Agnieszka Wolczynska

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?...

People often ask me what I do as an Ayurvedic Practitioner. The honest answer? I do not heal people. The wellness industry often sells healing as a protocol. This one miracle trick or supplement. A diet. A perfect routine. But after reversing multiple chronic illnesses myself, I learned something uncomfortable: The body does not heal simply because it was told to. I am an Ayurvedic Practitioner. Some may call me “a healer,” yet I cannot prescribe healing to anybody. I cannot inject you with...