Publications + Contributions
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Helping Children Sleep Naturally
A frequent contributor to our friend Joy’s site, Du recently contributed an article on a vexing topic for many parents: getting young children to sleep. Read, learn and enjoy it here!
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Why Everyone Should Write a Love Letter To Themselves
This past March, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, Du posted on Instagram a “love letter to herself”. Our friend Joy loved it, and asked Du to contribute an article at her site on how a person can complete this very important writing exercise for themselves. Here it is!
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IWM: Du La + Jonah Lusis
Here’s an interview we did with Lisa Borden, a great communications expert, who also blogs – basically a breakdown of what we do, and how to use naturopathic medicine. We love Lisa because she is a “straight-shooter”, and true to her values.
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Birth Control: Hormones Redefined
So many years ago, in 2005, Du wrote an in-depth examination of oral contraceptives (“birth control pills”) in the now out-of-publication “Naturopathic Medicine Today”. Most of the information is still relevant today – but also an interesting archive of conventional approaches to birth control in a decade ago (mostly unchanged).…
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How to Meditate plus Stress-Busting Benefits
Way back in 2015 Du contributed a post to our friends at Joyous Health on meditation (one of our favourite topics and a great idea for anyone!)
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Tips from an ND on Managing Anxiety
Back in 2014 Du contributed a post on managing anxiety to our friends at Joyous Health. Still relevant!
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Something for Nothing – The Value of Free Play
Here’s a great parenting article from 2016 Du wrote for our friends at Joyous Health on “free play”, including the vast and growing scientific support for what a generation ago would have been considered time-wasting. A great and important read for parents.
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Healthy Snacks for Kids
Du and Joyous Health can’t get enough of talking about healthy snacks for kids! Here’s a post Du contributed in 2015: as relevant today as it was then!
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The Importance of DHA For A Baby’s Brain
Here’s an article, written by Du for our friends at Joyous Health on the importance of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on the developing human brain. Ever wondered if mercury in fish is a concern? Whether vegetarians can consume adequate DHA via flax seed oil? All will be illuminated.
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Total Sun Protection from the Inside Out
Way back in 2015, Du contributed an article to our friends at Joyous Health on foods one can eat that help your skin resist/recover from sun exposure. Maybe not the thing for today (15 days from the shortest day of the year), but something to put in your back pocket…
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Two views: Head lice
Back, way before 2012 (when this article was updated), Du had a telephone interview with Chatelaine, comparing conventional and “alternative” approaches to managing head lice. Here’s what they came up with between them!
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On Hair Loss, Heartburn and Balms for Bums …
Back in the mid-aughts, NOW Magazine used to contact us somewhat regularly to comment on a section they used to publish featuring a range of opinions by different healthcare professionals, on managing different, common health concerns, wittily named. As such, our names are associated with articles titled, among others: Balms…