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Understanding Your Skin: Tips for Teens on Achieving Radiant Skin
Dr. Emily Morris Dr. Emily Morris

Understanding Your Skin: Tips for Teens on Achieving Radiant Skin

As a teenager, having sensitive or blemish-prone skin can wreak havoc on one’s self esteem. While having completely clear skin is nearly impossible with the number of stressors we have in today’s society, I have some tips for promoting healthy skin both externally and internally. Get rid of all your sensationalized products, save your money, and let’s go back to basics! Watch your skin and your confidence transform with these easy steps.

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The Seven Love Languages: How They Impact Relationships
Kendall Hagensen Kendall Hagensen

The Seven Love Languages: How They Impact Relationships

Love languages offer a unique lens to understanding how we give and receive affection. They are a conceptual tool developed by Dr. Gary Chapman, designed to help individuals better understand their emotional communication preferences and those of their partners. They serve as a guide to understanding the various ways in which people express and receive love. By understanding our own love language and that of our partners, we are better equipped to communicate effectively, foster deeper connections, and nurture our relationships. Love languages can enhance holistic wellness by promoting healthier, happier relationships.

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A Lunisolar Way of Being
Dr. Tameka Lim Dr. Tameka Lim

A Lunisolar Way of Being

Today is a very special day. Largely unnoticed here in the United States, an estimated 2 billion humans around the world are celebrating. What are they celebrating? The transition from one lunisolar year to another, the water rabbit hopping aside, making way for the wood dragon. Last year, Lunar New Year of the Water Rabbit fell on January 22nd, and this year we celebrate the year of the Wood Dragon, February 10th. As a child, I always found it confusing that Chinese New Year was never on the same day. It wasn’t until much later that I understood its ancient significance rooted in agricultural celebration of the phasing out of winter and embracing a new spring. Chinese New Year is always celebrated on the second full moon following the Winter solstice.

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REVITALIZED Massage in the Off Season
The Vancouver Wellness Studio Team The Vancouver Wellness Studio Team

REVITALIZED Massage in the Off Season

Massage therapy has proven to be beneficial for those who are seeking to relax and renew their ease of movement. Now that we are about halfway through the rainy season and planning our spring and summer activities, it is a good time to recoup and/or prepare our bodies for the recreation they anticipate.

Some may not have had an off-season, just more of a season shift. Some may have been able to keep active on the slopes, in backyard or organized gyms or run clubs. Whatever the case, our bodies and mind could benefit by receiving some nurturing through a passive mode such as massage.

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The Challenges of Navigating a Chronic Illness While Creating New Year’s Resolutions: Five Tools for 2024
Kelie Bryson Kelie Bryson

The Challenges of Navigating a Chronic Illness While Creating New Year’s Resolutions: Five Tools for 2024

As we bid farewell to another year, the promise of a fresh start fills the air. New Year’s resolutions, those annual commitments to self-improvement, are a tradition embraced by millions around the world. While embarking on this journey can be both exciting and daunting, it presents an opportunity for personal growth, positive change, and the chance to redefine your path in the coming year.

However, for those who are managing a chronic illness there can be a unique set of challenges when trying to incorporate a positive change. Here are five tools to help you navigate positive change in the new year.

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Stressed this Holiday Season? Try Acupuncture!
The Vancouver Wellness Studio Team The Vancouver Wellness Studio Team

Stressed this Holiday Season? Try Acupuncture!

One of the things acupuncture is most helpful for, among many, many things, is stress and anxiety! Patients usually start coming in for treatments because of an ailment or pain point, and most find a bonus “side effect” of these treatments to be stress relief. I’ve heard countless times that patients look forward to their “acu-nap” they often get to indulge in during acupuncture treatments, or just the “light”, warm and fuzzy feeling they have as they’re leaving their appointment.

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Herbs for Men’s Health
Dr. Emily Morris Dr. Emily Morris

Herbs for Men’s Health

Gather the men in your life and show them the possible benefits of herbs! Herbs can be customized to fit each individual concern, constitution, or overall health goal. Do you have low libido, difficulty maintaining healthy hair, low energy, sluggish metabolism, etc., check out the following:

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GOING INTO WINTER: CHINESE MEDICINE TIPS
Annie Hsu Annie Hsu

GOING INTO WINTER: CHINESE MEDICINE TIPS

Chinese Medicine views cold as constricting and stagnating, which are elements that create pain, dysfunction, and undesired outcomes in the body. When it is already cold in our environment and surroundings, we don’t want to make our bodies even colder.

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Testosterone Therapy: A Useful Tool in Modern Medicine
Dr. Lisa Bryant, ND Dr. Lisa Bryant, ND

Testosterone Therapy: A Useful Tool in Modern Medicine

Testosterone therapy has been utilized in medicine for decades, and when used properly, can help men to regain energy levels, libido, muscle mass and improved mood. But therapy should be individualized based on clinical history, risk factors, symptoms and lab values.

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Natural UTI Remedies for Adults 
Dr. Emily Morris Dr. Emily Morris

Natural UTI Remedies for Adults 

Are you sick of feeling uncomfortable? How many times have you found yourself at the doctor’s office being told yet again you have a UTI? Frequent antibiotic prescriptions, missing out on important events, and dealing with uncomfortable conversations with intimate partners or family members. What if I told you there were ways to support your urinary tract to either prevent UTIs or reduce the need for antibiotics? If you want to be able to enjoy activities again, feel comfortable in your skin, and maintain a healthy sex life without UTIs, continue reading for natural UTI remedies.

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ADHD Awareness
The Vancouver Wellness Studio Team The Vancouver Wellness Studio Team

ADHD Awareness

It’s global ADHD awareness month, which offers an opportunity to educate and share resources with those unaware of this disorder, as well as those diagnosed with it (or suspecting the diagnosis). The various media outlets and the internet have done a lot to misrepresent the truth behind ADHD, creating a stigma around this condition. While every individual is unique, it’s important to remember we’re all in this together, and there are many ways in which we can support each other in feeling noticed, appreciated, understood, and encouraged along life’s journey. To start the conversation about ADHD, we’re going to define and identify the distinct aspects of ADHD in childhood versus adulthood, and how the condition impacts someone’s life, discuss how common it is, and share some naturopathic and integrative health approaches to management.

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Naturopathic Care: The Ideal Form Of Personalized Medicine 
The Vancouver Wellness Studio Team The Vancouver Wellness Studio Team

Naturopathic Care: The Ideal Form Of Personalized Medicine 

In a world where healthcare options abound, the concept of integrative care and medicine is gaining significant attention. Integrative care, also known as holistic or comprehensive care, emphasizes the collaboration of conventional medicine with alternative and complementary therapies to provide a well-rounded approach to healing and well-being. Let's delve into the myriad benefits that integrative care and functional medicine bring to the table.

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Unveiling the Benefits of Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) for Facial Rejuvenation
The Vancouver Wellness Studio Team The Vancouver Wellness Studio Team

Unveiling the Benefits of Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) for Facial Rejuvenation

Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy for facial rejuvenation is one way to reduce the appearance of aging offered at the Waterfront Spa. PRP has gained immense popularity in recent years for its natural and non-invasive approach to achieving youthful skin. Let's delve into the world of PRP and explore the multitude of benefits it offers for the face.

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Making Mistakes
Raquel Ramirez Raquel Ramirez

Making Mistakes

What’s your relationship with making mistakes? Does that seem like a silly question?

For many of us, making a mistake at work or with important people in our lives causes us great distress. It can poke at an old schema or negative belief about ourselves. The truth is, when we are able to put that aside, we can see mistakes are how we learn and grow. When we were babies, how many times did we fall before we learned to walk? Yet, it can be difficult to see that when we are triggered.

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Back to school tips
Katlynn Feagans Katlynn Feagans

Back to school tips

Parenting strategies that incorporate principles from the Polyvagal Theory can be effective in helping children regulate their emotions and responses to stress. The Polyvagal Theory, developed by Dr. Stephen Porges, explains how the autonomic nervous system influences social behavior, emotional regulation, and physiological responses. Here are ways parents can apply these principles to support their children’s regulation:

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Preparing for the Cold and Flu Season with Myers' IV Nutrient Therapy and B12 Injections
The Vancouver Wellness Studio Team The Vancouver Wellness Studio Team

Preparing for the Cold and Flu Season with Myers' IV Nutrient Therapy and B12 Injections

The immune system serves as the body's frontline defense against infections and illnesses. With the colder months bringing a higher risk of colds and flu, it's essential for adults to ensure their immune systems are primed and ready. While a balanced lifestyle, proper nutrition, and regular exercise play key roles, certain circumstances might warrant additional measures. This is where the combination of Myers' IV Nutrient Therapy and B12 injections comes into play.

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Let’s Talk Microneedling for the Body
Sabrina Scanlon Sabrina Scanlon

Let’s Talk Microneedling for the Body

Collagen Induction Therapy, more commonly known as microneedling, is a technique used to restore and regenerate the skin by working with our body’s own natural healing process. Microneedling is the act of applying concise, controlled, micro-channel “wounds” to the epidermis, or the outermost layer of the skin. The fact is that our bodies are incredibly efficient at healing. This technique is applied in the practice of aesthetics to boost and increase these inherent healing functions within the skin to ensure faster, stronger and even more efficient results.

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