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What Defines “Timeless Beauty”?
Like a lot of other people, I’ve been giving my overall health and physical appearance even more scrutiny lately. The seductive allure of physical Beauty – the kind we chase with hopes, dreams and money -- is genderless. Still, most marketing and messaging,...
When You’re Ready to Reinvent Yourself
Yesterday I hopped on the Internet, prowling for the courage to trim my own hair. Recently I went from long, to a medium - bob style. This brought me to the reality of Upkeep – now without visits to the salon. So on YouTube I scrolled videos from a cheerful community...
Irreplaceable You
People everywhere are coming up with novel ways to celebrate their own, or someone else’s, graduations from schools or programs. Degrees and certificates, worked so long and so diligently for, feel even sweeter when we celebrate together. My own frustration,...
The Mysteries of Love
Like a lot of other people, I’ve almost reached my limit of thinking, worrying, hearing, reading and talking about The Virus. Even in my dreams there’s an anxiety that I didn’t have four months ago. But today, talking on the phone with a friend of mine, that topic...
Will We Remember the Lessons We’ve Learned About Ourselves?
I read a well-written Post on a timely topic. The advice: “How to stick to the positive health and beauty habits we’ve adopted, post-pandemic”. The Blogger [ kikacarvalhocosta.com ] observed that many of us are using this...
Times That Test Our Personal Boundries
Everyone should have California’s problems, right? Being barred from our beaches in Spring feels like a near-death experience. For those lucky-enough to live near the coast. But our state is huge, and most of us live somewhere in the interior. That would be me. In...
In the Eye of the Storm
In the last week or so, I feel like I’ve been in a single ongoing conversation, but with multiple people. The topic has been Jobs Lost, and Lives Disrupted. There’s an immediate worry about survival: practically, emotionally, and psychologically. But for some, living...
Trust Issues ?
"One World Together at Home", Lady Gaga It was the day of the stay-at-home concert. Some of the world’s most high profile artists, performing in collaboration to share love, unity, and empathy with the world. Emotions that only music can express in any language. I was...
How I Feel & Look, in the Time of C19
I'm not sick, nor am I planning to become that way. But I feel oddly connected to those that have The Virus; to those that think they might have it; and to those concerned about getting it. I'm not connecting to the communal sense of worry or even fear of this...
Are We Losing Our Coping Skills?
When it comes to generational differences, as I’ve written before, I’m loathe to call-out the pros and cons of any one group. The way I see it, whatever 20-year timeslot we’re born into, we learn to adapt in unique and necessary ways. No judgment; no criticism. That’s...