Today I am sharing one of my Instagram posts about the topic of Hormonal Acne since it got such an amazing response from my audience. This episode is all about treating and healing skin when it sends us signs that something is wrong.

Here is my personal story, I battled for over 8 years with acne, now I have clear skin, but believe me it wasn't always like this. I started dealing with very bad acne during my second pregnancy. It was a baby boy, and I started thinking that my boy's testosterone might be affecting my skin, and also found that the males in my family had suffered from terrible acne. I tried everything! And nothing worked. Researching in my own life, I realized that taking birth control pills for many years and using a prescription cream for 9 years twice a day had kept the acne under control but when I stopped them, the acne came out. It was always there, but I did not notice it until years later.

I was talking with a friend who has treated anxiety with Chinese medicine and I realized that I haven't been paying attention to my liver! The heat in my liver was causing this waking. I started acupuncture, along with liver and kidney tonics, and I started to notice the difference in my skin! Detoxing too fast did not help, time was needed for me to heal. It took a full year to see the real change. Today, I know my skin is my GPS, it tells me when I am getting off road.

Find the right questions you need to ask yourself below, as well as the steps to follow to heal your skin starting from within!

Ask Yourself

● What is going on in your liver?

● What is happening with your hormones? Get the right tests.

● Are you detoxing? Are you eliminating?

● What is your B12 like? Vitamin D?

● How is your thyroid doing?

● Where do you break out?

● What is going on in your gut? Do you have any digestive imbalances?

● Which products are you using?

● Are you eating real whole foods?

● How much water are you drinking?

● Are you under stress?

● Pollution! Check your house for hormone disruptors.

● Do you have issues with your period?

● Do you struggle with extra body hair?

Steps

1. Clean the crap out and bring the good stuff in! Listen to this episode to know which products and foods you need to avoid and which to include. (This is the hardest step, but the most crucial one.)

2. Have the right supplements: Probiotics, Omega 3, Magnesium, Whole food complex and Vitamin D. Also a B Complex and liver support.

3. Check your gut, liver, adrenals and thyroid.

4. Sync your cycle. Get your free Syncing Guide!

5. Look at the imbalances.

6. Slow down! Sleep.

7. Skin care regime (Listen and find night and morning regimes just for you!)

Learn more about Jenn's work:

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The Hormone Project

The Simplicity Project Shop for books, DVDs, programs and much more!

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Dutch Test

Quotes:

"Your skin is the mirror that tells you what is wrong in your body."

"You do not know what someone's struggles are and you have no permission to pass down judgement on others, I feel you, I hear you, I know the pain."

"Stop taking birth control for your acne, it will be ten times worse later on."

"We women tend to suffer in silence, we don't talk about the struggles that we are feeling, we don't talk about what is going on in our bodies, we think it is just what we get for being women."

"Your cells only repair when you are sleeping."

Additional Information About Jenn:

Jenn studied and graduated with honors in Human Anatomy and Physiology with such a passion that it propelled her to continue her education over many years. Jenn is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Medical Exercise Specialist, Registered Yoga Instructor and Faculty of the Toronto Yoga Conference, Pre & Post Natal Yoga Expert, STOTT Pilates trained instructor, Twist Sport Conditioning Coach, Spin Instructor Crossfit Level 1 Coaching, among other certifications she got along the way. She is also a guest Holistic Expert for Breakfast Television, Global, CHCH, Rogers Tv and writes columns for STRONG Fitness Magazine, iRun magazine, Savvy Mom and contributes to Inside Fitness Magazine, The Toronto Star and Sun. She is also a proud educator and ambassador to Genuine Health, Nature's Emporium and Juice Plus.

Jenn is a proud mama to two beautiful souls and her best teachers of life. She resides on Lake Simcoe in Keswick with her husband and two children.