What is your highest need right now?
Let’s face it, there is no shortage of information on practices that will improve your health. Some will help a little, some will help a lot, some may have no effect on you and some may even cause harm if you’re not ready for them.
If you’re anything like me, you’ve fallen into the trap of trying to do anything and everything to improve your health. Whenever I heard about something new, I would add it in, whether it be a new supplement, using a sauna, or grounding. I would do this until realizing that I had way too much on my plate, I was running out of time in the day to include all these practices and live my life. Sometimes I would even forget about the foundations at the expense of including in the latest practise.
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Considerations when treating symptoms
You know what, sometimes its hard to figure out a root cause. And even once you’ve found it out, it can be hard to address it, sometimes taking years to fully resolve it. Do you have to suffer with your symptoms that whole time? Of course not. A great practitioner will tailor a health protocol to you, if you need more symptomatic help tell them.
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Mindful Eating - The What and the Why
In today’s world there is no shortage of things you could be doing. You might feel like you need to squeeze every last bit out of the hours in your day. So you decided, like me, that you’re going to use your time eating to get something else done. Maybe its responding to emails, finishing off a presentation or catching up on your favourite tv shows. Unfortunately, this is one of those instances where its best to do one thing at a time.
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Bone broth
Ah yes, bone broth, another health trend that will soon be forgotten I hear you saying. Or maybe that’s not what you said, and it’s just my ears playing up again.
Bone broth is in fact nothing new, it has been used for quite some time, being a staple in traditional diets. The bones, joints, cartilage and anything else that couldn’t be chewed was boiled to get as much out of the animal as possible.
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Tonic herbal bone broth latte
This has been one of my favourite winter recipes for a few years now. It’s super quick and easy (unless you have to make the bone broth, in which case it’ll take a long time). This is one of a myriad of ways to get your tonic herbs and gut-healing bone broth in. You can add in any tonic herb of your choice, but there are some that go better than others. Astragalus, codonopsis and the mushrooms tend to go really well here. Permission to get creative!
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Preparing Bone Broth
This article is the how to on preparing a bone broth. If you want to know the why to check this out. The base ingredients include: Bones (Ideally with cartilage and joints) – Enough to fill about 1/3 - 1/2 of the pot, Beef or Lamb (24-48 hours cooking time), Chicken (12-24 hours). Apple Cider Vinegar..
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Nut Milk Tonic Herb Latte
Like, most of the recipes I have up here, this is not something you have to follow strictly, feel free to get creative, add a bit more of this, a little less of that, whatever you like. For those who know me or have read a few of these articles, you’ll know I love my tonic herbs. They’re versatile, can be made to taste great, and have supported my body in profound ways.
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Honey Garlic ferment
Garlic is one of the most widely known antimicrobial foods by herbalists, naturopaths, nutritionists, cooks and pretty much everyone else. Referred to as Russian penicillin, Garlic is a great food to use when sick, as prevention and even just for the flavor.
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Meditation for students. Why you don’t have time NOT to
You’ve probably heard about meditation. Maybe you’ve even tried it yourself. Or perhaps you have no idea what it is and want to learn more. Whichever the category, read on, there are some gems in this article for you.
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