How Your Skin Reflects Your Nervous System Health

Overview

In this episode, I sit down with Jodi Scott, co-founder of Green Goo by Sierra Sage Life and health psychologist with a background in psychoneuroimmunology, who started formulating plant-based salves with her mom and sister in their family kitchen, scaled the company to 150,000 points of distribution in under five years, lost the entire business overnight when financial partners faced legal trouble, and then bought it back a year before this recording. What makes this conversation unique is how Jodi connects skin health directly to the nervous system, and how her entire understanding of healing shifted from doing more to being more present.

You’ll Learn

• Why your skin is not just the largest organ but is rich in neurotransmitters, was born from the same embryonic tissue as your nervous system, and is in a constant state of fight or flight, making it a direct readout of your internal stress state and a portal for nervous system regulation
• What psychoneuroimmunology is and why Jodi trained physicians in the biopsychosocial model including asking patients whether they have community, whether they can pay their bills, and whether they are happy at home, because immune function, nervous system state, and psychology are inseparably linked
• The mental fitness boot camp Jodi’s coach prescribed after she lost her business including setting an alarm every three hours to do a 30-second presence practice such as listening to birds, feeling feet on the ground, watching the horizon, or taking a breath, and why these micro-doses of presence compound throughout the day to shift cortisol and inflammation
• Why the biggest mistake most people make with nervous system regulation is assuming they need two hours of meditation, when the science actually supports 30-second to 2-minute practices spread throughout the day, and how something as simple as feeling the water on your hands while washing them is enough to remind the nervous system it is safe
• How looking at your phone first thing in the morning hijacks your nervous system before the day begins, why getting outside to see natural light within the first 10 minutes of waking has cascading benefits for sleep, energy, focus, and stress resilience, and a practical device called The Brick that physically prevents phone access during set hours
• Why most plant-based skincare on the market is what Jodi calls the zombie plant where high heat, alcohol extraction, or chemical processing denatures the medicinal properties of the herbs before they ever reach the skin, and why Green Goo uses a slow cold infusion process to protect and concentrate those properties
• What calendula actually does at a cellular level including its antifungal, antimicrobial, and skin regenerative properties, and a recent discovery that calendula flower stimulates the enzyme in the epidermal layer that regenerates telomeres, the end caps of DNA associated with longevity
• The four-step eczema protocol Green Goo uses including eliminating all soap and replacing with their eczema oil in the bath or shower, applying the first aid formula to calm the itch and begin wound healing, transitioning to the dry skin formula once the flare calms, and finishing with the burn and scar repair formula to rebuild the skin barrier and reduce scarring

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Resources

• Green Goo website: greengoo.com
• Jodi Scott on LinkedIn: search Jodi Scott
• The Brick phone management device: available online (not affiliated)

Your skin is your nervous system’s report card. Give it something to work with. Avoid the phthalates, parabens, and petroleums. Nourish your skin with plants. And give yourself those small moments throughout the day to get present. All of it works together.