Can a Plant-based Diet Help Menopause Symptoms?
Is there any evidence behind a plant-based diet improving the menopausal experience? Find out in this blog post as I touch on topics such as phytoestrogens (soy, isoflavones, lignins, and more), fibre, and the estrobolome. Find out what foods might improve menopause symptoms.
The Best Ways to Stimulate Your Vagus Nerve
Find out the best ways to stimulate your vagus nerve. It’s easier than you think to activate this cranial nerve, improving the gut-brain connection’s signalling. It might be yoga, meditation, or massage that helps you light up this nerve, or maybe you’re interested in the nutrition for your vagus nerve.
The Top Reasons Your Vagus Nerve Needs Stimulation
The vagus nerve, a key player in the gut-brain connection, may hold promise for alleviating IBS symptoms and improving mental health. Learn how stimulating this nerve can unlock the body's natural healing potential.
When Your Vagus Nerve Needs Attention
Is your vagus nerve sluggish? Learn common signs of vagus nerve dysfunction and how it can impact your mood (gut-brain connection). Explore techniques to stimulate your vagus nerve for better health.
The Vagus Nerve
In recent years, interest in the vagus nerve and its impact on overall health has grown significantly. This blog series dives into the vagus nerve's function and why stimulating it can be beneficial.
Winter Solstice
As the sun sets on the Winter Solstice, light a red candle and settle into a comfortable spot, preferably in nature if you can brave the cold. Follow these steps for a profound connection with the season:
Nourishing the soul: Rest and the ART of well-being
In the rush of holiday preparations, let's take a moment to delve into the profound connection between vegan nutrition, rest, and the well-being of our soul.
5 Tips for a Happy Belly*
Here’s 5 tips for unleashing happy - through your belly and your mind.
Are you thinking too much about what others are thinking about you thinking…?
While you’re sitting there thinking that everyone is pondering what you’re up to, they’re thinking about something else: themselves.
7 Easy & Nourishing Ways to Get to Sleep
People aren’t getting to sleep, or feeling well-rested. Sleep is one of the first things I discuss with my clients. Quantity and quality of sleep is not only about feeling good the next morning, research also indicates that it can help prevent chronic illness or disease when optimal.
Is it Burnout?
Is it burnout? What is going on? Your stomach is in knots. You’re exhausted. But wait, there’s no stress today. Is there? Or could this be the lingering effects of stress from years ago? Take the quiz, get real and tackle stress before it takes a turn.
Can investing with a conscience play a role in mental wellbeing?
The theme this Earth Day is “Invest in Our Planet”, so let’s talk about financial health, which plays an important role in mental wellbeing. What if you could invest with your conscience and invest in the planet at the same time?
Put down your sword
Are you tired? Tired of carrying the weight and hiding your own feelings to be the strong one?
How Inflammation Affects the Mind and Body - PLUS What You Can Do About It
With so much information on nutrition and health out there these days, it’s important to understand what we need to pay attention to, rather than just add/delete from our lives.
Managing Stress (Part 5): Iron
We need iron to transport oxygen to our muscles, organs and tissues. But what happens if we aren’t getting enough iron in our diet and how does it affect how we deal with stress.
Managing Stress (Part 4): Calcium
This mineral is our body’s most abundant and when you think of calcium, you might think of your teeth and bones. And you’d be right. We store our calcium in our teeth and bones. Calcium is where we get the structure in our bones. But what does it have to do with stress?
Managing Stress (Part 3): Vitamin D
We hear so much about how we’re all shy on our vitamin D levels. With short summers and less time outside in Canada, it is really no wonder that most of us experience a vitamin D deficiency.
Managing Stress (Part 2): Vitamin B6
Did you know that vitamin B6 is involved in more functions in the body than almost any other nutrient, including helping to make you feel sleepy? To learn more about how vitamin B6 works with other B vitamins and minerals, such as magnesium, to alleviate stress, read more…
Nourished Facts: Magnesium
If you’ve ever had a toe cramp, spasm, or muscle ache, it may be your body’s way of telling you that you are low on magnesium. Magnesium can help your body and mind to relax and what most of us don’t know, is that we’re deficient.