Doing Everything With Love with Caprice Dominique

Natural hair care stylist Caprice Dominique (she/her/they) joins BGIO founder Lauren Ash (she/they) in conversation around naming and claiming our desires. Caprice has been blessing Lauren’s life and hair for several years with her healing hands and personal touch of love and compassion. She’s all about empowering Black women to own our unique hair journeys. She encourages us to love our hair and ourselves holistically, and affirms that self care is about so much more than the products we use on our hair or on our bodies. It’s also about our patterns of self-talk and our healing practices. Lauren and Caprice share how they keep their ancestors present, and how this active connection helps them to feel rooted in unconditional worthiness and a sense of belonging within the collective consciousness. As both women affirm, we deserve to have the things we want. Press play to listen in on a heartfelt conversation between friends about trusting ourselves to claim our blessings unapologetically.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT

Lauren’s and Caprice's hair journeys
How Caprice takes care of herself during what can be at times a strenuous labor-intensive experience of giving care
The importance of self care for wellness practitioners and caregivers
Trusting ancestral guidance
A prayer Lauren speaks every day
The Sow The Seeds retreat experience that changed both Lauren and Caprices lives - Shoutout to Danielle Lyles Barton and Karlene Graham Perry for leading this beautiful offering
Caprice’s self love rituals
Trigger Protection Mantra, the song that Lauren’s friend Ananda sent her in a synchronistic moment

Keep up with Caprice on Instagram @CapriceDominique

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Quotes From The Episode:

“It’s all about love. Doing things with love” - @CapriceDominique | Click to tweet

“I’m trying to be very intentional about just setting time for myself to do the things that I love to fill myself back up so that I can give” - @CapriceDominique | Click to tweet

“When you are in a position of service, that does not mean that you are supposed to be a servant.” - @hellolaurenash | Click to tweet

“It’s not just about eating healthy, but it’s about how are you mentally, spiritually, physically?” - @CapriceDominique | Click to tweet

“I wanted to make sure that my salon had a strong foundation. My mom and my Grandma were two very strong women.” - @CapriceDominique | Click to tweet

“I actually have a prayer that I speak every day and as part of it I specifically say, ‘I pay homage to my elevated ancestors. The divinities of my spiritual court.’” - @hellolaurenash | Click to tweet

“It's not just about me. It’s not just about my path. It’s about us and our path. and that it’s a collective one that spans back further than I’ll know and spans forward further than I’ll know” - @hellolaurenash | Click to tweet

“Here we are claiming our blessings and being unapologetic in it” - @hellolaurenash | Click to tweet

“When you’re with your sister friend who understands you, who affirms your life, who blesses you and you’re in that energy together. That is such a pure energy with which to speak what you desire. It’s like a prayer” - @hellolaurenash | Click to tweet

“I like to live by the mantra, ‘do everything with love.’ So when you’re taking care of your hair, it comes from a place of love.” - @CapriceDominique | Click to tweet

“Everything that you do in love grows.“ - @CapriceDominique | Click to tweet