Episode 019: Feminine Wellness, Equity & Social Responsibility with Beatrice Dixon

The Days for Girls Podcast

Beatrice Dixon is the founder and CEO of The Honeypot Company: an innovative, natural, plant-based feminine care system that’s changing the intimate wellness game for all people with vaginas (and a treasured Days for Girls partner!). The idea for The Honeypot came to Beatrice in a visionary dream – first as a means of solving her own vaginal health problem, before blossoming into a revolutionary product line for women and vagina-owners across the country.

In this episode, Beatrice shares the unique origin story of The Honeypot; the company’s current offerings and social responsibility partnerships; and why she’s so passionate about leveraging her business to make a meaningful global impact. She also talks about the highs and lows of starting her own business from scratch – and leaves us with inspiring words about the tremendous value in struggle and resilience.

Notable Quotes:

“I just believe that it's important as humans, as the human race, that we find a way to come together more and be kind to each other. Lift our vibration on how we think. Figure out how to how to just have our society be an equitable one. I mean, will that ever happen? I don't know. I just think that it's important, because we're all just trying to survive….I want to do whatever we can, I want to put any kind of dent into the system possible, for humanity, because I am a part of it, you know?”

“Whether your challenge is being Black, having a vagina, being Latin, trying to raise money or whatever, or just being a person of color or a minority because you're a woman, or whatever the thing is…it makes you better. And that's what matters. When you go through stuff, especially when it's really hard, it just makes you sharper, it makes your thin skin thicker. It makes your eyes be open, it makes you pay attention. It makes you be aware. And if you really do it with a lot of kindness and humility and gratefulness, it just gives you this peace, that everything's gonna be alright.”

Highlights:

• The Honeypot founder’s story: how a dream helped Bea solve her ongoing struggle with bacterial vaginosis, before sharing her solution with the world.
• Everything that The Honeypot offers for humans with vaginas: from herbal menstrual pads to vulva moisturizers.
• Why having a vaginal skincare routine is just as important as caring for your hair, face and teeth.
• The Honeypot’s corporate social responsibility program and ongoing partnerships.
• Beatrice’s passion for creating a more equitable world, and why investing in global social justice issues (especially those that uplift women and girls) is important to her.
• The greatest challenges and rewards she has experienced on her journey into business ownership.
• How struggle, hardship and resilience fuels personal growth like nothing else can – and ultimately makes you stronger.

Connect:

Website: thehoneypot.co

Instagram: @thehoneypotco | @iambeadixon

Facebook: @thehoneypotco

Twitter: @thehoneypotco
Bio:
Beatrice Dixon had been suffering with bacterial vaginosis for eight months, when one night an ancestor appeared to her in a dream and provided her with a list of ingredients to heal herself. The concoction worked, and Dixon realized that she had something special to share. From that visionary dream, the formula for a powerful and effective herb-powered vaginal wash was created in 2014.

Dixon launched The Honeypot Company, a plant-derived vaginal wellness line created with the goal of providing humans with vaginas healthy alternatives to traditional feminine care products that are free of unwanted chemicals, carcinogens and sulfates. The rest is history. The

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