Wellness Blogs
Good Health Strategies on a Budget – Part 2
Good Health on a Budget – Part 2 Good Health Strategies on a Budget Many a time in social situations I’ve heard people say “I can’t do (X) because it costs too much, so I can’t do anything to get better”. Some of the motivations around this belief could stem...
Good Health on a Budget – Part 1
Good Nutrition on a Budget Investing in health is the most important investment you will ever make; however it doesn’t have to be the largest. Here are some cost saving tips to eat healthy. Health Tips NW Calgary Plan your meals ahead of time Meal planning for the...
Self Care for New Moms
Self Care Practices Northwest Calgary Becoming a mom for the first, second or more times is the most amazing, awe inducing and exhausting times of a woman’s life. Whether you had a delivery as planned, or experienced complications of any sort, your body has gone...
You Have the Ability to Heal
You are hardwired to heal. This is evident when we cut our finger, get a bruise or a cold and it magically gets better; often you don’t even notice this capacity of your system is always at work. Sometimes the body and mind encounter environments, disease, infection,...
Why you might not be sleeping well
Do you feel refreshed when you wake up in the morning ? Restful sleep is so important to us because without it - it is can be difficult to recharge, heal and be ready to face the day. CranioSacral Therapy NW Calgary Craniosacral therapy is a great treatment for...
Massage for the Overwhelmed
The end of August brings the harvest of summer, evenings of cooler temperatures and golden leaves starting to fall. In the natural world, our bodies flow with this rhythm. As human beings we are also gifted with the powers of our mind and free will choice in all that...
Creating Back to School Healthy Eating Habits
Planning ahead can make back to school lunches not seem so time consuming and dreadful. Meal prepping and making large meals so that leftovers can be an easy option. Healthy Lifestyle Calgary Breakfast The most important meal of the day, so important it should never...
6 Easy Steps to Benefit your Brain
Naturopathic Doctors Calgary I am currently studying for my Pharmacy exam, so thought it would be appropriate to write an article about my favourite super brain foods and strategies that most people already have at home. Our brains are made up of around 60% omega 3...
What is Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)?
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a psychosocial intervention that is based on a combination of behavioural and cognitive psychology. It has its roots in the development of behaviour therapy in the 1920’s and the work of Aaron T. Beck in the 1960’s and 1970’s who...
What’s Your Cocktail?
What's your Cocktail? Intravenous cocktail that is. I am excited to be now offering intravenous therapy at Docere Wellness. IV nutrients bypass our gastrointestinal system and liver filtration therefore allowing for higher levels to be delivered directly to the cells....
What is Burnout?
Job burnout is a type of psychological stress characterised by lack of enthusiasm and motivation, ineffectiveness in the workplace and the feeling that one is overwhelmed and unable to meet constant demands. Occupational burnout can lead one to feel cynical and...
7 Tips for Improving Insomnia
Insomnia is fairly common. Approximately one in four people experience difficulties with sleep. These difficulties include trouble falling asleep, staying asleep or waking early, as well as sleeping too much or having unsatisfying sleep. Insomnia affects people of all...
7 Facts to Guide Healthy Weight Loss
“A promising new method to loose weight without exercising or changing your diet and lifestyle.” We hear it constantly, a new diet becomes popular and works for awhile then all that weight just comes pouring back on, seemingly more easily than the first time it...
Magnesium An Essential Mineral
Magnesium is one of my favourite supplements and has been largely underrated. Magnesium is one of the most common nutrient deficient in adults, and is so important. It is involved in hundreds of biochemical processes including energy production, muscle relaxation,...
How Autism is influenced by our Microbiome
The human microbiome is defined as the “full collection of genes of all the microbes in the human body… it consists of 10–100 trillion symbiotic microbial cells” outnumbering the number of human cells by ten times. (1) An individual’s genome is 99.9% identical to...
Benefits of B12
Vitamin B12 is used in DNA synthesis, red blood cell formation, various metabolic processes including conversion of fats and proteins into energy as well as functioning of the nervous and immune system. Intramuscular B12 or methylcobalamin injections, provide the body...
CranioSacral Therapy and Stress
In our fast paced technology accessible lifestyles we naturally incur stress. What happens to us when we to cross over the edge of dealing with it to being overwhelmed by it. How does that affect our bodies? Our bodies are meant for some stress but not constant...
The Veggie Challenge
The Veggie Challenge Dr. Michelle Hagel ND Eating enough vegetables everyday can be quite challenging. I hear from so many people that they know they should eat more vegetables and they want to, they just don't know how. Here are 7 easy ways to incorporate more...
Mindful Eating
What is Mindful Eating? Abigail Draper PhD RPsych For many, eating has become a mindless activity that induces guilt rather than a natural, healthy, and pleasurable activity. Mindless eating involves: Eating when you are too full, and then feeling guilty Eating for...
Meet Michelle
I am very excited to be joining Docere Wellness Clinic! I’d like to introduce myself by sharing my Naturopathic journey. It began when I was 9 years old, around November I started having stomach aches, mild headaches, fatigue, decreased appetite and no desire to do...