A Skincare Routine for When You’re Becoming Someone New

Netflix’s The Life List goes beyond a story about love or grief. It captures what happens when we forget who we are and have to find our way back. In this soft, ritual-led reflection, we explore how reinvention shows up on our skin, how skincare becomes a form of self-reclamation and how to write a new kind of “life list” — one that helps us live more gently, instead of performing progress.

Matthew D. Celestial

Stillness is Power: What The Queen’s Gambit Teaches About Slowing Down

Beth Harmon’s quiet power in The Queen’s Gambit reminds us that slowing down isn’t weak — it’s strategic. Here’s what the show teaches us about stillness, nervous system calm and skincare as a survival ritual.

Matthew D. Celestial

TV Therapy: Lessons From the Screen That Stuck With Me

TV is both entertainment and emotional reflection. Here are five shows that left something deeper: lessons about boundaries, grief, ambition and survival that still live with me.

Matthew D. Celestial