Emilie Houde

Quick read: If you've lost weight before only to watch it return, the problem probably isn't discipline. From a naturopathic perspective, weight that won't budge is often a signal — from your hormones, your gut, your stress levels, or your sleep — that something underneath needs attention first. Once we find and support that root cause, weight loss tends to stop being a fight and starts becoming a natural result of a body that's working the way it's supposed to. Why most diets stop working...

By this point in the school year, many parents are noticing the same thing:Children are exhausted. Teachers are exhausted. Teenagers seem mentally “checked out.” Concentration is harder, emotions are bigger, motivation is lower, and energy crashes happen constantly. And while stress, screen time, lack of sleep, and overstimulation absolutely play a role, there’s one factor I see over and over again in clinic that often gets overlooked: Many children and teenagers are simply not eating enough...

Over the past few years, Baby-Led Weaning (BLW) has become increasingly popular among families — and honestly, I completely understand why ☺️ This approach is based on a very simple but powerful idea: babies are born with a natural ability to recognize their own nutritional needs. From the very first hours of life, newborns instinctively know how to search for the breast, latch, feed at their own pace, and communicate when they are hungry or full. That innate connection with hunger and...