Maintaining workplace mental health is vitally important. Stats show that most people spend the majority of their waking hours at work. Using break times is one effective way to improve overall mental health and boost productivity! Oftentimes, busy schedules and looming deadlines prevent us from taking breaks when we need them most. A short time away, doing something we enjoy, helps to reduce stress and emotional exhaustion, while providing a fresh focus and the necessary energy to accomplish tasks. Stretching, walking, listening to music, and reading or watching something funny are all ways to help lighten the load.
Stacey Shule Krueger, CMHA MB & Wpg, mbwpg.cmha.ca
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Meet Your Practitioner
Meet Janice Quennelle of Janice’s Feet First Reflexology and Eastman Therapy Centre. Janice has been working in reflexology since 2009, and was certified in foot reflexology by the Reflexology Association of Canada in 2010. In 2016, Janice completed a course on auricular reflexology (reflexology of the ear). Janice has also been an advanced Usui Reiki practitioner since 2005. She has taken courses in hot stone therapy and Gua Sha (traditional Chinese medicine therapy of scraping). She is currently in the midst of completing her certification in aromatherapy. An enthusiastic learner, Janice is always looking to add different modalities to her arsenal to help you feel better.
Janice’s Feet First Reflexology, Facebook.com/FFReflexology
Take a Load Off
Maintaining workplace mental health is vitally important. Stats show that most people spend the majority of their waking hours at work. Using break times is one effective way to improve overall mental health and boost productivity! Oftentimes, busy schedules and looming deadlines prevent us from taking breaks when we need them most. A short time away, doing something we enjoy, helps to reduce stress and emotional exhaustion, while providing a fresh focus and the necessary energy to accomplish tasks. Stretching, walking, listening to music, and reading or watching something funny are all ways to help lighten the load.
Stacey Shule Krueger, CMHA MB & Wpg, mbwpg.cmha.ca
Lose Weight & Still Enjoy Wine!
Research suggests people who follow a Mediterranean diet lose 52% more weight than the standard low-fat diet because it isn’t just a fad or limited list of foods. It’s a lifestyle based on a balanced approach to your meals, which focuses on produce, healthy fats, whole grains, legumes, fish, and even some red wine. Committing to losing weight for three months using the Mediterranean diet as a base, along with three booster products and three lifestyle changes, guarantees results. And there is no meal skipping! Look and feel great for all of your holiday parties and events!
Lisa – Modere, LiveClean.Market
Persistent Foot Pain?
Foot pain, especially upon waking up, is a signature symptom of plantar fasciitis, a common and often debilitating foot injury that can affect almost anyone. Plantar fasciitis involves inflammation of a thick band of tissue that runs across the bottom of your foot and connects your heel bone to your toes. Persistent pain caused by plantar fasciitis can undermine your fitness and general health and drag on for years. In some cases, resting, icing, and stretching can relieve your symptoms. Healthwest specializes in the treatment of plantar fasciitis by providing therapeutic massage, shock wave, laser, compression sleeves, and orthotics.
Brent Konantz, Ortho., RMT LCSP C PED. (C), Healthwest Prothotics, MyHealthWest.com
Achieve Fitness Goals in 2018
Achieve Fitness Goals in 2018
Moving toward a healthier lifestyle isn’t easy…but few things that are truly worthwhile are. It all starts with the Clean 9 program. This program is designed to help you remove stored toxins from your body and feel lighter and more energized. In just nine days, you can start feeling slimmer and healthier with the help of supplements, healthy meal options, and shake recipes that are so easy to follow! Finally make a New Years’ Resolution you can stick to. Here’s to looking and feeling better in 2018.
Kim, Aloe Lifestyle, AloeLifestyle.ca
Lose Weight & Still Enjoy Wine!
Research suggests people who follow a Mediterranean diet lose 52% more weight than the standard low-fat diet because it isn’t just a fad or limited list of foods. It’s a lifestyle based on a balanced approach to your meals, which focuses on produce, healthy fats, whole grains, legumes, fish, and even some red wine. Committing to losing weight for three months using the Mediterranean diet as a base, along with three booster products and three lifestyle changes, guarantees results. And there is no meal skipping! Look and feel great for all of your holiday parties and events!
Valdine – Modere, Valdine.ca
Take a Load Off
Maintaining workplace mental health is vitally important. Stats show that most people spend the majority of their waking hours at work. Using break times is one effective way to improve overall mental health and boost productivity! Oftentimes, busy schedules and looming deadlines prevent us from taking breaks when we need them most. A short time away, doing something we enjoy, helps to reduce stress and emotional exhaustion, while providing a fresh focus and the necessary energy to accomplish tasks. Stretching, walking, listening to music, and reading or watching something funny are all ways to help lighten the load.
Stacey Shule Krueger, CMHA MB & Wpg, mbwpg.cmha.ca
Mindful Holiday Eating
It’s not the shortbread or chocolates that’ll get you. It’s what you THINK about the shortbread and chocolates that’ll do it every year. It’s the extreme all or nothing thinking, the good food/bad food mindset. Mindful eating is the middle ground. Less food provides more joy and satisfaction. The questions to ask yourself this season before eating and drinking are: 1. Am I hungry? 2. How hungry am I? 3. What do I REALLY want? 4. How much will satisfy my hunger/craving, while leaving me feeling peaceful? 5. How do I want to feel in my body after I’m done eating? Lisa Kehler, Off Your Plate Nutrition, OffYourPlateNutrition.ca
Selective Hearing or Something More?
Think you’d notice if you have impaired hearing? Think again.
Those with hearing loss are often the last ones to recognize it. Unless the impairment occurs through sudden physical or medical-related trauma, hearing loss generally occurs slowly over time. This gradual change presents itself as people mumbling, unclear voices, or difficulty hearing through background noise. Friends and family are usually the first to notice when they aren’t being heard, or when they are consistently asked to repeat themselves. You may be tempted to brush it off as selective hearing. But if those close to you have said they suspect you have a hearing loss, it’s time to get your hearing checked.
Enhanced Hearing Centres, EnhancedHearingCentres.com
Holiday Hazards: Protect Your Pets
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—until your pet ingests some tinsel or decides to drink from the Christmas-tree water. Here are some common holiday hazards for pets: 1. Ribbon and rubber bands. If ingested, these can cause serious damage to the intestines. 2. Plants, including mistletoe, holly, poinsettia, and even your Christmas tree, can be very toxic and may lead to kidney failure. 3. Electrical cords. We all saw what happened to poor Fluffy on ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’. Use cord keepers to cover power cords or store all loose cords to make them less enticing for your cat or dog. Jamie Hercun, Best West Pet Foods, BestWest.ca
