208 - Aging Beautifully, Informed, and Empowered with Amanda Porta, The Holistic Beauty Coach

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Amanda Porta, known as The Holistic Beauty Coach on social media, blends her love of aesthetics and natural health to help her clients achieve optimal results. Amanda has worked in many areas of the beauty industry for over 20 years and has used her wisdom to help women through the breast explant process after going through it herself. She has helped thousands of women globally and inspires them by teaching them to live more holistically.

Amanda has appeared on KIRO TV and KTLA Channel 5, as well as contributed to the podcasts – Ancient Health Podcast by Dr. Josh Axe, The Way Forward with Alec Zeck, Kathryn For Real, Awakening with Ali and many many more. She’s also written articles for and been interviewed by Hair Therapy, Ask Us Beauty, and Evie Magazine.

This is a no judgment and no filter conversation with a woman who has seen it all after working in plastic surgery clinics in Beverly Hills for many years and becoming a well known wellness advocate for women.

Show Notes:

[5:22] - Amanda shares her background in the beauty industry. Working with plastic surgeons, she found herself getting botox and procedures.

[9:02] - In her case, Amanda reluctantly got breast implants and didn’t truly understand the problems associated with them.

[10:46] - Right now, the trend is extreme features.

[14:22] - Amanda experienced over 7 years of illness as a result of her breast implants.

[18:04] - Breast implant illness is a real problem but not widely accepted in the medical industry.

[21:33] - Initially, Amanda’s Instagram was hyperfocused on breast implant explantation. But as she learned more about holistic health, she knew she needed to do more.

[25:26] - Botox and medical grade skin products when used for many years cause a lot of noticeable inflammation.

[28:14] - There are so many chemicals in beauty products that we are told are safe that could be causing problems.

[33:08] - Symptoms are our friends. That’s just our body saying to us that something is going on so we can correct it.

[37:01] - Amanda explains how breast implants and botox cause inflammation.

[43:41] - Jill admits that she hasn’t ever done anything to her skin and wonders if that’s why her skin is healthy as she ages.

[45:24] - Amanda explains how she turned to Eastern medicine and learned about the lymphatic system.

[50:51] - We need to learn how to detox, which could look different from person to person.

[54:08] - Jill and Amanda discuss contrast showers.

[56:23] - Rhythmic movement is beneficial to the lymphatic system.

[58:40] - Amanda gives us some simple actions you can take to improve the lymphatic system.

[62:29] - Jill is feeling inspired by implementing some different practices.

[66:07] - There is no one detox process.

[70:41] - Castor oil offers a lot of benefits and Jill and Amanda have both experienced them.

[74:00] - Learn how to connect with Amanda Porta, The Holistic Beauty Coach.

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