When I was 22, my skin started breaking out badly. It went from perfectly clear all my life to BAM. Red breakouts everywhere. I was embarrassed, confused, and it changed my personality.
 

 

 
I tried hundreds of products over the course of 1-2 years, but nothing worked. One day, something my parents had always told me “clicked.”

“You’re not going to be able to eat cupcakes and ice cream 24/7 forever without repercussions”

So, I changed my diet. I started juicing (vegetables) and eating fruits. *MiRaCuLoUsLy*... this cleared up my skin. 5 years later and it’s still a small battle I fight as I still have some scars.

But that is maybe not how I interpret my look changed my life.

My appearance for all those several years impacted my life that way:

It taught me that we are typical experiencing an inner struggle with some thing. Whether or not it’s our skin, our fat, our job, us, cash, our love connections, our kids, our success... such a thing. This has increased my tendency to be empathetic and compassionate towards other people all the time. It has made me more loving.
 

 

-Eileen Olsom