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Year 2024 in Reflection

Well soon we leave 2024, and I always like to...

December 31, 2024

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What are Oxalates?

Oxalates came into my scope because if there are too...

December 23, 2024

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Bio Individual Nutrition

What is Bio Individual Nutrition and how does it work. ...

December 16, 2024

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Wow

When I first set out to write a blog, I...

December 9, 2024

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Resiliency

What is resiliency in simple terms, it is the ability...

December 2, 2024

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Breathing

Breathwork is one of the most important starts to healing,...

November 25, 2024

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Meditation

Meditation is a practice technique to train your attention and...

November 18, 2024

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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)

What is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy otherwise known in the short...

November 11, 2024

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DBT-Huh?

In my practice I am trained in a a therapeutic...

November 4, 2024

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Art Therapy Opens Doors

As a certified art therapist, I of course have to...

October 28, 2024

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Internal Family Systems – Works!

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a type of therapeutic practice...

October 21, 2024

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Taking Responsibility for Your Own Health

There is a need for you to take responsibility for...

October 14, 2024

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Biochemical Individuality

and the Walsh Institute We underestimate the importance of nutrients...

October 7, 2024

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Glucose – Diabetes

Gut Health and Mental Well-Being In previous Blogs I have...

September 30, 2024

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Exploring Copper and Zinc:

Copper is a mineral that you need to stay healthy. ...

September 23, 2024

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Mineral Deficiencies

Minerals are defined as those elements on the earth and...

September 16, 2024

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can be debilitating for some. Obsessions...

September 9, 2024

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Negative Thinking

Often, I have clients who are plagued by negative thinking. ...

September 3, 2024

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Anxiety

Anxiety, the feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease typically about...

August 27, 2024

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Depression and Biotype

Depression is characterized by a pervasive low mood, usually accompanied...

August 19, 2024

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What is ADHD?

What is ADHD- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder? It is a...

August 12, 2024

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Trust in the Ability to Heal

Let’s face it, it is easier to heal from an...

August 5, 2024

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Water

Water plays a key role in many of our body’s...

July 29, 2024

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Diet and Nutrient Power

The power of Nutrients is an under-appreciated fact. The fact...

July 22, 2024

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Rest

The importance of rest, if we practice taking time in...

July 15, 2024

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Temperance

The term temperance is defined as moderation or voluntary self-restraint. ...

July 8, 2024

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Exercise

Exercise: is good for both the body and mind. There...

June 24, 2024

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Sunshine

The benefits of sunshine are endless so here are just...

June 17, 2024

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Water

Water: Every single cell is made up of water including...

June 10, 2024

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Air

The air we breathe plays an essential role in our...

June 4, 2024

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Trust in the Universe

There is always going to be uncertainty in life. The...

May 27, 2024

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What Is In My Control

What is in my control is a good question to...

May 21, 2024

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How Does Fear Affect My Body?

I have talked extensively on fear in past blogs. This...

May 13, 2024

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May is Mental Health Month:

May is mental health month! What does that mean? May...

May 6, 2024

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Embracing Fear

In Blog #67 we went through how fear comes from...

April 22, 2024

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Surrendering to Fear

The feelings of fear come from the reptilian part of...

April 16, 2024

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Fat and Depression Link

Depression can be described as a mood, a state of...

April 8, 2024

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Fat and Brain Link

Did you know that your brain is comprised of over...

April 2, 2024

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Fat Myths

Who started the myth about fat is bad? Not sure...

March 25, 2024

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Healthy Gut

A quick overview on the question, what is a healthy...

March 18, 2024

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Probiotic Myths

The myth about probiotics! Have you ever walked into a...

March 11, 2024

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ASD and the Gut

Scientists have found a “definitive association” between gut bacteria and...

March 4, 2024

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Austism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Honestly, I would like to be around the conference table...

February 20, 2024

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Healing the Body and Mind

I always tell all my clients that a diagnosis is...

February 13, 2024

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What is Pre-Verbal Trauma?

There is a little whisper of what is called pre-verbal...

February 5, 2024

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Effects of Trauma on the Body

Well, it’s a heavy topic but a necessary one, trauma...

January 29, 2024

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Trauma

Trauma is a pretty hard topic for the start of...

January 23, 2024

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What’s Going on in 2024 at Mind Health Connect?

What is going on in 2024 for Mind Health Connect. ...

January 15, 2024

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What’s Odd About the Gut Brain Connection?

One of the odder things about the human gut microbiome...

January 8, 2024

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Pick the Right Relationship

So, there is not be enough said about picking the...

January 6, 2024

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Gut Brain Connection

Remember we always say…trust your gut…a gut feeling is inexplicable...

December 18, 2023

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Gut Brain Axis

BLOG 49 discussed Gut Brain Connection and the Canadian experiment...

December 11, 2023

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Wow!

When I first started writing blogs it made me nervous...

December 4, 2023

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Is the Gut Our Second Brain?

Although in 2020 this event was not newsworthy at the...

November 27, 2023

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The Mindful Body

Understanding how our mind and body work and thinking out...

November 22, 2023

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Choice

Choice is described as an individual’s opportunity to perform an...

November 14, 2023

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Sitting with Fear

I am sure most of us felt the stress of...

November 7, 2023

The 10 Foods That Cause Inflammation

Just like there are foods that reduce inflammation, there are...

October 24, 2023

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Mind Body Connection for Long Term

What does it actually mean “Mind Body Connection”? Research is...

October 19, 2023

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15 Anti-Inflammatory Foods

When we are trying to shift our awareness to being...

October 11, 2023

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10 Foods that Cause Inflammation

As we discussed in previous Blogs that inflammation is designed...

September 26, 2023

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Tackling Stress

Tackling stress in your everyday life starts with small changes...

September 21, 2023

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Leaky Gut — What is it?

When your gut is unhealthy, the whole body is at...

September 12, 2023

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What is Inflammation?

Often, we hear of inflammation, but do we understand how...

September 4, 2023

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Changes to Natural Health Care Products

I do not normally take a public stand on many...

August 29, 2023

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Why I Chose This Path

I can’t tell you how many kids I have had...

August 23, 2023

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How I Learned the Hard Way

The journey of my health and wellness has been guiding...

August 16, 2023

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MTHFR Again!

One of my first blogs was about Methylenetetrahydrofolatereductase (MTHFR). I...

August 8, 2023

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Balancing Blood Sugar

We don’t realize the significance in balancing blood sugar and...

August 2, 2023

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Zinc Copper

There are many nutrients that are effective in enhancing MT...

July 25, 2023

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What Does Bio Individual Mean?

The term Bio Individual can be used when discussing health...

July 19, 2023

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Changes to Natural Health Care Products

I do not normally take a public stand on many...

July 11, 2023

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Metallothionein and Brain Health

Metallothionein (MT) is a protein that plays an important role...

July 5, 2023

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What is Pryole?

What is Pyrrole and what does it have to do...

June 26, 2023

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Understanding Oxidative Stress

Does anyone remember high school biology and the study of...

June 15, 2023

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Understanding Over and Under Methylation

When it has to do with nutrients for the body...

June 9, 2023

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Nutrient Support for OCD

Nutrient Support for OCD The brain is a chemical factory...

May 24, 2023

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Understanding OCD

Defining Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can be difficult as it...

May 18, 2023

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Walking with Depression

Walking with Depression According to the DSM-5 the diagnostic criteria...

May 12, 2023

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Nutrients for Depression

The medical and psychological sciences in general target serotonin through...

May 8, 2023

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Understanding ADHD

There has been so much research on, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity...

March 29, 2023

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Getting to the Root of ADHD

ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)...

March 20, 2023

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Heal Your Brain Chemistry and Heal Your Brain

A Canadian psychiatrist Abram Hoffer, pioneered nutrient therapy with schizophrenics...

March 13, 2023

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The Birth of Neurotransmitters

Brain chemistry is extremely complex and there is so much...

March 5, 2023

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Importance of Neurotransmitters

Dr. Walsh has been a pioneer in the development of...

February 24, 2023

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Understanding Acceptance

Understanding Acceptance Understanding and accepting a mental health disorder(s) can...

January 18, 2023

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Psychiatric Diagnoses with Diagnostic & Statistical Manual

Psychiatric Diagnoses with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual This next few...

January 10, 2023

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What Do Labels Mean?

It is all on the label! But one has to...

January 5, 2023