
2. Cheap plastic yoni steam seats, where plastic is heated up significantly which has the potential to release toxic plastic compounds into the vaginal area, and even worse most are designed to steam over a TOILET, the one area of your home with the HIGHEST levels of negative bacterial and viral agents, no matter how much you clean it!
3. There was no such thing as a “yoni oil”, or oil based holistic maintenance, prevention, & curative Yoni formula until it was created, TRADEMARKED, and sold by Goddess Body Inc.!!!! We developed this product IN 2007, Trademarked it & launched it in 2011 out of personal needs for the owner, her family & eventually 1,000s of women across the globe. Goddess Yoni Oil’s popularity & efficacy has now spawned a plethora of “copycats”, that not only tried to copy the name but have downright stole our product descriptions, branding and likeness! Copying got so bad, unvetted Chinese manufacturers have literally copied our descriptions word for word and offer these knock off versions for “trend-inspired” dropship businesses, social media yoni stores etc. to resell. All made in China, with subpar listed ingredients that you SHOULD NOT be using in your intimate areas, in unverifiable & unregulated conditions.
4. So called write labeled “yoni wash” made in China, in unverifiable & unregulated conditions. No way to know what is actually in the product upon inspection. Have not been tested whatsoever. Sold for cents on the dollar, and re-sold extremely large profits in the U.S.) with subpar ingredient listing that should not be placed in/on the yoni.
The problem with this huge trend is you have so called “vaginal health products” & “Yoni health experts” flooding the online market that are non-vetted, non-tested, created in unregulated places, sharing a host of quackery information in the name of the all mighty dolla’.
Goddess Body loves you ladies, They truly do!
Honestly as women, It’s time we really become educated on what’s best for us naturally ( internally & externally) so that we do not fall victim to ignorance and desperation.
We will be launching our goddess academy (www.goddessacademy.com) this fall to be the change we wish to see in the world. Teaching women how to build holistic brands with integrity & the proper holistic and traditional education behind herbs, nutrition, women’s health & wellness & so much more!
Angela Elizabeth , before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
My name is Angela Elizabeth Baker, Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, Biologist, Herbalist, Astrology Enthusiast, & Educator of the Holistic Sciences. I’m also a mommy, a wifey, and a force in raising awareness and spawning positive actions towards bringing a harmonious holistic lifestyle to humanity, focusing on women first and foremost.
I didn’t initially set out on a journey to become a holistic health professional, herbalist, or holistic anything for that matter. I actually wanted to go to college and become a Doctor… but not the kind that you see for checkups, surgeries, illness etc. More specifically a Forensic Pathologist i.e. Medical Examiner, you know the physicians in charge of examining the dead and how they died (quite the 180 “about face” from examining dead bodies to teaching and providing tools/products for healthy longevity).
That being said, from as young as I remember, pretty much from the onset of my cycle at 12 years old, I was plagued with extremely painful menses. As I got older, they only seemed to get worse to the point where I would easily consume an entire bottle of midol or advil within the week of my cycle. By the time I was 17, I was wheeled out on a wheelchair during senior finals because I could barely move due to the pain. Soon after, during my freshman year in college I started experiencing recurrent vaginal cysts and other internal feminine health & hormonal issues, kidney dysfunction, anxiety / depression etc. At 19 I was told I would likely NOT be able to have children & that a hysterectomy would alleviate these issues, after repeated drainage for Bartholin’s cyst & adhesions, surgery, and STILL experiencing recurring growths etc.
Through a GOD sent turn of events, I was introduced to natural options for healing. I became a client & later a student, under direct tutelage of the late Dr. Llaila O. Afrika (& a few other notable holistic health experts later on). I learned through EXPERIENCE, PRACTICE & THEORY how to utilize NATURAL plant-based medicinals, holistic nutrition, detox, meditation & spiritual /energetic methods to allow my body to heal itself and in others!! Finally in under 2 years of walking this walk, I was FREE of all the physical ailments that once plagued my body!!
In 2005, around age 22, I graduated Virginia Commonwealth University with my bachelors in forensics/criminal justice & minor in biology! After a few more years of study & practice, I became certified as an holistic health practitioner & advanced wellness practitioner under Dr. Llaila Afrika ‘s tutelage. I then worked part-time servicing clientele (doing holistic health assessments) & creating my holistic product line, while also accruing more technical knowledge of the sciences working full-time in various biological labs, scientific research, & teaching undergraduate biology until going back to college and graduating May 2014 with my Masters in Biology!! During that time frame I had birthed GoddessBody Inc (2011), and also gave birth to 4 beautiful children! I am a product of the formulations I create!
Our Purpose Lies in our Passion. We are passionate about exalting and empowering the divine feminine. GoddessBody Inc. strives to provide a wealth of knowledge and organic sustainable products & services focusing on women’s holistic healing, plant-based feminine hygiene (with our highly sought offer Goddess Yoni Wash® & Goddess Yoni Oil®), natural hormonal/emotional balance through plant-based supplements & Detoxification with our Goddess Body Cleanse® & overall pristine wellness. Our products exude a luxurious feel, fit for a queen, but affordable for all …. besides, what’s a queen to a Goddess!
As a woman, Our Yoni is the most sacred area of our body. By way of her canal, life is brought forth unto the world! This area is also the most sensitive to environmental conditions as almost anything can serve to throw off her delicate pH, or cause imbalances yielding to bacterial overgrowth, cyst, or worse. Also, our skin in general is the largest organ of the human body and absorbs high levels of substances with which it comes into contact. By using our natural and organic products you can drastically reduce the amount of negative chemicals we absorb via the yoni and the rest of our skin & also benefit from a wide range of natural ingredients, many of which have been used effectively for hundreds of years. We offer 100% natural body & feminine hygiene products, handmade in our lab only!
These products will help your body to HEAL itself from a myriad of feminine health, skin, & hair issues, & provide natural healthy maintenance to your body. Learn more details on how these products work and how they can benefit you at www.goddessbody.com
GoddessBody Inc. also offers plant-based extracts, teas, & cleanses to assist the body in ridding itself of specific imbalances such as PMS, hormonal imbalances, cyst/fibroids, Yoni Ph imbalances, yeast or BV infections & other common womb/female health issues. Other areas that our wellness products target are: high blood pressure, high blood sugar, weight loss (release), emotional/mental traumas, low energy, low libido, skin disorders, acne/pimples/rashes, imbalances in colon health, issues in prostate/male health & more.
These products will help your body to HEAL itself from a myriad of issues, & provide natural healthy maintenance to your body. Learn more details on how these products work and how they can benefit you.
Let’s talk about resilience and the time you’ve had to pivot – Do you have a story you can share with us?
My journey of entrepreneurship & self-sufficiency started from a shockingly low point. I was broke and working for $14/hour while supporting 4 children. Tired and struggling, I knew that I needed to change things.
The university I worked for agreed that if I could graduate and obtain my master’s, I could get a pay raise. This was the light at the end of the tunnel! So using sheer determination & divine will, I advanced my way through earning my master’s degree, but when I asked for a raise, I was denied.
This blow was crushing. Not only was this a huge setback, but the echoes of poverty surrounded me every day. Around the block where I lived, there were people left homeless on the streets, and women sold their bodies just to survive.
I needed to make a huge change, and that’s exactly what I started to do. A fire burned inside, one that spawned me to dive deeper into my holistic studies and harness the power of astrology and other holistic modalities.
I had been trying to escape being on the edge of poverty for some time and by this point I was in the very early stages of building my holistic business on the side, in the hopes of supporting the community & helping with a few bills.
Just when all seemed hopeless, I made a breakthrough! I always knew the moon was powerful. After all, it affects the tides and all water on earth from hundreds of thousands of miles away.
But In my quest for holistic knowledge, I learned how it affects women’s feelings, everyday activities, and almost all the things we do on an emotional level.
I compiled specific holistic tools, and sacred knowledge to create a union between the things we can calculate and the things we FEEL. Then, using this information, I followed it precisely to get out of poverty.
Within 6 months, I used this holistic system to go from a broke college student with 4 kids to a financially free business owner, living life on my own terms! And since then, I have scaled to a 7-figure business with exponential growth!
I’ve since taken EVERYTHING I know and have launched the Goddess Goals® System (www.GoddessGoals.com) under our Goddess Academy® (www.GoddessAcademy.com) for all other women who have something in their lives they want to achieve but don’t know how, or know how but need the RIGHT THING & RIGHT TIME recipe to succeed!
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