Dr. Teah Hairston-Johnson is the founder of Be Love Holistic, LLC, a philanthropic-focused business that offers holistic health and wellbeing programs and consulting to equip Black women with information, education, and resources intended to improve and optimize mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical wellbeing. Dr. Teah holds a PhD in Sociology, with her most notable community engaged scholarship surrounding issues of race/ethnicity, gender, social inequalities, health and intersectionality. Dr. Teah also holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Psychology and African American Studies, a Master of Arts in Southern Studies, and certificates from her continued education in Black Psychology and Black Feminist Healing Arts.

Dr. Teah is a mother of three, community caregiver, certified holistic nutritionist, sound and sonic healing practitioner, and Black maternal health advocate. Dr. Teah is also a trained Emotional Emancipation Circle (EEC)SM facilitator through the Association of Black Psychologist and the Community Healing Network, helping Black people heal from trauma caused by anti-Black racism and reclaim their sense of agency. She is also a Black women's grief and loss group program coordinator, specializing in healing from pregnancy loss, early infant death, and infertility using holistic practices (e.g. sister circles, somatic movement, energy healing, etc.). As a self-trained athlete, fitness enthusiast and group fitness coach, Dr. Teah emphasizes in her work the mental, emotional, and spiritual benefits of exercise/physical fitness, and its therapeutic value in self- and community-care.

Named a Champion of Maternal Mental Health by Her Health First and Be Mom Aware, Dr. Teah’s work in Black mental and maternal health has been locally acclaimed a valuable resource for Black women and mothers. Dr. Teah’s work has also been uplifted on a national level, including a co-authored publication in the Journal of Ethnicity and Health, Community Engagement Award from the University of Missouri, and honorable mention from the University of Mississippi in the Southern Register. Dr. Teah is also lauded for her international work with the Universal Family Network supporting birthing women and birth workers in Ghana, West Africa.

Dr. Teah leverages her personal experience combined with her diverse professional and educational background to empower Black women and Black communities using Africancentered, culturally congruent, holistic approaches.