Keeping It Cool & Consistent: Navigating Summer Transitions & Eating Routines for Children with ADHD
As we approach the summer season, many of us look forward to a break from the routine of school and the chance to enjoy the warm weather and outdoor activities. However, for parents of children with ADHD, neurodivergent traits, or mental health challenges, the transition to summer can bring about unique concerns and challenges. One […]
Summer Survival Guide: Top 10 Tips to Keep Your Family Sane and Smiling
The summer season brings a change of pace and routine for families as kids are home from school. While it’s an exciting time filled with opportunities for quality bonding, it can also present challenges when it comes to navigating family dynamics. Here are my top 10 tips to help you make the most of the […]
Super-Nutrient Avocado Blueberry Smoothie
The warm weather is finally here to stay! We’re looking forward to all that summertime brings, including barbeque hangouts, beach days and good food! Try this Super-Nutrient Avocado Blueberry Smoothie recipe to kick off the new season. This recipe is from our Holistic Nutritionist, Amy Jones who loves supporting clients with all different needs but […]
Understanding the Role of Nutrition in ADHD & Brain Health
ADHD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects the central nervous system and involves symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. Managing thoughts, tasks, time and decisions can be challenging for someone with ADHD (otherwise called executive functioning) and can affect their ability to plan and prepare healthy meals. ADHD affects approximately […]
New Years. New You: How to Resolve Your 2023 Resolutions
There is something unique about the New Year that tends to inspire us. A new beginning provides a fresh calendar giving us a fresh start. We often think of the New Year as an opportunity to create a new perspective, new actions, new results, new accomplishments, and even new found inner peace. 2023 can be […]
5 Tips for Managing Stress: Lisa’s Holiday Survival Guide
Coming home for the holidays can be exciting for some, but can cause stress and anxiety for others. Here are some things that can help you manage the stress and anxiety of seeing family for the holidays: 1. Awareness Take the time to get clarity around what is stressful or anxiety-provoking about coming home for […]
What Should I Eat When I Feel Burntout?: 4 Food Tips to Heal Burnout
The catastrophic events that we have endured these past years has led to a flooding of do-or-die emotions, resulting in what I am seeing the most in my office these days: exhaustion and burnout. With the blurring of work-life boundaries and the urgent call-to-action to protect our families, communities and jobs, we have been left reeling and […]
Signs You’re Burnt Out: A Guide To Understanding If You Are Suffering From Burnout
Talk to any parent, health care worker, or teacher during these dark winter days and you are likely to hear a tone of exhaustion, resentment and inadequacy. These feelings mirror the exact criteria for burnout, a term coined in the 1970s by the German-born American psychologist, Herbert Freudenberger, in his book Burnout: The High Cost of High Achievement. […]
Pandemic Undertow: It’s not just “languishing”, it’s burnout
How to find our way back to our health Written by Dr. Mary Choi, ND Happy New Year??? The pandemic has swept across the globe and hit Canadians like a tsunami. Anticipating the approaching tidal wave, we ran screaming for toilet paper and ushered our children out of schools and playgrounds to save our most […]
Breathless
By Dr. Mary Choi Athletes are often taught to pace themselves on long endurance runs to push their efforts to a point that is challenging enough but not so hard that they fall short of the finish line. How an athlete calibrates this complex balance of effort is measured by her ability to have conversations […]