Kim Fields On Wellness Travel, Favorite Places to Travel, & Working With Mike Epps and Wanda Sykes
Kim Fields reveals how she built The Refresh wellness retreats to make healing accessible—and why authenticity matters more than celebrity status.
FULL DESCRIPTION:
Kim Fields reveals how she built The Refresh wellness retreats to make healing accessible—and why authenticity matters more than celebrity status. In this candid conversation on The Layover Podcast, the actress known for The Facts of Life, Living Single, and Netflix's The Upshaws gets real about creating safe spaces for vulnerability, why men deserve wellness too, and what it's like working with comedy legends Wanda Sykes and Mike Epps.
From accidentally launching a wellness movement during lockdown to hosting retreats on European cruise ships, Kim breaks down why she refuses to charge premium prices for healing experiences and how 80% of her "retreaters" keep coming back. She also shares travel stories from childhood movie sets in Paris and Geneva, explains her chaotic packing ritual (spoiler: she always forgets something), and reveals Delta's best-kept secret for nervous flyers.
Plus: why The Upshaws breathing "rare air" with five seasons matters in today's streaming landscape, what makes Regina Upshaw her favorite character to play, and whether we'll ever get an Upshaws vacation movie.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Welcome to The Layover Podcast
0:24 - Introducing Kim Fields: From Hollywood to Wellness Entrepreneur
1:18 - Fresh off the Soulful Experience cruise & European snowstorm
2:30 - Kim's self-care ritual before and after retreats
3:46 - **THE REFRESH: What it is and how it started**
4:15 - The accidental birth of a wellness movement during lockdown
5:28 - Why existing wellness spaces didn't resonate
6:35 - Creating inclusive wellness: Why men matter too
8:04 - What retreaters say: Genuine, accessible, family reunion vibes
9:00 - **Why Kim doesn't charge premium prices for wellness**
10:39 - Making wellness accessible to everyone
11:16 - The family reunion feeling: Buil
