Meet Alicia McIntosh

We recently connected with Alicia McIntosh and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Alicia , really happy you were able to join us today and we’re looking forward to sharing your story and insights with our readers. Let’s start with the heart of it all – purpose. How did you find your purpose?

I believe purpose is something you choose to see and feel in the everyday. It’s found in the quiet details, meaningful connections, and the moments that shift how we see life or how we choose to live it. Purpose lives in every moment. That’s how I found the purpose to create EmpowerHER. It continues to reveal itself the more I honor my own journey and the journeys of other women. To me, purpose is everywhere.You just have to be willing to see it.

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?

I’ve always been deeply excited and passionate about movement and Black women in wellness. What excites me most is that Black wellness represents the ability to choose to care for ourselves when, historically, we weren’t always afforded that opportunity. My work intentionally centers Black women whether through my daily actions or the spaces I curate with EmpowerHER.

As a Wellness Facilitator and the Founder of EmpowerHER, I help women reconnect with their bodies, regulate stress, and access healing through intentional experiences. Witnessing women strengthen from the inside out and rediscover their power through softness, movement, and community is life-giving. That’s why I believe wellness is not a luxury for us it’s a reclamation

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

Looking back, the three qualities that shaped my journey most were self-awareness, resilience, and intentional action.

Self-awareness helped me make choices from alignment instead of urgency. My advice: take time to actually know yourself, your values, how you operate, and what you need to thrive. Clarity is power.
Resilience allowed me to grow through tough seasons instead of collapsing under them. Start by viewing setbacks as refinement build routines that ground you before you need them.

Intentional action taught me that momentum comes from consistent effort, not perfection. Begin before you feel ready and let discipline carry you where motivation won’t.

My guidance for anyone early in the journey: get still enough to hear yourself, move even when fear is present, and trust that small aligned actions create long-term impact even when you think things are not moving keep moving.

Don’t rush becoming refine it.

To close, maybe we can chat about your parents and what they did that was particularly impactful for you?

The most impactful thing my mother did for me was show me resilience. She didn’t always have the tools or emotional space, but she modeled strength in survival. Watching her navigate life with grit even when tenderness was hard to access taught me how to build the parts of myself I didn’t receive. It made me deeply committed to doing the inner work so I could grow from survival into healing.

Her journey is why I lead my work with compassion. She gave me strength; I learned to turn that strength into softness and I will forever love and appreciate everything she gave.

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