When you are someone who is always seeking to learn, have new experiences and evolve, your life becomes very busy. Add on caregiving, maintaining relationships, beginning or managing careers (or inventing new ones), it is a modern challenge to find the time to live a holistically healthy life. Technology presents us with overwhelming amounts of information about what skincare products to use (and for what), what to eat, what kind of makeup to buy, how much exercise is best, making it hard to find a coherent approach to health and beauty that makes sense for a productive and busy life.
As a professor, I love conceptual frameworks that organize many complex ideas in ways that make it easier for my students to apply them. So rather than use my precious time to invent a conceptual framework for this busy woman dilemma, I have decided to partner with Perricone MD over the next few months because after years of research, they have one. The idea is that through a combination of the right nutrition, supplements, exercise and skincare you are more likely to achieve a greater sense of physical well-being. It will manifest from the inside out and and in you looking your best self.
Earlier in the summer, I wrote about an event where I got in touch with the idea that however much I thought so, I was not taking care of myself. Read about my experience here. It was through the very thoughtful encounters provided during that trip, that I was able to come to this epiphany. There was little or no product promotion needed or given, the results spoke for themselves. Perricone MD was the architect of that moment.
As a scientist, I have the habit of referencing research and data when making decisions in real life. When I was told that if I applied this framework (which is based on science) that I could achieve “better mental clarity, increased energy and an overall boost in physical well-being”, I wanted to learn more because these are the outcomes I strive for; not to be beautiful, thin or look “younger”. These outcomes have nothing to do with age, they are inclusive and support an engaged life.
In the upcoming months I will be sharing this framework and my experiments with applying it. Scientists believe in transparency so I am informing you I will be paid to create this content. My approach here as always is to give you information and to share my experiences. The women Perricone MD speaks to are “Born Seekers”. Women who both value and challenge knowledge, who have unquenchable curiosity, have passion for what they are doing, and are creative problem solvers. I trust that as always, because my readers are also “Born Seekers”, that you will form your own questions, design your own experiments, come to reasoned conclusions and make your own decisions.
Being somewhat cynical, by nature, I decided to conduct some preliminary research and enlisted Calvin as a subject too. For the last month we have altered the way we eat by following the parameters of the anti-inflammatory diet suggested by Dr. Perricone. This involved a bit more preparation (rather than take-out) but we found it has been easy once we got provisions in the house. We do feel sharper, our afternoon slump is gone, Calvin’s issues with skin inflammation (he has given me permission to disclose), have mitigated. Last week I met someone I had not seen in several months and she commented on how well I looked (she actually said I looked younger but that’s not my objective) and asked me what I was doing differently, Well chomping on a lot of greens… for starters. Stay tuned.
Cheers, Lyn – you write to my very heart – my whole life (whether I always like it or not 😉 has been devoted to ongoing growth and pushing past my own walls; all in the name of blossoming. What else are we here to do, if not that? If we all do this, we help ourselves and others, too. The human journey ongoing. Thank you for this great post about wellness, self-care, improving life quality, and the balance act of having a full, meaningful life. – And as to creative self-expression (another part of our human journey "), I do love the sassy earrings you’ve got on in the first pic! Thanks again =)
Thank you Lara, I also love you addendum, “whether we like it or not” LOL
; p I feel the resistance and do it anyway – thank god for laughter in life. Have a beautiful day, Lyn, whatever time it is for you 🙂
I am really interested in this as I have been taking an excessive amount of omega 6 and low omega 3 so will read with interest. Will you tell this story via your insta story or IG posts? Cheers, Karen
Hi Karen, I will be telling the story across all of my platforms. I am taking it as a creative challenge and am excited about doing it!
Being a cancer survivor and 68 years old working in a school and starting a Chartering business in St. Thomas, I need someone to give me a framework of healthy luving to simplify my lufe!??Thanks!
Stay tuned busy woman! Congrats on your recovery too.
Today I discovered you via a BuzzFeed News video on Facebook! I have always been interested in fashion and graduated from the Ray-Vogue School of Dress Design & Modeling @ 1970. I will always remember the time I was walking down Michigan Avenue with some of my friends and fellow students, wearing my bell-bottom pants and faux fur poncho, both of which I had designed and made, when an expensively dressed woman stopped in front of me and chewed me out, calling me a “Hippie!” Now, at nearly 68 years of age, I still dress to please myself, often shop in the junior’s department, and wear what “I” want to wear, not what some 25-year old fashion editor thinks in their worthless articles about “What Women Over 50 Shouldn’t Wear!” Anyway, I love your style and look forward to learning more about you, following your blog and Facebook!
Welcome you definitely have the Accidental Icon attitude!
A beautiful, life-giving endeavor to build goodness and strength from within to deliver more effectively and beautifully on the out. And how lovely you and Calvin have commenced in unison for support, encouragement, and affirmation. I’ve always believed and done this. Thankfully, my adult children, experiencing and learning it over the years now do the same. Thus inhibiting any familial, DNA maladies, and there are a few, more than I’d like, lurking in genetic codes. But sometimes when I’m running the miles I run, just sometimes, an impression asks, "Do you know how old you are to be running these miles?" And I impress back, "Yeah. Ain’t it great." Thrive, luv, thrive!
Noel and the Big Dog
Are you familiar with the site beautypedia.com ? It evaluates the ingredients in any given product, as well as their efficacy.
Hi Lyn, what about Australia….is this a MLM company.
Wearing those earrings with such aplomb is like doing a weight-bearing exercise. Good for you. I love your articles. I’m of a certain age (70) and am pleasantly reminded by your words to always learn to embrace and move forward. Also your beautiful images have inspired me to beef up my photography portrait instagram, make it more interesting and varied. Thank you.