Author: candacebd
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Tuesday Takeaway: Liz Gilbert and the Sh*t Sandwich
‘Big Magic’ author Liz Gilbert challenges us all: “The question is not, ‘What do I love?’ The question is, ‘What do I love so much that I don’t mind eating the sh*t sandwich that comes along with doing that thing?'”
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I’m A Sucker for Free Cupcakes
If you wanted to ensnare me, you wouldn’t need an elaborate ruse. Just leave a trail of free cupcakes (no matter how questionable), or have a person dance around in a giant cupcake costume, and curiosity will compel me to follow the trail.
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The Trigger That Leads to More Arguments (And How to Stop It)
Okay, so I’ve already gushed about how much I’ve loved Brene Brown’s Rising Strong. There have been several parts I want to re-read, discuss and work through, just because I think they’re so helpful to everyday life, but there’s one theme in the book that’s been reverberating through my life every single day since I’ve read…
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Is It Too Soon to Start Planning for Halloween?
It’s not quite October yet, but the air is turning crisper, the temperature’s starting to drop (at least a smidge), and the world’s talking about pumpkin-spiced everything, so naturally, we’ve got Halloween on the brain. Today marks the launch of Collegiate Cook’s #Halloween15 series, where the site will post one new All Hallows Eve-themed recipe…
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A Handy Guide to Keeping Portions in Check
Study after study has shown that our judgment is typically way off when it comes to portion control. We often dramatically underestimate calories and think of a portion as being much, much larger than it actually is (prime ex: Did you know one serving of avocado is just 1/5th of the fruit? That’s basically a…
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What to Remember When You Feel Like a Failure
Sometimes we all fall short of the mark. We shoot for a huge, life-altering goal, we map out every detail, we jot down benchmarks to get us there…and we come nowhere close to it. We want to disappear, to push it out of our heads and forget we ever even tried, to magically prevent people…
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5 Fall TV Shows to Get Psyched About Watching
Every September and October brings a whole new round of shows to watch — some great, some mediocre at best, some destined to be canceled before ever airing a fourth episode. Here are the five I’m most looking forward to catching (and, oddly enough, most of them seem to be on NBC).
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7 Songs Written By Celebs You Wouldn’t Expect
It’s fascinating to me how many famous musicians have penned hits for other celebrities. So much so, in fact, that I recently fell down a digital rabbit hole looking up who wrote what — and, naturally, I had to share my findings with you. Are there any hits I’ve overlooked? Tell me in the comments!…
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Why People Aren’t Always As Supportive As You’d Hope
A week ago, I picked up a copy of Brene Brown’s Rising Strong, and just about every chapter has a “Daaaang, Brene” moment. As in, “Daaaang, Brene, that insight cut me to my core,” or “Daaang, Brene, I’ve never looked at it that way.” I’m not one to dog-ear or underline parts of books (I’m all…
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Target’s Getting in On the Beauty Box Game Too
Like many people, I rarely open retail email blasts, unless it’s the weeks leading up to Black Friday. But this one made me click the subject line before my brain could even fully register the subject line: New Beauty Box. Just $5. It was from Target. Target? We’ve covered all kinds of beauty boxes here…
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The Quest for the Rainbow Bagel
It all started, as so many great adventures do, by mindlessly scrolling the Internet*. Specifically, Instagram, where I have lost many a minute of my life browsing the “Explore” tab. On Friday, one Insta was a total thumbstopper. I was completely mesmerized by it. It was like a unicorn of the breakfast world: A rainbow,…
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Why Mean Girls Exist
Years after its release, people are still quoting Mean Girls, and not just because the one-liners are off-the-charts amazing (though, let’s be honest, they are). Recently, I was told that the most powerful comedy is the kind that’s used to skewer underlying truths in our everyday lies and point out the absurdities within them. That’s…
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