When it comes to holistic skincare, many don’t understand the essence of it. It is often misrepresented as interchangeable for organic skincare. So we have products in the market that are promoted with the promise of an organic and free from all chemicals skincare solutions defined as 100% natural. However, nothing can be further from the truth.
In the case of skincare, holistic does not mean applying an expensive organic moisturizers or skin creams on your face. It only treats the outer layer of the skin, completely ignoring what is inside.
The holistic approach concerns with nurturing the skin from the inside. It understands that the health of our skin depends on several other factors such as lifestyle choices, diet, emotional, mental and environmental stress.
Understanding these causes allows us to create a skincare routine that offers a permanent solution to all of our skin-related issues.
It is vital to understand that skincare is a long term game. No anti-aging cream will miraculously reduce aging, and no spot healer will reduce dark spots overnight.
The ingredients we choose to apply to our skin need to nourish the skin inside and out. Refrain from using oil- stripping cleansers, which strip the skin of necessary oils like Sebum. Sebum is crucial in giving the skin its blemish-free glow.
Using oil cleansers like Jojoba oil can help protect the vital barrier function of the skin. Use vitamins, anti-oxidants, and SPF creams to protect the skin better.
What one eats will show on their faces. What we eat is just as crucial to the skin as what we apply on it.
Food That Damage Skin
1. Sugar
2. Soft Drinks
3. Vegetable Oils
4. Trans Fats
5. Fried Foods
6. Conventional Dairy
Eating food with proper fiber and proteins help in improving gut health. Fiber feeds the good bacteria in the gut, thus aid in digestion and balancing blood sugar levels. Foods like beans, lentils, chia seeds, flaxseed meal, etc. are all rich sources of fiber.
Taking Vitamins from natural sources like raw vegetables and fruits is also vital in taking care of the skin.
Antioxidant-rich food like dark green vegetables, tomato, berries, beans, apple, pecan, grapes, nuts, etc. are useful for improving the health of cells. They help neutralize free radicals that harm healthy cells.
Eating healthy fats like avocado, flaxseeds, walnuts, etc. can help make the skin more strong and elastic. Foods that spike blood sugar levels, on the other hand, can increase sebum production and cause acne.
Foods like cookies, white bread, pastries, soda, pasta, etc. should be avoided at all costs to maintain the health of the skin. Salty foods should also be avoided as they can make skin look puffy and bloated.
Focusing on a wholesome, nutritious diet can change the way our skin appears.
3. Water
Water is really the nectar of heavens. Water is the end-all solution to all of the issues the body suffers from, which also includes unhealthy skin.
Lack of water in the body becomes apparent in a skin marred with dark spots and sagginess. It is advisable to drink at least eight glasses of water a day to rid the skin of all its toxins. Many people have reported that drinking sufficient water can give the skin a radiant glow.
4. Exercise
Exercise is critical in relieving stress and releasing feel-good hormones like endorphins. By doing so, our body succeeds in regulating the stress hormone cortisol responsible for acne and inflammation.
When someone sweats while exercising, it can help to clear out the skin. Exercise also helps in the smooth circulation of blood, which allows essential nutrients to be conveniently transported to the skin. It also helps one sleep better.
Unhealthy skin is probably no more apparent than it is in people who don’t sleep well — not getting enough sleep results in dark circles, as well as saggy and grey skin.
Our body takes the time during rest to detox, rejuvenate, and accumulate dead cells. With no sleep, these functions cannot be carried out, thus having adverse effects on the skin.
6. Safe Exfoliation
Exfoliation is an essential part of skincare. Massages to the skin can increase blood circulation and also ease muscle tension. Exfoliation masks can provide the skin with all the vital ingredients needed to smooth and nurture the skin.
Pampering ourselves with such exfoliation masks, and massages is also a great stress reliever. When our body gets the time to relax, it also gets the time to heal itself. Raw honey can be a great exfoliator for dry winter skin. Add 2 cups of honey to a bath and soak for 15 minutes. Add one cup of baking soda for the final minutes.
Similarly, Lemon (citrus), Apple cider vinegar, oats, etc. are great natural skin exfoliators that show unbelievable results in a short span.
Although the sun can damage our skin, it is an essential source of Vitamin D. It is important to receive direct sunlight to the skin for 10-30 minutes per day, preferably around noon when the sun is highest. However, prolonged exposure to the skin can accelerate the process of aging. It is important to take precautionary measures to protect the skin if you will be exposed for longer than half an hour.
Sun exposure can also have severe consequences like melanoma and skin cancer. Both UVA and UVB rays are responsible for cell damage. So, the challenge then is to safely expose our skin to the sun while managing the harmful UVA radiations.
Sunscreen lotions help in providing the skin with the umbrella it needs to walk safely under the sun. Avoid sunscreens with Titanium di-oxide as titanium is a well-known carcinogen
Please note, do not deprive your skin of some much needed good sun exposure. If you follow the above precautions diligently so you can enjoy a good sunny day while nurturing for your skin.
As mentioned, what happens inside is often displayed outside. Unhealthy skin is a way for our body to alert us that something is wrong. Merely rushing to the cosmetics aisle to get rid of the dark spots or acne on the skin can only offer temporary relief before the issue resurfaces with a vengeance.
Analyzing one’s lifestyle and diet can help significantly in your skin and exude the energy of a healthy body.
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Not sure WHO to book with? No Problem! Here at MHH we have an AMAZING team of coaches and EVERY ONE OF OUR COACHES can help you with ANY of your conditions, so just pick the one that has availability on the day and time that works best for you.
This package contains 12 Biological Coaching Visits at 30 minutes each. Purchasing this package can save you 10% vs. if you purchased 12 sessions individually.
Using the combined modalities of EFT tapping, Resonance Repatterning, Color, Light, and Sound, this visit type addresses:
• Anxiety • Depression • Fear • Mind racing • Feelings of anger • Feelings of hopelessness • and more…
This unique approach can address and resolve emotional trauma, present or past, that has been locked into the physical body’s memory, often below the realm of conscious thought. Our bodies replay these memories at different times, and they can adversely affect our health especially in times of great stress and uncertainty.
These packages contain 12 Brain & Emotional Repatterning visits of 60 minutes or 90 minutes each. Purchasing either of these packages will save you 15% as compared to purchasing individual sessions
Not feeling well and looking for help with your condition, diagnosis, or symptoms that won’t go away no matter what you have tried? Our holistic biological health coaches can help you! Our coaches teach you how your body works, what the underlying cause of your condition or symptoms are, and how to fix and address them using long-term solutions that are data-driven and that work!
Our holistic biological health coaches have a deep understanding of advanced functional testing and genetics testing, along with much experience in complex cases.
Our biological coaching team works with you to empower and teach you how to understand and interpret your lab results, what your results mean, how they are connected to your health conditions or symptoms, and most importantly, what to do with the information, how to put protocols together based on your lab results, and when to reorder your various labs to track progress.
You will become your own healing master learning how to navigate the healing process, how to modify your protocols, when and how to detoxify your organs and cells from the toxins discovered on your lab results. You will learn the importance of tracking your assessment forms and symptom sheets and how to troubleshoot your healing process.
In addition, you have the opportunity to learn how to understand YOUR genetic blueprint – Our coaches are trained in the field of epigenetics and understand implicitly that YOU are in control of your own gene expression and how your genes either work for or against you. If you choose to add genetic testing into your program, your genetic blueprint information can be used not only to help drive your plan of action for healing, but also it can be used to understand your body’s unique nutrition, lifestyle, sleeping, eating, and physical activity needs are so that you can optimize once you are healed.
Get help from our functional nutrition coaches who understand that there is no ONE diet that is right for everyone. Our nutrition coaches work hand in hand with our biological coaches so if you need any lab work done or specific protocols that would require supplement protocols, you have a team working on your behalf and your nutrition coach would make recommendations for which other team coaches would be able to help you.
Your coaches will teach and empower you to learn how to determine and navigate your diet modifications which are decided based on your extensive intake forms, history, and your lab data that your coaches may want to order for you. Based on all of this information, they will teach you what foods to eat and not eat according to various conditions and why.
Your functional nutrition coach will help you learn what substitutes you can use when there are certain foods you may need to stop eating for a period of time, how to put your meals together based on your dietary needs per your lab data, how and when to incorporate gut repair protocols, and what lifestyle modifications you want to address based on your labs and your health conditions.
Nutritional coaching can be a great tool by itself or combined with coaching from our biological coaches. You can schedule with either our biological or nutrition coaches and they can help you get started and make recommendations as needed.
Many people who have successfully mentored with our nutrition coaches have had past issues such as:
Mindset, past and present traumas, and limiting belief systems are some of the biggest barriers to healing, so much in fact that gene expression and biological ‘engines’ of the human body can change for the worse because of it.
In the many years, we have been working in the field of holistic medicine, helping people who have tried everything else with no success or little success, we have discovered how great of an impact our thoughts, beliefs, and past and present trauma, and chronic stress can be to the human body, mind, and spirit.
The rate of recovery and healing for those who place emphasis on creating new neurological pathways to imprint new and healthy mindsets and belief systems in how they perceive themselves and the world around them is greatly improved when the psychological aspect of mindset and integration of mind, body, the spirit is addressed through repatterning of the mind and body neurology.
By removing barriers discovered from traumas, mindset, and conscious/unconscious patterns that are not congruent for healing, health, and vitality, you set yourself up for the best outcomes in your healing journey. Healing only occurs when the physical, emotional, and mental barriers to healing are removed.
Therefore we incorporate mind, body, spirit integration work into our programs and in doing so, we see exponential increases in positive outcomes with our clients. We have put together the most comprehensive ‘whole person’ approach in the world, and this is why our results are so successful.
Our Emotional Processing, Stress Release, & Neurological Repatterning coaches work with you to create new neurological connections, anchor new neurology, and habits, and show you how to become aware of any conscious or unconscious belief systems that may be holding you back from healing and total health.
You are welcome to try one or two appointments to see what you think. We typically recommend a minimum of 6 sessions to make an accurate assessment of how this type of modality is working for you.
Here are some of the modalities our Emotional Processing, Stress Release, & Neurological Repatterning coaches use for brain and body repatterning:
Breathwork is more than just a simple exercise of intentional breathing. Specialized breathwork techniques are used to facilitate major transformation and healing by encompassing a wide range of therapeutic practices that are extremely powerful in providing immediate relief for pulling people out of fight or flight (the amygdala hijack we teach about in Part 2 of our Mastering Trauma Masterclass).
This vagus nerve activation through breath work activates the rest/digest (parasympathetic nervous system), stimulates healing, reduces blood pressure, reduces the cortisol stress response, regulates hormone and blood glucose activity, and heart rate variability (the biological stress response). It rewires the body for self-regulation of the nervous system in a manner that optimizes the body and creates resilience in times of stress.
Yoga breath therapy allows you to disconnect from the mind chatter, mind racing, and negative self-talk and reconnect with your body your energy. From this elevated state of awareness, you are able to facilitate healing, growth, and expansion. And if you are looking for some expansion of your body/mind/spirit awareness, then this type of breathwork can be nourishing and can facilitate the next layer of peace, love, gratitude, connection, clarity, and insights.
In the many years, we have been working in the field of holistic medicine, helping people who have tried everything else with no success or little success, we have discovered how great of a damaging impact our thoughts, beliefs, and past and present trauma, and chronic stress (the fight or flight response) can be to the human body, mind, and spirit.
By becoming aware of how to regulate our own nervous system, and resolve traumas, mindset, and conscious/unconscious patterns that are not congruent for healing, health, and vitality, you set yourself up for the best outcomes in your healing journey. Healing only occurs when the physical, emotional, and mental barriers to healing are removed.
The rate of recovery and healing for those who place emphasis on:
….. Find much success and amplification in their healing journey.
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