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resilience of the human body—and
just as important, spirit—and to heal
and come back stronger than before.
To move forward to 2.0.
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Tell us about your

biggest health
breakthrough…
BREAKTHROUGH
“Health” Must Include
Your Mind and Spirit
“Several years ago, I realized I
could have a significant impact
on women’s lives if I addressed
their ‘whole body’ health—not
only their physical needs, but
also their emotional, social,
mental, and spiritual ones.
Wellness is multifaceted and
individual. For patients, this
concept can be life-changing!”
CARDIOLOGY
JENNIFER H. MIERES, MD
Professor of cardiology, Zucker
School of Medicine at Hofstra/
Northwell; senior vice president,
Center for Equity of Care,
Northwell Health
DERMATOLOGY
MONA GOHARA, MD
Associate clinical professor,
department of dermatology,
Yale School of Medicine
ELLEN MARMUR, MD
Founder, Marmur Medical
FERTILITY
SHEEVA TALEBIAN, MD
Fertility specialist and
reproductive endocrinologist,
CCRM New York
FITNESS
BEN BRUNO, CFSC
Certified functional strength
coach and private trainer
SOHEE LEE, MS, CSCS
Evidence-based fitness coach
and certified sports nutritionist;
author of Eat. Lift. Thrive.
STACY T. SIMS, PhD
Exercise physiologist; nutrition
scientist; author of Roar: How
to Match Your Food and Fitness
to Your Female Physiology for
Optimum Performance, Great
Health, and a Strong, Lean
Body for Life
GASTROENTEROLOGY
SAMANTHA NAZARETH, MD
Board-certified
gastroenterologist
GYNECOLOGY
KATE WHITE, MD, MPH
Associate professor of ob-gyn,
Boston University
JESSICA SHEPHERD, MD, MBA
Minimally invasive gynecology,
Baylor University; founder,
BREAKTHROUGH
Trusting Your Body
Changes Everything
“I had surgery for a fibroid a few
years ago and was told every-
thing was progressing well—
but I still didn’t feel better. It
was only after I saw a different
surgeon that the fibroid was ac-
tually removed and I became
pain-free. I learned to trust my
body more than just what one
doctor says. I want to provide
clear, science-backed advice so
women can feel more confident
in their thoughts and feelings.”
INTERNAL MEDICINE
KERI PETERSON, MD
Physician, internal medicine;
medical advisor,
HealthiNation.com
MENTAL HEALTH
KEN DUCKWORTH, MD
Medical director, National
Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
NEUROSCIENCE
CLAUDIA AGUIRRE, PhD
Neuroscientist;
founder, doctorclaudia, Inc.
NUTRITION
KERI GLASSMAN, RD
President, Keri Glassman, Nutri-
tious Life; author of The O2 Diet
AMANDA BAKER LEMEIN,
RD, MS
Registered dietitian; nutrition
communications specialist
ONCOLOGY
KAREN H. LU, MD BREAKTHROUGH
Chair, department of gynecologic
oncology and reproductive medi- Self-Care Is
cine, The University of Texas MD Not Optional
SARA KRALOVANSZKY (ILLUSTRATIONS)

Her Viewpoint Anderson Cancer Center

INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE
FRANK LIPMAN, MD
Founder and director, Eleven
Eleven Wellness Center;
creator, Be Well
ROBIN BERZIN, MD
Founder and CEO, Parsley Health
PHYSICAL THERAPY
JEN ESQUER, DPT, PT
Creator, The Mobility Method
and The Optimal Body
RELATIONSHIPS
CHLOE CARMICHAEL, PhD
Clinical psychologist
“In med school, I learned that
lifestyle changes for patients
were incredibly impactful. And
I’ve had to make my own shifts
since having my son in 2017. I
have less time overall, but I’m
investing more of it in long
weekends, massage, acupunc-
ture, and facials—to be more
energized, calm, and focused.”

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“Goodbye,
resolutions!”
It’s taken me seven months on this
I new path to have the breakthrough
realization that resolutions don’t
work. “They’re temporary, which is
why you’ve made them each year,” my doctor,
Gabrielle Lyon, DO, told me.
One of my repeat offenders: “I will lose X
pounds in Y days.” Sometimes I’d set an easier
target, reach it, then go back to my old habits.
Or I’d set such a difficult one, I’d give up after a
few weeks because it seemed too daunting.
Sound familiar? Instead of focusing on
weight, my strength coach, Adriana Couvillion,
suggests a fitness goal. “Say you commit to
working out X times a week. By March, if you’ve
been consistent, you will absolutely see results,
and fitness will become a part of your lifestyle.”
As for that scale obsession, Dr. Lyon cautions
that we should be concerned with the quality of
weight loss. “When you’re losing body fat and
gaining muscle, your weight might not change—
it might even go up!”
Another go-to resolution of mine: “I’m not go-
ing to eat X for 30 days.” Instead of tuning in to
MARTA TOPRAN,
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My issue with resolutions
P.E Nation jacket, was that I wanted the payoff
$199, pe-nation.com; without the push—I wasn’t
Lululemon leggings, changing my lifestyle. And it’s
$128, lululemon.com; not just me. “People don’t ad-
Reebok sneakers,
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$90, reebok.com;
Apple watch, from ing them from obtaining the
$499, apple.com thing they resolve. Saying
you’re going to do something is
great, but what are the small steps you’ll take to
get there?” Adriana asks.
Every day on this journey I’ve made choices:
to wake up early to work out, to cook instead of
ordering in, to pick up a heavier weight. I’ve
learned change isn’t magically over come Feb-
ruary—it’s constant. “You have to step up your
game on a daily basis, be 1 percent better every
day,” Dr. Lyon always reminds me. Slowly, but
eventually, your actions pay off. This January,
I’m not making a single resolution. I’m making
lasting change—one day at a time.

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Working out is a full-time job for This exercise pro and IRL #MomGoals shares how she
Jones, a certified personal trainer stays fit with a 4-year-old attached at the hip.
in Boston whose best client might 1. Keep It Real 3. Flip the Script
be her mini-me. Through an Insta With a kiddo, Jones no Most trainers don’t BYOT
profile packed with videos starring longer “runs the show,” (bring your own toddler),
the dynamic duo, the single mama, so a full sweat sesh isn’t but Jones took a risk
34, shows her 65.5k followers that always doable. To avoid and did so. Thanks to
sweating really can be this cute. disappointment, she accepting clients, facing
sets attainable goals, her fears allowed her to
@MSBOSTON such as getting in just 10 balance work and single
minutes of high-intensity motherhood and build a
calisthenics every day. support network.
2. Set Up for Success 4. Redefine Balance
To ensure she practices Showing her daughter the
what she preaches—“It’s importance of taking a
not just the workout, it’s break is key for Jones,
the lifestyle”—Jones who dedicates the
takes time to hard-boil weekend to bowling or
eggs and make baggies of biking together. “We’re
grapes on the reg, so her still active, but it’s
little one always opts for separate from work—no
healthy snacks. filming or gym time.”

“Honor, 4, and I will dance around the house doing different combos of exercises—
squats, then burpees, then planks—to create new routines. Once, she put gliders
under her hands and, in a pushup position, started moving her arms forward and
backward. I was like, ‘Oh my god, Mama, I can have my clients do that!’ And you
know what? They love it, and I love that in that moment I was able to encourage her
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XC 101
The best way to learn is to take a
lesson at a resort or ski shop. The
next best: reading the basics here,
from Sherry Dixon, a ski instructor

Skip the Lift! at Lapland Lake Nordic Vacation

Center in New York’s Adirondacks.
Downhill skiing? Been there, love that. But this year, we’re filling our 1. MASTER THE ATHLETIC
weekends with cross-country (a.k.a. Nordic) skiing. The sport uses your POSITION. If you know downhill ski-
own muscle power instead of gravity to help you glide over groomed ing, you know this stance well. Other-
wise, practice standing with knees
trails (or fresh powder anywhere, even your backyard or local park). It’s a bent, hips back, weight directly over
total-body workout: You blast your legs and butt, sure, but because you feet, hands low and in front of you.
use poles to propel yourself forward, you strengthen your arms and core
too. Do it anywhere; do it often. But of course, do it right. Our primer: 2 . PR ACTICE ON SKIS ONLY. Start-
ing sans poles teaches you not to
depend on them for balance. Jog the
trail, placing your weight on one foot,
Dress the Part then the other, moving your arms as if
Since you’re relying on your whole body to move, cross- you’re running. Once comfortable, nix
country skiing is much more physical than its downhill the bounce: Put your weight on one
sister. So, a few must-knows… ski, then glide forward with the other.
GET FITTED SUIT UP TO SWEAT
You’ll need XC-specific Working every muscle 3. ADD POLES. These guys help you
skis and bindings. Whether group warms you up fast. actually get somewhere. Step one leg
you’re renting them at a re- Ditch the heavy parka or ski forward as you bring the opposite
sort or buying your own, tell jacket and stick to a base arm’s pole into the snow in front of
the desk your height and layer, a mid-layer, a wind- you, then use your core and shoulders
weight (don’t fib!). They’ll proof outerlayer (hiking to pull your body forward. Repeat on
select skis for your body— ones from Eddie Bauer or the other side; continue alternating.
super critical, because your Merrell work well), and
weight shifts from one ski lined leggings. Top off with
to another. (Poor fit = falls.) a hat and gloves or mittens. 4. GET YOUR FOOTING. Whenever
you’re trekking uphill, think “duck”
for your feet (skis pointing diagonally
outward). Traveling downhill?
Remember “snowplow” or “pizza”—
the fronts of your skis should be close,
while the backs are out wide. Flat
ground? Keep skis parallel.

PROCEED WITH CAUTION

Always look in the direction you want to go. Your
skis will follow your shoulders, which generally
follow your head (and eyes). And don’t fight falls:
Let yourself tip forward, then get up by aligning
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TECHNIQUE
SCHOOL

Carve Your Core

The mountain climber hardly resembles what trekking to a summit actually
looks like, but it’s still a fitting name: The exercise revs your heart the way
altitude does—and rewards you with rock-hard abs. Nail it, every time.
THE STEPS WATCH FOR
1. Start in pushup position, hands An Uneven Spine
directly under shoulders. You might raise your
2. Engage core as you drive right knee hips or round your
toward chest, keeping hips as level as back to relieve ten-
possible and back flat. sion in your core,
3. Step foot back to start; repeat with
left knee. Continue alternating.
hindering results and
inviting back pain.
Together
Raise your hand if
you’ve been person-
ally victimized by win-
ter. Odds are that the
dropping temps and
shorter daylight
hours have you skip-
ping the gym and
outings with friends
in favor of Netflix and
heat. Enter: club
sports—not to be
reserved for summer.
Joining a team not
only ticks the social
box but also holds
you accountable—
two perks that fresh
research shows can
boost your mood and
WATCH FOR lower stress and
Misplaced Hands depression (more so
If your shoulders than solo workouts).
are shifted behind
Find a group on
your hands, your
legs will end up
Meetup.com, or start
working harder your own. Orgs like
than your torso— ZogSports will set up
not the point! your crew in a local
league of your choice.
Source: Adam Chekroud, PhD,
assistant professor of
psychiatry at Yale University and
cofounder of Spring Health
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The Magic of theWeight Room

Resolution or not, we’ve all gone gung ho at the gym only to face-plant off the wagon a few weeks later. Research
to the rescue! The secret to staying motivated, per a new study in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and
Science in Sports, is to focus on strength training. Turns out, lifting makes you feel more capable of achieving your
goals, which makes you want to keep working on them. (Likely because you have actual proof of progress: your
ability to handle more reps and heavier weights.) So build your routine around resistance exercises—if you still hit
a slump, you’re more likely to miss the dumbbells than the elliptical.
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Don’t Just Eat Your Greens

ENJOY THEM! THESE THREE RECIPES TRANSFORM THE HEALTHY SIDE DISH INTO A
CAN’T-PUT-YOUR-FORK-DOWN EVENT. PICK YOUR FAVORITE AND DIG IN (OVER AND OVER).

THE SIMPLE SATISFIER THE FLAVOR BOMB THE SHOWSTOPPER

Chicken stock and stewed onion give Indian spices create a dance party in Impress anyone (and everyone) with the
major comfort-food vibes—exactly your mouth, courtesy of Food texture profile of this sweet-meets-heat
what we expect from Dr. Oz’s new Network chef Palak Patel. delight from Balinese restaurant
Food Can Fix It cookbook. Selamat Pagi in Brooklyn.

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Warm 2 tsp olive oil in a skillet over
medium-high heat. Add 1 yellow onion,
chopped or sliced. Season with salt and
pepper. Cook and stir until onion is
browned. Add ¼ cup low-sodium
chicken stock, reduce heat, then
simmer for 6 minutes. Transfer onion to
a bowl. Add 1 Tbsp olive oil and
1 large bunch stemmed, torn Swiss
chard to skillet over medium-high
heat. Toss with salt and pepper for
2 to 3 minutes, then mix in onions.
Pour a hearty drizzle of extra-virgin
olive oil into a skillet over medium
heat. Add 1 bunch stemmed, chopped
kale; sauté for 2 minutes. Mix in
1 tsp garam masala, 1 tsp turmeric,
⅛ tsp cayenne, and salt and pepper.
Add 1 can drained chickpeas. Stir;
reduce heat to medium-low. Cook,
stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or
until kale appears tender. Optional:
Toss in 1¼ cups spinach and cover
skillet to steam for 2 minutes.
For sambal tomato sauce, mix ¼ cup
grapeseed oil, 3 shallots, 8 cloves garlic,
1 red chili, and 1½ Tbsp maple sugar in
a skillet over medium heat; cook until
caramelized. Add ¼ cup coconut oil and
2 cups tomato puree; simmer. Cool; add
1 Tbsp lime juice plus salt. For greens, heat
2 Tbsp coconut oil in a skillet over medium-
high with 2 cups mustard greens. Stir until
slightly wilted and crunchy, about
2 minutes. Add crispy shallots, toasted
coconut flakes, chilies, and sauce.

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BREAKFAST
Oats help neutralize
alcohol’s acidity.
Pair them with a
banana to restore
potassium, and coco-
nut water to beat dehy-
dration. Optional:
green tea for energy.
LUNCH
Your body needs electro-
lytes to replenish what
you’ve lost from the
night’s excessive peeing
(a result of drinking).
Broth in any form pro-
vides sodium and fluid.

The New Year’s

Day Diet
WE’RE NOT TALKING WHAT TO EAT TO LOSE WEIGHT. WE
MEAN EXACTLY WHAT TO GULF DOWN WHEN YOU’VE DONE
A BIT TOO MUCH...GULPING DOWN. BYE, HANGOVER!

SNACK
Eggs’ cysteine aids or-
gans in breaking down
alc’s sugar and ethanol.
The carbs in crackers
increase blood sugar;
tomato juice
replenishes lowered
sodium levels.

DINNER
The anti-inflammatory
fats in salmon can slow
production of prosta-
glandin, a hormone MIKE GARTEN, FOOD STYLING: SIMON ANDREWS, PROP STYLING: ASTRID CHATSKA

that affects hangover

severity. Ginger water
might help too.

Source: WH advisory board member Keri Glassman, RD, founder of Nutritious Life

SUPER SOYLENT?
A group of software engineers created this buzzy drink to function as a cheap and healthier alterna-
tive to junk-food desk lunches. Smart! But unfortunately, not the best option if you need fast fuel.
Nutritionally, the main players in Soylent are 21 grams of fat from sunflower and canola oils (fine in
moderation, but not the most heart-healthy sources) and 20 grams of protein from soy isolate (a
highly processed powder). Other shakes can provide similar but cleaner profiles, says Eliza Savage,
RD, a nutritionist at Middleberg Nutrition in NYC. “My concerns are the large amount of GMO soy—
which could cause bloating and gastro issues—artificial sweeteners and flavors, and the low fiber
content.” When you need a quick fix, opt for a smoothie with whey or nonsoy plant protein (like rice,
peas, or hemp) and add kale for fiber. We love stocking our fridge with blends from Daily Harvest.

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How to
Save a Life
Sad fact: Only 10 per-
cent of people survive
cardiac arrest outside of
a hospital. Happy fact:
You can help by learning
hands-only CPR—a
technique that may
double or even triple a
victim’s chance of sur-
vival. Your guide here:

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Call 911. Then check to
see if the person can be
roused by gently shaking
and shouting at them. No
luck, and they’re not
breathing normally?
Kneel down, and place
one hand over the other
in the middle of the vic-
tim’s chest on their ster-
num (the hard bone in

Relax, Get Healthy line with their nipples).

The sauna is no longer just a place to sweat out stress (or weekend booze).
Hanging in these toasty rooms can reduce your risk for cardiovascular prob-
lems, as well as other ailments such as headaches and arthritis, a recent review
from the Mayo Clinic reveals. In fact, those who hit the sauna at least four times
a week had a 60 percent (!) lower rate of heart disease and stroke than those GETTY IMAGES (LEGS); COURTESY OF VENDOR (SCALE); RAMI NIEMI (ILLUSTRATIONS)
who used it only once a week. And the benefit isn’t tied to any exercise they did
before their sesh—researchers think the heat makes the heart work harder to
regulate body temp, strengthening the ticker the way a workout does. This also
means increased blood flow, which explains the other benefits. If you are sick or 2. With your arms
straight and locked,
pregnant or have a cardio condition, skip it. Otherwise, ease into the heat for push hard, at a rate of
one to five minutes. If you don’t feel dizzy, add two minutes each visit. Cap at 20. 100 to 120 compressions
Source: Navya Mysore, MD, primary-care physician at One Medical in NYC per minute—about the
beat of “Stayin’ Alive”
(hum it in your head). Use
your back muscles, not
All Hail the Smart Scale triceps, for force. If you
get tired, take turns with
someone, but don’t stop
until a medic arrives.
plus a monthly fee, myshapa.com), which trades numbers for color- Source: Benjamin Abella, MD,
member of the American Heart
Association Emergency Cardio-
vascular Care task force, profes-
sor of emergency medicine at the
University of Pennsylvania’s
your period). But if scales bring the blues, ditch ’em. Note details like Perelman School of Medicine

how easily you can sprint or how well your pants fit to stay on track.

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Say It With
Snail Mail
When the going gets tough, so
does finding the “right” thing to
say. Which is why we’re stocking
up on empathy cards—greeting
cards that steer clear of plati-
tudes (ugh, “Get Well Soon!”) and
instead deliver relatable #Real
messages that acknowledge a
loved one’s hardships, from can-
cer to depression to infertility.
Brands like Thoughtful Human
and Emily McDowell help tell
your friend that you are there,
which is all they really need to Emily McDowell
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know. Plus, sending these Empathy cards,
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signed, sealed, delivered.
Source: Camille Wortman, PhD, emeritus professor of
psychology at Stony Brook University

Life by Chocolate
A reason (or three) to treat yo’self this V-Day? Snacking on
dark chocolate that has at least 70 percent cacao can de-
crease stress, improve your mood, and sharpen your memo-
ry, a recent study shows. That’s because cacao is packed
with flavonoids, the powerful antioxidants known to en-
hance brain health and lower cortisol levels. But just down-
ing a heart-shaped truffle before bed won’t do the trick. Opt
for a 40-gram serving (two to four squares) and nibble on it
periodically instead of wolfing it in one sitting, to reap the
rewards all day long. Oh, sweet science, be our Valentine?
Source: Lee S. Berk, DrPH, associate dean of research affairs,
School of Allied Health Professions, Loma Linda University

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Totally
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Most of us have
welcomed the better-
for-you, better-for-the-
earth tampon trend
(what cons could
organic cotton really
present?). But for the
more fun side of repro-
ductive health (a.k.a.
sex!), it’s time to make
room for trending
small-batch, eco-
friendly condoms, such
as L. or Sustain. As
long as you see “FDA-
approved” on the
package or company
website, the rubbers
go through the same
testing protocols as
big-name brands, so
they’re just as safe.
TBD whether their
minimal-ingredient
approach is healthier,
but women with sensi-
tive skin—and/or a pas-
sion for sustainability—
might find them less
Stop
irritating. Sexy.
Source: Alyssa Dweck, MD,
Overpeeing!
gynecologist in New York
So many factors can
cause a go-go-go blad-
der (coffee, anxiety,
UTIs), but one you may
not suspect: you—yep,
just you. Your bladder is
A: Ah, her doc must have told her about recent surrounded by muscles
changes to cervical cancer–screening guidelines. that need training like
any others. If you are in-
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (say that fection-free and haven’t
three times fast) announced that low-risk wom- been diagnosed with
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en (those who’ve had normal test results in the an overactive bladder

but you pee every hour
past) over 30 can now choose between a Pap (versus every three), you
smear, which finds abnormal cells, every three may have taught your-
years, or an HPV test, which looks for high-risk self the habit. But that
means you can unteach
strains of the virus, every five (or both tests ev- it—yay! When you feel
ery five). Not sure which way to go? It’s possible the urge to pee, sit, then
to have a normal smear and still have HPV, so squeeze your pelvic floor
(do Kegels) five times
Q: My friend said testing for the virus itself will get straight to the
to delay your trip five
point. For women 21 to 29 years old or sexually
she passed on a active with multiple peeps, frequent Paps are
minutes. Add five more
minutes each week.
Pap at her annual. likely best. Chat with your gyno to decide. Source: Ryanne Johnson, women’s
health nurse practitioner at University
of Alabama Birmingham Medicine
Bad idea, right? Source: Jessica Kiley, MD, MPH, associate professor and chief of General Obstetrics
and Gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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As the owner of L.A.’s
insanely buzzy to everyone.” EAT SMALL BUT SMART
breakfast and lunch
spot Sqirl, Jessica an iced Americano and a piece of toast with nut butter
Koslow was forced to
become a morning
person—but she’s and jam, for energy without the ‘I’m so full’ feeling.” E MBR ACE
totally embraced it.
The chef, boss lady, VARIET Y “M-W-F, I take a cycling class. I feel so excited to see my
and soon-to-be
two-time cookbook ‘sweat friends’—it’s like being a kid again! Other days, I swim
author shares her
early behind-the- or do yoga, so I always have something to look forward

to.” TAKE A SEC TO LEARN “On the way home, I play an

(POPCORN); MIKE GARTEN (HEADPHONES); COURTESY OF VENDOR (BIOSILK); GETTY IMAGES (GOGGLES, SWIM CAP)
audiobook. I choose ones about management so I

can be a better leader and communicator. It’s been really im-

portant to say, ‘This is something I need to work on.’” JESSICA SAMPLE (KOSLOW); COURTESY OF SQIRL (TOAST, EXTERIOR OF SQIRL); TED CAVANAUGH
SNACK WE LL

“I keep few foods in the house. I know myself…I’ll eat them all! I

like to have walnuts and popcorn around to munch on post-

workout.” S IT STILL “I shower, run BioSilk through my

hair, then cozy up in a bathrobe on “the white chair”

in my room before I put on real clothes and makeup. I need to

BioSilk Silk
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Live the High Life
AS STUNNING AS IT IS SPORTY, COLORADO IS SO DOPE, WE COULDN’T CHOOSE JUST ONE
VIBRANT SPOT TO REC. SO WE NARROWED DOWN THE LIST TO SIX FAVES. WHEELS UP!
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
Hot-air balloons need serious
heat to float (like 250°F), so
they get toasty fast, especially
in summer. Here, you can take a
comfier ride when temps
drop—with the snowcapped
Rocky Mountains as your back-
drop for your very own winter
wonderland. Then shred a line
at Howelsen Hill: It’s the oldest
operating ski resort in the U.S.
ASPEN (SNOWMASS)
Bustling après, nightlife, and
shopping scenes make this
spot a must-visit for those crav-
ing a posh, outdoorsy vibe. But
don’t think this town doesn’t
get down and dirty (er, snowy)
too: With four epic mountains,
it’s the host of the annual
X Games (snow-sports compe-
tition meets music festival).
DUNTON HOT SPRINGS
Happily soak your sore muscles
in the natural hot springs—
you won’t find the rotten-egg
sulfur smell here (so rare!).
Travel to nearby Telluride
(around 70 miles) for just about
any winter activity you can
imagine, in a stunning ’scape.
(Fat-tire biking, anyone?)
San Juan Mountain Guides
(mtnguide.net) can hook you up
with ice-climbing adventures.
WO M E N ’ S H E A LTH
TRAVEL P42
DENVER
The capital “Mile-High City”
boasts 80 miles of walking
trails (sidewalks not included).
Downtown, you’ll find one-of-a-
kind boutiques, taquerias, and
breweries—hit LoDo and
Larimer Square. Car-less but
BRECKENRIDGE need a quick mountain escape?
Cap a day on the slopes in Take the new Winter Park
one of the most luxe, historic Express train from Union
ski towns (once a gold-mining Station—it’ll drop you at Winter
locale) at Breckenridge Park Resort. If you’re traveling
Distillery. Standing at 9,600 with the fam, consider C Lazy U
feet, the city is blessed with Ranch in Granby (90ish miles
extra-cold, mineral-rich water, away) for horseback riding.
which produces some of the
smoothest liquors you’ll ever
taste. Trust us on this one: Have
a cocktail with bourbon in it.
COLORADO SPRINGS
So many sites to see! And the mild
weather and light snowfall (relative-
ly speaking) mean you can visit
most on foot year-round. Take in the
red-rock formations at Garden of
the Gods, size up your fitness at the
Cave of the Winds adventure course,
and gush over the Broadmoor
Seven (water) Falls. Don’t miss the
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (the
country’s only one of its kind) for
Colorado wildlife and more.
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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019
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IN THE OPPOSITE: CHARCOAL,
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SZÜCS ENIKÖ, STYLING: SZÜCS ENIKÖ, HAIR: KIYO IGARASHI/ORIBE, MAKEUP: KIRTI TEWANI/MAC COSMETICS,
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 THE BIGGEST
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How many beauty blunders are you accidentally making? You probably have an
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Applying too many rest of the face. But
your skin. Since skin don’t avoid your eyes
regenerates while you
products to your face
Using too many products altogether—choose a
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Facial Cleansing MISTAKE:
Towelettes with Cotton
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makeup on
We’ve all gone to bed without
washing our faces—just never
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apply Burt’s Bees® Sensitive
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knowing your skin is being breakouts. While it’s okay to indulge
hydrated while you snooze. sometimes, feed your skin with good-
for-you, vitamin-rich foods for a healthy
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Why Charcoal
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The activated kind
T used in hair and
skin care—which
has oxygen added
to it to increase its absorp-
tion—attracts and holds on
to dirt, oil, and bacteria to
deep-clean your skin and
scalp, says NYC dermatolo-
gist Howard Sobel, MD. Plus,
it quells inflammation.
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1. Shampoo
“Because it soothes in-
flammation and banishes
buildup, charcoal can treat
scalp issues like flakes and
dandruff,” says dermatolo-
gist Deanne Robinson, MD,
2
cofounder and president of
Modern Dermatology of
Connecticut.
Pantene Pro-V Charcoal
1
Purifying Root Wash, $6, at
drugstores
2. Deodorant
The star ingredient nixes
odor-causing bacteria while
shea butter keeps your pits
from getting irritated.
Native Deodorant in Char-
coal, $12, nativecos.com
3. Face Oil
3 Like your most intense
workout, this deeply
clarifying oil—which traps
acne bacteria—will kick
your (breakout’s) butt.
GlamGlow StarPotion
Liquid Charcoal Clarifying
4 Oil, $54, glamglow.com
4. Sheet Mask
Infused with hydrating
hyaluronic acid, this mask
will sop up excess oil and
tighten pores in 15 minutes,
sans dryness.
The Super Purifying
Charcoal Sheet Mask, $15
for 6, amazon.com
5. Bath Bomb
Drop this in the tub when
you’re sore from training.
Epsom salt relieves achy
muscles while charcoal
absorbs sweat and grime.
Level Naturals Epsom
Salt Bath Bomb in
Vanilla + Charcoal, $7,
levelnaturals.com
6. Makeup Brush
Always forget to clean
yours? This one’s bristles
are infused with the
antibacterial ingredient
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BareMinerals Seamless
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bacterial Charcoal, $28,
5 bareminerals.com
7. Cleanser
When combined with
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SHOP tra impurity-busting boost.
L’Oréal Paris Pure-Clay
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Foundation,
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Skinfix
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“Dry shampoo
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Rahua Hydration
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Do-It-All A Boss Blocker

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“Meet my new pre-
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with plant and fruit
extracts, and even
moisturizes, thanks
to its golden jojoba
beads that melt
into your skin.”
—MA
Clark’s Botanicals
Dual Charcoal
Detox, $58, clarks
botanicals.com
“I’m trying to be
smarter about
sunscreen and not
skip it for things like
a walk to the gym or
work. This blurring
and mattifying
formula makes my
skin look so good,
I actually want to
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—MT
Supergoop! Smooth
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GET HER
GLOW
Chloe Kim
The snowboarder, Olympic gold medal-
ist, and Laneige ambassador on
skin-care habits, healthy hair, and more
By Erin Stovall
THOMAS LOVELOCK/SPORTS ILLUSTRATED/GETTY IMAGES (KIM IN PINK JACKET); GETTY IMAGES
1. Handling Pressure
Like a Pro
“I’m my own toughest critic.
I know that all I can do is
control how I ride, so I try not
to let any outside noise get in
my head. I just want to keep
(SNOWBOARDING, CLARK, TRAIL, P LOGO); NETFLIX (TERRACE HOUSE)
pushing the sport and be the
best version of myself.”
2. Defeating Dry Skin
“I never took care of my skin
until my mom [pictured, above
right] warned me that I would
regret it later. Now, I religiously
use Laneige Water Bank
Essence before boarding to
keep my skin hydrated.
Laneige BB Cushion is great
too. It evens out my skin tone
and has SPF in it as well.”
Laneige Water Bank Essence,
$36, and BB Cushion Hydra
Radiance SPF 50 in Beige, $38,
both at sephora.com
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2
3
3. Protecting Her Pout
“I’m obsessed with the
Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask.
My lips get really dry when
I’m snowboarding, so I use
a nice, thick balm. Nobody
likes crusty lips!”
Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask,
$20, sephora.com
4. How She Chills Out
“When I get a day off, I try to
relax with Netflix and do some
stretching. My favorite show
right now is Terrace House,
and I also like Orange Is the
New Black and Riverdale.”
4 5. Hair Heroes
SCAN
TO “I love being blonde, but my
SHOP favorite hair color I’ve had
was an ashy blue. To keep my
hair healthy when dyeing it,
5 I use ColorProof shampoo and
conditioner. After I shower,
I apply Paul Mitchell smooth-
ing serum and comb it through
with a WetBrush.”
ColorProof SuperRich Mois-
ture Shampoo, $30, colorproof
.com; Paul Mitchell Super
Skinny Serum, $21, amazon
.com; WetBrush Original
Detangler, $9, amazon.com
6. Beyond the Slopes
“Besides snowboarding, I
enjoy jogging. When I’m out-
side and looking at nature
6 while exercising, it’s almost
like a distraction.”
7. Role Model
“Kelly Clark, who’s also a
snowboarder, took me under
her wing when I was 8 years
7 old and has guided me since.
I always go to her for advice.”
8. Her Future Plans
“I got accepted at Princeton,
but after talking to the school
8 SCAN and my family, we decided it
OU
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P E N Y N APP SHOP focusing on snowboarding.”
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This macronutrient and
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main structural compo-
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acids, but if you’re vege-
tarian or vegan, certain
meat-free proteins (like
the ones below) will give
you what you need, says
Goss. When it comes
to quantity, aim for 30
grams of protein three
times a day for optimal
hair health, says physi-
cian Gabrielle Lyon, DO.
Signs you’re probably not
hitting your numbers?
Frizz, lack of shine, and
hair loss.
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rinses away. But intensive
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Y know how to swing a kettlebell,
and pump a barbell like a champ…
but when was the last time you
gave the cable machine some love? If you’re
avoiding the pulleys, you’re missing out. Un-
like most machines, this one doesn’t lock you
into a fixed motion, and it comes with a host
of power-building benefits. Yet it’s been over-
looked with the rise of free weights. “Both
are great for strength, but certain movement
patterns can be done only with cables,” says
Rachel Cosgrove, CSCS. We’ve got four fab
reasons to make this total-body blaster your
new workout bud.

You’ll Get Stronger

Faster (Yes, Please!)
Imagine doing a biceps curl with
a dumbbell: It’s tough on the way
up and easier on the way down.
That second part—what experts
call eccentric movement—is harder
with cables. “The cable machine is
unique in that it provides continu-
ous tension on the muscle through-
out the exercise,” says Joe Dowdell,
CSCS, creator of Dowdell Fitness
Systems. You have to keep flexing
throughout the movement to stop
the cables from pulling you in the
opposite direction. Two-way resis-
tance means muscle fibers experi-
ence more stress during strength
exercises, leading to quicker muscle
growth, says Cosgrove.
You’ll Tighten Your
Core From Every Angle
Cable towers force you to counter
instability as you move because
you’re not seated in position as
you are with other machines. That
means cable exercises recruit more
of your core to keep you steady, says
Cosgrove, building solid ab and
back muscles as you work out. Even
exercises that aren’t specifically
for your core will help; it’ll be fired
up as you stabilize or fight rotation
throughout the motion. In other
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The pulley system means you’re not
working against the force of grav-
ity as you work out, which takes
stress off your joints. For example,
“being able to stand upright while
performing a row or chest press
relieves pressure on your back,”
says Cosgrove. And swapping free
weights for cables allows you to
practice controlled, fluid form dur-
ing tough exercises—in a safe envi-
ronment. Note: 90 percent of gym
injuries come from dumbbells and
barbells, according to The Ameri-
can Journal of Sports Medicine.
(You can’t drop a cable on your toe.)
You’ll Boost Your Burn
Full-body workout without leaving
your station? You can thank the
cable machine. All you need are a
few quick weight and pulley adjust-
ments to hit every muscle group.
That versatility makes for a fast,
efficient workout, and with speedier
transitions between moves, you’ll
save time and increase your over-
all calorie burn and fat loss, says
Cosgrove. Consider us convinced!

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 Power Moves
Mix these staple cable exercises into any workout routine.
(Try completing three or four sets of 10 to 12 reps each.)

Set It Up
If you’re new to
pulleys, start with these
three simple steps.
(Still feeling stuck?
Trainers hanging around
the gym love helping
out! Don’t be afraid
to flag one down and
ask a question.)
Stand tall to
sculpt your
legs and back
with each rep.
2
Cable
Pull-Through
Keep your
chest up,
back flat, and
core tight.

1
CHOOSE YOUR
ATTACHMENT
Most gyms have options—
stirrup handles, split
ropes, pull-down bars.
You can clip each one
onto the cable. Start
with a few basic moves
(like ours, at right!) until
you’re familiar with
which attachments go
with certain exercises.
(Triceps moves tend to
call for split ropes, and
back exercises often
call for bars, but there
are tons of different
combos to try.)
2
ADJUST THE PULLEY
After taking the pin
out of the weight stack so
there’s no resistance,
move the height of the
pulley up or down (it
usually has a pin or re-
lease handle that holds it
in place, but machines
vary) to suit the exercise
you’ll be doing. For upper-
body moves, like a chest
press or chop, make sure
the height is set so that
you can complete the
exercises without having
to raise your shoulders,
which should always
be down and back,
according to Cosgrove.
3 to shoulder, elbow bent and in line with
PICK YOUR NUMBER
Place the pin in the
appropriate weight plate.
The load should make
it challenging to finish the
sets and reps, but not so
much that you lose your
form. That middle ground
is your sweet spot.
Place feet more
than shoulder-
width apart and
A
legs with both
and shoulders
hips forward to
B
Place a low box a few feet in front
of a low pulley; facing tower, place That’s 1 rep.
left foot on box and step right foot
back two feet. Grab handle with
right hand, right arm fully extend-
ed and legs straight (a). Bend
knees to lower body toward floor, Meet your
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keeping chest upright and right This is one of
knee in line with shoulders (b). our favorite
Push through feet to return to butt builders.
standing. That’s 1 rep. Do all reps,
Single-Arm Chest Press
Set cable to shoulder height; grab handle
with left hand and face away from tower.
Place right foot a few feet in front of left,
knees slightly bent, and raise handle
wrist (a). Brace core and push handle
forward until arm is fully extended (b).
Hellllo, Pause, then slowly reverse to return to
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Gentilcore, CSCS, owner of Core gym in Boston. This an-
chored kettlebell variation, on the other hand, stabilizes
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without rounding putting your hand
your back, in your back
prop them up on pocket—that way,
weight plates. you won’t lift too
high and round
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feel heavy but not
impossible to lift.
Start with 10 to 14
kilograms and
adjust as needed.

HOW TO DO IT
• As a strength builder: 3 or 4
1 2 3
sets of 8 to 12 reps per side
Stand with feet Hinge at hips to reach Row one kettlebell to • As a superset: Add 8 to 10 reps
hip-width apart, with down and grab kettle- hip, keeping opposite of overhead presses to the above
two kettlebells on bells, maintaining a hand on other kettle- • As a finisher: Alternate 5
the floor in straight back and a bell, then lower it to the rows per side and 5 pushups
front of you. neutral neck. ground. That’s 1 rep. for 8 minutes

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 Do Your Homework
That’s the smart first step to take before you sign up for
a digital service. Look up the trainer’s certification to see
if it is from a reputable organization, such as ACSM, NSCA,
ACE, or others accredited by the National Commission for
Certifying Agencies (NCCA). Check out app and fitness
company reviews on social media and through sites like
Yelp and the Better Business Bureau.

and research content for the Ameri-

can Council on Exercise. As long as
an app or AI device asks questions
about your history and goals, it
has the potential to provide a legit
program, just like an IRL trainer,
says Jimmy Bagley, PhD, an assis-
tant professor of kinesiology at
San Francisco State University.
So what’s the downside? “The
problem is in building rapport,” Jo
says. No matter how many notifica-
tions you get, it’s easier to flake on
a digital relationship than an in-
person session. And when a trainer
watches you, “they can call you out
when you need to squat deeper or
squeeze in a few more reps,” says

Meet Your New Bagley. Even more crucial is a train-

er’s ability to see an injury coming,

Personal Trainer modify exercises, and use touch

SHE JUST HAPPENS TO LIVE ON YOUR PHONE,
LAPTOP, OR, ER…MIRROR? NBD. LEARN TO NAVIGATE
THE EVER-EXPANDING WORLD OF DIGITAL FITNESS.
By Kristin Canning
The top-of-mind question used to
T be: What kind of workout do you
want? Now it’s: How would you
like it delivered?
There have never been more ways to sweat
“with” an expert. Some trainers have devel-
oped their business to include digital-only in-
teractions, texting and emailing with clients,
or watching workouts via FaceTime. Com-
panies such as Peloton and Mirror (pictured
plans), AI devices such as Vi (a
headset that gives you feedback
on form and pace as you run), and
Tonal home gym and CAR.O.L
bike (which auto-adjust resistance
based on your fitness level).
People are jumping at these new
options. Health and fitness app
usage grew more than 330 percent
from 2014 to 2017, according
correction for form. Yet if you don’t
live in a major city or have access to
boutique classes, remote options
such as Fly On Demand, CityRow
Go, Studio Tone It Up, and Obé
make high-level fitness much more
accessible, says Bagley. And they’re
often more affordable too. These
factors may make digital fitness
easier to stick with, which leads to
greater success in the long run.
The bottom line: Remote or app
training can be a fab tool if you’re
self-motivated and understand
proper form, says Jo. The true win
is using all of your resources: meet-
ing up with a trainer for an initial
assessment, then supplementing
COURTESY OF THE MIRROR

above) now bring the boutique fitness experi-
ence to you remotely by way of connected,
at-home equipment that syncs to live classes.
And then there’s computer-generated exer-
cise advice: Apps like Freeletics (which uses
an algorithm to develop customized workout
to Flurry Analytics; for example,
training app Aaptiv’s subscriber
base has exploded from 2,000 in
2015 to more than 200,000 today.
A passing trend this is not, says
Sabrena Jo, director of science
with remote training or an app plan
for a few months, and going back
to work out with that same trainer
again for a follow-up to test your
progress, suggests Bagley. Now
that’s the best of both worlds!

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A frigid gust can make you gasp in more ways
than one. Cold-weather pollution is a growing
threat, but we’ve mapped out the simple
strategies that will shield your health from
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filthy air’s icy grip. Okay, you can exhale now!

By Laura Tedesco

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With white-capped
W mountains piercing a
vivid blue sky, Cache
Valley, Utah, looks like the kind of
#NoFilter getaway you’d double-tap
on Instagram. What you can’t see:
This snowy wonderland is consis-
tently rated one of the most pollut-
ed places in America during winter.
Airborne crud from nearby farms
and cities stays close to the ground,
trapped by a blanket of warmer air
hovering above the bowl-like basin.
Scientists call this phenomenon
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“temperature inversion,” and while
Cache Valley is an extreme exam-
ple, it can happen anywhere when
the thermometer plummets. The
why: Long winter nights give the
ground more time to cool. And
because there aren’t as many air
currents swirling around to help
dilute and disperse pollutants as
there are in the summer (warm air
rises and mixes because it’s less
dense than cold), junky air—which
has been linked to heart attacks,
strokes, and respiratory disease—
Inside
gets caught close to the ground
where we can breathe it in, explains
Richard Corsi, PhD, an air-quality
expert at Portland State University.
Some of what’s in the mucky mix:
pollutants from fireplaces, vehicles
(more cold-weather use equals
more filth), and power plants.
What’s more, in the northeast,
emissions-reducing measures—for
example, caps on how much ex-
haust a car can crank out—have had
only half the impact on air quality
in the wintertime as in the summer,
according to a new University of
Washington study. As a result, win-
ter air quality is as bad as—or worse
than—summer’s for the first time in
a decade, says study author Lyatt
Jaeglé, PhD. And by the way, it’s not
much better indoors, since we tend
to seal our homes shut when the
temps drop, trapping the fumes
from fires and stoves inside—where
we spend much of our time.
Deep breaths. We’ve got your
pollution solutions, inside and out,
so your air (and you) will earn a
clean bill of health this season.
Upgrade Your Filter
If your home has an HVAC
unit, check the filter’s MERV
rating (minimum efficiency
removal—i.e., the amount of
particles it traps with each
pass). It should be at least a 10
to ensure you’re eliminating
the tiniest air irritants. If it’s
not, purchase one with this
number or higher on the label
(it’s worth the extra cost) for
wintertime, when your house
is less ventilated. Replace the
MERV filter every three or
four months, says Corsi.
Don’t Go Up in Smoke
Gas fireplaces produce far less
pollution than wood-burning
ones, but if only crackling logs
will do, burn lumber that’s been
drying for at least six months.
“Drier wood burns hotter, and
therefore with less smoke,”
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explains Ed Avol, acting direc-
tor of the environmental health
division at the University of
 Southern California’s depart-
ment of preventive medicine.
Wear a mask to clean up the
ashes, which is one of the most
air-polluting parts of having a
fireplace fire, according to a
new Spanish study. You should
also have your chimney in-
spected for leaks or blockages
at the start of the season,
regardless of what you burn.
Prefer the ambiance of flicker-
ing votives to a roaring fire?
Know this: Candles, especially
fragranced ones, release tiny
toxic particles that can burrow
into lungs. Switch to LED
candles, or extinguish real ones
outside and leave them there
until the smoke clears.

Visit an Expert
Ask a mechanic to clean or
replace the cabin air filter—a
part few people realize needs
In Your Car

in or out?
to be swapped out on the reg
(typically every 12,000 to
15,000 miles). While driving,
skip the fresh-air setting.
When you bring in outdoor
air, “you’re basically breathing
Surprise! Despite the
what’s coming out of tailpipes Breathe Through yuck in the air,
in front of you,” says Avol. Your Nose outdoor skating rinks
are better than
Gross. Hitting the recirculate It’s your body’s natural filtra- indoor ones for your
Outside

button instead can slash tion system. Your nasal pas- breathing. Blame
small-particle pollution inside sageways are a twisty route to the Zamboni, which
leaves behind
your car by a massive 75 per- the lungs, says Avol; they offer lung-irritating emis-
cent, according to a University more chances for mucus mem- sions every time
it smooths the ice,
of Southern California study. branes to trap tiny particles says Kenneth Rundell,
than if you inhaled through PhD, a former sports
Take Roads Less your mouth. (Nose hairs grab physiologist for the
U.S. Olympic Commit-
Traveled the larger particles.) tee. If an indoor rink
When possible, choose a is your only option,
schedule your sesh
commuting route with mini- Rethink Your Run in the morning, before
mal traffic and few stoplights. Check the local air-quality re- particles have
accumulated from
“Each time a car accelerates port at AirNow.gov when you ’boni sessions.
from an intersection, it emits wake and you might notice a
a cloud of particulate pollu- trend: Temperature inver-
tion,” says Rufus Edwards, sions (like the ones in Cache
PhD, a professor of epidemiol- Valley) often occur at night
ogy at the University of as the ground cools, spiking
California at Irvine. Back pollution levels in the a.m.—
roads are best; highway pol- especially in the winter, when
lutant levels can be up to 10 the sun rises later. In fact, win-
times higher than elsewhere, ter road pollution is even high-
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you’re able, take the scenic than during the day when traf-
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 Under Pressure
Heart attacks in young, fit women? They are more common than you might think and can be
triggered by major stress. Read on to find out how to keep your ticker tick-tick-ticking along.
By Kristin Canning

It’s probably just a mus- Heart Clinic at Mayo Clinic and a

I cle spasm, Mary Swigart SCAD researcher. Some rare dis-
thought, dismissing the eases—including fibromuscular
burning pain that radiat- dysplasia, a condition that causes
ed from her left arm to her chest and weakness in the arteries—have been
jaw as she weed-whacked her yard linked to SCAD. Beyond that,
in August 2016. When the pangs got researchers are still sussing out
so bad she could no longer hold the risk factors, but they have iden-
tool, she sat in the garage, hoping tified some triggers. The biggies:
they would pass. Ten minutes later, extreme physical or emotional
they did. stress (e.g., a death in the family),
She wondered if she’d had a heart hormonal changes (like those
attack, then brushed the thought related to pregnancy), and intense
aside. Yes, she was a sleep-deprived physical activity.
new mom, work was stressful, and We know, that sounds quite scary.
juggling the two responsibilities was Stress happens, you can’t control
draining. But she was healthy, fit— your hormones, and your workouts
and just 34. Still, at her family’s urg- protect your health in tons of ways.
ing, she went to the ER that night. That’s why doctors say the best
There, the doctors shocked her with defense against SCAD is to manage
their news: She’d had a type of heart major stressors as much as possible,
attack called spontaneous coronary pay attention to your body, and
artery dissection, or SCAD. memorize heart attack
Once thought rare, SCAD may
be the cause of up to 35 percent of
heart attacks in women under 50,
according to a recent report by the
43
Percentage of
symptoms—especially
subtle ones such as jaw
pain and nausea, which
pregnancy- women are more likely
American Heart Association. Un- related heart to experience than men.
attacks caused
like a typical heart attack caused by SCAD That way you can take
by plaque buildup in the arteries, action if something feels
SCAD is caused by a tear in one of off, says Suzanne Steinbaum, DO,
the heart’s blood vessels. “So all the a cardiologist and the director of
typical risk factors for heart attack— Women’s Cardiovascular Preven-
high cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, tion, Health, and Wellness at Mount
age, family history—don’t necessar- Sinai Hospital.
ily apply,” says Sharonne N. Hayes, After meds and cardiac rehab
MD, a cardiologist in the Women’s helped get Swigart back to full
health, she made some changes. She
slows down during exercise (and
DANIELLE OCCHIOGROSSO DALY

yard work) when her body tells her

To the Rescue to ease up, and she switched to a less
Heart-clutching, fall-down episodes are rare (forget what you see in the movies!),
demanding role at her company.
especially in women. If you experience any of these, call 911 and get to an ER ASAP.
“I realized emotional stress has a
real tangible component,” she says.
Stabbing or burning Achiness in the Shortness of Out-of-nowhere Cold sweats
chest pain that lasts a arms, back, neck, breath nausea or light- or fainting “Now I know that less is more.” And
few minutes or recurs jaw, or stomach headedness her heart is better for it.

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Stretch!
Liz Plosser,
editor-in-chief

Runners gotta run. That

motto gets me out the
door for a head-clearing
jog a few mornings a week.
Other days, I hit my local
YMCA to lift weights
and ride the bike or hike
up the stair-climber. It’s
a well-rounded mix of
cross-training, cardio, and
strength training, but it
was missing a key element:
stretching.
I’ve written, read, and
edited a decade’s worth
of articles about the bene-
fits of dynamic (meaning
non–stationary/static)
stretching, such as faster
running pace, improved
flexibility, and quicker
workout recovery time.
My excuse: It’s already
a miracle to pull off an
a.m. workout with three
kiddos and a busy job.
So I called on the pros at
Stretch*d, a new stretch-
ing and flexibility studio in
NYC. They gave me three
minutes of dynamic moves
to do before and after
every workout.
One month in, the
results are major. My left
hip, which has ached post-
run for the past year,
feels almost 100 percent.
I am more limber at 5:45
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Eat this yummy food, do this awesome workout, try this genius health hack—our MO Those six minutes of
is to provide the best wellness tips for you, dear reader. But following them downtime help me make
ourselves…well, no one’s perfect. Five WH editors resolved to practice what they preach a less rushed and more
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Don’t
Lounge in
Bed
Tracy Middleton,
health director
When my kids conk out
around 9 p.m., I’m so beat
that I head right to my own
bed. But the minute I hit
the pillow my mind whirls.
To shut it down—and to
claim the only “me time”
in my hectic day—I switch
on the TV or scroll the
news on my phone, some-
times for hours. It’s a
bad habit a few sleep ex-
perts have told me trains
the mind to associate bed
with being bright-eyed.
So I started coming
downstairs after putting
the girls to bed. Often my
husband and I switch on
Netflix. It’s not the ideal
evening activity (because:
blue light), but at least it
separates the bright from
my bed. When I go to lie
down an hour later and
don’t pick up my phone—
a feat I pull off most
nights—it doesn’t take
me as long to crash out,
and I feel less zombie-ish
in the a.m. When I cave to
the temptation of Insta,
I get about an hour’s less
rest, and pay for it the
next day. The other issue
that emerges: I don’t feel
as well rested if I have a
second glass of wine with
dinner. Guess I know what
I need to work on next.
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WH ADVICE
Elizabeth Bacharach,
editorial assistant
I was plugging away at a
story about productivity
when I discovered this
gem: Mini breaks at work
can make you feel sharp-
er, boost energy, and curb
stress. The only time I
pressed “pause” during
the day was to scroll
Instagram while eating
lunch at my desk. No
wonder it was hard to stay
focused after 3 p.m.
My vow: Spend 15 min-
utes a day away from my
workspace. Pros say any
form of downtime counts:
taking a walk, stretching
your legs, grabbing water.
I chose my favorite relax-
ing activity—reading.
Within days, I realized that
taking my mind off work
was a game changer.
Busy Philipps’s goofy
This Will Only Hurt a Little
was a much needed re-
prieve from stress. Tara
Westover’s Educated was
written so well, I wanted
to get back to my desk and
start typing too.
place!), the differences
were clear: Emails that
otherwise wouldn’t affect
me became irritating, and
my creativity was MIA.
Now I put reading breaks
on my to-do list. Because
they’re just as important
as any other part of my
day. Reading for the win!
WH ADVICE
Eat Dinner
Earlier
Marissa Gainsburg,
senior editor
I have more energy in the
evenings, so I typically
work out around 8 p.m.
That means dinner isn’t un-
til around 10 p.m., a mere
hour before I hit the hay. Ex-
perts I’ve interviewed say
having dinner at least two
hours before sweet sleep
can help you lose weight,
snooze better, and have
more pizzazz in the morn-
ing. Changing my schedule
would take a lot of effort,
but I was game to try.
The first week, I had to
cut my workouts short in
order to eat before 9 p.m.
So I turned my focus to
streamlining dinners:
cooking big meals each
Monday and warming
up a portion each night.
That saved me about
30 minutes a day—not
quite enough. I needed to
exercise earlier, which
An earlier dinnertime
(at least two hours before
snooze time) can help
you lose weight, sleep
better, and have more
pizzazz in the morning.
I managed by sticking
to a hard 7 p.m. stop at
the office.
It was worth it. On the
mornings following earlier
dinners, I felt less groggy,
and my tummy was flatter.
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Nice Slice
“Healthy pizza” doesn’t have
to be an oxymoron. Turn the classic
order-and-eat staple into a
satisfying meal that loves you back.
By Jen Ator

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019 WO M E N ’ S H E A LTH / 8 3

 Sicilian or Neapolitan. Chicago or New York
Ace That Base amounts of strong, fla-
The crust is a big part vorful cheeses to save
S style. Plain cheese or loaded supreme. No calories without cutting
of the overall health
matter how you slice it, pizza isn’t viewed as the yum factor. “A few
profile, says White.
the most nutritious option. Case in point: “Keep it thin to control slices of sharp provolone
On days people ate it, the ’za gobbled up about a quarter calories, and use a add big flavor and melt
of their total cals, according to one study. That’s a lot combo of 50-50 whole- perfectly,” says White.
for one dish. Hence, the unfair rep lingers. grain flour and bread flour “And a nicely aged Par-
But when your pie contains the right ingredients, for a nutrient boost.” Or mesan lightly sprinkled
it will make your bod happy, providing 30 percent of try using pita pockets, over the top of a hot pizza
your daily fiber needs, 35 percent of your protein, and English muffins, or even can boost the savory
over 50 percent of the recommended intake of lycopene tortillas to create the flavor and make your
(a cancer-attacking antioxidant found in tomatoes). perfect personal-serving taste buds extra happy.”
The first step toward a better slice? Ditch. The. Bianca size for you.
Pile on Greens
Delivery. And fire up that oven. Making pizza at home Liberally cover
a prebaked Get Saucy Because they’re low in
is easier than you might think. Just ask Dana Angelo calories and fat, you can’t
pizza base with Classic sauce is easy
White, RD, a nutrition consultant and sports dietitian go wrong with any vege-
1¼ cups grated to make (check our
with a serious crush on the doughy stuff. “There are Veggie pie recipe for a table. To pack in the most
MOZZARELLA. Add
so many options, my house never gets tired of it!” (She’s ½ cup chopped super-easy DIY mix), but nutrients, go for onions,
been making it every Friday night for 10 years, so she MUSHROOMS; you can go even more tomatoes, peppers, and
knows what she’s talking about.) Use these recipes— season with basic by slicing fresh broccoli, all of which
courtesy of chef Alessandro Verdenelli and London’s SALT and PEPPER. tomatoes and plopping contain vitamins A and C
Bake at 475°F and fiber. Not a fan of
buzzy Chucs restaurant—and expert tips, and your them onto your dough for
for 5 minutes.
friends and fam will be happy carb campers too. juicy flavor with next to veggies? Sauté or roast
Top with 1 small
TRUFFLE and
no fuss. Bored with basic them first. “It helps de-
1 tsp PARSLEY. marinara? Salsa, pesto, velop their natural sug-
hummus, refried beans, ars, giving them a sweet-
and olive tapenade er, less bitter taste,” says
can all be slathered on White. Try caramelized
as sauce subs. onions with balsamic
vinegar, sautéed brocco-
Lighten Up li, and roasted butternut
Instead of piling on low- squash as a combo.
fat cheese (which tends
to lack flavor), do the
opposite: Use smaller

46
Percentage of people
who eat takeout or
delivery pizza from a
restaurant at least two
or three times a month
Source: Mintel

TRY EVERYTHING (AND ANYTHING) Add some “Everything Bagel” seasoning to

the crust. Experiment with different sauces. Use anything you have on hand for toppings.
“Pizza night is a great way to clean out the fridge,” says White. “Some of my favorite creations
have come from whatever I had in the kitchen.” A few standouts: mashed potato and chive,
pineapple and pickled jalapeño, chicken sausage and sautéed kale.

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 Veggie
Blend 1 TOMATO,
4 BASIL leaves,
and 1 Tbsp OLIVE
OIL until smooth.
Slice ¼ small
FOR BEST
ZUCCHINI ; grill RESULTS,
5 minutes per
side. Blanch ⅓
PAIR WITH
cup BROCCOLI PROTEIN
FLORETS and
4 halved GREEN Whether you’ve
BEANS for 3 min- made your own,
utes. Spread
sauce, veggies, popped a frozen
and ½ cup MOZ- one in the oven,
ZARELLA over
prebaked base. or ordered in (we
Bake at 475°F for get it, sometimes
4 minutes. Top
with 1 Tbsp PESTO you just want a
and OLIVE OIL. hot pie delivered
to your door!),
serving slices
with a smart side
is one of the sim-
plest ways to amp
up the nutritional
power of your
meal. While a
salad may seem
like the obvious
winner, White
recommends
sides that deliver
Beet Greens Pumpkin extra protein—an
Blend ½ cup ROASTED Blend 1¼ cups cooked Blend ½ cup cooked area where pizza
BEETS and 1 Tbsp OLIVE KALE, 1 CLOVE GARLIC, PUMPKIN, 2 SAGE LEAVES, can often be
OIL until smooth. 1 Tbsp OLIVE OIL, and and 1 tsp OLIVE OIL until
Spread onto prebaked 4 tsp water; spread on smooth. Spread onto lacking. “Add
base and top with prebaked base. Add prebaked base; top with chickpeas to your
AGATA PAC AT HEARST STUDIOS

2 oz GOAT CHEESE. Bake 1 small head blanched ⅓ cup cooked QUINOA.

at 475°F for 4 minutes. BOK CHOY and ½ cup Bake at 475°F for 4 salad,” she says.
Top with 1 tsp FLAX- each MOZZARELLA and minutes. Add ½ Tbsp “Or serve with a
SEEDS, 8 WALNUT BRUSSELS SPROUTS. Bake FLAXSEEDS, 1 tsp PUMP-
HALVES, and 1 cup baby at 475°F for 4 minutes. KIN SEEDS, 1 cup baby few grilled chick-
ARUGULA; drizzle
with 1 Tbsp HONEY
Add 1 tsp CHILI FLAKES,
1 tsp SESAME SEEDS, SOY
ARUGULA, and 1 tsp
CHILI FLAKES (optional)
en skewers.”
before serving. SAUCE, and SESAME OIL. before serving.

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019
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Give It a Rest
Taking short tech breaks can supercharge your mind
and help you make the most of the precious
hours in a day. You’ll be happier and healthier for it
(and your phone will still be there—we promise).
By Cassie Shortsleeve Photographed by Jeff Westbrook

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019 WO M E N ’ S H E A LTH / 9 1

 We love apps, smartphones, and computers. They help
W us track our sweat sessions, get us from point A to point
B, and make working from home possible. But we may
be too reliant on them. The average person spends just
about 11 hours every day with their face glued to a screen. That
level of plugging in can be physically taxing—staring down at a
screen is torture on your neck. But the biggest impact could be on
our mental well-being. Social media overuse is linked to loneli-
ness, in part because when we’re swiping and scrolling, we’re not
connecting with others or the world around us. That’s the truth.
The easier-said-than-done solution isn’t to ditch our gadgets
(come on, we’re not monsters!), but to use them, well, smarter.
Facebook and Instagram have lent a hand by launching tools to
help users dial back. The newest operating systems from both
Apple and Google let you set time limits on apps and track how
many minutes (um, hours?) you spend swiping memes.
Your new gig: Spend your screen-free time reconnecting with
friends, colleagues, and yourself. It may feel awkward at first,
which is why we’ve created this primer on how to complete some
of life’s basics sans tech (you know, the way we used to!).

HAVE A GADGET-FREE
WORKOUT
Keeping tabs on your mile times or heart
rate via tech can boost performance, but
the strategies below will help you home
in on how you’re moving, what muscles
you’re using, and how you feel—which
can ensure proper form and reduce inju-
ry risk, says Joel Martin, PhD, CSCS, an
assistant professor of kinesiology at
George Mason University.
TAKE THE TALK TEST It’s the easi-
est way to gauge how hard you’re
working. With easy effort, you should
be able to speak in full sentences;
when you ratchet it up to medium,
talking will be difficult. During hard
intervals you should only be able to
say a word or two (or a few “erghs”),
says Janet Hamilton, CSCS, founder
of Running Strong.
GET WEANED OFF THE WATCH
Runners: A few times a week, before
an easy run, start your watch (but
don’t look at it!). Set out with the goal
of hitting a certain pace, but check
your times only after you finish. Note
when you were a little fast or slow,
then think back to how those parts of
your run felt. After a few workouts,
you’ll have a good feel for pacing.
GR AB AN EYEFUL Instead of stalk-
ing other cyclists on Strava every time
you ride, watch your breath in the cold
air or study the way light reflects off
buildings. Both can bring about awe, a
happiness-inducing feeling you expe-
rience when you’re totally engrossed
in a moment, says Paul Piff, PhD, who
studies the emotion.

UNTETHER AT
THE OFFICE
Without email or computers, few of us
could even do our jobs. But relying
on them nonstop can make you feel
impacts neuroplasticity, the brain’s
ability to rewire itself. You’ll likely
come up with more ideas, says Jamie
Krenn, PhD, an adjunct assistant pro-
fessor of psychology and education at
Teachers College, Columbia University.
CREATE QUIET Ping! Check email.
Ping! Check your phone. Ping! Alerts
sap productivity because they make
you constantly switch gears, says Your phone
hasn’t been
Nancy Colier, LCSW, author of The
naughty, but it
Power of Off. Switch them to silent
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scattered, stunt productivity, and pre- still deserves

vent you from building relationships
that can propel your success. Three
ways to ease up:
START MOVING If you typically
brainstorm with colleagues via Slack,
try it face-to-face. Exercise—even a
short walk to your coworker’s cubby—
DIAL IN Can’t meet in person with
your team? Pick up the phone—and
use it to make an actual call (remem-
ber those?). Hearing someone’s voice
creates an emotional bond, which can
get lost on Gchats, and fosters better
connections overall.
and log out of email for an hour or so a time-out.
when you need to focus on a big
task. (Or use an app like Boomer-
ang, which lets you block off times
to “pause” your inbox, so you don’t
receive messages until you’re ready
to view them).

9 2 / WO M E N ’ S H E A LTH
 BOND WITH LOVED
ONES—SANS EMOJIS
Capturing (and posting) every experi-
ence pulls you out of the moment, and
liking posts in your feed can drain your
energy for IRL interactions. Enter bet-
ter ways to get close.
SLOW YOUR STORY ROLL People
who document and share their expe-
riences on social media form shaky
memories of those events. Snap a
quick pic (to latergram when you get
home), then soak in the sounds,
smells, and sensations of the mo-
ment—details that help our brains
lock onto and store memories.
OPEN YOUR EARS, SHUT YOUR
MOUTH “We’ve become a culture
that doesn’t know how to listen be-
cause we’re so busy entertaining our- Download to Detox
selves and distracting ourselves,” Sounds counterintuitive,
says Colier. Ask your spouse, child, or but sometimes tapping into
friend, “What’s the best thing that
happened to you today?” Listening tech is the easiest way to ease
helps respark connection and leads yourself into taking a step
to meaningful conversations. back from it. Three (free!) apps
USE SOCIAL MEDIA AS A START-
ING POINT Scrolling your friend’s
that help you limit your use:
feed of baby photos and tempted to
comment with a few hearts? Go for it,
but also plan a meet-up to gush
about the babe. The appreciation
she’ll feel that you took time out of
your schedule for her will generate
happiness for both of you, says Tchiki
Davis, PhD, a well-being technology
expert and writer at The Berkeley
Well-Being Institute.

HANG WITH YOURSELF

(NOT YOUR PHONE)
We’re so conditioned to look for more—
likes, posts, entertainment—that we’ve
started to believe we need these things
to be happy, says Colier. Learn to look
forward to “me time.”
PLAN A DATE With yourself. Grab
a solo coffee, go for a walk, or just ask
yourself: What’s working for me? Moment
Set a limit for how many times
What can I learn from today? This can you can pick up your phone. You’ll
help you feel more fulfilled (which can be notified when you go over (or
stop the endless quest for more) and are about to).
provide important insight as to why
you turn to tech in the first place. Space
BE STILL Lie or sit down and simply Figure out which “persona”
*experience* stillness for a few min- you are—for example, Boredom
utes. This practice builds a deep Battler (you use your phone to
peace that helps us weather life’s distract yourself when you’re
bored)—to get a precise plan
struggles, says Colier. aimed at cutting screen time.
SAY THANKS Gratitude improves
your well-being, but posting about
how #Grateful you are may elicit FlipD
eye rolls and make people feel less Lock yourself out of your own
phone or set goals to “unplug”
connected to you. Journal about from your devices for specified
what you’re thankful for instead. periods of time.
Really appreciate how a friend stuck
with you during your tough 10-K train-
ing? Tell her—in person.

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019
 Do
GET PSYCHED
Cultivate enthu-
siasm for your
adventure by
Ever heard of status quo bias? It’s the picturing what
psychological phenomenon of being com- life will be like
when you’ve real-
fortable with what’s familiar—even if it’s ized your goal. Don’t
a situation we don’t like. Often, it’s why we Remember to GO PUBLIC WITH OBSESS ABOUT
stay in unfulfilling jobs, maintain friend- have fun along
the way—you’ll
YOUR DREAM
Other people
THE OUTCOME
We often ask our-
ships that don’t serve us, and hang on to reach your desti- can project their selves, “Where do
unhealthy habits. nation faster. own fears onto I want to be?” In-
you and drag you stead, ask, “How
The best way to take power back from TAKE ACTION
down, so be care- do I want to feel?”
this let-it-ride mode and do what you’ve If you want a new
job, spend 30
ful who you share Shifting your focus
been dreaming of in 2019? Follow my do’s minutes updating
with. If you want
support on your
helps you release
anxiety around how
and don’ts for creating positive change. your résumé. path, protect everything will
Want to become your energy by happen, propels
great at yoga? picking someone you through chal-
Learn mountain who always has lenges, and opens
pose. With these your back. you up to finding
small steps, the joy and gratitude—
pressure will lift even when what
and you’ll feel a you want isn’t quite
swell of positive here yet.
momentum.
ALEX PALAZZI CORELLA (ILLUSTRATION)

Gabby Bernstein, our monthly columnist on mental well-being, is the author of six books, including
Judgment Detox and the New York Times number one best seller The Universe Has Your Back.
She is an international speaker and cohosted the Guinness World Records largest guided meditation.

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“I hid my
sobriety
from my
husband”
Writer Kristi Coulter shares why she kept
her decision to quit booze from her biggest
advocate—and why that omission was
ultimately what led to her recovery.
Some women hide things
S they think their spouses will
judge them for. The cigarette
snuck on the porch, a reality-
TV binge, the price of a gorgeous pair
of shoes. I’m no stranger to that kind
of secrecy. (Hey, I could’ve found those
Prada wedges at a thrift store.) But
sometimes I get shy and hide proud
moments from my husband, too,
including my first week of sobriety.
John had listened to my concerns
about my drinking for years. I was
pleasant enough during the first glass or
two of wine, but by the end of my nightly
bottle, worry and self-pity would take
center stage. John’s vision of me was too
rose-colored for him to see the full
extent of my problem—even though I
woke up every day with a headache. But
I knew he’d fully support my attempt to
quit. And that’s precisely why I couldn’t
tell him right away: because early
encouragement makes me nervous.
It’s not that I don’t appreciate it; I just
don’t quite believe it. I need to decide for
myself what I’m capable of, and gener-
ally that means getting down into the
muck and doing it. Only then am I ready
for my cheering squad. For example,
when I ran my first half-marathon at
two years sober, I passed a group of
9 8 / WO M E N ’ S H E A LTH
spectators at mile 10. “You’ve
got this!” one of them shout-
ed. A lot of people would be
bolstered by that. But I
thought: Do I have this?
I didn’t grow up lavished
with encouragement. High
achievement was the mini-
mum expectation in my fami-
ly, and it was my job to get
there without cheerleading.
So I learned to keep any
struggles to myself. Meeting
and marrying John helped
me to partially change that.
Still, as I embarked on sobri-
ety, I couldn’t take on the
burden of his hope before my
own had gelled. I couldn’t risk
killing the baby sparks of my
self-belief before they ignited
into a flame.
I had my last drink while
he was out of town. When we
touched base, I didn’t tell him
I’d spent one night, then two,
then five waiting out the urge
to drink a bottle of wine. I
didn’t tell him that a seed of
faith was already taking root
inside me. I gave myself
privacy that week to wobble
around on my sober sea legs
until they steadied.
And on the eighth day,
when John got home and
asked how I was, I said, “I’m
great!” And I meant it.
IN DUE TIME
Coming clean about a drinking prob?
Loved ones can offer critical support
and help you fill the time that was
once spent imbibing. Some people
find blasting out their sobriety
boosts accountability; others tell
only a few close pals. No matter your
preference, if your motivation lags or
you slip, recruit at least one person
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cofounder and clinical director of the
Center for Motivation and Change.
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filled. So imagine our thrill when the former first lady sat down with
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On the Question She
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OW: Why Becoming?
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of titles that we won’t go into here.
But Becoming just summed it all
up. A question that adults ask
kids—I think it’s the worst ques-
tion in the world—is “What do you
want to be when you grow up?” As
if growing up is finite. As if you be-
come something and that is all
there is.
OW: You grow up and you are many
different things—as you have been
many different things.
MO: And I don’t know what the
next step will be. I tell young peo-
ple that all the time. You know, all
young women probably have some
magic number of what age you’ll
be when you’ll feel like a grown-
up. Generally, when you think
your mother will stop telling you
what to do.
OW: [Laughs]
MO: But the truth is, for me, each
decade has offered something
amazing that I would never have
imagined. And if I had stopped
looking, I would have missed out
on so much. So I’m still becoming,
and this is the story of my journey.
Hopefully, it will spark conversa-
tions, especially among young
people, about their journeys.
On Being a Little Extra
OW: In reading the book, I can see
how every single thing you’ve done
in your life has prepared you for
the moments and years ahead. I do
believe this.
MO: That’s if you think about it
that way. If you view yourself as a
serious person in the world, every
decision that you make really
does build to who you are going
to become.
OW: Yes, and I can see that from
you in the first grade. You were an
achiever with an A+++ attitude.
CHUCK KENNEDY
MO: My mother said I was a
little extra.
OW: Getting those little gold stars
meant something to you.
MO: Yeah. Looking back, I realized
there was something about me that
understood context. My parents
gave us the freedom to have
thoughts and ideas very early on.
OW: They basically let you and Craig
[Michelle’s brother] figure it out?
MO: Oh gosh, yeah, they did. And
what I realized was that achieve-
ment mattered, and that kids would
get tracked early, and that if you
didn’t demonstrate ability—partic-
ularly as a black kid on the South
Side from a working-class back-
ground—then people were already
ready to put you in a box of under-
achievement. I didn’t want people
to think I wasn’t a hardworking kid.
I didn’t want them to think I was
“one of those kids.” The “bad kids.”
There are no bad kids; there are bad
circumstances.
On the Right to
Choose Happiness
OW: So after high school, you went
to Princeton and then Harvard
Law School. And then you joined
this prestigious law firm in Chica-
go. Now, this—when I read this,
I put three circles around it and
two stars. You write, “I hated being
a lawyer.”
MO: Oh God, yeah. Sorry, lawyers.
OW: “I wanted a life, basically. I
wanted to feel whole.” I wanted to
shout that from the mountaintops
because I know that so many people
are going to read this who are in
jobs that they hate but they feel like
they have to continue. How did you
come to that?
MO: It took a lot to be able to say that
out loud to myself. In the book, I
take you on the journey of who that
little striving star-getter became,
which is what a lot of hard-driving
kids become: a box checker. Get
good grades: check. Apply to the
best schools, get into Princeton:
check. Get there, what’s your ma-
jor? Uh, something that’s going to
get me good grades so I can get into
law school, I guess? Check. Get
through law school: check. I wasn’t
a swerver. I wasn’t somebody that
was going to take risks. I narrowed
myself to being this thing I thought
I should be. It took loss—losses in
my life that made me think, Have
you ever stopped to think about
who you wanted to be? And I real-
ized I had not. I was sitting on the
SCHOOL OF
THOUGHT
47th floor of an office building, go-
Teens from all ing over cases and writing memos.
over New York
City had OW: What I loved about it is, it
front-row seats says to every person reading
at the conversa-
the book: You have the right to
tion. (After the
chat: free hugs!) change your mind.
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MO: Oh gosh, yeah.
OW: Were you afraid?
MO: I was scared to death. You
know, my mother didn’t comment
on the choices that we made. She
was live-and-let-live. So one day
she’s driving me from the airport
after I was doing document produc-
tion in Washington, D.C., and I was
like, “I can’t do this for the rest of
my life. I can’t sit in a room and look
at documents.” I won’t get into what
that is, but it’s deadly. Deadly. Doc-
ument production. So I shared with
her in the car: I’m just not happy. I
don’t feel my passion. And my
mother—my uninvolved, live-and-
let-live mother—said, “Make the
money, worry about being happy
later.” I was like [gulps], Oh. Okay.
Because how indulgent that must
have felt to my mother.
OW: Yes.
MO: When she said that, I thought,
Wow—what—where did I come
from, with all my luxury and
wanting my passion? The luxury
to even be able to decide—when she
didn’t get to go back to work and
start finding herself until after she
got us into high school. So, yes. It
was hard. And then I met this guy
Barack Obama.
On the Power of Vulner-
ability and Perspective
OW: The most important thing I
think you said was that we live by
the paradigms we know. And in
Barack’s childhood, his father
STRONG, NOT SILENT
“Strength for me is equal parts confidence, compassion, and a conviction about something outside of
yourself. Because what does it mean to be strong if that strength is just inside, and you don’t use it on
behalf of anybody else? And what good is being strong if you don’t have empathy for someone else?
And you can’t get anything done if you’re not confident, if you don’t have security, if you don’t feel
good in yourself.” —MICHELLE OBAMA, WHEN ASKED ABOUT STRENGTH BY WH EDITOR LIZ PLOSSER
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1 2
1. Oprah disappeared and his mother came
guides the and went. She was devoted to him
discussion as
the unofficial but was never really tethered to
director of him. But you grew up in the square.
Michelle The tight weave of your family.
Obama book
ceremonies at MO: His mother was in Indonesia,
Hearst.
he was raised by his grandparents,
he didn’t know his father—and yet
2. One of
Michelle’s even with this context, he was a sol-
messages? We
id guy. You realize that there are so
have to feel
optimistic for many ways to live this life.
the future and
hand our OW: You also write, “When it came
children hope. down to it, I felt vulnerable when he
was away.” I thought that was kind
of amazing, to hear a modern wom-
an—a first lady—admit that.
MO: I feel vulnerable all the time.
And I had to learn how to express
that to my husband, to tap into
those parts of me that missed
him—and the sadness that came
from that—so that he could under-
stand. He didn’t understand dis-
tance in the same way. You know,
he grew up without his mother in
his life for most of his years, and he
knew his mother loved him dearly,
right? I always thought love was up
close. Love is the dinner table, love
is consistency, it is presence. So I
had to share my vulnerability and
also learn to love differently. It was
an important part of my journey of
becoming. Understanding how to
become us.
OW: What was so valuable to me—
and I think will be for everyone else
who reads the book—is that noth-
ing really changed. You just
changed your perception of what
was happening. And that made
you happier.
MO: Yeah. And a lot of the reason
I share this is because I know that
people look to me and Barack as
the ideal relationship. I know
there’s #RelationshipGoals out
there. But whoa, people, slow
down—marriage is hard!
OW: You even say you all argue
differently.
MO: Oh God, yes. I am like a lit
match. It’s like, poof ! And he wants
to rationalize everything. So he had
to learn how to give me, like, a cou-
ple minutes—or an hour—before he
should even come in the room when
he’s made me mad. And he has to
understand that he can’t convince
me out of my anger. That he can’t
logic me into some other feeling.
CHUCK KENNEDY; COURTESY OF PUBLISHER (BOOK)
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 Make Sense of Chaos handed to Dr. Chloe at
Most breakups are messy, our next session. “You
but LTBs tend to be more can’t move on when you
so. Because you’ve invest- have no clarity on what
I can count on three hands how many times ed a lot of time in the rela- you’re moving on from,”
I I’ve told my best friends and sisters that I tionship, you might try and she said. Preach.
was done, that my relationship was over. It try to make it work, which
took only eight years, three major splits, and can create quite the histo- Mourn Their “Death”
one incredibly climactic night for me to mean it. When ry. In my case, my ex and I Once I’d written down
I finally did, I expected to be overcome with relief, took turns being the one to how many blowout fights
exploding with hope, and floating in inner peace. The put in more effort, hurting and reconciliations we’d
reality? I wasn’t. Far from any of those things, actually. each other in small but had, it hit me: I was
It goes without saying that breakups are tough. compounding ways over repeating the same roller-
With them come poor sleep, intrusive thoughts, a time. Yet it was easy for coaster patterns of both
me to dismiss the crappy my divorced parents—
busted immune system, a general dissatisfaction with
things we’d gone through something I swore I’d never
life…and those are just the side effects experts have
because there was still so do. It was time to end the
specifically reviewed. (Where’s the study on paralyz-
much love. “When you cycle. “In a lot of ways,
ing self-doubt or fear of the future?) And the longer breaking up with a long-
have a long and complicat-
you’re with someone—especially if you lived with them ed past, then add sadness term partner is like losing
or talked marriage—the greater the emotional toll, over its demise to the mix, a loved one, because you
studies unsurprisingly show. Yet here we are, in 2019, your brain has a funny way have to let go of a present
when women are getting married later than ever (27, of sugarcoating things,” and a future with them,”
on average), and as such, testing the waters with poten- Dr. Chloe told me. “It’s a Dr. Chloe explained. It
tial spouses longer than ever (an estimated six and a defense mechanism to wasn’t dramatic, or weird,
half years, per the latest eHarmony survey). A natural protect you from reliving to grieve to the fullest ca-
by-product of all that together time? Many of us are the pain. But the irony is pacity (crying myself to
calling it quits with the person who has stood by us for that it encourages you to sleep, hardly eating). The
the greater chunk, if not all, of our adult life. It is, to hold on to a toxic relation- only problem is that when
ship, which hurts more.” the person is very much
coin a term, the era of the LTB: long-term breakup.
My homework? To create a alive, they can reach out
Turns out, women are much more likely than men to
timeline of the entire and disturb the grieving
initiate an LTB these days, according to a new study.
courtship, highlighting process—which my ex did,
(Seventy-six percent of ladies said they’ve ended such a every moment I could many times. Using Dr.
relationship, compared with 62 percent of men.) Who remember that either Chloe’s words (“I’m letting
really knows why? Perhaps we’ve hit a societal point brought us closer or drove you know that I’m blocking
where settling is out of the question—if we’re going to us further apart. This you for now, not because
push ourselves academically and professionally, why would help me spot false I don’t love you anymore,
make concessions in the love department, which out- truths (“But he’s always but because I do”), I finally
lives school and our careers? Or maybe we mature so treated me so well!”) so closed the door to com-
much in our late 20s and early 30s that we suddenly see I could put the romanti- munication. That was
once-minor character flaws and mismatched values as cized version of our rela- the saddest part for me,
fundamental problems. Regardless, even all the self- tionship to rest. (Focusing the funeral to it all. “Feel
respect and conviction in the world won’t make a on a partner’s negative the sadness, the missing
traits can actually help him,” Dr. Chloe said. “Just
breakup easy after a near-decade-deep romance.
you move on faster, per a don’t mistake it for the
Trust me, I know. Even when I realized within the
new study.) I spent the idea that you belong to-
deepest fibers of my soul that I had to let my person
night marking up three gether.” If there’s one bit
go, there I was in the pristine office of “Dr. Chloe” sheets of tabloid-size of advice forever etched in
Carmichael, PhD, a clinical psychologist I sought out paper, which I proudly my brain, it’s this.
for her experience in anxiety and breakups, listing the
reasons I couldn’t release him. I spent four weeks
working with Dr. Chloe as my coach, voicing my inner-
most thoughts and workshopping to reframe them,
and learned so much in that very short time. I even
walked out of her building after our last visit feeling
excited, not depressed or disenchanted, by the sea of
To Post or Not to Post?
First celebs, now everyday couples are sharing
suit-clad men swarming the sidewalk. For anyone else
who’s going through an LTB, or considering one, I hope
their splits on social media. An expert’s take:
this helps you too.

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Fix Your Dating Style
When Dr. Chloe asked me
about my dating experi-
ences in NYC, I realized
I hadn’t had many. There
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perspective and get me
excited about new ones.
I skimmed a pile of
how-to books, plus read
Dr. Chloe’s own, and
Commit to a certain num-
ber of dates per month,
with multiple people. I’ve
never been a play-the-
field type, but now was
Find Your Confidence
Letting my ex go left me
wondering if anyone would
ever love me as deeply.
Was I smart enough, sexy
enough, interesting
enough to win another
man’s heart? Dr. Chloe—
and my bomb friends—
reminded me that ending
an unhealthy relationship
would give me the space to
pursue activities that
would enrich my life (like
Your buddies training for a marathon),
choose you. making me all those things
They’ll always to the right person.
lift you up.
I digested a few biggie
messages from the dating

were a few guys during discovered that I’d gone the time to figure out what
off-periods with my ex, about the courting thing I really want in a life part- books I read too. One:
but none I considered all wrong. My former ner by getting to know Never let a near-stranger’s
seriously. “The men here approach: Meet a guy on different types of men. opinion make you question
suck,” I told her. “They’re an app or through friends, Dating several people at yourself. I always keep this
either weird or presump- talk for a little, go out once also helps prevent in mind when I’m ghosted.
tuous, and I end up miss- once, then swear off you from getting emotion- And two: Repeat, “I am the
ing my ex more.” Dr. Chloe dating for months if it ally attached to someone chocolate cake.” Sounds
urged me to read a dating blew—or talk to only that before they’ve invested in silly, but equating yourself
book to put the bad guy if it went well. The you—the key to avoiding with an indulgence every-
experiences I’d had in healthier way? disappointment. one wants can snap you
out of the self-doubt
rabbit hole. What’s more,
you’ll start to treat your-
self like the chocolate
“Announcing your breakup could help you find support or make the change feel real and final,” cake—the first step to true
says psychologist Holly Parker, PhD. “But it could also open you up to discouraging reactions that self-love. The result? You’ll
delay your healing. Ask yourself what you want to gain—virtual hugs? understanding? vindica- know you are the prize.
tion?—and what you’ll feel if you don’t receive that. If you still choose to post after weighing the And that whoever comes
possibilities, keep it authentic, about you—not your partner—and clean. Spite is never healthy!” into your life next is lucky
to have won it.

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The Power of Hello
A surefire way to turn a “meh” day into a good one? Chitchat.
Yep, it’s true. Despite its bad rap, small talk is your brain’s BFF.
By Kristin Canning
Maybe it’s because I live in New York City—a
M metropolis of strangers and solicitation—but
ask nearly anyone anywhere their feelings
about small talk and you’ll get this response:
“The worst.” But despite how cringeworthy striking up
a conversation with an unfamiliar face might seem,
more frequent casual chatting actually leads to greater
happiness and emotional well-being and a stronger
sense of belonging, studies show. Intriguing, right?
All those warm-and-fuzzy feels are nice not only in
the moments after a convo ends. If you experience
them regularly, they could help ease anxiety, loneliness,
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and depression—and lead to a
deeper sense of purpose. That’s be-
cause connections of any kind,
even minor ones, give people’s lives
meaning, researchers say, and help
them look beyond their own needs.
As an introvert living far from
family and old friends, I wondered
if I, chronic avoider of small talk,
could reap those benefits too. So I
began an experiment: For a month,
I’d talk to the strangers and ac-
quaintances I encountered to see
what would happen. Let’s just say…
it wasn’t boring.
I started my trial the day before
my first Olympic triathlon, when I
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was a nervous wreck. As I surveyed
the beach where I’d soon swim my
first ocean mile, I spotted a young

9%
couple putting on their wet suits
to test the water. I forced myself
to walk up and say hello. “Have you
gone swimming here before?”
“No!” the woman said. “I’m a little
scared.” I was instantly relieved
that I wasn’t the only one with jit-
ters, and I found myself wanting
to reassure her (us). “I’m right there
with you,” I laughed. “At least we
have good weather!” I followed
them into the water and swam a few
feet behind. I thought, If she can do
this, so can I. I had no connection
to these people until that moment,
but they made me feel safe.
That’s one reason small talk is so
good for our emotional health, says
Oscar Ybarra, PhD, a professor of
psychology at the University of
Michigan: “When you discover that
people are willing to connect with
you, listen, and provide support, it
adds a little bit of trust and security
to your world view.” Humans need
relationships to feel fulfilled, and
mini encounters can help fill the so-
cial gaps that happen when we don’t
live near people we’re close to.
It made me wonder: Why, then,
do we shy away from small talk?
“Studies show that people believe
YES,
YOU CAN
TALK TO
ANYONE
keeping to themselves will be
more enjoyable than talking to
someone they don’t know,” says Ju-
liana Schroeder, PhD, a psychology
professor at the University of Cali-
fornia at Berkeley. “But we know
that after they have a conversation,
they’re actually happier than when
they sit in solitude.” We make this
mistake time and again because
of what experts call “pluralistic ig-
norance”—when we see people
not talking to each other, we as-
sume that means no one wants to
The amount talk. And if we do put ourselves out
your bad mood there, we think the person we’re
would decrease
talking to isn’t into it. Again, not
if you tried small
talk 10 more true, says Gillian Sandstrom, PhD,
times a day, per a senior lecturer in psychology at
a study from the the University of Essex in England.
University of She hypothesizes that we do this,
British Columbia
creating a phenomenon dubbed the
in Canada
“liking gap,” because we focus more
on ourselves and the moments we
think didn’t go well [*raises hand*].
Despite those instances of
weirdness—like misreading the
right time to jump into a circle of
chatting colleagues (oy)—I found
myself feeling energized and up-
beat after convos, and the whole
process felt easier. In a way, I was
giving my brain exercise, says
Ybarra, and it was getting stronger.
One of his studies found that
speaking with someone new im-
proved subjects’ tests on executive
function, which is our brain’s abili-
ty to organize, plan, focus, and pri-
oritize. “People tend to think social
skills are soft and easy, but they re-
quire as much mental engagement
as analytical stuff, if not more,” he
says. “It’s cognitive gymnastics.”
Practicing these flips and turns
made me sharper in meetings and
Ease In Plan Ahead
Small talk feels scarier if People do better when they
you’re unsure your target have their intro in mind
will respond and there’s no (compliments are always a
clear ending point (like on a win!) and know how they will
long flight). Start by talking wrap up the chat, which can
to your cashier or barista— be as simple as, “It’s been
they definitely won’t ignore great talking, but I have to
you, and there’s an easy exit. get back to something.”
more confident with friends. I
stopped shutting strangers down,
which led to an airport security
agent telling me about his nomadic
hippie days—and that lightness re-
placed my nerves as I boarded the
plane. There were still awkward mo-
ments, but I was less afraid of them.
Toward the end of my experi-
ment, when I was feeling the most
skilled, I think I may have (dare I
say?) made some friends! I was vis-
iting my local bike shop for a post-
race repair, and at first, the mechan-
ics said they couldn’t help me. I felt
disappointed, but instead of label-
ing the trip a complete waste of
time, I drummed up a conversation.
“Do you get a lot of triathlon cus-
tomers?” I asked. We started talking
about my tri, and pretty soon I
was behind the counter helping
them look up events they could sign
up for. One of the guys found a way
to rejigger some of my bike parts and
fixed my bike—which wouldn’t have
happened if I hadn’t stuck around
and been friendly. I felt as if I’d built
a mini community that I could reach
out to for help. I knew enough about
them—and they, me—to be able to
chat again the next time I visited.
I left the shop feeling a little better
about being far from home, know-
ing I had an untapped support sys-
tem of 8.6 million people waiting for
me to introduce myself. There are
still days when I just don’t feel like
small talk, or anxiety steers me
away from it, but now I believe in
the benefits. Forcing myself to talk
to strangers was a lot like signing
up for a triathlon, and small talk is
a lot like exercise: It’s hard to get
going, but you always feel better
after you do it.
Embrace the Awk
When you hit up strangers,
they might give you a funny
look or assume you want
something—and that’s okay.
If you can get past the initial
discomfort, they’ll figure out
you’re just being friendly,
and it’ll be enjoyable for all.
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 Definitions of the word scar say it’s synonymous with blemish and flaw.
We call BS. At WH, we think the body’s ability to rebuild itself, and the marks left behind,
are both badass and beautiful. No matter where they fall, or where they came from,
scars are a testament to power and survival—something to wear with pride.
We’ll let these warriors show you. Every scar tells a story. Here, five women share theirs.

The
Strength In
Our
Scars
BY KRISTIN CANNING
PHOTOGRAPHED BY BENEDICT EVANS PAGE 123

ROBYN LAWLEY
Model; body-positivity advocate
Lawley is still processing her scars;
she just got them in June. She has lupus,
and a symptom of the autoimmune
disease is seizures. She’d had only
one before, in her sleep. This time, she
seized while walking down the stairs.
She hit her head, split her lip, and
knocked out a tooth. Lawley came to
with her husband, her daughter, and the
paramedics beside her. She didn’t
realize the damage until she was later
shown a photo of her stitched face.
My Scars Are…Perspective
“I took time off social media to heal in private, but once I was ready, I made a
point to post about the incident. I didn’t want to lie about it or hide it. I’m not
ashamed; it’s not something I can control, and I didn’t want other people with
lupus or another condition like this to feel alone. Looking at my scars now, it
reminds me that life is so short, and I was lucky to come out of this experience
alive. When I think back on all the ‘imperfections’ I let myself get fanatical
about when I was a teen, like stretch marks, it’s ridiculous. We need to show
our real skin so girls can see what that looks like. Scars are part of being
human. I have some. It just adds to the tapestry of my life.”
PAIGE MORE
Previvor; cofounder
of The Breasties,
a breast and ovarian
cancer nonprofit
Most of the women on
More’s father’s side died
from breast and/or ovarian
cancer, but she didn’t real-
ize how serious her risk was
until her dad tested positive
for the BRCA1 gene muta-
tion. She soon discovered
she had it too. At 23, her doc
told her she had an 87 per-
cent chance of developing
cancer. She couldn’t stand
the thought of waiting for
cancer to show up, so she
chose to have a preventive
double mastectomy and
reconstructive surgery (she
plans to have an oophorec-
tomy around 35) and shared
about it on social media.

My Scars Are…Sexy
“For a while after the
surgery, I didn’t recog-
nize my own body; it felt
foreign. It took a lot of
self-love and work to
redefine who I was and
learn to accept my body
as it is now. But the scars
never bothered me—in
fact, I love them. The first
time I looked down and
saw my scars after sur-
gery, I thought they were
so beautiful that I cried.
I felt proud and sexy
because they symbolized
the fact that I took charge
of a bad situation and did
everything I could to
ensure that I would live
a long, healthy life. I want
to show them off; I like
when they poke out of my
swimsuit. They prove
I’m a warrior. I feel that I
saved my own life—
I can’t think of anything
sexier than that.”
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ALYSSA EXPÓSITO
Exercise physiology expert; certified personal trainer
The first time Expósito went on a solo
training run, as a sophomore on her
high school track team, she was hit by
a construction truck, pinned under its
tires, and dragged several feet. Mirac-
ulously, she didn’t break any bones,
but most of her right calf was de-
stroyed. To save her leg, she had three
surgeries in 10 days. When she left the
hospital after three weeks, Expósito
was hyper-focused on getting back to
being an athlete. She threw herself
into physical therapy and fought daily
to be able to walk and run again.
My Scar Is…Resilience
“I wore a wrap to cover my leg for a long time, initially to protect it from infection.
But eventually, it became a crutch. I realized the wrap just drew more attention,
so I stopped wearing it, and that was a big moment. Sometimes people stared,
or I’d hear comments like “She’d be pretty if she didn’t have that scar,” and I hated
being reduced to just my appearance. But in a way, that was a gift; it only made
me want to speak my truth louder so people would know there’s so much more to
me than how I look. When people stopped noticing it as much, I realized it was
because I wasn’t carrying it like it was something to hide. At one point I had the
option to get plastic surgery and make it less visible, but I didn’t do it. Every time
I look at it, I think of resilience—it’s never going to fade, and I don’t want it to.”
125
GABE
GRUNEWALD
Professional runner;
Brooks athlete; founder
of Brave Like Gabe,
a rare-cancer nonprofit
The night before the first
race of her final collegiate
season, Grunewald was
diagnosed with a rare can-
cer of the salivary glands.
That led to her first scar,
under her left ear. Eighteen
months later, doctors
discovered she had
thyroid cancer, leading to
another surgery and a new
scar across her neck.
After treatments for both,
Grunewald was cancer-free
for about six years, com-
peting professionally. In
2016, at the height of her
career, doctors found tu-
mors in her abdomen. After
a liver-sectioning surgery,
Grunewald recovered and
made a comeback on the
track in 2017, then built her
organization last year.
My Scars Are…
Empowering
“I felt a little self-
conscious of my torso scar
at first. I run in a tiny uni-
form, and the topography
of my body is different
now. When I flex my core,
it’s not the same. I can feel
the muscles trying to fig-
ure out what they’re sup-
posed to be doing. But I
never thought about hid-
ing my torso scar. I try to
be empowered by it. I’ve
questioned why these
issues happened to me,
and it’s frustrating that
they’ve affected my run-
ning career, but when I
see my scars, I’m amazed
at how adaptable and in-
credible the human body
is. When I line up at the
start line, my scars differ-
entiate me from my com-
petitors in a good way.
I’ve had to deal with con-
fronting my own mor-
tality—I feel I can rise to
the challenge; I can do it.”
ALLY LOVE
Founder of Love Squad;
Peloton instructor;
Brooklyn Nets MC; model
Love got her scar when she was 9
years old. After a family barbecue, she
stepped into what she thought was
a clear street and was hit by a car. She
broke her left femur, and the accident
scraped the skin from most of her
body. Among other things, she needed
surgery to place a plate near her hip.
Love waited five days for the operation
that resulted in her scar—a small plate
had to be made for her in China and
shipped to the hospital. Doctors
weren’t sure if she’d pull through or
play sports again. She did both.

My Scar Is…a Privilege

“I didn’t know if I was going to sur-
vive that week in the hospital. My
mom told me that it was my
decision to live, to fight, or not, and
I remember praying to God
for help. When I look at my
scar now, I think of that
young girl. I believe
all traumatic events
shape people’s lives,
but in my case, I have
a physical symbol
that reminds me to take noth-
ing for granted. The scar is
part of my story. In anything
that I do, I try to live each
day to the fullest, and with-
out regret, because I know
what a last day could feel
like. My scar brings that
mentality to the front
of my mind, always.
Honestly, it’s so boss;
it’s a privilege to
have this scar.”

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THE TRICK TO STAYING TOASTY AND LOOKING HOT?

PAIRING THIN KNITS WITH SPORTY STAPLES FOR A CHIC,
LAYERED LOOK THAT MOVES WITH YOU. MODEL
AND ATHLETE JENEIL WILLIAMS LEADS THE WAY.

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cardio and three days of
powerlifting each week.

MOVE MAKER
She’s also obsessed
with adult gymnastics.
“Fashion, for me, is
expressing yourself
through the way you
dress,” she says, shar-
ing that she opts for
bold colors and unex-
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workouts. “If you’re
expressing yourself
and you feel good
about it, that feeling of
confidence is like
no other.” And, we’d
add, it’s also extra
helpful when you’re
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lifting, or flipping!
—Hannah Chambers
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Hair: Fernando Torrent
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bracelets, $625 each,
marlaaaron.com

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fashion director
Kristen Saladino

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THERE’S NOTHING
MORE INVIGORATING
THAN THAT NEW
YEAR ENERGY.
It’s an electricity in the air that
makes you want to tackle every-
thing. This is going to be the year
you transform your diet! And
your workout routine! And your
love life! And your career! And it’s
all going to be ah-mazing.
It feels good, that unbridled
excitement and potential. But as
many of us have experienced,
that supercharged enthusiasm—
well, it’s hard to maintain in the
long run. Whether it’s overambi-
tious goals or time-consuming
plans, we’ve all been there.
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Because it’s short and
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out every ounce of effort
(and sweat): Starting with the
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1 Feet-Elevated
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Lie on back with knees
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Squeeze glutes and
lift hips to form straight
A line from knees to
shoulders (b). Pause,
then return to start.
B
QUICK TIP While you
could do this move with
your feet on the floor,
using a bench or step
boosts the emphasis
on your hammies and
glutes. Don’t have a
bench? A chair, couch,
or even a wall will do.
B
2 Reverse
Lunge to Press
Hold a pair of dumb-
bells at shoulder height,
palms facing in, feet
about hip-width apart.
Step left foot back and
bend knees until right
thigh is parallel to floor
(a). In one smooth
motion, push through
right heel to stand while
pressing weights directly
above shoulders until
arms are fully extended
(b). That’s 1 rep. Lower
weights to shoulders
while stepping right foot
back to start next rep;
continue alternating.
A B
3 Dumbbell Floor facing away from you QUICK TIP Raising your
Chest Press (a). Lower dumbbells feet puts your body in
until upper arms touch a less stable position,
Lie faceup with hips and
floor (b). Press back which forces your core
knees bent 90 degrees.
up to return to start. to work overtime to help
Hold a pair of dumb-
That’s 1 rep. keep you steady. Too
bells above chest, arms
tough? Just place your
fully extended, palms
feet flat on the floor.

Make It Work
…for You
This plan is flexible and cus-
tomizable. The greatest mea-
sure of success is the goal
you set for yourself. Three
easy ways to tweak this work-
out to get the best results:
NOT SURE HOW HARD TO
PUSH YOURSELF? Adjust the
weights based on how you
feel that day, rather than what
you used the last time. Go a
little heavier if you’re feeling
strong, or a little lighter if
you’re feeling beat. That sim-
ple adjustment of going by
feel will help you avoid over-
or under-training. You’ll learn
to give your body what it’s
craving in that moment,
which, in turn, will lead to bet-
ter consistency and greater
gains in the long run.
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A
Day
B
COMING BACK FROM AN
INJURY OR EXTENDED TIME
OFF? Do the circuit just
one time through instead
of three. (Find yourself
4 Underhand Bent-Over Row
Grasp a pair of dumbbells with an underhand grip and
super strapped for time? stand with feet shoulder-width apart, knees slightly bent.
Same rule applies.) Or may- Bend forward from hips until back is almost parallel to
be you’re already in really
fabulous shape and looking
for more of a push? Okay
then. Perform up to five
rounds for a killer 30-minute
total-body workout.
WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU
DON’T PLATEAU? Keep tabs B
on how many reps you do.
(I like to just pop them into
a note on my phone.) It’s
one of the best ways to see
progress week over week: As
you get fitter and stronger,
you’ll be able to bang out
A
more, especially in the final
round as you start to feel
more sluggish.
5 Squat Pop-Up QUICK TIP You want to get
Start in pushup position, your hands off the ground
body in a straight line from and chest up as fast as
head to heels (a). Brace possible, then get
core and jump feet outside back down into a pushup
Cross left leg behind right and lower into a half-squat,
right arm out to the side, left arm across hips (a). Hop
to the left, switching legs and arms (b). That’s 1 rep.
Keep hopping quickly, alternating from side to side.
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Nina Dobrev needs a spoon. She
has a fresh matcha latte in her hand
and nothing to stir it with. Suddenly,
she leaps across the room and
starts rummaging behind a bar.
“Will you think less of me if I use
something that’s not meant to be a
spoon as a spoon?” she asks. She
bounds back with her makeshift
utensil: a corkscrew. “I really hope
it’s clean.” She laughs, then goes
for it, plunking the metal wine opener
into her cup and swirling it around
in the pale green foam.
Nina has been at NeueHouse, a members-only co- years that she will be back in a lead role on television,
working space in Hollywood, for all of two seconds, but and it’s a far cry from bloodsucking demons.
it’s clear she gets what she wants—and gets it in the nic- After leaving Vampire Diaries in 2015, Nina had
est way possible. There’s no artifice on display: She’s in something of an existential crisis. “I was like, ‘Why am
minimal makeup, shiny black workout leggings, and a I here? What am I doing? Is it making me happy? What
gray sweatshirt with a teddy bear on it. She’s dressed can I do to make me happier?’” Worried that she might
casually, she explains, because she came from the CBS end up pigeonholed (she doesn’t say the name of the
studio lot in Los Angeles, where she has been shooting show out loud, as if to dissociate from it), Nina pivoted
the new multi-cam sitcom Fam. toward comedy. That is, she got as far away as she could
That last bit might come as a surprise, seeing as how from weepy high school heroines.
Nina, who turns 30 on January 9, is best known for At first, Nina didn’t get the reception she wanted
playing Elena Gilbert on the hit supernatural show from prospective bosses. “They were just like, ‘Oh, she
The Vampire Diaries. Fam is the first time in three was on a [teen] drama. She’s not funny.’” But with her
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Nina’s current fitness obsession involves what she
likes to call a “workout cocktail”—a mix of yoga, run-
ning, weight training, boxing, and group classes,
depending on the day. For the first time in her life, she
has visible abs. “I’m getting older and more conscious
of what I eat and how I eat it and what I do,” she says.
“Doing something different [each day] has been the
most fun, and I’ve seen the most benefit because you
shock your system.” She’s strong and lean now, as
opposed to “skinny fat,” which is how she felt when
she was doing only hot yoga years ago.
On a typical morning, Nina gets up several hours
before her call time so she can walk her dog, Maverick,
work out, relax in the steam room, and shower. “I need
to sweat every single day somehow, even if it’s just in
the steam room,” she says. “Some days are better than
others, I’ll be honest with you. Some days, Maverick
gets a shorter walk than she probably deserves, if
I’m running late or don’t have it together or press the
snooze button 18 times too many.”
Her
partnership with Reebok has led to multiple perks, like
the shiny black leggings she’s wearing now, and an in-
troduction to trainer Lissa Bankston, who also gave
Nina an education in nutrition. These days, Nina takes
in more calories than she used to; she tries to eat every
two hours to keep her metabolism stable. “I feel health-
ier,” she says. “You’re happier when your body is full,
your brain functions better, and you’re a nicer person.
I would get hangry, I think, because I was so busy run-
ning around that I wasn’t the best version of myself.”
It’s easy to see how Nina could get too preoccupied to
eat. A few days after our NeueHouse meeting, she is on
a soundstage in Studio City, learning new dialogue in
front of a live audience while waiting for the cameras to
start rolling. Nina bites her lip, seemingly worried
about nailing her lines. She mouths her part from mem-
ory, then reaches to double-check her script, which is
hidden behind a pillow on the sofa she’s sitting on. As
Clem, a former party girl who is trying to impress her
fiancé and his parents, Nina is in front of the cameras
for pretty much the entire episode. There’s hardly any
time to snack, let alone get a full meal in, during the
four-hour evening shoot.
After the episode wraps, Nina enthusiastically greets
several friends, including former Vampire Diaries cast-
mate Kayla Ewell. She leads them back to her dressing
room for drinks, a ritual on live taping days.
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The door to her dressing room has a sign on it that
reads “Warning: Viciously Cute Dog Inside.” As soon
as Nina opens the door, Maverick, her collie-Aussie
mix rescue, who is truly the most beautiful dog you’ve
ever seen, starts hopping up—as if her hind legs might
be on tiny springs—to say hello.
After a quick change out of her costume into jeans
and a T-shirt, Nina offers drinks to the group: “I have
tequila…and tequila.” Her assistant, doubling as bar-
tender, mixes Nina’s preferred spirit with pample-
mousse La Croix and Honeydrop lemonade (the char-
coal and unicorn flavors are her faves) and hands out
cups. Maverick lands on what seems like every lap in
the room to offer kisses, but Nina holds everyone’s at-
tention, dishing gossip from the set and telling a story
about how she once very awkwardly introduced herself
to Samuel L. Jackson. She is the obvious alpha, the
ringleader, the life of the party.
Other people start to trickle in, and the room quickly
reaches capacity. Nina runs out to peek into her
costars’ dressing rooms. “Guys, we’re winning the
party competition!” she says. With so many people
around, Maverick starts to get more vocal. “Go home!”
Nina sternly says to her, pointing to the dog’s pretty
white puppy-size teepee. Maverick obeys, going inside
the tent and quieting herself. Again, it’s clear that Nina
gets what she wants.
Having a dog is almost like having a child, Nina
says, or another full-time job (Maverick has her own
Instagram account with nearly 400,000 followers),
and that’s been another kind of training ground for
Nina. Eventually, she wants to get married and have a
family—and she’d like to act, write, produce, and direct
at the same time. And why shouldn’t she?
“I can and will definitely have both [career and fami-
ly],” she says. “I’m still working on me. When I do have
a family, I can focus my full energy on that, but I’m not
ready for it yet. In 10 years, hopefully, I will be—for
my mom’s sake. My mom wanted me to have a baby
10 years ago. She gets me baby clothes for Christmas
every year. She’s like, ‘Hint, hint, nudge, nudge!’”
The focus right now is on sticking this landing. Once
Nina conquers comedy—something she looks poised to
do—she’d like to go on to star in a period piece, a biopic,
and an action film. “I sort of want to do everything,” she
says. “I know for sure I am capable of it. Because people
know me a certain way, it’s been a process to change
minds and show everybody else that I’m capable of it
too.” So far, mission accomplished.
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