Allow me to reintroduce myself

Multimedia personality, former reality TV star and radio personality and holistic wellness enthusiast, Monique Samuels, is a dedicated mother of three, passionately advocating for self-care and holistic healing of the mind, body, soul and spirit. After her departure from the Bravo’s, “The Real Housewives of Potomac,” Monique founded Mila Eve Essentials, a thriving essential oils company featuring 100% pure, therapeutic essential oils and other self-care products with chemical free ingredients. She starred in OWN’s “Love & Marriage: DC” in 2022 and was a full-time radio host for Audacy WPGC 95.5’s “The Good Morning Show” from 2022-2024. She is a motivational speaker, author, travel enthusiast, animal lover and philanthropist known for her ability to balance her personal and professional lives and “do it all.”

With a heart for nurturing others, Monique believes in the power of self-love and embraces a holistic approach to wellness. Her spiritual journey after leaving reality television and redefining herself after divorce has led her to discover profound healing methods, which she shares generously through her products and personal advocacy.

Monique established Not For Lazy Moms, a multimedia platform that provides a destination and online community for resourceful women who want it all and do it all, in 2016 and was featured heavily while on Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Potomac.” This venture turned into a podcast in 2017 through iHeart Media and then Podcast One until 2021. She later wrote and self-published her hit potty training book, “Potty Training Mommy and Daddy: A Guide For Introducing Infant Potty Training As Early As 6 Months Old,” which was released in 2020. The Not For Lazy Moms community is where people share stories about overcoming obstacles in life, open up about challenges, and share ideas and advice on parenthood, relationships, healthy living, happiness, and so much more. This community still has a following of over 10,000 which spans globally.

In 2021 and after much encouragement from her supporters of her platform, Monique launched Mila Eve Essentials, a holistic line of self-care products designed with your mind, body and soul in mind. Eliminating harsh ingredients and replacing them with essential oils and other natural elements provides a variety of wonderful benefits. These benefits enhance physical and spiritual wellness, amplify positive, emotional well-being and will redefine your health routine. This line features 100% pure essential oils derived from the native environments in which they’re grown around the world, vegan friendly skincare products, bath salts, carrier oils, aromatherapy diffusers and much more.

Through her Youtube platform series, "The Self Challenge" on Tea with Monique and her “Redefined MEE” Community powered by Mila Eve Essentials, Monique encourages others to embark on their own path of self-discovery and holistic living, centered around empowerment and well-being. She is passionate about building community and sharing insights through her personal experiences. Her belief is that, together, we can cultivate a more harmonious relationship with ourselves and the world around us by starting with self-love, self- awareness and self-acceptance.

Monique was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey and graduated from Pleasantville High School as the Salutatorian of her class. She attended Duquesne University to study business law on a full academic scholarship. Monique later decided to put school on hold to pursue a career in music, moved to Washington, DC where she met her husband of 11 years. After divorcing in 2023, Monique now resides in Maryland as a full-time entrepreneur, raising her three homeschooled children, Christopher, Milani and Chase, her family dog, Mino, a bearded dragon, Zilla and an African Grey parrot, Sekhmet.