Healthy and Inspired Living
With Gwen back on tour and surviving a busy tour schedule, she needs to have a workout program that trains her full body and also burns more calories in less time. Thanks to some great professional guidance from her trainer Katie Barnes, www.katiebarnesfitness.com and very hard work by Stefani, she continues to look amazing both on and off… [Read Full Story]
A few months ago, I was having a conversation with a client I’d been seeing for a while, listening as she described feeling frustrated that she wasn’t following through with her intentions as well as she wanted to. “It sounds like you’re quite a perfectionist in the standards you set for yourself,” I offered. “Oh… [Read Full Story]
Summer in Vancouver is one of the reasons why locals love this city. There is ample opportunity to get outside for some exercise and shed those extra pounds stored during the winter months. In my practice, increased physical activity often comes with it an increased incidence of musculoskeletal injuries, traumas and tears. Among some of… [Read Full Story]
Numerous articles in print and media this year have identified inflammation as the common denominator in today’s chronic degenerative diseases, ranging from cancer, to osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis. For example, the February 23, 2004 cover of Time magazine was entitled “The Secret Killer – The Surprising Link Between Inflammation and Heart Attacks, Cancer [and] Alzheimer’s”.… [Read Full Story]
Dr. John Gottman, a marriage researcher based in Seattle, WA, has studied what he calls the “masters and disasters” of marriage since 1973. With an ever-growing database of research subjects – now numbering over 2500 couples – Dr. Gottman believes he has decoded the factors that make a marriage fail or succeed. In their “marriage… [Read Full Story]
Metabolic Syndrome or Syndrome X is a condition that was first reported in 1978 by Dr. Gerald B. Phillips. This syndrome is considered to be a powerful independent risk factor for mortality and morbidity associated with cardiovascular disease. A very frightening statistic puts 1 in every 4 persons in North America at risk for developing Metabolic Syndrome.… [Read Full Story]
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