Arielle Símone
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Arielle Símone
Holistic Curator

Black + bloom

A holistic wellness space dedicated to living a fulfilling life through food, fitness, and travel.
Because what we water grows.

eat for energy

I do not believe in fad diets. Fad diets fail because they do not teach you how to listen to your body. I will help you transform your relationship with food because eating is so powerful. It affects the way we feel, the way we think, and has everything to do with our personal growth and transformation. Discover new ways to eat for your body.

move it ma

I believe in holistic movement. My focus is to encourage you to help you discover the workouts that make you the most happiest. Figuring out a workout designed for your specific lifestyle makes all the difference in staying both happy and committed to your fitness goals. Your body will never ever regret a workout.

nomadic noir

Travel more, experience move, learn more, do more. It’s okay to want more adventure in your life. Traveling reminds me that the world is a lot bigger than me and my problems. It creates a space to recharge, rethink, relax. Learn more about exercise tips when abroad and how to eat good no matter where you are in the world.

soulistic shit

Now this is allllll about TLC. Giving yourself a whole lot of self-love and self-care is not a luxury but a necessity. This is about learning how to not be too busy for others where you start to neglect yourself. Emotional wellness is creating consistent soul care routines makes us better people to ourselves and others.

Black + Bloom:
Holistic Wellness for Black Women

Women of Color need holistic wellness. We need to learn how to transform the relationship with have with food. We need to know how to nourish our mind, body, and spirit and most importantly we need a safe space to learn how to live a fulfilling life. This book is for that. This book is designed to teach you how to eat for energy, how to find movement that works for your lifestyle, and how to live in your purpose. Arielle talks about not only diet but which foods are best for to combat anxiety and depression - foods that makes us think, feel and move happier. Health is a journey that involves everything on a mind, body, spirit level. This book will bring you one step closer to self-love, fulfillment, and wellness. 

 
 
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Primary Food: Nourishment Beyond the Plate
Primary Food: Nourishment Beyond the Plate

Primary Food is the nourishment we get outside of our plates. It’s the “food” that really feeds your soul. It’s having a self-care routine, having a fulfilling career, having nutritious relationships. It’s how we feed our mind, body, soul. Our lifestyle is our primary food and actual meals are our secondary food. The more primary food we receive the less we depend on secondary foods to fulfill our needs. And vice versa, the more we depend on secondary food the less we receive primary food.

Afropunk is more than a Black Coachella
Afropunk is more than a Black Coachella

Last Saturday, Afropunk has Brooklyn on tilt. As always it was unapologetically Black and unapologetically lit and I wish I could relive the moment all over again. There was so much to see, so much to do, so much to eat. Every year I look forward to it because I know I’m going to be around power, around love, around soul. There is so much diversity in Black people and the magic was magic everywhere. Black girl magic, black boy magic, non-binary, queer magic, all types of beautiful infectious energy going around.

Milk and Honey from the Hive
Milk and Honey from the Hive

Beyoncé has once again left me in awe. We all know the September VOGUE issue is the most important issue so her landing the cover was major in itself. In this September's VOGUE issue Beyoncé gave us the tea, the milk and the honey. She opens us about her pregnancy, her trials, her tribulations, her growing pains, her growing beauty all through the act of self-love, patience, and gratitude. I am such a huge stan for her and after reading the article I felt a lot more closer to her. She inspired me to be more patient with myself, more forgiving and most importantly… more loving.

100+ Halloween Costumes for Black Women
100+ Halloween Costumes for Black Women

Greeting gods, 

Seldom do I find Halloween costumes with Black people as the models on the cover. As a Black woman, it’s really hard to find our favorite costumes and when we do we have to modify it to be Black. One year I was Jessica Rabbit but I had to be the ‘Black’ Jessica Rabbit. Very, very whack. White is not the standard so I’ve decided to come up with a list of 100+ Halloween costume ideas for Black women. Ranging from cartoon characters to old R&B groups to Queens, every Black woman (whether your hair is natural, relaxed, in box braids, or in bantu knots) will be able to find a costume that resonates with them from this list.