Breakouts Linked to Stress

Written on 04/16/2025
Nadia Tamara Lee

Your skin is breaking out due to internal stress overload. Stress disrupts your body’s balance, triggering inflammation, hormonal shifts, and increased oil production—all of which contribute to acne and flare-ups12.

This session introduces your personalized stress-relief pathway to help you regain balance from within. You'll learn how stress-reducing practices—like meditation, mindfulness, and affirmations—can lower cortisol levels, reduce inflammation, and improve your skin’s resilience over time34.

You’ll begin with self-love affirmations, crafted to calm the mind and shift how you relate to your skin. These powerful statements help rewire stress-induced thought patterns and cultivate emotional healing56.

Next, we’ll share mindful eating tips that support clearer skin by lowering internal inflammation. You’ll discover anti-inflammatory foods and how balanced nutrition can reduce reactivity and support calm energy from within78.

Finally, this session includes simple daily meditations—perfect for grounding your mind before stress shows up on your skin. With consistency, these tools can help you reconnect with your inner calm and promote skin healing from the inside out9.

Let this be your starting point for a new kind of skin journey—one where how you feel matters just as much as what you apply.

Below you'll find a series of guided meditations to support your journey with healing words that calm your mind and clear your skin.

Breakouts Linked to Stress

Scientific Resources 

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  2. Chen, Y., & Lyga, J. (2014). Brain-skin connection: Stress, inflammation and skin aging. Inflammation & Allergy - Drug Targets, 13(3), 177–190. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25010336/ ↩
     
  3. Goyal, M., Singh, S., Sibinga, E. M. S., et al. (2014). Meditation programs for psychological stress and well-being: A systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Intern Med, 174(3), 357–368. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.13018 ↩
     
  4. Chrousos, G. P. (2009). Stress and disorders of the stress system. Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 5(7), 374–381. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2009.106 ↩
     
  5. Neff, K. D., & Germer, C. K. (2013). Mindful self-compassion improves emotional well-being. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 69(1), 28–44. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.21923 ↩
     
  6. Nelson, S. K., Fuller, K. M., Choi, I., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). Beyond self-protection: Affirmation and meaning. Journal of Positive Psychology, 9(6), 482–488. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2014.927905 ↩
     
  7. Calder, P. C. (2017). Nutrition, inflammation, and immunity. British Journal of Nutrition, 98(S1), S1–S2. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114507832975 ↩
     
  8. O’Neill, C. A., Monteleone, G., McLaughlin, J. T., & Paus, R. (2016). The gut–skin axis in health and disease: A paradigm with therapeutic implications. BioEssays, 38(11), 1167–1176. https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.201600008 ↩
     
  9. Carmody, J., & Baer, R. A. (2008). Relationships between mindfulness practice and levels of mindfulness, symptoms and well-being. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 31(1), 23–33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-007-9130-7 ↩