Figure It Out With Freddi

Join the Federal City Alumnae Chapter for the Soulful Sunday Go-Go Brunch, a celebration with a purpose!

Proceeds fund scholarships for DC students and sustain our award-winning community programs.

📅 Sunday, May 31, 2026

🕐 1pm - 4pm Doors open at 12:30pm

📍 The Mayflower Hotel, Autograph Collection, Washington, DC

Featuring a special performance by Sugar Bear, this is an afternoon you do not want to miss! 🎶

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Excited to share that I’ve been appointed to the Mayor’s DC Commission for Women! 🙌🏾 I was officially sworn in and am ready to advocate for policies that uplift and empower women across the District.

This commission works to address economic opportunity, health, and leadership for women and girls, and I’m honored to be part of the effort.

A special thank you to Wendy Glenn, Mayor’s Office of Community Relations and Services, Executive Director , and Commission Chairwoman Nina Robinson for their support and encouragement throughout this process.

I’m also incredibly grateful to my family and friends who attended and even surprised me with their presence—it meant so much! Your support means everything. 💜🙏🏾

Looking forward to all that’s ahead!

🌟 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟑 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭-𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩! 🌟⁣⁣⁣
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Join me on 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒, at 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡, where I’ll facilitate a session on 𝐆𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. We’ll dive into how to create meaningful goals and achieve what you truly desire in life! 💫⁣⁣⁣

This eight-week workshop is based off the techniques by Dr. Marcus S. Tappan’s upcoming book , 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚, which teaches how to set goals and live the best version of your life. Don’t miss out on this empowering journey! 📖⁣⁣⁣
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📅 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: October 9, 2024⁣⁣⁣
⏰ 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM⁣⁣⁣
📍 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Kingdom Fellowship AME Church, Calverton, MD⁣⁣⁣
Text 𝟐𝟎𝟐-𝟔𝟎𝟕-𝟕𝟗𝟑𝟔 to register. Let’s turn your goals into reality! ✨⁣⁣⁣
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🔔I’m so excited! My book of affirmations with some personal reflections, Triumph Through Words, Healing that Inner Child, is NOW AVAILABLE on Amazon!

🔗https://a.co/d/2BzlXLI

🙏🏽💕 I would be incredibly grateful if you could consider purchasing a copy and sharing this news with your friends and family. Your support means the world to me.

Thank you so much for your kindness and support!

With so much gratitude,
Freddi 💕❤️💕

🔗https://a.co/d/2BzlXLI

🔗Link is in the bio too!

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Editor: Monique Lindsay
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I am so thankful to be spotlighted by the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching. Thank you!

Today we'd like to spotlight Freddi Brown, NBC-HWC. Freddi is a part of our Microcertification Task Force and has been a part of the team that supports our NDPP project with the CDC.

We asked Freddi what she enjoys most about being a health & wellness coach.

"My vision is helping my community become better advocates for themselves. I witnessed my family and people within my community make undesirable decisions about their health. Even though we have access to a wide range of healthy foods and activities as Americans, people in my community suffer from common, preventable diseases like the ones my grandmother had. In fact, African Americans are 50% more likely to have a stroke than white adults, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services. This isn’t because we’re defective, but instead, it’s due to medical racism, bias, and pervasive health inequities. Many in my community lack resources, education, or live in food deserts without access to high quality, nutritious options.

The worst part? Everyone around me had accepted this as inevitable, having witnessed their older relatives and friends having similar afflictions throughout their lives.

I realized this was because of people’s lack of knowledge about proper health practices and not knowing how to make behavioral changes, not an unwillingness to make good choices. Many in my community simply had limited access to information about improving their wellness through healthy lifestyle choices. This destiny did not sit well with me. I needed to do something about it.

My maternal grandmother inspired me to become a health & wellness coach. She had lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. Her health conditions led to three strokes, and she lost her life on New Year’s Day in 1992 after the final one.

I began educating myself about good nutrition, healthy lifestyles, and personal health practices to improve and prolong my life. My foggy brain, prediabetic diagnosis, and anxiety began dissipating. Soon, my family and friends became curious about health and wellness after witnessing my own transformation.

This became my passion, and I knew I had to alter my career path to practice Health & Wellness Coaching full time. I graduated from Georgetown University’s Health & Wellness Coaching Program, became NBHWC credentialed and have my own coaching practice, Figure It Out With Freddi.

I most enjoy when people start to advocate for themselves in different areas of their lives. They just need to realize they have the answers within themselves. Coaching is not about advising but co-creating. I hold space to help them realize they're capable of transforming their lives.

For example, one client wanted to lose 20 pounds. We realized she had an emotional attachment to baking and felt cluttered in all areas of her life. She was living in the home she grew up in with her grandmother. Through coaching, we began decluttering her home, mourning the loss of her grandmother, and discovering other ways to honor her memory. Today, she’s living life out loud: healthy, at her goal weight, and a shining example of her grandmother’s legacy.

This vision has led me to expand my roles for broader influence, too. I am the Associate Director in my alma mater coaching program at Georgetown. Along with another Georgetown HWC graduate, we co-created a Cultural Competency workshop, knowing that what already exists wouldn’t work within our community. For example, just meditating or giving up gluten wasn’t going to cut it. We want this education to reach across cultures, race and class so coaches can better understand what biases exist and who we’re working with. Lifestyle diseases don’t have to be a generational curse."

If you missed the inaugural workshop, fear not, we’ve got you! The next session starts on March 1, 2022, and will be held on Tuesdays from 12-1 pm EST.

The workshop still provides 12 Continuing Education hours for NBHWC.

As a bonus for registering early, you can save an additional 10%.

Don’t delay, register now >>> https://bit.ly/2UdKdE3

So grateful for the wonderful time at the Horse and People Project. I gained some great insight from my experience that is helpful for my clients and me.

>>relax, relax, relax
>>noticing my nonverbal communication and emotions
>>following through with my actions and commands
>>letting go of control and allowing myself to trust
>>knowing the difference between assertiveness and aggressiveness




https://horseandpeopleproject.com

12 CEU Credit Opportunity!

Registration is Closing Soon!

Hey Fellow Coaches!

If you found it difficult to communicate with your client due to cultural differences, then you should attend our workshop at Georgetown University's Institute for Transformational Leadership.

For insight into the course,
please listen to our podcast at: transformationalleadership.buzzsprout.com

To register for the course, please click here >>> https://bit.ly/2UdKdE3

XCOA-960 Culturally Competent Communication Individuals are naturally drawn to others who share their own cultural identity. Similarly, practitioners seek clients with the same cultural beliefs and identities. As we strive for more diversity and inclusion, it is important for the practitioner to understand and be sensitive to other cultures a...

I’m so excited for our upcoming workshop, Culturally Competent Communication hosted at The Georgetown University Institute for Transformational Leadership.

To learn how to communicate in a culturally competent manner effectively, please listen to our podcast. Please see this link https://lnkd.in/gSkUi4Fz.

To register, please click this link >>> https://bit.ly/2UdKdE3 .

Hey There! Have you ever had difficulty communicating with someone with a different background?

If you hesitated or felt slightly uncomfortable when answering this question, then our upcoming workshop is for you, Culturally Competent Communication.

Please click this link >>>> https://bit.ly/2UdKdE3 to sign up.

XCOA-960 Culturally Competent Communication Individuals are naturally drawn to others who share their own cultural identity. Similarly, practitioners seek clients with the same cultural beliefs and identities. As we strive for more diversity and inclusion, it is important for the practitioner to understand and be sensitive to other cultures a...

Don’t be afraid to ask for help, and to admit when you need it - Charles Schwab

I’ve been guilty of not asking for help when I needed it! We are not Superhumans. We all get stuck. Being rejected or told “no” is not easy to digest. I get it. Rather than staying stuck, try reaching out. Someone is waiting to assist!

***Raise your hand in the comments if you don’t ask for help when you need it!***

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