🪴 Functional Beverage Brands, Free Therapy Fund & RFK Jr's Podcast Apologies

Hi there! Hope you’re well and welcome back to Thrivency’s weekly newsletter 👋🏽

I missed you all! As a reminder on our editorial schedule, any time a month has a fifth Thursday, I take a break from this weekly newsletter to rest and reset for the new month ahead. Now I’m back and still a little bit in denial that May is already here, but I’m ready to make the most of it.

Let’s explore some of the latest wellness headlines and hot topics, shall we? 👀

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🍷 Functional Beverage Brands to Watch

Coffee makes you feel jittery at the start of your day and a nightcap leaves you feeling groggy the next morning. It’s an ongoing dilemma. 🙄

But that’s why functional beverages have become the go-to answer for wellness-minded consumers who want to replace their daily drink lineup full of sugar, alcohol, or unknown chemicals.

Functional beverages use natural ingredients, like vitamins and botanicals, to stimulate physical or cognitive reactions that can boost your mood, give you energy, or even help you wind down in the evening. And I did the work for you to roundup seven functional beverage brands founded by Black & Brown entrepreneurs; everything from plant-based mocktails to vitamin-infused, tea-based energy drinks. See what you should start sippin’ on:

🫂 Free Therapy Fund

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and there’s no better time to highlight the organizations working to make mental health care accessible and affordable.

The Loveland Foundation has dispersed more than $10 million to deserving recipients of its free therapy fund since 2019. 🤯

If you’re in need of financial assistance for your therapy sessions, apply. If you want to support others in need, donate below.

🎙 RFK Jr’s Podcast Apologies

Deep, ancestral sigh…

Back in 2024, our current Secretary of Health and Human Services went on the High Level Conversations podcast to discuss his plans to open wellness farms around the country where Black children reliant on prescription medications could go to detox, live without technology and be “reparented.”

These comments made their way into recent Senate Finance Committee hearings where Kennedy was questioned about his controversial solutions to some of the country’s most pressing health and wellness issues. Get the full story:

📲 Check your DMs

Check your DMs, friend! Here’s the latest roundup of trending topics across the social sphere that caught my eye:

We hope you enjoyed this edition of Wellness News You Can Use. You know the deal: we’ll meet right back here next week to dive into our lineup of local wellness events across 5 major metros!

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