Mental Health and Aging Hi there. Cherise here. Just eight months shy of reaching her 100th birthday, my grandmother made her transition from this life to her eternal rest. Months later, I still find myself saying, “She really did die.” Not that I thought she would live forever, but I did think she would live…
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Pacha Soap Co French Lavender Bar Soap
Happy Earth Day, lovelies. I’m excited to share a recent Whole Foods purchase from a brand doing so many wonderful things for the environment and for humankind. Pacha Soap Co. describes itself as a purpose-driven company of artisans who handcraft natural soaps to delight the senses and enhance well-being. Pacha prides itself on creating long-term,…
Who do you need when you come undone?
Happy Monday, lovelies! Today I’m grateful for music’s uncanny ability to keep me out of my own head. After finishing up my work for the day at a local coffee shop, I was seconds away from starting another cycle of overthinking and financial planning when Duran Duran’s “Come Undone” started playing. That word — undone…
Radical acceptance is the cheat code.
2/2/22 — how magical. We won’t see this sequence again until 2/2/2222. All the more reason to focus on the here and now. Today I found the place that begins right after I end. I found the other side of my planning and maneuvering and negotiating and strategizing. I reached the very end of myself,…
Candace Aliké Smith 