My skin story.
Your lived experiences shape the paths you go down. I had eczema from birth, along with many allergies. Pets, citrus fruits, pollen. Then, as a teenager, I had the very bad luck of getting cyanide poisoning from an old almond in a cake - which completely messed up my gut. And so I experienced more and more food sensitivities, along with rashy, spotty and itchy skin. This puzzled all the dermatologists I asked for help, who gave me steroid and anti-fungal creams. Nothing helped.
I really wanted to understand what was happening. I suspected that what I was seeing on the outside, was coming from the inside.
I did a lot of reading and listening, and worked with a very knowledgeable Nutritional Therapist. And my skin changed from angry to happy in 4 months. This surprised and excited me so much that I decided to throw myself into nutritional therapy studies and completely change my work path (from helping brands grow in Africa - my other love) - to help others with their skin struggles.
Following an intense 3 year diploma at the renowned Institute for Optimum Nutrition (ION) in London UK, where I gained a Distinction, I understood my own skin struggle history - and I was able to get back to balance, supporting my skin from the inside and the outside.
I now have the absolute joy of helping others in finding solutions to their skin struggles - that work in real life. I use nutrition, lifestyle and mindset as the building blocks for my advice and bring new scientific discoveries into my practice every day.
If you would like to book a free 15 minute discovery call, to find out more about how I work and how I can help you, go to Work with me.
Best wishes, Astrid
Nutritional Therapist DipION mBANT rCNHC | Social Psychologist MSc
