Recipes made with love

Mairlyn Smith, PHEc, is a professional home economist, Second City Alumnus, cookbook author, freelance writer, and mom.

Mother's Day

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

Family

Heidi Hoff is a freelance writer specializing in health and parenting. She is a frequent contributor to alive and lives with her family in Vancouver, BC.

Teenagers

Your holiday gift guide

Amy Wood is a freelance writer and former editor at alive magazine.

Holiday Gift Giving

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

Health

Advocating for your child

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

Child Development

Lighten the load

Amanda Lee is a writer and former editor at alive.

Children's Health

A social health problem

Renee Blackstone is a freelance journalist and a regular alive contributor.

Bullying

Shut-eye fuels child development

How can parents push back?

Lisa Bendall is a freelance writer and book author, with articles published in many of Canada’s top magazines and on their websites. She lives in Toronto.

It's a family affair

Brooke Broadbent, MA is an Ottawa-based author, personal and business coach, and frequent contributor to many publications, including alive.

Chantelle Drobot, ND, practises out of the Integrative Health Centre in Calgary. Her clinical focuses are hormonal issues, digestive disturbances, and stress-related conditions.

Pregnancy

Spend time, not $

Active kids are fit to learn

Stuart Harries is the former Editor-in-Chief of alive Magazine.

Active Kids

Eating right for two

Cathy Carlson-Rink, RM, ND, practises at the Family Health Clinic in Langley, BC, and is instructor of obstetrics at the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine.

Nutrition

Experiencing the whole journey

Childbirth

Something just for him

Father's Day

Unique presents

Simple survival strategies

Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen is a full-time Vancouver-based freelance writer, alive contributor, and the author of <a href="https://amzn.to/2L8h6s2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Growing Forward When You Can’t Go Back</a> (Baker House Publishing, January 2019).

Caregiving

Conceiving natural remedies

Kathleen Barnes is author of several natural health books, including 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health, written with Dr. Hyla Cass (McGraw-Hill, 2005).

Family

Mother's Day Meal

Veg Out

Gift Giving Naturally

School Struggles

Backpack Blues

Bullying

Kids Need Sleep

Marketing to Kids

ABCs of a Healthy Lifestyle

A Chemical Reaction

Mother's Day on Less Than $20

The Power of Play

Healthy Pregnancy

Natural Childbirth

Celebrating Father's Day

Meaningful Mother's Day Gifts

Caregiver's Thrive Guide

Fertility

Edible Christmas Gifts

It's an Eco-Wrap

Giving Green

Good-Conscience Giving

Vitamin Angels

Elder Care in Canada