Year: 2019

May 22, 2019 at 06:30PM by CWC It’s the super power tucked into every wellness woman’s bag, the thing she never leaves the house (or the gym) without, her secret weapon for hanger emergencies: the protein bar. But finding a protein bar that suits your particular palate and dietary preferences can be tricky, which is why we put together this recipe for DIY bars that are customizable to your tastes. The one non-negotiable ingredient? Youtheory® Collagen Powder, which gives your tasty bars a bump of extra protein plus all the beauty-boosting benefits of collagen that help support your hair, skin, nails, and joints. A secret weapon with a secret weapon? That’s a pretty powerful snack. Watch the video to see how to make your own collagen protein bars at home, and get the full recipe below. https://content.jwplatform.com/players/5ltkfQTd-AjgxWzQ7.js Continue Reading… Author Well+Good Editors | Well and Good Selected by iversue

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May 22, 2019 at 05:00PM by CWC There’s typically only one way we talk about stress: It’s bad. When the focus isn’t on how to prevent it, it’s on all the terrible ways it can ruin your life. Stress can get in the way of good sleep, cause digestive problems, and make you feel depressed. However, the whole stress-is-bad mentality is a bit too simplistic and not entirely accurate of the role (good and bad) that stress plays in our lives. Need proof? Here, mental health exerts share the six most common stress myths they hear on a regular basis—including, yes, that stress is bad. Myth 1: Stress is totally avoidable If your goal is to live a stress-free life, well, it’s proooobably not going to happen unless you somehow live under a rock without internet access. “Many people think that they can or should try to avoid stress. First and foremost, it is impossible to avoid stress—and not even something to strive for,” says Barbara Van Dahlen, Ph.D., licensed clinical psychologist, host of Inner Space podcast, and president of Give an Hour. The goal, Dr. Dahlen says, shouldn’t be to avoid stress. Instead, it should be to recognize when we’re experiencing it and manage it in healthy ways. Myth 2: Stress is always a bad thing Stress has a worse reputation than Tati Westbrook right now—but that’s not quite fair, says clinical psychologist and Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Yeshiva University associate professor Simon Rego, Psy.D. “Stress can

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