What is the connection between how we present ourselves and wellbeing? To answer this question, we discover three stories that each unpack the connection between beauty and health from a different angle. 

And host Isabella Rossellini has some thoughts: ”I grew up in Italy,” she says. “My mother was a Swedish actress, Ingrid Bergman, and my father was Roman, an Italian filmmaker called Roberto Rossellini… I'm embarrassed to say they didn't do much about health… father just ate pasta. In fact, he traveled with spaghetti in his bag to make sure he had the brand he liked the most.”

This leads us to our first story, where we speak to Fiorella and her aunt Tiziana about the different ways different generations approach, and define, wellness in Sicily.

Then, we hear from Guive Balooch, who runs augmented beauty and open innovation for L'Oréal Groupe, about a fascinating new technology — Cell Bioprint — that predicts how your skin will age, as well as what ingredients it needs, with just one touch.

And finally, Isabella Rossellini shares her relationship with meditation, and the role it played in her relationship with the late director David Lynch, who was a prolific transcendental meditator.

Links below:

• “Why Youth Mental Health Is On the Decline” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/well/mind/mental-health-young-adults-trends.html
• Learn more about L'Oréal Groupe’s Cell Bioprint here: https://www.loreal.com/en/articles/science-and-technology/cell-bioprint/
• Director David Lynch’s obituary in The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/movies/david-lynch-dead.html
• Learn more about our upcoming episodes here: https://www.nytimes.com/paidpost/loreal-groupe/this-is-not-a-beauty-podcast-season-2.html