Natural Wellness Solutions for Fertility, Pregnancy and Labour
By Jasmine Sufi, Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner Can a Detox Help Your Thyroid In recent years, I’ve found that thyroid concerns, specifically underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism) has become more regularly diagnosed and treated amongst my clients I wanted to investigate what…
By Amira Posner, My husband and I don’t dance. We both love to sing, and listen to a wide range of music, but dancing has never been our thing. A few years into our marriage I thought we should try…
By Talia Singer, Psychotherapist The words trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are words that are being used a lot in mainstream conversations and the media, but what does it really mean? According to the fifth edition of the…
By Talia Singer, Psychotherapist This is the classic story of burnout, told by one but shared by many. At first it may feel like exhaustion, such as, I should have gotten more sleep because Mondays are a killer. Then it…
By Talia Singer, Psychotherapist and Mental Health Nurse The relationship between thyroid function and psychological wellbeing was established well over two hundred years ago (Hage & Azar, 2011). Sciences of the body and mind recognize that fluctuations in thyroid functioning…
The New Year brings about opportunities to try something fresh and healthful for you. Many people have heard the term art therapy but not many people know what it involves and who can benefit from it. Adults in particular may…
By Talia Singer, Psychotherapist We all experience aches and pains in our lives, some physical pain resolves by itself and sometimes it becomes chronic. Chronic pain can be debilitating and hinder our daily routine. When this happens, feelings of helplessness,…
By Jasmine Sufi, R.TCMP, Registered Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner and Acupuncturist Did you know that the thyroid gland weighs only 20 grams (Bjergved Jorgenseh, 2014) and is responsible in regulating the body’s metabolism, energetic system and when healthy can improve…
By Patti MacGregor, RMT The postpartum period is a time of many physical and emotional readjustments. After childbirth, a woman’s body undergoes many structural and physiological changes in order to heal from the rigors of labour. Adapting to life with…
By Talia Singer, RN, Psychotherapist There’s an old therapy joke that says if you arrive early for an appointment, you’re anxious. If you arrive late for an appointment, you’re anti-social. If you arrive exactly on time for an appointment, you’re…
Acupuncture has been used for thousands of years to help decrease the anxiety related to stopping a drug, decrease craving durations and help the body detox in a safe natural healthy way.
Ovarian reserve is something that cannot be reversed. As females we are born with all the eggs we will ever have and gradually lose them through each menstrual cycle. However, the quality of the eggs we do have can be improved. The two big factors that I recommend to my clients are consuming high amounts of antioxidants and acupuncture.
