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With 2020 throwing so many curve balls our way, I know many of us have had to rethink our spending and tighten our budgets all round. When we are busy catching all the curve balls though, sacrificing our health is not something we want to be doing – so how do we eat healthy on a tighter budget?
It simple takes a little extra organisation and forethought and here are some tips to save money, whilst still eating well.
Also take a look at the many budget friendly meals I have HERE.
Planing your meals will save you time, money and reduce your cognitive load for the week! When you meal plan you will shop less and buy only what you need, reducing your food bill and saving on food waste.
The Well Nourished Family membership provides you with done for you and customisable meal plans to suit every families size and tastes. And best of all, every plan generates both printable and digital shopping lists to really minimise your time in the kitchen. CLICK HERE to watch me demonstrate this amazing technology.
With your meals planned out, head to the shops with a list of what you need for the week and only buy what’s needed. Getting your shopping done in one go will also reduce time spent in the shops and allow more time for cooking a wholesome meal.
Cooking your meals from scratch using whole ingredients is less expensive and way healthier. Research has demonstrated that the less time we, as a society, spend cooking, the higher the rates of diet related illness. So eating home cooked meals also saves on medical expense in the long run.
Stick with recipes that you know work and that don’t use unusual or one off ingredients that you’ll have no further use for and end up throwing away.
Whilst your in the kitchen cooking, cook your favourite meals in bulk so that you have leftovers that you can enjoy a second time or freeze for a less organised evening (instead of buying takeaway).
In the Well Nourished Family membership we provide you with done for you Meal Prep Plans so you can cook a group of meals in a really time efficient way and head into a busy week with peace of mind that dinner is done for the week. CLICK HERE for a video example of one of our Meal Prep Plans.
Buying food that is in season is not only healthier (as the food is at it’s nutritional peak) but its cheaper too (lower storage costs). If it’s locally grown, you’ll not be paying for transportation costs too.
Buying the whole chicken as opposed to lots of parts is a really economical way to enjoy chicken (plus the carcass can be used to make a broth). Cheaper cuts of meat are also often really delicious when prepared well – many of my slow cooked meals use cheap cuts.
Instead of making a dish with meat alone, consider adding legumes (which are really inexpensive) to replace some of the meat. For example, if making a curry, reduce the amount of meat and add in legumes like chickpeas or lentils to bulk it up with plant based protein and fibre.
Generic canned goods (like legumes and tomatoes) are no different to branded, more expensive labels. Also check out the ‘ugly bunch’ or the B grade fruits and vegetables – they often have minor imperfections but taste and cook exactly the same as more expensive produce.
Joining a co-op or buying from bulk suppliers is a great way to save money. If something you eat a lot of goes on sale, consider stocking up if possible.
Make sure you’re on the mailing list or following local stores on socials so you can see when items go on sale.
While there’s been a bigger push in recent years for more diversity in front of the camera, the people working as part of the teams who conceive of and create fashion, film and television content are still disproportionately white and male.
This is where Inclusive Stylist, a mentorship-centric program launched by Toronto-based creatives Vanessa Magic and Georgia Groom, is poised to be a true change-maker. The idea for the initiative was prompted by the duo’s experiences of being on set and recognizing the lack of BIPOC individuals in their crews.
“A few years ago, I was sitting on set one day and I looked around, and the only person of colour was the talent,” recalls Groom. “I don’t know if [Vannessa and I] had spoken about it to each other at that point, but it was something we’d both noticed and it became more and more obvious.”
After a phone call between the collaborators–who both have impressive resumes and industry accolades across the spheres of editorial, commercial, film and television work–to discuss this pervasive inequality, Inclusive Stylist came to be.
Its primary focus is to enlighten, connect and empower emerging creatives who are seeking to gain access into the notoriously nepotistic world of image-making. “When I started, I wasn’t afforded a lot of chances,” says Magic about her years as a fledgling costume designer. “One opportunity that I had was from me asking someone to take a chance on me, and them saying yes. I think when you’re starting in the industry, you’re met with a lot of resistance.”
To combat the prevalence of the closed doors many people encounter when trying to make a name for themselves in creative settings, Inclusive Stylist began offering access to a digital speaker series this summer which included talents like stylists Bobby Bowen, Nadia Pizzimenti, Cynthia Florek, Michelle Lyte, Nicole Manek and Tricia Hall; founder of Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto, Sage Paul; and award-winning costume designer, Gersha Hall.
The aim of the Mini Mentor programming was to highlight the idea that, “If you can see it, you can be it,” as Groom says. It’s this principle that guides the content and networking opportunities she and Magic continue to develop such as showcasing the work of their mentees like Eyob Desalgne, Charlene Akuamoah and Sanatanae Luzige on social media, and helping mentees to meet with and learn from more established creatives. These aspects are especially crucial during quarantine, notes Magic, since such experiences aren’t as accessible offline at the present moment.
In addition to equipping mentees with relevant skills and connections, Magic notes that there are elements of systemic racism that they must be attuned to in order to be emotionally and mentally prepared for work. “Being a Black stylist, I worry about being followed in the mall, or being asked for ID if I’m using someone else’s credit card for production purchases,” she says. “These are things other people don’t have to think about.”
Though Inclusive Stylist was born from Magic and Groom’s disappointment in their industry, they clarify that its existence is meant to be a positive solution to a dire issue. “We want to call people in instead of calling them out,” says Magic. “[People] have to acknowledge things were messed up, and it has to change.” But to this end, she rightly adds that privilege has allowed these inequitable systems to keep operating. “It’s always marginalized people helping marginalized people get ahead,” she says. “It’s never the people at the top of the system”, who Groom notes, are typically white men.
“And you have to start at the top,” Groom goes on, flagging that even if modelling agencies brought more models of colour on to their boards, film unions vetted more POC, and stylist agencies represented a more diverse roster of talent, the power of the client and their dictates are going to continue to be difficult to change without those who’ve been given access into creative spaces speaking up.
One step in driving the fashion, film and television industries–and every other industry, too–toward equilibrium is for those presently active in them to be cognizant of and educated about unfairness, so they’re more prepared to do something about it. “If you’re someone benefitting from the current system, you have to think, what can I do to make this more equitable?” says Groom. And she adds that we must banish the notion that someone else’s gain is another’s loss to actually make equality a reality. “If it’s fair for all of us, it doesn’t mean it’s unfair to you.”
It’s this idea that’s at the core of Inclusive Stylist’s efforts, and Magic points to the importance of communal thinking in how we approach making sets a place where everyone present feels welcomed and valued. “It’s a way for people emerging in the industry to know that they’re not alone, and that there’s a community behind them and it wants to see them succeed.”
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The last few weeks of pregnancy are some of the longest and hardest. Every part of me aches from the ...Sah D’Simone is a spiritual guide, meditation teacher, international transformational speaker, best-selling author, and creator of The Sah Method. Catch him on Wanderlust TV, presenting a series of classes based on the principles in his book, Spiritually Sassy.
Why do we allow our minds to play painful episodes of our past over and over again? Reliving the memories of our mistakes and missteps on repeat is like flogging yourself over and over. It’s a form of torture, my love! And the perpetrator is your inner critic – that voice inside that wants you to believe you’ll never be enough.
Honestly, we only have to review our past mistakes a few times to learn the lessons necessary to change and create the determination to move on. But your inner critic isn’t reasonable like that. It doesn’t let go so quickly.
Want to turn down the volume on your inner critic and gain clarity over its voice? Be of service, honey.
Years ago, I was in a very deep, dark depression. I was walking on the beach, mired in my misery and lost in my head. Suddenly, out of nowhere, I heard my heart whisper, “go be of service.” It was a rare moment of clarity in my internal chaos, so it really grabbed my attention in a way that I could not shake off.
I drove by a park and saw a large group of unhoused people there. I approached them, asking if they had access to food. They said, “a couple of times of week we do, but most of the time we rely on the community for help.”
I knew what I had to do. I went to the market and made 25 sandwiches, and packed them up, each with a little note. I delivered them at the park, engaged with the people there, and had another glimpse of clarity.
While I was with them delivering food, and listening to their stories, my inner critic was silent. I had a newfound inner stability. It was a tremendous relief and a glimmer of hope.
So I made it a weekly habit. I made do with what I had available, led by my intention to transform myself by supporting others in their transformation. By offering food, a smile, an ear, and bearing witness to the marginalized people who desperately needed someone to see them and validate their humanity, my heart opened and my inner critic quieted. This was a tremendously powerful catalyst for the next step of my own awakening.
When your inner critic is in charge, you become stagnant, even paralyzed. It can be hard to function, much less transform, when you’re hooked into that voice inside your head.
Being of service takes yourself out of stagnation and into action. It moves you from self-loathing to self-love.
Out of your head and into your heart. From the you of yesterday to the you of tomorrow.
My love, I am Inviting you to be of service and find small ways to help your community, friends, and family. This is the moment. Your moment of clarity in a world of chaos, your nudge in the direction of transformation.
Being of service opens you up to be a leader, a megaboss, to be of support to people everywhere. It allows you to expand your field of love and compassion, not just to the dear ones, the kind people… but to the strangers, the unkind, those we cannot understand, those who trouble us, who have a different background or culture, who look or live or love differently than we do. In other words, the people that need it most but receive it least.
In 2019 I had the chance to study with Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, a living saint and Buddhist nun, who offered me the chance to take the Bodhisattva Vow, which is a commitment to be of service to people everywhere with no exception. It is a recognition that everybody’s suffering is your own. That you can only be completely free until you help others be completely free. It’s an aspiration to hold space for all people everywhere.
Accepting this calling toward and impact of service is a fundamental element in spiritual transformation. It’s another rung on the ladder toward self-realization.
To get you started on your own path to service, I want to share with you an excerpt from the Bodhisattva Prayer, which was written by Shantideva, a Buddhist sage from 700 A.D. It is a prayer for humanity, and the Dalai Lama’s daily prayer.
Let this prayer anchor you in the intention of being of service. Memorize it and repeat it frequently until it becomes ceaseless in you, awakening your heart, opening your mind to the possibility for yourself and others to change. Let it be the antidote to painful memories, and it will bring you back into your natural essence. Allow this prayer to silence that inner critic and propel you into a practice of action through service.
“May I be a guard for those who need protection
A guide for those on the path
A boat, a raft, a bridge for those who wish to cross the flood
May I be a lamp in the darkness
A resting place for the weary
A healing medicine for all who are sick
A vase of plenty, a tree of miracles
And for the boundless multitudes of living beings
May I bring sustenance and awakening
Enduring like the earth and sky
Until all beings are freed from sorrow
And all are awakened.”
You can find a longer version of this prayer available as a meditation here.
We need you, honey. More than ever, the world needs you to step up and be of service. To offer support and be a witness to the humanity of others everywhere. To shine your loving light into the darkest corners of the world and let your compassion heal everyone you touch. In doing so, you’ll not only quiet your inner critic and step into the next stage of your own awakening, you’ll inspire others to do the same.
Now, wouldn’t that be lovely?
Go get em, Tiger.
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Sah D’Simone is a spiritual guide, meditation teacher, international transformational speaker, best-selling author, and creator of The Sah Method, who has dedicated his life to helping others to live in alignment and achieve their highest potential. He is pioneering a Spiritually Sassy, heart-based healing movement rooted in science-backed, tried-and-true techniques, in which joy and authenticity illuminate the path to enlightenment.
His infectious enthusiasm for healing is grounded in a masterful and revolutionary synthesis of ancient Tantric Buddhism, modern contemplative psychotherapy, meditation, breathwork, and integrative nutrition… all delivered in his own radiant, approachable, and playful style.
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This week, Jeremy Scott unveiled his fall/winter ad campaign for Moschino, starring model Aaron Philip. The campaign marks the first major high fashion ad campaign for the model – and a major moment for representation in the industry.
Philip first made headlines back in 2018 when she was the first Black, trans and physically disabled model to be signed to Elite Model Management New York. Since then she has appeared in campaigns for Sephora and Nike, a Miley Cyrus film clip, on a digital runway for Collina Strada and more. Taking to Instagram to share her excitement about being cast in the campaign, Philip wrote, “I made it this far. idk what to say I’m just so grateful and love everybody involved with all my heart.” Zendaya, Indya Moore (who recently walked their first runway for Jason Wu at NYFW), Jameela Jamil and Munroe Bergdorf were among the 800-plus people who commented on the post.
In another post, Philip wrote of the campaign (which was shot by Luigi & Iango), “I’ve been too shell shocked to try and say anything prolific but this is SUCH A BIG DEAL BEING A PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSON/MODEL IN A CAMPAIGN LIKE THIS. I really am so so very happy and I hope the community is too! This is the start! More REAL space for us.”
This campaign might have been her first, but we suspect it certainly won’t be her last.
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Thoughts are things.
The vibrations and energy of an object or being can influence its surroundings. In the plant and crystal kingdoms, you have encapsulated qualities of some of the most powerful and noble expressions of humanity and spirit.
Let’s talk about three of the most potent crystals on the planet for sexual health and healing.
First up is Crocoite: the libido booster and firestarter. Crocoite is the most primal, passionate, sexual stone on the planet. Why have you never heard of it, you ask? Um, because everyone is terrified of sex?!??! It really looks like this—a rich, vibrant orangey-red.
This is the color of the second chakra the chakra of sex and creativity. It’s found primarily in Tasmania, which has the cleanest air and rainwater on earth. And the hottest crystals!
Crocoite is the crystal for passion. It is also known for:
Second up is Rhodochrosite, which is the most powerful crystal for sexual healing.
Garnet is best for harnessing sexual power and channeling that into creative energy into the world. It also is known to:
Facilitate Tantric wisdom known as a Master Tantric stone
1) Physically. Keep them close to you by carrying them with you, or placing them near you, like on your bedside table, where you work or spend a lot of time. You cleanse the crystal by placing it in the sun, moonlight, or salt water and then you infuse it with an intention.
2) The second way is to Ingest the vibrational essence of the crystal orally, taken as an elixir This is thought to be an even more powerful way to assimilate the energy of the crystal within you. If you’ve seen Masaru Emoto’s water crystal experiments, then you know that water is easily charged with vibrational frequencies.
I created a set of crystal elixirs for every possible sexual issue: From libido to erections to father figure issues to clearing the Madonna-whore complex, to unlocking cervical orgasms in women. Check out our entire range of Anami Crystal Elixirs at the Anami Alchemia online shop.
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Kim Anami is a holistic sex + relationship coach, and vaginal weight lifter, who is here to infuse more passion into your life and bed. Listen to her acclaimed Orgasmic Enlightenment podcast, see her sex education videos on YouTube and experience her life-changing online programs at kimaami.com.
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Pamela Miles will be live in conversation on Wanderlust’s Instagram account (@wanderlustfest) on Wed Oct 7 at 2p PT/ 5p ET with Chief of Neurosurgery, Dr. Erich Anderer, to discuss the interplay of Reiki, as a spiritual practice, and Conventional Medicine.
Pamela Miles is a NYC-based Reiki master who has been a student of yoga & meditation for over 50 years, and in 1986, she learned the practice of Reiki. She leads Reiki trainings, professional development for Reiki practitioners, and is currently considered the most prominent Reiki master pioneering the use of Reiki practice in conventional medicine to relieve the suffering of patients, families, and staff.
In keeping with the times, Wanderlust conducted a socially-distanced interview with the Reiki master to learn more about the misconceptions surrounding Reiki, the interplay between Reiki practice and so-called Western medicine, and how our current pandemic lifestyle may be changing our social interactions and our use of touch.
Wanderlust: Sometimes it’s interesting to define something by identifying what it’s not, and particularly in the case of Reiki, there does seem to be many misconceptions about how reiki works and what it is. Can you begin by telling us what Reiki isn’t?
Pamela Miles: Reiki isn’t the same thing to everyone, yet the diversity in the global Reiki community is rarely acknowledged. The public has a reasonable expectation that all things “Reiki” are the same, but that’s just not the case. Those who get turned off may not realize it’s likely not Reiki but the practitioner who’s not a good match for them. If people don’t like a massage therapist, they don’t get turned off to massage. If they don’t like a particular yoga class, people know enough to try another teacher. But the public isn’t well informed about Reiki practice, so people often assume any Reiki practitioner speaks for all Reiki practitioners.
Reiki is not standardized; there’s no agreement regarding Reiki practice or training. Here are some examples of how that plays out. Although from the Japanese beginning practice in the 1920s, Reiki was practiced through light, with non-touch options when touch was not feasible, many professionals today never touch, but rather hover or wave hands over the receiver. In Japan, Reiki master training was only for those who felt called to teach. Out of more than 2000 students, Reiki lineage founder Mikao Usui trained only sixteen Reiki master. Now it is quite common to claim the title of Reiki master, and many who consider themselves Reiki masters have less training and experience than my First Degree students.
Reiki is not a thing; it’s a spiritual practice.
Reiki is not energy healing or energy medicine; again, it’s a spiritual practice. The distinction is that energy medicine involves doing, working toward a specific outcome. An acupuncture treatment, for example, is to effect a specific change, such as settling upward-rising liver qi. Reiki practice doesn’t target an outcome in the way medicine does. Rather, it’s a simple, passive, detached placing of hands. All spiritual practice is healing, but the healing that accompanies spiritual practice is a by-product of the experience of practice and isn’t directed. People often speak of Reiki practice as if it were an aspirin, and say, “I’m going to practice Reiki to get rid of this headache.” We’re used to the conventional dose/response paradigm, but that’s not what’s happening with Reiki practice. Rather than targeting a symptom, Reiki practice encourages the system toward its unique balance. That balancing response can improve symptoms. Additionally, self-healing is optimized when the system is balanced. So while people draw a direct line between Reiki practice and symptom relief, that line actually goes through balance. If that process were better recognized, there’d be less confusion about the safety and effectiveness of Reiki practice, and more realistic expectations.
WL: Defining what Reiki IS is perhaps more difficult. You were quoted in an excellent piece in The Atlantic as saying, “Through an unknown mechanism, when a Reiki practitioner places their hands—mindfully and with detachment—it evokes the healing response from deep within the system. We really don’t know why this happens.” Is it fair, then, to say that reiki is a practice that evokes self-healing?
PM: Yes, that’s exactly what it is—a practice that evokes self-healing—and I would add the word spiritual: Reiki is a spiritual practice. I also usually say that Reiki practice supports overall balance. And when the system is balanced, self-healing is optimized.
It’s important to acknowledge Reiki as a spiritual practice. The information shared between the Reiki practitioner and the person receiving the treatment is spiritual. That’s the first domino. Spirituality being the realm of mystery, we don’t know the details of that communication, but we can observe the response to Reiki practice, such as simply feeling better or feeling more relaxed, and we have some limited research evidence of physiologic changes in the direction of balance.
“Spiritual practice” is a larger umbrella than “healing practice.” Today, so many people are spiritually starved. They feel isolated, hopeless, disempowered. Healing practices can help somewhat but they don’t necessarily evoke that profound self-healing response from the core of the system, which is a spiritual response. After a Reiki session, people usually feel uplifted; their overall state is transformed as they experience themselves from their spiritual center.
WL: Speaking of definitions, we recently came across your article that made the distinction between Conventional, Traditional, and Alternative healing methods. Why do you think it’s important that people don’t get these lines blurred? What’s at stake if people’s understanding of traditional medicine isn’t accurate?
PM: It’s not so much a matter of blurring the lines as confusing the paradigms. If people aren’t clear about the paradigms, they won’t have realistic expectations and won’t know where to turn to get help for specific concerns.
Let’s use surgery as an example. Even surgery that is life-saving is also traumatizing. The surgeon might be able to fix the problem—perhaps replace the heart—but the patient still has to recover from both the ill health that led to the cardiac problem and the trauma of the conventional fix.
Conventional medicine is adept at surgery, but not at healing trauma. Patients have to heal largely on their own. However, it’s a medical fact that a traumatized person doesn’t heal well.
Traditional medicine—medicine based on indigenous traditions rather than science—supports the body to do what it does best—self-heal—while helping the system return to a balanced state.
Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.
~Hippocrates
WL: We’re very excited to be hosting an IG LIVE conversation between you and Chief of Neurosurgery, Dr. Erich Anderer, on the Wanderlust Instagram on Wed Oct 7 at 5p ET.
Many people are surprised to hear that someone as established in the Conventional medical system as he is is a proponent of Reiki practice. Can you discuss interplay between Conventional medicine and Reiki practice in recent years: is it becoming more accepted, and by whom? Which parties are the ones who still are skeptical about Reiki practice? (ie. Insurance companies, hospitals, doctors, patients, media, etc)
PM: The public and medicine are definitely more aware of Reiki practice than when I started the first in-hospital Reiki program in the 1990s. Since then, many hospitals have implemented their own Reiki programs. Some of those programs—
such as those at Memorial Sloan Kettering, M.D. Anderson, Dana Farber/Harvard, Yale/New Haven—seem to be stabilized in the hospital structure. But many more Reiki programs have come and gone with funding and staff changes.
Regarding skepticism—doctors are skeptical, full stop. That’s part of the profile and what we want from them. Conventional doctors practice evidence-based medicine. If you don’t know how to present Reiki practice from an evidence perspective, and you talk about it in magical terms, the conversation won’t go very far. But is the problem skepticism or a lack of common sense and strategy on the part of the Reiki practitioner?
And then there’s our dysfunctional healthcare system. Most hospital Reiki practice is offered by volunteers rather than paid professionals. Reiki practice isn’t reimbursed by insurance because there’s no code for it. There’s no code because there’s no evidence base. There’s no evidence base because there’s no government funding for Reiki research and no business incentive to invest in research. Remember pharmaceutical companies have to research their products in order to pass FDA approval and take drugs to market. Sadly, Reiki is most known as a treatment to be received from a professional. Not many realize that First Degree Reiki practice is easily learned and practiced by individuals and by families.
WL: How has COVID-19 affected the way you teach and/or practice Reiki with your students and clients? Do you see a longer-term impact on individual wellness, socially and emotionally speaking, in the way this virus has imposed a fear of closeness and rules against touch?
PM: The pandemic has definitely affected the setting in which I teach. All my trainings and practice sessions are now online. For example, I teach First degree Reiki in small group, live, interactive videoconferences. In response to the fear and isolation I knew was coming, in early March 2020, I added twice weekly free self practice sessions that are open to everyone, with or without prior Reiki training. From the beginning—I started teaching in 1990—I’ve stressed the importance of daily self Reiki practice. That hasn’t changed.
I try to engage my students in lifestyle medicine with daily Reiki practice as the foundation of self care. While conventional medicine is trying to figure out a response to this novel virus, you aren’t helpless, nor do you want to relentlessly ratchet up your immune system. Balance is key to wellness and immune competence, and balance is a spiritual matter that’s most effectively addressed through spiritual practice. If we want balance in our lives, we need to experience inner balance first. Otherwise we’re just juggling, and that involves effort and the fear that all the balls could fall on us at any moment.
Although the public still thinks largely in terms of taking medicine rather than health-promoting lifestyle, the challenges of a novel pandemic seem to have increased public interest in self care. Conventional medicine is arguably at its lowest point in a novel pandemic because it is evidence based and there’s no evidence for a pathogen that’s being seen for the first time. Conventional medicine, based on legally enforced professional guidelines and data, can’t pivot the way traditional medicine can, with its emphasis on strengthening health in each unique individual, and supporting the patient to address challenges.
Reiki is a spiritual practice that has the advantages of being accessible and simple, and helping people feel better quickly. Feeling better—feeling some sense of relief—is important. When we feel better, biochemical changes are happening in our bodies that translate into improved functioning on many levels, including immunity, as I’ve detailed in Reiki and Your Immune System.
I encourage my students to keep this in mind: Take care of your state and your state takes care of everything else. Daily self Reiki is an easy way to do that.
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Pamela Miles is a Reiki Master internationally known for her pioneering work integrating Reiki into conventional medicine. She has practiced Reiki since 1986 and has more than 30 years experience with natural medicine and 40 years studying yoga and meditation. Pamela has created Reiki programs in prominent New York City hospitals and lectured in medical schools across the country. Her book has been enthusiastically endorsed by Drs. Mehmet Oz, Andrew Weil, Larry Dossey, Christiane Northrup and others. She is the founding president of the Institute for the Advancement of Complementary Therapies (I*ACT).
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To reveal TIME’s annual list of the world’s most influential people, the magazine brought together prominent faces like Meghan Thee Stallion, Halsey, Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade yesterday for a virtual and socially distanced event.
Aired on ABC, the broadcast also featured a special appearance from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (who themselves were featured on the TIME 100 list in 2018). During the virtual event, which aired on National Voter Registration Day in the United States, the couple appealed to viewers to make sure to vote in the upcoming election.
“We’re six weeks out from the election, and today is Voter Registration Day,” Markle said. “Every four years, we’re told, ‘This is the most important election of our lifetime.’ But this one is. When we vote, our values are put into action, and our voices are heard.”
“It’s time to not only reflect, but act.” This #NationalVoterRegistrationDay, join #Time100 alumni Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, in taking action for the future. pic.twitter.com/JerXHxiZK3
— ABC (@ABCNetwork) September 23, 2020
Prince Harry also encouraged people to be responsible with how they engage with each other online in the run-up to the election.
“As we approach this November, it’s vital that we reject hate speech, misinformation and online negativity. What we consume, what we are exposed to, and what we engage with online, has a real effect on all of us.”
Although it’s against protocol for members of the royal family to speak openly about politics, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been increasingly vocal since stepping down from their official roles as senior royals, encouraging people to be more civically engaged during the pandemic as well as during the surge of Black Lives Matter protests over the summer.
In her remarks, Markle also encouraged the public to “honour those who gave us courage this year. Like the scientists, researchers and medical professionals who are leading the fight against COVID-19. Or the countless voices who are speaking out with passion and purpose against injustice and inequality and to those silently marching in solidarity, in peaceful protest to stand for what is just and what is right.”
Introducing the 2020 #TIME100 featuring the pioneers, artists, leaders, icons and titans who have had the most impact this year https://t.co/FA12jF1B2P
— TIME (@TIME) September 23, 2020
Harry and Meghan also recognized the importance of the work that the TIME 100 honourees are doing to create a better world in their communities around the globe. “Tonight reminds us of how important it is to watch out for each other, to care for each other and to inspire each other,” Harry said. “We are incredibly proud to join you in this historic moment in time.”
See the full list of 2020’s TIME 100 honourees, which includes The Weeknd, Dapper Dan and Naomi Osaka, here.
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Demna Gvasalia has never been one to play by fashion’s rules – and that’s exactly what makes him one of the industry’s most exciting designers. At a time when fashion is undergoing so much change and there are so many conversations around scheduling, seasons and the future of fashion as a whole, the Balenciaga designer is making his own plans, particularly when it comes to couture.
Back in July, couture week was cancelled on account of the COVID-19 pandemic and Balenciaga – due to return to the calendar for the first time since 1968 – announced that it was shifting its show to January. However, in a recent interview with WWD, Gvasalia revealed a whole new approach in that the brand will only show once a year in July, with no seasonal attachment, moving forward. “We have to learn again to be patient to wait for special stuff,” he told the site. “Doing it once a year, you have enough time to do really something special, to develop something that is not easy to copy. So it can really be true couture.”
Perhaps the most exciting part of the new approach however is the inclusion of men’s in the couture collection – something that historically has not been explored in the category. “I think men came to the point that they want to wear couture as well, and I know that we have some customers that will love that. I want to kind of erase the gender identification of couture being only for women, and only for older woman who have money to afford it,” Gvasalia explained of his decision to widen the scope of couture.
Given the new approach, the brand’s return to the couture calendar won’t take place until July 2021. Seeing as we’ve waited 52 years for the return of Balenciaga couture, what’s another 10 months?
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