Winged Wellness

A letter from our VP of Marketing in celebration of International Women's Day: Dear Winged Women, My name is Brittni and I’ve been with Winged for just under two years. I work on our incredible brand’s marketing and have the pleasure of writing the emails that hit your inbox weekly (sassy puns and all!). In the time I’ve been with Winged, I’ve experienced a phenomenal amount of life events. I got pregnant, gave birth and became a mother, had a major health scare, and lost a soul very close to me— all while attempting to maintain balance, my career, and some sense of self. This turbulent juggling act of life and identity, joy and pain, is something I know many of you are all too familiar with. As I write this, my four month old is asleep in a carrier strapped around me. The vibe I’m giving at this moment is working-mom to a fault, but in a unique way few women unfortunately get to experience. Every step of my pregnancy, birth, and postpartum journey has been met with the utmost support by the Winged team. My experience as a mother and a woman entering motherhood has been endlessly validated, my ability to continue to do my job effectively never once questioned. Working for a brand focused on women’s health while going through one of the biggest health journeys a woman can undergo has been such an eye-opening privilege. I am part of a team that truly values the holistic health of women and can say this with certainty because I’ve experienced it firsthand each time I’m asked how I’m doing. I write this not be a cheerleader for our brand (though I obviously am!) but to highlight the importance of prioritizing and validating the multi-faceted layers that comprise “women’s health.” For too long, women’s health has been flattened to fit a prescriptive mold that’s easy to dissect. Often the mental and emotional side of things is completely left out, or leaned on unfairly as the culprit, and solutions have been historically offered as single track. Irregular periods? Birth control. Joint pain? Lose weight. Insomnia? Probably just anxiety. The future of women’s health is one that looks at the totality of lived experiences women face, and the way they interplay in the mind and body. This is what Winged is all about and it comes from the most genuine place. We’re a team of mothers, daughters, sisters, friends, founders, bosses, surfers, and more who all get it, because we live it. I could not have imagined going through the past two years of my life anywhere other than Winged. The standard our brand has set in acknowledging the totality of women’s health is the norm we should all be fighting for. Our incredible team has shown me that when women come together in support of one another, magic happens. Happy International Women's Day— girls to the front, now and forever. Xoxo,  Brittni