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Reconnecting with Sexuality After Traumatic Experiences
By Kiara Tsagkaris, Registered Psychotherapist (Q). Reconnecting with Sexuality After Traumatic Experiences: Trauma can affect all aspects of our lives, from job performance, to relationships and sexuality. Reconnecting with sexuality after traumatic...
Reconnecting with Sexuality After Traumatic Experiences
By Kiara Tsagkaris, Registered Psychotherapist (Q). Reconnecting with Sexuality After Traumatic Experiences: Trauma can affect all aspects of our lives, from job performance, to relationships and sexuality. Reconnecting with sexuality after traumatic experiences can be challenging. These experiences shape how we relate to ourselves, our bodies, our identities and how we connect with...
Breathe Again
With everything going on in the world, the one thing that can help us calm down is to breathe. Yes, Breathe. Such a charged word in light of recent events, namely; the Coronavirus pandemic affecting the lungs and respiratory system, and George Floyd’s death due to...
Our Prevention Measures
We're so thrilled to be back in the clinic serving you face to face again! Your safety is so important to us and these are some of the measures that we have put into effect at Urban Wellness to help do our part to prevent the spreading of COVID-19 and to keep all of...
Watermelon and Mint Salad – Nature’s Air Conditioner!
Ingredients 1 medium whole watermelon (should work out to about 10 cups of cubed fruit) 1/4 cup olive oil 3 whole limes, juiced 1 1/2 tsp flaked salt 3/4 tsp black pepper 1 cup fresh mint leaves, chopped 1 cup feta cheese, crumbled Instructions Cut rind from the...
Re-opening, re-building and moving forward
By Kristen Mark ND This year has brought a wave of challenges in every area of life – every person, business, and community has been affected. Fatigue, frustration and anger are common and normal reactions to the upheavals we’ve experienced over these past few months....
Life Beyond Busy
No one does well when being pushed to DO all the time. We’ve been so afraid to rest for so long now. Be it consuming information, working, fixing, tidying or just listening to our whirling thoughts. We rob ourselves of our nourishment, our care and so much of our...
Cleansing, miraculous watercress
Cooling, pungent and bitter- sweet, watercress is a natural diuretic helping to clear excess fluid from the body. It impacts the lungs, stomach, bladder and kidney systems in TCM and strengthens the Qi (or vital energy) in the body. It also is helpful in not only...
Spring Foods and Cleansing
Spring is a season full of powerful, forceful and creative energy. Just like that little seed that pushes through all the resistance of the surrounding earth after the dormant winter, we too have seeds of inspiration, hopes, dreams or plans that also want to grow and...
Resilience in the time of Corona
During this time where everything in the world seems uncertain, we are being faced with a huge challenge. The challenge of innovating a brave new dawn, and taking a hard stop to pause in stillness. As emotions like fear and anxiety ensue after such an upheaval and...
Essential Care for Caregivers
Care For The Caregivers Strength, calm and resiliency tools for front line workers If your anxiety and fear peaks at the end of the day after you’ve cared for everyone else and you’re left not being able to sleep or manage simple day to day self-care tasks, this is...
Ancient Wisdom, Modern Stomach EBook
Using Food as Medicine: Applying the Wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine to Heal.
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