We seek coaching in many different areas of our lives. We seek nutritional coaching. We seek coaching on pregnancy and birth. Every type of athlete has an experienced coach. We take lessons to develop every new skill from driving to cooking or photography. We seek advice on our health from a vast array of health professionals on issues ranging from nail fungus to cancer. What makes us believe that we can navigate being human in a sea of mental gymnastics seeking peace in complex life decisions, parenting or relationships without a coach? My answer is that we simply should not.

How we eat, how we move, how we sleep, and how we think all have profound impacts on our overall health and resistance to disease.

Social distancing and proper hand washing are just two important aspects to keeping you well. Lets hear the messages our wise farming friends have been trying to remind us of while we have developed an amnesia around self-care and community-care. September is a perfect fresh start.

During pregnancy your daily nutritional requirements increase making it is a good time to boost up some of the essential nutrients needed to support you and your developing baby. Dr. Pamela Thornton shares her tips, her favourite Prenatal Vitamin and answers to some common questions.

Are you thinking about getting pregnant? Have you had your thyroid tested? If the answer to #1 is yes but the answer to #2 is no, this may be an important article for you to read.

Thyroid disease has a staggering prevalence in North America. Recent studies indicate that 1 in 10 Canadians suffer from some form of thyroid disease and as many as 50% are undiagnosed. The thyroid gland is a master gland located in your neck just above your collar bone that is important to every human being, but it’s role in pregnancy and infant health are of particular interest here.