Your Skin Affects Your Nervous System - Is your skincare adding to your stress?

Your skin is your largest organ—and it's absorbing everything you put on it. But most conventional skincare products are loaded with parabens, phthalates, and petroleum that disrupt your hormones, trigger inflammation, and stress your nervous system.Meet Jodi Scott: pre-med background, master's in health psychology, and founder of Green Goo. When she got pregnant and looked at the ingredients in her first aid cabinet, she realized she wouldn't put any of it on her body—so she created plant-based alternatives that actually work better than their toxic counterparts.In this conversation, Jodi breaks down the science behind why your skin health directly impacts your nervous system, hormones, and overall inflammation—and how to make simple swaps that reduce your toxic load starting today.What You'll Learn:Why your skin is born from the same embryonic tissue as your nervous system (and what that means for inflammation, cortisol, and stress)Why parabens, phthalates, and petroleum were added to skincare 100 years agoHow petroleum-based lotions suffocate your skin microbiome and disrupt your endocrine systemWhy conventional products make your skin drier over timeThe skin-inflammation-nervous system feedback loop driving chronic eczemaThe green-washing problemWhere to start to upgrade your skincare Key Timestamps: [02:58] Jodi's pregnancy wake-up call about toxic skincare [09:18] Missing link: what we put ON our skin matters as much as what we eat [11:32] The skin-nervous system-inflammation connection explained [15:45] Why conventional lotion makes your skin worse (the balloon effect) [18:37] Polyester clothing vs. 100% cotton: the inflammation difference [23:32] Why natural products were assumed to be inferior (and how that's changing)[27:42] How the hemp/CBD wave opened doors for plant-based skincare research [31:14] Calendula's impact on telomere regeneration (longevity connection) [35:47] Jodi's go-to productsResources:Shop Green Goo: greengoo.comConnect with Jodi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodi-scott-7234331b8/Does your calendar dictate your nutrition? Grab The No-Time Nutrition Blueprint: http://store.feelgreatwithkait.com/ntnReady to stop trading your health for your wealth?Apply for coaching with Kaitlin: https://tidycal.com/kaitlin/apply