As Thanksgiving arrives, autumn reminds us to slow down, gather with loved ones, and appreciate the simple moments that bring comfort and joy. AüRAUM gemstone infused aromatherapy sprays combine pure essential oils with gemstone essences to create a warm, inviting atmosphere for the season. Mist your home before Thanksgiving gatherings, during quiet evenings, or whenever you want to encourage relaxation, grounding, and emotional balance. Take time to breathe deeply, reflect on what you are grateful for, and enjoy the beauty of fall. Complete your seasonal wellness ritual with a VitaJuwel gemstone water bottle or vial for inspired hydration each day.
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October Book Club
The Complete Natural Medicine Guide to Breast Cancer: A Practical Manual for Understanding, Prevention and Care. Despite the risk of developing breast cancer, many women still have a limited knowledge of its causes and prevention. This guide uses the most recent research studies and clinical evidence to explain the causes of breast cancer and techniques for its prevention. Natural medicine strategies which complement conventional medical treatments and promote recovery. Self help detoxification programs, diet plans and herbal recommendations.
Clean Eating Recipe
Healthy Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal. 1 cup organic sprouted oats. 1 cup milk. 1 1/2 cups yogurt. 1/2 cup pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling) 3 tsp pumpkin pie spice or 2 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1/2 tsp ginger, 1/4 tsp cloves. 3 tbsp maple syrup. 1 tsp vanilla. In a large pot bring oats, milk and water to a boil. Reduce to simmer and cook for 5-7 minutes. Pour the oats into a large bowl, add remaining ingredients, stir until well combined.
Exploring the Effects of Access Bars
What happens in the body when we truly relax? Researchers are beginning to explore this question through studies involving Access Bars sessions. During sessions, measures such as breathing, pulse and blood pressure have been monitored, with some participants showing changes associated with a more relaxed state. Participants have also reported feeling calmer, less stressed or experiencing an improved sense of wellbeing. Experiences can differ from person to person, and more research is needed to understand the potential effects. As interest continues to grow, scientific exploration may help us better understand the connection between relaxation, the nervous system and overall wellbeing.
Reconnect With Your Inner Wisdom
There are moments when slowing down and turning inward can create space for deeper connection, reflection, and spiritual awareness. Lacey Acramel offers a variety of sacred and intuitive practices designed to support those seeking guidance, insight, and energetic renewal. Reiki healing, intuitive and mediumship readings, Tarot and Oracle readings, cord cutting, candle lighting rituals, and home energy cleansing can provide meaningful opportunities to release, reflect, and reconnect. Personalized herbal potions and elixirs, healing circles, workshops, and Green Witch guidance offer additional ways to explore spiritual practices and create intentional rituals that honour your intuition, personal journey, and connection to the world around you.
The Resilient Brain: Inflammation & the Brain
What happens when inflammation becomes more than a temporary response? Join Dr. Dayan Goodenowe for the next installment of The Resilient Brain, a six-part educational webinar series exploring how the brain develops, functions, adapts, and ages. Inflammation and the Brain examines the relationship between chronic inflammation, immune signaling, and environmental stressors, and how these factors can influence the brain’s white matter, gray matter, and long-term function. Building on the biological concepts explored throughout the series, this session offers a deeper look at the interconnected processes shaping brain health across the lifespan. Join us October 21st at 6 PM Saskatchewan Time at DrGoodenowe.com.
Educational information only. Not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. No outcomes guaranteed.
Festival of Trees: Midnight North
Great healthcare begins with a community that cares. On Saturday, October 17, the Moose Jaw Health Foundation celebrates the 35th Anniversary Festival of Trees with Midnight North – An Elegant Evening Beneath the Northern Lights. This unforgettable gala will feature inspiring entertainment, exciting auctions, and an elevated Canadian inspired dining experience, all in support of A Place to Heal, raising funds for new hospital beds at Dr. F.H. Wigmore Regional Hospital. Every ticket, donation, and sponsorship helps improve comfort, safety, and recovery for local patients. Tickets go on sale in mid August through SaskTix, with sponsorship opportunities available now.
Hydration Fuels Your Workout
Water is essential for supporting your body before, during, and after exercise. Staying well hydrated helps maintain the fluid balance your body needs to perform at its best. During exercise, aim to drink about one cup of fluid every 15 to 20 minutes, adjusting for your activity level and conditions. For longer workouts lasting more than an hour, a sports drink or diluted juice may help replace fluids and carbohydrates. After exercising, refuel with carbohydrate rich foods to help replenish energy stores, especially if you plan to exercise again soon. Make hydration and smart nutrition part of your fitness routine.
Keep Pain from Taking Over
As fall routines become busier, aches and pains can sometimes become easier to ignore. However, persistent discomfort can gradually affect how you move, exercise, work, sleep, and participate in everyday activities. Physiotherapy can help determine what may be contributing to your symptoms and provide practical strategies to improve movement and function. Treatment may include targeted exercises, mobility work, education, and hands-on techniques tailored to your needs. You don’t necessarily have to stop doing the activities you enjoy. With the right guidance and a gradual approach, physiotherapy can help you move with greater comfort and confidence while supporting your return to the activities that matter most.
Understand Your Patterns
What if understanding yourself could help you create meaningful change? An Enneagram based approach to life coaching can provide a framework for exploring your personality patterns, motivations, strengths, and areas where you may feel stuck. By increasing self awareness, you can begin to recognize habitual thoughts, emotions, and behaviours that may influence your relationships, decisions, and everyday life. Coaching can help you move beyond simply identifying these patterns and focus on practical strategies for responding in healthier, more intentional ways. Whether you are navigating a transition, seeking greater clarity, or wanting to grow personally, self discovery can be a powerful first step toward positive change.
Back Pain Is More Than a “Weak Core”
Chronic back pain can involve how your joints provide messages through the nerves to the muscles to control strength and flexibility. When injury occurs in the spinal joints, control is disrupted and the body compensates with tightness, poor timing, and added strain. Chiropractic care focuses on improving the alignment and motion of the injured joints to improve muscular stabilization and allow for smoother, stronger motion. Through personalized hands-on treatment and practical rehabilitative exercise, you can work toward moving more comfortably and confidently. Healthy movement depends on a healthy spine to provide appropriate feedback to the muscles. This October, restore spinal stability with chiropractic care.
