Collective Wisdom:
Healing Through Shared Knowledge, Lived Experience, and the Body’s Intelligence In a world that often prioritizes individual achievement and expert-driven solutions, the concept of collective wisdom invites us to pause and remember something essential: healing, growth, and resilience are not meant to happen in isolation. From both a social work and functional nutrition perspective, collective […]
What Is the Residue from COVID?
A Social Work and Functional Nutrition Perspective The COVID-19 pandemic did not end when infection rates declined or restrictions lifted. Instead, it left behind a complex residue—biological, psychological, and social—that continues to shape individual lives and collective well-being. From a social work and functional nutrition perspective, this residue is not just about lingering symptoms; it […]
Understanding the Work Habit
This week’s blog post is printed with permission from Dr. Michael M. Newman, DNM, Ph.D, HHP, FAIS, Doctor of Natural Medicine, Author, Researcher: Neuroscience coach; Stress and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Understanding the Worry Habit Loop From a neuroscience perspective, worrying is a habit. Our brains often see worry as a way to protect us. Even […]
Whole Wisdom
I wrote a book on the Whole Wisdom of the mind and body. The book will be published on December 12, 2025, and the task of writing did not come easy to me. I am not a writer, I am just someone who has something to say, about 150 pages worth of something to say. […]
Who is Weston Price?
Weston A. Price is a Canadian that you have probably never heard of. Price was a dentist that travelled all around the world and through his research connected diet to physical health. Price also was the forerunner of understanding tooth decay, and his research was the foundation that influenced nutrition. Weston was the first to […]
Adults Suffering From Childhood Trauma
It is estimated that 60% of adults have experienced childhood trauma of some sort. 64% of adults report having an ACE, Adverse Childhood Experience. Children often do not tell about the incident for many reasons, including being afraid of getting into trouble, shame, guilt or self blame about the events; fear of the offender, fear […]
What is Cortisol?
Cortisol is a critical hormone and can be called a “stress hormone” which is produced by the adrenal glands. Cortisol affects nearly every organ and tissue in your body. What most people do not know is the cortisol’s primary function is to regulate metabolism, controlling blood sugar and blood pressure, suppressing inflammation, and managing your […]
What is Healing?
Healing can have some negative tension to it, in general it is thought of as the act of becoming healthy again. Individuals who have experienced trauma might not associate your physical issues with your trauma experience. The other issue is that there might be a fear of vulnerability. There are five warning signs of stress; […]
Adrenal Fatigue
What is adrenal fatigue, and what causes it? If you are someone that has experienced childhood trauma then your adrenal glands have been producing and producing and producing excess cortisol because your body believes it is necessary for your survival. Possibly creating this message through overthinking or negative thoughts on safety. If you are experiencing […]
ACE Childhood Trauma
What exactly does ACE mean? Adverse Childhood Experience regarding childhood trauma. These are childhood experiences that are stressful, potentially traumatic events or situation like abuse, neglect or household dysfunction. These experiences can have a negative long-term impact on the person’s physical health, mental health and behaviour. Some of us have more resiliency than others, why […]
Cultivating Resilience
What does the term resilience mean and why do we want our children to be comfortable and understand it, why is it so important? The meaning of the word resilience is to withstand or to recover quickly. The ability to return quickly after something bad has happened. Why do trauma researchers emphasize that resilience is […]
What is Pre-Verbal Trauma?
There is a little whisper of what is called pre-verbal trauma, things that happen before you have the ability to communicate verbally. Experiences that could be involved are problematic birth, inattentive parent, physical abuse, poverty, or neglect. Like most women who have had multiple pregnancy and delivery stories we can all attest that no two […]