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Food is medicine. It all starts here. We create recipes with functional, whole organic ingredients that nourish your body and feed your soul. 

Food

Valerie Lugonja, BEd, is a retired educator, blogger, new gramsy, and global traveller writing to promote cooking and eating delicious, nutritious Canadian food.

Leslie Brownbridge, MA, Counselling Psychology, is a writer and educator who teaches mindfulness-based practices throughout Canada and the UK. She also works with various companies as a consultant and in curriculum development in health and wellness, sports, and educational institutions.

Life is about balance. We provide you with strategies for a lifelong commitment to strength and well-being in all areas of your life. 

Lifestyle

Mom of five on a quest to exhaust all her children at the same time, Patricia Barnes spends her time doing seven different things at once and wishing someone would make her a cup of tea.

Family comes first. We equip you with the tools to create a holistically healthy family now, and for generations to come.

Family

Brandie Weikle is a parenting editor, writer, and founder of The New Family blog.

Nikki Bayley is a Vancouver-based award-winning food, drink, and travel writer who regularly contributes to newspapers and magazines around the world, including the Globe and Mail and National Geographic Traveller.

Nicole Palacios, BSc, is a registered kinesiologist and certified personal trainer in North Vancouver.

Fitness

Bev Yaworski is a writer who has worked for an organic food company and an environmental agency.

Dr. Gillian Flower is a naturopathic doctor at the Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre and counsels her patients in the judicious use of natural supplements.

Joshua Duvauchelle is a regular alive contributor and certified personal trainer.

Josie Padro is a Vancouver health and lifestyles writer.

Lisa Evans is a freelance writer from Toronto and regular alive contributor.

Gail Johnson is an award-winning digital, print, and broadcast journalist based in Vancouver. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/gailjohnsonvancouver">@gailjohnsonvancouver</a>

Natural is the way. We bring you credible approaches to preventative health, holistic treatments, and supportive supplements.

Health

Bryce Tarling is a technical and marketing communications specialist and alive contributor.

Isabela Vera is an independent consultant, PhD candidate, and writer focused on sustainable food systems.

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