Self-Healing & Minding Your Business Ft Aala
Naked Beauty
The Naked Beauty Podcast
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2018
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Aala is a very special person who's been able to self-heal and overcome a lot. Only 26, she's deeply aware of her purpose and it's so inpspring - I got a little emotional during this one. She's Sudanese-American and grew up in between cultures. We talk about how Sudanese women approach beauty, her relationship with her hair and how it changed when she got sick. Women's health and chronic illness is something that's not discussed often and so Aala is willing to talk about her private experience in detail – from the moment her hair kept falling out, getting rashes on her skin, experiencing chronic fatigue, migraines, muscle pain, etc. and then slowly rebuilding from there.
We discuss the role of doctors verses a holistic approach, how her illness made her feel ugly for the first time in her life and how to handle a serious diagnosis. She discovered Dr. Sebi and began implementing these holistic principles to create a cleanse. An elimination diet addressed her gut/digestive issues. We also get into accessible beauty - you don't have to have a $75 jade roller to practice self-car (but she's got nothing against jade rollers, so get your roll on if it suits you). Aala explains how she compliments herself to feel empowered and how minding your business, drinking water are her top beauty tips!
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Things/Products Mentioned:
Dr. Sebi (big proponent of self-healing through natural remedies): https://drsebiscellfood.com/
Aala's Book 'I am The Cleanse' https://aalacleanse.com/cleansematerials/iamthecure
Macrobiotic bowl - my go to healthy dinner: https://www.brit.co/macro-bowls/
Almond oil, Jojoba oil after she exfoliates:
https://www.amazon.com/Desert-Essence-Organic-Jojoba-Oil/dp/B0000C0XL8?th=1
https://www.amazon.com/NOW-Solutions-Sweet-Almond-16-Ounce/dp/B0019LVFSU
Ground coffee beans to exfoliate DIY recipes at the link:
Raw honey and avocado blueberry mask - your skin is your biggest organ so she does natural masks to nourish her skin
https://www.stylecraze.com/articles/8-amazing-blueberry-face-masks-for-radiant-skin/#gref
Manuka honey - next level honey
https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/manuka-honey-medicinal-uses
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, it's Brooke Devard, and you're listening to the Naked Beauty Podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | I just got back from L.A. and London, and the week before that, I was in Paris, so I've had a ton of travel. |
| 0:13.8 | My body doesn't really know which time zone I'm on, |
| 0:16.5 | but I'm trying my best to stay on top of healthy eating. |
| 0:20.0 | I haven't been going to the gym, but I forced myself to walk a lot in London. |
| 0:25.4 | So just trying to get my steps in, trying my best to stay away from sugary foods, |
| 0:31.5 | passing on dessert at dinner. It's been challenging because the |
| 0:35.8 | moment you're tired and you feel like you just want some comfort that's usually |
| 0:39.3 | the moment where you feel like oh whatever I'll just eat whatever's in front of me. |
| 0:44.2 | But I've been trying hard to stay healthy. |
| 0:46.5 | Now, right before I went to London, |
| 0:48.3 | I gathered some of my year two podcast guests together |
| 0:51.8 | at my place just to celebrate them and to feed them and toast |
| 0:55.0 | them. And it was such a special moment. I did it last year two, and this year I was actually |
| 1:00.2 | almost not going to do it because I had so much going on with my travel and my new job that I pushed through. |
| 1:07.0 | Hosting is a lot of work, right? |
| 1:09.0 | Like it's a lot of work to gather people together. |
| 1:11.0 | Even if it's, it was only 11 girls. |
| 1:14.6 | It felt like it was a lot of work, |
| 1:16.2 | but I'm so, so happy that I did it. |
| 1:19.8 | Because to be able to bring people together |
| 1:22.3 | and for me to be able to connect these women |
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