This week on the #wednesdaywellbeing show I'm chatting natural beauty with natural beauty experts Carollynn Croker and Jessica Leigh Mac Innes who are the founders of @Essential Embrace and Presenters on Awakened Podcasts.
The term ‘January Blues’ was coined for a reason. The effects of the excessive spending and overindulgence of Christmas are coming to fruition, New Year resolutions are falling by the wayside and the contrast between the festivities of the previous month and the dreariness of winter is very apparent. It can be a hard month for many, with reported stress-levels rising by a third, and it is even said to contain the most depressing day of the year, Blue Monday.
Worryingly for employers, all of this negative emotion can not only decrease productivity and increase sickness in the workplace, it also means that one in five employees think about resigning.
Self-care is important for both your physical and mental wellbeing, and absolutely crucial during times of increased stress or negative emotion. If you do not look after yourself, it can weaken your ability to cope with challenging situations.
Stress plays a big part in our lives, these ladies have first-hand experience in dealing with sensitive, re-active and allergy prone skin.
Variegate Porphyria is a hereditary disease that runs in our family, amongst several other afflictions, Porphyria affects the skin too, resulting in very delicate skin that is easily damaged, bruised and prone to lacerations at the slightest bump often resulting in skin infections as the lesions can take from several weeks to months to heal, leaving tissue scaring.
These ladies can empathise with those who suffer from extremely sensitive skin, we live daily with a condition that is still considered rare, prompting us to research as much as possible and educate ourselves. This journey resulting in the beginning of Essential Embrace. And I'm delighted to have then on this week's #wednesdaywellbeing show.
This podcast is sponsored by The Northern College of Clinical Hypnotherapy
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