How are you defining wellness and optimal health? What are your practices and how are you going to incorporate those to support your foundation so you can live an optimal, healthy, vibrant and empowered life?

For most of us this is not a one time activity. I use the word practices intentionally because in many cases it means supporting or enhancing what we're already doing. And it may mean learning new practices that support our foundation that allow us to live our optimal lives. 

For those that have a chronic illness, such as myself, are you wondering if we can still benefit from supporting foundations and wellness? My answer is YES! 

Allowing use to merge this traditional wisdom of medicine and then paring it with the current evidence based approaches that scientists are confirming - allows us to enhance our own lives. 

I come to this perspective from a nutrition, nourishment point of view. And today on the show, we will look at other practices that could benefit us as well. 

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Do you find yourself focusing too much on the negative things going on around you and allow other peoples actions affect your mood? Today I'm changing things up a bit. This episode is going to be about a personal realization and changes I'll be making to handles these situations differently in the future. I'm hoping that many of you might find this helpful. Or perhaps, as I'm telling my story, you might be able to catch the areas where YOU might have handled things differently.

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Enjoy salads as a side dish, or main meal. Interested in some ideas on how to shift from regular to spectacular? In this episode, we discuss some creative ways to incorporate new food choices, as well as finding substitutes for salads that we enjoy. 

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Are you someone who enjoys the season of Spring while experiencing Seasonal Allergies?  This episode shares tips and strategies on how to minimize our exposure to allergens, along with ideas of how to support our ability to deal with the symptoms. 

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I personally LOVE soups. I enjoy picking seasonal ingredients to create a soup and make them all year round. I often recommend soups for those that I'm working with in my coaching and counselling practice, because I find that a variety of those in the kitchen can enjoy the benefits of soup.

Whether you're new to the kitchen or new to cooking, this is such a great choice for you! And no matter what your skill level is, soups are a great choice.

Listen to today's episode, to learn more about the benefits of incorporating soups into your regular menu plan.

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Today, we're going beyond just the language of replacing the word 'bad' with the word 'good'. And we're also going to incorporate the good, better, best option.

I'm going to frame this episode with what I call the ABC's of nourishment (Always Be Curious). This isn't about blaming or judging ourselves. This is about discovering what it is we're saying, if we're not getting the results we want to get. Especially when we want to incorporate new health behaviours.

What we say to ourselves matter! Tune into today's episode to learn the importance of replacing the word 'should' with 'could'.

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For some of us winter is a beautiful time to be quiet and enjoy the cold outdoors, or the beginning of a new calendar year. For others, they consider themselves to be like bears. Wanting to hibernate through the winter and wake them in the spring.

If we take our cue from nature and we look at trees in cold climates, the trees don't have any leaves. It looks like there is not a lot going on, but in actuality, it's the roots that are taking in the nutrients and preparing the tree for the upcoming spring.

Looking at the wisdom of winter, it's really about nourishing the roots. How do we stay grounded?

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It's pretty common at the end of a calendar year, as we go into a new year, to take a look at what goals we had for the previous year and what we've accomplished. Then we sit down a the new calendar year and we write down the goals that we feel like we want to accomplish in this next new bright year.

Sometimes I hear from friends that when setting new goals, their goals stay the same from year to year. They just erase the year at the top. I often wonder, if that is true... is that really a goal that you'd like to have?

Today I'm going to talk about the different between goals (future accomplishments) and intentions (present intentions to move you forward).

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Welcome to Uniquely Nourishing! I'm your host, Dr. Carla Johnston. I'm a fifty-something woman, who is always curious, loves learning, and is committed to bringing information, ideas, techniques, and strategies for enhancing our health and well-being.

With a Doctorate in Clinical Nutrition, I enjoy expanding the conversation of nutrition to one of Nourishment. By taking from the wisdom of traditional medicine, along with current evidence-based research, we have this opportunity to create our own unique approach to Nourishment.

I look forward to bringing you information on topics that support our overall health, such as nutrition, mindfulness, physical movement, mental and emotional support, sleep strategies, and more broadly, how do we envision our life to be? 

Each of us gets to create our own version of living a uniquely nourished life.

Periodically, there will be guests, other fifty-something women, who will be sharing their stories and inspiring others to remain curious and to live out loud! Learn more at www.drcarlajohnston.com.

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