Otoño Wellness: Vampire Shows and Brujita Season

Walking on Clouds

Ever notice the older you get the more your feet ache? Someone came up with trendy “recovery sandals” made out of a special type of foam. They help absorb impact and help you recover from a busy day and your workouts. Think walking on a cloud.

Speaking of walking on clouds, meet notpot, the world’s chillest CBD gummies, with no artificial dyes that’s vegan, gluten-free, and tastes like fresh berries. Or, want to try functional mushrooms instead? Try Mushroom Revival: Always organic, non-gmo, vegan, gluten free, lab tested, and super potent.

Street Style

Vogue Mexico staff says the new Fall street style is mom jeans, a high sweater and normcore sneakers. Momcore anyone?

Viruses, Vampires and Neanderthals

Based on data collected in Italian cities with the highest pandemic mortality rates, researchers found that having neanderthal genes are linked to risk of having severe COVID risk and hospitalization. About 2% of genomes of people from Europe or Asia come from Neanderthal DNA, and has been linked to higher risk of multiple diseases. You can find out if you have any Neanderthal DNA with tools like 23andMe.

Apparently, the unlucky folks that villagers mistook as “vampires” in the 1600s may have been some of the first victims of plagues, like the Bubonic Plague. Once these supposed “revenants” were in their graves, villagers often did everything they could to keep them down there.

Speaking of Vampires, the new Pinochet-vampire thriller El Conde is out now on Netflix. It’s a horror film based on my country Chile’s most difficult political time period.

Vampire vampires all around you: the year’s best series, AMC’s Interview with the Vampire is now on Max. And it’s really really good.

Back to School…After 40 years

If your career defines your identity, you might realize that your joy is connected to your achievements. What happens when when you retire? Some folks are going back to school and creating an entirely new self, with “post career” programs that are giving them a renewed take on life.

Señora Shoutouts

We’re celebrating your señora wins. Let us know if there’s anything you want to shout out from the rooftops – a new job, a new milestone or life change, a new product launch or new baby – of if you want to celebrate a friend or family. Just hit “reply” and drop us a line.

Congrats Michelle Barrionuevo-Mazzini’s CASITA MICHI! In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, their Si Se Puede candle is in 400+ Macy’s stores across the U.S. It’s the first Latina owned candle brand at the store.

Happy birthdays to fellow señoras Alice (Texas), Mo (Oregon), Paulina (California).

The upcoming Harvest Moon, on September 29, is supposed to mean that an era in your life is ending. Have you been feeling the charge? Luckily we have La Brujita del Jardin to guide us through this season, with her book, Cosmica. It’s a Spanglish collection of mantras, magic rituals and poetry, around self-love, healing, and spiritual manifestation. It will motivate you if you’ve been feeling stuck, and maybe even help you kickstart your journey into a new and very special era in your life. Get it here.

Brujita del Jardin is Natalie Garcia, songwriter, spoken-word artist and actress who specializes in creating manifesting rituals and guiding women with busy lifestyles towards their cosmic magia. Natalie, who credits her curandera mother for passing down her talent in herbal medicine, created this manifestation after realizing that there was very little representation of Latina and WOC witches in mainstream media — or they were portrayed as villains instead of healers.