By: Gabriela Yareliz Have we made everything too complicated? *Plays Avril Lavigne “Complicated”* Cigarettes are always bad, kids, but the meaning of the image above hit home with me. What the hell were we doing in the 90s? I guess doing exercise aerobics videos (remember the step?) and there were crash diets. But it wasContinue reading “Retreat to the 90s: Pop-tarts, Fitting Rooms and Paradoxes”
Tag Archives: philosophy
Employee Mentality, Podcasts, and Heat
By: Gabriela Yareliz This week has been hot and humid and has contained a flurry of so many thoughts… I read this great post on the psychology of the eldest daughter. If you are an eldest daughter, this will resonate. Danielle Bernstein wrote about getting a new phone and spending eight hours without a phoneContinue reading “Employee Mentality, Podcasts, and Heat”
Bits of Beauty and Wisdom
“The uglier the outfit, the better the walk.” Natazia Zu Stolberg “Love isn’t the means to an end. It’s the end.” Amy June
Monday Thoughts (4.13.26)
By: Gabriela Yareliz My brain is a solar system. So much happening and floating around. Here are some of the highlights— in four categories: Boss, Serious, Hilarious and Nostalgic. Boss: Anything Emma Grede Emma Grede’s book Start with Yourself is coming out this week. She is on The Bossticks and Lewis Howes’ School of Greatness.Continue reading “Monday Thoughts (4.13.26)”
Melior De Cinere Surgo
By: Gabriela Yareliz Palm Royale gives us interesting and known tidbits of what it was like to be a woman in the late 60s and early 70s. Nixon, feminists, old money, Vietnam and headscarves. Season 1 ended (spoiler alert!) with Maxine finding out her husband cheated on her and is having a child with herContinue reading “Melior De Cinere Surgo”
Wants
“And then there is the version of you that wakes up and realizes the stability is something you build yourself. If you want a strong body, you train it. If you want a peaceful life, you structure it. If you want a premium brand, you build it brick by brick. If you want financial security,Continue reading “Wants”
This Week’s Favs (4.9.26)
ASPIRE EMMA GREDE X BOBBI BROWN PODCAST CONVERSATION Ready for Cara’s Glitter Pink Bombshell Summer.
Neighbors, Histamines and Noticing
By: Gabriela Yareliz I walked out with a neighbor. There is an intimacy to being a neighbor. You hear them yell at their kids, and they see you go grab a package in PJs. So when you see each other fully dressed and calm moving through the real world, it’s always interesting. Not good orContinue reading “Neighbors, Histamines and Noticing”
What the End Looks Like
By: Gabriela Yareliz Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. What does this time remind us of? Even when we are confused, God is doing His thing. Our confusion doesn’t mean a plan is halted. The disciples thought the world had gone insane. Jesus was right on track. He knew exactly what He was walking into. Sometimes,Continue reading “What the End Looks Like”
Some Thursday Inspiration
“Time is a liar. Stop letting the calendar tell you what’s possible. It doesn’t know who you are. It has no clue what’s still alive for you. Culture measures age in years. It tells us to grow older and grow up. To be reasonable. To trade aliveness for safety. But maturity is not measured byContinue reading “Some Thursday Inspiration”
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