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The Calm-Girl Holiday Season Starts Now: Frida, Fiber, Tecito, and Cozy Everything

Oprah’s picks, calm-home ideas, ancestral herbalism, and tiny señora habits to ease you into the holidays.

It’s that time of the year when t-shirts turn into fuzzy sweaters, chanclas turn into comfy, warm Uggs, and everything just feels cozy and calm.

This week’s Señora edit is about health, rest and cozy living.

—Ann 🇨🇱 / co-Señora & CMO

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Tecito Time 🫖

Frida Kahlo’s El sueño (La cama) just sold for a record $54.7 million, shattering auction records - a delicate reminder that even our most calm, restful moments can be powerful. The painting blends rest and ritual, showing how Frida’s quiet, bedbound moments became portals into her deepest inner life.

Oprah’s Favorite Things are here - filled with things to make your life cozy, like the Echo Quarter Check Scarf, Peepers reading glasses, and winter slippers.

Keep going on your walking habit - and they should be this long for better heart health.

Here’s what happens when you swap out your cafecito habit for some tecito.

Wellness trends keep pulling women in every direction, and now “fibermaxxing” is pitted against protein. But these aren’t rivals — most women benefit from getting more of both. For more info like this, join 15,000+ subscribers of Girlhood to get real about mood swings, cramps, and everything in between. No sugarcoating, no shame — just honest stories & science-backed insights.

This Week in Señora Era 🧀

Slow Roasting Pepitas
Halloween is over and Thanksgiving pumpkins are giving. Here’s how to use seeds from your now-old pumpkins.

For Your Fiber Era
What can you do with the old fruits and veggies in your fridge? Turns out, a lot that’s good for your gut.

Old Country Señoras
Why you can love old world habits but not old world rules

 The Calm Home Edit 🌿 

A softer home always begins with small, thoughtful habits. Things we reach for, the way we start the morning, and even the goodies we make in our kitchen help us turn our spaces into something that feels warm and cozy.

We’re sharing our favorite Threshold designed with Studio McGee pieces — from soft, neutral garlands to sculptural accents — to help you create a peaceful, intentional holiday home that feels both cozy and elevated.

For the señoras who find joy in pruning, planting, and sunlit mornings — this gift guide is full of earthy, graceful, and poetic finds that bring the garden spirit p’adentro all season long.

These Puebla Porcelain Tree Appetizer Plates will be a hit at your holiday party - and they’re now on sale for $38 so grab them now before they sell out.

This Handcrafted Penelope Quilt will keep you warm in bed as you read your copy of Isabel Allende’s latest book, My Name is Emilia Del Valle.

Did you know the señoras of the past practiced herbalism every day? That’s right — before modern wellness apps and supplement culture, women soothed their nerves with teas, tended little kitchen gardens, and turned plants into remedies. Herbalism wasn’t a trend; it was a calming, hands-on way to care for your body and spirit. In the book, you can even try a recipe shared with us by Herbal Academy — likely the same kind your great-grandmother brewed at home. Learn how to make an easy herbal infusion from Daniela at Growing Up Rooted (my fave new YT channel). Read more about señora routines of the past in our book Radical Señora Era, now a certified Amazon bestseller.

 

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