Snack Time | June 2025
Cooking with love, flirting Esther Perel style, youthful coffee drinkers, and giving your NAD+ a proper runway.
Happy Summer Solstice!
This season brings more light and peak energy — something I’ve felt ramping up in my own life. Lately, I’ve found myself saying YES more often, craving intentional time with friends, and leaning into moments of joy and connection. Maybe this pull feels stronger in a world that seems increasingly divided and fearful.
I attended a sound bath tonight in Malibu which offered a heart opening experience to usher in this new phase. It was my first time being back in those canyons after the devastating fires and it was encouraging to see so much new growth.
A reminder that nature regenerates after trauma — and so do we.
Celebrating and supporting others feels essential right now. At another local event at Zibby’s few weeks ago, I listened to fellow Canadians Ben Nemtin and his longtime friend, celebrity chef Mikaela Reuben, talk about the long road to creating her beautiful cookbook, Eat to Love — a journey filled with laughter and tears. It was exactly the type of message we’re hungry for.
“Cooking for yourself truly is one of the most beautiful forms of self-love…”
— Mikaela Reuben
This month’s Snack Time — my round-up of bite-sized news, product discoveries, and other valuable intel I think you should know — is centered around hope, energy and vitality.
Drop me a ❤️ if any of these bites makes you smile. The good feelings are contagious.
xCelia
Can Esther Perel Save Dating?
Is online dating doomed or have we just been asking the wrong questions? Hinge has tapped the brilliant psychotherapist and relationship expert, Esther Perel, to rework 10 dating prompts meant to elicit responses that might spark more intimate conversation. On Diary of a CEO, she goes deeper into how we might improve our social skills in our pursuit of romance and love.
Longevity Brew
Turns out your morning coffee might do more than kickstart your day. Research shared by biomedical scientist Rhonda Patrick highlights that moderate coffee drinkers (2-3 cups) are biologically younger, thanks to how coffee impacts gene expression linked to inflammation and aging. Unfortunately health benefits are only tied to filtered brewed coffee (not espresso) because filtering removes diterpenes like cafestol that can raise cholesterol.
A Cellular Energy Biohack
Addressing chronic fatigue by loading up on NAD+ without repairing cell membranes is like pouring water into a cracked vase — it won’t hold. Longevity experts, including Dr. Patricia Kane, emphasize restoring membrane integrity first using phospholipids. Her PK Protocol shows that rebuilding the cellular terrain can make mitochondrial support like NAD+ far more effective. To fortify your cellular membranes try BodyBio PC Oil before supplementing with NAD+ or NMN (like Wonderfeel Youngr).
A few more exciting developments in wellness and longevity…
SystemAge test from Generation Labs: the first at home DNA methylation cheek-swab that analyzes 460+ biomarkers and 19 organ systems to precisely show the biological age of each system, aging speed and offer personalized interventions
FiberCrush bars by Floura: (from the founder of Jeni’s Ice Cream) pack 13g of fiber into delicious flavors like Mango Cardamom and Raspberry Rose—made with whole foods, a diverse prebiotic blend and no refined sugar
Eli Health raises $12M in a Series A for their hormone monitoring system — The Hormometer to bring continuous hormone tracking of cortisol and progesterone into daily life
All writing is for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
I’m curious- for NAD+ people who take it as injections, is the same cellular fortifying needed? If so, how often and how long before taking NAD+ should you take the other?