I’ve always prided myself on being a helluva wingwoman. A genuine hype girl. You could be excited about lizards, and although I’m not gonna hold one, I’d still clap in glee as you threw it over your shoulder, wrapped it around your neck, and did whatever other wild things reptile lovers do. I don’t know…
Reclaiming your life is an interesting idea. Honestly, I’m not sure I ever really claimed mine to begin with. Does anyone? Sure, there are moments I look back on now after getting lost in a man, marrying within months, moving across the world (effectively making my career credentials useless and my bank account nearly empty),…
When I was a teenager, I had a massive crush on a boy. Let’s call him Caleb. He was the most handsome boy I’d ever seen, and I was convinced he was the love of my life. Looking back now, I realize that crush on Caleb was the start of me becoming the poster child…
This past weekend I watched the Titan documentary. It’s a poignant retelling of the 2023 tragedy, when a submersible imploded on its way to the Titanic, killing all five men on board. There were many lessons in the story, but what struck me most was how determined Stockton Rush, the mind behind the Titan, was…
“You’ve got a helluva poker face, Candis.” My brother says as he sets his arepa down, looking at me like he’s just been hit with a plot twist straight out of a telenovela. I’ve just finished telling him the scandalous, layered, almost-unbelievable details of my decade-long marriage saga and the final ordeal that sealed its…
It’s a random Wednesday night in 2023, and I’m face down on the carpet in my friend’s living room, arms and legs splayed in a relaxed but utterly defeated starfish position. My ex-husband has just delivered the final metaphorical gut punch, almost a year after our breakup. The news is somehow mind-boggling, unsurprising, and deeply…
“What time is turn-down service?” It’s the running joke almost every visitor makes when they step into my home for the first time. These days, I live a pretty minimalist lifestyle, and my slow home is a reflection of that. It’s clean, calm, and deeply intentional. Think cream and black tones, gold accents, and natural…
It was a sleepy afternoon as she told me her story again. It’s the kind of story that still echoes, even decades later. Almost twenty-five years ago, her husband had an affair with a family friend. He left her, married the woman, and never looked back. “I will never trust a man with my heart…
I just got done putting a batch of apples in my slow cooker. For the past week, I’ve been thinking about how delicious they’d taste on my Greek yogurt… warm, cinnamon-dusted apples melting into cool creaminess. But I just couldn’t get myself to do the simple, physical work of walking to the store, choosing the…
Nightmares have haunted me for most of my adult life. I’ve been known to smash through glass windows in my sleep with my bare hands. I’ve “saved” family and friends from imaginary disasters… pushing them off the side of the bed to protect them from falling fridges, or running and screaming through the house to…
Hi! I'm Candis. I'm a Life Coach for modern women. I coach clients and share stories of love, healing, and the transformative power of stillness. Join me in slowing down, surrendering to the mystery of the moment, and reclaiming life, one day at a time.
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