If you looked at a human cell, you would see it has numerous parts called organelles. All these organelles have their different functions. And it is through these organelles working together that a cell can live and function. If they didn’t work together, the cell would not be able to do what it does. “Working together” When the different parts …

Karen was in the other day for her regular visit and she noted that after a year and a half of care, when she feels pain now, she feels it much more than she used to. She said this with a tone that implied a question: Why am I feeling pain more now? Shouldn’t it be the opposite? I went …

Mental health week began being observed in Canada in 1951. Since then, with our society becoming more complex, especially in interrelating, mental health challenges have grown. Our understanding of mental health has grown as well. Evolutionary biologists have posited that the human brain developed over thousands of years into the complex organ that it is today. And the mind has …

When you have symptoms or when you get sick, what you might think is the problem isn’t actually the problem. For example, if you come into a clinic and you tell the doctor that you have pain in your low back and hip, that’s going down the back of your leg, you most likely will receive “sciatica” as the diagnosis. …

When you think about your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health, how much do you consider the quality of the food that you eat? After all, whatever we eat gets broken down into carbohydrate, protein and fat and these basic building blocks then get turned into all of the various tissues including muscles and hormones as well as being turned …

It’s been such a beautiful day today, Goldilocks would be happy. It was not too hot and not too cold, but just the right amount of breeze to keep the mosquitos at bay, warm enough to not need a jacket but not to be sweat-inducing. So I decided to clean the car, mostly because it really needed it:). I noticed …

Last weekend many of us witnessed the power that nature has. By now we’ve seen videos of the sheer power of the wind and rain as well as the damage and devastation. It’s interesting to hear stories from practice members of how the storm seemed to be quite selective when moving through different areas. Stories of neighbours checking on neighbours, …

This is my 25th year as a Doctor of Chiropractic! In those 25 years I have not seen it all, but I’ve seen enough to know that how you feel about symptoms will largely affect your body’s ability to get back on track or to make progress. For example, if you get upset when you feel a symptom and you …

“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” ~ Carl Jung What resources can you bring to your everyday life? Commitment, passion, perseverance, tenacity, creativity, forgiveness, love, trust, faith … How much of your life experience is life just ‘happening to you’ and how much of your life is you using your many resources …

“One who has a ‘why’ to live for can endure almost any ‘how’.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche Before you get to thinking that I am about to convey a secret of life, let’s first decide what we mean by suffering. Oxford dictionary defines suffering as “the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship”. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines suffering as either “to …