Over the years I have worked with so many clients and I know that there is always this fear of tackling something new. Over this last month I have taken on two new wellness items. First I started working out with Maxine Jones through her live streaming portal. I have done mostly Les Mills and Beachbody programs as a personal trainer for the last ten years, however I felt an instant connection with Maxine and her fun style of fitness. So even though I am half way around the world from her classes, I signed up and started doing them a few times a week in my office. I am loving it!

Second I started a face yoga bootcamp. If you watch KUWTK you saw face yoga on the last episode. So far I am loving it and loving the community. I don't know when I have been more welcomed, or loved on than I have been in the last few weeks.

So what I am saying is that even in what I do in my business, I look for ways to take myself out of my comfort zone because I know the benefit of trying something new, and what possibilities it opens up for my life. Who knows, I may fly to London just to workout with Maxine, or become a certified face yoga consultant. One never knows.

So with my programs I try to make it so that it is both affordable and that you get the most bang for you buck. I know that my clients love having simple to follow starts, and then they desire something that allow them to create their change with total ease. So I have created an online portal where you will get access to meal plans and recipes for the life of your commitment to this challenge.

If you aren't gluten-free, you will be for at least ten days of this program. If you know who I am talking about when I said I was working out with Max, then you know who Sally Bee is as well. She went gluten-free recently to support a friend and was shocked at how much better she felt. There is a connection to the way that these items are grown, fertilized, spray, created that is not aligned to our gut health. When you remove it, and in fact when you go non-gmo and gluten-free there is a huge change you are going to feel in your body.

We also go dairy-free because of the connection to the inflammation dairy causes, and the grains that the animals eat. If you are like myself and my daughter it won't take long before your breathing feels lighter and your brain fog starts to clear. You can learn more about why I recommend gluten-free and dairy free living by watching my how-to video here.

We supplement with dense non-gmo nutrients. This is where you select your level.

Nourish Your Skin Basic : Berrylicious Package : With this package you will be using blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, bilberries, and elderberries and other powerful and healthful antioxidants in fruits and vegetables to nourish your capillaries and support your cardiovascular system. This package will run you just under $30 US per month over our four month program. You will also get access to a five day starter meal plan, and the Paleo Vegeo curated recipe library and added into our support group on Facebook if you desire that.    http://purchases.plus/NourishYourSkin

Nourish Your Skin Premium : Glowing Skin Package : This package includes the berry blend, and also the complete omegas to help your skin glow, and protect it from sun damage from the inside out. Containing plant-based combination of  your omega 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9 fatty acids (including DHA, EPA and ALA) that have been derived from fruits, algae and seed oils.

Dr. Will Clower PHD wrote recently about the latest research that: "When people took 10 grams of omega-3 fatty acid fish oil over 3 and 6 months, researchers discovered that the fatty acids were being deposited into the skin of the subjects. Once there, they seemed to protect the skin from sunburn. ... More impressive was the fact that this protective effect was totally time dependent. For example, the longer you took them, the greater the amount deposited into your skin, and (as you would guess) the greater the protection against UV radiation. Another exceptional discovery about this effect is that it lasted 10 weeks before the skin went back to its pre-omega-3 fatty acid levels."
Thankfully these are cold pressed without any fish, and by harvesting the omegas from the original algae source instead of fish and using a cold-pressing technique for all of the seeds and the capsules you get a purity of vital nutrition with a fear of toxins and without damaged fatty acids. This package will run you just under $65 US per month over our four month program. You will also get access to a five day starter meal plan, the Paleo Vegeo curated recipe library and added into our support group on Facebook if you desire that.
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Nourish Your Skin Elite : Make Me Over Package :  This package is all in nutrition. You will get the berry blend, the omega blend, and then two full blends of garden vegetables and fruits. It isn't just about how you look, it is about how you feel. A recent study found that failing to fill up on plants can make things like depression and anxiety even worse.  Increasing your diet by just four extra portions of fruit and four extra portions of veg a day can boost your mental health.
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This year on June 7 it is World Food Safety Day and we've seen a lot of food recalls in the last two years. A lot of those were vegetables and recently my favorite melons were recalled from Whole Fodos. I love that I have never had a recall on these gems, and I don't expect that to ever happen. I am getting all of those servings of plants with ease, and it gives me so many benefits beyond just looking younger than ever.
Yet I have to mention that in the yoga group I joined we were asked to post a photo and then a little about ourselves. At the time of this website post over 200 people have been shocked by my photo and over 140 have asked how I look so young and what is my secret. My messenger has been blowing up. Yet it's so simple. The only thing I can clearly showcase as a change as my skin started improving was a consistent use of this program. As I was posting it I thought, well that is a cruddy photo. Who knew that so many people are looking for the secret to heal their skin and to feel beautiful from the inside out. Also stop using toxin skin care products.I wash my skin with water most day, even after wearing mineral makeup. I apply oil and a water based moisturizer and call it a day.

If you learn to do what Max tells us, "Love your bodies girls!" then the rest is easy. Choose the easy button.

Everyone wants beautiful, soft, radiant skin. But how do we get it? With lotions and potions? Sure, they help, but beautiful skin starts with healthy skin, and that begins on the inside.

The first thing you must do to get healthy skin is to improve your diet. What you eat makes a big difference in how your skin looks and feels. Eating foods rich in antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals is the key. Antioxidants help combat the free radicals that attack your body, both inside and outside, doing damage to the cells.

Many people simply do not eat a balanced diet. Getting enough fruits and vegetables into your diet to reap the benefits is important to skin health, and over-all health. You can do your best to include nutrient-dense foods in your diet, but another way to help boost nutrition is to take a multivitamin or other supplements.

Some powerful antioxidants to look for in your supplements are beta carotene, selenium, and vitamins C, D and E. Let’s go into a little more detail to explain how these nutrients  make your skin healthy from the inside out.

Now do you need to supplement with Beta Carotene? This is one where over doing supplementation can be a bad thing. It comes from the red-orange pigment abundant in fruits and plants. So perfect for our lifestyle since our bodies turn beta carotene into vitamin A on it's own. This nutrient helps your skin look healthy by keeping the membranes pliable and resilient. It also keeps the cell structure that holds your skin up strong. Beta carotene also helps your body resist damage from external environmental stresses, including the sun's damaging UV rays.

Vitamin C is a building block for collagen, which is a protein that helps cells renew, resulting in firm, smooth, glowing, skin. When collagen is low, the skin cells don't turn over often enough, resulting in dry, dull, leathery skin, which is prone to wrinkles. Exfoliation of the skin with external vitamin C applications is one way to promote skin health. However, taking vitamin C internally, either with food or supplements, wakes up the skin cells from within.

Natural production of vitamin D in the body starts to slow around the age of twenty. A reasonable amount of sun exposure, about 15 minutes a day, is needed to produce vitamin D in the body.  Eating foods naturally rich in vitamin D, such as salmon, mushrooms, and eggs, will help boost your vitamin D. However, as we age, it's difficult to get all the vitamin D we need in just those foods. But, at some point, many of us may need to take a vitamin D supplement to ensure we have enough in our body. Vitamin D supports your skin's elasticity, can help clear up acne, and lessens dark spots, sagging, fine lines, and wrinkles as we age.

Vitamin E is a that powerful antioxidant that will help protect and repair your skin. Your body can’t produce vitamin E on its own, so you have to be sure you get enough through food or supplements. This baby helps and maintains another important nutrient, Vitamin K. Remember, though, that it's fat soluble. I love sharing this Mango and Hemp Seed Smoothie with my clients. Packed with superfood ingredients like hemp seeds, maca powder, and lucuma powder, and sweetened with the taste of mango and vanilla, this smoothie is the perfect dose of Vitamin E and healthy fats. However, if you do choose a supplement, stay away from synthetic vitamin E. Studies have indicated that synthetic versions of vitamin E can actually do more harm than good.

Your health is as plain as the skin on your face. When you see excessive or premature wrinkles, acne, oil, dryness, redness, sagging, discoloration, or other skin conditions, it could be a sign of poor health. Many people don’t realize this, and instead of curing the health problem within, they use all sorts of magic topical products to patch things up. And that's all they're doing – patching things up.  The skin problem will continue if the health issue  isn't addressed first. The bottom line is, adding the vitamins and minerals your body is lacking will help give your skin the beauty treatment it needs.