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“Being able to hear the messages your skin and your body is sending when they are just a whisper, rather than shouting – that’s the goal.”
Dr. Keira Barr is a dual board-certified dermatologist and founder of the Resilient Health Institute. She helps professional and entrepreneurial women revitalize their lives and re-energize their bodies, but her personal path to vibrant health wasn’t always easy.
We chatted about Keira’s personal experience with melanoma, how being bullied and feeling ‘not enough’ growing up contributed to it, what to look for on YOUR skin (and when to get it checked out), and how Keira is shifting her definition of health to include emotional and mental fitness, as well as physical fitness, as she enters midlife.
Highlights
- How your skin reflects your overall state of wellness, what to look for, and what to do about it
- Why Keira believes that asking ‘why’ is the key to understanding what your body is telling you through your skin
- What acne, wrinkles, and dark circles might be telling you about your health
- The changes that Keira sees in the field of dermatology, and how her work is one step ahead of most traditional dermatology practices
- Keira shares her personal experience with melanoma – and how being bullied and feeling ‘not enough’ growing up contributed to it
- When it’s time to visit your dermatologist to get a skin check – and how to use ‘getting naked’ as an early warning system for skin cancer
- How learning to tune into her body led Keira to approach her health, and the health of her patients, in a totally different way
- Why you don’t have to accept ‘feeling crappy’ as you enter middle age
- Shifting your definition of health to include emotional and mental fitness, as well as physical fitness – and why it matters
- The opportunity for rediscovery of self that comes with middle age, and how Keira is navigating it
- The simple practice that helps Keira appreciate the here and now (and the furry family member that helps her do it)
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
Lara’s interview with Dr. Sasha Heinz, “Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life”
genneve website
Connect with Keira: Website | Facebook | Instagram | Linkedin
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