I’m Lydia

A life coach, acne survivor, and self-love advocate, here to help you get your life back on track while navigating your daily battles with acne.

I see you, because I was you.

In my mid 20s, a few pimples on the side of my cheeks had me going down a rabbit hole online for a miracle solution. I came across several posts praising coconut oil as the holy grail product for acne.

I naively went all in, convinced that it would clear my skin. “The initial purging means it's working,” they said. So even as my skin was breaking out, I kept going, waiting and hoping for the coconut oil to draw out all the toxins from my skin as they said it would.

Except the purging never stopped. In fact, it just kept getting worse and worse, until one day, almost every single pore on my face was inflamed with severe cystic acne.

My entire world collapsed.

My worst nightmare had just begun…

Devastated and ashamed, I sought out dermatologists and aestheticians who could help me reverse the damage that was already done. I was prescribed several rounds of antibiotics and topical creams to calm down the inflammation.

I took a leave of absence from work and stopped seeing my friends altogether. I hid from the world and only left the house for 10 minutes a day to walk my dog with the biggest sunglasses and hat that I could find, wishing I was invisible.

I wanted to scream and cry whenever I looked in the mirror, disgusted at the reflection of my own face.

I felt ugly and unattractive.
I felt worthless.

The vicious cycle of healing and purging left me feeling depressed and angry.

I felt like nobody understood what I was going through – the deep pain and sorrow I was in from the moment I woke up in the morning til my head touched the pillow again at night that had blood stains all over from the puss on my face from the night before. 

I turned to self-help books and spirituality to find solace in this darkness that became my life. 

Then one day, I had an epiphany.

As I was sitting in my room drowning in sadness and self-pity, I realized I had two options: I could continue to go down this negative spiral and let acne ruin my life, or I could be the one who is in charge of my life again.

I made a conscious decision right then and there and chose the latter – to not let acne stop me from living my life anymore.

With a face full of breakouts and acne scars, I embraced life fully and started to cross things off of my bucket list – solo travel, sky diving, moving to a new city – rediscovering joy in everyday moments.

I realized that waiting for perfect skin meant waiting for my life to begin, and I refused to put my life on hold any longer.

What was the most painful and traumatic chapter of my life became what fueled my mission to help guide other women like you, silently suffering from the emotional toll of acne.

Because I know firsthand how difficult it can be to navigate each day alone, when no one is talking about the mental and emotional challenges of living with acne. 

But this journey to self-love isn’t about shouting positive mantras in the mirror nor forcing #acnepositivity.

It’s about creating a safe space for genuine growth and healing towards self-love and compassion, one step at a time.

My vision is simple: to offer the same level of care, support and attention to your mental and emotional well-being as we do to treating your acne.

Here, you’ll feel validated and supported from day one.

Together, we’ll take back control of your life and rediscover joy, starting now.

Because you have so much to live for, and you deserve to live it fully.

Let me show you the way.

Your coach and safe space,

XO,