By: Gabriela Yareliz Aziz Ansari grew up in South Carolina. I was discussing this, and how he talked about being different as a kid. Here in NYC, people have a habit of even categorizing their own ethnicity as those who are from here and those who are “fresh off the boat” so to speak. IContinue reading “Home State Behavior”
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This Week’s Favorites 09.04.26
“Shoutout to anyone drinking breakfast soda.” Theo Von We have entered the “-ber” months. I ended the week putting a fall essential oil blend in the diffuser. The diffuser is back onnnn. Here is to hoping we soon say: You feel it in the air— summer is packing its bag to say goodbye for theContinue reading “This Week’s Favorites 09.04.26”
Lavish with Beauty
“God is lavish with beauty.” Dr. Edie Wadsworth When we look at nature, we see that God was generous with the amount of beauty He put in the world for us. Dr. Edie reminded us this week that beauty is not a reward, but it is a need that we are hardwired for. It’s somethingContinue reading “Lavish with Beauty”
Summer Tweed
By: Gabriela Yareliz Have I gotten weak? I wondered. I watched the woman walk across the train platform in a beige tweed blazer. You have to understand, the day has 100% humidity, and it has rained on and off. It’s not cooling rain; it’s steaming rain. The air is sticky, or as Theo Von says,Continue reading “Summer Tweed”
What Faith Feels Like? (Mosaic)
By: Gabriela Yareliz This message by Charles Metcalf III at Mosaic was fire. 🔥 If you are looking for a message to inspire and shake you, look no further. So many important insights on what it means to live by faith and not feeling, and following the truth no matter what the season. “Sometimes, youContinue reading “What Faith Feels Like? (Mosaic)”
Asked for a Sign
And got it. By: Gabriela Yareliz Yesterday, I heard Dr. Edie speak, and her words touched my heart. Deeply. I went out for a walk, and I had that warm feeling— that feeling when you go, I think God just spoke to me just now. It stayed on my mind. Sometimes, we are faced withContinue reading “Asked for a Sign”
This Week’s Favorites 08.28.26
By: Gabriela Yareliz Next week, we’ll start September. Everyone keeps asking where summer went. I don’t know. My seasonal transitional cleaning is underway. Yesterday, I wiped down the kitchen cabinets, sorted through cans and refreshed extermination tools. I am satisfied with what I accomplished this week. This week, we lost many people, including the legendaryContinue reading “This Week’s Favorites 08.28.26”
Looking Around the Salon
By: Gabriela Yareliz “Did I tell you about the drugs?” the elderly woman under the hair heat lamp asked her stylist after a long period of silence. Her stylist, an older Italian gentleman, moved the cart with the foils and bowl of creamy goop he had just placed on her head. “Drugs?” He asked asContinue reading “Looking Around the Salon”
The Setup
“Chronic stress management is not optional — it is hormonal maintenance.” Rich Girl Academy By: Gabriela Yareliz I was reading a piece on declining fertility the other day, and it made a point to highlight that hormonal imbalances in women today don’t just belong to the woman in the present, but we are set upContinue reading “The Setup”
This Week’s Favorites 08.21.26
I saw parents dropping off their kids to some of their last 9 am taekwondo classes before classes start up here. (Classes start so late here—) You could feel the end of summer hanging in the cool 68F air after yesterday’s rainstorm, flooding and apparently, Long Island tornado. Back to school reminds me of theContinue reading “This Week’s Favorites 08.21.26”
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