Today we’d like to introduce you to Vernette Hudson-McKnight.
Hi, I’m Dr. Bae. Legally my name is Vernette but Dr. Bae is so much more descriptive of who I am and how I show up for and love on, my community. I am a creative. Like most millennials, I enjoy doing my own thing on my own terms. By trade, I am a chiropractor and corrective exercise physiologist but honestly I am so much more than those titles. I am a human that loves to serve people. As a Libra lady, I must create harmony in my life so I merge my intellectual and artistic sides together to form a beautiful brand – dr.vernette | holistic health systems. This brand gives me permission to serve through five pillars – education, public speaking, social media/television, clinical practice and self development products within the holistic health industry. Within my brand I am able to speak my truth and encourage those seeking to heal from emotional, physical and spiritual trauma to own their own health, and thrive. Intriguing right?! I know. Its kinda awesome to witness the majesty powers of healing from within. I feel blessed to witness this transformation literally every single day in my clients.
My intellectually impressive backstory is that I was born in the mountains of Colorado and raised in the bluegrass prairies of Kentucky. After graduating from the University of Louisville with my bachelor’s degree in Psychological Brain Sciences, I relocated to Atlanta in 2008. While serving as a Corrective Exercise Physiologist in a prestigious health club in downtown Atlanta, I earned a master’s degree in Exercise Science with a concentration in Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention from California University. In 2016, I gained a doctorate in chiropractic specializing in clinical neuroscience and restorative trauma healing. All the while raising two children.
Throughout metro Atlanta and surrounding cities, my brand curates unique holistic experiences that merge my educational and practical expertise into an intuitive healing experience designed to focus on building healthy communities that heal from within. I use modalities such as reiki, mindful movement body-mind systems like Pilates and Functional Movement, Meditation, Womb Rituals, and Mindset Coaching to create a powerful space for my client to rediscover their power and healing within themselves.
Simply put, I am an Atlanta-based mompreneur specializing in holistic health and wellness care.
Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall, and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Nothing worth having is easy, right?! I have found my self on this journey of life. This journey of re-learning how to love, me.
Ya’ll, let me be frank, I rediscovered my inner divine power in 2017. I had participated in a super toxic relationship for 15 years with a Narcissist, literally half of my life and I was just over it. Over it. So I made a change. I began a new chapter in my life. I began with relearning how to take care of myself, how to love me, how to honor me, how to show up and be present for myself so I could begin to heal from the heartache and devastation of experiencing emotional, physical and verbal abuse.
My credentials, as you’ve read above would have you thinking “No, not her. She is too smart for that craziness.” Well, I’m guilty honey. Me. All of me was a whole hot mess and it was time to take ownership and start working on myself. Primarily, I needed to be healthy for myself so I could, in turn be a healthy person and mother for my littles. I have two children, by the way like I mentioned earlier. Well, technically I have four children – two bilogical children and a pair of boy-girl twins that I gestationally carried for a same sex couple in 2018. Which by the way was such a brilliant surrogacy journey to experience – all of the heart strings on deck with absolutely no regrets. So any way, back to ‘digging deeper’.
So here I am in 2017, with the highest degree a person can earn and barely existing through life. I began to draw inward to focus on healing the areas in my spirit, emotion and physical body that needed my full attention. I utilized self care modalities and rituals I had learned throughout my education and research with a few tweeks of my own creative program design. Over the past two years, I have consistently grown into the dope AF influencer that I am today. It took courage to acknowledge and speak (privately and publicly) my insecurities and fears however, this is where my healing prospered. Sharing my testimonies and working through them raw, uncomfortable, messy, and naked – I healed. As I shared my truth, my tribe was built. Throughout this healing journey I have learned that the foundation of healing is the process of surrendering.
Dr. Vernette | Health Systems – what should we know? What do you guys do best? What sets you apart from the competition?
My mission is to educate and empower our community to connect with and reclaim inner divine power. Equipping my clients with the knowledge and skills to heal the body from within is my passion and purpose. My personal evolution in cultivating self-responsibility has me excited about igniting that desire in others seeking to thrive and vibrate at a higher frequency. I believe when we vibrate higher, we heal stronger and become who we truly are designed to be.
“My brand is not just a business; it is a reflection of my life, my legacy, and how I have been chosen to serve my community. Self responsibility has and continues to be an essential, fluid aspect of my personal growth that overflows into my professional brand.”
What moment in your career do you look back most fondly on?
The moment for me that stands out most fondly is when I first posted on my social media my healing from a toxic relationship. I remember feeling so incredibly vulnerable and scared about sharing my truth – because it would mean that people would know that I didn’t have it all together. That I was just a chick trying to figure this thing called life out, just like everyone else. It was a humanizing experience for me. That post was the catalyst for the evolution of Dr. Bae. An intelligent and beautiful doctor that serves selflessly. From that moment forward, my transparency in sharing my truth with my tribe has been and continues to be, the brand I have created.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.drvernette.com
- Phone: 678-671-8623
- Email: hello@drvernette.com
- Instagram: @dr.vernette
- Facebook: Dr. Vernette McKnight
Image Credit:
Yeyo Photography
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