Choosing Wellness Podcast

Season 2, Episode 8
Listen: Doctor Reboot, Self-Love and Friendships
So many health modalities in the world, but are we tapping into all the health options available to us? Let's talk about finding the balance between conventional and alternative medicine. Beating yourself up again on how you look or the fact you have gone up on the scale - again! Well stop it and give yourself a little...
Nov 07, 2024
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Season 2, Episode 7
Listen: Gut Hug and Health
Gut talk is all over social media, and the news. The link to gut health and overall health is a game changer, but what do we need to ensure good gut health, dietician Shannon Croker talks about probiotics. In such a fast-paced world we need things to help with our well-being, but is the peddle to the medal when it come...
Oct 07, 2024
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Season 2, Episode 6
Listen: Kids, food, social media and other life pressures
A topic finally being well-researched is how nutrition affects mental, physical, and emotional well-being. To help us dig into this a little deeper physician, Dr. Kelly Barnett talks about food and kids. We hear it, we know it, but what are we doing about social media being bad for overall well-being? According to Yale...
Sep 09, 2024
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Season 2, Episode 5
Listen: Going Deep Pelvic Health and Adaptogens
Choosing Wellness dives deep into the essence of wellness and how it intertwines with nature, mindfulness, and self-healing. Powered by Pattison Media, in this episode - a buff muff, functional mushrooms, arthritis is not just an older person's disease and how to lower anxiety.Tired of leaks, you can't cough, sneeze, o...
Aug 06, 2024
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Health and Wellness

Lingering Cough
What You Need to Know about Bronchitis
Breathe easier by understanding what you can do to prevent this bothersome condition.Coughing a lot and wondering if you have bronchitis? If you've recently had a cold, the flu, COVID-19 or another respiratory infection and you have a lingering cough, especially if you're coughing up mucus, there's a good chance you do...
Oct 31, 2024
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Simple act
Do This Every Day So You Don't Get Sick
It's true. The simple act of washing your hands is one of the most effective ways to prevent illness.How many times in your life have you been reminded to wash your hands? From early childhood, we are repeatedly encouraged to perform this simple ritual, but by the time we're adults, we're not always as vigilant as we s...
Oct 28, 2024
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Childhood obesity
Is Your Child Overweight? Here's Help
Overeating, lack of exercise and unhealthy diets are creating an obesity epidemic in children and teenagers. For example, obesity now affects more than 18% of U.S. children and teenagers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Why Childhood Obesity Is a ProblemLow self-esteem and bullying issues a...
Oct 23, 2024
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Cold and flu season
Can't Stop Coughing?
When is a cough just a cough and when is it something more? Here's what you should know.Q: When should I see a doctor for a cough?If your cough lasts longer than three weeks, it's a good idea to see your doctor. You should also see your doctor if you cough up blood, have trouble breathing or have pain with your cough.Q...
Oct 21, 2024
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Lifestyle

Balance
5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Balance
These activities and exercises strengthen your balance so you're less likely to fall.You may not give much thought to your balance on any given day, but good balance is an important component of healthy aging. Falls are a common cause of injury in older adults and one of the best ways to lower your risk of falling is t...
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Self care
Why You Should Practice Self-Care - and 7 Ways to Do It
Here are a few easy ways to take time for yourself every day.With so many things vying for your attention, self-care may be at the bottom of your to-do list. This is especially true if you're a woman. Childcare, work, family commitments and household responsibilities can often occupy the bulk of your time and energy, m...
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Sugar Rush
What Are You Doing with All That Candy?
Now that Halloween has come and gone, here are tips to avoid sugar overload.You and your kids survived the sugar-frenzy that is often synonymous with Halloween. And if you're like many American families, you overindulged on sweets just a bit (or a lot!) because the calendar read October 31st. But now the page on the ca...
Nov 01, 2024
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Get back at it
How to Start Exercising...Again
Have you fallen off the exercise bandwagon? That's okay-here's how to get back to basics.If it's been a while since you exercised regularly, it may seem like a big deal to have to start from scratch. But even if you haven't been that active recently, you may be surprised by how easy it is to become more physically acti...
Oct 31, 2024
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Meditation

Recipes and Nutrition

Side dish
Roasted Butternut Squash Quinoa Salad
This Roasted Butternut Squash Quinoa Salad combines roasted squash, cooked quinoa, cinnamon and maple syrup creating a flavourful fall-inspired salad.Prep Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins Serves: 7Ingredients:1 butternut squash, peeled and cut into cubes 1 tbsp olive oil 1/2 tbsp maple syrup 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp salt 1...
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Sugar Rush
What Are You Doing with All That Candy?
Now that Halloween has come and gone, here are tips to avoid sugar overload.You and your kids survived the sugar-frenzy that is often synonymous with Halloween. And if you're like many American families, you overindulged on sweets just a bit (or a lot!) because the calendar read October 31st. But now the page on the ca...
Nov 01, 2024
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Fusion Flavours
Butter Chicken Naan Pizza
Experience the fusion of Indian and Italian flavors with our innovative Butter Chicken Naan Pizza recipe! Try this recipe today.Prep Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins Serves: 5Ingredients:10 pieces, India's Own samosa 400 ml Patak's Butter Chicken sauce 5 pieces, Sundar Original Naan ½ cup mozzarella cheese, shred...
Nov 01, 2024
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Halloween party fave
Ginger Beer Halloween Mocktail
This fruity mocktail with a ginger beer kick will be a Halloween party favourite. Decorate your glass with a syringe for extra spooky flair.Ingredients:4 oz Western Family Pineapple Juice 2 oz Western Family Orange Juice 2 oz of freshly squeezed Lemon Juice 2 oz Ginger Beer Western Family Cranberry Cocktail, to fill th...
Oct 31, 2024
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