This area is about maintaining good personal health as well as healing & maintaining healthy relationships with family members.
: Nutrition ~ Fitness ~ Physical, mental, emotional well being ~ Athletics ~ Sports ~ Vitality ~ Pet & animal health & well-being ~ Behaviour Enviroment Awareness Weather ~ World Disasters Ecology ~ Mother Earth ~ Natural Occurrences
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STEVE SISGOLD:
An amazing and unpredictable adventure began when you were conceived. From that very moment, your innate intelligence has steered you through a non-stop stream of sensations, feelings, thoughts and impressions that make up the 5-star thrill ride called life. Read more >>>
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| Renew Studio's Campaign to Support Cancer Survivors
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MARY GIUFFRE:
It all started with an invitation to attend a book signing of an inspirational group of women on Saturday March 10, 2010. I'm fortunate to call several of the authors of Canadian Best Seller 'The Power of Women United' my friends, so I went to support them. Read more >>>
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LISA ROBBINS:
Do you want to lose fat throughout your body, including where it is accumulated and buildup in your arteries, lower your cholesterol levels, lower your blood pressure and uric acid levels, rebuild your joints and bones, AND reduce cancer growth in your body? Read more >>>
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| A Timeless Ayurvedic Treatment for Emotional & Physical Detoxification
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DEEPAK CHOPRA & DAVID SIMON MD:
Ayurveda teaches that good health depends upon our body's ability to metabolize all aspects of life, assimilating that which nurtures us and eliminating the rest. Read more >>>
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DEVORAH GARLAND:
I am a self-made optimist. I committed to a positive outlook toward life at the tender age of 14, while seeking a solution to the hell I was in. I had two very negative role models in my parents and was frantically looking for a way to stay alive despite their chaos. Today, I am choosing to share the secrets of my success with you. Read more >>>
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LISA ROBBINS:
Have you ever tried to grow your own sprouts? It has to be one of the simplest easiest, and BEST ways to increase your nutrition. Read more >>>
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DONNA MARIE THERRIEN:
I'm not sure if there is anyone these days that can say that they don't have some form of addiction. From drugs and alcohol to coffee and scratch tickets it seems here in North America most people are fighting with one. Read more >>>
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LISA ROBBINS:
I have been making Hummus at home for several years now. It is so easy and quick to make that I cannot believe I ever purchased commercial hummus; not to mention that homemade hummus is infinitely more delicious and versatile than it's commercial counterparts. Read more >>>
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HEATHER THOMAS:
Repurposing is the modification of something to be used for a purpose other than its original intended use. Repurposing is another alternative beyond the already familiar common recycling practices for aluminum, metal, glass, plastic, paper, and cardboard. Read more >>>
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LISA ROBBINS:
Are you looking to cleanse your body this fabulous 2011 New Year? Would you like to know how to start right now, without buying expensive cleanses, using only groceries you would buy anyway?
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LISA ROBBINS:
Of all the questions I receive about health, this is the most common. People are starting to catch on that balanced pH is one of the key principles to maintaining optimum health. Read more >>>
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DAVID SIMON MD:
Lack of vital energy is a problem that usually defies conventional allopathic medicine. In most cases, if you go to a doctor complaining of nagging fatigue and flagging enthusiasm for life, you will have a series of blood tests to rule out the diseases that sometimes cause these symptoms. Read more >>>
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HEATHER THOMAS:
We may already be halfway through January, but there's no better time than the present to begin making positive environmental changes as part of your New Year's resolutions. Read more >>>
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SHERRY ANASHARA:
There are so many misconceptions about healing. The general consensus is that healing is found outside of you. This perception starts the search for the perfect place, the perfect person, and the perfect modality to heal you. Sounds great but if you are looking outside of your Self to find the healing for your physical and emotional issues, nine times out of ten it doesn't work. Read more >>>
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LISA ROBBINS:
Cold winter days find me longing for heart warming, savoury foods, searching through cupboards and rummaging through drawers for inspiring ingredients. Read more >>>
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LINE BRUNET:
New Year's Resolutions. Love them or hate them, it's the time of year that we all contemplate where we are and where we want to be. Personally, I think that resolutions, or goal-setting as I prefer to call it, should be a year round event, however, the dawn of a new year does seem to hold powerful promise in what lies ahead. Read more >>>
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DEEPAK CHOPRA:
As a young physician in the 1970's, I was attracted to meditation for two reasons, one personal, the other professional. The professional reason was the large body of scientific research that established that meditation is 'real' - that is, it produces health tangible benefits, including relief from stress and anxiety. Read more >>>
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LISA ROBBINS:
In 1976, Stanley Burroughs wrote a tiny book called The Master Cleanser, featuring our tart little friend, the lemon. He writes, "The lemonade diet has successfully and consistently demonstrated its eliminative and building ability. It may be used with complete safety for every known type of disease." Read more >>>
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HEATHER THOMAS:
We deem many things 'modern conveniences' because they speed up our processes and add efficiencies to our busy lives. However, while we race through one day to get to the next, it's easy to either overlook, or completely disregard the effects our choices have on the environment. Read more >>>
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LISA ROBBINS:
What? Healthy? Yes, everything can be health-erized! Eggnog is one of THE simplest recipes to turn raw, and why buy fattening, artery clogging, thick, sweet, cooked eggnog from the store, IF they have it in stock, when you can make it yourself anytime at home in 30 seconds! Read more >>>
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HEATHER THOMAS:
The Holiday season is filled with a seemingly endless list of things to do and people to see. We focus on gifts, food, decorations and a full calendar of parties, dinners and preparations. Read more >>>
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DEVORAH GARLAND:
Christmas wasn't much fun growing up. So I have faced this month with dread for many decades. Then, about 12 years ago, I started to change my attitude. Read more >>>
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LISA ROBBINS:
Rumballs are one of our favourite Christmas treats. For years I made rumballs with tons of butter, crushed cookies, chocolate chips and icing sugar. They were counter-productive to improving our health and energy levels to say the least! Read more >>>
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SHERRY ANASHARA:
Don't you just love it when someone tells you to should, could and would on your Self? Do you get angry, frustrated and resentful? Especially when someone says to you, "I am only telling you this for your own good!" What good? Read more >>>
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HEATHER THOMAS:
We often innocently and unintentionally find ourselves taking things for granted, whether it is people, our careers, the environment, or even material objects, like our cars or homes. Read more >>>
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LAURA HESELTON:
For centuries the cultures of the Far East have know and tried to share the physiological, mental and soulful benefits of yoga and meditation to their western cousins. It would seem that the trend has caught on in the West like a brush fire over the last twenty years. Read more >>>
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LISA ROBBINS:
Don't you just love Chai Tea? It's so fragrant, sweet and delicious. I've tried many commercial versions, and some are very good, but Alix taught me how to make delicious Chai Tea at home for pennies per cup. That is one of the benefits of having a daughter who worked in a cafe for four years! Read more >>>
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LISA ROBBINS:
There is a huge raw food movement sweeping through our world right now as people realize they can cure almost any disease by eating properly. Read more >>>
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"Intelligence has nothing whatsoever to do with thought. Intelligence comes into being when the mind, the heart, and the body are really harmonious."
~ J. Krishnamurti
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STEVE SISGOLD:
The inner workings of the body-mind are under the microscope as modern day scientists discover just how powerful and diverse human capabilities are. Science has now demonstrated that the mind and body are one system. Only in our thinking were they ever separated. Read more >>>
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DAVID SIMON MD:
According to the 5,000-year old system of natural healing known as ayurveda, everything in the biological world moves in seasons, cycles, and rhythms of expansion and contraction. Fall and winter are seasons of contraction, and many people notice subtle and not-so-subtle changes in their mood and physiology as the days grow shorter. Read more >>>
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HEATHER THOMAS:
Despite their environmental benefits, there have been several recent questions about the health concerns of Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs or CFLs, due to both the mercury contained within the bulbs and the amount of 'dirty electricity' that is emitted from them. Read more >>>
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CHOPRA & SIMON:
Every day in cities across North America, Europe, and Australia, millions of people roll out their yoga mats in studios, community centres, gyms, and even at corporate-sponsored classes at work. Read more >>>
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LISA ROBBINS:
Pau D'Arco makes a delicately scented, mild tea but its chemical properties that act against cancer are anything but mild and delicate. Read more >>>
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SHERRY ASHARA:
So many times in your life you may have missed opportunities that many weeks, months or even years later you reflect to the past with regrets, recriminations and sometimes anger for those chances that you lost. Why did you do it? Why did you miss those chances? The Why, Why, Why. syndrome! Read more >>>
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STEVE SISGOLD:
With all of the energy we are putting into the health care debate it's time we redefine who our 'Primary Health Care Provider' really is. The World Health Organization recently rated America 37th in health outcomes, on a par with Serbia. Our costs are more than twice as high per capita as those in other developed nations. Read more >>>
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| 25 Tips to Better Sleep
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JANICE TAYLOR:
As a Weight Loss Coach and a 50-pound big time loser, I fully understand that sleep plays a crucial role in our obtaining and maintaining our healthy weight and on our general well-being. Read more >>>
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DAVID SIMON MD:
Almost everyone suffers from some kind of addiction. Although relatively few people inject heroin or smoke crack cocaine, many of us are addicted to cigarettes, alcohol, food, work, the internet or shopping. We might have more subtle addictions to approval, perfectionism, control, emotional drama or just being right. Read more >>>
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DAVID SIMON MD:
The healing system of Ayurveda teaches that good health depends on our body's ability to metabolize all aspects of life. This includes not only the food we eat, but also our experiences, emotions, and sensory impressions. Read more >>>
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JANICE TAYLOR:
Especially when it comes to weight loss, people sometimes have to see the picture of failure before they can be motivated toward success. Read more >>>
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HEATHER THOMAS:
Originally published in 1971, the Dr. Seuss story The Lorax, was clearly a foretelling of the detrimental effects of industrialization on the Earth's natural resources. Read more >>>
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LISA ROBBINS:
Toasted sesame oil, fresh scallions, flecks of fiery red chilli, salty fermented vinegar and a touch of sweetness make this salad a gastronomical masterpiece! My family can't get enough... Read more >>>
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| Wellness is not the absence of illness; it is the presence of happiness, purpose in life, satisfying work, joyful relationship, a healthy body and living environment.
~ Halbert Dunn
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ANDREA THIEL CONNELL:
Today's society is absolutely obsessed with health and fitness. I suppose it's a good thing as far as obsessions go. With rising occurrences of serious health issues and disease I wonder though if people are approaching the concept of wellness from the right perspective. Read more >>>
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HEATHER THOMAS:
Trash is an unlikely topic of conversation around most dinner tables, but definitely something worth raising to a higher level of awareness. Like it or not, producing waste is an inevitable and undeniable part of our lives, but what we do with that waste is something we can control. Read more >>>
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| Common Burdock, Arctium lappa Southern Ontario, Canada
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LISA ROBBINS:
Of all the names for Burdock, Beggar's Buttons is my favourite. The flowers mature to burrs, the spiky seed heads well known for sticking to fur and clothing and whose structure was the inspiration for Velcro. Read more >>>
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JANICE TAYLOR:
The AMYGDALA an almond shaped structure located in the mid-section of the brain, is crucial to our survival. It is where the 'Fight or Flight' response lives. Read more >>>
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STEVE SISGOLD:
One million people were asked how they feel about what is going on with the economy in a recent CNN survey. The consensus? People are mad! Our economic woes are off the charts-soaring stress levels and angry feelings find many of us walking around like time bombs. Read more >>>
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HEATHER THOMAS:
Are you receiving the signs surrounding you every day? They may be as small as a wilting plant in your home, or as large as a nationwide draught or global warming. So how can you make a difference? Read more >>>
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DEVORAH GARLAND:
Make no mistake about it: stress kills. It's like a relentless sniper, lying in wait to pick us off as we rush around, too busy to notice the threat. Read more >>>
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FEATURE ~ RICK HANSON:
The Practice: Enjoy your hands. WHY? Sometimes it's worth remembering the obvious: you engage the world with your body - much of the time with your hands. Read more >>>
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LISA ROBBINS:
This recipe is lusciously scrumptious and decadent and everything a sweet should be; but there's something lacking...Badness! Read more >>>
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| If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water.
~ Bulgarian Proverb
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| FEATURE ~ JANICE TAYLOR:
The good majority of us have been carrying around suitcases filled with 'incompletes' and things we are 'tolerating'. Read more >>>
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HEATHER PARDON:
Balance comes in many forms in life. One of the greatest influencers in my life in learning the value of a balanced heart, a balanced life and a balanced diet was my Gramma Robb. Read more >>>
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LISA ROBBINS:
What is it that makes us choose to let others run our health and life and therefore our destiny? What drives some people to heal themselves with natural therapies, while others choose not to do so, and where is the balance in choosing to take care of your own health, and letting others make decisions for you? Read more >>>
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MARINA SPENCE:
I read an article in 'O Magazine' recently that said: Meditate: Daily relaxation exercises may cut the risk of death from heart attack by 30 percent and cancer by 49 percent. Read more >>>
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FEATURE ~ DEEPAK CHOPRA:
We are the only creatures on the planet who can change our biology through our thoughts, feelings, and intentions. When we fall in love, positive thoughts and emotions course through our body and strengthen our immune system. Read more >>>
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LISA ROBBINS:
An herbal remedy made with only one herb is called a Simple. I can't think of a more, welcome Simple than Chamomile. Chamomile tea is available in the tea section of your grocery or health food store, but this plant is also very easy to grow, and comes back every year by reseeding itself. Read more >>>
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