Tag: health

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  Back Pain and Keeping Your Spine Healthy

  Emma Lawrence, a British chartered physiotherapist, presents tips to keep your spine healthy throughout the parenting years.
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  Go With The Flow

  Contrary to what you may have learned when you were younger, menstruation is nothing to be confused, worried or embarrassed about. Rachel says that by preparing age-appropriate answers we can help our children realize that this is a normal and important part of life.
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  Self-Compassion

  Compassion involves the act of sympathizing with others. However, sometimes it is easier to sympathize with others than ourselves. Cecilia Yu shows us how to exercise self-compassion, leading to a healthier relationship with ourselves.
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  Pumped for Pilates

  Focusing on women’s health, Emma Lawrence practices and teaches Pilates daily, and shares how you can strengthen your core and overall well-being using focused movements and controlled breathing.
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  Pets: A Love Like No Other

  Sadef tells us about the many benefits of keeping a pet and one of those is the unconditional love they give.  By Sadef ChhotaniThrough the ages, humans have been known to adopt animals as pets for their basic needs as well as companionship. In ancient times, people kept and trained wolves for hunting and shepherds […]
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  Diastasis Recti: An Unknown But Common Condition

  39% of all women have diastasis recti six months after giving birth. What is it, and how do you know if you have it? Ingrid explains.By Ingrid HanifenWhat is diastasis recti? Simply put, it’s the thinning of the connective tissue that joins the abdominal muscles in the middle, or a separation of the abdominal muscles. […]