Awakening Potentials

Attention Deficit “Anthony has a hard time paying attention, daydreaming, not listening, being easily distracted, forgetfulness, inability to stay still, talking too much …..” Those words were found on almost every report card I brought home as a child.  And yes, I was guilty of all of the above and more.  I can remember sitting … Continue →

Waking Up Maybe it is that I live in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada’s capital and so many people I know work for one of the various governments in this region.  Or maybe it is because we have had more snow this Christmas season than in the last 2 years combined.  Or maybe it is because we … Continue →

First it was the reports that our daughters are Starting Puberty Earlier. Our Children Hitting Puberty Earlier “More than 10 percent of white 7-year-old girls in the study, which was conducted in the mid-2000s, had reached a stage of breast development marking the start of puberty, compared to just 5 percent in a similar study … Continue →

Every year, especially after spring break, I start to see more and more people with parasitic symptoms coming to see me. Do you have any of the following symptoms of a parasitic infection? Bloating Sudden Weight Loss Sudden Weight Gain Digestive Upset – cramps, diarrhea etc Fatigue Brain Fog Some estimates are that up to … Continue →

Some people think that a multivitamin is a multivitamin. That all are relatively the same. I used to think so and in that scenario, cheaper is better. Of course all that changed when I learned how to muscle test and discovered that some vitamins are better absorbed than others. And all the while, scientists ignored what are called PHYTONUTRIENTS. These are chemicals that are in foods that cause a blue berry to be blue and that cause that garlic smell in a clove of garlic. But we, the scientific world didn\'t know what they did. And so we threw them out and ignored them. Until recently that is. Read More

Just had this conversation with a few people and it seems that the \"politically correct\" answer is to say that you want to live to 100 or even more. Hollywood certainly seems obsessed with youth, just take a look at Madonna and just think of how hard she must work, not to mention what she is taking and doing to her body to stay young. And then there is Chere. Enough said. Of course, those who say they want to live to Read More

What do you do to give yourself a boost, no matter how down you may be feeling? Getting out of the house, into the sunshine sure works for me. Today, with the winter sun shinning brightly over Ottawa, it just feels so good to get outside and enjoy it. I discovered a long time ago that either you hate winter and then hunker down and wait 4 months for it to end or you do something about it. Read More

We all know about bullying, if not from personal experience, then from the press.  And now the National Press is reporting on a study done at Queen’s University in Kingston that has found that “obese teenage girls are three times more likely to be bullies than the slimmer girls in their class”. And when you … Continue →

We all want great relationships, so let\'s keep this simple and get right to it. Here are 10 necessities for a good relationship. #1: Successful relationships take work. #2: You can only change yourself, not your partner. #3: All arguments stem from our own fear or pain. #4: Understand that men Read More

When it comes to a lack of ambition and no direction, today\'s youth seem to have a strangle hold on this issue. Although what we define as youth keeps changing. From the teenagers whose favorite saying is \"What ever\" to the young adults who are discovering that they are not entitled to a good living. We Like to Think That We Live In A World of Entitlement As each generation grows up, it seems that the baby boomers had it best of all. Their parents had survived not just the Great Depression but World War II and the Korean War. The economy started on the greatest boom in the history of the world. Back then a high school diploma was a guarantee of a good job. And then the baby boomers grew up and suddenly you needed a college degree to get those good jobs. And now the children of the baby boomers are growing up and the goal posts have once again been moved. There is no automatic job waiting for you just because you grew up in an affluent household. A high school diploma means Read More