When our son, Jayden, was diagnosed with ADHD, we set out to do everything possible to help manage it holistically. When his neurologist suggested we look into green tea as a natural alternative to medication, we started on a path to learn everything we could about teas and botanicals, and all the ways they could help our family stay healthy. As parents, tea was already a regular part of our daily wellness ritual, so expanding it to include our children was an easy, YES!
What we quickly learned about the tea options that were available in retail at the time, was that most of them were either of low quality or didn't taste good, especially to a 9 year old! So we started making our own blends with organic, loose leaf ingredients, and came up with one that Jayden loved. And we did, too! This was the origin of our Lavender Green Tea, which is still a family favorite.
We were soon making tea blends for the whole family. Quentin's philosophy is that "a shared story could be a saved life", so we decided to make available for other families what we had created for our own.
Equitea exists to destigmatize mental health, expand pathways to wellness and help make mental health centered products more accessible and equitable.
We hope you enjoy our teas as much as we do, and we thank you for your support!
When our son, Jayden, was diagnosed with ADHD, we set out to do everything possible to help manage it holistically. When his neurologist suggested we look into green tea as a natural alternative to medication, we started on a path to learn everything we could about teas and botanicals, and all the ways they could help our family stay healthy. As parents, tea was already a regular part of our daily wellness ritual, so expanding it to include our children was an easy, YES!
What we quickly learned about the tea options that were available in retail at the time, was that most of them were either of low quality or didn't taste good, especially to a 9 year old! So we started making our own blends with organic, loose leaf ingredients, and came up with one that Jayden loved. And we did, too! This was the origin of our Lavender Green Tea, which is still a family favorite.
We were soon making tea blends for the whole family. Quentin's philosophy is that "a shared story could be a saved life", so we decided to make available for other families what we had created for our own.
Equitea exists to destigmatize mental health, expand pathways to wellness and help make mental health centered products more accessible and equitable.
We hope you enjoy our teas as much as we do, and we thank you for your support!
Co-Founder of The Equitea Co., Quentin is a celebrated wellness expert, international speaker and author of the bestselling memoir, Strong In The Broken Places. His work has been featured in the Huffington Post, Thrive Global, Entrepreneur, Fox News, MindBodyGreen,and many others. Quentin has been recognized as one of Black Enterprise magazine’s 100 Modern Men of Distinction and by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for his contribution in raising awareness for mental health and suicide prevention. He has served as the wellness keynote speaker for Colin Kaepernick’s “Know My Rights'' Camp in his hometown of Baltimore, MD and continues his work with youth in under-resourced communities, helping them understand their traumas and turn them into triumphs. As a former non-profit executive, he spearheaded initiatives that made yoga and mindfulness accessible among communities and populations that didn’t ordinarily have access to them.
Prior to co-founding The Equitea Co., Erin's professional career has spanned 17 years in the nonprofit sector, with the past twelve serving in executive operations roles at large wellness-based organizations whose missions are to elevate the health and well-being of humanity through a holistic approach. She has served as Executive Vice President of a multi-million dollar yoga retreat center, overseeing 400+ employees across multiple departments ranging from hospitality and programming, to research and education. Erin has spearheaded internal initiatives to change policies and programming to include broader representation and make wellness practices more accessible for all, leading HR departments and executive teams to adopt organizational norms that center the individual rather than outdated corporate structures, thought processes, and programming.
Erin holds a BA in Theatre from Bard College in New York and the British American Drama Academy, London; a Masters in Human Relations and Positive Organization Development through the David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry, a Certificate in Positive Psychology with Tal Ben Shahar, a certificate in Organizational Behavior through Harvard Extension School, and certificates in herbology.
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