Last summer, I was working on an article about Colour. I started seeing colour everywhere, and wondering, what purpose does it serve? One day, after pedalling my bike up Reid Road and noticing all the Western Trumpet Honeysuckle blossoms, popping orange-bursts amongst the screen of green, I thought: Why do flowers have their amazing bright … Continue reading The Western Trumpet Honeysuckle – Nectar for Hummingbirds
One of my favourite childhood memories was being kicked out of the house by my young mother to search for food. Here was the deal: we had to fill up the ice cream bucket. Then we could come home and help her make saskatoon pie, choke cherry jelly, wild strawberry shortcake, whatever we ended up finding … Continue reading 30 Days of Native Plant Love, a special month-long Stewardship adventure
(On the subject of habits and grooves, may I offer a big congratulations to Winds of Change Steering Committee Member, Cedric Jones, who just celebrated his 21st "birthday" of sobriety. What an awesome commitment to wellness and walking the red road. He shared his story in an Annual Report for the Lil'wat Nation and it's … Continue reading Column: Beware the Groove of a Familiar (but Bad Habit)
Current State of Frenzy The realization came to me the other day as I was really givin’ er up Happy Trail on a beautiful spri-nter day. I was having a little bit of a panic attack. I realized that in my current energetic state I may have once again taken on too much - work, … Continue reading The Cardinal Directions and the Medicine Wheel
Okay, I'm still having to stop and think when I need to write the date... 2015. 2015. So the fact that January is already in the rear-vision mirror means I really better get a handle on that. In case it flew by for you, too, here's what you might have missed on the Wellness Almanac … Continue reading Wellness Round-up – January in Review
Great tip from Pemberton's Roy McClean - this NY Times report that exercise can change your DNA.... not just your mood or your dress size. It's an interesting take on the idea that several Wellness Challenge participants reported - the more you do, to practice wellness, the easier it gets. What I LOVE about wellness … Continue reading The Science of Wellness: Exercise Can Change Your DNA
Yesterday, we heard from her significant other. Today, Zoe Martin dishes on how her #50DayWellnessChallenge went down. What does it take to inject a big fat dose of wellness into life? Try something. Try to make it a habit. Invite someone to cheer you on. We'll kick it off officially again in the fall of … Continue reading #50DayWellnessChallenge: Zoe Martin’s report
A slideshow of highlights from the 2014 Wellness Gathering. Here's what wellness looks like where we live.
This is our 1001st post on the Wellness Almanac! The Winds of Change started as a social policy initiative 10 years ago, to bring these communities together over drug and alcohol issues. But how do we talk meaningfully about alcohol and addiction in our communities, without alienating people? The focus of the Wellness Almanac has … Continue reading Take Our Survey! How Can We Improve The Wellness Almanac?
One of our regular contributing Photo of the Week photographers, Gary Martin, spent Saturday at the Wellness Gathering, capturing the action, the energy and the faces. We'll share a gallery of highlights once he's had a chance to work his editing magic. In the meantime, Polek Rybczynski gives us another frame of action, in this … Continue reading Photo of the Week: Polek Rybczynski
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