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Directions Pour packets of gelatin in a bowl, add 2 Tbsp of water and set aside. Add Pear Nectar and mango to a blender and blend until smooth. Heat mango/pear blend in saucepan until steaming hot/not boiling. Add 2 Tbsp raw honey and stir until melted. Use a spoon to scrape the gelatin into the hot liquid (it will be rubbery). Whisk gently until the gelatin has dissolved. Pour the mixture into desired moulds or shallow dish. Place in fridge and allow to set for at least 2 hours or overnight. Top with your favourite fresh fruit and coconut whipped cream if desired!
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“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ~ C. S. Lewis “Ignorance is always afraid of change.” ~ J. Nehru “I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.” ~ Stephen Hawking Back when I was a young man, during its season, I used to play baseball every Thursday night with a group of friends. We used the diamond at a local school and, afterwards, went to our favourite tavern to tell our stories and laugh until closing time. One June evening in 1976, the friend sitting closest to me told me that he was going to start running the next day so that he could train with his daughter. We were both lamenting our lack of fitness. After listening to him, I replied that I would begin running as well. The following Saturday, I laced up my teacher gym class sneakers and began, choosing to run from my house down to the railroad tracks and then back home. The total distance was about one mile. I can’t remember how I felt, but I know I stopped at the tracks for a breather. What is most important about this reminiscence is that I went for another little run the next day. Thus began a generally consistent routine that has continued for almost 48 years thus far. Three weeks after my first run, I decided, on the spur of the moment, to drive to Montreal to watch some of the Summer Olympics. I met a group of friendly Americans there and was gifted free extra tickets for three days. I sat with them high up in the stadium, watching every track and field event. I slept in my VW Beetle for three nights in the downtown, no easy task.
I came home with my long-dormant interest in running very much rekindled. It is no overstatement to say that my decision to come back to running, after having left it behind at the end of high school, changed the path of my life. At the time, there was no plan or thought of where running would take me. I didn’t know anything about the sport, and I had no one to run with. As the months and years passed, I became more and more immersed. When Juta and I moved to Georgetown in 1982, I joined the newly-formed Georgetown Runners. Ten years later, I became a member of the Etobicoke Huskies Striders, at that time the foremost long-distance club in the country. I have run in races from 800m up to 10 days. Along the way, I was selected to national teams four times, representing Canada at World Championships in France, Quebec, South Korea and Italy. I have run on four continents. What a journey it has been. Many of my closest friends and favourite memories are a part of my life because of running. In a pub long ago, I had a moment of reckoning during a conversation that seemed quite inconsequential at the time. In fact, I had recognized a weakness, wasn’t happy about it and decided to face it. Most importantly, I persevered until I became better, until I enjoyed it more and until I reaped the benefits of finding a pursuit that was the right fit for me. For the first six years, I ran almost exclusively on my own, improving somewhat because I was persistent. I did take part in some road races, including a number of marathons. At that time, running was not my main sport, but it was a key contributor to my overall fitness. Real improvement and
NEW ENDINGS coming closer to reaching my potential came later when I ran with and learned from other like-minded runners. How grateful I am that something made me go out that second day, that something made me stick with it. Now, as an older athlete and basically a walker, I still have that same desire to stick with it. My current streak of purposeful walking workouts is up to 128 days, as of January 16, in preparation for my 10 Day race in Wisconsin in June. Seneca reminds us that fools all have one thing in common. They are always getting ready to start. They are always getting ready to change. And then? They don’t do the work. It takes work, whether you decide that you will lose weight, break your smartphone addiction, drink less, read more, or whatever. To that end, consider Epictetus’s question: “How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for, and of, yourself?” A new year is upon us. Is there a better time than now to get started? No, there is not.
implementation of the change, whatever it is, the easier it becomes. At the same time, the change will be easier and most likely smoother if you have a support person or persons to bolster you and, if you’re lucky, inform you in a positive fashion. In my example of instituting a running routine, I always tell people, “The first step is the hardest.”
Seneca also said that he pitied people who have never experienced challenges. If you’ve never let yourself face a challenge, no one can ever know what you are capable of, not even you. Change is going to happen, regardless of how you feel about it. Everything in life comes from change, good or bad. The more we age, the more time becomes an important, indeed critical, factor. Most of us don’t want to take a hard look in the mirror. We don’t want to put ourselves up for review. We sometimes think we know what everyone else is doing wrong, their obvious issues and compulsions, but what about our own? We seem to want to turn away from looking at those. We need to examine ourselves.
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We all say, "This year is going to be better!" often setting ourselves up for the ultimate letdown. Generations upon generations have continued to base everything on a new year and new beginnings.
For the water jug, I saw a bit of water on the floor in the early evening of the 31st and cleaned it up, but I should have also checked that the jug was placed securely on the cooler. The sock. I knew it would wear out soon, but it was easier to blame it on 2024.
Look how many of us make that New Year's resolution and how many stick to it! By some estimates, as many as 80% of people fail to keep their New Year's resolutions by February. Only 8% of people stick with them the entire year.
All three could have easily been avoided by paying better attention to my day on the 31st, plain and simple. They were all my doing, and they had absolutely nothing to do with it being January 1, 2024.
I woke at 4:30 a.m. this New Year's Day and could not get back to sleep, so I decided to get up. I went downstairs and discovered the water cooler had leaked all over the floor during the night. I went back upstairs to get dressed and put my big toe through the end of my favourite pair of socks! Mentally, I was already thinking, "Oh, wonderful. This is not going to be a great year!"
Folks, remember you need to be accountable to yourself day in and day out.
I believed a one-hour span would wreak havoc over the next 364 days. We all jump to conclusions, but we need to step back and revisit how we got to that intersection. So I did just that. My point is that I perceived the three events on New Year's morning as a bad start to the year when the reality was I needed to pay better attention to my day on December 31, 2023. Let me explain: on December 31, I skipped my workout, throwing my routine and body out of whack. Plus, I ate a couple of things, which contributed to not sleeping well.
Let's get back to setting ourselves up for success in the new year. Out with the old and in with the new is a great idea, but first, take care of the old so your slate is truly clean. The problems you may have thought you left behind in 2023 are still waiting to be addressed in 2024. Start the year by figuring out how to solve the 2023 problems positively in 2024. That will give you that fresh start. As for resolutions, most of us never follow through, as you saw in the stat above. Hmmm, how do we change this? First off, pick a New Year's goal that is attainable. Make sure you are both mentally and physically up to the challenge. Take baby steps. See what will fit with your lifestyle. Cut yourself some slack and adjust your resolution if you are in over your head. Keep adjusting your goal to fit your current situation better.
You already know there will be bumps in the road in the next twelve months. Focusing on your goal will have its ups and downs; just remember, it will all be worth it. That feeling of self-satisfaction that you stuck to your goal will only drive you to higher success.
Hey, I believe in you. Now, believe in yourself!
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February is Heart Month. How does one measure the importance of hearthealthy strategies and behaviours? Taking care of our heart is a rather important undertaking, yet often, as with many things, we pay it no heed until there is a problem. The physiological processes of our bodies will never cease to amaze and astound me. The sheer number of functions that must occur to keep us alive, happening without conscious awareness or intent, is quite miraculous! To enjoy life with a healthy heart and all of the incredible functions it performs, we require a level of awareness of both intrinsic and modifiable behaviours or habits. Intrinsic factors include aging, family history, gender, ethnicity and genetics. Modifiable factors include inactive
lifestyle, stress response and management, smoking and alcohol, blood pressure, poor diet, diabetes and body weight. There is a tendency for people to think a family history of heart disease is a guarantee, an expectation it is in their future. In many cases, it is the influence of modifiable lifestyle patterns and habits that simply repeat themselves, causing or creating increased risk factors. Prevention, education and application of these “better than” strategies require a dedication to nutrition and lifestyle, but it can certainly be the swing vote in your destiny! As always, our bodies require nutritional support. Without the appropriate balance of macro and micronutrients, the cells may have an excess or deficiency of critical nutrients, thereby determining how well we can function. We must fuel our systems if we expect them to operate at a certain level. There are so very many things that can go right or wrong with our bodies, so many functions that happen without us ever being aware of the hard and critical work our bodies are performing behind the scenes. Many of the jobs your heart is responsible for require a proper balance of minerals and water to support the cellular, behind the scenes electrical connectivity. It is continually trying to maintain homeostasis. In any instant, our incredible bodies continually perform incredible feats to keep us alive and upright! Imagine how our bodies, “wellness”, and energy levels may lag when the basic fuels and tools are limited. Imbalanced levels of nutrition and lifestyle habits can “make it or break it” for our longevity and quality of life, whether we are trying to maintain, prevent or recover from any form of challenge or ailment. There are specific holistic, heart-supportive and preventative supplement protocols employed by many: magnesium, wild Omega3, CoQ10, Garlic, Hawthorn, Antioxidants, and B-Complex vitamins, to list just a few. For those on prescription medications for cardiovascular health and/or circulatory issues, it’s imperative to speak with a qualified healthcare professional to determine whether medications or conditions require specific supplementation, along with dosage, timing and potential contraindications. I continue to collaborate with our fantastic team at Dover Apothecary to ensure that our patients/clients get the highest quality of care and the information they need to decide on the best health choices for them as individuals. Nutrition, quality sleep, exercise, fresh air, water consumption, proper hygiene, and routine medical and dental checkups are all heart-savvy good practices.
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doverapothecary . ca Our hearts are special. Not just our physical and “internal” factors govern a healthy heart! We are easily affected by and are in tune with the impact of mental, emotional, and spiritual influences, along with feelings of community and connection. Our response and ability to manage stress can support or detract from our heart health, independent of nutrition and other lifestyle factors. Our physical manifestations of dis-ease in our heart can easily be overcome, influenced or disrupted by our emotional well-being. We use so very many descriptive words to describe people, things we associate with the heart! We may refer to someone as heart-centred, softhearted, lion-hearted, lighthearted, feint-hearted, heavy-hearted, lonely-hearted, cold-hearted, hard-hearted, broken-hearted or “missing a piece of their heart”. When we are happy, anticipating something exciting, in love, people often say, “You made my heart skip a beat.” The list goes on and on when it comes to descriptors of personalities and our emotional wellness quotient. If someone has been stuck, for a long time, in a negative emotional state, it can most certainly have a profound effect on the health of their heart!
Our hearts respond to sounds. Music can evoke a change in heart rhythm. Our sensory systems will most assuredly cause changes in our hearts. Sights, sounds, temperature, odours, activity (standing, laying, sitting, running, walking), and emotional triggers such as being worried, joyful, happy, angry, fearful, excited, grieving, lonely, content, deep feelings of love, even memories, good or bad, can alter heart health if “normal” function is disrupted for extended times. Please, take care of the heart. It is doing so much for the entirety of your life to keep you alive and well. Modifiable factors are powerful tools: maintaining a healthy weight, active lifestyle, healthy diet, cardioprotective supplements, sleep, and managing/minimizing harmful stress. As a Registered Nutritional Therapist, I help others evaluate and take responsibility by guiding, supporting and empowering them to live proactively. You are your own best tool to optimize your wellness and vitality. I’m here for you! Consults are booked by appointment.
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Hello, I’m Kevin, with Leanne, Executive Director at the Art with Heart Studio. Where are you located? We are at 33 Norfolk Street North, in Simcoe. How did you get started? We have been around for about 10 years now. It was founded by Nikki Campbell, who noticed a need in the community. We started in Port Rowan, then Art in the Park, which provided free art classes in Port Dover, and we are now a non-profit organization. What programs do you offer? We offer visual, musical and dramatic arts classes. We have a guitar club, Dungeons and Dragons, sewing, and clay creations, as well as hosting birthday parties and offering private music lessons. Is there a fee to join? Yes, for the classes and the music lessons, but the prices vary. They usually start at around $20-$25 per hour, and each session usually runs for 2 months. There are also scholarships available for people facing financial barriers.
Do you ever need volunteers? Yes, as many as we can get. Our Board of Directors are all volunteers, and we sometimes get people from the high school, so we are open to any experience level. Can anyone participate, or is there an age limit? We are an inclusive business and work on an individual basis. We are open to everybody who would like to participate. We have some kids who have aged out of the under-18 programs but still choose to attend as we adjust eligibility to meet skill levels. How does your program contribute to the community? We bring the Arts to people. We also offer the ability for people in the community to participate, even if there are barriers. We currently have two scholarships available for private music lessons sponsored by Birdtown Jamboree. Thank you for taking the time to talk today. It was very educational. K����
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