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Train Your Brain

Neurofeedback addresses imbalances that are going on in the brain, such as anxiety-depression spectrum, attention deficits, behaviour disorders, various sleep disorders, concussions, PTSD, and emotional disturbances. Neurofeedback is a computer-guided way to help train your brain to help you function better. The treatment uses a 21-channel brain map and database, the most comprehensive method to determine the brain locations and frequency bands that need attention. Most brains can be trained like any other part of your body, without drugs. In a matter of months, 2-3 hours/week can make lasting changes in how we think, feel, act, and perform—even in how our bodies work.

Understanding Investment Advisor Fees

When selecting and working with an investment advisor, you may be curious about what you are getting for your money. Your advisor should be able to tell you why their services warrant the fees they charge and why working with them will be more beneficial than managing your finances on your own. Services that investment advisors offer range from understanding your needs and goals, to providing investment advice, to offering reports on how your investments are doing, to aiding in estate/tax and insurance planning. These specialized and individual services ensure your money is working for you. Developing a trusting relationship with your investment advisor can help you understand their role in your financial world.

Laser Acupuncture for Smoking Cessation

If you’re trying to quit smoking once and for all, you’ve likely used a variety of products, from patches to gum to pills. The addictive qualities of cigarettes make smoking a tough habit to break, but there are safe and alternative measures you can take to remove this addiction from your life. Laser acupuncture is a non-invasive option that focuses on the three aspects of addiction: physical, using laser/electronic stimulation of acupressure points on your upper body; psychological, providing materials, tips, and one-on-one coaching; and detoxification, helping to eliminate cigarette toxins from your body.

Healthy Guts in Pets

When pets are young, it is important that the gut barrier be strengthened. Young animals are born with leaky or open guts. This allows absorption of immune system proteins from their mothers’ first milk that will protect them from disease. Young pets always need deworming, and sometimes prescriptions, to kill off parasites. The gut remains slightly open to protein absorption throughout life, and so veterinarians use an animal’s excrement to judge and manage reactivities to different foods. Healthy excrement is firm excrement usually, unless an animal is dehydrated.

Meet Todd Hsueh

Todd was originally a professor for chemical engineering with a passion for Chinese medicine. After watching how traditional Chinese medicine positively transformed the health of his family, he decided to devote the rest of his life to this mastery. He is now an R.TCM.P and has traveled around the world to learn from acupuncture masters. His technique uses short and thin needles to minimize pain and stimulate chi flow to cure ailments and symptoms naturally. Todd is excited to be part of this community and better the lives of each client at Super Life Acupuncture and Wellness Centre.

Don’t get S.A.D. Get outside!

There is a lot of research that indicates that as a culture we do not get enough vitamin D, especially in the winter. Reason? We don’t go outside! We typically don’t linger in the rain and cold, or do much gardening, or go for leisurely walks like we do in the warm, sunny months. However, our bodies need it. Being outside is good for our mental and physical health, significantly reducing anxiety and depression. So bundle up and go for that walk, or go skiing, or snow shoeing, or for that nice hike. Remember, there is no such thing as bad weather, just bad gear! So get outside, your mental health will thank you.

Book Club:

Weight Loss for People Who Feel Too Much: A 4-Step, 8-Week Plan to Finally Lose the Weight, Manage Emotional Eating, and Find Your Fabulous Self, by Colette Baron-Reid. This 4-step, 8-week program will show you how to finally let go of what’s weighing you down, physically and emotionally. You will learn how to: – Reverse empathy overload and establish healthy boundaries. – Avoid the “noisy” trigger foods that lead to autopilot eating. – Deal with challenging situations and avoid your detours, from procrastination to perfectionism, that sabotage the success you deserve.

Clean Eating: Fudgy Black Bean Brownies

• 1-1/2 cups black beans (drained and rinsed well) • 2 tbsp. cocoa powder • 1/2 cup oats • 1/4 tsp. salt • 1/3 cup pure maple syrup or honey • pinch stevia or sweetener • 1/4 cup coconut oil • 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract • 1/2 tsp. baking powder • 2/3 cup chocolate chips Preheat oven to 350 F. Combine all ingredients, except chocolate chips, in a good food processor, and blend until completely smooth. Stir in the chocolate chips, and then pour into a greased 8×8 pan. Cook 15-18 minutes, and then let cool at least 10 minutes. Enjoy!

Understanding Your Pain

The physiotherapists at Diane Lee & Associates are experts in the physical diagnosis of movement impairments and have taken several post-graduate courses in their specialty. They work to address the cause of your pain as opposed to merely treating your painful structures; by understanding how the whole body functions and how certain problems can impact other regions of the body. By not only treating you for your pain, but also empowering you with the knowledge to make the right changes in your own body, we are simply guides in your own healing process as you transform to live with a healthier, more active body.