Hi friends. Welcome to the Wabi-Sabi podcast. This is episode 162. Today we're going to be talking about the correlation

between how your mental health can really hook you up with your skin and overall beauty health.

That word is different to all people. Sometimes beauty is in the eye of a beholder when it comes to

the inner beauty versus outward beauty in Western culture. But the two really are interconnected.

And I'll talk to that today on the pod. Over the last few weeks, I have been working on set. I'm going to turn the lovely air

purifier off, which you should all have one in your home, especially if you live in New York or a big

city. The thought behind today's pod is that so many people talk about skin health, especially during the summer months

because of the sun exposure that we get. I know over in Australia, New Zealand, etc., you're not

in the summer months quite yet, but this will correlate to everyday life because we do talk about

skin health a lot. So there's a couple of things

that we can do daily and then there are a couple things that are going to be more of a cumulative

lifestyle over time. So while working at HSN as a beauty TV host back when I was 25, things have really changed now that

I'm 42 and I represent brands like Shasato, Cora, etc. So what I know about skin, because I've observed

friends, colleagues, and also journals, lots of books, and my own

skin health, is that in my 20s, I did have horrible acne at one point. And we will talk about this

probably on another podcast just about diet, lifestyle, hormones, and acne. Also, environmental

factors do come into play. Your skin is probably going to be dealing with different stressors

and environmental factors regarding, you know, if you live out in the woods in Washington

State versus Brooklyn, you're totally going to be getting different

environmental factors on your skin. Also, down in Australia, you always have to wear that hefty

sun protection because of the ozone layer exposure. I think we all should take into consideration

that everybody has a different genetic background.

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