Certified Nutritional Practitioner
Laurel McBrine 
Image from O Magazine website If you are interested in staying vibrant and fit, whatever your age, you must check out the new July issue of O Magazine for an inspirational article on Toni Bark, M.D. a.k.a. Wonder Woman. The article provides her top 10 … Read more
Take some time to smell the Spring flowers! Congratulations! You have made it through a whole week on your Spring cleanse! I hope you are looking and feeling great. I thought I would talk about getting healthy routines into your life today. Maybe you can … Read more
They don’t look so good when you think about what they do to your skin! If feeling better and being healthier is not enough motivation, how about your looks? Did you know that sugar in the body promotes and accelerates the appearance of sagging skin … Read more
Looking for a different way to get your greens? Try this recipe for a savory green smoothie! http://creativelifeskills.blogspot.ca/search?q=green+smoothie
If you don’t already have a plan for your green smoothie of the day, here is one to try: Limeade Green Smoothie 1 lime, with skin cut off (a little white is okay) 1 small organic apple, seeded and quartered 1 organic celery stalk 3 … Read more
Appreciate some gorgeous spring flowers to take your mind off that croissant! So how is it going? What strategies are you employing to keep temptation at bay? Going cold turkey when eliminating sugar from our diet is actually easier than trying to cut back – … Read more
Sugar is toxic. Watch this video if your motivation to stick to the program is waning! video showing recent research about the toxic effects of sugar
If you can’t make it to Ste. Anne’s Spa, create your own spa at home! Instead of thinking of what we can’t have, when it is something that is not going to enhance our health and well-being, I think it is good to focus on … Read more
Started the day with some greens powder (I like Vitamineral Greens, natural taste, no icky sweeteners) plus a smoothie consisting of 1/2 banana, 1 c. frozen strawberries, 1 tsp. maca powder, 4 ice cubes, 1 scoop Vanilla Sunwarrior Rice Protein powder, 1/2 c. almond milk, … Read more
Today is the first day of our cleanse – look around and appreciate the view! Some of you may be familiar with inspirational cancer survivor Kris Carr. I just received her most recent newsletter, which I thought serendipitously aligned with the sugar part of … Read more