Versatile, potent, sensual, spiritual—herbs are extraordinary plants. Join a rookie herbaphile as she learns from the experts and attempts an indoor herb garden.

What I Learned From Growing My Own Herb Garden | alive

Heather Burt bicycles to Langara College, where she teaches literature and writing. Her novel <a href="http://amzn.to/2CLt0mE">Adam's Peak</a> (Dundurn Press, 2007) was shortlisted for the 2008 BC Book Prizes.

Personal Story

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

It’s easy to roll your eyes when you’re told, “You can do anything!” But from an 11-year-old walking across America to a woman who lost 100 pounds, these people did exactly that after staring a health scare in the face. Read on for more about their health transformations.

Health Transformations: How 4 People Took Back Their Power | alive

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

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

Health

Inspirational men and women share how eating more plants liberated them from drug addictions, breast tumours, and the mainstream way of seeing the world.

Going Vegan Changed My Life: 3 Incredible Stories | alive

Vegan food blogger and author Laura Wright provides a preview of nourishing recipes from The First Mess Cookbook, plus two exclusive recipes just for you.

5 Delicious Plant-Based Recipes From The First Mess Blogger | alive

Laura Wright is a professional food blogger and cookbook author. She resides in the Niagara region of southern Ontario with her partner and her rescue dog, Cleo.

Vegan Recipes

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

Food

This is what happened when our Publisher, Ryan Benn, travelled to Africa with Thrive—an incredible nonprofit that's growing change.

My Journey to Africa With Thrive | alive

Ryan Benn is the President of Alive Publishing Group and Publisher of alive. He’s a driven, devoted, and bold entrepreneur, as well as an avid cook, mountain biker, and downhill skier.

Travel

Living single was once considered an imperfect life. Thankfully, that’s changing. Here's one woman's story of choosing to be happy, healthy—and single.

Why Living Single Has Become My Happily Ever After | alive

Bella DePaulo, PhD, Harvard, is the author of <a href="http://amzn.to/2yZr0GZ" target="_blank">Singled Out</a> (St. Martin’s Press, 2007) and writes the Living Single blog for Psychology Today. Check out her TEDx talk and her website, <a href="http://belladepaulo.com" target="_blank">belladepaulo.com</a>.

Relationships

When celebs like Jillian Harris want vegan nutrition tips, they turn to Erin Ireland: a new mom who's inspiring parents to rethink what their kids eat.

Of Babes and Beans: Why Celeb Mom Erin Ireland Is Raising Her Baby Vegan | alive

Veganism

Amanda Crew made a name for herself as Monica Hall, the nerd whisperer on Silicon Valley. But these days you can find her hanging with the jocks.

Amanda Crew Reveals Why She's Stronger Than Ever | alive

Kelly Mickle is a freelance writer and reporter. A former New Yorker, she now splits her time between Los Angeles and Joshua Tree, where she writes about women’s health, food and fitness.

How long does it take to reach the North Pole, South Pole and the highest peaks on each continent? For Colin O’Brady, just 139 days.

Colin O’Brady: What Inspired the Elite Mountain Climber to Smash World Records | alive

Karli Petrovic is a writer, editor and yoga instructor living in Portland, Oregon. She’s written for a variety of publications, including Greenhouse Grower, HOW, Print and Edible Ohio Valley.

Fitness Motivation

CNN Hero Becca Stevens started what would become Thistle Farms nearly two decades ago. Today, Thistle Farms helps countless women heal from hardship.

Thistle Farms: Social Justice Crusader Proves Love Heals | alive

Margaret Littman is a journalist, stand-up paddler, author and lover of all things Nashville.

Giving Back

How does Leilani Münter manage to be both an environmental advocate and a race car driver? Her answer might surprise you.

Leilani Münter: Meet the Race Car Driver Who's Also an Eco-Activist | alive

Brendan is the co-founder of Vega and Pulp Culture, bestselling author of the Thrive book series, Venture Partner at Blue Horizon Ventures, and an Executive Producer of The Game Changers film. He’s also a former professional Ironman triathlete and a two-time Canadian 50km Ultra Marathon Champion.

As a dietitian with millions of fans, McKel Hill offers stripped-down approach to wellness. Here's how she stays healthy while getting so much done.

10 Revealing Questions With Nutrition Stripped Founder McKel Hill | alive

The managing editor, digital, at alive, Colleen likes baking healthy(ish) desserts and cooking up a good pun.

Nutrition

How can you overcome adversity like a professional triathlete? The first step is to envision yourself already at the finish line.

A Triathlete's Take on Persevering Through Struggle | alive

Jason Lester is an ESPY Award winner, ultra-endurance athlete and author of <a href="http://amzn.to/2okUNaN" target="_blank">Running on Faith</a>. He’s also the founder of The EPIC5 Challenge. In 2014, he ran nearly 2,500 miles along the Great Wall of China in 83 days, becoming the first solo athlete to run the length of the wall.

Athletes

Being vegan doesn't have to mean giving up on treats. Zimt Chocolates are delicious enough to convince even the most ardent dairy fan to try something new.

Zimt Chocolates: The Raw Vegan Chocolate of Our Dreams | alive

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.

Brendan Brazier is a vegan triathlete and leading authority on plant-based nutrition. But his diet and training weren't always so perfect.

How Vegan Triathlete Brendan Brazier Built His Plant-Based Diet | alive

Fitness

Going vegan took the founder of Tori's Bakeshop in a new life direction. These days, she’s most inspired by helping others enjoy foods they'd written off.

Tori's Bakeshop: How Going Vegan Changed a Baker's Life | alive

Tiffany Mayer is a journalist based in St. Catharines, Ontario. She finds no shortage of inspiration in the Niagara Region where she lives.

Does life always throw challenges your way—say, a restaurant menu sure to cause you indigestion? Prepare with natural remedies you can carry in your purse.

A Naturopath Keeps These Natural Remedies in Her Purse

Robyn Prescott, ND, is a naturopathic physician who focuses on women’s health, hormone balancing, thyroid conditions, and pain management. She practises in beautiful North Vancouver, BC.

Natural Remedies

Bell's palsy strikes suddenly, causing facial paralysis of one side of the face. Facial reflexology is an alternative treatment that holds hope.

I Overcame Bell's Palsy

Theresa Wallace is an Ottawa researcher and writer.

Personal Story

How Does Your Herb Garden Grow?

Living With Heart

Going Vegan Changed My Life

Cooking with The First Mess

Thrive (and Africa)

Happy, Healthy—and Single

Of Babes and Beans

Fit & Fearless

Beating the Odds (Again and Again)

Social Justice Crusader Proves That Love Heals

Revved up With Leilani Münter

Nutritionist, Stripped

Trouble in Paradise

Raw Beauty

A Story of Plant-Based Inspiration

Plant Power

The Purse Apothecary

My Crazy Face