Free GUIDE: 3 Simple Tools to Feel Great!
I had the pleasure of hearing Canadian astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield speak this week. There are so many nuggets of wisdom that have been rolling around in my brain formulating themselves into this article. Even though it was fun and surreal to hear about his crazy adventures up in space, and being the first Canadian to walk [...]
In the last two weeks I’ve had two people apologize to me for sexually inappropriate things they had said to me. Both men. One was four years ago, and the other was eight. I’m not talking yesterday. Years ago. And both men, with in the same fortnight decided to make amends? Curious right? I certainly [...]
I’ve been thinking about favours a lot lately. As I’ve been moving clinics, I’ve been asking a lot of people – especially my giant husband for bucketfuls of help. I’m so grateful for everytime he or anyone stepped up, but I’m also grateful for the folks who declined with thanks. I’ve written before about figuring [...]
At a recent visit, a patient shared with me that she was experiencing a bit more emotional stress than normal. “What’s going on?” She explained that her ex-boyfriend was interested in getting back together with her. “He’s a great guy bu…” PAUSE! I interrupted her before she finished that word “But.” When we use the [...]
I don’t have TOO many words for you today, but I do have an audio file for you. It’s purpose? Solely to bring you joy and make you smile. It’s just me laughing. For an entire minute. This post comes on the tails of the Easter Bunny long weekend. I spent a lot of time [...]
I see a lot of patients in my practice with mood disorders, specifically depression and anxiety. While there may be a neurotransmitter imbalance in these conditions, it’s not the whole story, nor in my opinion the root cause. We need to ask, why are the neurotransmitters out of balance? Finding the underlying cause of why [...]
Each morning I have a self-care routine – my Non-Negotiable-Tonia Time (my NNTT) which involves lighting some beeswax candles. One in particular is a tall pillar candle the diameter of a tea light. One morning it wasn’t lighting. After 3 attempts of trying to get it to light, I realized what was going on. The [...]
I don’t have anything particularly innovative to say. I just want to remind you that it’s okay and safe to: ask for help say, “No!” take time for yourself ask for clarification stay silent speak up look after yourself remove yourself from situations without a reason play sing laugh dance believe in something bigger eat [...]
Health is a funny thing. It’s not really that important. I know. That’s an interesting claim for someone in my career. It’s something we might work towards but may never actually see the benefits of for years down the road. And even then the cleanest diet, most perfect exercise regime, best sleep, proper hydration, and [...]
The power of gratitude. Boy oh Boy. I don’t know of a more powerful power. I talked about just saying, “Thank you,” here. But this article is different. I called it 201 because its a level up from the gratitude basics. In gratitude basics we learn how important being grateful for the things in your [...]
