Did you know that not only what you choose to think, but also how is up to you? That’s right. YOU are in charge. Not only of what you eat, what clothes you wish to wear and who you will face book with or not today, but also what and how you will think or
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Suppose you have a rocket – an incredibly sophisticated and complex machine – and you are planning the voyage of a lifetime to Mars. A trip like that will require all sorts of supplies. You will certainly need fuel – but what kind? Your rocket will need huge amounts of energy to journey to Mars,
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Great examples of community include your neighbourhood, church or workplace and to some extent your FB page now too. Did you ever stop to think of the community you have inside? Organs, tissues, cells and moment to moment chemical reactions, who orchestrates this community? Researchers today have demonstrated that it is no longer a question
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Lack of sleep is often linked to an unhealthy lifestyle and poor health status (BMC Public Health 2006; 6:59). That’s because the body does the majority of its “repair” work overnight. Vaughan Chiropractic believes that a good night’s sleep is an integral part of the chiropractic lifestyle: a philosophy that focuses on preventing disease before
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For many years now, I (Dr J) have been running. And for the past year our daughter has been competitively swimming. This summer, we decided to stretch and push ourselves in something new. So, I’ve been swimming.and my daughter has been running. And add in biking.and we’re training for a triathlon together 🙂 I thought
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My first grade 9 homeroom teacher Mr. Tucker was an intimidating man. I’ll never forget his front door quote “I prefer the errors of enthusiasm over the indifference of wisdom”, his brush cut trim, blue sports blazer and thick eyebrowed stare. He also was unique in that he posted above his chalkboard in big bold
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Throughout our path so far, we have come across a wonderful number of healthy resources on conceiving, healthy pregnancy and healthy birth, that combined with a healthy spine and nervous system can help lead to a beautiful empowering birth. Birthing From Within Author, Pam England Fun, informative and inspiring, bringing the creativity of pregnancy to
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With spring and warmer weather, comes an innate need and desire to be outside. It is something our body craves. Our body reconnects with nature, through all the senses each time we’re outside. Spending time outside encourages movement, which helps keep us lean and strong and healthy. Spending unstructured time in nature, encourages imagination. Spending
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Family dinner tables, Olympic villages and fast food chains like Chipolte, are today serving more organic meat than ever before. Although in the Tsiapalis family we rarely eat any meat, if and when you do see it, it’s always organic. Like many of you, the question of whether or not to that extra dollar on
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Last week our 9 month old daughter, Matea, experienced her first infection. Although she was being breastfed, she had an infection that had yellow-green goop coming from her eyes, nose and ears. And although many think of antibiotics as a first defense in such an infection, remember that our bodies are designed to fight the
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