What if all emotions were a gift? with Caroline Dupont

In this week’s episode, we continue to build on concept of happiness as a choice, which was introduced by Dr. Jean Skillman in episode 8. I’m joined by one of my teachers, Caroline Dupont, where she explains the effect of emotions on our body. “The sensation of eating is numbing” – Caroline Dupont This is […]

More Than Good Food – the Podcast

More Than Good Food I love food but what I keep coming back to is that what we eat is only one component of our lifestyle. On top of posting pictures and writing up new recipe ideas, I spend time reading new research on movement, digestion, and stress management – but I thought it would […]

Is Your Love Affair With the Meal or the Memory?

Candy hearts

Sugar! It’s in the news headlines almost daily. There are heaps of it piled high on magazine covers. There are different scientific terms (like glucose, fructose, sucrose, lactose, dextrose, maltose) but it has dozens of different names to hide sugar on packaging labels. There are words that you might recognize (fruit juice concentrates, high-fructose corn […]

Enrich Your Life by Writing in a Joy Journal

Journal and pens

Keeping a gratitude, or joy, journal is an excellent way to practice natural stress relief. Not surprising, the majority of empirical studies indicate that there is an association between gratitude and a sense of overall well being. The act of writing provides a lot of purposes, from letting you release all those bottled-up emotions and feelings, […]

What is a Health Coach?

Spoonful of medicine

Lifestyle choices can significantly impact the effects of chronic health conditions, like diabetes, obesity, heart and stroke disease, fatty liver, arthritis and some cancers. This is why many health practitioners (doctors, specialists, naturopaths, chiropractors, etc.) will recommend their patients make some changes to their every day habits – maybe to increase their daily activity, or […]