Agnieszka Wolczynska

The mast cell, the missing thread, and a conversation I wish I had heard twenty years ago. I recently listened to a podcast that made me feel two things at once. Fascinated. And slightly furious. Not furious with the women speaking. Quite the opposite. I loved Kayla Barnes-Lentz’s conversation with Dr. Tania Dempsey about mast cell activation syndrome. I was furious because I kept thinking: where was this conversation ten years ago? Twenty years ago? Where was it when I was collecting...

This post is about my recent experiences living in the center of the conflict in the Middle East, the PTSD and anxiety that followed, and the tools that continue to pull me through it. If stress has become a big part of your reality, I sincerely hope something here helps you too. Update Life has been extreme lately. Months of on-and-off war have left the Gulf region—and me in it—fragile and vulnerable. Twice I found myself inside buildings that were hit. Both times I was the adult in charge,...

Part I Beauty Industry Isn’t Going to Feed Itself. Are you beautiful enough? Your self-confidence isn’t going to make anybody any money. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You could help the beholder, you know. Be easier on the eye. You could fix just this one thing. You know what I’m talking about. That one thing you’re trying to hide in every angle of every picture. Why should you live your life hating that part of yourself? Because you’re worth it. Maybe it’s you, maybe it’s Maybelline?...