Invisible Labor & Public Pressure: Navigating the Wellness Industry as a Black Woman with Shantani Moore

In a world where wellness is often commodified and put on aesthetic display, it's easy to fall into the performative wellness trap. It’s the constant pressure to look zen, to buy the right gear, and to follow the latest trends instead of honestly checking in with how you truly feel.In this bold and empowering episode, host Jazzmyn Proctor sits down with body intelligence coach and spinal energetics practitioner Shantani Moore to discuss the messy reality beneath the "high vibe" facade.Shantani and Jazzmyn dive deep into:🧘‍♀️ The Performance Pressure: How the wellness industry's lack of inclusivity and representation creates a harmful, narrow mold of who gets to be "well."💔 From Wellness to Wholeness: The crucial shift from chasing an external, perfect look to embracing your messy, integrated self (and why perfectionism is often just toxic positivity repackaged).✊ Invisible Labor & Visibility: The unique pressure and invisible labor carried by Black women in the healing space to shape-shift and dilute their message to be received.🧠 Be the Buffalo: Learning to build distress tolerance and move toward the hard feelings (like anger, shame, and anxiety) as data, rather than running from them, to achieve true nervous system regulation.🌎 The Necessity of Collective Care: Moving beyond hyper-individualism and self-centered narratives to show up courageously for your community. You have permission to dismantle the hierarchy of healing. You do not have to have it all figured out, and your authenticity—even the messy parts—is the most potent form of healing. Your people cannot find you if they cannot see you.Support the showIf this episode resonated with you, share it with a woman in your life who's been in a quiet season and needs to hear that it counts as growth too. And if you haven't left a rating yet — it takes 30 seconds and means everything. Let's keep building this together.💜`If this conversation sparked something for you and you’re ready for deeper support, I work with high-achieving women, creatives, and founders through individual therapy—supporting you in building a life and relationships that feel steady, connected, and aligned. And if you’re craving clarity around your brand, message, or how you’re showing up publicly, The Visibility Studio is my 90-minute marketing mentorship session designed to help you cut through the noise and build a strategy that actually feels like you.You can learn more about my services at https://www.jazzmynproctor.com/