242 thoughts on “Acne: My Skin, my Diet and Me”

1. It’s great how the body works and how it tells us what is there to be looked at. I had severe acne for some time and for me it felt devastating, and something I wouldn’t wish for anyone, but at the same time, it showed me something quite profound. I had always relied upon my good looks (yes I said it, I thought I looked amazing, which I did) to gain confidence but when that was eradicated I had to look a bit deeper than skin deep. Although I thought I looked amazing I also realised that it was a quite shallow well to rely upon since once taken away I was left with no real feeling of who I was, so for me, it was a blessing. At the time it really was a blessing in disguise since it felt awful but afterwards, I was left feeling and being way more humble which even my best friend commented on. So my conclusion is that even if what happened to me could be scientifically explained in one way it offered me something more profound and that is that our body and soul know exactly how to cooperate to bring about true healing, and even if that means me feeling at times very uncomfortable it’s just superficial un-comfortability compared to me not being an honest and truthful Matts.

2. We think our food choices are all about ‘willpower’ and blame ourselves for making ‘incorrect’ or abusive decisions, but what if our food choices were an OUTPLAY of feelings, interactions and emotions that occurred out ten steps before? And it’s our reactions to these things rather than US that reaches for x in the fridge?

3. Simple proof of the effectiveness of Universal Medicine therapies and not a randomised controlled double blind experiment in sight! Love the simplicity of the body and what happens when we connect to our own truth.

4. There is so much to be gained by allowing the body to communicate and listening to what allows it to return to its own balance and order. Medication can also be great to support us with many conditions, but sometimes only manages difficult symptoms rather than addressing the underlying causes.

5. We create our own misery and play treating it as a mystery.

6. When we build a relationship with our body we can feel what is true for us, and what is not. I had constant spots as a teenager and looking back I can feel it was that I was not connected to me and who I was and so I would eat copious amounts of sugar and sweets…to try and make my life sweeter. It didn’t work and all it did was to get me to crave sugar all the more. Removing the sugar, dairy, alcohol and gluten and my life began to change, and the joy of being connected to me out weighs any of the cravings, and if they do come back I know it is because I am avoiding connection with myself, and the amazing life I now have.

7. I just remembered: when I was 16, at school a classmate asked me whether my acne was from inside or outside – I didn’t understand the question but somehow I felt ‘inside’ was the right answer and would satisfy my friend. I still didn’t understand what the question was about for the next 20+ years. I could have asked her there and then what she was asking but it was too much for my pride.

8. What an astonishing situation to have doctors say that diet is not related to acne, it seems that science has ownership of the truth! It highlights how we give our power to things including science when the true evidence is right there in our bodies.

9. We have to come to a sensible understanding of just how much we are affected by our diet and then take steps to adjust our diet so that it remains supportive of us as we evolve.

10. “Most importantly, I now know that my beauty has nothing to do with my appearance” – absolutely Leonne and this happened to me when I understood that beauty, real beauty.. is a quality; something that comes from deep within and through the way life is lived. When I started to live with the quality of (self) love I saw not only my own beauty but all that of others too.

11. Yep it definitely is empowering to know that we can change our health just from listening and responding to our body and confirming also that our lifestyle (livingness) including diet, do have an impact on our health. This should be common sense really, as we wouldn’t pour a bottle of wine or cup of caffeine on a plant and expect it to be okay, so why should it be different with our bodies!

12. There is a numbing device called photo shop for large billboards, advertising and fashion magazines which convey a false message that abusive lifestyle choices bring flawless skin, which is not true. The young women who are sold this lie and have bought into it have agonized why they do not measure up. The trick is so that we never know our beauty comes from within and from our responsible lifestyle choices.

13. Very powerful the moment when we realise we are not just our body but much more. Thank you body for this awareness.

14. “Most importantly, I now know that my beauty has nothing to do with my appearance” – agree Leonne.. a woman’s own beauty is so inextricably tied to how she looks, her skin and so on as a measure, though nothing beats the beauty from her absolute realness. As I’ve been understanding and experiencing over the years, beauty is borne from a lifestyle (choice).. and the quality of this lifestyle and in how we self-relate is what reveals either a surface level or depth of beauty.

15. Food is something we go to because we are wanting to feel a certain quality in our body, for example lightness, heaviness, dullness, raciness etc. Hence it is never about food but about addressing the quality we truly want to live in our lives.

16. Hindsight is such an amazing thing! When we look back we get to see clearly what our body has been trying to tell us.

17. How wonderfully wise our bodies are. If only we listened to them more. And yes, real beauty comes from within – pimples or no pimples – well said Leonne. When I really started to understand and appreciate this, the desire for unhealthy lifestyle choices diminished greatly and my body reflected this with weight loss and higher energy levels. We really are offered a powerful reflection constantly by our bodies. Life could be very different if we paid more attention.

18. What we put into our body and how we treat ourselves bears a relationship to how our body reacts and responds and what shows up in or on our bodies. What we breathe, eat, drink and absorb through our skin becomes our blood and how we think determines our movements, our choices and decisions and influences our wellbeing absolutely. I feel if this were not true then doctors and nurses would not ask for blood tests to ascertain our state of wellbeing. Sometimes when we are in positions of authority it can be tempting to give an answer to satisfy our client rather than being more honest and say we don’t know. To me this is far more irresponsible than the assumed responsibility of having to provide an answer. It can not only cause confusion and spread mistruths but also undermines the validity of our profession.

19. OMG, Hilarious you let Kate Moss give you advice…so funny! I had never considered that my diet might be causing me any issues growing up, as I had what most people considered a very healthy diet with only the occasional junk food that my dad actually convinced me was healthy to eat once in a while (??). I never had acne, but when I did get a pimple it would often be an enormous volcano sized mound on my face that would hang around for up to a month. It was like 5 pimples in one, and painful. When I started to look after myself and consider looking at refining my diet, I eliminated gluten and dairy and I noticed about a year later I no longer got those intense pimples. 9 years on, and I still haven’t had one.

20. When our body speaks what is supportive for it, we can either adhere to these messages and respond lovingly, or ignore/deny/dismiss and instead abuse ourselves. There really is no middle ground.

21. Leonne, I love the rawness in which you write, and I can personally relate to this blog since I also had a “acne issue” – and tried everything too. One thing you do undergo when something like this hits your publicness i.e. face.. is you do what you can to ‘resolve it’ through diet and so forth. For me the killer was cream, dairy which I eventually gave up. There was an obvious imbalance in my life at the time to create such a clearing through the spots/face, and for me I recalled it relating to beauty and how I looked, of being seen.. which in my view back then was “far from beautiful due to the spots”.. I recall going somewhere, accidentally leaving my makeup bag at a friends.. and going into utter panic and despair. I had no option but to face the world, my fellow university students, army officers who were training us for a team build project completely bare skinned. It wasn’t until many years [10+] later, thanks to Universal Medicine, that I truly resolved the core issue to do with [my] beauty, which was the way and quality of care I lived, not how I looked physically. The physical outer being pure representation of the inner being at ease with itself to shine true beauty.

22. We spend the enormous amount of time trying to find solutions for our woes, when we can access everything that is needed just by simply reconnecting to the quality within ourselves that is one with the all.

    1. Only a true inward movement arrests the out-of-control outward movement.

23. “My beauty comes from within and no pimple is big enough to erase it on the outside. How incredibly powerful this is.” – Absolutely! Very awesome to recognise the beauty you and we innately are, to reconnect with that knowing inside and let that beauty out without reserve, not judging our appearance according to how we think we should look or need to be ‘picture perfect’.

24. Sometimes it seems as though we are fighting against ourselves and our inner wisdom, and make life harder for ourselves. I would say I have been doing the same off and on all of my adult life – knowing some foods give me a constant runny nose and yet I continue to eat them. The reason I know this is because I have experimented and stopped eating the offending foods and the condition has cleared up, and then when the food starts to creep back into my diet the symptoms return. Maybe we would be wiser to listen to our bodies full stop.

25. Thank you for sharing Leonne , ” I have come to love my pimples and see each one as a gift of truth. ” I laughed at this part , I was thinking if someone said that to you when you were 16 or 17 years what would have been your response. Truth always comes with the evident that makes the truth.

26. It’s crazy how loud our body shouts and how consistent our inner knowing forever whispers. We always know the answer but choosing to listen and live them can take a while.

27. To have a spot on my face in my teens felt like the end of the world! Back then I heavily relied on my appearance to make me feel good instead of listening to the knowing that all the beauty I could ever want was within. What has changed? – Acceptance. As I learn to accept myself spots and all what matters is not what is going on on the outside or around me but how I feel about myself within. Surrendering and accepting myself as I am in every moment is a work in progress which supports me to no longer need the confirmations I was desperately seeking from outside of me and in doing so I feel steady, clear and sure of myself within.

28. Amazing Leonne, a true study into the effects food and emotions have on our appearance.

29. It is amazing the lengths we go to, to avoid listening to our bodies, we will even go to the likes of Kate Moss!! But really it is I have found an ongoing unfolding, to re-learn to listen to the body, for whatever reason it is that is presenting.

30. ‘Most importantly, I now know that my beauty has nothing to do with my appearance. My beauty comes from within …’ The power that comes from knowing who we truly are shines true beauty.

31. We can ask ourselves whether we are actually accepting that we know what food, when and how to eat it is going to be best for our wellbeing on every level.

32. It is so lovely when we feel our beauty emanating out from inside us. We have no need then of anything from the outside telling us how beautiful we are. When others tell us we are beautiful we know the truth of this and can joyfully accept the confirmation. Beauty radiates out and touches all that it meets, awakening beauty in some and possibly meeting with reaction from others. Beauty can flow in all our movements, a grace and power to inspire and share.

33. The approach of Universal Medicine is one that provides a new way of looking at the world. It offers that there is a reason and an energy behind everything, and that in the willingness to heal, the path is available.

    1. Willingness is the key word.. being willing to look at what our bodies are constantly communicating to us, is a gesture of self-love and nurturing that the body responds to amazingly well.

34. We know exactly what is required of us and we continually ignore the signals until one day it is confirmed. What I love is the confirmation, it comes to all of us when we are ready to listen to the wisdom of our body’s.

35. Great sharing Leonne. Our body knows and responds to the choices that we make. The body speaks loud and clear telling us that there is an imbalance. It is up to us to take the responsibility for our lifestyle choices including our emotions that we may indulge in. When we listen to our body, honour it, it then has the possibility of healing.

36. Listening to and loving our bodies brings us into relationship with one of our finest guides and allies in life.

    1. Beautifully said Matilda, surrendering to this truth brings forth the power we have forever held within.

37. An awesome testimonial of the power of simple and practical dietary choices, thanks Leonne.

38. Thank you Leonne, I loved reading your blog, it really shows how when we make more self loving choices and choose not to do the things we once did there can be a remarkable change in our body, as it is no longer dealing with alcohol, or other substances that the body finds hard to process.

39. “My beauty comes from within and no pimple is big enough to erase it on the outside.” Sometimes we make a pimple into a volcano so all we can see is the fallout of the turbulence we are causing.

40. When I was growing up my best friend used to be able to eat everything and anything and never put on weight, I thought she was the luckiest person in the world because I would put on weight easily. What I realize now is it was not the food that I was eating that was the issue, it was the energy I was absorbing, I would bloat and my weight would yo, yo depending on what I took on. She was in so much motion and ran off nervous energy and the energy had a different effect on her. Neither was better, just she was skinny and I was bigger. I have learnt over the years that weight is not connected directly with food, there are other forces at play.

41. Listening to the wisdom of the body is the key to true healing.

42. How much we can give our power away to others and let ourselves be guided by those who know better when all along we have the truth nudging us from within. It is awesome that you finally listened to your body and took responsibility for your health. I met someone at a party yesterday who had done the same thing with a different skin condition, eczema. It was not until she changed her diet significantly did she have any change in her symptoms which had been with her since childhood and were mainly manifesting in her hands and face. Someone there who had known her a long time was amazed at the change in her. There is more truth to ‘we are what we eat’ than we would sometimes care to consider.

43. I’m now amazed that I spent so much time and energy looking for any solution rather than the true one that asked me to take responsibility for my choices.

44. Food is a contributory factor to many skin diseases and illnesses, emotional issues and stress being another one. When we eat foods that our body can’t handle or no longer support us it has to eliminate the toxins, and one of the ways is through the skin. It is interesting that your doctor saw no connection between diet and acne, which as you say was very convenient and allowed you to carry on eating things you deep down knew were not good for you.

45. Funny that we can say that we are engaged in a fight against a part of the body we have issues with (e.g., face, acne), when the issue is just the reflection of the issue we have with life. We love to focus this way because it guarantees not paying attention to the bigger picture.

46. Listening to our heart and our body takes practise as the mind is always wanting to interfere with alternative suggestions which often seem so tempting and if we have a strong predilection we can go down the well worn path of our old habits. Awesome that you felt to stay with what you felt and to also get the support for yourself in this. Changing diet changes so much. I am still learning how different foods affect me at different times and in different situations and I have let go of gluten and dairy and sugar from my diet and am gradually refining it so that my food choices are mine and not from an ideal, a belief or just pure habit which usually on looking further gives me all sorts of revelations about how I am choosing to view myself and the world.

47. Loving ourselves for who we are regardless of all the imperfections is an art well worth learning.

48. Leonne – Thank you so much for your sharing! I can relate to the upheavals and trials and tribulations of a life of acne…I was sent home from school a few times by the school nurse as she thought I had an infectious skin condition (it was just my acne). This was super embarrassing and certainly did not support me to feel more confident about myself as a teenager. Acne was something I battled with for many many years until about 1-2 years after my son was born (about 25 years in total). And yes, I too was told food had nothing to do with it. Yet changes in my diet certainly made a big difference…Interesting how people are not encouraged to explore and implement food choices as this really is such a strong part of our fundamental health and well being. I love how you have tied in the internal changes that you adopted from what you learned from Universal Medicine as supporting you to love yourself regardless of what was happening with your skin.

49. It’s ever so interesting that science can ignore the patently obvious. Perhaps a lot of scientists also want to stick to their diets of chips, pastries and the sweets.

50. Learning to love our pimples or whatever “imperfection” we imagine we have brings a great relief and the possibility of knowing that we are far grander than any so called imperfections.

51. Its funny the convenient truths we abide by when we don’t want to address something on a deeper level. Scientists and doctors are a fantastic asset to society and I am pro Science and Medicine but as with most things in this world, it’s important we do not give our power away to the information they provide because more often than not, there is more to the story. If you go to your doctor with almost any concern about your period, you are recommended the pill, there is almost never a discussion on diet, exercise or the way you are conducting rest and play in your monthly cycle, in other words, ‘don’t worry about taking any responsibility because we can medicate you.’

52. It makes sense that what we put in is what we wear on the outer. The body is very receptive and so willing to support us. Your blog shows how much power is in our own hands when we are willing and take it.

53. The truth and love of the world lives in our heart not on our skin. As I go deeper into my body and develop my feelings for what they naturally are the way I look reflects this.

54. My experience is that it is hard to listen and go along with my own feelings when I feel like my past choices were mistakes and led me to a situation where I don’t like to find myself in – it’s like I would be the last person I would want to listen to.

55. A battle with the face is a reflection of a previous and more general battle with oneself.

56. Nobody likes the link between what we ingest and our health and thus, it is often dismissed out of hand. Why? Because it asks us to take responsibility for how we live and what we put into our body; it can appear to be much easier to resort to medication and keep living the way we have accustomed ourselves to. But the problem does not go away if we don’t address the root cause concurrently and use the break from the symptoms that the medication provides to make the necessary changes.

    1. Beautifully said gabrieleconrad – responsibility and love Truly support us to heal but these things are not used anywhere near as much as they need to be.

57. I can relate to what you have shared, though I didn’t have an issue with acne my issue played out in being overweight. I too can relate to what you shared of struggling to deal with life without certain foods. I was super sensitive to everything around me and because I didn’t want to feel what was going on I would eat to get relief from it. Our relationship with food is very telling as it often reflects how we are feeling and how much we are prepared to be ourselves in the world.

    1. Yes food as an attempt to blanket our sensitivities is so revealing. It is a great awareness to have and can inform us so clearly about our choices.

58. Such a great example of being discerning when it comes to taking advice from others – even supermodels! I too have discovered that my body is my wisest counsellor telling me regularly when something I have done is negatively affecting it. Mind you I didn’t always think so. I spent the greatest portion of my life ignoring my body and it suffered some awful, but preventable, consequences but these days my body and I are the best of friends and it shows in so many ways.

59. How often do we hear that ‘beauty is an inside job’. We know it, but do we live it? Having a physical condition that is seen can be challenging because we have to deal with the reactions of others, which may have the effect of further self-judgement and criticism. But when we work on re connecting to our inherent worth and love we lose the power this has and any external reactions from others affect us less and less.

60. ‘I gave up on the diet once I realised I couldn’t handle life without the food and drinks that harmed me.’ What a fabulously honest understanding to share. The bottom line is we misuse food because we are not accepting life. Life is hard, therefore I need to drink. Something in life is disturbing me, therefore I need to eat to take it away. Getting real about why and how we use food – and how much of it is truly about nourishment – is a great way to begin to change our relationship with it.

61. The investment we make in our faces can be enormous – I know this is a big one for me as I’ve felt my body ‘let me down’ in the appearance department but my face was my ‘saving grace’. I was equally distressed as a young person when pimples became a thing and note I can still feel concerned today whenever a change in my face occurs. But all this highlights is a need for a deeper level of self-love and self-acceptance, and a lived understanding of the fact that true beauty lies within.

62. Not only have I noticed a huge change in my skin from changing my diet (its now almost spot free and looks very healthy) but I also notice I get less colds. Also having been diagnosed with what my doctor called ‘wear and tear’ arthritis, I am aware that certain foods make it worse, and avoidance of those foods results in no pain at all.

63. I love reading stories like this. Universal Medicine is inspiring people to connect more and more to their bodies, and the incredible wisdom and inner-knowing that exists within us all. From there, more and more miracles are occuring. Love it.

64. It seems crazy to say that what we put in our body has no effect on it and yet this is what some scientists/ doctors appear to be saying when they say that what we eat has no effect on our skin health… I understand that food affects people differently and am not saying it is the only thing implicated in acne but in my experience too what I eat makes a big difference on not just my skin health but my overall wellbeing too. Great to hear how you followed your intuition Leonne!

65. In today’s world, we may be able to find a study to explain and prove anything that we want to justify in our head, but our heart will always know if it true or not.

66. I love your sharing Leonne and I can imagine many people would take the pill for life so it is great you found that there for sure is another way and our bodies know it.

67. Beautiful testimony of that we actually know but have not yet learned or chosen to listen to, ie. ignoring our body and feeling by overriding its communication. And what a price to pay with years of self-loathing and suffering from symptoms that would not exist in the first place when taking care of what the body knows is best.

68. Our relationship with food is always evolving. Taking the time out to listen to our bodies and fine-tune what is needed in order to support us to express more of who we are is part of our responsibility for ourselves and others alike.

69. It feels like your body was always trying to tell you that chocolate, alcohol, coffee and fried foods were not good for you but we like to ignore these signals for the sake of feeling comforted, cushioned and fitting into the societal mould.

70. ‘I gave up on the diet once I realised I couldn’t handle life without the food and drinks that harmed me.’
    This is a big one, and many people will say they love their smoking, drinking, milkshakes etc. when really they don’t love them at all but need them to get through life. So why are we revolving our lives around things that make the body feel terrible? You’ve nailed it here Leonne in saying that we have a ‘relationship’ with these foods and what that relationship gives us unfortunately outweighs the effects on the body, until such time as the body starts screaming for change!

71. Stories like this, shared in this blog, are so needed to be read by everybody as we tend to think that there is no relationship between what we eat and our wellbeing, but the reality as being experienced by many do say that there is a relationship for sure. It is this commonly held belief that is withholding us as a society e.g. from changing the range of product being sold in our supermarkets. Imagine how our supermarkets will look like when we would do this. There would be no more dairy, gluten and sugar-containing products, no coffee, or caffeine containing tea, no alcohol and cigarettes to name a few. This may sound unrealistic but to me there will come a time where we commonly will come to this understanding and make the changes that are needed. It only needs some time until we all will consider this as the only way out of the increasing illness and disease rates that have been presented for many years to us in the health statistics produced worldwide.

72. I can remember during puberty and after that if I had got one spot on my face it was the end of the world! I don’t know how I would have coped having acne. I was paranoid that by having one spot it would affect what others thought of me. On reflection it makes me realise how much energy I was giving to and relying on my appearance for love from others or outside of myself when in truth which I have reawakened to, the love I was craving for was inside me all along. Beautiful blog Leonne, thank you for sharing.

73. There is no doubt about it Leonne, you have made quite a turn around in your life! Makes me appreciate the power and importance of true parenting. That is parenting to raise a child to be who they naturally are and not let the world raise them up to be what the world needs them to be. The influence of seeing beauty as something from the outside alone is huge and has a massive impact on how we feel about ourselves even if we feel super lovely on the inside.

74. Great to revisit this and appreciate how huge and simple it was to deal with something that had previously devastated me. Looking back it was a challenge to accept that I knew the truth all along and put myself through a lot of unnecessary pain but it is wonderful to be able to share this story so that other people will have a reference point for whats possible when you listen to the truth you always knew.

75. 4 years on from when you have written this article Leonne, I know you to be someone who is always up for refining your relationship with food, which if we are honest, is really our relationship with our own evolution in the sense that the foods we eat can either support and facilitate a swift return back to who we truly are, or it can thwart and hence delay such a move. Your openness, honesty and willingness to peer ‘beneath the curtain’ as to what is really going on is really inspiring, thank you.

76. I know this relentless search and effort to fix and rid the skin of acne well. I would be financially well off now if I had only listened to my body for all the years I paid anything to have perfect skin. Reading your experience Leonne has reminded me how far I’ve come since then. I used to unconsciously and consciously pick my skin all of the time… even when driving. Pick, pick, pick… I now see how much I picked on myself in so many ways, how I looked, how I spoke, how many jobs I got done etc and how inflamed my insides were from holding so much in and not expressing. This poison needed to come out of the body somehow. Now I hardly ever pick my face… and am a lot more gentle and caring of myself.

77. This line – “Most importantly, I now know that my beauty has nothing to do with my appearance. My beauty comes from within and no pimple is big enough to erase it on the outside. How incredibly powerful this is.” – was a pure delight to read and got me thinking…..if more women connected to this, could you image what the offering is to beauty products around the world. They could have the opportunity to create products that support and bring out this beauty that you speak of. Which is completely different to what they trade on at the moment as they trade on women’s lack of self-worth and doubt.

78. I’ve had the same Leonne, very severe acne and it totally devastated me. I remembered that I said to myself that I wouldn’t wish this onto my worst enemy. Not that I had any but you get my point. What I realised though was how much I relied on my appearance and looks for me to feel confident about myself. The period was indeed a blessing even though at the point it felt anything but. I got more humble and understanding and less judging towards myself and others.

    1. Beautifully said Matts. Feeling beautiful or ugly based on the way we look is equally empty. I always knew that feeling beautiful was what really mattered and then I found out that the more beautiful I feel the more beautiful the woman in the mirror becomes.

79. There is something not only wrong with how we view our health and our body but more so how life is set up for us to live. It’s great you share this Leonne as it relates to something I have been becoming aware of more and more too .. and that is that we so want the outer world to fit into the ideas and images we think it should such as be looking beautiful etc.. yet at the same time our very body is dealing with and showing a part of our lives where such beauty is not truly being lived. And rather than be open and learn from what this is showing us, we so “normally” continue to deal with it from the outside and remove the symptoms but not the cause, the energy that is causing it all underneath from our chosen way of life.

80. It is great to see things like acne for what they are -the body clearing and releasing something. So then we can stop and ask ok how have I been living that has led to this needing to happen and can then lovingly embrace making changes rather than purely maling changes to try to stop the acne or whatever it is.

81. Pretty much every direction we look we are faced with a way of living that is in truth completely irresponsible – one where emotions rule, anything goes and where health is thought to be the absence of illness and disease and not being vital and energised. So it is understandable that we can take quite a while to start to listen to the very wise impulses that are coming from our body, which are showing us the way to live in connection and in honouring of ourselves. Much of this is contra to how most are living around us, so it does take real commitment to make these changes. And as such, we must not forget to express our appreciation for ourselves when we do make different choices and also to be super-understanding with ourselves (and others for that matter) when we ‘slip’ and go back to our old ways. The understanding is so supportive that we are then able to pick ourselves back up and carry on building our new foundations.

82. Wow, Leonne, that took me back to my teenage years and similar squeezing and poking and trying to find remedies. I remember how much I just wanted those pimples to go away so I could get on with life. Fast forward to today and I have a very different relationship with my body. One that sees any signs of illness and disease as an opportunity to stop and reflect on how I am choosing to live and consider what the root cause of the ailment could be.

83. Understanding that everything is energy allows us to understand that everything we do, what we eat, how we eat it and why we eat it will have an effect on our bodies, the key is to be build an honest and true relationship with our bodies and the way we use food to either increase or dull our awareness of how much we indeed know we are a key part in the universe.

84. Interesting how those nagging feelings in the background often hold the truth we’re not yet ready to listen to!! How empowering to listen to the truth our bodies tell us.

85. It really doesn’t make any sense to me that some believe that there is no correlation between diet and how our skin is. But it’s what is driving those food choices that is what is the most important to address. It’s super empowering to know that we can heal those drivers and make completely new choices that support our body and our wellbeing.

86. The body seems to very honestly teach self responsibility – it just never lies. My body always shows me exactly the truth of what is going on even though I try to interpret it differently at times to suit my version of things. But, nothing moves until I humbly respect the clear communication my body consistently offers. The body is truly a fantastic teacher of the truth.

87. Leonne the beauty of who you are shines through your blog from start to finish! Isn’t it crazy when we look back and realise that if we would have just scratched under the surface (and I don’t mean picking pimples :-)) we would have re-connected to who we are again. I could relate to so much, I didn’t have acne at school, apart from the one or two little pimples at times, but when I was in my twenties and especially after having babies I had adult acne and I hated it. I can recall the so-called well intentioned comments from others about how to ‘fix’ the acne and lesions on my face… but most the time it would make it worse. My body was telling me well before I got acne that much of the food I was eating and the emotional way I lived was hurting me. Now when I get pimples they are just the end result of something I’ve chosen.

88. A story for the ages Leonne and one that is so relevant for so many, I never had lots of spots but always a few, never grew out of them until I gave up processed foods, and sugar, and dairy, and wheat in my early 30s. Cornflakes were actually particularly bad, I always got a really sore spot on my face every time I ate them. But the link is something we have to make for ourselves, what choices we make and the reactions we have.

89. It’s interesting how we can override what we feel because there’s no ‘scientific proof’ to back it up. Love hearing how you developed a greater connection with yourself and your body and the amazing changes this has resulted in.

90. In listening to our bodies and what they share we can deepen our relationship with ourselves even more so. Loving our bodies and Supporting ourselves to heal, gives us a greater understanding and awareness of how we are living everday.

91. Leonne I love how you have learnt to love your spots and now see them as a message from your body that something is not right with the way you are living.. I know chocolate and sugar were two main contributing factors to my spots when I was a teenager and into my 20’s, along with my lack of confidence in being me, yet as you found, most scientific evidence is still saying that chocolate has health benefits, even though most of us know deep down chocolate is the cause of many of our ailments.

92. When I read your blog Leonne, all I can feel is the purity and absolute joy of you, and how the way in which you were living (no different to the majority, if the truth be said) was in stark denial of the treasure that you are.
    How amazing, that this was so literally, ‘in your face’ – until you chose to come back to you, and say you are worth so much more.
    As we all are…
    You leave us with much to reflect upon here, thank-you.

93. Our current allopathic medical model is sorely missing an enormous amount, in terms of self-responsibility for the way we live our own lives, our lifestyle choices, and how these can significantly impact upon our health and well-being. Countless stories can be found on blog sites such as this, and elsewhere – of people’s lives that have been nothing short of transformed via considering ‘the whole’, i.e. the ‘whole picture’ of how we live and how it impacts upon us in the minutest of ways.
    Our penchant for the quick fix, the pill in a bottle that will end our woes, is deeply exposing for us all…

94. This is a beautiful confirmation of the power we all hold when we surrender and trust our inner knowing.

95. It’s incredible that in medicine the link between what goes into our body and how that plays out isn’t a stronger message. It has always made sense to me that a symptom is the body saying ‘something needs to change’ and it is a cue for us to then feel and investigate this. If we don’t, and we find a solution, then the body has to find another way to give us the message and show us through other symptoms.

96. The body can do a lot of clearing via the skin. Rashes, pimples, psoriasis etc are all ways the body is saying something is not right and something truly needs addressing. This happened to me recently even after having a relatively good diet with no wheat, gluten, alcohol, dairy or caffeine I was getting patches of psoriasis. In working with an Esoteric Naturopath it became apparent I needed to address and heal my gut, something which I have been working with over the last few months. The psoriasis has cleared, my diet has changed even more and I feel it has been a blessing and helped me go to a deeper level of healing and clearing in my body. Reading this I also thought gosh how many people are out there spending tons of time and money on trying to treat or heal specific ailments and not getting anywhere! Definietly millions! The true beauty with Universal Medicine and Sacred Esoteric Healing modalities is that it lovingly reflects to us that everything we need in order to heal is within us already it is just a matter of making different choices and living in a way that supports and cares for our whole well-being. And yes the food and drink we have definietly matters and plays a role in this.

    1. I reread my own blog today and it brought back how miraculous it was that I was able to heal this condition. At the time I wrote this I was still unsure as to whether the acne would return but years on my skin feels better than ever and the joy of having a menstrual cycle unaffected by the contraceptive pill is immense. In hindsight I can see I gave up a lot in order to address my acne without addressing the cause and now years later I am still detoxifying the consequences of the medication I took from my system.

97. Interesting how without embracing the truth of what was going on for you Leonne and instead using the solution, there was no true empowerment and understanding of why you had the ill in the first place. Solutions do not empower us to be who we truly,

98. Amazing to hear how you knew right from the beginning what was true for you, but you had to wait till things got pretty bad before you honoured this knowing – Serge Benhayon’s presentations have offered me the opportunity to rebuild a naturally responsive relationship with my body, its a friendship i treasure today.

99. Leone i can relate to your story, i remember being painfully embarrassed and sensitive about my acne, mine was not on my face but my back and as i was a keen swimmer this made life quite awkward, especially when we did matches with other schools, i would self consciously hide my body under t-shirts.

100. Acne was one of those things that I called normal in teenagers. It was totally expected. The weird ones were those who did not have it. How fascinating would it have been if we knew that acne has something to do with our lifestyle, and could have conversations about it with them.

101. Brilliant blog Leonne, I love this part ‘My beauty comes from within and no pimple is big enough to erase it on the outside’ this is so true. Also by listening and connecting to our body we get to understand what is going on and it will guide us to make loving choices, whereas our thoughts can take us on a detour, full of confusion and doubts. Learning to listen to our body is our most natural guide and support in caring for our body.

102. ‘I have come to love my pimples and see each one as a gift of truth’ When we consider that a pimple is the bodies way of ridding itself of something that is harmful to it, our perspective changes and it’s not just about me and how I look anymore. By tracing back to what got the pimple there we can make different choices in the future and then the body doesn’t need to detox because there are no toxins to come out, although having said that sometimes the body then works on deeper impurities and stored toxicity and begins to release that. This is great though, it means that as we stay steady with our dietary changes to support a new way of being the body can clear and there will be more of that loveliness available to emanate from the inside.

103. Awesome article, so empowering to hear your story. We all have our version of acne, it might not be pimples on our faces but a message our body gives us in order for us to stand up and listen. It might be sneezing or a sore back that plays up but what I love is that you were willing to ‘go there’ so to speak and face your issues and feel what was there to be felt, well done!

104. ‘All the books and articles I read said repeatedly “there is no scientifically proven link between diet and acne”. This suited me fine as I loved my diet of chips, pies, chocolate milk and lollies:’ It seems in this day and age we can find a study, a thought pattern or even other people that actively supports or even reinforces our behaviours that we know in our heart it is wrong for us yet, we still go along in the comfort of it. What is the long term effect of this for us all?

105. Leonne a great sharing as so many of us have experienced and experience acne. We can either see it as a dreaded curse or as a way of the body saying hang on look at the way you are treating me! So it can be a blessing in disguise. What if acne is simply the bodies way of expelling toxins that do not resonate with it and so by clearing it out it is actually doing you a massive favour. So instead of trying to simply get rid of the acne, you can use it as a marker of the way you have been living. We get shown so much from our bodies yet all too often override them – so what if acne was one of the things your body did to make it glaringly obvious you are living in dis-harmony with it.

106. Love what you have shared.

     Sometimes it takes a leap to find new grounds we haven’t walked before. What you have shared is Inspiring

107. Just this morning Leonne I ate one mouthful of something I had prepared to take on a long car journey and straight away I got a ulcer. Our bodies are great at telling us what they like and dont, I still override mine and reap the consequences but this is slowly changing as I become more accepting and appreciating of who I really am.

108. Your story like many others I have read on this website are extraordinary testaments to the power of taking responsibility for the choices we make… and honouring the body and the wisdom it shows us if we choose to listen. It is incredibly empowering to know we have the effect we do on our health and well being when we live this way.

109. “My beauty comes from within and no pimple is big enough to erase it on the outside. How incredibly powerful this is.”- So true. And to have connected to your inner divine beauty and have this reflect outwardly radiating in your face, finally clear of pimples after 12 yrs of taking the contraceptive pill, is awesome, amazing and very inspiring. Great to hear you finally took the advice of listening to your body.

110. Having experienced pimples in my teenage years, being incredibly self conscious of them, thinking and feeling they would never go away, what that did for my self worth and esteem. When I reflect back now, they were hardly even a mark on my face, really, but at the time, I felt my whole head may as well have been a big pimple. It is shocking how we can allow these things to impact us so, and more importantly affect how we view ourselves.

111. You have stirred up teenage memories of my skin which may or may not be related to this blog. At one stage in my high school years I was seeing specialists for my skin who were happy to prescribe all kinds of things and go into the problem with me. Looking back at photos of me, I had beautifully clear skin and I hardly ever remember having a pimple. What I realise now was that it was hard for me to accept my beauty (inner or outer) and so I tried to find a problem I could focus on to fix.

112. I love it that you always knew the truth, and you knew you knew it, you were just avoiding it to see if you could get around it.

     1. Thank you for this awesome and succinct observation Nikki. What a revelation this is when I apply it to all aspects of my life!

113. This is a great blog Leonne, and it is no coincidence that I am reading it today as I have these strange welts on my face after eating something that I am not used to eating that may be considered very healthy food in another person’s book, but for me it is, if I am honest, was pure indulgence and no good for my body.

114. “Most importantly, I now know that my beauty has nothing to do with my appearance. My beauty comes from within and no pimple is big enough to erase it on the outside. How incredibly powerful this is.” Would be wonderful to teach this to all young girls – and boys – who suffer such stress form break-outs on their skin. And to teach them to listen to their own body and act accordingly.

115. We use food for so much more than nourishing our bodies, no wonder our poor bodies get confused about what they are supposed to do. We can so easily get complacent and look at the signs and clues that the body is trying to share with us. There is great value in in questioning the foods that are commonly accepted in our society, which we know are actually unsupportive to the body.

116. ‘This suited me fine as I loved my diet of chips, pies, chocolate milk and lollies’ – it’s a powerful sentence, as regardless of whether it’s our diet, or other ways that we are living, it is so easy to carry on living a particular way (ie irresponsibly) because it suits us rather than admitting the truth and addressing the underlying issue (love that word… under-lying – it just highlights the untruths we tell ourselves!).

     1. It shows what consciousness we are aligned to and what choices we are already making that we then hear just the thing that will confirm why we should continue to live in that certain way.

117. It’s always amazing to see how easily we can put value on skin care from the outside, but are often less inclined to see how skincare, like all care must really come from the choices we make from inside. When we do this there is no skincare product that can better the shine we radiate out.

118. The very nature of pimples are to remove excesses and oils, our bodies are constantly willing to shed and clear away stuff and yet we’ve developed a relationship with this process that can completely consume us into self attack. It does make me wonder if there is a relationship between more extreme skin conditions and behaviours we continue to maintain, as we hold onto that which does not support the body does the body find other ways of maintaining a level of harmony? I would definitely say this to be true as in many other ways my body has presented this fact. Holding onto past issues creates tension, which eventually leads to ill-health, whereas letting them go creates a feeling of space in my body.

119. Whether it be a pimple or any other physical ailment it is always a gift from our body to say that something was not right and this is my way of attempting to correct, clear and heal it.

120. If we live with the understanding that our bodies have to process everything we choose to put into them, whether it be food or drink or emotions, life is very simple and what once seemed unfair or nonsensical suddenly makes perfect sense, it’s amazing how a one choice can change everything.

121. Yes, it is amazing how we can live with a body and be deaf to its constant messages. But then when we finally open up and see how our choices have a direct influence on how we feel, we can bring a quality of movement that confirms and supports us in every moment.

122. It is interesting that our mind can let us hear what we want to hear from those we ‘think’ should know best without stopping to realise that they too may not want to accept the fact that what we eat and drink does effect the harmonious working of the body. The conclusive proof is when we listen to our own body, make our own choices and look at why we choose to eat and drink what we instinctively know is not good for us.

123. I just love this blog! It shows very beautifully how we are so good at overriding our body’s messages with things we read, hear from others and actually everything that conveniently does not ask us to be responsible and deal with our hurts. Dealing with the hurts that make us go against what we deeply know is true, is the only way to true healing.

124. During my teenage years I experienced bad acne for a few years, I remember I would eat ice cream or pizza and a few hours later I was sure I could feel a huge pimple forming from what I ate. Being addicted to these foods I ignored all these signals from my body until eventually I decided to change my diet and over time watch my skin improve by eliminating all junk foods and dairy.

125. Beautiful sharing Leonne, there is a lot to be said for taking responsibility for things in ones life. What you have explained is just that. You feeling that there was more to the acne and having the willingness to ‘go there’, go deeper and understand and therefore make other choices, really amazing.

126. It’s a beautiful journey towards truth Leonne. We count on looking a particular way so heavily and if anything happens it can be so disasterous for our self image. We can see this all the time not just with serious acne and other skin blemishes but with ageing as well. To understand our true beauty holds us in good stead for all of life’s changes.
     I know for myself, having had an illness that propelled me into extreme dryness for my skin and a disaster as far as wrinkles were concerned, I was sure people would react with horror and treat me differently and I was watching for it. I have really had to learn my true value and my true qualities that had nothing to do with how I look and everything to do with how I love.

     1. What you share is so beautiful Amanda. The way we love is written all over our faces and people who are truly loving and appreciative are always beautiful.

127. Well said Mariette. Medications are very supportive of our bodies but equally important is taking care of ourselves and our bodies in a loving manner.

128. It makes sense to me Leonne that the quality of your diet feeds your body nutritionally so if this is true how can it not flow on and feed the quality of your skin?

     1. Yeah – this is a great point – food has become all about taste and filling a hunger or a void and we forget that food is actually for nutritional value not just entertainment value!

129. The quality of how you live your everyday life feeds everything and this in turn undoubtedly affects your potential to heal. Well said Joshua.

130. Reading this reminded me of being a teenager and being mortified that I had developed seven spots over night and I refused to go to school. I never really suffered with spots on a regular basis but I know it can be a horrible experience and it does seem as though it is becoming an almost expected condition among teenagers, especially as there seems to be more people suffering with acne than ever. I like the way you chose to have a different relationship with your pimples Leonne, instead of just taking the medication.

131. ‘How empowering it is to finally take control and listen to the truth my body tells me.’ This is a great article, from being fearful of those spots and not liking them or yourself to loving the pimples and yourself and understanding the workings of your body. Truly inspiring.

132. Its amazing what our body communicates, having the courage to listen and trust in all that we know is an unfolding process that allows us to feel empowered and supported by the caring nature of our inner guidance.

133. This is such a great blog Leonne because it shows how easily we humans often put in a lot of time, money and effort trying to solve our problems yet haven’t been taught to stop and listen to what our bodies are telling us. You have given us all a great lesson in not trying to push on in the same old ways only to get the same result, but to instead pause, step back far enough to take notice of the messages contained within your inner wisdom and to then make adjustments accordingly.

134. This blog has true lived experience and understanding to support many thousands of adolescents experiencing the same stress and anxiety it’s so vitally important these story’s are shared.

     1. I agree, I plan on sharing this tonight with my 14 year old daughter. What an awesome gift it is to be able to read and share blogs that are evolutionary.
        Thank you Leonne.

135. A great lesson is there for us all to live from the inside out, trust our feelings and not follow the trends or advice of others if we have a strong feeling that is counter to that. For years I ate food that was not right for my body and I had many loud signals that it wasn’t right, including spots and feelings of exhaustion. Your story Leonne is a great share and one we can all learn from.

136. Gorgeous Leonne. Listening to the truth our body tells us is the vital ingredient to loving ourselves, without it is as good as being a stranger in a strange land, disassociated from our innate knowing, and no real place to live.

137. Well said felixschumacher8, let our bodies navigate us through life

138. Leonne, I have just re-read your blog and realised how this sentence pops into my head whenever my skin is not clear ‘Now, when I do get a pimple I can feel my body speaking to me and releasing what needs to come out. I have come to love my pimples and see each one as a gift of truth.’ and it reminds me to look at how I have been living and what I have been eating that has lead to the change in my skin.

139. ‘My beauty has nothing to do with my appearance. My beauty comes from within and no pimple is big enough to erase it on the outside’. How divine are your words Leonne. Gorgeous blog thankyou.

140. Great blog Leonie. Seeing an illness as a gift of truth changes everything in how we relate to what is being offered for us to look at. True beauty does come from within and anything that does not reflect this has to come out of the body at some point … Pimples are such a great example of this.

     1. Thank you for this reminder Suzanne. I have a headache today and your comment just reminded me to feel this for the gift of truth it is rather than focus on the pain and inconvenience.

141. So true Hannah and Brendan, our daily choices have an immense impact on our body, our relationships and our lives, but sometimes it does take years (if not life times) to accept that, unless we do have the amazing opportunity to meet someone who has accepted and lives that.

     1. Indeed Judith, meeting someone who lives that does not need words or explanations to inspire to live this as well and start taking steps towards it.
        The potential we have to support each other by living and openly sharing what is really us is enormous.

     2. So true, it can take a while to realise that every choice we are making has an actual physical impact on our body. In a way, our relationship with food is one of the easiest ways to begin to see the way our choices impact us as the results are so immediate and physical, if we eat too much it hurts, or if we eat a food that’s not right for us we bloat. For me these observations were pivotol in seeing that perhaps many more choices were affecting my body than I was aware of.

142. Great observation Leonne that you knew all along that your diet and lifestyle were causing the disfiguring acne. Understanding the cause and effect of all the messages our body is offering answers those questions of ‘Why me?’ It is very empowering when we are able to see a pimple as a ‘gift of truth’.

143. To go from how you used to feel, to loving your pimples and seeing each one as a gift of truth calling for an adjustment to live more lovingly is quite an extraordinary shift in perception and clearly has been deeply supportive in you healing. Thank you for sharing so honestly your story and how empowering it has been for you to listen to your body and take responsibility for your choices knowing the correlation between the skin and food cannot be denied.

144. This is a very powerful blog Leonne. The way you used to think, that it was impossible to make choices in your diet and how you believed that you could not do without the stuff that harmed you a lot is a way that a lot of people think. And they pick the advise that they want to hear to justify what they do to their body. By being so honest about your experience and showing that there is a true way in making choices that are good for your body is a very important reflection that the world needs

145. It is crazy that we make up so many different excuses just so we can carry on eating and drinking foods and drinks that do not truly support us, even when deep down we know they don’t. Universal Medicine Practitioners are a huge support and inspiration in helping us to see there is another more loving way to be and live. I loved reading this ‘Most importantly, I now know that my beauty has nothing to do with my appearance. My beauty comes from within and no pimple is big enough to erase it on the outside. How incredibly powerful this is.’

     1. Indeed Vicky, realizing that our true beauty does come from within, from the love and appreciation we have for ourselves. We can try to mask anything with beauty products, but this will always remain a trial. Whilst when we allow ourselves to feel and let out the beauty that is inside of us there is nothing that needs to or can enhance this anymore.

146. Thank you for sharing so honestly Leonne and it is so inspiring to read that you ‘have come to love ‘your’ pimples and see each one as a gift of truth’ what a turnaround and only possible because you have chosen to look at the root causes and make the changes that will support you.

147. What an amazing sharing Leonne. It helps me deepen my developing awareness to take responsibility for the choices we make and what we are choosing not to feel.

148. It’s amazing to read the changes you experienced with your skin once you started taking responsibility for your choices and listening to what your body was was telling you. Thanks for your sharing Leonne.

149. This is a beautiful example Leonne of the wisdom that comes from living from our bodies and not our minds.

150. Quite incredible that you always had this feeling that your diet might have something to do with the acne; how good are we at following what we need and forcefully wish to be true rather than following what we feel is true?

151. Hi Leonne, Isn’t it so crazy that we listen to others before we listen to that inner voice which whispers gently to us the truth in any given situation. Awesome that you found your truth and listened to your body.

152. While reading your article Leonne, I was remembering, how my issue was not one of acne but one of coldsores. These very painful eruptions would come and go, throughout my life. About eight years ago, with the support of an Esoteric Healing Practitioner, I was able to see these for what they really were….little flags trying to attract my attention to the fact, that I needed to make some life style change. Since I have started living more lovingly, I have been coldsore free for almost six years. This I have only just realised while reflecting on your article. and I now feel it is time to appreciate both the support I received and my part in choosing to make the necessary life style changes.

     1. Beautifully expressed Elizabeth, it is so important to appreciate support but also acknowledge the part we play by choosing to take responsibility and make the necessary changes.

        1. I learn everyday how much caring for my body helps clear conditions I had long ago given up on. The symptoms were signals I did not recognise and kept overriding. What a difference caring and listening does to my body.

153. An amazing blog, Leonne. “I know that if my acne gets bad again it will simply be its way of letting me know that I have the potential to be living in a more loving way” – this is gold to me. My first response to acne or any other symptom would be “what did I do wrong?” and it sure helps me to be honest with my choices, but it actually feels like somehow I step aside from my own glory when I say that. Your way feels far more loving and supportive. I am inspired. Thank you.

154. Leonne your experience is one that many young people go through, including me. How incredible that you actually committed to addressing why you couldn’t sustain letting go of the chocolate, coffee and chips. As you learnt the listening to our bodies is the most empowering choice any of us can make and our bodies will love us for it!

155. Thank you Leonne for sharing your experience, would be great if it was published in magazines read by teenagers

     1. I agree kathiefreedom, this would be a very supportive article for teenagers to read.

156. Thank you for another stellar article Leonne! What you present here in your conclusion is pretty revolutionary – that a pimple can actually be a good thing (!!) IF you are willing to accept the possibility that your body is using said pimple to communicate to you… it all comes down to whether we want to hear what our bodies are telling us 🙂

157. So true Brendan, not only do the choices we make on a daily basis have an impact on our body, but they also impact on how we relate to everyone around us.

158. I just loved reading this again and how you have taken responsibility for the way you live as a way to heal whats really going on with your skin.
     We can absolutely look outside us first and foremost when it comes to skin – what creams, products, pills we can use to hide what is there – but until we consider the whole body, and what we put in it – no healing can truly be there.

     1. it has become the norm in society to look for the fix. Not having a deeper relationship or understanding of our body means we don’t stop to look at what we are doing or perhaps we make superficial changes just to get fixed. I have found it is a great opportunity to learn and heal old patterns when my body makes me look at something I am doing that isn’t right for it.

159. “Now, when I do get a pimple I can feel my body speaking to me and releasing what needs to come out. I have come to love my pimples and see each one as a gift of truth. I know that if my acne gets bad again it will simply be its way of letting me know that I have the potential to be living in a more loving way, and I will adjust accordingly” This is great Leonne – congratulations on finding the true meaning of your acne and emerging as a beautiful woman – which you always were of course!

160. Wouldn’t it be great if we all just accepted the fact that what we put into our bodies affects the way they look and feel? It makes sense with a car and the type of fuel we use – so why not our bodies? If we did accept this as fact then there would be no need to listen to ‘experts’ except the inner voice that always knows whether we are eating the right things or not.

161. I share a similar story Leonne where I had terrible acne in high school. Although I was fortunate to have a very on top of it mum who straight away linked my acne to my sugary diet, however this didn’t stop me at first. I continued to have my soft drinks, gummy lollies and sherbets. In time I realised it was actually not about the appearance of my face, but rather what I decided to put in my body and the level of care I had towards myself.

162. Once we start to truly listen to our body and be honest about what we are feeling, it is very hard to make a choice against it. We know what the consequences will be. I never had any acne but I did notice that I started to have clearer and more vibrant skin once I cut out sugar and gluten. My energy levels improved a lot as well. Thanks for sharing Leonne as it’s always great to reflect on our relationship with food, and how we cook.

163. I have found food definitely impacts on acne. I have acne rosacea and can feel it instantly if I eat a food that my body does not want. There is no doubt in me at all that this is my bodies way of clearing something it cannot hold.

164. Awesome Leonne. I love what you’ve shared here. How transformative would it be for any teenager (or anyone) with a spot to see it simply as a way of ‘letting me know that I have the potential to be living in a more loving way,’ and for a society to know that our beauty has nothing to do with what we look like? ‘My beauty comes from within and no pimple is big enough to erase it on the outside.’ Powerful words indeed. Thank you for bring this to the fore.

     1. Yes Candida, I have also come to see pimples as my body’s way of removing the toxic emotions or the things I have ingested that are not right for me. In this way they are a blessing not a curse.

165. Leonne, this story is inspirational as I am sure there are many young women on the pill, who would rather not be, in order to combat the acne that they are suffering. I wonder how often this could be helped by a change of diet and way of living.

     1. Absolutely Fiona. I was so grateful that the pill ‘fixed’ the obvious issue of the acne but was always worried about the unwanted affects of this drug on my system. Indeed the pill I took later became infamous for causing life and limb threatening blood clots and infertility. Scary stuff. I feel at ease now knowing my body is nurtured and functioning well without the need for medication.

166. Your story is amazing and shows how much our choices can influence our life or well being. It is lovely to read how much you learned from all your experience and how you share your inner beauty with everyone reading this.

167. Thank you Leonne, that is such an amazing awareness you have honoured. And something you always knew – your link to diet and skin.

168. A great story with such a joy-full ending. You certainly chose to learn the hard way, like most of us do, by ignoring the voice inside that has known the truth all along. Thank you for reminding me that it’s about listening to our bodies first and foremost, and being honest and willing to stop, connect and choose differently.

169. Beautiful story of how making loving choices supports us deeply, thank you Leonne.
     Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine have been the inspiration for countless people in this regard.

170. ‘How empowering it is to finally take control and listen to the truth my body tells me.’ So powerful and true. Your transformation is so inspiring Leone. Thank you for sharing your truth and wisdom.

171. I enjoyed being reminded how our body talks to us. And the true answer is always there. We just need to listen and act on it.

172. I love how our body is talking to us all the time. All we have to do is be open, listen, take responsibility and make different choices. I used to see it as ‘failure’ when my body would communicate with an illness or limitation. Now I can, just like you, appreciate the message I get and choose to let go of something that is not working for my body.

173. This is a beautiful and captivating blog that captures your story Leonne so well. I can relate to a lot of the feelings you describe, it is amazing how we can override what we know to be true because science or society is telling us otherwise. I had a similar issue with an illness I had where I knew that my diet contributed to how I felt yet all the research and the doctors were saying otherwise. Fortunately I chose to listen to my body though not without a lot of doubt. There can be huge justification to keep our ways if someone else says so, as if we want an out, yet the body always knows best.

174. I deeply enjoyed reading your blog Leonne. I can so relate to the line: “I never put on weight so ‘lucky me’, a licence to gorge on whatever food I wanted.” I conveniently used this line as well as I never put on any weight and never felt I needed to worry about that chocolate bar I consumed in 3 hours or that that massive amount of chips I ate. I like you deep down always knew it was affecting me in other ways. I consciously realised with the support of the presentations of Universal Medicine that food has so much more impact on my whole body and not just my weight. I do not get pimples but itchy spots which also tell me something about how I am living, most of the time things I am eating that are not quite right for me at that moment.

175. Thanks for sharing Leonne, your story really highlights how we convince ourselves of things, even though we know the truth deep down, so we can stay in comfort and not take responsibility. I know I certainly did that for many years and still do at times. So amazing that you could get so honest with yourself and truly heal.

176. I also made the experience how much certain food poison our body and have effects like acne or a bloated belly. I like the honesty of your sharing, Leonne, and in how it was difficult for you to drop certain food and alcohol, but in finding the root cause you were able to make the changes.

177. Thank you Leonne; great article and great testament of the power of body awareness and the way our body constantly communicates with us, very loud sometimes!, until we choose to listen and take responsibility of the choices we are making.

178. What a profound paradigm shift it is to change one’s understanding of illness and disease, from one of something bad has happened, to “it will simply be its (my body’s) way of letting me know that I have the potential to be living in a more loving way” – to understand that what is happening in one’s life is a result of one’s choices.

179. Leonne, your story is so powerful because it shows us the power we have inside. The power of our inner knowing we unfortunately have lost our relation with. The power of our inner truth that is waiting there for us to be found and that so now and then is able to surface a feeling of how we should act in the circumstance we are in. We know all the answers deep within and the only thing we have to learn is to simply acknowledge that this is there and and will always be there to guide us to another way of living, away from the false life being set out by our mind.

180. Awesome, Thank you Leonne for sharing this very honest and inspiring blog. You have clearly shown us by listening to our body we can heal our body and begin to understand our choices. Being aware of why we choose certain foods is closely related to our how we feel about ourselves and what is happening in our lives. It is so awesome to read your blog and inspiring us to listen to our body.

181. Thank you for sharing this Leonne. I too had acne when younger and it left some scars. I allowed it to define me as not being perfect skinned therefore not beautiful. I had not had pimples for over 20 years yet it was still impacting me. Thanks to Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine I came to know that my true beauty comes from my connection to who I am and when I am living that in full I see how beautiful I truly am. This is true empowerment.

182. This is very powerful Leonne, thank you. I feel that many of us can relate to changing a physical condition (such as acne, headaches, etc.) that used make us feel so upset emotionally into a type of “marker” for us. When we get it, we know that our bodies are telling us to stop and feel how we have been “living” without going into self-pity or self-criticism.

183. I hope many young people who are having a similar experience get to read your blog Leonne or even better get to feel what their bodies are telling them and thus listen and make the necessary changes.

184. Thank you Leonne for this powerful sharing. I love how you say “I now know that my beauty has nothing to do with my appearance” and how you take responsibility for what is going on with your body. Reading your blog deepened my relationship I have with my body expressing through my skin, thank you!!!

185. Females, the Pill, acne, lack of self worth, unloving choices – quite the list for so many of us. Acne can be demoralising and making the connection with diet, not always where we are willing to go. Leonne, how beautiful to read your story of reconnection to yourself and the inner and outer glow you bring to everyone.

186. The openness to really look at why we have chosen what we have chosen and what effects this has had on our body and life is truly empowering. Once you see your choices for what they are and uncover what they bring with them you will start to make different choices. These will bring changes which support you and allow you to make the next steps.
     This journey is at times confronting, but for me it has become the most beautiful and freeing experience I have ever had.

187. I just think it is absolutely incredible how easily and how often we override our own knowing about our selves and default to the ‘experts’. But when I think about it ..how anyone can be more of an expert about your own body than you … if you choose to listen to, and heed what it is saying.

     1. So true jeanettgold, why do we default to so called experts when there is no one who could ever be a better expert of ourselves than ourselves.

        1. Not only do we default Suse but the ‘experts’ often don’t listen to what we say we are feeling or give weight to symptoms that are really bothering us. They override the messages from our bodies as we do.

188. Hi Leonne, I never had huge issues with acne, but I can very much relate to how we refuse to look at diet. For all of my life I felt sleepy after eating food, but never sought to really look at what was going on. Perversely, I actually sought sugary foods that would pick me up, even though these often made me feel tired 10 minutes later. Finally, I made the plunge and started removing the obvious contenders from my diet – gluten, diary to start with – and the boost in energy in my life was definitely tangible. Yes, I found it difficult at first to “give up” the foods I liked, but like you, I had to look deeply at what my attraction to those foods was, and it had nothing to do with the taste, and everything to do with the fact that I used those foods to prevent me feeling emotions I did not want to feel.

189. Hi Leonne, I too know my pimples to be a warning sign to the way I am living. I have tried so many acne products and skin care. When I was younger I didn’t really realize how bad the acne was (they were pimples and everyone got them)- It didn’t really bother me or make me feel not beautiful. It was only a couple of years ago that I actually realized my pimples where classed as acne! (and it had a special name too! ) My mum would try to offer solutions and ways to help (I think she thought I was super self conscious about it) but never-the-less, I was able to see past the pimple and recognize the beauty. Which I am grateful for now.

     1. Emily what you share here is amazing as you held the connection to your inner beauty.

190. Leonne, it feels as if our entire world is set up to keep us from looking on the inside for the answers. Isn’t that totally crazy when that’s the only place that holds the answers !

     1. Yes, what a set up Alexis. The moment we stop and surrender to our body, the answers are loud and clear. However there are a million and one things just waiting and tempting us not to make this choice.

191. A great article, thank you Leonne. The body is amazing and so very wise. I have found when I am spending too much time thinking or listening to the expectations of society the best way to come back to my body is to stop, breath gently and then bring attention to how my body is feeling. For e.g. if I go for a walk I will focus on feeling my feet on the ground, how my feet feel in my shoes, how my breath is. When I bring this level of attention I instantly feel my body and am able to hear it’s wisdom. The world then opens up and I noticed the wind in the trees, birds flying the clouds in the sky and I feel very settled in my body.

192. What an incredibly important statement this is for everyone to hear “Most importantly, I now know that my beauty has nothing to do with my appearance. My beauty comes from within and no pimple is big enough to erase it on the outside. How incredibly powerful this is.” Thank you Leonne.

193. Your great blog reminded me of myself. Short after having married for the first time back in 1998, and from ‘nowhere’ a massive acne came to my face, particularly my forehead. I did not understand: I was ‘happy’, no diet changes but here we are. And it just did not go away. My body was yelling at me: what are you doing? Don’t you realise that this relationship is not loving? Recently I saw a picture of myself with remnants of the acne on my face. The sadness in my eyes is just amazing.

194. Leonne thank you so much for your open sharing in your blog – I had never acne like you describe but I know that many other woman had the same experiences like you had. So it is very inspirational for all woman to read what you had shared so easily and openly.

195. We are never short of excuses for not changing our diet, are we? I wonder if there is something specific, that helps us to come out of our comfort – apart from pimples and disease? Maybe it’s the connection to myself, to my Inner-Heart.

196. I could so relate to what you have written Leonne, as I too suffered with acne throughout my teenage years after always having beautiful skin as a young girl. My diet throughout that period was heavy in chocolate, caffeine and sugar (coke was my preferred drink), late nights and just general disregard for my body. Now choosing to make choices that support my body more I can feel how much listening and taking the time to nurture myself is so essential. Dulling ourselves with food comes as a consequence of not being honest with ourselves and feeling what lies beneath. This is an ever evolving journey for us all.

197. Wow Leonne I can completely relate to your story. I have suffered from acne most of my life . I always felt such shame and no self confidence because of my acne. It has only been over the last year or so where my skin has cleared up enormously and I now see acne or a pimple simply as a healing and a gift . I don’t feel shame when I get a pimple now.

     1. That is awesome Kelly. I remember being so withdrawn when I had severe acne. I even found it difficult to collect the mail without wearing a full face of makeup designed to hide my face and even then it would be a struggle. I actually remember feeling jealous of people who had acne yet still appeared to have confidence as I could feel they liked themselves more than I did. The way I responded to my acne was actually just a sign that I didn’t really like myself in the first place. Learning to love who I am again has been an incredible gift and I treasure it far more than my (much clearer) skin.

     2. Kelly, it sounds like you must have been doing some thorough work on yourself to achieve the clearer skin you now have, congratulations. It must be an enormous relief to be able to use it to trace back to what an unhealthy choice you may have made prior.

198. Amazing to feel how our body is constantly talking to us. We each have our own way in which our body shares with us the impact of our choices. Whether it be an illness, a sty in the eye, a broken bone, bloating or in your case the acne on your face. What’s more amazing is how you have embraced and taken responsibility for what your body is sharing “I have come to love my pimples and see each one as a gift of truth. I know that if my acne gets bad again it will simply be its way of letting me know that I have the potential to be living in a more loving way, and I will adjust accordingly.” Thank you Leonne.

199. I went for years wondering whether changing my diet would fix my woes and really doing nothing about it. There were too many comfort foods I would miss and felt I couldn’t do without. The empowerment that comes with understanding your choices and emotional state when you make them is rewarding. The body speaks so loudly and clearly. Sometimes it takes a while to understand what to do and how to come back to yourself and to have the support of Universal Medicine, Serge Benhayon, Jenny Ellis and the many other practitioners of Esoteric Healing is a Godsend. How blessed we are.

     1. So true Amanda – the body does speak so loudly and clearly it is learning how to interpret this new language that has helped me live in a much more vital, loving and nourishing way.

200. I can relate to this blog as I also experienced severe acne during my teenage years and into my twenties. I remember the horrified or repulsed looks from people or awkward questions from children. You feel disfigured or like you have a contagious disease. In a world that places so much importance on outside appearances you basically feel like a freak and a dropout of the human race. I remember saying internally – ‘but can’t you see the person I am underneath my skin!’

     1. Oh Andrew…your comment really touched me. Its so cruel how we judge another based on outward appearance and kids seem to tease so much. At primary school I used to get teased a lot just for looking European as back then we were the minority…awful terms like ‘greasy wog’. Underneath the skin we are all the same, we all have feelings and we all have a heart. I used to dream about having a big family of a variety of cultures, black white etc..maybe that was my way of countering the judgements growing up.

     2. Thank you for sharing Andrew, it’s true, people can be incredibly cruel when you don’t fit the healthy and happy picture we are sold everywhere we look. I found that the worst thing about the comments others made was the fact that I really believed them. Other people were far kinder to me than I was to myself so when somebody did comment negatively about my appearance I felt simultaneously devastated and furious. I bottled my pain and anger up inside and rarely expressed how much it hurt. Looking back I can see that my reaction just invited more taunts and the way I dealt with my emotions also feels like a big factor in the reason I developed acne in the first place.

        1. It’s true Leonne, that we as the human race are very hung up on things looking a certain way in the body and face department. So to suffer from acnes or eczema or anything that disfigures the face is super challenging. And people can be very hurtful in their comments and judgments.

201. Leonne, that is a great change that you have chosen. How empowering is it when we take responsibility for our lives, and what an amazing turnaround in a relatively short period of time.

202. “….my beauty has nothing to do with my appearance. My beauty comes from within and no pimple is big enough to erase it on the outside”. What great truth here Leonne. From making self-loving choices comes the real gorgeous beauty that can be seen in spite of any ‘good look’.

203. Thank you Leonne for shining a light on how much we over ride our inner feelings in favour of some scientific view, because we have a dependancy on certain foods and substances and don’t want to address it. I too knew that certain things like alcohol, sugar and caffeine were not good for me, but had a strong dependancy on them. They stimulated me and helped me ignore my depression. I too found that the information and support from Universal Medicine workshops and practitioners helped to source the root of the dependancy and heal it. Once healed relinquishing these substances was not a problem. Our bodies really do tell us when we are not living in harmony with them. They are extremely sensitive to everything we consume and do and Universal Medicine has taught me too how to listen and respond to the signals. Thank you for sharing such a personal journey, it is a great support to others who suffer from such conditions.

204. Thank you for your honest sharing Leonne. Its so easy to continue to numb ourselves with food that our body is telling us not eat it. Taking responsibility for the choices we make and listening to what our body is telling us is very empowering. Well done

     1. Thank you Leonne and Peter, I agree, overriding our body with what we think, makes the numbing of our bodies with what we eat easy. When we listen to our body, and not our head, life becomes a lot simpler, and the choices in our diet that do not serve our body stand out.

205. I can relate to your experience Leonne, having suffered with acne for a large part of my life into my 30s – when I stopped drinking milk, my skin improved dramatically. Since I’ve stopped dairy completely, as well as alcohol, sugar and gluten, my skin looks great – it is clear and vibrant. I love how you say that ‘Now, when I do get a pimple I can feel my body speaking to me and releasing what needs to come out.’ – it’s an instant reminder of choices you’ve made and you have the awareness to recognise that the pimple is your body reminding you to make more loving choices.

206. I found this blog a heart warming reminder of how we can so easily want the easy answer when it is already there we just have to want to know instead of a quick fix. Great story Leonne, thank you for sharing.

207. Awesome story Leonne. Just goes to show how our body knows and responds to the choices that we make. The body speaks loud and clear telling us that there is an imbalance. It is up to us to take the responsibility for our lifestyle choices including our emotions that we may indulge in. When we listen to our body, honour it, it then has the possibility of healing.

208. Your story is great evidence of how food affects our body and why we eat what we do. I have never had spots or acne, it was my digestive system that showed me what I was eating wasn’t right for me, I loved my chocolate. When I stopped eating dairy, gluten, sugar and caffeine my digestive system calmed right down, the bloating, cramping, spasms and my energy levels improved a lot, my body felt so much lighter.

209. Wow Leonne. It’s so amazing how the body responds to responsible and loving choices – it defies what we have settled for as ‘normal’. What you have described is a true miracle, and it is so important that this is shared so that we can all know that there is in fact another way.

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