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Book Club: The Five Second Rule

In The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage, Mel Robbins talks about an important tool that can help readers learn to push themselves, instead of relying on teachers, friends, parents, coaches, and mentors for motivation. Find out what makes a “push moment” and how it will enrich your life and move you forward on the path to success. This powerful tool takes just five seconds and once it becomes a habit, is a simple but effective solution when it comes to our tendency to hold ourselves back and keep ourselves from happiness.

Community Announcement

We are pleased to announce that finally, after a year and a half of hard work and much deliberation, we received our letter of No Objection from Health Canada! We are going ahead with our research project investigating the use of stem cells for osteoarthritis. If you would like more information about this ground-breaking research project, the first of its kind in Canada please visit www.pagdinhealth.com and www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03984461.

Book Review: Remember to Live:

Embracing the Second Half of Life
Remember to Live discusses the importance of living your life now, and “remembering to live” by keeping your priorities clearly before you and using your time, talent, energy, and material resources accordingly. When we face the fact that life is not limitless, it clarifies our vision and intention. We stop putting things off for “someday.” None of us can escape life experiences like aging, illness, loss, or death. Do we deal with those reminders with fear and trepidation or with a desire to learn the lessons they have to teach and to continue growing through our encounters with them?

Community Event

May 5th, 9:00am-4:30 Lead to Impact – Channel the Power of You and Reach Your Full Potential. Is your life spinning out of control and you’ve lost sight of where you are headed? In this one-day workshop where you’ll learn the magical blueprint to change your life! The Atlas Hotel Regina. NadeneJoy.com

Book Review: The Antidote

Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking. Oliver Burkeman shows readers it’s OK to start rethinking what our attitudes are towards death, the unknown, and failure. This unconventional self-help book shines a light on people who actively face the “negative” things in life to find a unique path to happiness and success. The Antidote proposes that what makes us feel insecure, anxious, and unhappy is avoiding or eliminating things we think will make us feel that way. As it turns out, this philosophy can be linked to the ancient Roman Stoics and even Buddhists. In The Antidote, Burkeman introduces us to people doing things a different way.

Community Events

April 30: Customer Appreciation 20% Discount at you local Nourish Market. 143-1233 Lynn Valley Rd. North Vancouver. NourishMarket.ca Phone: 778-340-4030
April 6 – 9: Tofino Yoga and Wellness Retreat. All-Inclusive 3 night, 4 day. Welcome to the Pacific Sands Yoga & Wellness Experience. From beachfront Tofino accommodations, morning/evening yoga and nourishing meals, to an apothecary workshop and optional surf/massage add-ons, this seaside savasana is what your mind and body has been craving. Namaste. Maximum 12 participants by design; limited space available. PpacificSands.com/offers/pacific-sands-yoga-wellness-experience

Book Club: Throw Your Scale Away

By Kathryn McKenzie who is reclaiming the True Meaning of Health and Fitness. Is it time to re-examine your perception of health and fitness? Throw Your Scale Away! Reclaiming the True Meaning of Health and Fitness contains thought-provoking and humorous stories to highlight how measurements and expectations can affect your feelings and behaviours with regards to healthy living. This book is designed to help you discover refreshing insights, practical ideas, and sustainable solutions to help you focus on what is really important for true health and happiness.

Move More and Feel Better!

Many find it hard to stay active during the long winter days. Once spring arrives, aches and pains can stand in the way of carrying on as you remember. Joints, muscles, and tendons decondition rapidly. Often, a little bit of concerted effort can get you back on track. A proper diagnosis and treatment plan will outline realistic options. Non-surgical interventions are often sufficient. Recalcitrant problems may respond to precisely administered injections; ultrasound imaging and careful local anaesthesia make this well tolerated by virtually everyone. This smooth and effective treatment brings early and reliable improvement in pain, often allowing return to activity within days.

Reach Your Potential and Invest in Self Care

When you are on an airplane, the flight attendant always tells you to put on your mask before helping anyone else. Why? Because you are no good to anyone else if you aren’t well. The same goes for everyday life. If you want to reach your potential, invest in self-care. Here are two tips. 1) Schedule YOU time in your calendar as if it were an important meeting. Start with once a week and eventually, try for once a day. 2) Use that YOU time to do anything that helps YOU be well. Take a bath, read a book, watch a show, go for a walk, or, practice mindfulness.