Honey Pot’s Bea Dixon Treats Business As a Spiritual Practice

For the founder of The Honey Pot, Beatrice Dixon, her business is quite literally a dream come true. After battling bacterial vaginosis, a common but uncomfortable infection that disrupts the vaginal microbiome, for months, Dixon’s grandmother came to her in a dream with a list of ingredients that would cure her. On this episode of Go Off Sis, we learn how Dixon went from mixing potions in her home to building a wellness empire with products found in some of the biggest stores across the country.  If it felt slightly jarring to read about vaginal health right off the jump, well, Dixon knows that. Part of her journey to build The Honey Pot into a multimillion-dollar business began with making folks more comfortable sharing how they’re feeling in their bodies; what’s working for them and what’s not, what’s uncomfortable and what’s confounding. “ I was having that conversation just by telling my story,” Dixon says of her early days selling products face-to-face at fairs and festivals. With her signature mix of honesty, faith, and discipline, she worked with her “co-founder brother” Simon Grey to expand the line to include products for periods, post-partum, sex, and more.  For Dixon, building a business was a balancing act of trusting in herself and not fully knowing what she was getting into, and the limiting beliefs that would have come with it.  She describes it as being ignorant, but with rules for yourself, and above all, confidence. “ I think that it’s really important that there is, like, an undeniable, unshakable, religious, almost crazy, insane belief in yourself, because you have to believe that you can do anything,” she shares. Belief alone isn’t enough, and running a business isn’t for everybody. Dixon has always been a hard worker, but building an empire hasn’t been without its challenges and growing pains. From making everything herself (and working her day job at Whole Foods) to expanding the line, to waking up at all hours of the day to talk to manufacturers overseas, scaling a business has meant sacrificing nights at home, time with loved ones, and, of course, pushing back on the systems that keep Black women out of business.  But what keeps Dixon going is her conviction in Honey Pot’s products and what they mean to people. That putting a product out into the community creates a soul tie between her and the customer. “ I think the thing that’s most important to remember is that if we’re making products and we’re putting them in stores, we’re serving humanity. That is a very spiritual thing to do,” she shares. “ If we’re gonna be doing things for people, we have to do it properly. Don’t be out here acting like this doesn’t matter. It matters.”   Watch the full video below.  Like what you see? How about some more R29 goodness, right here?