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Join Me At Impacting Millions Live & Make An Impact!

If it’s on your vision board to make millions while also impacting millions, I’ve got a special opportunity for you!

My friend, Selena Soo, is hosting a virtual event called Impacting Millions LIVE, happening March 5th - 7th, and you’re invited!

I met Selena a few years ago. I was looking for publicity help to build my platform for my business and for my writing. I knew that I needed to have a larger platform for traditional publishing. I had tried social media but it was taking a long time to build organically. I knew there had to be a better way to make an impact. So I enrolled in her course, Impacting Millions, and my publicity has been taking off since.

What We Can Learn From The Blue Zones.

The other night, I started to watch the Docu-series about centenarians who live on the Blue Zones.

I watched several episodes and saw some similarities.

What do people who live a long life of vitality have common?

They eat high-quality nutritious food.

They eat whole foods, homemade food, not food with chemicals and additives.

They are active. They make their own food. They socialize with friends and family. They walk. They do active work outside from gardening to taking care of animals to horseback riding.

They spend a lot of time outside in the fresh air, sun, and in nature.

They do activities which are fun such as dancing, singing, playing an instrument, attending parties, and playing sports with friends.

They had hobbies. Hobbies that they have done for a long time.

They laugh a lot. They don’t take life seriously.

They do not stress. They relax. They are at peace.

They go to the beach. They enjoy time in nature. They live in warm climates.

They live in beautiful places in the world.

They feel that they have a purpose throughout their lives and their purpose is not tied to money or their career.

None of them were sedentary. None of them used walkers, canes or wheelchairs.

None of them lived in nursing homes.

Their families lived close by and engaged with them often.

None of them sat in front of the computer or TV all day. It didn’t seem that any of them even watched TV.

They were in the present. They didn’t live in the past or worried about the future.

Medications didn’t help them to live longer lives. In fact, most of them didn’t have health conditions or seem to take medications. The rates of heart disease, dementia, and diabetes were much lower in the Blue Zones.

Holistic Me TV Launches Today!

Today is the launch of my new TV show, Holistic Me TV!

We are having a virtual launch party!

We will be watching the first episode with Stephanie Dalfonzo.

Stephanie Dalfonzo is an Anxiety Expert, Integrative Hypnotist, Speaker and Author.

Traditional approaches to stress, anxiety, and sleep issues are no longer enough.

Because of her own struggles with anxiety and sleep issues, Stephanie has spent over 20 years researching anxiety and how it affects every part of our life. She has compiled 35 of the techniques in her book “Goodbye Anxiety, Hello Freedom.”

She is a resident of Danbury, CT.

Watch her episode live as we launch Holistic Me TV! A new show on YouTube to empower women around the world with their health and wellness.

7 PM Eastern.

Holistic Me TV Launch. Why Not A Party Too?

I have created a new TV show. It is designed to empower women around the world with their health and wellness.

Holistic Me TV is a new TV show on YouTube, on my YouTube channel, Dancing Curtain. I am interviewing health experts from around the world.

Learn about ways to improve your health and wellness naturally.

Learn about various healing modalities.

Learn about resources. Empower yourself!

Watch the premiere live at 7 PM Eastern time on my YouTube channel, Dancing Curtain. It will be a little less than an hour. Join me live and comment with myself and others as you watch the first episode!

Subscribe to benefit from the whole series.

Click here to subscribe and receive email notifications when a new episode is released. Click on the Subscribe button on the page.

I will be watching from my television in my family room on Tuesday. Again, super excited!

You can watch from your smart phone, tablet, computer or TV.

And I have decided to give away a BIG prize!!!

Who Is The Woman Behind The Dancing Curtain?

Recently, I had a conversation with someone who had been a client of mine many years ago. I quickly realized that she didn't understand what my focus was. She thought that I was only helping women with issues related to childbirth. This made me realize that there may be some confusion and with so many new people on my list, I thought this would be a good time to clarify who I am.

Who is the woman behind The Dancing Curtain?

I am a holistic health expert, writer, and speaker who advocates for women's health and wellness. With over 20 years as a researcher and over 18 years as a holistic health expert, I have empowered women to heal their chronic conditions, illnesses, and trauma using a holistic approach by deciphering the root cause, and treat using a mind/body/spirit approach, natural recommendations and the natural, sacred medicine of the Earth. My specialty is not only returning women to phenomenal health but to joy.

From Jumping In Childhood To Jumping In Life

Growing up my family was one of about two black families in town. Now there is more diversity, but back then not so much.

Some weekends my family would drive to New York to visit my great uncle and great aunt and my cousins.

One time my great aunt asked me, “Khristee, do you double dutch?”

”No,” I replied.

“Do you know how to double Dutch?“ she asked.

“No,” I replied.

She smiled.

“I will teach you.“

We went to the back.

“First, just watch.“

I watched the ropes swing quickly and the girls jump in and effortlessly jump and dance with the ropes. I was mesmerized.

“Now, you try.“

The twins started the ropes. They spun round and round.

“Now, jump!“

Heal Yourself Through Food

I have another educational talk coming up soon! I am a featured speaker at the Natural & Spiritual Healing Summit. A virtual summit that starts next week.

I am so excited!

I will be speaking on October 12 at 11 AM ET. My talk is Healing Yourself Through Food: Learn To Use Food As Medicine.

I have been a holistic healer/health expert for over 17 years.

I will talk about how potent food can be as medicine.

I believe it is important to get to the root cause of a chronic illness or chronic condition and once that has been identified the right food can heal us naturally.

I will share my health journey: how I healed myself naturally from my 15 year illness through food, how food was the answer to overcome my illness, how food is often an overlooked aide to wellness, and how I help my clients to heal naturally too.

Food is medicine. Food can contribute to illness or to wellness. We must choose wisely.

Use food to be your greatest ally to help prevent illness, sustain wellness, and to overcome your chronic conditions naturally.

Save the date!

Too Tired To Smile

When I was sick with my 15-year illness, I was not the same person I am today.

Today, I smile easily and often.

The little things make me so happy.

I am so grateful for EVERYTHING.

But when I was sick with my chronic illness, I was too sick to smile or laugh.

They say that it takes more muscles to smile than it does to frown.

It’s true. It takes a lot less energy to be emotional-less.

What’s On The Other Side Of Illness?

In 2010, I overcame my 15 year chronic illness. The next year, I moved to San Francisco and lived in California for 5 years.

This pic was of me on New Year’s, less than 5 years after overcoming my chronic illness. This was me celebrating in Hollywood. I had moved to Hollywood three months earlier when this pic was taken. I was so happy to be well and to be living my dreams.

The old me would never have imagined moving across country. Or being so healthy or so joyful.

After I overcame my illness, I focused on doing everything that brought me joy. For so long my days were focused on survival, getting through the day, trying to be well.

My Grandmother Celebrated Her Centennial Birthday

This weekend my family celebrated my grandmother’s 100th birthday. We celebrated all weekend. We had so much fun. Relatives drove up from the south. We spent hours opening up cards. She received presents, flowers, phone calls and ate so much delicious cake and good food.

My dad wrote a press release for my grandmother and submitted it our local paper, but even though, my dad submitted it a month ago and followed up with emails and calls and I reached out to the paper too, they didn’t respond back to either of us and didn’t include it in the paper this past week so I thought I would share it with you all here.

Alice Arrington, a resident of Ridgefield, CT for the past 10 years, celebrated her 100th birthday on Friday, May 7.

Why Wait? Believe It, Dream It, Achieve It!

I hope you are enjoying the spring. Recently, I celebrated Easter with my family.

My grandmother is 99 years old and still dresses up.

It made me think: What is the secret to a long life?

Health, of course,

and happiness.

It is following your passions to make your life enjoyable. It is also knowing you are loved and supported.

Looking back on the details of my grandmother's life (that I know), I know she came from humble beginnings growing up in the country in Virginia. She moved to NYC to finish her education when she was sixteen. She married my grandfather who joined the military and they toured the world. She even went to see Josephine Baker perform when she lived in Paris. Her world expanded when she saw different cities and cultures. She had four children. She was psychic. She continued to travel all around the world. She beat colon cancer. She felt loved. Her amazing childbirth story is going to be in my book about childbirth around the world. Imagine childbirth in the 40's. Next month she turns 100!

Spread A Little Kindness To The Ones You Love And To Yourself

Hi Everyone!

Today is National Random Acts of Kindness Day which is part of Random Acts of Kindness Week which runs until February 20.

What can you today to share your kindness with someone?

Can you write a letter or email someone you care about, someone who made a big impact in your life, and them know how much you love them or the difference they made in your life?
Can you volunteer to help someone in need?
Can you perform a random act of kindness with a stranger or a loved one?
Can you give something to someone else?
Can you offer your time with someone? An ear? Or a hand?

What will you decide to do?

Fill Up Your Heart With Self-Love

Hi Everyone!

I was inspired to create a self-love series.

I used to dread Valentine’s Day. I used to feel bad that I was not in a romantic relationship. I used to feel sad on that day. But just like we can set goals and intentions every day, we don’t have to wait until New Years; we can fill ourselves up with love every day, we don’t have to wait for someone to love us. So last year I filled myself up with so much love. I meditated. I spent time outside in my hammock and going for walks. I exercised. I read. I took baths. I listened to inspirational podcasts. I studied numerology and astrology. I did shadow work. I wrote gratitude lists and I healed myself.

Last Friday, I started Fill Up Your Heart: Self-Love Series on Facebook. I decided to broadcast it on my business FB page, The Dancing Curtain and in my private FB group for empaths and creatives who wish to live an extraordinary life. Click here to join the private group. The series has just begun! I wanted to start it before Valentine’s Day to help support those who are single or broken-hearted but it continues until February 26. I wanted to make the series long enough so that people really felt that their hearts are filled up with love. Watch the replays on the pages and invite a friend.

Inspiration, Mindfulness, Self-care, Spirituality, Holistic HealthKhristee RichFebruary 15, 2021self care, self-love, self-care tips, mindfulness, self-discoveryComment

How To Stay Inspired When You’re Not

It's almost time for Thanksgiving. Are you excited? Thanksgiving will not be the same this year. Many of us will not be with our complete families. Many of us have lost loved ones this year. Many of us have lost jobs or revenue. Many of us are feeling scared and uncertain about the future. Many of us have been working hard all year and need a break and have lost our vigor to keep going or to be motivated or inspired.

If that is you, you are not alone. I was feeling that way recently. I lost my vigor and I am normally a very optimistic and ambitious person. But sometimes life gets overwhelming or we don't see the fruits of all of our work; we just see the obstacles and more to do. We wonder why we work so hard. Isn't life supposed to be joyful?

Advice From My Grandfather

When I was growing up, I loved spending time with my grandfather. In the summer and for holidays, I traveled down to Washington, D.C. to spend time with him. We used to sit on his front porch and chat and people watch. He waved and said hello to every black person who walked by.

I accompanied him to the grocery store and the same thing, any time he passed a black man or woman he nodded, waved, and said hello.

I asked him, “Who was that?”

He replied, “I don’t know.”

“You don’t know that person?”

“No,” he replied.

I noticed the pattern; every single time, he saw a black person, he said hello.

So one day, I asked him why he said hello to every black person.

He stopped and looked at me like I had three heads and said, “It’s what you do, Khristee.”

I took that statement to heart.

I grew up in a white community where my family was one of a couple of black families in town at the time. Besides my family, I didn’t come across many African Americans, so when I went to college and was exposed to more blacks, I made a point to say hello to everyone who I saw.

“Definitely Not A Model”

After college where I earned a B.F.A Theatre Performance degree from the University of Michigan, I went to The School for Film and Television in New York City. My scene study teacher helped us to see how casting directors saw us, what types we should play and submit to. We all wanted to know this because we weren’t getting cast in the roles we wanted or weren’t getting cast enough period.

He went around the room telling everyone their types simply from their looks. For me he said the role I would play would be a cop, an NYPD cop, definitely not a model. He actually said, “Definitely not a model.”!! I was so hurt and confused. I never thought of myself as tough or that people viewed me as an NYPD cop and not beautiful. I was 22/23 and I thought I had potential to be pretty. I looked to my teacher for advice and guidance and he told me that I was not pretty enough for TV or to be seen as a pretty role on TV. True, I was not especially curvy, I didn’t know how to do fancy makeup and wasn’t that stylish, but I was slim, and not short. Everyone else in the class was given more flattering stereotypes to play and I wondered why I wasn’t. I concluded that I didn’t like the teacher; he was prejudiced against me and I needed to do something different with my hair.

Growing up I wore my hair in braids every day from age 4 to 13 because 1) I had really thick hair and 2) I wanted to look neat in school and fit in like the other kids. Being a light-skinned African American girl the only way others could tell that I was black was my hair.

They would say that I had kinky hair and if I ever wore my hair down my classmates (the boys) would make fun of me.

My hair was my struggle for most of my childhood. On the weekends other kids played in sports and participated in extracurriculars, but for me I had to pick one day, Saturday or Sunday to wash my hair. Normally, I picked Saturday so that I could have a full day to relax before school the next day. I was allowed to watch one cartoon and then for the next 6 hours I washed my hair and my mother dried and braided my hair. Yes, that’s right, every weekend it took 5 1/2 to 6 hours to dry and de-tangle my hair and put it back into neat braids. During that time, I always wished that I could be playing with friends, playing in sports, relaxing watching TV, or outside playing in nature. After hours of having my hair yanked and pulled tightly with a brissle brush, doused with water, and my skin burned from the hair dryer, my head and neck were sore and I was exhausted and just wanted to sleep.

Pull Back The Curtain, The Truth Is Being Revealed

In 2016, I went to Peru and I had a big spiritual awakening. Since I was 20, I had wanted to go to South America, but everyone told me it was dangerous for an American woman to travel there alone, so I didn’t. In 2016 I finally got the courage to go. I went to Lake Titicaca one of the powerful spiritual vortexes of the world. I was so sick at Lake Titicaca. It is the highest elevation lake in the world and I had terrible altitude sickness and food poisoning at the same time. I almost died. (I will share more about this story in another post.) Once I got better and was able to return home, I was not the same. It wasn’t anything I did in Peru, but it was Peru that changed me. It was after that trip that I decided to move from Los Angeles back to my hometown in Connecticut. I had been in LA for about a year pursuing my acting, comedy, and modeling career (it was going so well!) and suddenly it was no longer the place for me, not because of a decision, but because energetically it was no longer right for me. I couldn’t get myself to go back. My near death experience changed me. That was when I moved to CT and my focus became holistic health and wellness.

faith, Inspiration, SpiritualityKhristee RichJune 15, 2020spiritual awakening, inspiration, inspirational stories, spirituality, faith, trustComment

They Say It's Like Giving Birth!

Being in lockdown has been like a Master Class in learning about myself. I am questioning everything: my career, my life purpose, my relationships, health, and so much more! I have been triggered and so many emotions have been coming up. It has forced me to take a hard look at my life and what is working and what is not, to truly understand why things that I have wanted for so long are not manifesting and what I need to finally change.

The good news is that after much thought, I have clarity! My soul purpose is to be a writer and an international transformational speaker. But writing a book is hard. As many people say, "It's a lot like giving birth!" You have to put all of your focus on it and give it all you've got.

Overcoming chronic illness and advocating for your health!

Have you ever had a chronic illness, a health crisis, or a chronic health condition? Did you overcome it quickly? Did you feel supported? Or did you learn to become your own health advocate?

Recently, I was interviewed by Janice McQueen Ward on her Beauty Call Podcast. Janice interviews ladies who are beautiful inside and out. Janice’s podcast focuses on beauty, health and wellness, faith, and even offers beauty tips! On the podcast, I shared how I overcame my debilitating, fifteen year, chronic illness, how I became a holistic healer and how I became my own health advocate, as well as, some timely tips on how to help prevent contracting the Coronavirus.

On this episode, you will learn:

What is holistic health and wellness
Importance of detoxifying our livers
Importance of getting to the root cause in illness and taking a holistic approach
Why it is so important for women to prioritize healing and self-care
Why I am writing a book about childbirth around the world
Female empowerment- why it is so important right now
The focus of my new Blog, Mum’s The Word: Mothers Speaking Out About Childbirth Around The World
and more!

How are you coping with COVID?

How are you coping with the effects of the Coronavirus?

Are you angry? Confused? Sad? Feeling out of control? Looking for answers, inspiration, and balance?
Many people are being triggered right now. I spoke about this topic last Friday on my Facebook Live in my private Facebook Group Empowered Joyful Empaths and offered tips and a relaxing meditation for all who are being triggered at this time. I am offering free live meditations every Friday at 6:30 PM Eastern during the time of the Coronavirus. But if once a week is not enough support for you, I have something else that I know you will love!

Registration is officially OPEN for the Rise and Bloom: Coping with Covid Virtual Summit! This summit was created by the Rise and Bloom Mastermind I am a a part of to help you find great health, balance, and empowerment during the time of the Coronavirus.

We’ve got 11 incredible speakers from all around the U.S. and a few international speakers too.

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