Filling My Cup with Platonic Love Crossover, Let Them Theory, Guided Meditation Sessions, and Toddler Lunches

Happy Friday my friends! I am excited for today’s post because it is a bit different than our typical Friday Filling My Cup segment as we are featuring two of my favorite people on substack - Aja and Aliza of

Platonic Love

. I was recently included as a guest author in their weekly piece and I’m so excited to share some of the things that are filling their cups this week. Let’s get into it…

Conversations with Cam -

What I’m Watching -

• Cam: NightBitch - I’ve had this conversation with many of you in my DMs, but I had to stop this after about 15 minutes because the depiction of her life in early motherhood and, especially, the hard parts of it all felt a little too fresh for me. I can’t speak to the rest of the movie (although I’m very confused about the whole “dog” aspect of things), but it was a little too on the nose. That being said, I think it could be a good watch for people who don’t have kids or who’s kids are older? It was just a little too fresh for me (and many of you)

• Aja: Traitors season three - because this cast has so many reality show contestants I love (Boston Rob! Ciara from Summer House! Chrishell!) and people love Traitors. But this is my third attempt to watch, and it is… not the charm. Can a Traitors fan please tell me when it usually gets good?!

What I’m Listening To -

• Cam: The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins - I’m back on my audiobook for self-help book grind and loving this one so much. I’ve already used it multiple times and I’m only a few chapters in. I’ll do a full review once done!

• Aliza: Back-to-back Bob Dylan and Timothée Chalomet singing Highway 61. The soundtrack from A Complete Unknown is insanely good. And I think Timmy deserves an Oscar.

• Aja: Does anyone else always forget Spotify Premium comes with audiobooks? I finally remembered and am halfway through Kissing Girls on Shabbat, a memoir (narrated by the author!) about a mom of two leaving the ultra Orthodox Jewish community. If you like the show My Unorthodox Life, I’d recommend.

What I’m Reading -

• Cam: Hardly Strangers - I’m a recent fan of 831 stories and getting on their PR list is one of the best things to happen to me (as a romance reader, you understand this win). This short-story spans entirely over one night, with the exception of some flashbacks, and is such a real, raw, and honest depiction of dating, relationships, past wounds, and intimacy (in my opinion)

• Cam: I am trying to remember to film my monthly reads recap, so here is the one for November & December!

• Aliza: I just finished Seven Days in June by Tia Williams for a romance book talk that Aja and I are hosting in Boston next month. Seven Days is about a best-selling erotica writer who reunites with her verrrry hot high school crush. It’s sexy but serious, and I barely could put it down — excited to talk about it with Aja and our readers in a few weeks.

• Aja: I also just finished Seven Days! Now I’m re-reading Romantic Comedy (also for our book talk, ha) — an adorable romance about an SNL-esque writer falling for a pop star.

What I’m Wearing -

• Cam: Week’s Round Up of 365 Days of Dressing for Me ALL LINKED HERE

  

  

• Cam: Belted Wool Coat - I was recently gifted this jacket by &Other Stories and I love it SO much. I had been wanting a non-black wool coat, specifically with a belt, and this felt very kismet when they reached out. Comes in multiple colors, is super stylish, and very warm!

• Aja: These jeans are incredible. Every time I wear them, a friend compliments my butt.

• Aliza: My easy and “cool mom” uniform is jeans, Converse, and this faux-vintage NBA T-shirt. It’s as soft as a tee genuinely from the 90s.

• Aliza: I also live in Nuuly rentals. Nuuly is so fun… and practical! We’ve gone to four-ish weddings per year for the past several years, and if I had to buy new outfits every time, I’d be bankrupt — but instead I get to love ‘em for thirty days and then send them home.

What I’m Eating -

• Cam: To be honest I’ve been *so* bored by food lately, but I have been back into filming my toddler’s lunches and this is basically what we had for dinner the night before so I guess it counts as what I’m eating also

• Cam: My friend brought me amango & gauva jerky bars and I am now ordering all of their products

• Cam: I simply cannot get enough of these cookies (and neither can my husband or kids)

• Aja: One of my New Year’s resolutions was to try a new recipe a week, and so far my favorite has been this carrot soup. It was soo easy and warming and delicious.

• Aliza: I’ve been eating a lot of hella green pasta and lamb and hummus bowls — both meals my two-year-old loves, too! Since @ Caroline Chambers released What to Cook When You Don’t Feel Like Cooking this fall, that’s pretty much all we make.

What I’m Doing -

• Ora x Quiet Your Mind Session - I am legitimately jumping with joy that this is now an offering at one of my favorite healing spaces in NYC!!! Check out a red-light therapy, guided meditation, and acupuncture all finished up with some journaling in your Quiet Your Mind journal now available at Ora!

What I’m Loving -

• Cam: I am newly obsessed with Edie Parker and their way of creating beautiful products for the cannabis lifestyle and this catchall is my new favorite staple on my desk

• Cam: I wear a ton of Stephanie Gottlieb’s pieces and if you listened to the episode and want to shop her stunning website, you can now use code SGxCAM15 for 15% off!

• Aja: Hanni sent me their in-shower moisturizer, and I have to admit I was skeptical that anything you put on your body while it’s wet would stick… but I’ve been using it for about a month now, and it’s not only hydrating but soooo yummy smelling.

• Aliza: My Owala water bottle. I know they’re ridiculously priced ($30), but the straw feature and ease-of-use are unmatched. I accidentally dropped and broke my last one walking out of the house in the morning when I was (unsurprisingly) trying to balance forty-five different things, but I think I’m going to replace it with the Tropical color scheme. We need more brightness like this in winter!

What My Family is Loving -

• Cam: I obviously got my boys these matching sweatshirts just in time for playoffs!! GO BIRDS baby!!

• Aliza: The Microsoft To Do app. My husband, Sam, and I use this for shared lists (groceries, packing, etc.), and it makes collaborating and delegating sooo much easier. I appreciate how easy it is to “uncheck” a past item, so you don’t need to generate a new list every time you, say, travel or go to the grocery store.

Recent Saves -

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• Aliza: Should I splurge and buy myself this fleece jacket?! It’s such a unique pattern for a winter staple; I love it.

How I’m Filling My Cup -

• Cam: Spending quality and present time with my girlfriends. I’m going to share in more detail about the transformative experience I shared with two girlfriends this past weekend (check out Monday’s Mom’s Musings post for that), but I also just had a glorious 2-hour lunch with one of my closest friends, Emily, and it reminded me, again, of how much I love girlhood and my female friendships.

• Aliza: Traveling to spend weekends with friends and family. Twice a month acupuncture. Therapy. Writing with Aja. As I’ve shared in Platonic Love, in the past year has been extremely hard: I was laid off and had a miscarriage. I was hit — and am still grappling with — grief (largely from ongoing fertility challenges) that I hardly could have imagined. As I look ahead to 2025, my focus is on prioritizing what brings me joy… and saying “no” to the stuff that doesn’t.

• Aja: A few weeks ago, Aliza and some friends came over to make 2025 bingo cards — which we filled up with things like “have a weekly date night” and “write Galentine’s day letters”. It was really fun to do together… and it also made me excited, for the first time, about the coming year.