My "why" & What made me start Bodthentic...

As Bodthentic grows and I’m meeting more and more people I always get asked what inspired me to start my business. I’ve shared in the past how I’ve always had a lot of skin sensitivities and wanted to create clean, safe, and authentic products... but it’s deeper than that. 

I lost my dad in 2019 and it shook me and turned my entire life upside down. My dad was only 49, he had a lot of more living to do in my opinion. During that period of my life, time felt like it was moving so fast.. we traveled back home to Michigan held the funeral in what seemed like a few days but i believe that rush in time was just apart of my grieving process. Anywho, once we got back home without my dad and time went on it really started to register for me that all we had left were pictures and clothes. As i replayed all our memories in my head and heard different accounts of my dads life from his friends etc,  I realized my dad lived a hell of a life but ALWAYS on his own terms. He was such a “make it happen” person and man of many ideas. He had a rough life but overcame alot, he became a pastor, started a non profit and so much more. He wasn’t perfect by far though, and his life depicted that. But losing him put things in perspective for me. I wanted to live my life on MY terms like he did. I no longer wanted to settle for jobs that didn’t serve me because they paid well, or anything for that matter. Nor did i want to just exist. I wanted to LIVE, and i wanted to create something i could leave behind for generations to come. My field didn’t allow that. I felt boxed in with the long hours and rigid schedules and I felt like I was just existing in autopilot. So i took the leap.... 🧡