How many times have I picked up my phone to check a text, only to look up half an hour later and wonder how I ended up watching someone turn an old tire into a fancy coffee table? I do this all the time. I open Instagram to check one thing, then I see a…
Category: Daily Habits
Eating Well During Perimenopause and Menopause
Once we hit our 40s, we might start noticing that the way we eat doesn’t feel quite the same, especially as we move into perimenopause. Suddenly, everyone’s talking about eating more protein, cutting back on carbs, taking this supplement, or avoiding that food. It can get confusing pretty quickly. So, what should we actually be…
Ginger Isn’t for Everyone
Every so often, my feed fills up with reels claiming ginger is the answer to just about everything. Bloated? Drink ginger tea. Headache? Take a ginger shot. Feeling sluggish or coming down with something? Ginger, ginger, ginger. Apparently, we should all be adding ginger to our daily routine. Don’t get me wrong, ginger has its…
Lacto-Fit: Korea’s Bestselling Probiotic
If you’ve ever wandered into a Korean pharmacy or found yourself scrolling through Olive Young late at night, you’ve probably come across these brightly coloured stick packs. Lacto-Fit is incredibly popular, but with so many products to choose from, figuring out which one to buy can get confusing. You’re staring at a wall of different…
Do Kids Really Need Sports Drinks? A Baseball Mom’s Take
At baseball tournaments, kids don’t always need a sports drink. Most of the time they just need water, food, and enough rest. If you have spent any time at the diamond on a tournament weekend, you know the drill. It is never just one game. It is two, sometimes three back to back, sitting on…
May 29 Is World Digestive Health Day
Every year on May 29, the World Gastroenterology Organisation marks World Digestive Health Day, a global initiative that brings attention to digestive health and some of the symptoms that can easily get overlooked or brushed off. This year’s theme is “Chronic Diarrhea: Don’t Flush the Signs Away.” The message is pretty simple: pay attention to…
Maybe We Need to Pay More Attention to How We Actually Feel
Not rules. Not a plan. Just seven quiet observations for anyone who’s doing everything right, and still wondering why something feels off. I actually ate healthy the other day. Like, genuinely healthy (which I haven’t in a while, to be honest). Good breakfast, good lunch, didn’t even snack (usually sweets), and I felt pretty good…
When Drinking More Water Isn’t the Answer
TCM has a really good explanation for this, and it’s not “drink more water”. Here is something that confused me for the longest time. You can drink water all day, carrying your Stanley cup everywhere, hitting your two litres, doing everything right, and still feel completely parched. Your lips are chapped, your skin and eyes…
Top Reasons to See a Holistic Nutritionist
A lot of people think seeing a nutritionist means sitting across from someone who’s going to hand you a meal plan and being told to eat more vegetables and drink more water like you haven’t heard that a hundred times already. But holistic nutrition is different. It looks at the whole picture: how you’re sleeping,…
Mental Health Is More Than a Mindset
May rolls around every single year with a massive wave of conversation about mental health. You see all the posts, the heavy statistics, and the well-meaning reminders to check in on your people. All that definitely matters. But if I am being completely honest, sometimes it starts to feel a little bit surface-level. It is…
The Role of Nutrition in Children’s Mental Health
When we talk about kids and mental health, we usually talk about things like screen time, school stress, sleep, or therapy. But there’s another part that flies under the radar, nutrition. There’s also a growing amount of research looking at how what kids eat may affect things like mood, stress and how they handle everything…
Slow Down When You Eat
No, seriously. Your body will thank you. I want you to think about the last time you actually sat down for a meal. I don’t mean grabbing something quick while standing at the kitchen counter, and I definitely don’t mean scrolling through your phone while you chew. I mean the last time you weren’t just…
Understanding Yin in Women’s Health
There’s a particular kind of tired that doesn’t go away with a good night’s sleep. You sleep, you get up, and technically you’re functioning, but you still don’t feel fully recharged. I’ve felt like that for years. It’s hard to explain because you’re not necessarily exhausted all the time. You just feel like you’re running a…
The Organ That Doesn’t Exist (But Runs Everything)
So, here’s something interesting. In Chinese medicine, there’s an “organ” that doesn’t actually exist as a physical body part. It’s called the San Jiao, or the Triple Burner. There’s no tissue you can cut open or see on an ultrasound and Western anatomy doesn’t recognize it at all. But TCM treats it like one of…
Mouth Taping and Nasal Breathing
I never really thought much about how we breathe when we sleep until my son’s orthodontist brought it up. We were there for a routine appointment, and she started asking about his breathing habits. Did he sleep with his mouth open? Did he snore? Were his lips usually parted when he was resting? She then…