Zest For Life

An important element to living a happy, fulfilled life is to recognize our need to feel connected to others in a deep and meaningful way. When we invest in others, and others invest in us, we feel as though our life matters; that it counts for something. This also provides us with a deeper sense of purpose and directs [...]

Each one of us is likely to have at least one behaviour or habit that we would like to change that would impact on our well being.  Some examples are:

overeating
consuming too much alcohol
smoking
inactivity (not exercising)
negative thought patterns
allowing emotions to take over
being judgemental (of ourselves and/or others)

If there are a number of areas that you want to [...]

Supplementing the body with different support mechanisms should be a part of your  regime, whether as a preventative or when healing.  Here are some of the modalities that can assist you in your healing:
Traditional Chinese Medicine – TCM sees alopecia as a build up of heat in the body as well as a Liver/Kidney deficiency – More
Herbs -   Many [...]

As you go through the Relationship portion of the Wheel of Health and start to analyze the people in your life, you will find that the types of relationships that you have are varied – you have a different relationship with your boss than you do with one of your children and your relationship with [...]

When restoring or improving immune system health, your lifestyle changes don’t have to be overwhelming. Start slowly with 20 minutes 3 times a week and gradually build up to doing a variety of exercises 4-5 times a week for an hour. If you have not been exercising in a while, it is a good idea [...]

 In this first of the eight part series that elaborates on The Wheel of Health, I have included some information on Elimination in the Diet/Nutrition section.  The reason for this is that quite often we focus on what we are putting in to our bodies and overlooking the importance of eliminating accumulated waste.  Optimizing our [...]

The purpose of this self evaluation is to provide you with an awareness of each of the components of your well being. It is a good idea to print this out and use the back of the sheets to make notes as you go through the exercises.  At the end of each section, provide a rating as [...]