Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Empowering Lives
Breast cancer affects millions of women worldwide. October has been designated as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Let’s take a moment to increase our awareness, educate, support survivors, and emphasize the importance of early detection through breast cancer screening.
Estrogen Dominance and Hormone Disruptors
We know environmental toxins contribute to climate change and the disruption of the delicate ecosystems on our planet. What is less well known, is that these same chemicals in our environment (air, water and food) and common household products (cleaners, cosmetics) can also mimic our body’s natural hormones and cause endocrine disruption in our body’s finely tuned systems.
Overcoming IBS and Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders, estimated to effect about 12% of the Canadian population.
Working with Your Natural Circadian Rhythm to Create a Healthy Morning Routine
With a busy schedule and sometimes working late into the evening, building a healthy morning routine has been a challenge for me. In the past when I’ve developed a morning routine, I often felt I was sacrificing sleep. I’ve experimented with meditation, morning exercise, gratitude journals, intermittent fasting all with the goal of creating a healthy morning routine, in order to feel energetic and grounded for my day.
How to Integrate “Hygge” into the Holiday Season?
The holidays for Canadians can be a busy time, with parties, entertaining, planning time with friends and family and shopping or making gifts for our loved ones. With all these plans, we can sometimes feel overwhelmed during the holidays. Wouldn’t a more relaxed version of the holidays be appealing? Considering the way the Danes enjoy the winter season, may shed some light on a more laid back festive season.