

Superfood Recipe: Holiday Ginger Molasses Cookies
Happy holidays! I find baking to be very relaxing as a hobby over the holidays. It brings back childhood memories of cookie cutters and...


Top Life Lessons from Books I've Read in 2018
Call me human, but as we approach 2019 - I can't help but reflect on 2018. In 2018 I read - and listened to - a lot of books. Listening...


7 Health Tips to Survive the Holidays
Holiday season is in full swing! Do you have visions of sugar plums dancing in your head? Or, do you have nightmares of the bloat you...


The Comprehensive Guide to Why You Feel Tired All the Time
There are 2 sets of stories I get when people come to see me about feeling tired. Scenario 1: I'm so tired and I can't sleep! "I've...


Day in the Life of a Nurse Practitioner
Happy Nurse Practitioner's Week to my fellow NP colleagues! In honour of NP week I'm sharing a typical day in the life! Wonder what I do...


Seasonal Affective Disorder: 5 Ways to Treat SAD without Medication
Do you get the winter blues? Do the shorter days in the fall leave you feeling sad or down? Do you find you have less energy and feel...


Recreational and Medical Cannabis: The Basics
Recreational cannabis is legal across Canada as of October 17, 2018. While medical cannabis has been available in Canada with...


Recognizing and Treating Nurse Burnout
Nurses - Let's get honest here. Really honest. Have you been burning the candle at both ends - or so brightly at one end - that you dread...


5 Lessons about Work and Retirement I've Learned from Working with Seniors
I will never retire and I never want to. Shocked? I used to be just like you, dreaming of the day I could hand in my resignation papers...


Gut Health 301: Replace & Reinoculate
Your gut has a lot of mechanisms for natural protection. Stomach acid, bile, digestive enzymes, and good bacteria. If our guts have been...