(Brisa Starr)
In this week’s Coffee Self-Talk podcast, I talk about a thing called: Mindset Intervention.
This thing, a mindset intervention, can put your life on a new trajectory in a single moment, like it did for me when I was in Italy.
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Pure Skin is a beautiful, inspiring book about beauty rituals of geishas by the beloved Tatcha skin care company (I’ve been using some of their products for half a decade).
The book is both philosophical, like:
… and practical, like drinking sake for celebrating 🥳 hehe.
As you might imagine, I resonated with it because her approach to skin care comes from a beautiful ritual of self-care and self-love, and that’s pure, magical living. I felt like I was dipping into another world when I read about the generations-old, time-tested Japanese skincare traditions that Victoria shared, because Pure Skin isn’t just about basic skincare, it’s also about a lifestyle.
For the beauty ritual, no matter how you customize it, all you need is two minutes and four steps. And although I love her products (like this: phenomenal oil cleanser – I love how easily and gently it removes eye makeup, and this magical rice exfoliator – I’ve also used this for 5 years, 2X a day, and it’s extremely effective, plus so many other products but I’ll mention just one more because it’s one of her most popular: this gorgeous essence)… but like I was saying… she doesn’t push her products in the book, as her whole focus is on the ritual, and yes, the special Japanese ingredients.
Last but definitely not least is how stunning this book is. Even though I read it in one sitting, taking notes like a good student and tabbing pages, I’ll keep this on my bathroom counter to inspire my daily self-care ritual and enjoy the pictures and colors that make me smile every time I open it.
I highly recommend Pure Skin for all women! It’d make a perfect gift.
We took a little 3 night getaway to what some would call the Jewel of Arizona: Prescott, AZ.
I have to say, Jewel indeed, especially when you stay where we stayed.
Our first night was at the Hassayampa Inn (downtown, established in 1927 and included in the Historic Hotels of America). It’s reputed to be haunted by the ghost, Faith, a woman who long ago… well, she died there after her husband left for a pack of cigarettes one night and never came back (they were on their honeymoon!).
I didn’t sense any paranormal activity but it was a very cool place to stay. Perhaps if we’d stayed longer she’d have paid us a visit. I guess we’ll have to go back.
The place is charming (art deco), and the staff is incredibly friendly, too. I loved the whole place: everything from the cafe in the lobby to the restaurant and the bar… it oozed old decor and glamour. “This ‘living museum’ is where some of history’s most noteworthy celebrities used to come to unwind, including Will Rogers, Greta Garbo, Clark Gable and Steve McQueen.”
One of the best bits about it is that it’s right downtown, which makes walking to all the fun stuff easy. After dinner we walked all around the town which was filled with so much friendly energy that I could’ve stayed up waaaaay past my bedtime. The vibe is a mix of cowboy (I’ve heard there’s still a law on the books that says you’re not allowed to bring your horse inside a saloon. Phew!), art, nature, healthy living without being too granola, and good ol’ wholesomeness.
Playing on the old phone in the hallway…
And of course I did my Coffee Self-Talk and journaling which I do every morning to live my magical life. I woke up early, snuck quietly out of the room so I could leave Greg and K sleeping, and I parked myself in the lovely lobby.
After a night there, we rented the most whimsical, playful, magical, fairy-like airbnb I’ve been in: Foxbriar Inn. The pictures barely do it justice and I could show a million of them (I took a million of them), but my blog would take a million years to load if I did that. Suffice it say, the detail and decor included things I never considered doing when it came to decorating and I came away with a whole new range of data points in my mind.
Well to be honest, it’s what our host called it, but I’m inclined to believe it. Maybe a “hidden” gem more like. And we liked it very much. It’s a small-ish town that’s packed with local cafes, restaurants, arts and antiques, pines and boulders for nature (high desert), four seasons, basically no crime (except for this I just saw online – the day we left!!), clean air and water, etc.
On the way home, we stopped by a famous pie place. All this time living in AZ and driving by it on the way north I never thought to stop, but Greg said we needed to. So we did.
I’m glad we did.
Cherry Pie!
We have a few more mini-getaways planned for the summer. We’ll be heading to the north to get some relief from the heat and surround ourselves with nature while I work on my next books.
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We finally got out and traveled, after spending the past year at home. And what do we do? Go surfing!
Well, if you call taking a surf board into the ocean and attempting to get on it surfing, then, yeah, I surfed.
And I was totally scared to do it, but you know me, I made a surfer self-talk script for it, tamped down that anxiety, and decided to give it a go. (Listen here about doing things that terrify you.)
I never got up on the board, though I tried (water was super strong and crazy that day, but it was also my first time, so I’ll have to try again and see how I do).
When surfing, you can fall a lot. And every time… you don’t even think twice… you get right back up!
No… you get your booty right back up on the board and try try try again. I anchored this idea every time I failed surfing because I was wowed by the experience of constant falling down and getting back up every time. Imagine applying that to everything else in life.
(Check out my podcast to learn more about surfing life lessons.)