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Look Like Gold, Feel Like Gold

Welcome to Gold Tan & Sunset Spa, your premier beauty and medical spa, now in Sudbury since March 2023! With 36 years of experience, our highly trained aestheticians are dedicated to providing you with exceptional, personalized services in a tranquil environment. Indulge in rejuvenating facials, soothing massages, and advanced cosmetic injections, or explore our transformative treatments like permanent fat freezing. We also offer tanning and innovative infrared and ozone therapy. With state-of-the-art equipment and the finest skincare products, we invite you to experience a haven that nurtures your mind, body, and spirit. Bring in this paper for 20% off any regular priced service!

Embrace Vibrant Colour Therapy!

Colour Bath® is a vibrant colour and chakra therapy treatment using organic pigments, not synthetic dyes. Colour is a healing vibration, with stronger, purer hues providing powerful energy. Designed for its therapeutic properties, Colour Bath® helps balance your chakra system. Each colour vibrates at a unique frequency, offering special qualities and influences. Given that human development starts in a water environment, the combination of colour and water amplifies this healing power. Experience the profound impact of Colour Bath® as it speaks the powerful language of colour.

Local Bounty, Delivered Fresh

Click Fork has been transforming local food access since 2018 by connecting consumers with nearby farms and artisanal producers through an online marketplace. Serving Sudbury, North Bay, West Nipissing, French River, and surrounding areas, Click Fork offers convenient home delivery and several free drop-off locations. Customers can easily view drop-off dates and locations at checkout, with the flexibility to choose their preferred site. Deliveries occur bi-weekly throughout the year, ensuring fresh, seasonal products are always available. Support local agriculture and give a Click Fork Gift Card this holiday season for your family and friends—farm-fresh food is just a click away!

The Power of Gratitude

Gratitude is a powerful tool with transformative effects on mental health and overall well-being, especially for seniors. In later years, aging can be a time of fulfillment and joy, and practicing gratitude may be key to unlocking these enriching experiences. Beyond boosting emotional well-being, gratitude also supports physical health by improving sleep quality and reducing stress and depression. Taking a moment each day to appreciate even the smallest joys can lower the risk of heart attack, angina, and stroke, help manage arthritic pain and reduce frailty in older adults.

Book Club

Burnout – The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle – By Emily Nagoski PhD and Amelia Nagoski DMA. This ground-breaking book explains why women experience burnout differently than men—and provides a simple, practical plan to help women minimize stress, manage emotions, and live a more joyful life. With the help of eye-opening science, prescriptive advice, and helpful worksheets and exercises, all women will find something transformative in these pages—and will be empowered to create positive change.

Empowerment Through Healing

Discover inner power for holistic wellness and personal transformation. With specialization in the nervous system regulation, energy healing, and mindfulness body awareness through EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), Breathwork, FlowFusion, and Qigong. this approach guides individuals to understand the language of their nervous systems and reconnect with the body, regulate emotions, and unlock strength. These practices benefit those facing addictions, cPTSD, PTSD, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, autoimmune conditions, ADHD, anger, and other stress-related disorders. Experience the profound impact of healing from within for a balanced, empowered life.

WellnessNews Welcome

Welcome to the inaugural monthly edition of Sudbury North East WellnessNews Choices for Healthy Living® Healthy living involves making daily, positive decisions and assuming responsibility for enhancing various aspects of life, including physical, emotional, social, occupational, financial, and spiritual well-being. Sudbury North East provides abundant opportunities, and this monthly publication serves as a vital link to local support systems. Don’t forget to share this valuable resource with your loved ones, follow our Facebook: sudburywellnessnews and subscribe to receive local health tips via email by visiting Wellnessnews.ca online. Your well-being journey starts here.

Knee Deep In Cold Season

There’s nothing like the beautiful fall colours and hearing a dreaded “ACHOO!” in your ear. Combining traditional Chinese medicine, it helps fend off colds and flu while supporting recovery for those who are chronically exhausted or recovering from surgery or chemotherapy. With its main ingredient, Astragalus, it boosts immunity, enhances energy, and supports healing. Astragalus is an incredible adaptogen that helps the body handle temperature fluxuations that tend to weaken the immune system during cold and flu season! Available in liquid or capsules, it’s a must-have for your medicine cabinet!

Restore, Move, Thrive

Physiotherapists are highly trained professionals who graduate from Canadian universities’ Faculty of Health Sciences. Our primary goal is to prevent and manage acute and chronic pain, as well as movement dysfunctions. We offer personalized, hands-on treatments to restore function and mobility following disease or injury. Clinical and research evidence demonstrate the benefits of physiotherapy for a variety of conditions, including athletic injuries, neck and back pain, car accident recovery, headaches, dizziness and vertigo (BPPV), jaw pain (TMD), tendinitis, arthritis, work injuries, post-operative rehabilitation, and osteoporosis, among others.

National Personal Space Day:

Embracing Boundaries and Consent

November 30th is National Personal Space Day, established by Carol Winner in 2019. Originally created to promote health by respecting personal space and preventing the spread of germs, this day highlights a deeper principle: the importance of boundaries and consent. It serves as a reminder that honoring personal space and practicing consent are essential for creating a society rooted in mutual respect.
Consent and boundaries are more than just buzzwords—they are the foundation of healthy interactions. They help protect our sense of self and ensure that our physical and emotional needs are met. While advocating for personal space and enforcing boundaries can sometimes feel awkward, it is a fundamental aspect of personal growth and healing. Understanding and respecting boundaries helps build trust and fosters more meaningful, respectful relationships.

Learning about consent starts early, and it’s our job as caregivers to guide children in recognizing and asserting their personal space. For instance, when greeting or saying goodbye to family members, let children decide if they want to hug, a kiss, or no physical contact at all. Respecting their choices in these moments sends a powerful message that their comfort and consent are important. If a child says “NO” to being tickled, even if they’re giggling, it’s essential to respect their “NO”. Modeling and reinforcing respect for boundaries is essential and, as caregivers, it is our responsibility to reinforce our children’s “NO” when someone else is not respecting it, including other adults. This practice helps reinforce that “NO” means “NO,” no matter the situation. By consistently supporting and advocating for their boundaries, we foster a culture of respect and consent, ensuring that everyone feels safe and valued.

For adults, many of us didn’t grow up in environments where our personal boundaries were fully respected, and we may not have learned how to set them effectively. However, it’s never too late to learn about consent and how to honor our own needs. Just as we teach children the importance of respecting their boundaries, we must also learn to uphold our own; our “NO” should be respected, and we shouldn’t feel guilty for asserting our needs and wishes. Embracing our boundaries is a crucial part of self-care and maintaining personal integrity.

National Personal Space Day is a chance to reflect on how we handle boundaries in our daily lives. By making a conscious effort to respect and advocate for personal space, we contribute to a society where everyone feels safe, valued, and heard. Whether through setting our own boundaries or teaching others to do the same, our actions on this day—and every day—show our commitment to respecting personal space and fostering a culture of consent.