Your face is the first thing people look at when meeting you. Here, we break down what you need to do to put your best face forward. — The face is a significant source of information about the internal state of our health. What is inside appears on the outside! …

Summer is often a time when the rules are a little less rigid. Come fall, we get back to “real” life. — Rumblings of apprehension and fear persist among parents, caregivers and generally everyone since the pandemic. It’s not a healthy way of living; so I try to help clients control what they have control over. It all comes down to three basic questions: What are you eating? How are you sleeping? …

Read this before you ask your child to bring out their “full potential.” — Imagine having friends over for dinner. You have been preparing this meal for hours, shopping for the ingredients, prepping the meats, chopping vegetables. As you begin the dinner, one of your guests says, “Um, is this your best effort at cooking? I think you have more potential than this. Next…

Get the family on board with positive habits to inspire a healthy home. — As we ramp back up to our regular routines of work, school schedules, extra-curricular activities and countless distractions of day-to-day, it’s essential to implement and sustain healthful activities for family members to follow suit. Here are some simple lifestyle tips for setting sail towards holistic wellness for the entire family.

No matter what the season, these colours (read, foods) will protect and power your immune system. — It matters what we eat — always. And tending to our immune health can be included. Over-consumption of sugary foods depletes our body of immune-supportive nutrients and weakens our defences. …

These “shrooms” have been around for ages. Research confirms they’re here to stay. — Growing wild in northern climates like Siberia and Canada, the chaga mushroom is one of the world’s best sources of antioxidants. These lumpy-shaped black and orange fungi are known as “black gold” — and for good reasons. Let’s take a look at a few proven health benefits of chaga mushrooms…

These are a MUST to support those dramatic transitions. Women’s bodies need specific nutritional support to thrive throughout the various stages of their lives. These powerful superfoods have been shown to address the issues specific to women, supporting longevity and vitality. 1. Sweet Potatoes With their high vitamin A content, sweet potatoes can…

It’s going to be a fun garden upgrade, this summer. — Butterflies are critically important pollinators. It’s time we accept and acquaint ourselves with their role in the ecosystem. By creating a butterfly garden, you encourage healthy pollination, which may naturally boost the growth and development of your plants. So why not devote some of your outdoor space to a butterfly…

It’s a grand transition, after all, and deserves a celebration! — It’s a life stage that is all too easily medicalized and forgotten, and it doesn’t need to be that way. Menopause… does the word arouse any positive feelings in you? When you hear it or say it, what comes to mind? Like far too many changes impacting our physical selves…