Category Archives: Naturopathic Medicine

Are you Type A for Anxiety?

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Dr Aoife

Good morn­ing my Type A friends. You know who you are. You are the per­son oth­ers rely upon to get the job done. You show up. You give good sup­port and advice. You’re a good friend. You are read­ing this blog right … Continue read­ing →

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Eczema and the body-​mind connection

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Dr Aoife

Most of you know my per­sonal con­nec­tion to eczema and dermatitis, but this is not a post just about dermatitis! More pro­found is the body-​mind con­nec­tion and how they cause phys­ical dys­func­tion or improve upon it, or how more simply, what … Continue read­ing →

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10 Easy Ways to Start the New Year with a Clear Conscience

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Dr Aoife

Happy New Year to you all! I hope that you have had a rest­ful (some­what) and peace­ful (as much as pos­sible) hol­i­day break, because it is a new year and fresh start if you want it to be. Or do you? January is … Continue read­ing →

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Truly enjoying the holidays: Social stress tips to a ‘saner’ you

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Dr Aoife

Only 7 days left every­one until the “big day”, and for many people, the hol­i­days are more stress­ful than enjoy­able. It’s not just the fin­an­cial pres­sure, but social inter­ac­tions can be at the best of times a strain. Having a busy sched­ule on … Continue read­ing →

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Handling stress when things don’t go according to plan — Deepak Chopra– draoife.com

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Dr Aoife

Hello to all! I have been absent in my blog­ging as of late, but some­times what is ger­min­at­ing is more import­ant than a lot of idle chat­ter :) The health mod­er­a­tion series will be con­tinu­ing this week, but there are some inter­est­ing … Continue read­ing →

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Are you googling your way to an anxiety disorder?

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Dr Aoife

No one wants to be sick. Health is wealth is the say­ing, and it could not be more true. Yes, we are only here for a short time and if our body is phys­ic­ally well (as well as men­tally and emo­tional … Continue read­ing →

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Tough love means you feel better

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Dr Aoife

What happened to the under­stand­ing that medi­cine should not always be con­veni­ent or tasty to actu­ally be work­ing? Buckleys’ com­mer­cial and the infam­ous slo­gan Tastes awful, but it works, was an import­ant part of my young adult life.

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NMW Day 6: Peeling the layers off

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Dr Aoife

I am in the office on Saturday morn­ings. I enjoy these morn­ings often more than the reg­u­lar week because every­one who comes in the door has chosen to spend some of their pre­cious week­end time on them­selves. They are work­ing towards … Continue read­ing →

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NMW Day 5: Menstrual madness supported by Naturopathic Medicine

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Dr Aoife

I treat many women in my prac­tice, in all stages of life from puberty to men­o­pause and through the other side. While we are all sup­posed to be appre­ci­at­ive of our hor­mone cycles, some­times it just sucks to be a woman. … Continue read­ing →

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NMW Day 4: The “magic” of herbal medicine

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Dr Aoife

As natur­o­pathic doc­tors we are very lucky to be trained in mul­tiple meth­ods of phys­ical (and emo­tional sup­port). One of these is herbal medi­cine, and herbal medi­cine is a dis­cip­line that can help with so many con­di­tions… it makes me very … Continue read­ing →

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NMW Day 3: 5 ways we inspire a better you

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Dr Aoife

My nature is always to want people to be bet­ter and to feel bet­ter, body, mind and soul. This isn’t to say that I always want the change to occur when I think it should (although this approach is much newer as … Continue read­ing →

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NMW Day 2: Cancer prevention

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Dr Aoife

Cancer is some­thing we have inside of us, all of the time. Before you google this state­ment and begin to panic, it is a simple phe­nomenon that hap­pens in our bod­ies when the nor­mal mech­an­isms for “con­trol” go wrong. Our cells have … Continue read­ing →

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NMW Day 1: Gaining Personal Power with Naturopathic Medicine

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Dr Aoife

Today is the first day of Naturopathic Medicine Week, a cel­eb­ra­tion of natur­o­pathic medi­cine across Canada. To cel­eb­rate this week, I will be post­ing a short post each day to give some insight to the beauty of natur­o­pathic medi­cine. If any of you, … Continue read­ing →

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Hives: Not just a quick fix

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Dr Aoife

Hives are itchy, raised bumps (also known as welts and wheals) that appear on the skin after expos­ure to any­thing the body sees as foreign. The med­ical word for hives is urticaria. It is derived from urtica dioica, a latin name for … Continue read­ing →

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Gut Diagnosing Mental Disorders: The importance of gastrointestinal health

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Dr Aoife

Happy March every­one! Your diges­tion may be a key com­pon­ent of your men­tal status I spend a lot of time edu­cat­ing in the office about our immune sys­tem and how impact­ful the gastrointest­inal tract has a sig­ni­fic­ant impact upon immunity. The high­lighted art­icle below … Continue read­ing →

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