A boutique spa offering Skincare, Electrolysis & Massage. Result oriented, and Holistic minded prod
We offer an authentic skincare experience that provides personalized result oriented treatments in a relaxed boutique setting to improve your skin and nourish the body and soul.
01/26/2026
Hello Monday, hello big (really big) snow. For some, it’s a great excuse to sit back, enjoy a cup of tea, and read a good book.
Or…for others, it’s an ideal opportunity to grumble and complain about the snowfall.
As some unknown, but likely wise person once said: "If you choose not to find joy in the snow, you will have less joy in your life but still the same amount of snow."
Choosing the optimist's viewpoint:
“It's easy to love the snow because at the end of every snowstorm it's as if the world has started over. There is no dirt, no footprints, just a layer of seamless, indiscriminate nature connecting everything to everything else. Isn't that the amazing thing about the natural world?” Andrew McMahon – American songwriter
Let’s choose to be amazed and feel “connected,” if only for a while. Looking forward to seeing you back here next Monday for another motivational thought.
01/19/2026
It’s Monday again! While every Monday – even every day – is special, on this particular Monday, we take time to revere a special man: the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His practice of peace and non-violence encouraged justice and equality among all Americans.
The world renown, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, American civil rights leader, Dr. King was assassinated in his prime.
Nevertheless, his words in letters, speeches, and books have lived on for generations, and are inspiring still today.
While all of his words are motivational, here is one to especially consider this week.
"In spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace."
Let’s all practice peace out there. See you next Monday for another motivational thought.
01/12/2026
Hello Monday, new day, new week, new beginning! And hello “Celebration of Life Month.”
Many of us have already taken down decorations and stored away treasured symbols of holiday celebrations. It’s been a hectic but, hopefully, happy, and joy-filled holiday season.
But the season of celebration is not over. After all the hustle of the holidays, it’s time to take a deep breath, pause, and be still as we quietly celebrate life itself and ourselves. It makes sense the first month of the year – a beginning – is declared “Celebration of Life Month.”
“The beginning of a new year, makes it the perfect time to start appreciating the lives that we lead, and the blessings that come to us every day,” states the month’s proclamation.
As we celebrate our lives and ourselves, let’s all emphasize the part about “e v e r y day.”
"Life is meant to be a celebration! It shouldn't be necessary to set aside special times to remind us of this fact. Wise is the person who finds a reason to make every day a special one." – Leo F. Buscaglia, American author.
Let’s all try to FEEL every day of living as special. Looking forward to seeing you back here next Monday for another inspirational thought.
01/05/2026
Welcome Monday, welcome new day, new week and new year.
The sun has set on the final days of 2025 and risen on the first few days of a new year. We’ve already seen the new year’s first full moon, known as the Wolf Moon. It was also a Super Moon, one of only three that will occur this year.
Here’s hoping such an early Super Moon will herald a super year. No matter what we faced in the last year – personal victories, personal difficulties – let’s move forward refreshed with new confidence.
“Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning, but a 'going on’ – a
going on with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.” – Hal
Borland, American author
All together now … let’s get moving on! Looking forward to seeing you back here next Monday for another motivational thought.
01/02/2026
12/29/2025
Well, here we are just a few days away from a brand-new year. Hard to believe, isn’t it? Time really does just seem to fly by.
Typically, a new year is a time that usually prompts some personal reflection about the year passing by, and the new one beginning. Our ups, our downs, our mistakes, our triumphs, our decisions, our wins this year all become part of our personal history. They are history.
We are about to write a whole new chapter to our life’s journey. The page is blank.
As we wind down this year, let’s aim to continue holding dear the holiday spirit we have felt these last weeks – the happiness, the joy, the gratitude, the love – and carry them in our hearts into 2026.
“Celebrate endings, for they precede new beginnings.” – Johathan Huie
Stay joyful out there and embrace optimism! Looking forward to seeing you back here next week on the first Monday of a brand-new year!
12/25/2025
MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Wishing all friends, family and clients who are observing and celebrating the miracle of Christmas ... much joy, happiness, love and inner peace.
12/22/2025
Welcome Monday, new day, and new week, and welcome winter.
Yes, yesterday’s solstice – during which we experienced the shortest daylight hours of the year and the longest dark night – marked the official start of winter. While many of us have already been shivering for days and not looking forward to winter cold, there is an upside.
Transformation may not be visible immediately, but daylight hours are slowly growing longer. It may be the season of cold, but it is also the season of light.
And the brightest light of the season, observed by Christians worldwide occurs later this week, the celebration of Christmas this coming Thursday. As those who celebrate rush about making final preparations and doing last minute shopping, a thought to consider ...
"It’s not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.” – Mother Teresa, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, founder of Missionaries of Charity
Wishing everyone lots of love during this season of light! Looking forward to seeing you back here again next Monday for another motivational thought.
12/15/2025
Hello Monday, hello new day, new week, and hello lights!
Yes, the modest patch of Earth that’s ours is shining brightly. Menorah candles glow through the night in celebration of Hanukkah, which began at sunset yesterday.
Light shines on buildings draped in colorful lights. Many homes, too, are adorned with sparkling lights, while evergreen trees within them sparkle and are decorated with years of memories.
Indeed, it is the time of year that glows. Even we can glow and spread the joy and miracle of light.
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton, 19th Century American author.
Let’s all try to share our inner light! Looking forward to seeing you next Monday for another motivational thought.
12/14/2025
Wishing all who are celebrating the miracle of Hanukkah, a joy-filled holiday,
“We light candles in testament that faith makes miracles possible.”
—Nachum Braverman, American author and scholar
12/08/2025
And so it begins … the countdown … the final mad rush to holiday readiness; Hannukah, a week away and Christmas just a bit over two weeks. Are we all ready? Gifts purchased? Homes decorated?
Some of us may be all ready, but most likely, many of us are not. Sometimes we might actually want to throw our hands up and wonder why. Why? Why all this fuss? We may even let off some steam directed at no one in particular, or worse, some innocent and unsuspecting family members.
If this description fits, please take a deep breath. Remember the joyful holidays we are about to celebrate … about the miracles we honor and observe. And. of course, remember the people we love during this season – and all seasons.
“As we struggle with shopping, lists, and invitations, compounded by December’s bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same.” – Donald E. Westlake, late American writer
B R E A T H E everyone … and let go. And who will care if there is not enough chocolate gelt for "seconds?". Or if a favorite cookie or two are missing?
It's about the joy!
12/01/2025
Hello, Monday! New day, new week, and new month. Welcome December!
Indeed, we’ve reached the final month of the year, (can you believe it?) but likely beginning THE utmost hectic month of the year for most.
Yes, December is an incredibly joyful month, with holidays reminding us of life-changing miracles, of love, of kindness, of reasons to celebrate.
At the same time, these jubilant holidays can, and often do, create an extremely stressful holiday season for many: gift-buying, wrapping, decorating, sending greeting cards, baking, entertaining, whew! Here is a thought to consider today and in the hectic weeks ahead.
"You’ll have moments when you feel like a lion, and moments when you feel like a mouse. Just know that no matter how you feel, you still have a heartbeat and a soul worthy of love, so learn to roar even when you feel small, because you are more than the feelings you may have."
― T.B. LaBerge, author
Wishing all a wonderful week ahead with ample time to B R E A T H E!
Looking forward to seeing you back here next Monday for another inspirational thought. In the meantime, please do remember the reasons at the heart of this month’s celebrations.
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If you ask Cora Ciaramello about her profession – one she has been practicing for twenty years – she will likely describe it in several ways. She’ll say she is a licensed massage therapist, electrologist and aesthetician. But after just a few minutes of conversation it becomes obvious she is more than all that. She is following a vocation driven by a passion to help people feel and look their best, promoting health-based skin and body care.
For Cora, it’s all about helping others feel good about themselves using the skills she learned through years of study, training and doing.
“It’s been a journey,” Cora says, referring to the inspiration that guided her on the path to launching Changes Spa & Aesthetics. The altered course was quite a diversion from the successful sales and marketing career she had been experiencing for nearly two decades; the one college had prepared her for.
But like many of life’s U-turns and winding roads, Cora’s diversion resulted from some personal circumstances along with a measure of introspection.
One circumstance was her own boost in self-esteem following a series of skin treatments for some problem areas. She recalls that “The experience boosted my self-confidence and my desire to help others feel better about themselves.”
Resulting from her own experience, Cora decided to switch gears and begin skin care studies, first with electrolysis. She apprenticed part time, while still working in the sales and marketing arena.
It was after two life-changing experiences, however, that she made the choice to surge full steam ahead on the skin care and wellness track.
And she has never looked back.
Cora says that it was during her father’s battle with leukemia that she fully realized the benefits and rewards of personal attention and care for others. “When my dad was in the hospital with leukemia, I would go to see him
every day to cleanse and put compresses on his face, hands and feet. I would massage his hands and feet a bit as well,” she adds.
“It was then and there, that I discovered how happy someone can look and feel,” after soothing attention, “and decided that was what I wanted to focus on as a career.”
Following this awakening, Cora began intensively studying aesthetics, even taking advanced classes to further her knowledge, experience and skills. As a New Jersey licensed aesthetician and electrologist, she worked at her calling for years at different spas and salons.
A second life-threatening experience – this one a serious auto accident in which she was involved – motivated Cora to further pursue well-being practices and routines: massage therapy.
“During my recuperation from the car accident, I discovered how much massage and yoga improved my recovery process.” As a result, Cora decided to add massage therapy to her skills, taking courses to become a fully licensed therapist. She is also a devout yoga enthusiast to keep herself limber and flexible, a vital part of her wellness regimen.
With so many skills and such a wide breadth of experience – not to mention, Cora’s passion for wellness – it is no wonder that her vision, Changes Spa & Aesthetics, is no ordinary in-and-out salon du jour.
Cora believes there is no ‘one size fits all’ where skin and wellness are concerned. “I call Changes a ‘boutique’ salon because it is different and unique. It’s not like some franchise that has a revolving door of experts and consultants,” she quips.
“Each client receives a full evaluation. At Changes we aim to provide an authentic skincare experience that provides personalized, results oriented treatments in a relaxed boutique setting. Our goal is to improve our clients’ skin and nourish the body and soul…one client at a time,” Cora emphasizes.
“My passion is helping people look and feel their best!” she adds. And her passion is her goal – one she achieves one client at a time. Just ask one!
Come in and visit us at Changes Spa to have your own authentic skincare experience in a relaxed boutique setting--you’ll leave feeling nourished through your mind body & soul. Book a service with myself, Kim, or Mary.
