Can we please talk about exercise? And clean eating? And brain health? But mostly exercise? Years ago when I had just finished school and I was studying for my naturopathic medical licensing board examinations (I know… that’s a lot of syllables, and a 5 DAY test is worth all them sounds). I spent 3 months [...]

John Mayer thinks your body is a wonderland. And I don’t disagree. Sexy or not, our bodies are amazingly fascinating! That’s part of why I love my work. But I also think of the body as a bucket. Less glamorous I know, but an extremely functional analogy. Run with me here. Lets say the body [...]

Lets Talk About Love, Baby As part of my personal growth this year I’m doing an experiment in De-Cluttering. You may have read my original post about it. You may even be following my progress. This all started because I chose a word for the year. For me, 2014 is all about visibility. And yes, [...]

Confused about all the hype? You’ve picked up from media, or your BFFs at yoga that you should be taking supplemental essential fats. YAY! Now you’re super healthy. Good stuff. Hold on pard’ner. You sure about that? While it is true that every single one of our however many trillion cells in our body requires [...]

Is Coffee Actually Good For YOU? I bet you’re already resistant to reading this article. Of all the things I kindly suggest people avoid to regain or strengthen their health, coffee (or caffeinated anythings) is by far the hardest. People don’t want to even talk about giving it up. (Tweet it!) I see this so [...]

Have you heard of this? The 80/20 rule? My wiki search came up with this, “The Pareto principle (also known as the 80–20 rule, the law of the vital few, and the principle of factor sparsity) states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.” I know the [...]

How To Declutter – One Day at a Time I mentioned in my article last week that I’m re-framing how I view the new year. In fact my exact words were, “I’m changing how I approach new years’ resolutions. Instead of creating statements and lists of what I resolve to do, I’m going for feelings [...]

I learn my lessons in strange places It has not gone unnoticed that this is not the first post about public washrooms I’ve written this year. I admit it’s peculiar that this is a time for me to learn and grow. To the average person a washroom is merely a time to attend to the [...]

A few posts back, I wrote about cycles and natural rhythms. In that post I candidly described how I came to understand how crucial it is to love all the aspects of myself. I’m not saying I’m perfect at this 100% of the time. But I do try. I even try to love the part [...]