Have you ever had a medical test hoping you were finally going to get some answers about what is actually going on with your health? The reason for your headaches, or low energy or constipation? What happens when you’re told nothing is wrong? What do you experience when they tell you, “You’re fine?” Worse… when [...]

I’ve been finding myself more and more dissatisfied with my job. I mentioned this briefly here. This seems ludicrous to me because I LOVE my work. I didn’t know, at first that I was feeling dissatisfied. It didn’t come on with bells and a marching band, “Clang, clang, clang! Tonia! You’re dissatisfied.” It came on [...]

It can be tricky for patients to figure out what the best route to go when it comes to supplements. It can actually be a challenge for me and I’ve been practicing as a naturopathic doctor for over a decade. I’ve recently trained to use a machine in the office for exactly that purpose. It’s [...]

 Who loves sleep? I do I do! You do you do! Who gets enough sleep? Sadly, not most people. Statistics Canada reports that 55% of people ages 18 to 64 have trouble going to sleep or staying asleep. That’s more than half of Canadian adults! Why do we need sleep? I know… I have so many questions for [...]

Next week is summer solstice – the longest day of the year. On the western edges of Canada we’re still in June-uary, but in a couple short weeks, we’ll be in the throws of summer. This podcast is in honour of this bright, delightful season, and it’s all about keeping you safe and healthy at this sunny [...]

A couple weeks ago, at a salsa dance event the organizer gave a little goodbye speech. He was leaving for some travels for several months. He said, “Dance is our medicine.” I’ve been thinking about that ever since. In my work I use nature as medicine. Clean, low reactive foods primarily. I go on and [...]

If you’re not getting any sustainable benefit from your medical doctor or other practitioner, read on. You’ve been investing a lot of time, energy and money but you’re still in pain or you still haven’t reached your goals of say having normal bowel movements or getting pregnant. (To be clear. I’m not dissing any of [...]

I love this scene from Madagascar 2: King Julien : “My sacrifice goes in the volcano. Then, the friendly Gods eat up my sacrifice. ‘Mmmm, very nice. Thank you for the sacrifice.’ ‘Please, have another sacrifice.’ ‘No, I’ve had enough for today.’ ‘Listen, I’m gonna be very insulted unless you have another.’ ‘I don’t want [...]