The Connection Between Stress and Eczema – Audio
Dr. Olivia Hsu Friedman was the featured guest for the Chicago Integrative Eczema Center’s November 2023 meeting. Here presentation spoke to the relationship between stress...
Holiday, travel, and self-care tips to keep you feeling your best year-round from Dr. Olivia and Amethyst Holistic Skin Solutions.
How Does Meditation Help Our Skin?
If you have a chronic skin condition and have been putting off starting a meditation practice, here is information that might change your mind. There...
Is a Sauna Good for Your Health and Skin?
How does exposure to heat in a sauna affect your health and skin? Sauna devotees and sauna manufacturers make many claims for the health benefits...
The 4-7-8 Breathing Technique
Most people take their breathing for granted as an automatic function that keeps them alive, nothing more. However, ancient cultures saw breath very differently. In...
What Your Skin Needs in Winter
Welcome to winter and its special beauty and calm. What does winter mean for your skin health? Let’s take a look at what changes many...
Chi: Your Body’s Inner Healer
All Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), including acupuncture and herbal medicine, is based on the concept of the invisible life force in our body, called “Chi”...
What Your Skin Needs in Fall
When seasons change, it can be a tricky time for your skin and your health. Whether we notice it or not, in autumn our body...
Tune in to Your Mind-Body Connection
You might not be the type of person who talks to yourself out loud, but your mind and body are talking to each other continuously....
How Traveling Can Affect Your Skin
Preparing for your next trip? You might want to prepare for the fact that your skin’s condition could change as you travel — for the...