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A thousand whysPart 2: Revive Your Curiosity: The Importance of Navigating Adult Life with a Childlike Mind

Nov 5, 2025

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18 min read

A thousand whysPart 2: Revive Your Curiosity: The Importance of Navigating Adult Life with a Childlike Mind

Neurocognitively, the adult brain becomes more selective. It filters information to increase efficiency. This is useful for making quick decisions, but it can lead to exploitative thinking, meaning using what we know to the detriment of what we could discover.

Valerie Larouche, MD
Valerie Larouche, MD
A thousand whys ~ Part 1: Rediscovering Childhood Curiosity as a Superpower!

Oct 29, 2025

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20 min read

A thousand whys ~ Part 1: Rediscovering Childhood Curiosity as a Superpower!

In a world saturated with information, urgent pressures, and productivity at all costs, it becomes easy to stifle what made work stimulating: curiosity.

Valerie Larouche, MD
Valerie Larouche, MD
When Eating Healthy Becomes Unhealthy: An Overview of Orthorexia

Oct 22, 2025

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24 min read

When Eating Healthy Becomes Unhealthy: An Overview of Orthorexia

In today's wellness-obsessed society, it's simple to commend someone who plans their meals carefully, stays away from processed foods, and avoids sugar. However, what occurs when the strict adherence to a healthy diet begins to harm one's physical and mental well-being?

David Richards
David Richards
Why Creatine Might Be the Smartest Supplement You're Not Taking Yet

Oct 15, 2025

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19 min read

Why Creatine Might Be the Smartest Supplement You're Not Taking Yet

A few decades later, and the supplement has garnered renewed interest. An increasing number of studies hint at another role for creatine: helping to support brain health, cognitive function, and mood regulation.

David Richards
David Richards
The Forever Fantasy: Why Living Forever Isn’t in Our DNA

Oct 8, 2025

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15 min read

The Forever Fantasy: Why Living Forever Isn’t in Our DNA

Every so often, headlines announce the possibility of extending life well beyond what we currently think possible—some even hint at immortality. But let’s be clear: we are nowhere close to living forever, and arguably, we never will be.

David Richards
David Richards
When Productivity Becomes a Drug: Inside Cortisol Addiction

Oct 1, 2025

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23 min read

When Productivity Becomes a Drug: Inside Cortisol Addiction

I noticed recently that I have lost the ability to do nothing. In my youth, I was a champion at it. This discovery led me to my second realization: I pack up my days so that I don’t have to contend with the possibility.

David Richards
David Richards
Adult-Onset Allergies: What You Need to Know

Sep 24, 2025

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24 min read

Adult-Onset Allergies: What You Need to Know

While it's acknowledged that adults can develop environmental allergies even without a childhood history, precise percentages quantifying this occurrence are not readily available. However, it, too, is not zero. As the global population ages, allergy manifestations among the elderly will become more common in the future. This is the topic we will be discussing in the third and final installment of our immune system series.

David Richards
David Richards
Immunity Starts in the Kitchen, Dietary Essentials

Sep 17, 2025

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26 min read

Immunity Starts in the Kitchen, Dietary Essentials

While genetics and exercise play a role, what we eat can have a significant impact on how well our immune system functions. A well-balanced diet full of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants can support and even boost immune health, while poor dietary choices can weaken immune responses and increase the risk of illness.

David Richards
David Richards
Sweat Your Way to a Stronger Immune System

Sep 10, 2025

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25 min read

Sweat Your Way to a Stronger Immune System

Driven by the pandemic, the human immune system briefly took centre stage as a worldwide concern, and though that concern has somewhat subsided, it remains a forefront topic. With an aging population, I don’t believe that is going to change.

David Richards
David Richards
Neuroscience and Big Goals: How Your Brain Can Help You Succeed Part II: 9 Neuroscience-Backed Strategies to Turn a Big Goal into Tangible Success

Sep 3, 2025

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22 min read

Neuroscience and Big Goals: How Your Brain Can Help You Succeed Part II: 9 Neuroscience-Backed Strategies to Turn a Big Goal into Tangible Success

You probably have a project close to your heart. A slightly blurry dream, tucked somewhere between your to-do lists, busy days... and that small inner voice that hesitates.

Valerie Larouche, MD
Valerie Larouche, MD
Neuroscience and Big Goals: How Your Brain Can Help You Succeed Part I: Why Our Brain Struggles with Big Goals — and How to Understand It Better

Aug 27, 2025

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22 min read

Neuroscience and Big Goals: How Your Brain Can Help You Succeed Part I: Why Our Brain Struggles with Big Goals — and How to Understand It Better

Neuroscience today helps us see what’s happening “under the hood” when we chase a big ambition, and more importantly, how to use that knowledge to move forward more effectively.

Valerie Larouche, MD
Valerie Larouche, MD
Tinctures 101: Nature’s Potent Little Extracts - Why You Need to Know About These Herbal Powerhouses

Aug 20, 2025

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24 min read

Tinctures 101: Nature’s Potent Little Extracts - Why You Need to Know About These Herbal Powerhouses

I am someone who uses diet, exercise, sleep, and stress management as primary tools for healing and prevention. My approach to health and wellness does not exclude pharmaceuticals and all that conventional medicine has to offer; I merely leave it as my last line of defence. In this regard, I have been lucky with my past two family doctors, as they too have embraced that philosophy. One of my favorite herbal tools, both simple and powerful, is the tincture.

David Richards
David Richards
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