WELLNESS — Wellness

 New Year… new you! It’s no secret that so many of us head into the New Year with bold plans to change a particular aspect of our lives. Whether you are wanting to shed those extra kilos, eat healthier or spend more time with the kids, most people set a New Year’s Resolution into place. There is nothing wrong with this! In fact, it’s a great thing to do. It means we are still searching to better ourselves and to do better, and this is a good thing. The problem is making it two weeks into the New Year and...

Find out how to implement the 3 key steps to getting rid of bad habits and cementing new ones.  We’ve all got bad habits that we’d like to eradicate from our lives. However getting rid of them in isolation can be almost impossible. A far smarter strategy is to pair the bad habit that you want to get rid of with a corresponding good habit that you can replace it with.   Let’s consider a simple 3-step method to allow you to do exactly that.  How Habits Work There are three steps to the creation of habits: The Trigger The Behavior...

This flowering plan belongs to the ginger family, and its roots are commonly used in cooking. 

There’s no doubt that modern life is busy and it takes a toll on our bodies. We have the physical pressures of work, kids, school pick-ups, school drop offs, exercising, extracurricular activities, cooking dinner, laundry… the list goes on and on. Then, of course, there is the mental strain. Does your brain ever turn off? You’re thinking about packing the kids’ lunchboxes, getting them ready for photo day, what classes they have coming up. You’re thinking about work projects that are due, you’re wondering when you will be home to cook dinner, what you will be cooking for dinner. I...