The Be Well Beautiful People Podcast

This Father’s Day, Be Well Beautiful People presents a moving conversation about what it really means to be strong from the inside out.

In this special episode, host Demarra West sits down with Coach Greg Wallace, veteran fitness educator and founder of IATO Fitness, whose faith-centered approach invites us to see our bodies not as something to fix but as something sacred and worth caring for.

Coach Wallace is also the personal trai...

Be Well Beautiful People podcast, the show that inspires you to live your best joy filled life by centering healing and liberation above all. 

For this special Black History Month episode, Demarra West sits down with Kukuwa, aka Mama Kuks,—an African dance icon, global wellness leader, and cultural ambassador—to explore the power of movement as a tool for healing, liberation, and cultural connection.

Born and raised in Ghana, Kukuwa ...

The Alchemizing Trauma for Community Impact series highlights nine inspiring stories of Detroit leaders who have transformed individual and community trauma into transformative work in Detroit and beyond. In our final episode of the Alchemizing Trauma for Community Impact series, Demarra West sits down with James “Screal” Eberheart Jr. As the founder of Motivating Inner New Dreams Screal has spent years empowering marginalized com...

The Alchemizing Trauma for Community Impact series highlights nine inspiring stories of Detroit leaders who have transformed individual and community trauma into transformative work in Detroit and beyond.

In this episode, Demarra West has a heartfelt conversation with Katrina Stewart, author of Through Trauma to Grace, as she shares her incredible journey through generational trauma, abuse, and alcoholism. Today, Katrina is dedica...

The Alchemizing Trauma for Community Impact series highlights nine inspiring stories of Detroit leaders who have transformed individual and community trauma into transformative work in Detroit and beyond.

In this episode, Demarra West chats with brilliant Keesha V. Johnson MDes., an award-winning human-centered-systems designer. Keesha is dedicated to advancing equity in Michigan’s food systems through policy advocacy and communit...

The Alchemizing Trauma for Community Impact series highlights nine inspiring stories of Detroit leaders who have transformed individual and community trauma into transformative work in Detroit and beyond.

The series continues with our host Demarra West's powerful conversation featuring Kwaku Osei, Executive Director of The LOVE Building. In this conversation, he shares the personal challenges that shaped his mission, the myriad of ...

The Alchemizing Trauma for Community Impact series highlights nine inspiring stories of Detroit leaders who have transformed individual and community trauma into transformative work in Detroit and beyond.

In this episode, Demarra West sits down for an inspiring conversation with Cyekeia Lee, Executive Director of the Detroit College Access Network (DCAN) which provides college access support for over 50 high schools in Detroit. D...

The Alchemizing Trauma for Community Impact series highlights 9 inspiring stories of Detroit leaders who have transformed individual and community trauma into transformative work in Detroit and beyond. In this episode, host Demarra West sits down with Raphael Wright, a serial entrepreneur, author, and changemaker from Detroit. Raphael is the founder of Urban Plug L3C, a social investment company tackling systemic inequities, incl...

The Alchemizing Trauma for Community Impact series highlights 9 inspiring stories of Detroit leaders who have transformed individual and community trauma into transformative work in Detroit and beyond.

In this episode, host Demarra West sits down with Audra Carson, environmentalist, CEO of Izzie Global, and trailblazer in Environmental Justice. Since founding De-tread in 2009 to combat tire waste and urban blight, Audra has expand...

The Alchemizing Trauma for Community Impact series highlights 9 inspiring stories of Detroit leaders who have transformed individual and community trauma into transformative work in Detroit and beyond.

In this episode of the Be Well Beautiful People podcast, host Demarra West sits down with Dr. Yusef Bunchy Shakur, an author, educator, founder, and neighborhood organizer, whose extraordinary journey from incarceration to scholar ex...

The Alchemizing Trauma for Community Impact series highlights 9 inspiring stories of Detroit leaders who have transformed individual and community trauma into transformative work in Detroit and beyond.

In this powerful episode, host Demarra West is joined by Bryce Detroit, a multimodal Afrofuturist artist, activist, griot, pioneer of Entertainment Justice and an award-winning music producer and curator, who revolutionizes how art,...