En-ERGY IN Motion (™) Suzy Rowland chats to Khembe Clarke on Black Hair, Beauty & Wellness.

'My Hair is my Crown of Glory, Not a Badge of Shame!'Khembe Clarke has over 4 decades over experience of as a natural hair stylist now specialising in loc starts and maintenance. She is tapping into Black Women's yearning not only to return to 'natural' but to confidently care for and style and 'rock' their natural texture and length. Khembe was trained by Talia Waheed seventeen years ago when she came to the UK to deliver a Masterclass. This inspired her to organise Return to Your Roots Festival giving black women in the UK the opportunity to celebrate their hair. Many women are rejecting the good hair, bad hair tropes of their hair in place of more positive narratives celebrating their curls. "Women are starting to recongise the immense damage harsh chemical relaxers, perms and hair products have done to their hair and scalp."Khembe's event is almost a decade strong and is a staple on Birmingham's annual calendar. It has become it's own 'village' for the black community in Birmingham to share hair tips, share stories of resilience and recovery and most importantly share in remembrance of being a community of each other as children of the African diaspora!Support the showIt comes to us all, the desire to do something that gives our lives purpose: I was running on empty in bare feet, so I quit my corporate career to do many hundreds of hours of psychology research which had two outcomes:1. I set up #happyinschoolproject CIC to provide advocacy and information to parents and educators about how autism and ADHD can be missed in younger children, especially those from black Caribbean heritage. 2. I finished capturing the epic tale of my son's diagnosis which was published in my first non-fiction book:S.E.N.D. in the Clowns, Essential Autism and ADHD Family Guide.I discovered I am the owner of a Brilliant ADHD brain in my fifties and I continue to use this brain to spark conversations, challenge ignorance, write books, articles, poetry give keynotes, training and workshops.Suzy Rowland is an Author, Keynote Speaker & thought-leader, passionate about the arts, culture, neuro-uniqueness, education, philosophy and endless discussions of how we 'human'. Find Suzy on Instagram:@suzysongsofmysoul@energyinmotion_podcast_ Buy Suzy's books:S.E.N.D. in the ClownsI Can't Go to School!Songs of My Soul suzyrowland.com