Be Bonita is a podcast hosted by Viviane Aires, a Brazilian beauty and wellness expert and award-winning licensed celebrity esthetician based in Philadelphia. Viviane is passionate about her role as an industry leader and loves sharing her knowledge to help simplify your healing journey. She wants to encourage you to align your self-care practices with your inner wisdom, making self-care a seamless part of your everyday life.
Viviane warmly invites you to join her as she explores different ways to build a more meaningful relationship with yourself naturally and intentionally. Tune in as she chats with beauty and wellness leaders—CEOs, founders, and creative minds shaping the industry. From cult favorite products to must-have items in your medicine cabinet, and from female entrepreneurs to companies with rich histories, you'll hear the fascinating stories behind the most successful figures in beauty and wellness. Discover how their insights can enhance your self-care journey within this supportive and connected community.
Ep. 22: Why Your Labs Are 'Normal' But You Feel Awful with Dr. Khadija
Ever been told your labs are "normal" — but you still feel exhausted, foggy, and not like yourself? You're not imagining it, and you're not alone.
This week on Be Bonita Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Khadija Douglas, Hormone Doctor and founder of My Infinite Wellness, for an honest, in-depth conversation about what's really happening when conventional medicine keeps telling women they're "fine." We talk about the OAT axis (ovarian, adrenal, thyroid), why chronic stress quietly drains your progesterone, the perimenopause symptoms nobody prepares you for, the emotional weight of infertility and pregnancy loss, and how your gut and liver show up on your skin before you even notice.
Dr. Khadija also opens up about a health crisis at 21 that changed the direction of her career, why outdated lab ranges have been failing women for decades, and the simple nightly habits that reset your hormones while you sleep.
A reminder from this one: you can't serve from a half-empty cup. You've got to go back into you.
Connect with Dr. Khadija Douglas:
Instagram: @myinfinite_wellness
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10 Jun 2026
Ep. 21: Surviving Narcissistic Abuse: Her Journey Back to Herself | Irene Lovett
In this episode of Be Bonita Podcast, I sit down with Irene Lovett — author of Naked With My Scars, advocate, and Program Director for All Mentees On Board — for an honest conversation about surviving narcissistic abuse and finding the strength to start again.
Irene opens up about the slow, intentional work of healing: leaning on faith, doing the therapy, and learning to see her scars not as shame, but as proof of survival. If you've ever questioned your own worth after a relationship that left you smaller than you started, this one's for you.
In this episode:
• What narcissistic abuse really looks like (and why it's so hard to name)
• Rebuilding self-worth from the ground up
• How faith and therapy worked together in Irene's healing
• The mission behind All Mentees On Board
Connect with Irene:
📖 Naked With My Scars
🌐 https://www.growingstrengthinc.com/
24 Apr 2026
From Caregiver to Wellness Leader: How My Brother Inspired My Mission w/ Coach ZHA
What happens when you stop waiting to be saved and start saving yourself?
In this episode of Be Bonita, Viviane sits down with Coach ZHA — Pilates instructor, Nike-signed athlete, and founder of the Black Girl Pilates Club in Philadelphia — for one of the most honest conversations about transformation, single motherhood, and healing through movement you will ever hear. Ja opens up about her battle with postpartum depression, the moment she walked away from a six-figure corporate career to bet on herself, and how Pilates became the portal back to her body, her joy, and her purpose.
This is a masterclass in abundance, self-devotion, and the radical act of honoring your commitments to yourself — even when everything around you is falling apart. For every woman who has ever felt lost, depleted, or unsure of who she is outside of what she carries for others — this one is for you.
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