Nourish Blog

Nourish is an online educational resource dedicated to health & wellness. I share my insight and naturopathic perspective on current health topics and trends, skin care and beauty treatments, nutrition & supplement basics, and highlight my favourite wellness resources around Vancouver. Nourish yourself with knowledge. 

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Turn Your Fail into Focus

Are your New Year’s resolutions running out of steam? Adherence to a new regime can be tough because it requires a behaviour change, and often our behaviours are deeply ingrained. Motivation is a key factor in making your behaviour change successful, so if you’ve felt your motivation drop recently, here are 5 easy ways to strengthen your resolve so you can keep on track with your goals.

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Health Apps To Help You Succeed This Year

We welcomed in 2016 with celebration and a few ‘New-year New you’ resolutions. With fresh resolve and an abundance of determination, this is the year we accomplish our goals, right? Except one minor hang-up… New Years resolutions can be easier said than done! While we can’t guarantee which resolutions we will follow through on, which ones will remain priorities, or which ones will quietly disappear from the calendar, having tools to help you stay organized and focused will increase the likelihood of your success and help keep you on track.

Here are my favourite apps to help make it ‘appen for you.

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IV Nutrient Therapy

The Basics. Intravenous (IV) vitamin therapy is more than just a hangover fad. While it may have garnered recent media attention for its ability to temper the effects of a late night, it has actually been used to help many conditions for over 50 years!  IV therapy is a method of administering nutrients (vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and amino acids) directly into the blood stream. Not sold yet? Stick with me. Nutrient depletion is more common than you think. Many of us are not getting enough of our recommended daily nutrients; we eat on the go, we eat fast foods, we skip meals. Coupled with increased demand on our bodies from things like chronic stress, travel, infection or illness, as well as the diminished nutrient status of our soil, our need for nutrient support is essential more than ever. Did you know many of your symptoms can be worse if you're deficient in certain vitamins and minerals?

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