Melissa Wood-Tepperberg

Yes. Because it was just pumping my body with cortisol. I was so stressed out going into workouts, stressed out leaving. And that was like a big, moment in my life, I remember so vividly leaving a super popular class with a popular instructor. And there's no shame because things work differently for people.

Yes. Because it was just pumping my body with cortisol. I was so stressed out going into workouts, stressed out leaving. And that was like a big, moment in my life, I remember so vividly leaving a super popular class with a popular instructor. And there's no shame because things work differently for people.

And I think that this is where we need to cultivate these relationships with ourselves and see what really makes you feel in harmony with yourself. And I just remember I like got off the train 14th Street and I was walking and I was like, I feel horrible. How am I paying to feel worse? What is wrong? And I was just like, I think I'm just I was just searching. And then I started meditating.

And I think that this is where we need to cultivate these relationships with ourselves and see what really makes you feel in harmony with yourself. And I just remember I like got off the train 14th Street and I was walking and I was like, I feel horrible. How am I paying to feel worse? What is wrong? And I was just like, I think I'm just I was just searching. And then I started meditating.

I felt this.

I felt this.

So this was at this point. I it was like. 12 years 15 years ago i'm 41 you do the math 20 26 27 exactly late 20s and i've you know i still felt this although i was slowly it was like becoming more self-aware like patching things up as i was going but i felt that i was I was just out here for all the answers. Tell me and I'll do the thing. And I was covered in cystic acne.

So this was at this point. I it was like. 12 years 15 years ago i'm 41 you do the math 20 26 27 exactly late 20s and i've you know i still felt this although i was slowly it was like becoming more self-aware like patching things up as i was going but i felt that i was I was just out here for all the answers. Tell me and I'll do the thing. And I was covered in cystic acne.

I had horrifying cystic pimples all over my face, my neck, down my back. And I did everything. It was like, I saw every dermatologist, I did Accutane. It was just, it was awful. And now I realize like that was my, how I internalized my anxiety for so many years. It was coming out in my skin. It was the stress. With a combination of products I was using and food for sure, environment.

I had horrifying cystic pimples all over my face, my neck, down my back. And I did everything. It was like, I saw every dermatologist, I did Accutane. It was just, it was awful. And now I realize like that was my, how I internalized my anxiety for so many years. It was coming out in my skin. It was the stress. With a combination of products I was using and food for sure, environment.

But it was my nervous system. Screaming at you. Trying to bang on my door. And I just felt like, you know what? I've got to go in here. Like I've got to like almost because I think when you are so dysregulated, you don't even know what home and safety is. So there was just this feeling that I felt I needed to take all of that and come in here.

But it was my nervous system. Screaming at you. Trying to bang on my door. And I just felt like, you know what? I've got to go in here. Like I've got to like almost because I think when you are so dysregulated, you don't even know what home and safety is. So there was just this feeling that I felt I needed to take all of that and come in here.

I started meditating. I've meditated every day since.

I started meditating. I've meditated every day since.

And that's how I'm here. And I can tell you that for a fact. I know that with everything inside of me because it was the thing that helped me see myself for the first time for like who I really was and not any persona or facade that I had put on. And I was really interested in wellness, but because my relationship with myself was still so dysfunctional,

And that's how I'm here. And I can tell you that for a fact. I know that with everything inside of me because it was the thing that helped me see myself for the first time for like who I really was and not any persona or facade that I had put on. And I was really interested in wellness, but because my relationship with myself was still so dysfunctional,

It was the thing that helped me look in the mirror and like find so much like deep love, like true love for me and for my skin and loving myself through my acne and not being at my happy weight. And it just helped me. It was like almost like just like defogging the lens and everything got like a little bit brighter.

It was the thing that helped me look in the mirror and like find so much like deep love, like true love for me and for my skin and loving myself through my acne and not being at my happy weight. And it just helped me. It was like almost like just like defogging the lens and everything got like a little bit brighter.

I was probably like a three, four. Really? The work that I was doing from like a one, two. So like I was – and that doesn't sound like progress, but it is. Yeah. And I think that's the thing that I – So you really hated yourself before that? I hated myself because of my actions. Really? I wasn't proud.

I was probably like a three, four. Really? The work that I was doing from like a one, two. So like I was – and that doesn't sound like progress, but it is. Yeah. And I think that's the thing that I – So you really hated yourself before that? I hated myself because of my actions. Really? I wasn't proud.