It is truly fall! Nature has delights in store for us: the brilliant hues, a meteor shower until early November, and our much needed gift of rain! We often think of Fall as the Season that opens the door for us to deepen our understanding of balance. From Summer time play, travel and heat to the call for cozy comfort…
Summer glows are on display with our Signature Summer Aloha pedicure treat (ment) and our New Skin Ritual “Cooling out—Summer Glow”. What is more important is our continual summer glow that resides in us. This is the sacred part of us that at times we hide. This is the curious, compassionate, calm, clear, creative, courageous, confident, connected “self” that is…
For my 10 years of working in the skin care industry in Parksville, BC and on Vancouver Island, addressing Rosacea concerns has been a constant request I receive from my clients and guests. I have seen rosacea in all 4 stages and treatment has always begun with restoring the barrier. I started off advocating for facials to use gentle products,…
Let’s taking Growing and Aging Gracefully. At Palm and Cedar Wellness Clinic, we are passionate about treating the skin with integrity and we refuse to use painful and inflammatory processes! Why? Because our organs were made to fight inflammation. Over time anything that creates an inflammatory response will eventually lead to the organ rejecting the serum or leave the cells…
Vitamin C, the most prevalent antioxidant found in the body. It is responsible for: wound healing, part of the essential 3 for collagen, anti-melanocyte (prevents age spots and decreases pigmentation and much more. One could say vitamin C is the glue that holds us together. The best way to max out on vitamin C is not a supplement, but your…
I first heard of EMDR over 10 years ago. Being honest, I was intrigued but too exhausted to look further into it. One of those “on the back burner” moments that kept staying there for awhile! I know you can’t relate to that. Going back further to 2003 EMDR literally consumed one paragraph in my Theories of Personality textbook when…
Have you experienced a trigger? Triggers are when “out of no where” your system has a physical response to a sound, a memory, a picture etc. You can feel taken back into time. Sometimes you know they are coming and at other times you may be shocked, as it “came out of no where”. Maybe it’s an intrusive memory, or just…
Let’s talk essential vitamins for glowing skin: A,C,E! Simple. These are the essential nutrients we need to continue the communication between each of the 5 layers of our epidermis. Whether it is via the food we eat, supplements we take, or the skin care products we use. Getting these vitamins past the skin barrier is critical and this is the…
Last time we talked, we discussed TRIGGERS. What they are how and how we can begin to change our response and the underlying belief(s) behind them. I was going to continue, but I feel pressed to change course. (Have you notice that living in a global pandemic changes things on you?) I want to bring up our own negative beliefs,…