The season is changing. Your movement can change with it without disappearing.

There are almost an endless number of essential oil combinations that can be created, but creating a beneficial and well-balanced blend is not choosing three oils that sound appealing and putting them together. We consider the purpose of the blend, the aroma, the strength, the method of use, the people who will be using it, and ingredients that may need to be avoided or adjusted. Sometimes we make a small change to a recipe, and others the person and situation become the star

It is also especially useful if you live somewhere else in Canada and are wondering whether we can still help you. You do not have to live close to Nova Scotia to have a conversation with us. We work with people remotely, ship across Canada, and can discuss products, custom formulations, and appropriate service options no matter where you are located. Sometimes ten minutes is all it takes to answer the question that was keeping you from reaching out in the first place.

You cannot make an informed choice about something you’ve stopped noticing. Something can become part of your normal environment long before you ever stop to ask whether you actually want it there.

You cannot make an informed choice about something you’ve stopped noticing. Something can become part of your normal environment long before you ever stop to ask whether you actually want it there.

Meal planning is so much more than creating a grocery list. Long before your first bite. Behind each meal comes awareness, intention, and planning — or lack of them. When does your supper actually begin? Most of us would probably say that it begins when we sit down with the plate in front of us, or possibly when we take the first bite, but by then a remarkable number of decisions have already been made. Someone has decided what the meal will be, the ingredients have been chos

We use the word energy all the time. We say we have none left, that someone changed the energy in a room, that certain foods give us energy, or that getting outside and moving can somehow make us feel more alive. Most of us recognize these experiences immediately, but we rarely stop to ask what is actually happening, why our energy can change so quickly, or how much of what we feel each day may be influenced by what we eat, how we move, and the people around us,

For most of us in Canada, water has always seemed abundant. We turn on the tap and expect it to be there. And most of the time it is! But increasingly erratic weather is changing the way we need to think about water. Long dry stretches can be followed by sudden heavy rain — sometimes so much, so quickly, that instead of soaking into the ground, it rushes away.

How do you let your child become their own person without losing the relationship that helped them become one?

In The Cost of Never Stopping, we spent a lot of time talking about how busy we have become, but one of the most important things we discovered was that being busy doesn't necessarily mean being physically active. We can have an exhausting day mentally and emotionally while our bodies have barely changed position, or we can have a day in which our bodies have been working almost constantly while our minds are dealing with their own demands at the same time.

What Happened Before You Finally Ate? When we talk about nutrition, we almost always begin with the food. What did you eat? Was there enough protein? Were there vegetables on the plate? How much sugar did you have? Were the carbohydrates good ones? All of those questions can be useful, but after everything we have been talking about in this Wellness Letter, I think there may be another question we need to ask first: what happened during the hours before you finally sat down

One of the ideas behind Movement Matters was that we don't always need to find another large block of time in an already busy day before we can move more. There are little pockets of waiting time already built into our routines — the kettle is boiling, supper is cooking, the microwave is running, or we're standing at the counter waiting for the next thing.

When most people think about exercise, they think about stronger muscles, a healthier heart, or perhaps losing a little weight. Very few people think about their skin, yet one of the most fascinating things about the human body is that movement influences nearly every system that keeps our skin healthy.

We spend so much of our lives looking at our skin from the outside that it is easy to forget it is one of the hardest-working organs in the human body. There is certainly a place for good skincare, and I have spent much of my life helping people choose products that are appropriate for their skin type, but I have also learned that the story of healthy skin begins long before we ever open a jar of face cream.

Your Body Was Designed to Move There is a saying that has stayed with me for many years: "Motion is lotion." It sounds simple, but there's a great deal of truth behind it. Our bodies were designed to move. Every muscle, joint, tendon, ligament, and bone depends on regular movement to stay healthy and continue doing the jobs they were created to do. Movement helps keep our joints flexible, our muscles strong, our circulation flowing, and our balance working well. It even supp

There is an old saying that has stood the test of time: "Let food be thy medicine." While no single food can solve every health concern, the meals we prepare and enjoy every day provide our bodies with the building blocks they need to repair, restore, and function at their best.

When most of us think about inflammation, we picture swollen joints, sore muscles, or an aching back, but inflammation is often much bigger than the place where we first notice it.