I’m grumpy. It’s been a week. Controversy, convoys, conspiracy correlations. I’m fed up with it, and I’m done. Except it’s not necessarily done with me. One of the most powerful lessons I ever learned as a healer was that feelings are vibrations in the body. At first, I thought that…
Here's another story of a recent patient of mine. Like many, this woman came for therapy to improve her quality of life. She was experiencing high stress and anxiety. The session began as I normally like them to. I started explaining that no matter what happened, she would never hurt,…
I’m sure by now we’ve all heard the phrase “Why do I live where the air hurts my face?” After the recent string of extreme cold warnings, I have never questioned my geographical residency more (and, in turn, my sanity). I find myself cursing our settler ancestors who just simply…
I taught my first class as a real-live teacher this week, and I just about threw up on myself. I’ve been teaching in some capacity for years, presenting at events and conferences of up to 400 people without completely losing my s**t. But this - this opportunity to teach was…
Mainstream medicine now accepts that the conscious, and unconscious mind, body, and immune system are all intimately interconnected. It’s a continuous and very responsive, multi-directional feedback system. The happy practical result of this, is that you can support the entire system through any one or more of these pathways. One…
Some of our Staff favourite holiday cookies! Shortbread Ingredients 1/2 cup corn starch 1/2 cup icing sugar 1 cup flour 1/2 cup butter, softened 1/4 cup margarine bottle of maraschino cherries Directions Pour maraschino cherries on paper towel to dry Stir together dry ingredients Blend in butter and margarine Knead…
You know what the BEST thing about cold weather is? It’s the sweaters. Who doesn’t love wearing a good sweater? Whether knit, pullover, zip-up, hoodie. They’re all good. As we get further and further along into deep freeze territory, my collection of sweaters are seeing increasingly more and more usage.…
Depression diagnoses are more common post Daylight Savings Time, according to a study by Danish and American researchers. Many more experience lowered moods at this time of year, without being formally diagnosed. Given the epidemic of stress and depressive symptoms since 2019, and the Fall time-change/shorter days effects, I offer…
November darkness + lingering covid protocols + months in survival mode = mild-to-overwhelming anxiety. It's not a secret that many of us struggle, nor is it that as the days get darker, we have more trouble surfacing. Coping with low mental health takes practice. There are lots of ways to…
