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Seven Healthy Lunchbox Ideas

Way back in early 2015, Du shared a week of simple, healthy and delicious school lunches with our friends at Joyous Health. A great resource for parents looking for school lunch ideas for their own future Nobel Prize recipients!    

What 20 Awesome Women Do for Self-Care

Way back in early 2017, Du was featured in our friend Joyous Health‘s blog post, What 20 Awesome Women Do for Self-Care, featuring the self-care routines of a range of “high achieving” women who balance career, parenting and everything else that goes into living in… [LEARN MORE]

Spirituality in the Experience of Breast Cancer

Here’s something I wrote, for a class while I was a student at the Canadian College ion naturopathic Medicine (I don’t remember which class, but something women’s health- or oncology-related seems like a reasonable guess). Prayer came up recently, somehow, in an appointment of… [LEARN MORE]

What You Need to Know About Intermittent Fasting

I recently contributed an article for our friends at Joyous Health on intermittent fasting, what it’s all about, and how Jonah and I do it. Sometimes when we contribute articles, then are edited and we will post them here so you can read them… [LEARN MORE]

The Birth of Adam*

This was a lovely birth in which the parents-to-be had hoped for a natural birth, and achieved it through calmness and discipline on the part of the mother-to-be, and loving support from the father-to-be. I was (am) so proud of them. – Du La, ND,… [LEARN MORE]

The Birth of Sebastian*

Every birth is special in it’s way. This birth is a nice example of a meeting of more natural approaches (a midwife-attended birth) and more conventional approaches (a hospital setting). Read it, and you’ll see that it couldn’t have been more lovely. It brings… [LEARN MORE]

The Birth of Caroline*

I have attended hundreds of births, of almost every type, since I began to work as a naturopathic birth doula. Many imagine that I must be involved only in “hippy-dippy” births where everyone is naked, involving chanting. I love all births, each birth is… [LEARN MORE]

Should Children Use a Multi-Vitamin?

This is an article I wrote for EcoParent Magazine’s Fall 2017 Issue. It hasn’t been posted Online, but I’ve posted it here! After I submitted it, I was contacted by the editor and asked for a few changes – apparently some of the magazines… [LEARN MORE]

The Perfect Prescription: Walking

Here’s an article I wrote for EcoParent Magazine back in spring of 2015 on walking: the very real health benefits of this inherently pleasurable activity, and how to easily incorporate it in to your everyday routine. EcoParent hasn’t posted it Online, but here it… [LEARN MORE]

Spring Family Cleanse

Here’s an article I wrote for EcoParent Magazine’s 2017 Spring Issue on a safe, simple detoxifying diet that can be completed as a family. Again, published in print, but not Online, except here, and continued here! – Jonah Lusis, ND

Introducing Your Baby to Solid Foods, Safely

Du and I wrote an article reviewing the most recent research one how to introduce solid foods into a child’s diet to minimize the potential for developing allergies. It appeared in EcoParent Magazine’s 2015 Winter Issue, but wasn’t posted Online – here it is! –… [LEARN MORE]