November 15, 2019 at 04:30PM by CWC A lot of easy soup recipes call for more ingredients than you have in your fridge, pantry, and cabinets combined. Okay, so that’s a bit of an overstatement, but it’s true they’re often more complicated than they claim to be. When you want to cozy up with a hot steaming bowl without all the drama of dicing and simmering, you need “busy day soups.” According to Pinterest’s top November trends report, the search for ‘busy day soups’ is up 3,200 percent year over year. Clearly, everyone’s looking for streaming stews that don’t require sweating over the stove—so let’s give the people what they want. 5 easy soup recipes for days when you’re busy, busy, busy 1. BUSY DAY SOUP WITH GROUND BEEF This recipe has five ingredients and—rejoice!—one of them is just water. Since the soup calls for mixed frozen veggies, you can go for whatever varieties you love the most. 2. LENTIL SOUP IN SNAP For a vegetarian and dairy-free option, lentil just can’t be beat. The legume is full of protein and fiber to keep you satiated and filled with energy for the rest of the day. Even if you’re just lazing about the house, it’s nice to feel a little fired up. Photo: The Minimalist Baker 3. Salsa soup This recipe is an absolute treasure—and it starts with just a jar of Trader Joe’s salsa. To give it a more creamy consistency, you can run it through a food processor
Month: November 2019
How to keep a relationship strong after getting through a rough patch
November 15, 2019 at 04:06PM by CWC “Things are going well,” is a sigh of relief you can relish saying after your relationship clears a rough patch. You love to say it, emphatically, without even a whisper of falsehood and with optimism for the future. Maybe you’ve overcome a loss and navigated grief, or you’ve reunited and overcome infidelity, or, on a lower-intensity scale, you’ve finally gotten used to their gross nail-clipping habits after moving in together. Whatever obstacle you’ve cleared, things are now going well and you’d…like to keep it that way. And since you know that this healthy state isn’t a given, knowing how to keep a relationship strong is key. In a recent Instagram post, relationship therapist Debra Roberts, LCSW and author of The Relationship Protocol: How to Talk, Defuse, and Build Healthier Relationships, notes how wonderful it can feel to be able to say those four words: things are going well. But still, the relationship recovery and maintenance check-ins need to continue after the fact, she maintains. View this post on Instagram First of all… I love hearing that! And thankfully, it’s a common refrain that I get from clients, students, consultees. Because when you learn tips for communicating those kinds of positive results will keep happening repeatedly. And when good stuff happens, if you’re paying attention you’ll notice a consistent change exponentially. I always point out those changes to my clients and I'm asking (or telling:) you to pay attention to those shifts in your
Get back to your prehistoric roots at these 5 Paleo-friendly restaurants in LA
November 15, 2019 at 03:00PM by CWC Surprise, surprise: there’s no shortage of healthy food in Los Angeles. From Beyond Meat setting up shop in El Segundo to Sqirl Kitchen and their perpetually sold-out jam, it feels like there’s almost always something new and trending hitting our feeds straight out of LA. With all these other fancy food trends to keep up with, one meal plan has seemed to slip off the radar in popularity, but not entirely in nutritional value: the Paleo diet. Otherwise known as the Caveman or Stone Age diet, the Paleo meal plan made a splash in 2014, but has been waning ever since (probably due to the oodles of other meal plans that keep making headlines…) But, you shouldn’t sleep on Paleo—the meal plan has its perks. It emphasizes eating naturally (like our prehistoric ancestors did), skipping processed sugars and grains, and opting for high-protein meats, fruits and veggies. It can also potentially help with inflammation. Can’t remember everything there is to know about Paleo? Let an expert refresh your memory… [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGvJ61nBFBo] Is the Paleo diet as ~trendy~ as LA’s mocktail scene or Sweetgreen obsession? Maybe not. But if you do want to get back to your prehistoric roots, there are plenty of places in LA to do so. Our favorite Paleo restaurants in Los Angeles: 1. Amara Kitchen Breakfast lovers, rejoice! This comfy little cafe in Highland Park serves breakfast all day long, offering “alternative takes on classic dishes, reinterpreting menus for all
If you can’t be bothered to exfoliate, derms say switching up your cleanser can do the trick
November 15, 2019 at 02:00PM by CWC As I’ve revealed in my very own beauty horror story, I’ve been known to over-exfoliate in the past, which is not so great. The main goal of my skin-care routine is (still) to get dull skin off to reveal new, happy skin underneath, though. That’s why my beauty cabinet’s stocked with exfoliating face cleansers, peel pads, and a glycolic-spiked face lotion or two to get rid of the gunk in my pores to make sure my complexion still glows. Then, a couple of dermatologists told me that everyone can get their daily exfoliation needs with nothing more than a cleanser… which is TBH, not something I’d expect since you rinse it right off. “You just need an alpha- and beta-hydroxy acid in a face wash, and it cuts out a step [in your routine],” says Morgan Rabach, MD, a board-certified dermatologist and co-founder of LM Medical, who notes this is something all skin types should incorporate into their regimen. She’s a fan of chemical exfoliants over face scrubs because they offer a more even exfoliation. “Physical scrubs only take off the outer layers of the skin,” she says. “An exfoliator with a chemical will take off outer layers to a certain extent, but also actively brighten and go deeper into the skin.” She says that this helps to brighten the complexion, while also targeting pigmentation within the skin (a double bonus). Unlike scrubs, chemical exfoliants have the added perk of stimulating your collagen
A career coach’s 4 tips for job-hunting confidently despite your fear of rejection
November 15, 2019 at 01:00PM by CWC I’m a delicate little flower with serious issues related to handling rejection, and that reality kept me marooned in a high-stress freelancer world for years, though I didn’t necessarily prefer to live there. My sky-high rejection sensitivity led even the thought of my resumé being glossed over by an algorithm to hurt my soul. I couldn’t reconcile how to not take rejection personally and absorb the blow as a sign that I’m not qualified, capable, or worthy. But neuroses aside, I wanted a full-time role and, thus, needed to put myself out there—and no amount of avoidance or fear of being passed over would change that. If your nerves also go into overdrive at the prospect of job-interview rejection, never fear. Here to authentically empower you through the process is Erin Hatzikostas, corporate CEO turned career coach and founder of b Authentic inc. With some resilience and creative redirection, you’ll be able to navigating a job search with more ease, confidence, and stamina to weather any blows along the path. Below, find her top tips for getting out there when rejection sensitivity is doing its best to hold you back. A career coach’s top tips for overcoming rejection sensitivity while job-searching 1. Volunteer “Volunteer to help out with an association, for a local nonprofit that has other business people in your area involved, or even simply volunteer to take on a project at your current company that’s outside of your current role,” says
This Pumpkin Maple-Glazed Penne Pasta Recipe Is Fall In A Bowl
November 15, 2019 at 12:04PM Make your kitchen smell like Thanksgiving year-round. Continue Reading… Author Jamie Schneider | Life by Daily Burn Selected by CWC
This cult-fave lip balm brand is about to be your lipstick of choice too
November 15, 2019 at 12:00PM by CWC If you could peer into beauty influencers’ cosmetics cabinets, I can almost guarantee that you’d find at least one cult-fave lip-to-cheek tinted balm from Olio E Osso. The pigmented sticks, which are packaged in the brand’s distinctive push-pop tube, have quietly (but steadily) climbed to cult status among not only makeup lovers, but even people who don’t usually wear much makeup. Why so? Because they do it all and leave a whisper of a hue when you dab them on. Now, the balm brand is bestowing us with true makeup: lip products in all sorts of gorgeous shades. Launching today are Olio E Osso Lucente Lip Sheens ($28) and Crema Lipsticks ($30), which leave behind bold pigments, while still containing only good-for-your-skin ingredients. The brand extension into cosmetics makes sense, since founder Paola LaMorticella has been a makeup artist for over 25 years. “I’ve been doing that for so long, and I’ve always been on the hunt looking for things that feel good and are highly pigmented, but that I can sheer out,” she says. “I’m trying to create a color library, and a system [of products] that work together really well and support each other—to simplify things and make a family of products.” The brand’s new lip makeup plays along perfectly with the balms, giving you the option to layer more vibrant shades onto your lips (building upon the nourishing balm base). The Lip Sheens come in four shades—a neutral, a rosy
Should You Intermittent Fast During Menopause? A Doctor Explains
November 15, 2019 at 10:11AM Plus, why you gain weight during menopause. Continue Reading… Author Taz Bhatia, M.D. | Life by Daily Burn Selected by CWC
Is Napping A Healthy Habit? We Asked An Expert
November 15, 2019 at 10:00AM The healthiest way to nap, right this way. Continue Reading… Author Krista Soriano | Life by Daily Burn Selected by CWC
The Best Diet For Mental Health, From A Nutritional Psychiatrist
November 15, 2019 at 06:01AM Georgia Ede, M.D., says our diets need to change. Continue Reading… Author Jason Wachob | Life by Daily Burn Selected by CWC