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Gynaecological Exams at Soma and Soul

What is a PAP exam? A PAP exam, or Pap smear, is a screening test designed to detect abnormal cells in the cervix that could indicate cervical cancer or pre-cancerous conditions. During the exam, a healthcare provider gently collects cells from the cervix using a small brush or spatula. The sample is then sent [...]

From Summer Freedom to School Routines: ADHD Strategies for Families

September is here, and if you’re anything like me, you’re feeling that familiar mix of relief and anxiety as we say goodbye to summer and brace ourselves for the chaos of the school year. Our summer had a few lazy, go-with-the-flow days, but to be honest—it was mostly anything but relaxed, at least from [...]

Back-to-School Basics: Top Wellness Tips for a Healthy School Year

As the new school year begins, it's important to focus on more than just school supplies and schedules. Your child's health and well-being are crucial to their success and happiness. This guide provides essential tips to help your child navigate the school year with confidence and good health. Make Sleep a Priority Sleep is [...]

Savour Summer: Tips for Keeping your Digestion on Track

Summer can be a season filled with outdoor activities, barbecues, and social gatherings. The changes in routine, diet, and overall lifestyle can have a significant impact on digestive health. This article covers some tips to help optimize digestion while you enjoy the warmth and fun of the summer months: 1. Stay Hydrated: With increased [...]

Summer Tune-Up: Discover the Benefits of Cupping Therapy

Summer is the perfect season to focus on yourself and your health and wellness, whether it's because school's out and you have more free time, or you're finally taking that much-needed vacation from work. Finally tend to that nagging backache or explore new self-care routines like cupping therapy to rejuvenate your body and mind. [...]

Are you feeding your allergies?

Are Feeding Your Allergies? Understand what 5  foods are making your allergies worse As the ground starts to thaw after the long winter, we can finally smile that Spring is here. However, for some of us, spring’s arrival can bring along its own torment of watery eyes, congestion, runny noses and itchy ears and [...]

What Should I Eat When I Feel Burntout?

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 [...]

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 [...]

Should I Send My Kids To School?

Should I Send My Kids To School? Like most parents, I have also been humming and ha-ing about the pros and cons of sending my four kids back to school. My mental chatter consists of endless unanswerable questions: Are my children capable of wearing masks all day? Will hand-washing and sanitation be enforced when [...]

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