Welcome back to The Smart Girl Newspaper: your curated, weekly, newspaper for the curious and intelligent parts of you: an antidote to the doom scroll and complacency. This week, we cover the neuroscience behind pain, metabolism and body composition as women, the Rhode acquisition, 26 financial rules for 2026, and more!
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Watch: 87:: The science of pain (how your brain creates & can rewire pain) on Youtube.
Did you know you can experience more pain based on visual inputs? If you see a red light vs. a blue light, you will perceive more pain for the same stimulus with the red light! This episode chats all about the science behind pain and debunks some common myths surrounding pain!
Watch: I Tried The Worlds Best Hot Chocolate by Joshua Weissman on Youtube.
I have yet to find how to make the best, at-home, hot chocolate. It always turns out too powdery, too milky, too liquid-y, too sugary, too earthy, etc. Taking all recommendations please! And while you’re writing your recipe to send to me, check out this video! It really makes me want to take the same worldwide trip just for hot chocolate.
Listen: Inside Rhode’s $1 Billion Deal: How e.l.f. Exposed Every Secret Behind Hailey Beiber’s Brand by Sammi Cohen on Social Currency on Spotify and Apple.
Rhode isn’t just a business, it’s a cultural movement: their pop-ups have lines around the block, there is ever-changing lore with the founder and her One-Less-Lonely-Girl heartthrob hubby, and their products seem to have the kind of quality that transcends girl squad group texts more than the celebrity founder herself. Since becoming acquired by a public company (with the subsequent financial visibility to go with it), the naysayers are all asking “Is it too late now to say sorry?”.
“Anything that does not contribute to your process, in whatever field you are in, is something you should probably ignore. Because once you start looking and listening to the wrong things, your attention shifts away from what matters in that moment. You lose grip of your own direction.”
Read: 26 Money Rules for 2026 by Sahil Bloom of The Curiosity Chronicle
A great peek into some tangible, financial changes to make in the new year…whether it be psychological changes in how we approach our view of money, or actionable ways to help our personal, financial picture.
Watch: maryandpip TikTok on common stock market vocabulary with a girly twist :)
I hope you guys enjoyed vol. 006 of The Smart Girl Newspaper! Stay tuned for next week!
