By: Gabriela Yareliz
I loved this conversation between Dr. Ewoma and Grace Beverley.
I loved their conversation on grief. So many gems on mindset, tenacity and healing.
Becoming Unshakable
Bread and Butter
By: Gabriela Yareliz
When I was growing up, my parents had a bread machine. It was a white cube machine. I have no recollection as to how it emerged or when. I just remember it.
You would place the ingredients from whatever bread you wanted in the book that came with the machine, and close the lid, and, then, you would wait.
The smell that would come out of that bread machine was mouth-watering. It would fill the whole house. One minute, I was playing, and the next minute— I felt like I was going to break into the bread machine for a piece like a deprived raccoon.
Then, when it was ready, you had to let it cool. Eating the warm bread with butter— a delight.
I was recently in a Chinese bakery, and they have these cube-like spongy breads that remind me of the bread that would come out of that bread machine. Yesterday, I had a delicious bread with butter. There is just a pure delight when it comes to eating a good piece of bread with butter.
Every house should smell like bread. They should make a candle for that. Or, we should all get bread machines. Do they still make those? (I looked, and they do. Someday, when I have counter space, I will get one). Egg bread was the best.
May we all remember the simple delights of life, every day. Bread and butter being two delights.
August
“This is how August feels to me, that strange moment while you’re on a swing when you aren’t going up or down but feel suspended in mid-air.
Even the air outside feels still, like it’s between an inhale and an exhale, a pause between two pages of a book.”
Jillian Hankins
Summer Days
“When I look back on this summer, when I look back on my life, I want to know that I was fully there. I want to know that I was the first to arrive and the last to leave.” Tylee Shay
By: Gabriela Yareliz
Summer makes us dream. Strawberry patches. Lake water. Boats. An old fish shop with tables and counters that feel sticky even though they are wood.
Sweet deep heat. A soft breeze. Tomatoes that are so flavorful, you question what the supermarket is selling. A bright red fish soap on a rope.
Bright lighthouses. Forests the darkest shade of green. Thin orange tents. The shower you set up outside in the woods (I miss those). Cartons filled with cherries or raspberries.
Little crabs by the cove. The small retro burger shop with prices that haven’t moved in decades. The book that takes too long to finish.
Glittery nails. Sunscreen like war paint, but always missing certain spots.
Endless sunshine that stays in permanent core memories.
This Week’s Favorites 08.07.26
By: Gabriela Yareliz
What a week. Scott Lobaido flatlined and got brought back to life. He is still being iconic from his hospital bed.
The humidity reached new levels. The NY Post called it “Caribbean” levels of humidity. Whatever it is— we feel it. I sweat so much this week. Yesterday, my jeans left my legs blue. (Why is clothes always melting onto me??)
I am not going to lie— it takes everything not to wish away summer and pray for falling leaves and crisp dark mornings.
Hilary Duff was at MSG— jamming. This week’s song is a song I loved from Jr High, in honor of Duff’s NYC tour visit.
Tracy Anderson’s interview with L’Beauté MX was great and insightful.
Most people are talking about Nikki Garcia’s return to the ring— but can we talk about Brie’s glow up and return? She is looking better than EVER.
I have five workouts left to meet by goal for the Ladder RELOAD program. So by the end of the six weeks, I will have surpassed the threshold. excited for that. Planning on looking fire like Brie by late October and November. We are in the ‘trust the process’ stage.
I started deep seasonal cleaning. Today, I did the makeup and body/hair product shelves and supplements. I took down four bags of recycling. Small steps. New soap on the soap dish— who dis?
It’s been 23 years of The OC. It’s funny because I watched it more recently in life, but their magazine covers had me in a chokehold until Kristin Cavallari took over. *Cue the Laguna Beach intro* I miss you, Seventeen Magazine.
If I see something on Lion’s Gate energy, I am throwing my phone into the bay. Who coordinated this astrology spam on the internet and podcast sphere? Geez. And then there is that guy who said we will lose gravity on August 12. (NASA literally came out to refute this). What is this world we live in? I guess I do live for the weirdness. (Toxic trait). It did make me wonder— what would happen if we lost gravity?
Palate cleanse…
Here is the stuff that caught my attention this week:
“You shouldn’t let those assholes have your joy.” Jeff Tweedy
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” Maya Angelou
“I think nostalgia might be the strongest emotion there is.” Paige Paul
“You have to quiet that voice that’s inevitably going to tell you to stop.
That is a bitch ass part of your brain.
And you have to tell it to be quiet because you’re capable of more.” Kelly Matthews
“The addiction to victimhood is so strong, it’s a new religion that’ll be required in NYC public schools any day now.” Taylor Ferber
“Your kids are not the sacrifice. They are the life.” Danielle Shugg
Some favs from YouTube:
This week’s Song of the Week:
No Skipping
“People skip the parts of themselves they’re not ready to face.
They avoid the very things that, once they’re willing to face them, open the door to profound growth. Those are the things that ultimately lead to healthier relationships, a happier life, and a lighter relationship with yourself. But because they’re uncomfortable, people keep skipping them.
Real growth can’t happen that way.”
Tracy Anderson for L’Beauté
Rollerblades
By: Gabriela Yareliz
Where did all the rollerblades go? Did someone kidnap them all and bury them? Did they disappear with Toys-R-Us? Did the manufacturing center go bankrupt or burn down?
We used to rollerblade so much on the 90s. Why is this not a hobby anymore? And don’t tell me it’s because too many people broke an arm or something, because more people broke arms with scooters, and I still see those everywhere. Every time I see a grown man on a scooter, I cringe.
Do we bring rollerblades back? What is the social temperature on this? And do we care what the social temperature is? Hmmm…
Swirling Around in the Mind
By: Gabriela Yareliz
Cardiovascular Health for Women
Did you know cardiovascular disease kills more women than all cancers combined? That was wild to learn.
I really loved this conversation between Alisa Vitti and Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum. Highly recommend!
Hilary Duff
She still has us millennials in a chokehold. She is the millennial queen. She is in concert this week in NYC. (Major FOMO). She is in every other campaign, hitting all of our heartstrings. Ladder, Bath and Body Works… her reign never ended. Entering my fourth month with Ladder! (I started it before her campaign, but loved to see it).
Paige Paul on Substack
Paige Paul (formerly Lorenze) of Dairy Boy launched her Substack.
I am here for it.
“I was (and, to the occasional annoyance of everyone around me, still am) deeply competitive, slightly intense, and perpetually on some kind of side quest.” Paige Paul
Loonen
I loved The Bossticks’ Podcast with Loonen founder Clara Sieg. It was neat to learn the Loons return to the same water source every year unless it becomes contaminated or changes wildly. They are markers of water purity.
We learn something every day!
Medicine
Face One
GABRIELA YARELIZ 