May 11, 2023 • 28 mins
🌿 Discover the Natural Path to Clear, Healthy Skin! 🌱
Join Dr. Walt and me on the ECO MAMA Podcast, where we delve into eczema and uncover ways to alleviate skin discomfort naturally. Our episode is filled with valuable insights, ranging from eco-friendly remedies to sustainable practices, along with professional suggestions to help you attain the desirable days of itch-free bliss you've longed for. 🔬
We can't wait to have you in our friendly conversation! Tune in now and let nature restore your skin's harmony! ✨
We also get the inside scoop into his small business and the passions that led him to create clean ingredients and safe products for people and the planet.
To learn more about Dr. Walt and his amazing products, visit drwalts.co or connect with him directly on IG @drwaltsco.
We've also got more about eczema in our latest blog post. You can find it here on the Eco Mama Blog: https://ecocratesofamerica.com/eczema-part-1-causes-symptoms-alternative-treatments/.
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Jaime Snell (00:06):
Good morning and welcome back to the ECO Mama
Podcast.
I am super excited today tointroduce you to Dr.
Walter Lee.
He's also known as Dr.
Walt by our community.
I met him a couple months agothrough the Village launch.
It's an entrepreneurial supportinitiative in Greenville, South
Carolina that equipsentrepreneurs to become
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providers, creators, andproducers in their communities.
Dr.
Walt's entrepreneurial'sinitiatives inspired me from the
first time he introduced hisbusiness, Dr.
Walt's Company, Dr.
Walt's Company, believes inhelping its customers
incorporate natural and organicplant-based products into their
self-care routines.
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His custom curated blends aremade in small batches and
deliver amazing results withouttoxic chemicals.
The journey began over fiveyears ago when he explored a
simple solution for his personalneeds.
And has evolved into a thrivingbusiness today.
His mission alone speaks to mylove language, and I'm so
grateful to have him here toshare it with you today.
(01:08):
But before we dig deeper intohis passion for natural
skincare, I've gotta brag alittle bit about another passion
of his education, equallyimpressive to his
entrepreneurial journey.
Dr.
Walt is a renowned educator withover two decades of experience
serving the education industry.
He studied at ClemsonUniversity, earning his master's
in education as an educationspecialist and his doctorate in
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philosophy.
He is currently an assistantprofessor at the University of
South Carolina Upstate.
Join me in welcoming Dr.
Walt.
Dr. Walt (01:43):
Thank you for having me, Jaime.
Jaime Snell (01:45):
Thanks for being here.
I'm super excited for you toshare with us today about your
journey and your passions.
Dr. Walt (01:51):
Yes, yes, yes.
It's certainly been a rocky,interesting and amazing five
years.
Jaime Snell (01:59):
Wonderful.
So before we dig too deep into,the main reason I have you here
to share with audience today, Ihave to know like between your
education, which has been a longjourney and your your day job of
inspiring others and yourentrepreneurial efforts, how do
you get it all done?
How do you fit time in foreverything?
Dr. Walt (02:19):
Well, I think one of the ways that I get it done
currently is through my, and Ijust posted about it on
LinkedIn, my to-do list.
I keep a journal book, I keep ato-do list that is running every
day.
And on Sunday afternoons orSunday evening, I'll sit down
for about an hour, look throughmy emails, look through my
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calendar, and I create like, onthis, again, it's a journal
book.
It's.
It's not like a planner typecalendar.
And I write down each day of theweek everything that needs to be
done for that week.
And then as I go along, I'llcross out things that are done.
I'll x out things that arecanceled, and I'll circle things
that I didn't get done one daythat is a priority for the next
day.
(02:59):
Now I know that there are appssuch as, Google Keep.
I think that's what it is.
And then Monday, but for somereason, Just having my hand to a
pen, and being able to do itthis way is helpful and no
worries.
I put it in my digital calendaras well, and so the two of them
are in sync with each other, sothat's one of the main ways that
I kind of keep track ofeverything that I have to do.
Jaime Snell (03:22):
Yeah, you definitely have a full plate
that, that's amazing though.
So organization is key for you,and that's wonderful that you
have a system that works foryou.
I think also with your journeyin education, you know the
benefit of putting pen to paper,it helps stick in our minds so
much more.
Talk to me about yourinspiration in getting into the
skincare industry.
It wasn't, didn't even start asto start a business, right?
Dr. Walt (03:42):
I was looking for a solution for a personal problem.
Now let me be clear.
When I first started it wasImpactful Enterprises.
I was in my doctoral program atClemson and I was, at the time,
I was like, let me make a fewextra dollars.
I knew how to write resumes andI got some results.
So I started resume writing andI called it Impactful
Enterprises.
And I wanted to be inspirationalalong the way cuz not everyone
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needed a resume.
So I was selling likemotivational apparel with one of
my, My renowned quotes, I guessas people would call it, chase
your dreams until your dreamsget tired of running.
I sold those shirts for years.
I love that saying.
And, that was my way ofsustaining, myself financially
through the doctoral program.
Of course, I had a part-timejob, but those are just some
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things that I could do.
In my downtime without, youknow, the, the perimeters of
hours, you know, from workingfrom 10 until two or 10 until
three.
I could do that in between as Iwanted to.
So, I had the liberty, theautonomy, if you will.
And during the writing processof the dissertation, I ended up
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with adult eczema.
And I got curious one day I waslooking at YouTube videos like,
what can I do with eczema?
Cause you know, YouTube is awhole university with no
certifications and it's free.
It is so free.
So I went looking and this onelady said, I won't put it on me
if I can't put it in me.
And I said, Ooh.
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So that means I need to go tothe kitchen.
So what turned into a littlekind of excursion with coconut
oil grapes, eat all oil andalmond oil.
Became, 20 to 30 runs to the,the local,, natural store.
I went to Garnets, I went toWhole Foods.
I went to, um, fresh Market,just looking for ingredients,
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and I started mixing stuff up.
And, you know, the recipes thatI found online, I didn't like.
But you know, it was doing alittle something to help because
I had stretch marks, dark mark,dark spots from the medicines
that they gave me.
I won't call the names of actualmedic medicines, but the
medicines they gave me, althoughit eased the itching, It created
dark spots, and so one solutioncreated another problem and I
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was trying to get to the bottomof it, like, what the heck is
going on?
And after about five months ofexperimenting, while I should
have been writing mydissertation, and I did, but I
guess it was a good, a good wayto relieve myself and step back
from the work for a moment.
I landed on this recipe for bodybutter.
I didn't know what it reallywas.
I started using it on my skinand family was like, your skin
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is clearing up.
You have this glow.
What are you using?
I said, something I came up within the kitchen.
They said In the kitchen.
I said, yes.
And they encouraged me to sellit.
So I remember I was selling, itwas so makeshift.
I had some Tupperware with thelittle blue top on it.
I forgot what company that was,and I just put the little
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mixture in there and Charlottehad so much coconut oil until it
would melt as soon as you tookit out the fridge, and I'm like,
Uhuh, this ain't it.
I worked a little bit harder andcame up with what I found to be
the iteration of the recipe AndI sold it at home and they
bought it.
Here's the, the gag.
I still have a jar that butterhere at home and I go back to it
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frequently just to, you know, asinspirational.
I was like, child, I would notuse this.
Why did they buy it?
Why?
Look at the texture.
Listen, look at how it smells.
Uhuh.
I wouldn't have bought it.
But then some friends kepttelling me to work towards it.
Work towards it.
And so, you know, months laterin October of 2018, I launched
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it.
And since then I've been findingways to, you know, hear customer
feedback.
Experimenting with differentingredients, finding ways to
adjust the recipe, and it hasmorphed into, you know, what was
just a little hobby for myselfand my skincare into becoming,
you know, a.
Keepsake, I guess, or a part ofeveryone's self-care routine
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across the country.
I don't wanna say everyone, buta couple thousand people who
regularly purchase.
Yeah.
it has become a part of theirself-care routine and so I'm so
proud of myself, but also happythat I believed in something I
was doing to kind of continue.
Jaime Snell (08:09):
And today, you still use all natural
ingredients,
Dr. Walt (08:11):
is that correct?
Yes, there are some fragranceoils in there because people ask
for'em.
Mm-hmm.
But I have since the beginningfound ways to use natural
substitutes for them instead.
To wean people off of wanting tosmell something so sharp.
And so I remember when I hadone, one of my first body
butters, it was a fragrance thatpeople liked, and I was like,
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no, but I don't like the factthat it is not a natural
fragrance.
And so over time, what I starteddoing is using less.
Of the fragrance that I wasputting in there and started
using more natural fragrances tosubstitute it.
And so I guess over time theyhaven't realized fully that it's
not the same smell that Istarted off with., but I've been
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finding ways to substitute tomake sure that it is, completely
natural.
Jaime Snell (09:01):
that's an amazing thing.
It's interesting when, when somany of us, and I'm, I'm guilty
of it too, I used to use verytraditional products with God
only knows what was in them.
And then when I started learningabout the impacts of my health
and my skin, I startedtransitioning.
Mm-hmm.
Which had become so conditionedto its smelling good.
That you don't pay as muchattention to what's in it,
what's in, and then when youstart to pay much attention
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what's in it, you still want itto smell good, you know?
Mm-hmm.
It's almost like you're justconditioned.
It has to smell good or it's notgonna work.
Yeah.
And that's not true.
It's more the quality of it andthe ingredients of it are more
important to me.
It's kinda like cleaning cleansmells like nothing clean to me,
smells like nothing.
But some people think that it'snot clean unless it has that
aromatic sense.
Mm-hmm.
So, so, yeah.
(09:42):
But that's really awesome andI'm glad that you've stuck to
your original core and that whenyou were saying how you've
lessened some ingredients of thenot so natural stuff to put in,
the more natural to help yourcustomers wean off of that, I
don't know, detox in a way to,to kind of help them detox makes
me think of it like as a mom, Iwill put.
I will lessen the amount ofsugar and maybe I'll add a
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banana or some apple sauce sendto the ingredients to try and
make it more healthier for mychildren.
So in the, in the, it's kind oflike the same thing in that
industry.
Just a way to relate it.
So, yeah.
Let's see.
So you shared how.
You were inspired to make theskin cream from your own eczema.
And you found that it wasworking and then everybody was
complimenting on your glow, soThey encouraged you to make more
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of it.
And you played with all theseingredients.
Yes.
And you kept it natural and itjust kind of flowed into a
business.
So now we are five years later,is that correct?
Dr. Walt (10:35):
Yeah, five years later.
Five years later.
Jaime Snell (10:37):
And you were sharing last night, like you far
exceeded any of your originalgoals and some days you wanna go
back to those original goalscause it was easier.
But over that time, you'vegotten to meet some amazing
people and I bet they have someamazing stories about their own
personal journeys.
Absolutely.
So I'm curious if you have likeone story that you'd like to
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share about how your creation,what you made with your own
hands, has helped transformeither their life or their
skincare routine
Dr. Walt (11:07):
or their health.
Well, you know, my mother, I,I'll start there.
My mother,, had a bout witheczema herself.
She didn't tell me, but when shewas pregnant with me, she was
dealing with some skin relatedissues.
and you know, even in her olderyears, she has been still
dealing with itchy skin and shewasn't sure if it was like the
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water.
She wasn't sure if it was, youknow, the lotion she was using.
She wasn't sure if it was thesalt.
But, she really struggled.
Lots of itching, lots of dryskin.
And I know that my mom can be alittle resistant to trying new
things, but I also know thatwhen she finds something that
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works, she will not let go ofit.
and we were talking on the phoneone day a few years ago after I
got started and she said, youknow what?
I have not itched in so long.
I think your stuff is reallyworking.
I said, really?
Because I was so accustomed toher saying, I got out the
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shower, I moisturized, but it'sjust not working.
And she was like, I, I, I don'teven remember the last time that
happened.
She said, listen, If you decideto stop doing this, you have to
let me know.
I need a lifetime supply of soapand I need a lifetime supply
supply of butter because I can'tsee myself going back to
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conventional lotions like I'mable to rest.
I'm able to relax.
I'm not itching as much.
My skin is not as dry.
I feel good about my skin, whichmeans I feel good about myself
and I'm like, really?
Because you know, it was just ahobby.
I wanted to make extra money,but then I needed to find a
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solution for myself, and I wasnot aware of the impact of some
of what this high qualityproduct.
And we're only talking about thebutter here.
We're not talking about lip vam,body butter and bar soaps and
stuff like that.
But specifically the butter Iwas not aware of.
What people got an exchange forgiving me their money to
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purchase a bottle of jar, abottle of butter, body butter.
I wasn't aware that people weregetting self-esteem.
They were getting a good night'srest.
They were getting confidence,they were getting a glow that
they were getting co complimentsfrom others around them.
I did not know that.
You know, and, and, andessentially I wasn't just
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selling butter.
I was selling hope in a jar.
Mm-hmm.
That's beautiful.
That's what they were getting.
And I wasn't aware of that.
And once I became aware of that,that's when I kind of really
stepped into what I wasproducing and what I was
sharing.
And so I started implementingthat on social media.
I started making that the forthe forefront, mm-hmm.
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Of my conversations at vendingevents.
You know, finding ways toinspire them, to encourage them,
to compliment them, to have themcome back and share their
stories with me about it.
Even in our class, I've givensome of the products to some of
the others and they're like,listen, this is my bedtime
routine because I know within 15minutes I am out.
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Nice.
And so nice.
Nice.
I wasn't aware of what I was,what I was sharing until my
mother made me aware of it andit was So she kinda brought
Jaime Snell (14:27):
you to that aha moment of that she did value you
were bringing and, and I knowthat she did.
As an individual and like thepsychology of it all.
Of course we wanna look good,but feeling good is mm-hmm.
10 times better.
Yeah.
I mean, the confidence offeeling good is nothing that a
mirror could ever deliver.
Mm-hmm.
So I think that's kudos that youwere actually listening to your
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audience too, and able to givethem more of what they needed,
but not just the product, but apromise that you could deliver
with how they felt.
Dr. Walt (14:59):
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's beautiful.
And Mom is just one of many,,stories that I've gotten back
from people about it., and it,it, I realized that what they're
experiencing is also what Iwanted five years ago before I
got started.
Yeah.
Jaime Snell (15:15):
Your own personal pain points at that time.
Mm-hmm.
You were seeking the solutionfor, so tell me, since we're
talking about your mom and yourcustomers, I'm curious, is
there.
If there were one thing that youabsolutely loved about serving
your customers, like yourfavorite thing about serving
your customers, could you namethat?
Dr. Walt (15:33):
Yes.
the, the, my favorite thingabout serving my customers, I
would, you know, number one, Iwould say that they're getting
hope in a jar.
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
I love that, but I love that mycustomers are fun to be around.
I love that my customers arecurious.
I love that when I put out a newproduct that they want to try
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it.
I love that my customers getexcited about it.
I love that my customers end up,and this is a true story, end up
going to Mexico for a girl'strip and they don't know each
other, but one customer pullsout a a jar of soothing,
refreshed vodka butter.
And the, the girl looks at herand says, wait a minute.
What are you doing with mybutter?
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Did you go in my bag?
And then the other girl goes andpull it out.
I should say, woman instead.
And they're like, you use Dr.
Waltz.
I know Dr.
Waltz.
He's my friend.
He's my friend.
And then, you know, it's the,it's the excitement and the
vibrancy that they get out ofsaying, oh my God, it's a small
company owned by this guy that Iknow.
And here I am in Mexico meetingsomeone I, I did not know prior
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to this trip.
And.
We're both using the thing thatbrings us hope and
self-confidence and self-esteemand, you know, contributes to a
restful night's sleep.
So that's the one thing I loveabout my customers.
They're curious, but they'realso really fun to be around.
So it's
Jaime Snell (16:59):
almost as if your, your curiosity and passions
inspired a community of otherswith curiosity.
Mm-hmm.
And, and just a passion forbetterment.
So that is beautiful.
It's almost like a full pa, fullcircle around, right?
Mm-hmm., tell me a little bitmore about the variety of
products you offer.
So you mentioned the bodybutter.
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Mm-hmm.
I know your mom mentioned soapsshe can't without, so make sure
extra stock of that just in casethings get in production for
your
mama.
Dr. Walt (17:26):
Yeah.
She has some at home that she'ssupposed to be selling, but I
know she's not selling it.
I know it's not not being sold.
You know, I, I don't always getthe funds from that.
It's not being sold.
It is being used.
I know that.
So I make lip BALs.
When I first got started, it wasthree body butters, one lip
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bomb, and then rosewater.
And now it is lip scrubs, bodyoils, hair and beard, butter,
what else?
Oh, coffee, brown sugar, bodyscrub.
Ooh, I love the smell of coffee.
Yes, and the people love it too.
I think that's about it.
(18:08):
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, it's a variety of things.
So I have six body butters, Ihave six body oils, I have six.
Mm-hmm.
lip scrubs, three lip bombs.
And so that kind of keeps me alittle bit busy trying to keep
up.
I can imagine all of that.
Jaime Snell (18:26):
So do you have any other new formulas in the
pipeline right now you'redeveloping or is that
Dr. Walt (18:31):
the people have been asking about a face wash.
Oh, I have face serum too.
Yeah.
But the people have been askingabout a face wash and I just
have to get still enough in thekitchen, to figure that out.
I have some stuff that I've beenusing myself.
Mm-hmm.
but I'm not gonna give that tothe people they've been asking
for it.
and we, we'll get to iteventually.
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In the meantime, I tell'em,y'all just use the soap that I
already make.
You'll be fine.
Jaime Snell (18:56):
Yeah.
Well, I noticed, one of your,one of your product lines that
I've got my eye on is thatcharcoal detoxifying bar.
Yeah.
And I am, I'm huge aboutcharcoal.
Like I am, I'm weird.
I love to soak in apple cidervinegar cause I know how healthy
and detoxifying it is.
Mm-hmm.
And then I love to bathe with,with anything that has a
charcoal like focus about it.
So, yeah.
Dr. Walt (19:17):
Very cool.
Yeah.
My favorite thing about thedetox and charcoal, see I'm not
a, a charcoal fan, but you know,these products came about
because people, I startedlistening to what people were
asking for.
Mm-hmm.
Now, I came about with the lipscrub because somebody said,
listen, I live in DC and thewinter's a harsh for me.
I love using your lip bomb, butit doesn't do anything for dead
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skin.
You need to come up with ascrub.
Soap, I, I came up with a scrub.
Well, the, the bar soap startedthe same exact way, particularly
the detoxing charcoal.
Somebody said, well, one of mycustomers, she said, well, you
know, I have the body butter andI just feel incomplete without
some soap to go with it.
But during the pandemic Ideveloped some soap.
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You know, I was a little bored,so I went to the kitchen, and.
I came up with detoxing charcoalbecause people loved charcoal.
Mm-hmm.
But then I wanted to find outwhat other ingredients were
really good for detoxing andmoisture.
And I added in alovera juice.
I added in,, neme powder.
Didn't know what it was untilsomebody told me about the
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detoxing qualities in thatproperties in that., and then I
added in lemongrass because ofhow refreshing it was.
And then the tea tree, and I'mlike, oh gosh.
And so I just got the mixing.
And without realizing that, howbeneficial it would be for
people who shave regularly.
Mm-hmm.
Jaime Snell (20:38):
I could definitely see that
Dr. Walt (20:40):
soothing.
It's so soothing.
It's so sooth.
Yeah.
It's a good pair for those whoare interested in, it's a good
pair for the soothing with freshbody butter.
Jaime Snell (20:50):
Well, that's good to know.
Definitely.
I'll, I'll note that in the shownotes down below.
Mm-hmm.
So, I have one last questionbefore.
Okay.
We ask you how we can get intouch with you, but a lot of my
audience, you know, we're intoself-care with our, you know,
equal mindset, healthyingredients, but we're also
looking to take, take care ofour children.
So yeah, tell me a little bitabout your experience with your
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products
Dr. Walt (21:13):
and kids.
So, you know, my niece andnephew, David and Cece, they
have been using my products eversince they were three months
old.
David was born in 2017, andremember that's when I was
formulating it.
Mm-hmm., Cece was born in 2019.
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Cece was born in 2019 and atthat point I had had a solid
grip on the body butters.
They have been only using mybody butters,, since they were
three months old.
Nice., and so, you know, I, Ican't say that I've tested it on
children because I don't wannamake it seem like I have a lab,
but there are people who use thebody butters on their children
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who deal with eczema.
And psoriasis.
And while I, I realized that my,my doctorate is limited to
educational leadership and thatI don't make any claims
regarding, skin conditions.
I can talk about symptoms suchas dry, itchy skin and certainly
for children, it has been such agreat help.
what a lot of people don't knowis when your child,, has
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symptoms of A D H D and they'renot getting rest at night.
Not getting rest at night.
Further trigger triggers the A DH D, but what it also does is it
triggers eczema.
And is that
Jaime Snell (22:31):
because of the stress that the body's under by
not being well
Dr. Walt (22:33):
rested, it's the stress that the body's under
without, because it's notgetting adequate rest.
Mm-hmm.
That is good to know My problemtoo.
Remember my eczema flareup cameup while I was writing my
dissertation.
Yeah.
No stress in that.
Right.
And so it was stress.
But you, one thing I love, onething I love here is, you know,
my, my research is kind of, myacademic research as an educator
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is married to my, work as anentrepreneur.
Jaime Snell (23:01):
That's awesome.
I, I can see definitely through
Dr. Walt (23:02):
the parallels and, and my academic work.
I study self-conceptdevelopment, and that's the
story we tell ourselves aboutourselves.
Mm-hmm.
and in with Dr.
Walt's company, I'm teachingpeople to care for themselves
better.
I'm learning that I cannotdetach, you know, caring for
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your internal self, from caringfor your external self, meaning
your skin.
Mm-hmm.
And so in the upcoming months,I'll be adding, things to boxes
such as affirmations.
That people can use, partneringwith physical trainers,, so that
they can give some dailypractices in terms of workouts
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for people who just need fiveminutes a day.
It's something that we can postand maybe even have a blog
about.
I'm really just looking for waysto, to help people not only care
for the exterior, but care forthe interior.
Jaime Snell (23:57):
I love how this journey is evolving for you and
that not only have you foundspecial formulas that help
nurture the skin mm-hmm.
But you're taking your academic,your academic experience to help
nurture the soul as well.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Thank you Dr.
Walt.
Well, tell us, well, we'll putbelow all the details of how
people can get, in touch withyou in the show notes.
But what is your favorite wayfor people to reach out to you
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if they have any questions?
Yeah.
What is your website?
So they can come and check outthese
Dr. Walt (24:24):
awesome products for themselves, so they can go to
dr.
waltz.co.
It's really easy.
Don't put.com.
I didn't say calm.
Cause a lot of people put in drwaltz.com.
They're like, I can't find it.
Well, duh.
All right.
So Dr.
waltz.co is the website, and ifyou wanna find me and have
immediate conversation viaInstagram, it's Dr.
Waltz co.
On inst on Facebook.
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It's the same thing, Dr.
Waltz Co.
And it is there that you cansend a message, you can email
us, and then you can even shop.
At dr walt.com, dr.co.
Look at me about to say.com.
Jaime Snell (24:58):
Easy to get tripped up.
Well, we have so much valuableinformation to share.
Dr. Walt (25:01):
Yes, yes, yes.
And I really, really appreciatethe fact that I've been able to
come on your platform to sharewith.
Jaime Snell (25:09):
Thank you so much.
Well, it's just been awesome tobe able to call you friends.
I love learning next to you and,and now we'll be learning in
this journey of life together aswe build our businesses and get
our messages out.
Dr. Walt (25:19):
Absolutely.
Very, very great.
I appreciate you and thank youfor sharing, great information
with your audience and ways theycan care for themselves and the
ways we can do that using theearth.
All right.
Plants around us, natural
Jaime Snell (25:33):
ingredients for sure.
So, we'll, thank you all forlistening today, and you heard
Dr.
Walt himself go check out hiswebsite and if you have any
questions, you can reach himdirectly through Instagram or
Facebook Messengers.
Good morning and welcome back to the ECO Mama
Podcast.
I am super excited today tointroduce you to Dr.
Walter Lee.
He's also known as Dr.
Walt by our community.
I met him a couple months agothrough the Village launch.
It's an entrepreneurial supportinitiative in Greenville, South
Carolina that equipsentrepreneurs to become
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providers, creators, andproducers in their communities.
Dr.
Walt's entrepreneurial'sinitiatives inspired me from the
first time he introduced hisbusiness, Dr.
Walt's Company, Dr.
Walt's Company, believes inhelping its customers
incorporate natural and organicplant-based products into their
self-care routines.
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His custom curated blends aremade in small batches and
deliver amazing results withouttoxic chemicals.
The journey began over fiveyears ago when he explored a
simple solution for his personalneeds.
And has evolved into a thrivingbusiness today.
His mission alone speaks to mylove language, and I'm so
grateful to have him here toshare it with you today.
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But before we dig deeper intohis passion for natural
skincare, I've gotta brag alittle bit about another passion
of his education, equallyimpressive to his
entrepreneurial journey.
Dr.
Walt is a renowned educator withover two decades of experience
serving the education industry.
He studied at ClemsonUniversity, earning his master's
in education as an educationspecialist and his doctorate in
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philosophy.
He is currently an assistantprofessor at the University of
South Carolina Upstate.
Join me in welcoming Dr.
Walt.
Dr. Walt (01:43):
Thank you for having me, Jaime.
Jaime Snell (01:45):
Thanks for being here.
I'm super excited for you toshare with us today about your
journey and your passions.
Dr. Walt (01:51):
Yes, yes, yes.
It's certainly been a rocky,interesting and amazing five
years.
Jaime Snell (01:59):
Wonderful.
So before we dig too deep into,the main reason I have you here
to share with audience today, Ihave to know like between your
education, which has been a longjourney and your your day job of
inspiring others and yourentrepreneurial efforts, how do
you get it all done?
How do you fit time in foreverything?
Dr. Walt (02:19):
Well, I think one of the ways that I get it done
currently is through my, and Ijust posted about it on
LinkedIn, my to-do list.
I keep a journal book, I keep ato-do list that is running every
day.
And on Sunday afternoons orSunday evening, I'll sit down
for about an hour, look throughmy emails, look through my
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calendar, and I create like, onthis, again, it's a journal
book.
It's.
It's not like a planner typecalendar.
And I write down each day of theweek everything that needs to be
done for that week.
And then as I go along, I'llcross out things that are done.
I'll x out things that arecanceled, and I'll circle things
that I didn't get done one daythat is a priority for the next
day.
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Now I know that there are appssuch as, Google Keep.
I think that's what it is.
And then Monday, but for somereason, Just having my hand to a
pen, and being able to do itthis way is helpful and no
worries.
I put it in my digital calendaras well, and so the two of them
are in sync with each other, sothat's one of the main ways that
I kind of keep track ofeverything that I have to do.
Jaime Snell (03:22):
Yeah, you definitely have a full plate
that, that's amazing though.
So organization is key for you,and that's wonderful that you
have a system that works foryou.
I think also with your journeyin education, you know the
benefit of putting pen to paper,it helps stick in our minds so
much more.
Talk to me about yourinspiration in getting into the
skincare industry.
It wasn't, didn't even start asto start a business, right?
Dr. Walt (03:42):
I was looking for a solution for a personal problem.
Now let me be clear.
When I first started it wasImpactful Enterprises.
I was in my doctoral program atClemson and I was, at the time,
I was like, let me make a fewextra dollars.
I knew how to write resumes andI got some results.
So I started resume writing andI called it Impactful
Enterprises.
And I wanted to be inspirationalalong the way cuz not everyone
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needed a resume.
So I was selling likemotivational apparel with one of
my, My renowned quotes, I guessas people would call it, chase
your dreams until your dreamsget tired of running.
I sold those shirts for years.
I love that saying.
And, that was my way ofsustaining, myself financially
through the doctoral program.
Of course, I had a part-timejob, but those are just some
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things that I could do.
In my downtime without, youknow, the, the perimeters of
hours, you know, from workingfrom 10 until two or 10 until
three.
I could do that in between as Iwanted to.
So, I had the liberty, theautonomy, if you will.
And during the writing processof the dissertation, I ended up
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with adult eczema.
And I got curious one day I waslooking at YouTube videos like,
what can I do with eczema?
Cause you know, YouTube is awhole university with no
certifications and it's free.
It is so free.
So I went looking and this onelady said, I won't put it on me
if I can't put it in me.
And I said, Ooh.
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So that means I need to go tothe kitchen.
So what turned into a littlekind of excursion with coconut
oil grapes, eat all oil andalmond oil.
Became, 20 to 30 runs to the,the local,, natural store.
I went to Garnets, I went toWhole Foods.
I went to, um, fresh Market,just looking for ingredients,
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and I started mixing stuff up.
And, you know, the recipes thatI found online, I didn't like.
But you know, it was doing alittle something to help because
I had stretch marks, dark mark,dark spots from the medicines
that they gave me.
I won't call the names of actualmedic medicines, but the
medicines they gave me, althoughit eased the itching, It created
dark spots, and so one solutioncreated another problem and I
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was trying to get to the bottomof it, like, what the heck is
going on?
And after about five months ofexperimenting, while I should
have been writing mydissertation, and I did, but I
guess it was a good, a good wayto relieve myself and step back
from the work for a moment.
I landed on this recipe for bodybutter.
I didn't know what it reallywas.
I started using it on my skinand family was like, your skin
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is clearing up.
You have this glow.
What are you using?
I said, something I came up within the kitchen.
They said In the kitchen.
I said, yes.
And they encouraged me to sellit.
So I remember I was selling, itwas so makeshift.
I had some Tupperware with thelittle blue top on it.
I forgot what company that was,and I just put the little
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mixture in there and Charlottehad so much coconut oil until it
would melt as soon as you tookit out the fridge, and I'm like,
Uhuh, this ain't it.
I worked a little bit harder andcame up with what I found to be
the iteration of the recipe AndI sold it at home and they
bought it.
Here's the, the gag.
I still have a jar that butterhere at home and I go back to it
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frequently just to, you know, asinspirational.
I was like, child, I would notuse this.
Why did they buy it?
Why?
Look at the texture.
Listen, look at how it smells.
Uhuh.
I wouldn't have bought it.
But then some friends kepttelling me to work towards it.
Work towards it.
And so, you know, months laterin October of 2018, I launched
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it.
And since then I've been findingways to, you know, hear customer
feedback.
Experimenting with differentingredients, finding ways to
adjust the recipe, and it hasmorphed into, you know, what was
just a little hobby for myselfand my skincare into becoming,
you know, a.
Keepsake, I guess, or a part ofeveryone's self-care routine
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across the country.
I don't wanna say everyone, buta couple thousand people who
regularly purchase.
Yeah.
it has become a part of theirself-care routine and so I'm so
proud of myself, but also happythat I believed in something I
was doing to kind of continue.
Jaime Snell (08:09):
And today, you still use all natural
ingredients,
Dr. Walt (08:11):
is that correct?
Yes, there are some fragranceoils in there because people ask
for'em.
Mm-hmm.
But I have since the beginningfound ways to use natural
substitutes for them instead.
To wean people off of wanting tosmell something so sharp.
And so I remember when I hadone, one of my first body
butters, it was a fragrance thatpeople liked, and I was like,
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no, but I don't like the factthat it is not a natural
fragrance.
And so over time, what I starteddoing is using less.
Of the fragrance that I wasputting in there and started
using more natural fragrances tosubstitute it.
And so I guess over time theyhaven't realized fully that it's
not the same smell that Istarted off with., but I've been
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finding ways to substitute tomake sure that it is, completely
natural.
Jaime Snell (09:01):
that's an amazing thing.
It's interesting when, when somany of us, and I'm, I'm guilty
of it too, I used to use verytraditional products with God
only knows what was in them.
And then when I started learningabout the impacts of my health
and my skin, I startedtransitioning.
Mm-hmm.
Which had become so conditionedto its smelling good.
That you don't pay as muchattention to what's in it,
what's in, and then when youstart to pay much attention
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what's in it, you still want itto smell good, you know?
Mm-hmm.
It's almost like you're justconditioned.
It has to smell good or it's notgonna work.
Yeah.
And that's not true.
It's more the quality of it andthe ingredients of it are more
important to me.
It's kinda like cleaning cleansmells like nothing clean to me,
smells like nothing.
But some people think that it'snot clean unless it has that
aromatic sense.
Mm-hmm.
So, so, yeah.
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But that's really awesome andI'm glad that you've stuck to
your original core and that whenyou were saying how you've
lessened some ingredients of thenot so natural stuff to put in,
the more natural to help yourcustomers wean off of that, I
don't know, detox in a way to,to kind of help them detox makes
me think of it like as a mom, Iwill put.
I will lessen the amount ofsugar and maybe I'll add a
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banana or some apple sauce sendto the ingredients to try and
make it more healthier for mychildren.
So in the, in the, it's kind oflike the same thing in that
industry.
Just a way to relate it.
So, yeah.
Let's see.
So you shared how.
You were inspired to make theskin cream from your own eczema.
And you found that it wasworking and then everybody was
complimenting on your glow, soThey encouraged you to make more
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of it.
And you played with all theseingredients.
Yes.
And you kept it natural and itjust kind of flowed into a
business.
So now we are five years later,is that correct?
Dr. Walt (10:35):
Yeah, five years later.
Five years later.
Jaime Snell (10:37):
And you were sharing last night, like you far
exceeded any of your originalgoals and some days you wanna go
back to those original goalscause it was easier.
But over that time, you'vegotten to meet some amazing
people and I bet they have someamazing stories about their own
personal journeys.
Absolutely.
So I'm curious if you have likeone story that you'd like to
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share about how your creation,what you made with your own
hands, has helped transformeither their life or their
skincare routine
Dr. Walt (11:07):
or their health.
Well, you know, my mother, I,I'll start there.
My mother,, had a bout witheczema herself.
She didn't tell me, but when shewas pregnant with me, she was
dealing with some skin relatedissues.
and you know, even in her olderyears, she has been still
dealing with itchy skin and shewasn't sure if it was like the
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water.
She wasn't sure if it was, youknow, the lotion she was using.
She wasn't sure if it was thesalt.
But, she really struggled.
Lots of itching, lots of dryskin.
And I know that my mom can be alittle resistant to trying new
things, but I also know thatwhen she finds something that
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works, she will not let go ofit.
and we were talking on the phoneone day a few years ago after I
got started and she said, youknow what?
I have not itched in so long.
I think your stuff is reallyworking.
I said, really?
Because I was so accustomed toher saying, I got out the
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shower, I moisturized, but it'sjust not working.
And she was like, I, I, I don'teven remember the last time that
happened.
She said, listen, If you decideto stop doing this, you have to
let me know.
I need a lifetime supply of soapand I need a lifetime supply
supply of butter because I can'tsee myself going back to
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conventional lotions like I'mable to rest.
I'm able to relax.
I'm not itching as much.
My skin is not as dry.
I feel good about my skin, whichmeans I feel good about myself
and I'm like, really?
Because you know, it was just ahobby.
I wanted to make extra money,but then I needed to find a
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solution for myself, and I wasnot aware of the impact of some
of what this high qualityproduct.
And we're only talking about thebutter here.
We're not talking about lip vam,body butter and bar soaps and
stuff like that.
But specifically the butter Iwas not aware of.
What people got an exchange forgiving me their money to
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purchase a bottle of jar, abottle of butter, body butter.
I wasn't aware that people weregetting self-esteem.
They were getting a good night'srest.
They were getting confidence,they were getting a glow that
they were getting co complimentsfrom others around them.
I did not know that.
You know, and, and, andessentially I wasn't just
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selling butter.
I was selling hope in a jar.
Mm-hmm.
That's beautiful.
That's what they were getting.
And I wasn't aware of that.
And once I became aware of that,that's when I kind of really
stepped into what I wasproducing and what I was
sharing.
And so I started implementingthat on social media.
I started making that the forthe forefront, mm-hmm.
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Of my conversations at vendingevents.
You know, finding ways toinspire them, to encourage them,
to compliment them, to have themcome back and share their
stories with me about it.
Even in our class, I've givensome of the products to some of
the others and they're like,listen, this is my bedtime
routine because I know within 15minutes I am out.
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Nice.
And so nice.
Nice.
I wasn't aware of what I was,what I was sharing until my
mother made me aware of it andit was So she kinda brought
Jaime Snell (14:27):
you to that aha moment of that she did value you
were bringing and, and I knowthat she did.
As an individual and like thepsychology of it all.
Of course we wanna look good,but feeling good is mm-hmm.
10 times better.
Yeah.
I mean, the confidence offeeling good is nothing that a
mirror could ever deliver.
Mm-hmm.
So I think that's kudos that youwere actually listening to your
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audience too, and able to givethem more of what they needed,
but not just the product, but apromise that you could deliver
with how they felt.
Dr. Walt (14:59):
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's beautiful.
And Mom is just one of many,,stories that I've gotten back
from people about it., and it,it, I realized that what they're
experiencing is also what Iwanted five years ago before I
got started.
Yeah.
Jaime Snell (15:15):
Your own personal pain points at that time.
Mm-hmm.
You were seeking the solutionfor, so tell me, since we're
talking about your mom and yourcustomers, I'm curious, is
there.
If there were one thing that youabsolutely loved about serving
your customers, like yourfavorite thing about serving
your customers, could you namethat?
Dr. Walt (15:33):
Yes.
the, the, my favorite thingabout serving my customers, I
would, you know, number one, Iwould say that they're getting
hope in a jar.
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
I love that, but I love that mycustomers are fun to be around.
I love that my customers arecurious.
I love that when I put out a newproduct that they want to try
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it.
I love that my customers getexcited about it.
I love that my customers end up,and this is a true story, end up
going to Mexico for a girl'strip and they don't know each
other, but one customer pullsout a a jar of soothing,
refreshed vodka butter.
And the, the girl looks at herand says, wait a minute.
What are you doing with mybutter?
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Did you go in my bag?
And then the other girl goes andpull it out.
I should say, woman instead.
And they're like, you use Dr.
Waltz.
I know Dr.
Waltz.
He's my friend.
He's my friend.
And then, you know, it's the,it's the excitement and the
vibrancy that they get out ofsaying, oh my God, it's a small
company owned by this guy that Iknow.
And here I am in Mexico meetingsomeone I, I did not know prior
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to this trip.
And.
We're both using the thing thatbrings us hope and
self-confidence and self-esteemand, you know, contributes to a
restful night's sleep.
So that's the one thing I loveabout my customers.
They're curious, but they'realso really fun to be around.
So it's
Jaime Snell (16:59):
almost as if your, your curiosity and passions
inspired a community of otherswith curiosity.
Mm-hmm.
And, and just a passion forbetterment.
So that is beautiful.
It's almost like a full pa, fullcircle around, right?
Mm-hmm., tell me a little bitmore about the variety of
products you offer.
So you mentioned the bodybutter.
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Mm-hmm.
I know your mom mentioned soapsshe can't without, so make sure
extra stock of that just in casethings get in production for
your
mama.
Dr. Walt (17:26):
Yeah.
She has some at home that she'ssupposed to be selling, but I
know she's not selling it.
I know it's not not being sold.
You know, I, I don't always getthe funds from that.
It's not being sold.
It is being used.
I know that.
So I make lip BALs.
When I first got started, it wasthree body butters, one lip
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bomb, and then rosewater.
And now it is lip scrubs, bodyoils, hair and beard, butter,
what else?
Oh, coffee, brown sugar, bodyscrub.
Ooh, I love the smell of coffee.
Yes, and the people love it too.
I think that's about it.
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Mm-hmm.
Yeah, it's a variety of things.
So I have six body butters, Ihave six body oils, I have six.
Mm-hmm.
lip scrubs, three lip bombs.
And so that kind of keeps me alittle bit busy trying to keep
up.
I can imagine all of that.
Jaime Snell (18:26):
So do you have any other new formulas in the
pipeline right now you'redeveloping or is that
Dr. Walt (18:31):
the people have been asking about a face wash.
Oh, I have face serum too.
Yeah.
But the people have been askingabout a face wash and I just
have to get still enough in thekitchen, to figure that out.
I have some stuff that I've beenusing myself.
Mm-hmm.
but I'm not gonna give that tothe people they've been asking
for it.
and we, we'll get to iteventually.
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In the meantime, I tell'em,y'all just use the soap that I
already make.
You'll be fine.
Jaime Snell (18:56):
Yeah.
Well, I noticed, one of your,one of your product lines that
I've got my eye on is thatcharcoal detoxifying bar.
Yeah.
And I am, I'm huge aboutcharcoal.
Like I am, I'm weird.
I love to soak in apple cidervinegar cause I know how healthy
and detoxifying it is.
Mm-hmm.
And then I love to bathe with,with anything that has a
charcoal like focus about it.
So, yeah.
Dr. Walt (19:17):
Very cool.
Yeah.
My favorite thing about thedetox and charcoal, see I'm not
a, a charcoal fan, but you know,these products came about
because people, I startedlistening to what people were
asking for.
Mm-hmm.
Now, I came about with the lipscrub because somebody said,
listen, I live in DC and thewinter's a harsh for me.
I love using your lip bomb, butit doesn't do anything for dead
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skin.
You need to come up with ascrub.
Soap, I, I came up with a scrub.
Well, the, the bar soap startedthe same exact way, particularly
the detoxing charcoal.
Somebody said, well, one of mycustomers, she said, well, you
know, I have the body butter andI just feel incomplete without
some soap to go with it.
But during the pandemic Ideveloped some soap.
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You know, I was a little bored,so I went to the kitchen, and.
I came up with detoxing charcoalbecause people loved charcoal.
Mm-hmm.
But then I wanted to find outwhat other ingredients were
really good for detoxing andmoisture.
And I added in alovera juice.
I added in,, neme powder.
Didn't know what it was untilsomebody told me about the
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detoxing qualities in thatproperties in that., and then I
added in lemongrass because ofhow refreshing it was.
And then the tea tree, and I'mlike, oh gosh.
And so I just got the mixing.
And without realizing that, howbeneficial it would be for
people who shave regularly.
Mm-hmm.
Jaime Snell (20:38):
I could definitely see that
Dr. Walt (20:40):
soothing.
It's so soothing.
It's so sooth.
Yeah.
It's a good pair for those whoare interested in, it's a good
pair for the soothing with freshbody butter.
Jaime Snell (20:50):
Well, that's good to know.
Definitely.
I'll, I'll note that in the shownotes down below.
Mm-hmm.
So, I have one last questionbefore.
Okay.
We ask you how we can get intouch with you, but a lot of my
audience, you know, we're intoself-care with our, you know,
equal mindset, healthyingredients, but we're also
looking to take, take care ofour children.
So yeah, tell me a little bitabout your experience with your
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products
Dr. Walt (21:13):
and kids.
So, you know, my niece andnephew, David and Cece, they
have been using my products eversince they were three months
old.
David was born in 2017, andremember that's when I was
formulating it.
Mm-hmm., Cece was born in 2019.
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Cece was born in 2019 and atthat point I had had a solid
grip on the body butters.
They have been only using mybody butters,, since they were
three months old.
Nice., and so, you know, I, Ican't say that I've tested it on
children because I don't wannamake it seem like I have a lab,
but there are people who use thebody butters on their children
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who deal with eczema.
And psoriasis.
And while I, I realized that my,my doctorate is limited to
educational leadership and thatI don't make any claims
regarding, skin conditions.
I can talk about symptoms suchas dry, itchy skin and certainly
for children, it has been such agreat help.
what a lot of people don't knowis when your child,, has
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symptoms of A D H D and they'renot getting rest at night.
Not getting rest at night.
Further trigger triggers the A DH D, but what it also does is it
triggers eczema.
And is that
Jaime Snell (22:31):
because of the stress that the body's under by
not being well
Dr. Walt (22:33):
rested, it's the stress that the body's under
without, because it's notgetting adequate rest.
Mm-hmm.
That is good to know My problemtoo.
Remember my eczema flareup cameup while I was writing my
dissertation.
Yeah.
No stress in that.
Right.
And so it was stress.
But you, one thing I love, onething I love here is, you know,
my, my research is kind of, myacademic research as an educator
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is married to my, work as anentrepreneur.
Jaime Snell (23:01):
That's awesome.
I, I can see definitely through
Dr. Walt (23:02):
the parallels and, and my academic work.
I study self-conceptdevelopment, and that's the
story we tell ourselves aboutourselves.
Mm-hmm.
and in with Dr.
Walt's company, I'm teachingpeople to care for themselves
better.
I'm learning that I cannotdetach, you know, caring for
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your internal self, from caringfor your external self, meaning
your skin.
Mm-hmm.
And so in the upcoming months,I'll be adding, things to boxes
such as affirmations.
That people can use, partneringwith physical trainers,, so that
they can give some dailypractices in terms of workouts
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for people who just need fiveminutes a day.
It's something that we can postand maybe even have a blog
about.
I'm really just looking for waysto, to help people not only care
for the exterior, but care forthe interior.
Jaime Snell (23:57):
I love how this journey is evolving for you and
that not only have you foundspecial formulas that help
nurture the skin mm-hmm.
But you're taking your academic,your academic experience to help
nurture the soul as well.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Thank you Dr.
Walt.
Well, tell us, well, we'll putbelow all the details of how
people can get, in touch withyou in the show notes.
But what is your favorite wayfor people to reach out to you
(24:20):
if they have any questions?
Yeah.
What is your website?
So they can come and check outthese
Dr. Walt (24:24):
awesome products for themselves, so they can go to
dr.
waltz.co.
It's really easy.
Don't put.com.
I didn't say calm.
Cause a lot of people put in drwaltz.com.
They're like, I can't find it.
Well, duh.
All right.
So Dr.
waltz.co is the website, and ifyou wanna find me and have
immediate conversation viaInstagram, it's Dr.
Waltz co.
On inst on Facebook.
(24:45):
It's the same thing, Dr.
Waltz Co.
And it is there that you cansend a message, you can email
us, and then you can even shop.
At dr walt.com, dr.co.
Look at me about to say.com.
Jaime Snell (24:58):
Easy to get tripped up.
Well, we have so much valuableinformation to share.
Dr. Walt (25:01):
Yes, yes, yes.
And I really, really appreciatethe fact that I've been able to
come on your platform to sharewith.
Jaime Snell (25:09):
Thank you so much.
Well, it's just been awesome tobe able to call you friends.
I love learning next to you and,and now we'll be learning in
this journey of life together aswe build our businesses and get
our messages out.
Dr. Walt (25:19):
Absolutely.
Very, very great.
I appreciate you and thank youfor sharing, great information
with your audience and ways theycan care for themselves and the
ways we can do that using theearth.
All right.
Plants around us, natural
Jaime Snell (25:33):
ingredients for sure.
So, we'll, thank you all forlistening today, and you heard
Dr.
Walt himself go check out hiswebsite and if you have any
questions, you can reach himdirectly through Instagram or
Facebook Messengers.
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