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Natural Therapies for Endometriosis

By Dr. Samina Mitha, ND What is Endometriosis? In the spirit of Endometriosis Awareness Month, I thought I would create a post to provide some education on the condition! Endometriosis can cause significant amount of pain and discomfort to women and is associated with infertility. It affects approximately 10-15% of menstruating women between ages 24-40[...]

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Drinking your way to health!

Summer is just around the corner and we all want to look and feel our best. As the weather gets better more of us want to be active and embrace healthier living by getting more active and enjoying the summer days. One of the easiest ways to help our health is ensure that we are[...]

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The Pampered Pap

Ladies – is it that time again where you start to dread going to the doctor for a PAP smear? I know I have been there – making every attempt to especially avoid the situation at all costs. But did you know that Naturopathic Doctors can perform a PAP smear test for you? We take[...]

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Mindful Eating is Self-Love!

In our fast-paced society, we face an abundance of food choices every day.  Between the messages that we get from the media, and the messages that we got in our families, it can be difficult to be mindful and make conscious choices about our eating habits. Often the messages that we receive in our families[...]

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A Mindful 2017!

I said I would write blog posts about mindfulness for 2017.  But what the heck does that even mean?  I mean, seriously, sometimes I can be so busy being mindful that I miss the point of being IN MY LIFE!!!  And I don’t think I’m alone either.  The other day I met with a friend.[...]

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Tips About Ticks – Part 4

Tips about Ticks: A 6-Part Overview of Lyme Disease, Co-infections, Diagnosis, Conventional and Alternative Treatments, Complications and Prevention Strategies By Dr. Deanna Walker and Dr. Rahima Hirji Part 4: Conventional Treatment of Lyme Disease The treatment of Lyme Disease is tricky and often delayed due to the difficulty of getting an accurate diagnosis.  Once Lyme[...]

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Love Yourself and Spread Love – the Origin of Valentine’s Day

Originally Valentine’s Day began as a Christian liturgical feast day honouring one or more Saints.  In more recent history, it has become a day associated with romantic love.  And, of course, marketing and capitalism has run with that tradition and it has become a huge ‘thing’ that people then feel pressure around.  This can cause internalized[...]

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A Painless Period is Possible

It’s that time of the month again…bah. All most of us women want to do when our periods come is sit in our PJ’s on the couch and watch TV all day with a hot water bottle. Feel the same? What if I told you a painless period is possible? I often hear, “every month[...]

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