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you on... unique hearts

2:01

and wellness journey. Let's

2:03

get started. Hi everyone

2:06

and welcome back to

2:08

our Thursday Q&A show.

2:10

Today we're going to

2:12

be talking about our

2:14

lovely skin and specifically

2:16

the holistic approach to

2:19

creating radiant skin. Since

2:21

I started on my

2:23

wellness journey now almost

2:25

15 years Skin was

2:27

one of the things

2:29

that I was really

2:31

interesting in improving in

2:33

myself. I had acne,

2:36

I had extra oiliness,

2:38

I always seem to have

2:40

a lot of issues with

2:42

my skin. And of course

2:44

today, most of us also

2:46

care about glowing skin and

2:48

evenness and warding off lights

2:50

and wrinkles. And it's a

2:52

really interesting topic because our

2:54

skin is this delineation between

2:56

so-called the rest of the

2:58

world and our energy inside

3:00

of us. Although we know

3:02

with heart goal here is

3:04

that our hearts energy expands

3:06

beyond the physical body. but

3:08

our skin is on the surface

3:10

and it's very much affected by

3:13

our four cornerstone lifestyle as we'll

3:15

get into in today's show, how

3:17

we eat, how we take care

3:19

of our physical body, as well

3:22

as our emotions, because things like

3:24

stress can really show up on

3:26

our skin, it can very much

3:28

age our skin, and how much

3:30

we're in touch with our essence,

3:33

our spiritual growth really pours out

3:35

of us in radiance that I

3:37

believe. truly nourishes our skin and

3:39

creates this glow that you can't

3:41

just paint on with makeup and

3:44

skin products. Everything works together.

3:46

And I'm really excited about our

3:48

topic today because this is a topic

3:50

that I'm very passionate about. But before

3:52

we go deeper, a reminder to please

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from my own heart. Okay, let's

5:10

get going with today's show about

5:13

this holistic approach to vibrant skin.

5:15

And I'd like to remind you

5:17

that your skin is your largest

5:19

organ. It is a mix of

5:21

different energies and the ways in

5:24

which we take care of it.

5:26

And Casey from Florida, our question

5:28

from the day, comes from this

5:30

beautiful Casey. Thank you so much

5:32

for bringing this to our awareness.

5:34

Right. Hello Kimberly. Glad you're okay

5:36

with all the fires. I'm back on

5:38

the podcast. Thank you so much. I've

5:40

been trying to improve my skin

5:42

as I get self-conscious about it.

5:45

Is there anything I can do

5:47

holistically to help improve my skin?

5:50

So yes Casey there is a lot

5:52

you can do holistically and just like

5:54

anything else it really is a multi-faceted

5:56

approach which will give you the best

5:58

results. So I remember when I

6:00

started getting acne, way back

6:03

in high school, you know,

6:05

my friends were doing, you

6:07

know, retinels and some people

6:09

were doing more drastic measures

6:12

and taking pharmaceuticals to so-called

6:14

help balance their hormones and

6:16

do other things for their

6:18

acne and skin problems. And

6:20

there, you know, one friend

6:22

had excess sweating and she

6:25

was put on birth control.

6:27

So... Our approach here at Saluna is

6:29

to realize that just like everything

6:31

else, our skin has a natural

6:34

state of balance and wholeness. And

6:36

when we start to live more

6:38

holistically, not only does our energy

6:40

start to balance on the inside,

6:42

we start to feel more common

6:45

grounded, but we start to feel

6:47

that balance. We see it in

6:49

our skin. We feel it in

6:51

our gut microbiome. And in deep

6:54

inside our bodies, and we can

6:56

feel this expansion through our heart,

6:58

everything very much works together. And

7:00

I remember on my journey. It

7:03

was really this holistic approach

7:05

that helped my skin get

7:07

a lot better, which we'll

7:10

dive into in just a

7:12

moment. But I remember just

7:14

feeling how surprising, surprised,

7:17

how much I could

7:19

just glide through life

7:21

without having to constantly

7:24

pick my zits and wear

7:26

so much cover up because

7:28

I was so embarrassed by my

7:30

acne. Really, society today

7:32

is so worried about aging

7:35

and premature lines and wrinkles.

7:37

And of course, we're all

7:39

blossoming into new phases of

7:41

life, but it's my personal

7:43

experience that we can regenerate

7:45

our collagen and have such

7:48

incredible skin, even in two,

7:50

you know, 30s, 40s, 60s,

7:52

70s, and in many cases

7:54

look better than when we

7:56

did in our 20s, because

7:59

we also... have a much

8:01

deeper sense of connection to the

8:03

true self. But I'm also talking

8:05

about on a physical level. I

8:07

definitely feel like my skin now

8:09

is better than in my teens

8:11

on many levels. There's more smoothness.

8:13

It feels like my pores look

8:15

better. I definitely have more of

8:17

a glow. I don't have the

8:19

same oil and acne imbalances. So

8:21

we can all work to improve.

8:24

and what I call more youthful

8:26

vitality, this life force, which runs

8:28

through us, can run through all

8:30

our organs, all our cells, including

8:32

our skin. So there's research that

8:34

backs this up, a comprehensive

8:36

review in the Journal of

8:39

the American Academy of Dermatology,

8:41

found that modifying lifestyle factors,

8:43

such as diet, stress management,

8:45

and sleep quality, plays a

8:48

critical role in modulating the

8:50

onset and progression of skin

8:52

disease. So here they're talking

8:54

about actual skin disease, skin

8:57

cancers, illnesses, but... on the scale,

8:59

right? Like that's the extreme is

9:01

having an actual disease. The scale

9:03

is the healthfulness and the vitality

9:05

that comes, which is also very

9:08

much promoted by these lifestyle factors.

9:10

So now let's dive right in

9:12

into our four cornerstone approach, which

9:14

will start with food, then we'll

9:17

go to body, then we'll go

9:19

to emotional well-being, and spiritual growth.

9:21

And the thing that connects all

9:23

of these cornerstones is heart-led living.

9:25

And what I mean by that

9:28

is being connected to our true

9:30

self, being connected to the guidance

9:32

and wisdom and power in our

9:34

hearts, which will also allow us

9:36

to move forward with sincerity, to

9:38

have intuition about what specific foods

9:40

at what specific times can serve

9:42

us. when something feels off in

9:44

our body and maybe we need

9:46

to pay more attention to our

9:48

digestion or modify our exercise or

9:50

sleep routine or whatever it is.

9:52

So none of us are robots.

9:54

We're not all the same being,

9:56

right? So we need our hearts

9:58

and guidance to guide us. through to

10:00

take our four quarterstones to

10:03

an even deeper level. That

10:05

being said, let's talk about

10:08

nutrition in skin health. And

10:10

it's amazing what plant foods

10:13

can do, which are packed

10:15

with vitamins and antioxidants. There

10:18

was a 15-year study in

10:20

the Journal of Investigative Dermatology,

10:23

which was published in 2021,

10:25

and it found... the relationship

10:28

between taking an antioxidants through

10:30

food and skin aging. And

10:33

what it found was a

10:35

diet rich in antioxidants

10:37

helped to protect the

10:39

skin's aging, including against

10:41

photo aging from sun

10:43

damage, UV induced sun

10:46

damage, and other forms

10:48

of oxidative stress. So

10:50

back to our food philosophy,

10:52

which is rooted in four

10:54

key words, fresh. Colorful,

10:56

whole and simple. Okay? So when we

10:58

eat colorful foods, and I'm talking

11:01

about naturally, colorful foods, we just did

11:03

a show recently on food dies, which

11:05

is really scary. It's a multi-billion dollar

11:07

industry, and it's correlated with everything from

11:10

ADHD to even cancer. We'll link to

11:12

it in the show notes if you

11:14

missed it. It's a great one to

11:17

be aware of as well. So we

11:19

want all these natural colors. We want

11:21

our food to be as fresh as

11:24

possible. So it too has its maximum

11:26

potency in life force running through it,

11:28

which will impart to you. And we

11:31

want to make sure that there's this

11:33

wholeness to the foods that we choose

11:35

so that they are. not fragmented, over

11:38

processed, and of course simple for our

11:40

digestion. So we could try even more

11:42

mono eating, right, eating a bowl of

11:45

blueberries or having this, you know, not

11:47

exactly mono eating, but the glowing green

11:49

smoothie with the glowing greens powder added

11:52

in, which is a simple mix of

11:54

greens, water and fruit, right? We want

11:56

to simplify our dinner. Maybe we have

11:59

a big salad. with a lentil

12:01

veggie soup, that's what we have

12:03

a lot for dinner and rice,

12:05

or, you know, veggies, and

12:08

some tempay, and salad,

12:10

whatever it is, just

12:12

simplifying your diet to

12:15

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probiotics. Some key

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foods as well

14:15

I want to call

14:17

out are berries. Blueberries are one

14:20

of my favorite foods. I mentioned

14:22

them organically because they're around a

14:25

lot in our house. Just berries

14:27

in general, we love Asai. My

14:29

kids love strawberries. And raspberries, goji

14:32

berries, all these berries are really

14:34

high in vitamin C, which as

14:37

you can imagine is really, really

14:39

potent for beautiful skin, polyphenols that

14:41

promote collagen production. So I encourage

14:44

you to keep berries in your

14:46

regular grocery shopping rotation. And you

14:48

can look for ones that look

14:50

the freshest in the most seasonal,

14:52

of course. Dark leafy greens like

14:55

spinach and kale. You can make our

14:57

darmus kale salad. There's greens in

14:59

our glowing green smoothie, as I

15:01

just mentioned, are packed with beta

15:03

carotene and loutine. Nuts and seeds,

15:05

like almonds and sunflower seeds, are

15:07

rich in vitamin E to protect

15:09

against UV damage. I love seed

15:11

and nutcrackers. There's a brand that's

15:13

becoming more increasingly popular called the

15:15

Humble Seed and also Mary's gun

15:17

crackers. To me, that's a great

15:19

way to get. seeds and nuts

15:21

into your diet through a cracker

15:23

form. My kids love to dip

15:25

them in kitehill cream cheese. And

15:28

so that's, you know, thinking about

15:30

the practical ways in which we

15:32

snack or eat and how we

15:34

can bring these power foods into

15:36

our daily habits. Green tea is

15:39

also really great for fighting inflammation

15:41

and oxidative stress, particularly macha.

15:43

Tomatoes, which are high like

15:45

a pain, powerful antioxidant to

15:47

help protect against sun damage.

15:49

And one of my favorites,

15:51

dark chocolate, cacao, as we

15:53

say in our family, we

15:55

grow cacao in Hawaii. And

15:57

there is actually research around

15:59

how... plant foods can slow

16:01

aging because of their antioxidants

16:03

like polyphenols and isoflavins. This

16:06

was in a 2024 study

16:08

in the Journal of Foods.

16:11

Plant foods have fiber. They

16:13

help to have a higher

16:16

bioavailability of essential nutrients. So

16:18

taking Supplements is great.

16:20

You can of course take a

16:23

vitamin C pill, but when we

16:25

eat the foods in their whole

16:27

forms, lemon juice, hot water with

16:29

lemon has always been a core

16:32

part of our lifestyle, for example,

16:34

we're able to really attune with

16:36

nature and nature's way of getting

16:38

these foods into our system. There's

16:40

also really papaya. is great, is

16:43

again, full of vitamin C, which

16:45

is great for supporting collagen and

16:48

helping to reduce wrinkles. We have

16:50

so many recipes at, on our

16:52

website, my saloona.com, and we're putting

16:55

out recipes every month. So if

16:57

you're looking for ideas, again, I

16:59

encourage you to check out the

17:02

recipes, get on our newsletter list,

17:04

and start cooking these really simple,

17:06

flavorful, healthy, fresh foods for yourself.

17:09

It's also really important to have

17:11

healthy fats fats. If our diet

17:13

doesn't have enough natural fats and

17:16

oils, our skin can start to

17:18

look withered, it can start to

17:20

look dehydrated. So you want to

17:23

make sure that you're getting avocados,

17:25

walnuts in, which are full of

17:27

omega-frees, olives, extra virgin olive oil.

17:29

I also love coconuts. Chia

17:32

seeds lot. I also think hydration

17:34

is really important. You hear me

17:37

talk about hydration quite a bit

17:39

on the show, making sure you're

17:41

getting all the beautiful room temperature

17:43

water in and herbal teas, right?

17:46

So just drinking a lot, which

17:48

is so important for having that

17:50

supple skin. And now there's also

17:53

certain adaptogens and herbs, which

17:55

are really great for skin

17:57

health. And a 2024 multi-centered...

18:00

trial study in the journal

18:02

clinical and aesthetic dermatology found

18:04

that plant-based adaptogens really helped

18:07

to improve dullness, texture, poor

18:09

size, helped with resilience and

18:11

homeostasis in your skin. So

18:14

there's a couple I want to call

18:16

out here, one is ashwaganda which

18:18

can help to balance hormones and

18:20

help to reduce stress, even reduce

18:22

the appearance of wrinkles. And one

18:24

of my favorites of all-time Amalaki.

18:26

Amalaki is the star ingredient in

18:28

our glowing greens powder. I have

18:30

this powder every single day. You

18:32

can put it in your GGS.

18:34

You can also just mix it

18:36

in water and have a little,

18:38

I pour it in a little

18:40

jar and drink it down. I've

18:42

actually been drinking it twice a

18:44

day because it's so cleansing of

18:46

heavy metals as well, which is really

18:49

important for skin health. Because the

18:51

fires were around my area. And

18:53

let's face it, we live in

18:55

a polluted world in general. We

18:57

want to constantly clean heavy metals

18:59

from our system because they biocumulate,

19:01

they age us, they weigh us

19:03

down. With the fires, there was

19:05

a lot of airborne. contaminants,

19:08

shall we say. But in general,

19:10

we live in this polluted world.

19:12

So these powerful plants, there's also

19:14

chorala and spiralina in our formula,

19:16

along with amalaki, which is known

19:19

as the main russian or rejuvenative

19:21

herb. These are ways in which

19:23

we can really intentionally put plants

19:25

in to build our skin and

19:28

our beauty regularly. There's also a

19:30

holy basil known as tolsi, which

19:32

has anti-inflammatory properties. Tolcy tea is

19:34

one I have in my cabinet

19:37

almost all the time. It's really easy to

19:39

get it in in a tea form. Rachi mushroom

19:41

has also been shown in some

19:43

research to contain antioxidants to slow

19:45

the signs of aging. So you

19:48

can look for Rashi in different

19:50

products. Sometimes there's even mushroom chocolate,

19:52

mushroom coffee, lots of creative uses

19:54

for mushrooms these days. And Kama

19:56

mail has soothing properties which are

19:59

really great. for cell regeneration, which

20:01

I also like to get in a

20:03

tea form as well. Alovera is something

20:05

you can drink in a juice form.

20:07

It's really great for soothing your GI

20:09

tract. It's also really great for skin

20:11

health from the inside out. And of

20:13

course, if you have a burn, you

20:15

can apply it topically. We actually have

20:17

quite a bit of Alovera, which grows

20:20

here on our lands in Los Angeles,

20:22

and I've actually just taken it and

20:24

cut it and put it on if

20:26

my kids get a burn. It's so

20:28

soothingthing, it's just amazing. these natural plants

20:30

and working with the

20:32

plants feels, you know, just

20:34

we're connecting to this

20:37

power, nature, this power inside

20:39

of us, however we do

20:41

it, right, ingesting the plants,

20:43

keeping plants around, growing your

20:45

own herbs. These are practices that

20:48

are very simple, but I think

20:50

aligns us with nature and brings

20:52

this incredible energy through our lives.

20:54

We even did a Q&A show

20:57

a while ago about there was

20:59

research that having house plants around

21:01

helped to combat depression and made

21:03

people happier, right? So no matter

21:05

where we go, no matter what

21:08

we do, we're definitely so connected

21:10

with nature that we can't get

21:12

away from that. Okay,

21:14

so let's talk about our

21:16

next cornerstone, which is body, right?

21:19

So skin is, our physical skin is

21:21

part of our body, and so we

21:23

want to take care of our physical

21:26

body in a more holistic way, not

21:28

just applying skin care on. By the

21:30

way, I love... vitamin C serum.

21:33

serum. We have an amazing feel-good

21:35

saluna as a vitamin C serum

21:37

which I wear every single day.

21:39

It's made of stable vitamin C.

21:41

I believe in skin care but

21:43

also I'm talking about first of

21:45

all here gut health. I learned

21:47

this years ago if I got my

21:49

bloating under control and also my constipation

21:51

because let me tell you I was

21:53

only going to the bathroom a few

21:56

times a week. I was holding in

21:58

so much matter that it was starting

22:00

to come out of my skin in

22:02

the form of acne, right? Because our

22:05

skin is an eliminate of organ. So

22:07

your skin will show the level of

22:09

toxicity in your body. If

22:11

you're experiencing dullness, if you

22:13

see even sort of dullness

22:15

in your eyes. and your face

22:17

and your complexion, you want to clean

22:20

your blood and your GI tract and

22:22

they are related. As you clean your

22:24

colon, for example, blood is flowing through

22:26

there all the time, it's going to

22:28

pick up less toxins. So it's almost

22:30

like cleaning your GI track is the

22:32

beginning of the traffic jam. I talked

22:35

about this all the way back in

22:37

the beauty detox solution, and I still

22:39

live these principles to this day, you

22:41

know, 13, 14 years later, from when

22:43

that book was published. You clean your

22:45

GI tract regularly. You need to eat

22:48

fiber to do that, right? Fermented

22:50

veggies are really great, like sour

22:52

sauerkraut. I used to have a

22:54

lot of sauerkraut recipes. Today I

22:56

do buy raw sauerkraut. I, to

22:58

be honest, don't have the time

23:00

to make it as much, but

23:02

also taking our SBO

23:04

probiotic formula. There's different

23:06

strains. These are resident

23:08

forming strains. It's well, we

23:10

do long-term as well. So you

23:13

need to eat fermented foods regularly,

23:15

not just once in a while

23:17

or you eat them a couple

23:19

times and then you forget. You

23:21

can't just take probiotics or SBO

23:23

probiotics a month or two and

23:25

then stop. I'm talking about having

23:27

great skin long-term. You need to

23:29

stay on the SBO probiotics long-term.

23:31

It's still real investment in your

23:33

skin and in your health. I

23:35

also take the detoxy. all the

23:37

time to clean my system at

23:39

night. Again, not just a month

23:41

or two, but year in and

23:43

year out, right? Every season, every

23:45

week I'm taking detoxy and the

23:48

digestive enzymes. I don't think you

23:50

need to take a lot. I

23:52

don't think you need to have

23:54

a really complicated schedule of all

23:56

the things and all the biohacking,

23:58

but I do. think the things

24:00

that you stay on should be done regularly,

24:03

which for me, the SBO

24:05

probiotics, I mentioned the detoxy,

24:07

the glowing greens powder, walking regularly,

24:09

right? These are protocols that are

24:12

part of a long-term lifestyle. This

24:14

is not a fat approach. We

24:16

don't want to just have our

24:18

skin great for a year or

24:20

two, but for decades. So we

24:22

need to do the protocols that

24:24

work for decades as well. And

24:27

there was a research study

24:30

in 2018 in the Journal

24:32

of Microbiology that found that

24:34

the gut microbiums contributed to

24:36

the treatment of inflammatory skin

24:39

diseases. cooking acne, psoriasis. There was

24:41

so much of a connection between your

24:43

gut health and your skin. The research

24:45

I will link to in the show

24:48

notes, there's so much here, I won't

24:50

list all of it, but I'll link

24:52

to all of it, the 2023 study

24:55

in the Journal of Neutrians, found that

24:57

you can improve your skin health by

24:59

modulating your gut microbiome. Bottom line, if

25:01

you don't have a healthy gut, you're

25:04

not gonna have radiant skin. It's like

25:06

fighting against. the truth that's inside of

25:08

you or you know trying to

25:11

spray for breeze over a

25:13

really bad smelling bathroom you

25:15

need to clean out and

25:18

clean on a deeper level

25:20

and then it just feels

25:23

great you feel lighter right

25:25

and everything just

25:28

looks authentically glowing.

25:30

So besides gut health, in our body

25:32

cornerstone, we need to get adequate

25:34

sleep. There's so much research around this

25:36

as well. Research I'll link to. Quality

25:39

sleep will show up on your skin.

25:41

So one of the things I recommend

25:43

is going to bed and waking at

25:46

regular times, having an evening routine so

25:48

you don't just try to go from

25:50

being up, having really intense conversations or

25:53

watching crime shows, and then trying to

25:55

sleep right away. We need to

25:57

soothe ourselves like I do my children.

26:00

So reading time, little bit

26:02

of self-massage, idealier heart align

26:04

meditation, drinking one of our

26:06

amazing sleep elixir recipes. These

26:08

are all ways in which

26:10

I consistently have an evening

26:12

routine. And guess what? My

26:14

sleep is so much better

26:16

than it used to be. I used

26:19

to have really patchy sleep. It used

26:21

to take me a long time to

26:23

fall asleep. And now I rest really

26:25

well. And this is. An amazing gift

26:27

to give yourself and your family, you'll

26:29

be in a better mood. And yes,

26:31

your skin will look better. We also

26:34

want to monitor our environment,

26:36

our immediate environment for skin

26:38

health. There's a lot of

26:40

pollutants out there. There was

26:42

a review published in the

26:44

current environmentally health reports showing

26:46

that air pollution was correlated

26:48

with premature skin aging. So

26:50

you want to make sure

26:53

to... Check your indoor air

26:55

pollution, get some really high

26:57

quality air filters, and just

26:59

keep your space as clean

27:01

as possible. Clean your cleaning

27:03

products, get rid of that

27:05

for breeze I mentioned before,

27:07

use more natural products, and

27:09

really just keep your environment

27:11

as clean as possible in

27:13

general. And also

27:16

we mention natural skin care.

27:18

It's really important to have

27:20

really quality products. I mentioned

27:22

to the vitamin C serum. We

27:25

also have an amazing moisturizer if

27:27

you're interested in it, which has

27:29

a botanical version of retinol. So

27:32

it helps to promote skin healing.

27:34

I'm a big believer in botanicals.

27:37

That's what I use on my

27:39

skin. And I think that these

27:41

plants can really power up

27:43

your skin without... the, you know,

27:46

sort of the farmers, just the,

27:48

I don't wanna speak negatively

27:50

of all synthetic materials,

27:52

but I know that

27:54

certain ones can have

27:57

a lot of artificial

27:59

fragrances. For example, an ingredients

28:01

that can actually break down the

28:03

collagen in your lips and your

28:06

skin long-term. So I believe in

28:08

the power of nature and botanical-based

28:11

skin care, which is non-toxic as

28:13

well as high performance, but of

28:15

course changes brand to brand, so

28:18

make sure that you really check

28:20

out the intentions, the ethos, and

28:22

the trust in each brand on

28:25

a case-by-case basis because marketing can

28:27

be very tricky. Okay, so our

28:30

third... cornerstone is emotional

28:32

well-being. And within the emotional

28:34

well-being cornerstone, I like to

28:36

talk about stress, because stress

28:38

is the opposite of being

28:41

emotionally well, right? Stress is

28:43

when we start to feel

28:45

this buildup. There's a lot

28:47

of resistance to what's going

28:49

on. We don't feel good.

28:51

We feel irritated a lot of

28:53

the time. We start to feel

28:56

very... frustrated with life and how

28:58

things are going. And let's face

29:00

it, so much is out of

29:02

our control. So the opposite of

29:04

being stressed is to being centered

29:06

and just being able to flow

29:08

along with life. And this has

29:10

an impact on our hormones. We

29:12

can elevate our DHEA, lower our

29:15

cortisol. And I talked about this on

29:17

a recent podcast as well. I

29:19

recently got a blood test done

29:21

and I was so happy to

29:24

see that my DHEA levels were

29:26

really great. They were the levels

29:28

of an 18-22-22-year-old woman, and the

29:30

rest of my hormones were also

29:32

really balanced, including my testosterone, estrogen,

29:35

and so on. And that's, I

29:37

believe, because of my ability to,

29:39

of all of this, eat healthy, have

29:41

a clean environment, but also manage stress.

29:43

And the main ways in which I

29:45

do that is through heart coherence and

29:48

our heart aligned meditation, when

29:50

we're really in our heads a lot.

29:52

We're just identified with thoughts and feelings

29:55

and the outer world that we don't

29:57

control. And there can be a lot

29:59

of... But it's my personal experience

30:01

as we center into the wisdom

30:04

of our hearts and our heart

30:06

brains, which do have 40,000 neurons,

30:08

we can start to feel so

30:10

much more grounded in our lives.

30:13

And what this translates to is

30:15

more emotional resilience and stability and

30:17

a more broad perspective where we

30:19

can find solutions and navigate challenges.

30:21

So in this regard, I do

30:24

recommend reading the hidden power of

30:26

the five hearts, checking out the

30:28

tools that I share there on

30:30

heart coherence. And one of them

30:32

is the heart-aligned meditation, which now segues

30:34

into our spiritual growth. cornerstone,

30:36

but really this meditation is for

30:39

all of our cornerstones. It

30:41

affects our body, it increases our

30:43

intuition, including with intuitive eating, it

30:46

helps us to feel more

30:48

emotional stability and intelligence, as I

30:50

just mentioned, and to put

30:52

us in touch with our true

30:54

self. So you may say, well, what

30:57

does spirituality have to do with skin health?

30:59

And I'll tell you, the more we're in touch

31:01

with our wholeness, which we can experience

31:03

in our hearts. and past the

31:05

surface of life into this essence,

31:08

this energy inside of us, it

31:10

starts to come forward. We start

31:12

to feel more confident. We start

31:14

to make better choices, including

31:16

again in our food choices,

31:18

we start to deepen our

31:20

relationships, there's less drama, there's

31:22

less stress. So we do

31:24

become more radiant. Our skin

31:26

starts to glow because the

31:28

energy within is starting to

31:30

come up and out. And

31:32

again, there's a lot of

31:34

research around the cornerstones to

31:36

really support this. This isn't

31:39

just, you know, hearsay. This

31:41

isn't just spiritual jargon. It's

31:43

my truth that I've experienced

31:45

personally. And with so many

31:47

clients and readers, everything works

31:49

together. So the more we're

31:51

in touch with this deeper

31:53

part of us, we feel so

31:56

much more expansive, whole, less stressed,

31:58

and more radiant. and that

32:00

radiance pours up and out.

32:02

This isn't something that we

32:05

can just buy or manufacture

32:07

or paint on with shimmery

32:09

makeup. It's the totality of

32:11

our lifestyle, which creates this

32:13

really powerful vibration that can

32:15

be felt by others as

32:18

we feel it within ourselves.

32:20

So, back to the total heart-led

32:22

living across the four

32:25

cornerstones lifestyle. Let's do

32:27

a little review. Food-wise.

32:29

Fresh, simple, whole, and

32:31

colorful. Have lots of berries,

32:33

healthy fats like avocados

32:35

and nuts, and a wide

32:38

variety of amazing plant foods

32:40

with fiber, including dark leafy

32:43

greens, including the glowing green

32:45

smoothie, with power plants like

32:48

Amalaki and cholorilla and spiralina

32:50

in the glowing greens powder. Body-wise, nourish

32:52

your gut, eat fermented foods, eat

32:54

more fiber. Avoid processed foods and

32:57

sugars and try our amazing supplements.

32:59

You don't need a lot, but

33:01

check out the SBO probiotics. We're

33:03

not trying to market big culture

33:05

accounts. We're not trying to mass

33:07

produce a billion supplements. I only

33:09

take a few. I take the

33:12

ones that I share with you,

33:14

detoxy, to clean your system and

33:16

the digestive enzymes. Make sure you're

33:18

getting enough sleep, regulate your sleep

33:20

rhythmsoms. as well as

33:22

cleaning your environmental space,

33:24

ditch those crappy cleaning

33:26

products, and all the

33:28

scented candles, and all the,

33:31

you know, room sprays, and get some

33:33

good air filters. And number

33:35

four, not number four, number

33:38

three, emotional well-being, have tools

33:40

right here, right in front of

33:42

you that you can lean

33:44

into for stress resilience, such

33:46

as the heart coherence tool, such

33:48

as the heart align, propelled

33:50

in life. harmonize with life,

33:53

harder lines, steady in life.

33:55

Sorry, I'm getting so excited as

33:57

I talk about the book.

34:00

in the Propelled Heart chapter

34:02

and steady heart and the

34:04

devoted heart. There's so many

34:06

tools in the book. So please check

34:08

out the book in general, The Hidden

34:10

Power, The Five Hearts, and learn how

34:12

you can use this other brain, your

34:14

heart brain, to regulate your mind

34:16

and its crazy thoughts and stories

34:19

and narratives that you just feel

34:21

so much centered in your life.

34:23

And fourthly, spiritual growth.

34:25

Tune in to the true self.

34:28

Realize that this physical world is

34:30

not all there is. And there's

34:32

much more to creating beautiful healthy

34:35

skin than just physicalness, right? Physical

34:37

makeup and so on. We want this

34:39

aliveness, this youthful vitality to

34:42

course through every cell of our

34:44

being and every part of our

34:46

blood and all of our organs

34:48

and tissues and to come into

34:50

our largest organ, which is our

34:53

skin. We do that by the

34:55

heart-aligned meditation as well as these

34:57

incredible berries and foods. Remember, your

34:59

total lifestyle is going to make

35:02

up your total results. How you

35:04

feel, how you look, and your

35:06

daily life experience, including

35:09

the health and vibrancy of your

35:11

skin. So, remember, you can

35:13

ask me questions for upcoming shows

35:15

as well. I'm writing every day.

35:17

I just rewrote our four cornerstones

35:19

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35:22

It's completely rewritten and updated. I'll

35:24

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35:26

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35:28

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35:30

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35:56

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35:58

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36:00

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