My husband wasn’t picking up so when she answered the phone, between sobs I was able to say, “CRISIS! HELP!” My mother-in-law said, “Who is this?” “Tonia.” Breathe. Sob. “I can do this.” Breathe. Sob. “Okay.” I somehow managed to explain that my dog had returned from her daily outing on the land where we live with [...]
Do you like Day Light Savings? Gah. I don’t like time change day. It started a few years ago when I began to recognize that everything seem to be about 10° weird for the few days after time change day. Drivers driving crazy. Relationships relating wonky. And physiologically just feeling off – tired, cranky, blah. And that [...]
I can’t believe I haven’t written about this before. Wait. Let me back up. On the weekend my husband and I traipsed from the exotic rain forest where we live on an island in the Pacific to a different part of the same rain forest and island – a little coast town called Ucluelet. We [...]
I just went for a walk to help my brain come up with a new article to write for you. While I was out tromping about with my dawgy, one of my besties texted, “Hey Dr. T! Do you have any recommendations for a natural cough suppressant? Or a throat spray that helps calm the [...]
Gosh, I do envy the ability of my dog to shake off stress and move into the next present moment, wagging her tail and loving life. I let myself be emotionally wounded today. And while I have great strategies and loved ones to help me through hard and awkward times, I still feel quite shocked. [...]
My sister was visiting recently and she was staying in my sacred studio space. It’s the space that I go to as soon as I get up to do my morning routine – before opening my email, checking my phone, going on Facebook – before anything. OK, well after going to the washroom. It’s my [...]
I had an important breakthrough a couple months ago. I busted through a belief system that I’ve been carrying around for 8 years. At least. A belief system is a conscious (or more commonly unconscious) story that the nervous system and every body cell “knows” to be true, which creates various behaviors, responses, reactions, and [...]
Early December I drove for 2 hours to see Gabrielle Bernstein speak. If you’re not familiar with her, I do recommend checking her out. She is a certified Kundalini yoga and meditation teacher, best-selling author and inspirational speaker. She has been named “a next-generation thought leader” by Oprah Winfrey and has been named “a new role model” [...]
In my head, I’ve been constructing a revamp of an article I wrote for the Plan Facebook page a few weeks back. I wrote it at the time because that week 3 patients asked me about calcium supplementation after seeing a story CBC shared about how it can do more harm than good. Truthfully this is not new [...]
I spent Sunday at a workshop all about touch, pleasure, giving, and receiving – topics I felt I had a pretty good handle on (yep, pun intended). I know how important touch is, so I was eager to go deeper and learn more. There were several insights, mini and ginormous AHAs alike. Actually, my mind [...]
