My Journey

  • My Simple Natural Beauty Routine: What I Use for My Face, Hair, and Body

    My Simple Natural Beauty Routine: What I Use for My Face, Hair, and Body

    A simple, honest look at my gradual switch to more natural beauty products — from head to toe. I share the products that work for my sensitive skin, the natural alternatives I keep returning to, and the few classic products I still use without guilt. The biggest lesson? A more natural routine does not have…

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  • My Healing Journey with Hypothyroidism

    My Healing Journey with Hypothyroidism

    It was a strange and beautiful feeling when the individual pieces of my life began to fall into place. Suddenly, things that had once felt random began to make sense, and I could see my story with hypothyroidism as one larger, more complete picture. Before I begin, I want to say clearly that this is…

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  • Let’s start at the beginning… but where is the beginning, really?

    Let’s start at the beginning… but where is the beginning, really?

    I grew up in a small town in eastern Slovakia in what was, “on paper,” a respectable family, where shouting, arguments, and fights between my parents were part of everyday life. We lived in a classic Eastern European-style block of flats. It happened several times that I would be walking home from school and could…

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