When facing a life threatening illness like cancer, hair loss should seem like the least of someone’s worry. However, that is often not the case. For many patients it is one of the most frightening aspects of their cancer journey. The fact that their hair is quickly disappearing could trigger deeper emotions than simply the loss of their hair. It can cause cancer patients to feel exposed and vulnerable. Something that they are privately struggling with is now put on display for all others to see. When they stare at themselves in the mirror they may feel as though they are looking at a stranger. The important point to remember during this season of life is that there are many ways to regain control of their appearance. Help your loved ones seek out these options. Your emotional support for a cancer patient is always important.
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Improve Spring Mobility
Raking and gardening season is almost upon us and to help get ready for all the extra physical activity why not try a massage? There are all kinds of benefits to receiving bodywork before returning to normal spring activities. Massage therapy offers many benefits in preparing us for our spring chores. A good massage will reduce muscle tension built up over the winter, increase circulation to help limber muscles up for raking, and improve joint mobility to help ease our ability to haul a wheelbarrow. It is so easy for us to get excited to spend time outside in the beautiful weather and start moving, but without the proper preparation, we leave ourselves vulnerable to muscle strain, pain and even injury.
Jeanine Piche
www.sundragonstudios.ca
Pet Health
Want to get fit while hanging out with your dog?
No longer do owners need to choose between going to the gym and spending time with their own dogs. These classes are the first of their kind to be offered in Winnipeg and are designed for humans and dogs of all fitness levels and all fitness goals. Our goal is to create an environment where each individual team can be nurtured and supported in getting fit and having fun together, all while building a beautiful connection with each other. These classes can be used for socializing puppies and adult dogs, connecting with your dog, creating family time, getting an overweight dog in shape, having fun while burning off the dogs’ energy and the list goes on and on!
Contact Grassroots Canine today to get started on a new leash on life!
Shalin Hustad
www.grassrootscanine.com
Book Club: The pH Miracle
Balance Your Diet, Reclaim Your Health
by Robert O. Young, PhD, and Shelley Redford Young.
Never count calories, fat grams, or portion size again! Your body’s pH balance is the key to optimal health, weight, mental clarity, and overall vigor. Strike the right balance by nourishing your body with certain foods to create an alkaline environment, and say good-bye to low energy, poor digestion, extra pounds, aches and pains, and disease. This innovative program, proven effective over decades, works with your body’s chemistry to revitalize and maintain your health. Now completely revised, updated, and expanded, this classic guide includes the latest research and reveals the secrets of an alkaline-based diet (think plant-based, non-processed whole foods). Learn about how to remove toxins and balance your life with the incredible health benefits of this program.
Clean Eating: Spring Masala
Help balance your digestive system.
Ingredients:
1 tsp. cumin seeds
1 tsp. cardamom seeds
2 tbsp. coriander seeds
1 tsp. black peppercorns
1 tbsp. yellow mustard seeds.
Dry roast seeds together in a cast iron frying pan, until mustard seeds start to pop.
Grind all seeds and spices using hand grinder or mortar and pestle into a fine powder and store in an airtight glass jar.
Great on steamed vegetables, stir fry, soups, popcorn.
Kalee Mund
www.kaleemund.com
Made in Manitoba: Rawnata
Need a light, healthy snack to munch on during your coffee break?
Try Rawnata Hemp Snackers, available in chocolate, vanilla, and goji. Hemp Snackers are crunchy energy bars that supply protein, fibre, and Omega 3’s.
Need a healthy cracker that contains no flour?
Flax Crackers may be the solution! Pair them with cheese, gourmet jams, gourmet mustards, salsas, and hummus for a wonderful treat.
Rawnata is a modern twist on the Latin name “renate”, which means “reborn”. Rawnata is a Manitoba company that focuses on utilizing raw flax, hemp, and chia seeds. No flour, no additives, no preservatives and no empty calories. We use nothing but raw organic seeds, other nutrient-dense and purposeful vegan ingredients to renew and energize you. Ingredients are sourced locally, where and when possible.
www.rawanta.com
Positive Change
You probably have things in your life that you would like to change. It is easy to approach this desire to change from a position of negativity and hostility. We say to ourselves, “I’m going to kick this weight problem if it’s the last thing I do” or “I refuse to be stuck in this lousy job forever.” What we don’t realize is that negativity steals our energy. Running away from something rather than moving toward something leaves us drained and depletes our motivation. That’s why it’s often easier to lose weight once you start to see physical results. Our minds shift from thoughts like “I don’t want to be heavy” to “I want more of this getting thin stuff”. Make a list of things you would like to be different in your life and try to phrase your goals in a positive way. See how much more empowering it is to focus on what you do want rather than what you don’t want.
Tiffany Prochera
www.tiffanyprochera.com
Natural Product: Cardioflex Q10
A supportive nutritional supplement for doctor recommended diet and exercise plans that is designed for cardiovascular health. Cardioflex Q1O is a unique blend of vitamins and amino proteins taken daily as supportive natural therapy to enrich cardiovascular health, establish cholesterol balance, and reduce CRP (C-reactive protein).
- Strengthen the cardiovascular system.
- Dissolve atherosclerotic plaque.
- Relieve the pain of angina pectoris (chest pain).
- Reduce the likelihood of blood clotting, heart attack or stroke.
- Increase heart and other muscle strength and stamina.
- Reduce blood and tissue lipids (fats) and cholesterol.
- Reduce C-reactive protein (CRP indicates artery inflammation) as well as homocysteine levels.
- Increase antioxidant intake and activity to slow aging.
- Help natural immunity against viral, fungal, and bacterial diseases, including antibiotic-resistant strains.
- Reduce hypertension and improve overall circulation.
- Manitoba Made, Innotech Nutrition product.
www.a1nutrition.net
It’s Spring! Time to Edit. Clean. Organize
So you’ve been putting off that job…you know, going through that junk drawer (or is it that junk closet, or junk room?). It can be tough to get started, but the results can be so very rewarding. A garage that could actually house your car; an organized office rather than a room that acts as a paper wasteland; the spare room full of stuff that could serve as a guest room once again. And how about the overflowing kitchen cupboards, the boxes in the basement?
Join the others who have fallen in love with their home once again. Many clients have enjoyed the camaraderie of having a small team complete a daunting project. Let us help you jump start this process. We love what we do and are always on the on the lookout for Great Clients!
www.doneanddone.ca
Unthaw & Release the Layers
Spring…the perfect time for you to unthaw and release the layers that are no longer needed or useful. By shedding the old and awakening the new we lighten our load and free up new energy and ways of being that can bring in more joy and ease into our everyday life. Expand, refuel and renew our life force and open our hearts as we dance into the delights of new possibilities…on Saturday May 9th come join us for a workshop called Freeing our Sacred Self; Renewing and refuelling our energies for Spring.
D’Arcy Bruning-Haid
M.A. Counselling is a therapist in private practice working with individuals and couples from a mind-body perspective.
www.souls-journey.com
Giving Back: Longing for Belonging
Most of us take for granted the community that surrounds us. We have family, friends, co-workers, neighbours – people who help us celebrate life’s milestones, look out for us, and connect us to the broader life of our community. These circles of belonging are essential to our quality of life and studies show that they strongly affect our mental and physical wellbeing. But what if your circumstances exclude you from the life of your community?
Having a developmental disability can do just that and the folks at L’Arche Comox Valley are passionate about creating community that includes everyone – with and without developmental disabilities. The I Belong! Campaign is about creating a space where that can happen. Our goal is the construction of a Centre for belonging that also includes residences for those able to live independently.
Join us – support us!
www.ibelong.ca
