May 29, 2019 at 06:30PM by CWC https://content.jwplatform.com/players/I8NioZ8j-AjgxWzQ7.js Meet Wellness Collective, our immersive curriculum with Athleta that hooks you up with actionable advice from the smartest experts and brand founders in wellness right now. Get the goods at our monthly event series in New York City plus our online one-month wellness plans. There’s so much nutrition information floating around now, sometimes it can feel paralyzing simply trying to figure out what to eat for lunch. Been there? Next time you’re stumped, try RASA founder Mia Rigden, RD’s golden rule: “I like to recommend that 70 percent of your plate be vegetables,” she says. “The more variety and diversity of plant-based foods in your diet, the more nutrition you’re going to get from the food you’re eating.” The 70-percent trick is one of Rigden’s go-to pieces of advice for anyone looking to go plant forward (which translates to just eating more fruits and veggies, plain and simple). “Plant-forward eating is certainly less restrictive,” Rigden says. “You don’t have to give up any of the foods that you love—just add more vegetables to your plate.” Tune in above for all of Rigden’s top plant-powered tips. Watch the video above for three concrete tips to living a plant-forward lifestyle from a holistic nutritionist. Want more Wellness Collective? Hit up our monthly events at Athleta’s Flatiron flagship in New York City and click here for more wellness intel. In partnership with Athleta Continue Reading… Author Well+Good Editors | Well and Good Selected by iversue
Month: May 2019
Shaky Muscles During A Workout? Here’s Why That’s A Good Thing
May 29, 2019 at 03:12PM It’s time to embrace the shake. Continue Reading… Author Ray Bass | Life by Daily Burn Selected by CWC
A sleep specialist’s top 7 tips for how to deal when you just. can’t. sleep.
May 29, 2019 at 03:00PM by CWC It’s easy to find yourself searching for what to do when you can’t sleep when, well, you’re staring at a smartphone screen in the middle of the night with bloodshot eyes. You want to be well-rested, like desperately, and yet you’re struggling with insufferable bouts of insomnia like you’re Edward Norton in Fight Club. Well, spoiler alert: Not sleeping created lots of problems for him and it’s probably not doing you any favors either. So if you find yourself stuck in a no-sleep holding pattern, read on for a few short- and long-term strategies from experts for breaking that detrimental cycle in favor of a surplus of REM. You know, before you go full Tyler Durden. 1. Your bed is only for sleep (and, okay, sex) Here’s where I’m doing this wrong, because I use the bed for sleep, sex, The Sims, self-care, and eating a plate of chocolate chip cookies while watching Labyrinth. This behavior fools our subconscious into thinking the bed is NOT a place for rest, and thus, we teach ourselves that it’s not for sleeping. “You can’t force sleep to happen, and staying in bed awake, frustrated, tossing and turning only continues to teach your mind and body that the bed is for wakeful activities, not sleep,” says Shelby Harris, PsyD, sleep-health expert and author of The Women’s Guide to Overcoming Insomnia. “The more you only sleep—and have sex—in bed, the more your body learns that the bed is only
Psyllium Husk: The Baking Ingredient That Also Improves Digestion + A Recipe
May 29, 2019 at 02:36PM Upgrade your vegan and keto baking game with this wonder ingredient. Continue Reading… Author Ashley Madden | Life by Daily Burn Selected by CWC
Psyllium Husk: The Baking Ingredient That Also Improves Digestion + A Recipe
May 29, 2019 at 02:36PM Upgrade your vegan and keto baking game with this wonder ingredient. Continue Reading… Author Ashley Madden | Life by Daily Burn Selected by CWC
Eat A Plant-Based Diet? Make Sure You Get These Vitamin-B-Rich Foods
May 29, 2019 at 01:49PM Listen up, you vegetarians and vegans! Continue Reading… Author Allison Young | Life by Daily Burn Selected by CWC
Eat A Plant-Based Diet? Make Sure You Get These Vitamin-B-Rich Foods
May 29, 2019 at 01:49PM Listen up, you vegetarians and vegans! Continue Reading… Author Allison Young | Life by Daily Burn Selected by CWC
Paging the career guru: My coworker friend is becoming an energy vampire and my work is starting to suffer
May 29, 2019 at 12:47PM by CWC It’s great to have friends at work—really, research proves it!—but when friendship means your coworker’s personal life takes up more of your mental space than that report due next week, that’s an issue. In this week’s Good@Work column, career expert Amy Odell—whom you may know as the former editor (AKA HBIC) of Cosmopolitan.com and founding blogger of New York magazine’s The Cut—tells a woman how to handle her work wife’s draining demands for her time and energy. Question: One of my coworkers (with whom I’m also friends) is having a hard time right now personally and at work. I want to support her, but she also messages me (or pulls me aside) constantly to complain and vent. It’s getting to the point where taking care of her at work feels like almost a full-time job, and interferes with my ability to do my own job. How can I set boundaries with her without causing offense or making her feel like I don’t care about her (because I do!) Answer: It sounds like this coworker is a two-hour friend. A two-hour friend is a person you love and want to spend time with but can only do so for a maximum of two hours. A two-hour friend requires too much emotional labor for the interaction to be enjoyable for any longer. We all have two-hour friends, and admitting you have two-hour friends doesn’t make you a bad person or a bad friend. In fact, it makes you a better
Wanna say buh-bye to the full bush? Here’s how to do it without getting ingrowns
May 29, 2019 at 12:20PM by CWC Around middle school or high school, my peers started telling me that they shaved their entire bikini area. Like…all of it. The complete opposite of a full bush. What they refer to as the “Brazilian” in the waxing studio. And so, since then, I’ve been shaving it…all of it. (Sorry, TMI.) Not that this is still the trend—now we are experiencing a resurgence of the full bush—but I can confidently tell you that I know people who still prefer to rock a hairless vagina. So if you’re looking to say buh-bye to the full bush, it’s important to know how to get rid of the hair without all manner of ingrown hairs, irritation, and red bumps arising in their place. “Hair removal of any kind is an investment—time, money, and sometimes, pain—so you owe it to yourself to take the time to find out what makes the most sense to you,” says Allie Melnick, general manager of grooming brand Flamingo. And that may very well just mean, doing nothing but give it a trim now and then, and that’s cool, too. “However you choose to groom your pubic hair and skin is up to you,” says Laura Schubert, CEO and co-founder of Fur, who notes that it really doesn’t matter how you choose to rock your bikini area—it’s just about proper care for whichever route you take. With that said, if you want to removed some (or all!) of the hair down there, here
Wanna say buh-bye to the full bush? Here’s how to do it without getting ingrowns
May 29, 2019 at 12:20PM by CWC Around middle school or high school, my peers started telling me that they shaved their entire bikini area. Like…all of it. The complete opposite of a full bush. What they refer to as the “Brazilian” in the waxing studio. And so, since then, I’ve been shaving it…all of it. (Sorry, TMI.) Not that this is still the trend—now we are experiencing a resurgence of the full bush—but I can confidently tell you that I know people who still prefer to rock a hairless vagina. So if you’re looking to say buh-bye to the full bush, it’s important to know how to get rid of the hair without all manner of ingrown hairs, irritation, and red bumps arising in their place. “Hair removal of any kind is an investment—time, money, and sometimes, pain—so you owe it to yourself to take the time to find out what makes the most sense to you,” says Allie Melnick, general manager of grooming brand Flamingo. And that may very well just mean, doing nothing but give it a trim now and then, and that’s cool, too. “However you choose to groom your pubic hair and skin is up to you,” says Laura Schubert, CEO and co-founder of Fur, who notes that it really doesn’t matter how you choose to rock your bikini area—it’s just about proper care for whichever route you take. With that said, if you want to removed some (or all!) of the hair down there, here