About this show:
“Why don’t you just go mix up those horsefeathers in your backroom or whatever it is you do” Andrea said to the naturopath after he suggested she become a naturopath. She laughed it off quickly that day, but here we are today, speaking with her, now 40 years into being a naturopathic physician.
Dr Andrea Sullivan is a phoenix who’s risen from more than one pile of ashes to be the wise sage joining us for this show.
We begin with a fascinating dive into African herbal medicine and the lengths the African people went to to secretly bring their plant medicines across to America when being brought over as slaves.
We then speak about how Andrea came to study naturopathy after being the first African American woman student at the University of Philadelphia to get her PhD in sociology and criminology, having to sit through lectures about how black people were more disposed to crime because of their ‘smaller brains’. Naturopathy was no easy feat by comparison, as a student, but she has now practiced for 40 years and counting.
We go on to explore pearls of wisdom from her second book, the Sacrifices of Superwomen, There is a common lived experience for women everywhere of often putting themselves last – sound familiar? Andrea’s strategies are simple, accessible and free from expensive interventions, protocols or supplements, that you can start today!
I hope you love the show as I loved recording with Andrea,
Alexx Stuart
Founder of Low Tox Life and the Low Tox movement
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About Dr Andrea Sullivan
Dr. Andrea D. Sullivan made history as the first African American to earn a PhD in Sociology/Criminology from the University of Pennsylvania and the first to graduate from Bastyr University in Naturopathic Medicine. With over 36 years as a licensed naturopathic physician and decades of sociological research, she brings a unique voice to conversations about health, race,and healing.
She is the author of the award-winning book The Sacrifices of Superwomen, which explores how societal expectations, racism, and self-neglect impact women’s health—and how to reclaim wellness through natural remedies and self-love.
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