Year: 2019

July 30, 2019 at 03:00PM by CWC It would be amazing if easy-to-follow, linear steps to success actually existed. I mean, as a kid, that’s what I was taught to believe: Get good grades, get a solid SAT score, go to college, become an astronaut, have a beautiful family, live happily ever after, the end. But back here on planet Earth (with no disrespect to the astronauts out there, of course), success isn’t a staircase a with clear and concrete upward trajectory. Instead, it’s an ongoing, fluid task to chip away at every day by not just setting goals, but implementing consistent habits to make ourselves strong and confident forces to be reckoned with. That is, it requires cultivating a success system. “My advice is to focus on processes over goals,” life coach Susie Moore tells me. “Because a goal isn’t enough to achieve success, you need a system to get you there. Systems work—they provide clarity and keep you on track.” So while it’s super swell to have an updated list of things you want to (and even plan to) accomplish, that list alone won’t make the things, events, and productive advancements of your success dreams fall into your lap. All of that certainly makes sense…but, um, what is a system? ad_intervals[‘410198_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘410198_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’);}); } }, 100); “A goal is essentially an objective that you either achieve or don’t achieve sometime in the future,” Moore says. “A system is something you do

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July 30, 2019 at 01:24PM by CWC Infidelity is typically portrayed as the death of a relationship; the worst case scenario short of the actual death of a partner. But our view of infidelity as “the ultimate betrayal” isn’t necessarily accurate, argues relationship expert Esther Perel. It’s actually rooted in our own problematic views of romantic relationships. Perel recently sat down with Jada Pinkett Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Norris on Red Table Talk to discuss why infidelity is now seen as “the ultimate betrayal.” As per usual, her thoughts were disorienting (in a good way). “The modern romantic ideal is a tenacious model,” she explained. “The model is that, ‘I’m going to have with you everything that I was supposed to get in a traditional marriage, you’re going to co-parent and I’m going to have economic support, and we’re going to be partners, but on top of it you’re going to be my best friend and you’re going to be my confidante and you’re going to help me become the best version of myself.’” ad_intervals[‘411744_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘411744_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’);}); } }, 100); When we have the expectation to have all of our needs must be met by one person, infidelity becomes a crisis on multiple levels, she argues; it seems perhaps more holistically meaningful than it necessarily is because of how much stock we put in our romantic relationships. “I start to think this whole thing we created was a lie, and the whole thing comes

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July 30, 2019 at 01:20PM by CWC Mercury is only in retrograde for another couple of days, which, yay, but also does this mean I’m going to have to start taking responsibility for my own actions again? It’s far from the only astrologically significant event happening, however. Last night, dueling meteor showers were visible in much of the U.S., and they brought inspiration with them. “Astrologically, meteor showers can represent several things. First of all, they’re cosmic dust, debris. They look like beautiful light displays from our perspective, but in reality, they are a type of storm that happens from the breakup of a comet,” says intuitive astrologer and healer Rachel Lang. “To understand the astrological significance of a meteor shower, we need to understand the significance of a comet. Comets are made up of ice, dust, and gasses. If we read that symbolically, we might say they represent our frozen emotions and collective fears surfacing for us to see and heal. Anything we have been ignoring or suppressing can no longer be ignored. To the ancients, a comet represented change, like an eclipse.” Intense, but I’m into it. ad_intervals[‘411952_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘411952_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’);}); } }, 100); She says that meteor showers symbolize beauty rising from ashes. “They represent the spiritual insights and wisdom gained from looking deep within the shadows of ourselves and our world. They also invite us to create new ideas and beliefs. They’re like little bursts of aha moments,” she explains.

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July 30, 2019 at 12:58PM by CWC We live in a world super-saturated with nutritional intel, buzzy new diets launching every week, and heaps of contradictory food science. Not to mention, that fewer people than ever actually cook. What in the wellness are we supposed to do? And eat? We’ll clarify all of this with industry experts across the healthy food space. They’ll help cut through the overwhelm, and provide simple, universal rules to live by—and enjoy food by. Now, and through the next big healthy food trends. EVENT DETAILS Wednesday, August 14, 2019 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Location: Made by We | 902 Broadway, New York, NY 10010 ad_intervals[‘411211_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘411211_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’);}); } }, 100); THE PANEL Kate Spies | SVP of Content + Growth, Well+Good Kate leads Well+Good’s content and growth teams. She’s a big believer in combining art (gut editorial feels) and science (robust audience data points) to create killer content. Before joining Well+Good, Kate worked at a variety of global digital publishers and agencies specializing in content and distribution strategy to rapidly scale a number of brands. As a food lover with celiac, she’s no stranger to the food-confusion struggle. Kate studied journalism at the University of Technology, Sydney, and grew up as a water baby by the beach in Sydney’s southern suburbs. Katlin Smith | Founder + CEO, Simple Mills As the founder of Simple Mills, a Chicago-based company at the forefront of the whole-foods movement, Katlin is shaping

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July 30, 2019 at 11:45AM by CWC I can quote the famous supermodel Derek Zoolander on how wetness is the essence of beauty all day long, but what I’m really trying to get at is: We all need serious hydration. And I don’t have time to swipe on moisturizers that aren’t gonna give me that wetness. This is why I’m taking superstar dermatologist Dennis Gross, MD’s tip as actual beauty insider gold: In order to make your face moisturizer more effective, make sure it has algae in it. “Algae has a lot of water retention within the algae fibers, so when you use algae in skin-care products, it’s always going to be the driving force for hydration,” he tells me. “It’s another way to hold in hydration. If the science is right in the product, it’ll deliver hydration from the algae into the skin.” Dr. Gross actually prefers to combine it with moisturizing ingredient MVP hyaluronic acid in his formulations, but algae can work the same way with others, like glycerin for instance, too. ad_intervals[‘411817_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘411817_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’);}); } }, 100); “I combine it with hyaluronic acid, since it’s like a sponge that holds 10000 times its weight in water, so algae is a great way to deliver the water that’s then retained by the hyaluronic acid,” says Dr. Gross. “I love algae because, though it’s not exactly a moisturizer, it prevents water loss,” says Shirley Chi, MD, a board-certified dermatologist in California. “So

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