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What if the beauty & skin products (even the anti-aging ones) you put on every day were actually the reason you feel tired, look older, or that your period sucks every month?Today we’re talking about just that – the hidden toxins in mainstream beauty, how clean products can be part of healing, and how your skin is a mirror for what’s happening hormonally.If you’ve ever questioned what “beauty” really means—or how your skin reflects your health—you won’t want to miss this conversation.-------🩸 YOU DIDN'T LAND HERE BY ACCIDENT.The Living Art Personality Quiz: Seven questions. 60 seconds.Get a free curated guide plus personalized art and healing recommendations built specifically around your result.Art that does not just hang on a wall. It lands in the bloodstream.👉 👉 Live the Art. Take the quiz-------Our guest is Elle Shelley Black, founder of SAME Skincare. After an emergency surgery and a devastating Stage 4 Endometriosis diagnosis upended her life, Elle began tracing the deep connections between hormones, daily self-care choices, and her skin.What started as a personal quest to balance her hormones soon became a rigorous practice of elimination, optimization, and attunement—adapting her skincare to match the changing needs of her cycle. This journey led to the creation of SAME Skincare: a brand designed to educate, empower, and give women a personalized protocol for aligning their skin with their cycle, mood, and life’s changes.LinksSAME SkincareInsta: @sameskincare_-------🖼️Our skin is our body's art piece.Mimosas with Todd was inspired by my late mentor, Todd Murphy’s Dress Series, created through a channeled conversation with him.That dialogue shaped the piece you see here. A delicate white bodice suspended above a skirt of mimosa branches, made as a cyanotype with the sun, and threaded with shimmering gold leaf.This piece reminds us that our radiance isn't manufactured in a bottle. Quite the opposite. It's natural, it's cyclical, it's sacred and worth protecting. As you listen, let this piece be an invitation to reclaim beauty on our own terms. -------✅CHAPTERS00:00 Introduction05:35 Understanding Endometriosis09:59 Low-Tox Beauty & Skincare15:40 Skincare & Hormonal Imbalances25:09 Eliminating Endocrine Disruptors26:46 Ovulation Art Piece29:44 Creative Destruction Cycle32:42 Managing Endometriosis Symptoms39:57 Pain + Healing Resources41:21 The SAME Wellness App44:14 Biohacking with Art - SAME Skincare-------About the PodcastYour pain is not a design flaw.Your body is not broken.And you were never meant to white-knuckle your way through a life that doesn't fit.I'm Meredith Ochoa — ANOTHER F#%ING ARTIST. After 17 years of endometriosis, surgical failures, and being told my pain was psychological, I stopped outsourcing my healing and went in. I healed myself. I turned the journey into art. And I built this show to introduce you to every expert, practice, and buried truth that helped me get there.Face Your Shit, Heal Yourself is a movement + podcast.We cover chronic pain, hormonal health, endometriosis, autoimmune disease, trauma, cycle syncing, functional medicine, Reiki, Ayurveda, sacred sexuality, Taoist healing, psilocybin, and everything else the mainstream medical system doesn't want on your radar.The only way out is through. Art is how.-------🩸all my links are here
