practice is unique to the individual. Slow Beauty isn’t a regimen,
P: You mention early in your wellness journey you
or a one size fits all idea. I believe the most sustainable self-care
had to seek out the kinds of modalities that are
practice is one that is fluid and personalized. My book is simply
readily available today. How does this ever-present
a guide offering suggestions and recommendations and an outline
rush of information make it difficult for women today
for people to create their own way. So much of developing a self-
to figure out their own wellness journey?
care practice is trial and error, and over time we each find our way
SP: That is true. My wellness journey has been a journey of
and hone our practice. We are always in process.
discovery over many years, and compared to how we receive
and consume information today, I was
P: We hear the word “anti-
fortunate to have this slower experience
aging” so much in the beauty
without the pressure to keep up with any
industry. How does Slow Beauty
wellness trends. Now, with so many choices
combat that idea or trend?
and options and avenues of wellness,
SP: I am completely against that word
narrowing it down can be overwhelming for
and always have been. We need to
people who are interested in their own
choose our words carefully, and I don’t
wellness journey, and the pace of the ever-
think being against aging is the way to go.
changing trends may discourage people
I think this phrase encourages a superficial
from going deep into any one offering. I
and tyrannical approach to aging. I think
recommend people set boundaries about
we need to create new language about and
how they receive and consume the infor-
around the aging process that is
mation, tune into their needs, try one
supportive, encouraging and
thing at a time, and be reflective about
ultimately, Slow beauty is about expansive.
what resonates with them and what does
not.
joyful living and a commitment
P: In Slow Beauty, you
to always becoming the best
mention Torti, your son’s
P: How does this book help someone
version of our self.
class pet, and how he
who is overwhelmed by the
helped you come to your
increasing wellness options and
satori moment (or aha moment) about the slow
information available?
beauty philosophy. What was that like for you and
SP: In the book, I emphasiz e the importance of slowing down
how can readers use your book to have their own
and taking a seasonal approach to wellness and encourage
satori moment?
women to map out their personal self-care plan in the mapping
SP: It was a wonderful aha moment. My hope is that when
section in chapter four. I also offer a daily wellness “itinerary”
readers try the rituals, recipes and exercises they will connect with
as a structure to follow to plot out their self-care rituals on a
something along the way that shifts their perspective about
daily, monthly and yearly basis. I recommend approaching this
beauty, self-love and self-care. The book is set up in such a way
slowly over time, really tuning in to what feels good, and
to leave space and give support for people to experience their own
selecting a few core aspects to their practice. For me, the core
revelations about how they feel and what they need, and what
is daily meditation, self-massage and a vegan diet, and then I
ultimately sets them on a path of sustainable self-care for a
build on that with other appropriate daily, monthly and yearly
lifetime. n
rituals that work for me.
P: Why was it so important for you to make the Slow
Beauty program so individualized?
SP: I don’t believe in beauty standards per se. Each self-care
clicK Here for one of Pink’s recipes as
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