I look and more importantly, feel better than I ever have and I how I got here would have made no sense to me a few years ago. The two main comments I get on these before and after style videos are always the same. Either I get told that I’ve had some sort of surgery or that I’ve “lost 30 pounds”. I have thick skin, but this upsets me because it’s dismissive and shows that the people commenting these things clearly think that the results are impossible without some sort of procedure. You can’t tell what someone is going through based on their appearance... In the first photos I was only one size bigger than I am now and it was almost entirely fluid retention. I wasn’t sleeping, I was anxious, restricting my eating based on diet fads like keto, working out for hours EVERYDAY, deeply unhappy and not seeing the results that I deserved. Now, I do less but I show up more. I never work out more than 30 minutes with low impact exercise only, I work on lowering my cortisol, prioritize sleep, eat what my body wants, lymphatic drainage and I do my beauty rituals and facial exercises every day. This sounds like a lot but it barely takes an hour to do the workout, skincare/beauty routine and facial exercises. I share these transformation videos because I think it’s incredibly important to show that you can completely transform yourself naturally. It’s a process of unlearning what a heavily male dominated world of health and fitness has told us, that unfortunately didn’t take into account that not everyone’s hormonal patterns and bodies are the same. This also means that what works for me, may not work for everyone and I’m not claiming it will. I am just sharing what I’ve learned because I wish it was there for me to hear about years ago. (Transformation, beauty routine , skincare routine , natural beauty tips , self development, self growth, facial exercises , beauty hack, facial massage , skincare, health and wellness, wellness journey, wellness aesthetic) 🧿🪄👁➕💌⛲️🕊🍯 #faceyoga #facialexercises #facialmassage #guasha #beautyhack #wellnessjourney #transformation #guashafacial #skincare #healthandwellness #hormonebalance #cyclesyncing