Jennie Nguyen’s Copper Salt and Pepper Set Cooking In Her Kitchen

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Jennie Nguyen’s copper salt and pepper mill set may not have been the cutest thing in Jennie’s family cooking scene (hello adorable and hilarious daughter, Karlyn) but they hold their own. While Jennie’s mill set is a modern yet timeless countertop addition, the functionality by way of adjustable settings has my heart. Jennie’s set has six levels for pepper and three levels for salt allowing for the finest grind to crumb-sized granules. I’m not sure what kind of amateur hour I’m running in my own kitchen with my singular grind mode but it’s clear it’s time to step up my game and get on Jennie’s salt and pepper level.

Until next time,

Chelsie

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Let’s all agree, Halloween 2020 was a bit of a fail. We were figuring out how to celebrate the spooky season at home. This year, there’s a good chance you’ll be able to get out and about to show off your look. ColourPop’s second Hocus Pocus collection is here to make that even better. If you weren’t able to grab the sold-out line the first time, you’re in luck. The second drop features an entirely new assortment of products — but that’s not all. There will be a limited restock of last year’s items, too! Channel the Sanders Sides (costume idea?) with a limited-edition line with fall-ready shades and textures. Per usual with Colourpop, the packaging is too cute for words.

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The 1993 film is iconic for its somewhat campy witches played by favorites Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker. Weirdly at the time, it wasn’t a huge hit and was mostly critically panned. But in the past 28 years (!!!), it’s become a sensation and a must-watch around Halloween. Now, you can have it on your TV while you create hilarious TikToks with the Colourpop collection.

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To be honest, this year’s collection looks even better than the last. The “Coven Crew” line includes a new 12-pan eyeshadow palette with creamy mattes and shimmering metallics, three new shades of Super Shock Shadow, three new shades of the hybrid formula Fresh Kiss Lip Crème, a spider QT Mark Face Stamp, a Binx-inspired handheld mirror, and the brand’s first-ever candle, inspired by the film’s iconic Black Flame Candle.

ColourPop.

The line launches on September 23 and is expected to sell out as first as the first drop. Check back here to shop.

I was working with a client
recently on his public speaking. As part of an exercise, I asked him to recount
a sad memory.

He paused. And then he paused
again. And then he paused some more.

“Wow, that’s really
tough,” he said, visibly struggling to call up a sad memory.
“Something sad… hmmm. Give me a sec.”

After a minute or two like this, I
finally interrupted him. “Can I lend you one of mine?”

The Importance of Reframing

This guy is lucky. Clearly, he hasn’t experienced as much sadness in his life as I have.

At least, that was my first
thought. But the more I worked with him, the more I realized that it wasn’t
just that he’d somehow managed to escape tragedy, even well into his 60s.

It was that he’d made a conscious
choice to be optimistic.

I’ve noticed a similar quality in
one of my colleagues. We will deliver a workshop together, and afterwards, he
will immediately declare, “Well, that should translate into a business
opportunity.”

Regardless of how well the workshop
actually went, I’ll find myself responding, “Yeah, maybe. But what if… the CEO is felled by a tree/I contract
a life-threatening case of meningitis overnight/Brexit wipes out all
communications consultants now and forever more/Fill in the
blank…” You get the idea.

We’ve experienced the exact same
workshop. And yet one of us walks out and shouts “Hooray!” while the
other one worries, “What if it all goes to sh#$?”

Choosing Optimism

This same colleague has taught me a
lot about the power of positive thinking.

I had already discovered the power
of affirmations for my writing life – courtesy of Julia Cameron’s The
Artist’s Way – long before I met him. But now I’m regularly
applying affirmations to my work life as well. 

On a daily basis, I’ll find myself
uttering things like: “I’m a great salesperson” or “I enjoy client relationship
management,” and “I’m highly skilled at empowering people to achieve their full
communications potential.”

Even when I only half-heartedly
believe them, I find that these affirmations help.

As does meditation. One of the
great virtues of the mindfulness app I listen to every morning is that
it encourages me to discover the “blue sky” inside – a happy place where
the clouds part and the birds chirp and the rays of sunshine fill my world.

A lot of the focus in mindfulness
is on accessing that blue sky feeling. Over time, you come to realize that it’s
not something you need to reach for outside yourself; it’s something that’s
already there.

The Power of Hope

The research bears this out. I was
struck by a couple of recent experimental studies which show that if you induce
people to be optimistic, they can actually change their behavior.

In one such study, providing simple
assets – such as a cow or other livestock – to poor people in developing
countries led to increased labor and other investments on their part.

In another, respondents in
U.S. soup kitchens were asked to recall a time they felt positive about
themselves. This, in turn, resulted in more effort in playing simple games,
compared to those who did not receive the “optimism prompt.”

Hope, it turns out, is a powerful
motivator.

Dreams of Hope

Perhaps this message is beginning
to sink in.

As someone who is haunted by
recurring dreams about test anxiety and getting lost, I recently had one of
those classic dreams where I was in a play and didn’t know the lines.

But in this dream, the ending was
different. Instead of freaking out and succumbing to the performance anxiety, I
chose instead to improvise the scene at hand. And, lo and behold, it worked
out.

Just as with affirmations and blue
sky thinking, maybe my
bad dreams are trying to tell me something: I’m actually OK. All will be
fine.

Perish the thought!

What kind of
thoughts fill your mind lately? Do you feel sad or optimistic most of the time?
Have you caught yourself sinking in anxiety and depression? Have you
experimented with positive affirmations? Do you think they work? In what ways?
Please share in the comments below.

Heather Gay’s Red Moon Boots at the Ice Castles With Jen

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A smooth landing! Although she may not have been walking on the moon, Heather Gay was slipping walking inside the Ice Castles of Utah on last night’s episode of RHOSLC in these cute red Moon Boots. Which in our opinion is still a veryyy cool feet feat. 

Fashionably,

Faryn

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For the longest time, I used to associate vitamin C deficiency with scurvy. Maybe this was from watching too many pirate movies when I was younger or my interest in maritime history that came from growing up on an island. For whatever reason, whenever I heard about not getting enough vitamin C in my diet, I immediately conjured up visions of toothless pirates in the 18^th Century.

Back then, sailors started their long voyages with tons of fresh fruits and vegetables which they had to eat before it spoiled. So, they often went for very long periods without having any fruits or vegetables. Their gums would swell and bleed, their teeth would fall out, their legs would swell and they were generally exhausted and in poor health. As you can imagine, I was terrified of not getting enough vitamin C and ending up liking fruits and most veggies.

Luckily, today, scurvy is relatively rare since most of us have access to a wide variety of fruits, vegetables and vitamin C fortified foods in our local markets. But vitamin C deficiency that may not rise to the level of scurvy is still a problem… especially for older women.

Why Vitamin C Is So Important for Older Women

Various studies have reported the incidence of vitamin C deficiency ranges anywhere from 10-26% of men and 7-14% of women.

For us boomer women, we need to be especially careful with our vitamin C intake since the respected and authoritative Linus Pauling Institute recommends that women over 50 increase their vitamin C intake to at least 400 mg a day. To give you a point of reference, the U.S. Government recommends 75 mg a day for women.

This higher level of intake is now recommended since vitamin C may be particularly important as we get older. We run increasingly higher risks for age-related chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, certain cancers, and cataracts.

But vitamin C does a lot more than protect us from these age-related diseases. It also is necessary for helping our bodies heal and better metabolize and use such nutrients as carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Vitamin C also helps boosts the immune system, lower hypertension and maintain our skins’ elasticity.

How to Identify a Vitamin C Deficiency

So, other than waiting for your teeth to fall out, what are some of the symptoms of inadequate vitamin C? Here are a few:

• Feeling tired or a generalized fatigue
• Malaise or a general feeling of a general feeling of discomfort, illness, or uneasiness
• Inflammation of the gums
• Joint pain
• Poor wound healing

A few years back, I wondered if there wasn’t something askew with my vitamin C levels when I started to have inflamed gums despite excellent dental care and hygiene. I also started to feel fatigued even with enough sleep.

So, my doctor checked my vitamin C levels and it turned out I was vitamin C-deficient even though I was eating more than enough vitamin C-rich foods and occasionally taking multivitamins that included vitamin C.

My doctor and I ruled out all the other conditions that could increase my need for vitamin C such as alcoholism, smoking, cancer, chronic infection, intestinal diseases, chronic stress or exposure to cold temperatures.

After some additional testing, we found out that I have a gene that limits my ability to absorb vitamin C. As a result, my doctor recommended that I up my intake of vitamin C and start taking vitamin C supplements.

I dutifully did for about a year and then I had my nutrient levels checked a few weeks ago. You can imagine my surprise and frustration when the test showed that, despite my best efforts, my vitamin C levels continued to be low.

With a little more research with my doctor, I learned that it can sometimes be hard for our bodies to absorb vitamin C, or other nutrients for that matter, from certain types of supplements. Sometimes you need to do a trial-and-error to determine which type of supplement will work best with your body.

So, my takeaway from this recent nutrient test is that just doing what we think will correct a nutrient deficiency may not do so. It reinforces my belief that getting our nutrients tested at least once a year along with our annual physical is the way to go.

When it comes to nutrition and making sure our bodies are getting what they need, the solution is to test, not guess.

So please talk with your healthcare provider about adding nutrient testing to your healthcare routine.

Have you had your vitamin C levels tested? Do you have vitamin C deficiency? What did you do about it and did it work? What is your experience with having your nutrient levels tested? Have you even done this test? If so, what did you learn and what lifestyle changes did you make? Tell us about it. Please join the conversation.

Editor’s note: None of the information in this article should be considered medical advice. Please consult your doctor before making any changes to your diet or taking new supplements.