Self-Care Is a Radical
Act of Your Love for Self

Ep. 653 with Lesley & Brad

“Routines are part of the self-love that you can give yourself.”

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Looking radiant might have less to do with makeup and more to do with how you care for yourself every day. In this recap, Lesley Logan and special guest co-host Clare Solly break down the advice shared by double board-certified aesthetic nurse Rachel Varga. They explore how simple rituals, nervous system support, and intentional self-care can transform both skin health and your overall wellbeing. From hydration and breathwork to lymphatic massage and shower routines, this episode highlights small habits that can create powerful results.

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In this episode you will learn about:

  • Why daily skincare routines can become powerful acts of self-love.
  • Activating your parasympathetic system to boost natural beauty.
  • A simple salt scrub hack for better sleep and skin.
  • How posture and humming instantly regulate your nervous system.
  • The importance of filtering your water for hair and health.

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Transcript

Lesley Logan 0:00
And she said, look, the best makeup doesn’t work on bad skin, so your best thing you could be doing for looking beautiful is to have a really good skincare routine.

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Lesley Logan 0:14
Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I’m Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I’ve trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it’s the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It’s a practice, not a perfect. Let’s get started.

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Lesley Logan 0:56
Welcome back to the Be It Till You See It interview recap where my co-host in life, well, not.

Clare Solly 1:02
I totally could be.

Lesley Logan 1:05
Well, you are my slingshot friend. So my my co-host and my part time co-host in life, Clare Solly and I are going to dig into the vital convo I have with Rachel Varga in our last episode. If you haven’t yet listened to that one. You have no idea the number of tools you I have to listen to it twice. I’m definitely already re-listening to it because I took one of her ideas from this episode. I have been doing it every day ever since. I’m like, okay, I’m ready to add in a new one from that. So I definitely think it’s one you’ll go back to.

Clare Solly 1:36
Yeah. I took notes, copious notes.

Lesley Logan 1:38
I was like, okay, thank God, because Brad would love this. But like, the like I said last week, the timing of you being here so you could be my co-host on this episode, way more fun, way more fun, because you and I have shared so just when you’re here, you’re like, oh, did you know if you spray this, like antibacterial stuff on your armpits, and then you’re deodorant, it lasts longer. And I was like, life has changed. I don’t even know how to start that process, but I’m going to.

Lesley Logan 2:00
Anyways, we are gonna jump right into things. Today is March 12th, 2026, it’s Girl Scouts Day, everyone.

Clare Solly 2:07
I love Girl Scout cookie.

Lesley Logan 2:09
I told Clare. I was like, do you know it’s Girl Scouts Day? She’s like, are you serious? I’m like, yeah, it is. So steal your resolve. Dieters, beware. This is obviously like, pre you know, body neutrality. There are Girl Scouts everywhere, and they’re all trying to sell you kryptonite, aka their most delicious cookies, whether your favorite flavor is minty Thin Mints or googie, gooey, gooey, Gooey Tagalongs.

Clare Solly 2:31
Those are my two favorites, both the googie and the Gooey Tagalongs.

Lesley Logan 2:35
I love a Thin Mint. If I could have gluten and dairy, I would be all over these Girl Scouts of America. I’m just saying in the year of our Lord.

Clare Solly 2:43
They do make a gluten free cookie, but it’s not.

Lesley Logan 2:45
Well on the year of our Lord 2026 I think you could find a way to make a gluten free cookie in Vegas, there’s a brewery who does Girl Scout Cookies with beers. And they like do a whole thing. It’s like, I don’t know, Google it Vegas. I don’t know where it’s at, because I can’t drink beer or have these cookies, but I do know that I sent all the men in my life to do it, and they had the best time. They’re so good. They deserve a holiday, and they have one of sorts get ready to celebrate this March 12, because it’s National Girl Scout day, part of Girl Scout week. National Girl Scout Day commemorates the anniversary of the first girl scout meeting. In 1912, Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low organized the meeting. That’s a that’s a name that’s a definitely sign of the times. Gordon Low organized the meeting in Savannah, Georgia, and Girl Scouts have only grown from there. So grab a cookie or 12 and get ready to celebrate. Honestly, buy them even if you can’t eat them and give them to people.

Clare Solly 3:32
You can, yeah, you can actually donate them to soldiers and and folks like on their website too. Yeah, it’s easy. And actually you can just donate money to help Girl Scout troops.

Lesley Logan 3:41
Because that would allow Girl Scout troops, of all areas, to be able to join in and do what they want to do.

Clare Solly 3:46
When I was a daisy through a senior Girl Scout, it really changed out my life. So I’m a Girl Scout supporter.

Lesley Logan 3:52
I love that. I, you know, Girl Scouts weren’t a thing for me. Because I think I don’t know. I might I think, because my I was already over scheduled as a child.

Clare Solly 4:00
So many sports.

Lesley Logan 4:01
I have sports, dance, sewing classes, but, and I was in like, a church version of the whole thing, which still had patches. And you know what? I’m just gonna say, I missed out. I missed out. I think that’s why I probably don’t have as many girlfriends.

Clare Solly 4:12
We could be a we could be adult Girl Scouts.

Lesley Logan 4:14
Is there a way to do that? Anyways, I want patches. Do you remember? Okay, hold on side note. Do you remember Troop Beverly Hills?

Clare Solly 4:20
I love Troop Beverly Hills. Such a good movie.

Lesley Logan 4:23
The best movie, like, the opposite of, like, oh my god, her outfits. Beverly Hills, what a thrill. Beverly. And they do, and like, I love how they made up their own patches. Like, I just like, that was a, that’s a be it till you see it movie. I mean, yes, that’s your like, no one’s crying for the rich girls. But also, like, I liked what they did. They got outside, they tried to do things, and I hope it ages well, sorry if it doesn’t, okay. So real quick I leave next week for Poland, so if there is space is not too late, xxll.co/poland it’s me and Karen Frischmann and all the Controlology stuff and some really epic workshops. And even if you’re not Polish, you can come because Karen and I will speak in English, and it’ll be translated to Polish, and so you have double the time to write your notes, and then we’ll be in Bruges. And I thought we’re in Brussels. So this is why Brad travels with me, because I’ve been telling everyone to be in Brussels and we are going to be in Bruges. So.

Clare Solly 5:13
It’s good to have, everyone needs a Brad.

Lesley Logan 5:15
Everyone needs a Brad. And when I told my psychiatrist, the reason I didn’t think I had ADHD is because I was an Aquarius. This is a this is evidence.

Clare Solly 5:24
I love this for you, though.

Lesley Logan 5:25
I know xxll.co/brussels to get your tickets to Bruges. It’s still in Belgium, so I didn’t fuck it up that much and and so it’s gonna be a really fun time. That’s Karen Frischmann and myself and Ignacio and Els of Pilatal. And it’s just gonna be a wonderful time with some friends who love to teach alongside each other, and you’re gonna want to come because the spots are almost sold out. And then after Brad and I finally get to France, that’s the goal. It’s been a set time with the second honeymoon. We’ll be in London, and they’ll probably be the last time in London for a couple of years. So, xxll.co/pot. Actually can see all the POT’s from Balanced Body on that schedule. The only one I’m excited to teach at right now that I can share is London, so you want to come. My first workshop is sold out, but the second one has a couple spots left, and that’s on a Sunday, so why not? And then when I come home, we’ll be doing spring training. That is a virtual week long event where, no matter your Pilates level, we are going to help you understand the foundations to getting Pilates deeper in your body. It’s at opc.me/events. Okay, Clare’s taken over the the questions, and so it’s like, what is Clare gonna ask me?

Clare Solly 6:27
They’re always kind of fun and kind of scary. So today, you’re gonna get a multiple choice. Are you ready for that?

Lesley Logan 6:32
I’m ready.

Clare Solly 6:33
Would you rather be able to teleport so you can go anywhere at any time in an instant? Would you rather have six more hours in the day, and it won’t feel like your day’s any longer. It’s just like you’ll have six more hours to get all the stuff done, and everybody else will be on 24 or would you rather have, like, an on call body technician to like massages, do your hair, do your makeup, you know, anything you want that like, is self-care, body stretch you out, anything. What of those three would you rather have?

Lesley Logan 7:01
Well, instant, my first gut before I heard the second two would have, I would hit the buzzer, but like, teleport, because that’s like the problem. I want to just teleport. I hate the time, like, in between things. But when you got me to the third one, it was the on, like the body technician, like I do. I am jealous that, like, these amazing, famous people have, like, someone who, like, does their hair, does their nails, like, I have to do my makeup, and I hate the lighting in my bathroom where my makeup is I realized I could just switch bathrooms, but, like, no, the annex is the bathroom, so I but I just want someone to do that for me, because I look so good when someone else does it. Like Cynthia Rivo, her team is amazing, right? Like, obviously she has good, like aesthetic and like, lens and style, but like, that’s what happens when you have an on call team. So I think I have to do number three.

Clare Solly 7:47
Yeah, yeah, that’s a good one. I don’t know which.

Lesley Logan 7:49
Also, if I could be doing, like, if someone’s doing my hair, I could be actually getting other things done. So I think I would like solidly fix number 3.

Clare Solly 7:56
We know how you like to multitask on this pod.

Lesley Logan 7:59
What would you choose? What would you choose?

Clare Solly 8:01
I even though I think I would like the on body technician, I think I would take teleport. Because if I could save the time in traveling, I think I would just like, I mean, I like, you can kind of hear it like I’ve been traveling for two weeks. So I’m like, travel makes me if I don’t hydrate enough, I, you know, don’t do so well. So I think I would take teleport. What do you think Brad would do?

Lesley Logan 8:21
Brad? Brad would teleport in a second?

Clare Solly 8:23
Would he?

Lesley Logan 8:23
Yeah, in a second.

Clare Solly 8:24
Okay. Well, we’ll have to see. Maybe he can put it in the show notes and confirm that for everybody listening.

Lesley Logan 8:28
Yeah, put it in the show notes, go read the show notes to see if I got it right. We’ll put it in there. If you don’t know how to find the show notes, I can’t help you know what device you’re on. But like usually, if you go to the episode, then you can click, there’s a link for the show notes. Or if you go to our website, you actually can see every single podcast has a blog and a transcription. So if you want to read what we’re saying, because I talk too fast.

Clare Solly 8:47
And then you can binge everything too, all the podcasts you missed.

Lesley Logan 8:50
Everything is there, still there you know. So however, you like it. Okay.

Clare Solly 8:53
Should we talk about Rachel Varga now?

Lesley Logan 8:55
Before we do that, you need to also send your questions in, because Clare can’t be here every week to be the question asker, so go to beitpod.com/questions you can also send your wins in. I share those on Fridays.

Clare Solly 9:07
Oh, fantastic. I love this. I love it. You can also text them right, to 1-310-905-5534.

Lesley Logan 9:15
Yeah. Someday I’ll remember that number, and then I’ll become like, who should we call on emergency? And I’ll be like, that’s the one I know.

Clare Solly 9:22
Why? Is it your own voice?

Lesley Logan 9:27
You know what, here’s the thing, I’m gonna die when I actually put that number down for Brad, and they’re like, I got your customer service team is like, look, I’m calling your customer service. You can call mine.

Clare Solly 9:38
Okay, now let’s talk about Rachel Varga. Rachel Varga is a double board certified aesthetic nurse specialist who has been practicing since 2011, created skin care products and hosts The School of Radiance Podcast. As a traditionally trained esthetic nurse, she’s performed thousands of rejuvenation procedures on patients, including peels, lasers, injectables and assisting with surgery. After years in traditional medical aesthetics, she incorporated biohacking longevity practices and home care routines that make a significant long-term difference. Then you can see it in Lesley already, and it’s been short term. Her overall mission is to help people both look and feel their best.

Lesley Logan 10:19
Oh my gosh. Okay, so here’s the deal. She’s been on this podcast for a second time. Probably have to have her back, because there’s like, so many tools in my mind, too, but I really was like, peppering her with, like, do I need to, like, derma plane? Do I need to do this kind of thing, like, anything? I was like, What about the Gua Sha? Should I do this X, Y and Z? So I’m going to tell you right now. We can’t get into all the things, because she said it best, and she’s the expert.

Clare Solly 10:40
Yeah, just listen to the podcast and take notes.

Lesley Logan 10:42
But I will say, so what I love that she said is, like, self-care, particularly your morning and evening rituals, are an act of self-love. And if you don’t know what self-love is, go listen my self-love series, it came out in February. But like, I think that that is a lot of people are like, trying to find the new the right mascara or right foundation color, but truly, like when I got rid of my fake lashes, and I was like a mole rat with, like, no lashes, like alopecia on my eyes. No offense to people with alopecia, but like, it was like, a shocking difference from having zero. And the girl was helping. I said, you have to teach me to do my makeup, because I’ve had fake lashes for five years, so I’ve just never done it, and she said, look the best makeup doesn’t work on bad skin, so your best thing you could be doing for looking beautiful is to have a really good skincare routine. Now, luckily, I did do that, because I’m a Californian afraid of wrinkles, all that stuff, but like, so I was like, Okay, so I’m halfway there. And so I couldn’t agree with her more about like your evening and night routines are part of the of the self-love that you can give yourself, and also, like she gave you in that episode, so many ways of doing things for free or for low cost money. And then she stressed the importance of of engaging the parasympathetic nervous system so your body’s rest and regenerate mode. Ladies, like, if you are not sleeping, you’re not digesting. If you’re not digesting, you’re not absorbing stuff. You’re getting high cortisol. That is not fun in the perimenopause. So it’s not fun.

Clare Solly 12:09
Start those practices now.

Lesley Logan 12:10
So I you should. And if you’re already in it, and you’re like us, like if you owe it to yourself to try out something, one thing at a time, trying to do all the things at a time to really help you intentionally drop into your parasympathetic of the nervous system.

Clare Solly 12:22
Well, and to piggyback on that, like, do one thing at a time, even though you’re like, I mean, I took notes and not like, and I know you did too. And like, all the things, try one thing at a time and give it like, a week or two to see if it’s actually working for you. Because if you do five things at once, I mean, yes, we want you to, like, give yourself all the self-care you can.

Lesley Logan 12:39
You won’t know what’s working.

Clare Solly 12:40
You don’t know what’s working.

Lesley Logan 12:41
And then you can’t drop it off. And then you’re gonna freak out like, oh my god, I can’t take this on the plane. I can’t do this. So I was on a podcast with Jessica Valant, her her podcast, and she was asking about, like, when I travel, how I take care of myself. And I’m like, because when I’m at home, I’m so good about knowing all the different things that work for me. I know what I can do when I travel and what I can’t get away with. I’m not experimenting on a trip, you know, so but you have to do one thing at a time. And she said, the more relaxed you are in the parasympathetic state, the more beautiful you are going to be perceived as. And that is so true. I don’t ever see someone walking around stressed out, going, look how pretty she is. You’re kind of like, oh my god, that woman scares the hell out of me. Like, but we like, see these people who look so calm and confident. It’s like, oh, because they’re parasympathetic nervous system, it’s like, totally taking, like, getting it what it needs.

Clare Solly 13:27
Well, and two of the easiest way to help. It’s the Wonder Woman pose that, like, was big a couple years ago. You know, the little the little girl next to the bull, put your arms on your and your shoulders back and down, and like, already, like, if you’re watching on YouTube, you can see, like Lesley and I just became 10 times more beautiful.

Lesley Logan 13:42
Yeah, adjusted ourselves in our chairs. You totally do.

Clare Solly 13:45
It posture does so much for you and like and it does actually do something to your heart and makes you, like, radiate, and opens up your chest and your body, and then humming. Like, honestly, if you’re nervous about anything, it will also help you regulate. This is I’m a trained singer, so like that. And Brad can probably like recount this too, but just humming to yourself, even if it’s quietly, even in the car, if you’re traveling to something that you’re nervous about, just hum.

Lesley Logan 14:09
Also just inhale for five counts and exhale for five counts. So the perfect breath is between 10 and 11 seconds long. And if you just go inhale and count and exhale and count, you can, I can feel myself even just talking about it, like, drop in. There’s also a way that you can breathe. You do two inhales, one exhale, yeah, and that’s an instant reset as well.

Clare Solly 14:30
Yeah, all the breath work, all the breath work.

Lesley Logan 14:33
I know. So I mean, like, you might even have tools that you used to do, and we haven’t brought them up, and you haven’t done them in a while. And I would just say it’s worth it to do because, like, like, my, my Sephora girl said, I can teach you all the makeup tips in the world. But if you are tired and stressed out, and your skin is not, you know, shining and glowy like it, it won’t be as wonderful. And we’re talking about beauty like, beauty is skin deep. I think it’s really, truly, like how you take care of of the skin that you’re in, then whatever you apply to that is gonna be better. Doesn’t have any makeup. It could actually just be, maybe don’t wear any makeup. But like, just taking care of yourself is gonna be a really nice, wonderful thing.

Clare Solly 15:11
And also just like, again, gut check when you’re like, when something feels like it’s too much for you, or, like, too long of I mean, take care of yourself in any way you can. But if it’s too long of a commitment or too difficult for you to resource the things, like, don’t like, it’s not, it’s not going to help you.

Lesley Logan 15:26
No and real quick, I’ll just say one of the things that I have been doing from this talk, because everyone talks about Epsom salt baths, and like, because, like, you know, I’m perimenopausal and like, inflammation, all these things and like, my joints were bothering me, and everyone’s like, Epsom salt bath. Are you kidding me? My bath is set up as a cold plunge. I can’t have a cold plunge Epsom salt bath. So I was just like, and I’m not a bath person. Like, the cold plunge is easy, because I can drop in, I wake right up, right? But like, a bath, it’s kind of like that, like you just said, it takes more time than I want to give it. And so, like, the like, it just doesn’t feel like doable, right? Who’s going to take a five minute hot bath? First of all, it takes 15 minutes to load the tub up, right? And I’m in Vegas, and they check our water. So at any rate, she said, you don’t even need to do an Epson salt bath. She said, get some oil, avocado, or, like, I think human sesame, but, like, single source oil, put it on your body in the shower. So I get a hot shower on me. I put the oil on, and then I just take a bag of Epsom salt bath. I put my wet hand in it. It’s covered in Epsom salt, and I just scrub. And she was very clear on the episode. We’re not.

Clare Solly 16:26
I was gonna ask you about that. So as you said you were doing it.

Lesley Logan 16:28
I do it. I don’t do it every single night, just because it is a drier climate here, but I do it like at least every other night. But if I’m having, if I had a more stressful day, I’ll just do it anyways, even if I did the night before. So arms, legs, and I, first of all, I don’t even need to put lotion on afterwards. Your skin is so soft. It’s like, we went to the Korean spa and, like, they took off the skin so so soft. And I sleep like a baby. You get all the benefits of the Epsom salt bath without having to take the bath. And then it all just washes down the drain. So real quick, we have a bag of Epsom salt on subscription. So it comes, it’s a wonderfully sourced Epsom salt, and then we took those, like, restaurant like, like, mustard squeeze bottle, and we just poured a bunch of oil in it. It’s in the shower, and it’s just, like, easy, easy. And you walk out so clean, and I have a bath to clean afterwards.

Clare Solly 17:15
And what I really loved was her skeptical on a lot of these, like, I loved that you were, like, asking about all these tools. And she was like, well, and she, like, she had opinions on all of them. You like, you could hear it. But she was also like, yeah. And I, like, I loved that she, like, gave you different things to do, like, you asked her about face yoga, and should you do it? And she was like, No, do the lymph node things. And like, automatically I was starting to do that. And like, and, you know, press things. And it felt so much better. Like, and I like that she also, like, gave you things like, you know, was the was the lady who did the thing on the one side of her face, like, didn’t actually work. She’s like, well, it could be that because, because she sleeps on that side, and because she, like, she dries and gets sun on that side, things you don’t think about.

Lesley Logan 17:57
I know she’s like, she had a healthy skepticism that made me go, oh, okay, she’s like, I’m watching it, and I know that there’s like, fake stuff out there. But also, like, I don’t know, like, my girlfriend does this, like, brushing to her face, and it her face looks so good so, you know, like, but it’s that lymphatic drainage stuff, I don’t know, like, so.

Clare Solly 18:16
Oh and lymphatic drainage is something like, I’m convinced that’s actually why I have this little bit of a head cold right now because I had like, a massage with, like, massive lymphatic (inaudible).

Lesley Logan 18:23
If Rachel is listening to this, she’s gonna send us a link of, like, what you should be doing.

Clare Solly 18:26
Oh, please, please Rachel, please send it. Please, please, like I would listen to you and like I’m following you and I’m doing all the things. But I loved that, like that just working out, like things that you do and adding to your normal routine. I think you mentioned, like, can I do the massage while I’m putting on my facial lotion? And she was like, yes, absolutely.

Lesley Logan 18:45
Is that great? Because you’re already doing it. You’re already doing your skincare. And you can, just like, make sure your hands are nice and moisturized, and you can do the things. I’m like, if you’re watching this, I’m like, doing the things. And, like, it really does make a massive difference.

Clare Solly 18:57
Yeah, it does. It does well and make sure your hands are clean and moisturized, not and just like, you’ve had French fries and you’re like, oh, there’s some (inaudible).

Lesley Logan 19:05
Like, let’s not, let’s not make it, let’s not it’s like they no good deed goes unpunished. Like, don’t fuck up. We don’t, like, clean your hands. I think people need to wash their hands more. But anyways, I couldn’t agree more. And I just thought, like, I just keep going back to, like, self-care is, like, such a self act of love. And like, I mean, we always think, oh, I should go get a facial. Oh, I should go get a massage. And think you could be doing like, little massages to yourself.

Clare Solly 19:28
Yeah, yeah. I mean, again, not after French fries, but like at the stoplight, while you’re driving in your car. You could do something like quick, like knuckle Gua Sha on yourself, press those lymph nodes in your in your clavicle, and release things.

Lesley Logan 19:39
Oh, yeah. I love this one girl online, she like, shows you, like, okay, clear your things. And I’m like, whenever I see her, I’m like, let’s just clear them. Like, what are we doing here? And I feel like mine are so tight, no wonder, like, my eyes are always so puffy.

Clare Solly 19:48
Oh yeah, yeah. So so many good tips that she had. And I love that you were like, I felt like you were asking the hard questions. And then one thing that I’m fascinated with is the energy in your fingertips. Like, I want to read more about that. I’m like, my fingers are magic.

Lesley Logan 20:03
I know the visualization of me is like, oh, does that mean like, I have, like, little like, I want that. What a super power. Like, then you can just, like, someone who annoys you just walk by and, like, shock them.

Clare Solly 20:22
So good, so good.

Lesley Logan 20:23
Yeah. But, you know, I really so one of the things, like, she’s so educated, and obviously the way you can do Botox and things like that, like, she’s not any anti any of that stuff, but I really appreciate her honesty. Like, you could also try these things first, if you’re, like, not interested in the injectables and but then also, don’t just go buy anything that says it’s, like, better than Botox. Like, yeah, you know, it’s just, I just appreciate like, she’s like, you can spend good money in good places, and you could waste it, or you could use your own hands.

Clare Solly 20:48
Yeah, well, and, like, I mean, you and I talked about Gua Sha, I think, like, a year ago, and you were like, you have to do this. And I started doing it, and I was good for like, two months, and then I’m like, oh, and I travel, and I forget to take my Gua Sha or, Oh, I’m, you know, you know, off doing whatever and forget to Gua Sha, but my fingers are always attached, and I can’t use that as an excuse.

Lesley Logan 21:08
I agree, and like, I still like my Gua Sha, but also, it’s not always where I am, you know, like it’s or it’s I found, like I almost want a Gua Sha in the shower, because I’m in the shower already, you know, like I’m already there, but then, like, I have dropped a Gua Sha, don’t do that. Then it cracks, and you don’t want to scratch your face, so, like, it’s so I kind of like that, if I forgot my Gua Sha, if I can’t travel with it, if I’m asleep, I could still do it, you know, like, because I think a lot of us look for an excuse of why we can’t do something. You have, you know, you have your hands. If you have hands, and if you don’t have hands, then teach someone to Gua Sha you.

Clare Solly 21:43
Oh, and you said the thing, sorry, I’m circling back to the thing that you said about the like the cold well, she said something about the cold plunge, like you should rinse off at the end of you can stand it. And I am a person that likes the water so hot that it burns my skin when I’m in the shower.

Lesley Logan 21:55
I agree with you, because I think that’s effective.

Clare Solly 21:57
I love a hot, hot shower. I love a hot shower. And I know she was saying she, you know, prefers a shower in the morning. I’m a night person because I like to, like, calm down and cool down and, like, it makes me sleep better. But here’s a tip for somebody like me that is, like, afraid of the cold water. I turned down my hot just a little bit so I have, like, room temperature water, and I’ll do that for a couple of showers, and then slowly, like, turn down the heat a little bit more, a little bit more.

Lesley Logan 22:22
Yeah, I so there’s a lot of studies on, like, women’s temperature for cold plunge. And so I, you know, like, our cold plunge is set 50. I mean, like, I’m sure men will say that Brad should have it colder, like, he doesn’t like cold, like, it’s not good for his constitution. So 50, 50, is fucking cold. I’ll just say that. And I we use it in the morning as a such a great way to, like, wake up. Like it is, like, better than coffee, like it’s you do. You can, like, be hung over and get in that fucking thing, and you are not hung over anymore. You’re like, okay, it’s not going over my head, it’s not going my face, but, like, I get up to my neck and shoulders. I do it for a few minutes. It’s enough. I like the routine of it. I like the way I’m starting the day. Like, hello. Like, let’s go. But we used to do cold showers. And I will just say, those suck. Those are so miserable. But obviously, like, not everyone can have a cold plunge. So I think that you have to figure out what works for you. And I will say, like, the act of doing something that’s uncomfortable does allow me to be in more discomfort on most days, not on my worst days, but like on my best days. Discomfort happens things. And I because, like, kind of trained my mind, like I can handle this only a few minutes, like, not a big deal. It does translate. So I think even if you’re not doing it for like, the aesthetics of it or the biohacking of it, like, there’s reasons to do it. But I also, like to me, the shower needs to burn my skin. I want to be a red I want to be a lobster. I tell Brad, I’m like, it’s killing the germs. He’s like, That’s not it. I’m like, it’s gotta be doing something there’s never too hot of a hot shower for me. I am, like, just so.

Clare Solly 23:52
I’m a lizard. I just want the hot.

Lesley Logan 23:54
Yeah, what he used to do is, like, get in the shower at like, the middle, and then, you know, get himself wet at that, like, more like, room temperature water, and then, like, dip it down to a cold that he could tolerate, and then he would do it. That is too long of a commitment, but, hey, you know, but that that’s how we’re different.

Clare Solly 24:13
That’s how we’re different, yeah, and it’s good to talk about these things and things that, like, work for you and don’t work for you, and try things.

Lesley Logan 24:18
I think it’s so funny because the internet’s like, you must do this. It’s the best thing for, like, the belly fat or the cortisol or the menopause or whatever. If you don’t like it, don’t do it. Like, oh my god, you know, like, there’s so many tools out there, and they might have worked for someone. They don’t have to work for you. And then also, like, Whatever happened to like, if it doesn’t work for you, it’s okay for it to work for someone else. Don’t you? I just feel like, you know, we don’t have to be the same.

Clare Solly 24:43
Yeah, well, and your body changes too. Like Rachel was saying, like, some of the things that you’ll do, and that she suggests, your body will actually change while you’re doing it. And so maybe the thing that you’re you start doing today isn’t going to work for you in a year. And so, you know, just, you know. Find a new thing.

Lesley Logan 25:00
I know I had to change my skincare line after 40 I found a really great one that I love, but, like, the stuff I was doing before, just like, stopped being great. That’s okay. It’s not there’s nothing wrong with the line. It just wasn’t right for me. And like, oh my god, you know. So if you love your Gua Sha, keep doing it. But if you if you hate your cold plunge, don’t. Find something else that like challenges your body a different way?

Clare Solly 25:22
Yeah, absolutely. Let’s talk about the Be It Action Items. What bold, executable, intrinsic or targeted action items can we take away from your convo? I know I took away two crucial foundational elements for overall health and skin, drink 1.2 to 2.5 liters of water daily. One of my hacks for this, I actually, when I’m setting up my coffee at night, I put a cup of water by the coffee machine so I don’t even have to fill it up. It’s ready when I wake up, and I like, I’m just like, I dummy proof it like I drink my cup of water while I’m waiting for the coffee to brew. And then I’m gonna start doing this. I’m gonna put a pinch of salt in it. I actually put magnesium drops in mine, because I drink them all day long, because, like, your bottled waters, like Perrier and those mineral waters that are European have magnesium in them. So I get my magnesium that way too, although they say magnesium is best absorbed through the skin. So I could just be doing it for fun.

Lesley Logan 26:19
That’s why the Epsom salt thing is so good.

Clare Solly 26:21
Yeah, I’m gonna try that.

Lesley Logan 26:22
I’m telling you tonight, since you have one more night here, yes, put it in your bathroom. You’re doing it. We’re gonna do all the magnesium, and then make sure that water is filtered, whether you’re putting it on your body or in your body.

Lesley Logan 26:33
Yeah, guys, find a shower filter. Oh, my god. Like, even if you’re renting, like, you gotta do it, yeah? Because, like, there’s so much crap in that water, or they’ve taken everything out of it, so there’s nothing good in it, like you got, if you can’t change the filtered water in your house, we could, but because we, but, like, that’s, it’s an investment we’re not making right now. So we have a shower head filter, and we’ve had it for a year. Whole my hair is different, my skin is different, everything’s different.

Clare Solly 26:59
Yeah, I just got one. I rent my apartment, and I just bought one. Pro tip, though, make sure you can actually find filters for your shower head and for if you I have one on my sink, too, make sure you find filters that like they’re out there and they’re not hard to find, and they’re not expensive, or the way you can afford them.

Lesley Logan 27:14
Ours is like, ours was a gift because we asked for it at Christmas, and I actually do wonder if, like it even as a filtered change, or if we just buy it a whole new thing, if we can find a filter for it, I’m gonna move it to the guest bathroom, because, yeah, I got you guys to listen to the HigherDOSE. I was like, oh, we’re due for a new filter. And then HigherDOSE is like, hey, we have a red light filtered water head.

Clare Solly 27:35
Ooh, okay, maybe I need to try that one while I’m here too.

Lesley Logan 27:39
Okay, I’m we’re recording it, and it’s supposed to ship tomorrow. So I don’t have it, I can tell you right now, like, the number of red lights that I live under. Like, I can’t even wait to shower, light off. Red in the bathroom, red light on.

Clare Solly 27:51
Amazing, amazing, amazing.

Lesley Logan 27:55
Rachel’s probably like, girl, I don’t know. I fell for all of it. I’m in.

Clare Solly 28:00
You know what? Sometimes, sometimes things that we think make us beautiful actually do make us beautiful because we like them.

Lesley Logan 28:06
Yeah, beitpod.com/higherdose okay, use that link. It’s our affiliate, so that helps you support this podcast. And then Balanced Dose, Balanced with so, like, like, two Ds in the middle, we’ll get you 20% on anything you want there. But I’m, like, big on the show. I’m so excited about it.

Clare Solly 28:22
Amazing. So Lesley, what were your biggest takeaways?

Lesley Logan 28:25
Okay, so she said, we just have to, like, hear this, look at your beautification routine as self-love, because you’re worth it. You are worth it, right? And so we’ve said it already, but I think, I think some of the best, Be It Action Items are the ones we repeat. Because, like, I just think so many people see it as, like, something they have to buy into. And it’s like, it is part of it. We did this with the fascia blaster lady. She’s like, massaging your body is like time spent with your body. It’s an act of self-love and like, so that you guys, we don’t realize when things change in our body, because we’re just so used to kind of like living with it. We’re kind of like a frog like, although I have heard that the frog in boiling water is, is a myth but everyone says it, so it makes sense, so we’ll use it, but it is a totally, apparently, a myth. So we don’t realize, like, that ache we had yesterday, and we’re like, oh, it’s still there. And then we kind of, like, we kind of start to live with it. So I just really believe, the more time you spend with yourself, like you will recognize when things are changing and some of those things are changing, or your moles, like, I have pre skin cancer, and I didn’t know you could be I thought we were all pre, weren’t you? Apparently there’s another level. It’s an in between. But it’s because I was like, hey, this mole is acting differently. Can you check it out? You know? And so, like, if you’re not spending time with yourself and your body, you don’t notice these changes that are happening, so.

Clare Solly 29:38
Yeah, and it’s really worth it. I mean, you taught me years ago to put on my calendar the things that were worth it for me to do for myself. So like, even if you have to block off your like, mentally block off your calendar for 15 more minutes to, like, go take that extra time in the shower, to do your Gua Sha, to do your Epsom salt. Like, do it like, you are worth the extra five minutes, 15 minutes out. You’re worth it.

Lesley Logan 30:00
You really are. I mean, I think, I think a lot of us are spending way too much time on things that actually don’t care for us, make us feel good. And so I just think that, like, notice if you actually made the time for your skincare, notice what you don’t have time for. And I promise you, you’re letting go of the things you didn’t need to be doing.

Clare Solly 30:16
I’m sure we could all stop scrolling for 15 minutes.

Lesley Logan 30:18
Well, here’s the thing. Like, if I was to say, hey, you know, like, Clare, you’re like, Oh, I’m flying down. Oh, you’re flying tomorrow, right? Yeah. Oh, my God, Clare, I just want a shopping spree. You know, at our favorite store that you’re, you know, it’s at two o’clock, you move your fucking flight. I would move it. You would move it. You would just do that. Like, so we make time for things we want to do. And if you say you really want to take care of yourself, you will make time for it. If you just so she also reminded us, we have one body, so we have to care for it. We have to make good decisions for it. And like, I was telling you the other day, I don’t always feel motivated to work out, but I I want to when I’m 80, I’m gonna be glad I did. So that’s why I do it. Like, that’s literally, like, the days I want to do I’m like, I have this one body, and when I’m 80, I’m gonna be glad I did it. So she also wanted to remind you she has a free 30 minute biohacking video. It’s for the skin video. So I think you should go do that. Why not? You can find it at theschoolofradiance.com so I would go do that.

Clare Solly 31:11
I’m gonna go click on it after this, I’m gonna go watch it.

Lesley Logan 31:14
Also, her skin is fucking stunning. I thought I had good skin. She is great, great skin.

Clare Solly 31:20
I also wanted to train me how to do that like, three way braid like that was awesome.

Lesley Logan 31:23
I I know that’s my next thing is to learn how to braid my hair. But at any rate, maybe that’s funny. If you have someone who teaches people how to braid hair as that you follow or you love, like that, I need that person on the pod. I want them to teach me on the pod like that is, oh yeah, like, that’s why i It’s the year of learning how to deal with my hair so.

Clare Solly 31:42
Because you tried them, then I could come try your red lights.

Lesley Logan 31:45
I’m at the point where I would chop it off, but it does look beautiful when it’s done. So you know, I feel really good about my mascara. Feel really good about my brows. I feel really good about the skincare. I just need someone to fucking do my hair. So she’s brilliant. So go check that out, schoolofradiance.com you guys, I’m Lesley Logan.

Clare Solly 32:00
And I’m Clare Solly.

Lesley Logan 32:01
And tell us what you what of these things you’re trying, what? Try one at a time if you hate it, right? Move on. The next thing we want to know, and also Rachel’s gonna want to know, so make sure you let her know and send us a friend who is buying all the things off of Instagram that they think will work, so that they can, you know, maybe hear some tricks that are better and that you’ll have a fun more conversation, I think, than one on. Hey, did you try this 17th thing that you have to buy and then it doesn’t work? Send it to anybody who needs to hear it and until next time, Be It Till You See It.

Clare Solly 32:30
Bye.

Lesley Logan 32:32
That’s all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the Be It Pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others Be It Till You See It. Have an awesome day. Be It Till You See It is a production of The Bloom Podcast Network. If you want to leave us a message or a question that we might read on another episode, you can text us at +1-310-905-5534 or send a DM on Instagram @BeItPod.

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It’s written, filmed and recorded by your host, Lesley Logan and me, Brad Crowell.

Lesley Logan
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Special thanks to Melissa Solomon for creating our visuals.

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