Day: June 1, 2019

June 01, 2019 at 12:00PM by CWC It’s still wild to me that so much of what we communicate doesn’t actually happen through the spoken word. We can flirt, express our inner-turmoil, and even sabotage a perfectly good date with just the wrong movement. But when it comes to the most notorious body language clue—assuming an arms crossed position—a body language expert says we’ve all been dead wrong in our interpretation. Forming an “X” with your two arms is usually seen as stand-offish, angry, cold, or socially anxious. Body-language expert Patti Wood tells me that, in reality, there at 50 (50!!!) different ways people cross their arms—and not every single one deserves a please-don’t-make-eye-contact-with-me reputation. “The majority of [arms crossed positions] are motivated by an individual’s desire to shut down and/or shut out,” she says. But it’s not true for every variation. “The biggest mistake people make is assuming that all arm crosses are signaling that the person wants to shut you out.” Really, the person may be giving themselves a hug as a way to mollify themselves when many environmental stimuli (like music, lights, passing ambulances, etcetera) are grabbing for their attention at once. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jwUXV4QaTw?start=69] Former FBI agent and body language expert Joe Navarro agrees with Wood. “There’s a lot of myths out there,” he tells Wired in a YouTube video. “The one that stands out is, if you cross you arms, that it’s a blocking behavior. That’s just nonsense. Even when you dislike the person in front

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June 01, 2019 at 12:00PM by CWC It’s still wild to me that so much of what we communicate doesn’t actually happen through the spoken word. We can flirt, express our inner-turmoil, and even sabotage a perfectly good date with just the wrong movement. But when it comes to the most notorious body language clue—assuming an arms crossed position—a body language expert says we’ve all been dead wrong in our interpretation. Forming an “X” with your two arms is usually seen as stand-offish, angry, cold, or socially anxious. Body-language expert Patti Wood tells me that, in reality, there at 50 (50!!!) different ways people cross their arms—and not every single one deserves a please-don’t-make-eye-contact-with-me reputation. “The majority of [arms crossed positions] are motivated by an individual’s desire to shut down and/or shut out,” she says. But it’s not true for every variation. “The biggest mistake people make is assuming that all arm crosses are signaling that the person wants to shut you out.” Really, the person may be giving themselves a hug as a way to mollify themselves when many environmental stimuli (like music, lights, passing ambulances, etcetera) are grabbing for their attention at once. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jwUXV4QaTw?start=69] Former FBI agent and body language expert Joe Navarro agrees with Wood. “There’s a lot of myths out there,” he tells Wired in a YouTube video. “The one that stands out is, if you cross you arms, that it’s a blocking behavior. That’s just nonsense. Even when you dislike the person in front

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June 01, 2019 at 10:00AM by CWC Getting a manicure is so calming—whether you’re doing it yourself or getting one at the salon, it’s a fab opportunity to zone out while beautifying your nails with whatever hue you like. But all the fun stops once you’ve gotta sit for-e-ver to wait for the nail polish to dry. It’s literally sitting and watching paint dry, but it’s also a necessary evil. If you don’t wait long enough, you’re undoubtedly faced with wrecked fingertips that you just spent all that time getting for yourself. So in the pious pursuit of finding a hack that makes your nail polish dry fast, I’ve finally found the one that works—and all it takes is some ice cubes. “Typically, polish can take up to an hour to fully, fully dry, but you’re in the clear of wet polish after about ten minutes,” says Sarah Gibson Tuttle, CEO and founder of Olive and June, a nail salon and nail polish brand based in California. But the ice cube-in-water hack chops that drying time down exponentially—all you have to do is dunk your wet manicure into the ice water for it to work. “I feel like it works—we like to think that it shocks the polish into setting,” says Gibson Tuttle, who does the trick herself. “I do it because it works for me—but my biggest piece of advice is to do this step when the polish is closer to dry than wet. The closer to wet it

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June 01, 2019 at 10:00AM by CWC Getting a manicure is so calming—whether you’re doing it yourself or getting one at the salon, it’s a fab opportunity to zone out while beautifying your nails with whatever hue you like. But all the fun stops once you’ve gotta sit for-e-ver to wait for the nail polish to dry. It’s literally sitting and watching paint dry, but it’s also a necessary evil. If you don’t wait long enough, you’re undoubtedly faced with wrecked fingertips that you just spent all that time getting for yourself. So in the pious pursuit of finding a hack that makes your nail polish dry fast, I’ve finally found the one that works—and all it takes is some ice cubes. “Typically, polish can take up to an hour to fully, fully dry, but you’re in the clear of wet polish after about ten minutes,” says Sarah Gibson Tuttle, CEO and founder of Olive and June, a nail salon and nail polish brand based in California. But the ice cube-in-water hack chops that drying time down exponentially—all you have to do is dunk your wet manicure into the ice water for it to work. “I feel like it works—we like to think that it shocks the polish into setting,” says Gibson Tuttle, who does the trick herself. “I do it because it works for me—but my biggest piece of advice is to do this step when the polish is closer to dry than wet. The closer to wet it

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June 01, 2019 at 06:00AM by CWC Whatever health woe has you deep down a WebMD hole or sitting nervously in your doctor’s office, you can likely thank chronic inflammation for it. Acne, digestive probs, brain fog, allergies…inflammation can cause it all. It’s one of the most popular terms in wellness, but according to doctors, it’s one of the most misunderstood, too. Inflammation is often used as a catch-all term for all bad health conditions, but medical experts say it’s a bit more nuanced than that. Here, notable physicians dispel common myths about inflammation to set the record straight. Myth 1: Inflammation is inherently a bad thing Can inflammation cause health probs? Absolutely. But Mark Hyman, MD says that doesn’t mean inflammation as a whole is the evil many assume it is. “Inflammation is part of the body’s natural defense system,” he says. Basically, when your body detects foreign invaders (like bacteria or a virus), Dr. Hyman says your white blood cells and immune system chemicals called cytokines “mobilize to protect you,” causing inflammation. He explains that the cytokines are critical to our health—they help wounds heal and repair arteries. “However, if inflammatory cytokines are being overproduced for a long period of time, then we start to see issues and chronic disease,” Dr. Hyman says. “This is when the inflammation can run rampant, causing a chronic smoldering fire inside your body that contributes to disease and so much more.” Holistic women’s health psychiatrist Kelly Brogan, MD, echoes Dr. Hyman’s stance

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