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Time for a Wellness Resolution

Looking to start the new year off in the right direction? How about making a wellness resolution?
Wellness is an active, lifelong process of becoming aware of your choices and making decisions that help you live a more balanced and fulfilling life. Talking to a counsellor can help you address relationship issues, learn to forgive and let go of anger and resentment. When we are compassionate to ourselves we can begin to address these issues. Now is the time to take care of yourself. You’re worth it.
Michael Kuntz, MSW, RSW, MichaelKuntzCounselling.com

Regenerate Your Back

Does your back chronically hurt? There is a method of treatment to regenerate your back called Ozone therapy. Used in combination with injection therapy, it results in about 75% of chronic pain sufferers to become permanently pain free. Chronic pain occurs in areas of the body that contain ligaments, cartilage or articular surfaces that have little circulation. This makes them especially vulnerable to the effects of decreased oxygen utilization and aging. When these areas become traumatized, there is a further decrease in circulation. Prolozone therapy with procaine, natural anti-inflammatory medications, vitamins & minerals and ozone gives the tissues what they need to heal.
Dr. Sterling Desmond, Dr. TCM, R.Ac., EvolveWithDesera.com

Want to Quit Smoking?

Are you tired of your addiction; blowing money in the air? Tired of being trapped in a downward spiral? Do you know someone who talks about wanting to quit and needs that extra little push to make it happen? Acupuncture is a natural way to quit smoking. Naturopathic remedies help to control the emotions that come with addictions. Look for a clinic that offers a variety of therapies including Hypnosis, Oxygen-Ozone-Therapy, Neurofeedback and TRE. Such a clinic can support you all around to be successful in stepping away from your addiction. Patients experience, after a few treatments, that a cigarette appears unappealing and may even cause nausea when smoked.
NaturallyHealthyClinic.ca

The Big Five 0! What is it about turning fifty?

Maybe your kids are gone, a career change or bankruptcy? You’re feeling new aches. Time is speeding-up. There’s lots you want to do. It’s overwhelming! How can you maintain your youthfulness and live life to the fullest, energetically, passionately? It’s time to step back and GET INSPIRED AGAIN. Believe your second fifty can be the most exciting part of your life. Limiting beliefs get passed down by family, friends, teachers, religious leaders, politicians, health practitioners, celebrities. Beliefs can change.
Laurent Goldstein, Award Winning Producer, “Your Second Fifty”, OnaScaleof1to10Film.com/events

Reconnective Healing® Not Just for Humans

A happy dog owner shared her experience. “The Reconnective Healing® session that our 14-year old dog Penny received was a tremendous help. She was experiencing bouts of hoarse coughing, keeping both her and me awake at night. Following her first RH session, she had a very peaceful night – and so did I! The second session cleared up most of the remaining occasional cough. As an added bonus, Penny seems to be more agile and is walking more easily. I too seem to have benefited from being present for her sessions; my joints are hurting less and are more flexible than before. Thank you!” J. H., A happy client.

Wellness Travel

We all travel for a variety of reasons. For some, it’s an escape and a break from reality. For others, it’s a chance to experience the unknown, learn and get out of our comfort zones. Over the past few years, a new reason for travel has gained popularity: Traveling for your own personal health and wellness. Wellness travel is all about putting your physical, mental and spiritual health at the forefront of your trip. It’s becoming one of the fastest growing travel trends today. By combining travel and wellness, you’re fueling your sense of adventure while nourishing yourself inside and out.

How Can I Bring Joy to a Local Child this Christmas?

For 50 years, the SOS Caring for Community at Christmas program has been making life a little bit brighter for local residents in-need. The program provides a special gift for children and youth and a local grocery gift cards for the adults. SOS Angel Trees are located in 46 local businesses where you can pick up an Angel ornament. Purchase the gift listed on the ornament and return your unwrapped gift to the store. A local child’s heart will fill with excitement when they find your gift, wrapped in bright paper under their tree on Christmas morning. The program also gratefully accepts monetary donations at their offices or through Canada Helps.

Take a Deep Breath: The Counsellor Cliché

When counsellors say “deep breath”, there is a physiological reason why this can help with things like stress and anxiety. Super-short form, we have two systems at play here: the “GO” system, (Sympathetic Nervous System) and the “SLOW” system, (Parasympathetic Nervous System). When we are anxious, the “GO” system kicks in increasing our heart-rate, muscle tension, and making our breathing shallow and rapid. Deep belly breathing tells the body that there is no need to be so stressed right now, and invites the “SLOW” system back on board. So, as we approach the Holiday Season, breathe on!

Heal with Prolozone

Modern western medicine is built on a “diagnosis paradigm”, wherein therapies are initiated based upon the diagnosis. In other words, the diagnosis, rather than the patient determines the treatment. Ozone, like most natural therapies, works by correcting homeostatic imbalances in the body of each individual patient, and is not directed at any particular clinical diagnosis. Ozone therapy itself does not produce the healing effect; instead, it induces the body’s innate healing mechanisms to create the healing effect. Thus, unlike medications and herbs, it can be successfully used in essentially every medical condition regardless of the diagnosis.

What is Caregiver Burn Out?

If you are a care giver of a loved one, it’s important to also take care of yourself. Signs of burn out are: withdrawal from family and friends; feeling blue, irritable and helpless; changes in sleep patterns; getting sick more often; and feelings of resentment. What can you do to support yourself? Talk to a trusted friend or co-worker; set reasonable goals; be realistic about your loved one’s disease, especially if it is a progressive disease such as Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s. Use respite care services when you need a break or while you are assessing care plan changes.

What not to buy for Christmas!?

A popular woman’s magazine ranked socks as the number 2 item on the list of things men definitely do not want for Christmas. What do they know? What could be better than sharing the feeling of wellbeing with someone you love? When you fill the man of your life’s Christmas stockings with the right socks, he will enjoy a gift of wearable technology that can reduce pain, increase strength and endurance and increase stability and balance for months to come. And to make sure that you are fair in your gift giving, don’t forget the women in your life. They too will thank Santa Clause for the socks.