All I see around me are sniffles, sneezes and snot! It’s that time of year again where the colds come out with a vengeance. As much as I am always inclined to reach for a tylenol cough and cold or ny-quill product, my health training has slowly taught me to try a different approach. Sure, these standard over the counter … Read More
6 Ways To Improve Your Health
Finding out there are chemicals hiding everywhere can be ridiculously overwhelming and scary. When I found out how they can impact my health and the health of my children, it just made me mad. There are literally chemicals everywhere that can wreak havoc on the body resulting in symptoms like weight gain, headaches, fatigue, trouble concentrating, allergies and even more … Read More
The Dark Time Of The Year
“It’s Never Going To Be Summer Again!” This was the first exclamation of the morning from my 3 year old. “It’s sure going to feel like that,” was my reply. Winter in Edmonton is long and dark. From decades of experience, I can safely say that January and February feel the worst. We are on the upswing when it comes … Read More
Why I Brew
Brewing Komucha is becoming more popular these days. Talks of mothers, scoby hotels and kombucha mushrooms aren’t super weird on Facebook anymore. In fact, in addition to all the home brewing going on, more and more kombucha micro breweries are cropping up. Even health food stores are selling kombucha on tap! So why kombucha? This drink is a tasty and … Read More
Love Your Bugs
Microbiome…. have you heard the word? Five years ago I hadn’t but there was already a world of scientists exploring it and today there is even an entire medical journal dedicated to publishing research on it. So what’s a microbiome? It’s a grouping of bacteria that create their own ecosystem and have relationship with the human they live on. Of … Read More
Scents Of Christmas
When we close our eyes and imagine Christmas we are surrounded with the smell of Cinnamon, Ginger, Orange, Cloves, Christmas trees and usually something sweet. We also remember the story of the 3 wise men bringing Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. These smells and these stories have been past down for centuries. I’ve always wondered where and why traditions have been … Read More
Green Up Your Life For Better Health
Green is the new black. Going green is the wave of the future, improving not only the quality of our earth but also of your health. We hear about green when it comes to cleaner food options, better cosmetics and body care products and energy efficient products. Sometimes we forget that literally greening up our home environment can lead to … Read More
Juicing For Your Beauty
Juice fasting is gaining popularity these days in the health field, especially after the “Fat, Sick And Nearly Dead” documentary made it onto Netflix. I’ve only done one 5 day modified fruit cleanse and I have never done any sort of fasting until this past weekend. Being a health coach, a yoga instructor and a fitness trainer, I thought it … Read More
How Creating Connections Helped Me Kick A 2 Decade Habit!
There comes a time when you realize how you have lived is just not going to work for who you are ready to be. It can be overwhelming, sad, and empty feeling when you discover that. For me it’s been downright terrifying, but if you read my blog a couple weeks ago about finding courage in your daily life, I have never been … Read More
Silver Linings
I lost a baby in April of 2012. When I was 19 weeks pregnant, I went in for a regular mid-point ultrasound and the technician told us that there was something wrong. In the next 4 weeks we had more ultra-sounds, a fetal echo-cardiogram and a fetal MRI, we were told our baby had a huge whole in it’s diaphragm and … Read More
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