When you’re a teenager, self-conscious and unsure, acne can weigh on your self-esteem and make you feel like isolating yourself. You dream of a day when you’re older and zit-free, only to discover that acne does not necessarily ride off into the sunset on your 18th birthday. For up to 22% of adult women and 3 percent of adult men, acne is something that lingers well into your adult years.

Our Bodies Hold Trauma. This is one reason why we have to not only change what we put in our bodies but the environment that we are in. I know that it isn’t always in our control, but I believe we have opportunities open to us to create safe spaces. The emotional space that we take up is a powerful influence on our healing. As a nutritionist, I see people every day who are doing everything right nutritionally but emotionally are wrecked, and this influences their health.