I’m writing this post from my cloud couch in Miami Beach, snuggled up on a rainy spring afternoon, watching the breeze gently move the palm trees just outside my windows. I exercised earlier at the studio across the street from my building, and now I can faintly hear the city carrying on beneath me. It’s…
I used to follow this skincare influencer. She had the kind of smooth, pearly white skin that made her look almost porcelain and she was constantly popping up on my feed. What drew me in wasn’t just her skin, though. It was the way she spoke. She sounded intelligent, confident and deeply knowledgeable about all…
I’m sitting in the chair at the salon, praying that by some miracle the woman about to cut my hair actually knows what she’s doing. It’s my first time with her… an exasperated decision I made after learning that yet another hairstylist I’d grown to love was leaving the city. When I walked in, she…
The year after my divorce, every time I ran into someone I knew, they’d say some version of the same thing. “Wow, Candis. The glow-up is real.” They weren’t wrong. With newfound time and single-girl freedom on my side, I’d befriended the StairMaster, started drinking a gallon of water a day, and began casually experimenting…
Beauty sleep is so underrated. It’s easy to take it for granted when you fall asleep effortlessly and stay out cold through the night. When your head hits the pillow and you miraculously wake up eight hours later without interruption. You don’t think twice about it. You assume it’s normal and it’ll always be there….
I’ve spent most of my life trying to fix something about myself. Every cream I put on my skin, every gel I scrunched into my curls, every collagen pill I popped into my mouth… all of it was done with one hope: maybe this will magically make me look better. But in slow beauty philosophy,…
On the topic of beauty, I’ve felt awkward most of my life. I was the teenager with the metal braces, the fuzzy hair, and the fringe I insisted on using to hide my forehead acne. The fringe always failed me. I’d pack it full of gel in the morning, only to have it slowly spring…
It’s been four years now since I decided to embark on my slow year, and it’s fair to say that what began as a year of restoration has officially become my slow life. If you’re new here, here are a few facts to set the scene: I live in a little studio apartment in the…
There’s something in the air lately. Relationships are ending, work is demanding, loved ones are being lost. Hearts are hurting. I’ve had so many conversations the past few weeks with women who are just tired. Tired of being strong and holding it all together while quietly drowning in a sea of their own emotions. Last…
“The chances are that at some time in your life, possibly only now and then between husbands, you will find yourself settling down to a solitary existence. You may do it from choice. Or you may—though, of course, you don’t—belong to the great army of Lonely Hearts with nobody to love them.” So began Vogue…
Hi, I’m Candis. I’m a Life Coach and Embodiment Teacher for women. I share stories of love, healing, and the transformative power of stillness. Join me in slowing down, coming home to your body, and reclaiming life, one day at a time.
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