Located at the corner of Lougheed and Blue Mountain in the historical French Canadian neighbourhood of Maillardville, comes Mont Bleu. This will be Maillardville’s first high rise in the neighbourhood with easy access to Skytrain and a bundle of local amenities. Commercial units will be on the ground floor facing a public art piece as well as exposure from Lougheed. Mont Bleu will be featuring a 21-storey, 147 units with a mixture of studios, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom homes. The 19th floor of the tower will have a large, south-facing rooftop amenity space for residents. On the 3rd floor, a developer is planning on having a lounge, kitchen and fitness centre.
Mont Bleu will be revealing the gift of Une Belle Vie, ʻA Beautiful Lifeʼ soon.
The city of Port Moody is planning a major upscaling of its livability with the creation of an oceanfront community that supports a mix of uses, including a range of housing options, along with commercial, light industrial and recreational uses for the benefit of local residents and visitors. As currently envisioned by city planners and developers, the 34-acre Flavelle Lumber Mill will be transformed into a modern urban village that supports a population of about 7,000 residents and adds a wealth of economic, recreational, social, natural and entertainment benefits to Port Moody.
A variety of housing options are being considered for the development, with condominium buildings, street-oriented townhouses, rental housing, and the potential for house boats estimated to lead to the creation of almost 3,400 residential units. The expansive waterfront area will be revitalized and enhanced by the building of about 1.3 kilometres of new recreational trails, a boardwalk along the water’s edge connecting to Rocky Point Park, and the development of four park areas totalling 4.9 acres, and a 1.9-acre public plaza.
The Flavelle Oceanfront Development could lead to the creation of more than 1,000 on-site jobs upon completion, which could generate up to $57 million in annual employment income. Plans call for 99,000 square-feet of office space; 72,000 square feet of retail space, including a grocery store, restaurants and cafes; 103,000 square feet of light-industrial space; a 106,000 square-foot campus of care facility; and 75,000 square feet of live/work space designed for artistry and other creative ventures.
Developers and planners plan to utilize a sustainable approach in the development to ensure energy efficiency and environmental health. By using LEED Principles of design and construction, planners aim to make the development a model for sustainable communities. The site’s location will help in this regard, as it is in walking distance of both the nearby Sky Train Evergreen Line and West Coast Express, which provide easy connections to the rest of Metro Vancouver.
Public consultation has been an integral part of the planning process thus far, and is expected to continue as the planning stage moves through the ongoing permitting process. I will be keeping a close watch on this project going forward, and will provide updates when appropriate. If you have any questions about the Flavelle OceanFront Development project, or any other questions about real estate in Metro Vancouver, register with us today.
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Edgestone is a new townhouse development by Bold Properties located at 2131 Spring Street in Port Moody. Once Completed in 2019, Edgestone will consist of 38 2, 3 and 4 Bedroom townhomes ranging in size from 1308 to 1658 square feet.
The expected breakdown of the homes is:
2 Two bedroom + Den residences ranging between 1318 to 1327 square feet
13 Three bedroom residences ranging from 1319 to 1381 square feet
23 Three bedroom + Den residences ranging from 1540 to 1706 square feet
Each of the townhomes will be built Certified Green Gold, with Smart living solution including Ring Video Doorbells, Bluetooth enabled Schlage Deadbolt, and USB charging ports throughout the home, plus some more traditional family convenience such as laundry on the upper floor, private garages with overhead storage, and family sized outdoor patios, and a great children’s playground.
Located at 2131 Spring Street, Edgestone is centrally located with an easy access to Vancouver via the Barnett and Hastings by car, or if Skytrain is your choice, the Port Moody Centre station is a short walk away. Other amenities in the neighbourhood include Suterbrook Village with all the shop and services it provides. For nature lovers and dog walkers, Edgestone is convenient located right off the Shoreline trail , which leads to Rocky Point and Pajos!
Edgestone pricing is expected to start in low 900s with sales to begin by Mid November. If you’re looking for more information on Edgestone and would like to receive additional information such as floor plans, pricing, features and finishes when they are available, please register with us today!
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In the fourth Episode of How Does It Taste? the stove stays cold and I try an Ambronite Supermeal Shake!
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I have tried Ambronite last year (check out the short hair & beard!) and did so in not the intended way. This time around I’m smarter, Ambronite updated their recipe AND introduced three new flavours AND added smaller pouches to their offerings which makes it more attractive to the outdoorsy person. Watch the video to see how I like this meal:
In short: I still think all the vitamins, minerals, protein and other healthy stuff in Ambronite make it a smart addition to a normal (freeze-dried/ dehydrated) backpacking diet. If I look at my own backpacking diet, which consists of a MYOG Müsli & Coffee for breakfast, a couple of Müsli and Chocolate Bars for lunch, and a Main Meal for Dinner I see room for improvement when it comes to the stuff I usually eat at home (Smoothies, quite a lot of fruit and vegetables). As carrying vegetables and fruits into the outdoors is from a weight-perspective not smart (unless dehydrated) Ambronite Supermeal with it’s full load of healthy stuff is a really smart way to get those things your body needs to perform at its best. The taste is better than the version I tried last year - Ambronite tweaked the recipe a bit - and given that it is Vegan and mostly made up of organic ingredients there’s really not much which should keep most people from at least trying Ambronite. And if you’re now curious: You can try 4 Ambronite Supermeals for the price of 1 if you follow that link - in my opinion the perfect way to test it and see if you like the taste of it!
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near Queen Elizabeth Park & Hillcrest Community Centre
close to schools
goal of LEED Gold certification
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Amenities at Marquise
Residents will enjoy the use of an interior courtyard and a shared rooftop space with superb views of the Vancouver skyline that includes a childrens play area, outdoor dining area with barbecue, and gardening beds. All ground floor homes come with private patios. Level 1 apartments facing the courtyard have a private deck. The laneway townhomes include both private patios and rooftop decks.
Parking and Storage
Marquise will provide residents with 66 vehicle and 85 bicycle parking spaces in two levels of underground. Additional storage space is also available underground.
Maintenance Fees at Marquise
TBD.
Developer Team for Marquise
Mission Group Enterprises is the parent company to a rich set of businesses united by common values. Headquartered in Kelowna, British Columbia, it focuses on residential and commercial real estate development, and construction. Mission Group Homes has completed several multi-family communities across southern British Columbia. Over the years, the company has received numerous Canadian Home Builders’ Association Tommie Awards including Multi-Family Builder of the Year in 2014, Built Green Builder of the Year in 2012, Outstanding Customer Service in 2012, 2010, and 2008, Townhome Community of the Year in 2010 and Building Company of the Year in 2007.
GBL Architects is a progressive Vancouver-based firm of 38 architects, project managers and technicians with a 25-year reputation of providing a full range of architectural services to the private and public sector. GBL design with the belief that form plays a vital role in defining experience through an ever-changing dynamic between sculptural artistry and social responsibility. To that end, they regularly practice green design through the LEED Canada Program.
Expected Completion for Marquise
TBD.
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Forte is an exclusive collection of homes in the heart of Burnaby Heights and within close proximity to Brentwood, Metrotown, Lougheed and SFU. This 5-storey mixed use residential and commercial development will feature 3 levels of condominiums atop of neighbourhood friendly retail. Forte is building large 1, 1 + den, 2, and 2+ den bedroom condominiums featuring high end stainless steel appliances, gourmet kitchens, panoramic balconies, underground storage and parking, plus a rooftop owners lounge with communal gardens. Forte will be within walking distances to Burnaby Library, Eileen Dailly Pool, Confederation Park and schools.
Marquise is a beautifully designed 58 units, concrete, 6-storey building by award-winning GBL Architects. Located just off Cambie Street on tree-lined Kinge Edward Boulevard, it is steps away from King Edward Skytrain with easy access to YVR and the Canada Line. Exterior cladding is built with the highest quality materials, and also features a concrete structure for both the building and the townhomes. Expansive windows and 9′ ceilings heights in the main living area draw light and fresh air inside. Most units will enjoy unobstructed views of downtown and North Shore mountains. Rooftop amenities provide a place to gather, garden and socialize in the open air. Marquise will be LEED Gold Certified and has been built in an utmost sustainable fashion to be exceptionally energy and water efficient, increasing the comfort and durability of the homes while reducing operating costs.
“Sure, I agree that cleaning up your diet and meditating can help with depression, but how can you say that antidepressants don’t work? Prozac saved my sister’s life!”
Do you know someone who suffered from debilitating depression or anxiety, and their life seemingly turned around after they were prescribed antidepressants? I can’t even count the number of times that someone has told me, either in person or as an online comment, a version of this story. But was it the chemical activity of the antidepressant that lifted their mood, or was it their belief that their disorder was being effectively treated? Could the placebo effect – the process whereby your beliefs influence your health outcomes – be at play?
In this randomized clinical trial[1] – the gold standard for evaluating medical treatments – people with social anxiety disorder (SAD) were randomly divided into two groups, an ‘overt’ and ‘covert’ group. Everyone was given 20 mg of a commonly-prescribed SSRI, escitalopram (Lexapro), for 9 weeks. In the overt group, people were told that they were being prescribed Lexapro, but in the covert group, people were told that they were given an “active placebo” that had similar side effects as the SSRI but had no clinical effects – even though they were given the same dosage of Lexapro as the overt group.
Their progress was monitored by self-rating scales, clinical evaluation criteria, and fMRI scans, a type of brain imaging that measures the activity of brain regions. The results speak for themselves.
Even though both groups received the same SSRI dosages, 50% of people in the overt group responded to treatment, while the response rate in the covert group was a mere 14%. In fact, blood serum analyses confirmed that people in both groups had the same amount of Lexapro and its metabolites in their bodies. The only difference in their treatment was what they were told.
Nearly four times as many people showed clinically significant improvement on the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale when they were told that they were receiving an SSRI instead of an active placebo.
This wasn’t the only result that showed that belief about treatment influenced its effectiveness. Quality of life assessments were double in the overt arm compared to the covert arm.
People in the overt group enjoyed reduced anxiety scores over the course of the study compared to people receiving the same SSRI dosage but told they were receiving a placebo.
Brain scans showed a different neurological responses between the overt and covert groups. Generally speaking, people in the the overt group showed increased neuronal reactivity in brain regions that are associated with cognition, attention, and rumination, namely the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC)[2] and the left mid temporal and inferior frontal gyri.[3] Perhaps the knowledge that they were receiving an SSRI kicked off a cascade of thoughts about getting better.
Further, the amygdala, the brain region associated with fear-based fight-or-flight responses,[4] showed different effects in terms of activation and connectivity based on the information given about treatments. For example, people in the covert group exhibited increased activation of the amygdala and connectivity between the amygdala and the PCC, which tracked with higher levels of anxiety.
Brain activity patterns were different in people in the overt group versus the covert group, and these brain activation patterns correlated with changes in anxiety scores.
These researchers performed several other analyses to confirm that the verbal introductions of treatments affected both brain activity and clinical outcomes.
So, do you believe it now?
Do you believe that belief is the most powerful predictor of clinical outcomes in psychiatry? If you are someone who likes a good scientific study to back up your theories, this is one for the record.
Sit with what this study means to you. Because we are wired for belief. In fact, even atheists and skeptics have put their faith and trust somewhere, so perhaps the most empowering thing we can do is to simply examine, expose, and understand what it is that we actually believe. To know this is to lay the tracks that your human experience and potential for healing will naturally follow. Shift your mindset to encompass what’s possible, and the formerly impossible will become real for you.
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One of the day-to-day struggles of a parent is bathing a child who absolutely hates being in the water. Make bath time less problematic for both you and your baby by following these great tips:
Ease bath time worries
Lots of kids have legitimate anxieties about having water poured over their heads. If your children usually cry when you wash their hair, this could be an issue you need to be sensitive to. Make sure the water you’re using is a comfortable temperature, and always warn your kids before you start to pour it over their heads. Consider buying a bathtime visor (a special foam hat that protects your kids’ faces while you rinse their hair), which can help minimize the amount of water that gets into their eyes. Source:TheSpruce
Try new methods
There could be various reasons that your child dislikes bathing. For starters you can try changing his bathing time, maybe bathing time is disrupting his play-time or maybe he is just lazy at a particular time. You could try to switch positions in the bathroom, try a different corner instead of the regular one; your child could like a corner better and cooperate while bathing. You could even start bathing your child’s feet first and make your way upwards since many kids dislike washing their face or hair; you could do this in the end and save yourself some crying time. Source:BeingTheParent
Remember to have fun!
By far the best way to make bath time easy is to make it fun! Get some fun bath toys and play with them with your toddler. You can also sing bath time songs, talk to him or her, or just interact in any way you enjoy. Bath time can be fun for both parent and child, and there’s no better way to make any activity easy than by making it enjoyable! Source:MomTricks
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What sets Halloween apart from other holidays is how invested people are into spooking others through their home décor or costumes. Try the following ideas and see how frightened your neighbors and guests will be.
Stacked Jacks Who knew a benign pumpkin patch could yield such otherworldly creatures? Assume the role of Dr. Frankenstein this Halloween, and create your own monster, using stacks of pumpkins, gourds, and squashes. Only the heads need carving; if the bumpy body parts don’t sit squarely on each other, level them with a serrated knife, then use toothpicks, pushed into the flesh, to assemble them. Before attaching the head, insert a low-wattage light bulb, and plug it into an outside socket or heavy-duty extension cord. Source:MarthaStewart
Creepy Eyeball Glasses Give your guests a fright by placing an eyeball at the bottom of your glass. This is a fun way to decorate as it isn’t obvious and it won’t be seen until the drink is tipped. You could print out any eyes and if the glass is plain on the bottom, just stick the eyeballs to the outside of the glass on the bottom. Source:StayGlam
Garage Door Victim If you really want to freak people out, stuff some old clothes with straw or paper and leave the top half under your garage door, then splatter the front of the door with ketchup. Source:LittleThings
Eerie Glowing Ghost Halloween Décor Ghosts are Halloween creatures that have been used for ages, but ghosts can also be boring. Make them interesting by creating a Halloween window decoration that will illuminate your window with an eerie blue glow. You can achieve this design by cutting some sheets to look like a ghost and placing a black light in the midst of the sheets. Creating this design in a dark space will make it glow even more. Spirits may exist in this world, but creating a freestanding ghost in your window will make it seem like your home is truly haunted by spirits from beyond the grave. Source:HomeBNC
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So I was meant to post this recipe about 2 weeks ago, then I ended up getting the flu which turned into LARYNGITIS so I was basically sleeping all week. (Side note: losing my voice for a week made me realise how hard it is to live your life when you can’t speak. Like calling up a GP to make an appointment? Not an option. I ended up carrying a notepad into the surgery with me so I could make an appointment because I could barely even whisper. Nightmare). Then I had to catch up with all the uni I’d missed plus prepare for a group presentation we had on Friday. And now we’re here, a fortnight later, with these heavenly bites.
I remember the first time I’d made millionaire’s shortbread. It’s quite an easy recipe to make so it was one of the first things I’d made from a recipe I’d found myself. I’d taken the cookbook out of my school library and photocopied a bunch of things I wanted to make. After trying the shortbread out they became a favourite of mine and my brother’s for a while.
I hadn’t made them again in years but you know when you just get a very strong craving for something and you can’t stop thinking about it? Yeah that happened with these. Except this time I wanted a salty twist so I turned to pretzels (bonus = that extra crunch) and malted milk powder which has that salty twang to it.
Now I bet you can guess that a shortbread + caramel + chocolate concoction is gonna be rich af. I cut them into lots of little squares for this reason (which is also very aesthetically pleasing as you get a pretzel on the top of each bite). One thing to note is that unless you’re gonna eat them within 2 days, the pretzels will start to go stale. So if you’re making these to eat through the week I would advise pressing the pretzels into the caramel and then pouring the chocolate over the top to protect them for longer.
Malted Pretzel Millionaire's Shortbread
For the base:
80 g (1 scant cup) crushed pretzels
200 g (1 2/3 cups) wholemeal (whole wheat) plain flour
50 g (1/4 cup) light brown sugar
150 g (1/2 cup + 2 tbsp) unsalted butter, (cold, cubed)
For the caramel:
1 can sweetened condensed milk
100 g (scant 1/2 cup) unsalted butter
80 g (1/4 cup + 2 tbsp) light brown sugar
45 g (1/3 cup) malted milk powder
For the topping:
100 g (3.5oz) dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids) (melted)
30 pretzels
Make the base:
Preheat the oven to 180 C (350 F). Line a 20cm (8-inch) square baking tin with baking paper.
Place the flour, sugar and butter into a large bowl. Use your fingertips to rub the butter into the dry ingredients until you get a mealy texture. Add the crushed pretzels and mix through into the mixture. Tip into the lined baking tin, spread it out in an even layer, then press down to make a smooth, even base. Bake for 15-20 minutes – until the top start to colour golden. Remove from the oven and set aside.
For the caramel:
While the base is baking, combine the caramel ingredients (sweetened condensed milk, butter, sugar, malted milk powder) in a medium pot. Place over a low heat and stir constantly (I like to use a silicone spatula) until the butter has melted. Turn the heat up and bring to the boil – keep stirring and cooking until the mixture has thickened and darkened slightly.
Pour the warm caramel over the cooked shortbread base and spread out in an even layer. Set aside to cool completely.
For the topping:
Once the caramel has cooled, pour the melted chocolate over it and spread out in an even layer. Decorate with the pretzels (I managed to fit a grid of 5 x 6 on but it’ll depend on the size of your pretzels). Leave to cool and set before cutting into squares with a hot knife.
Semiah by Marcon is centrally located near top rated schools, shopping plazas, and recreational centers in White Rock. There are 88 spacious, wide-open floor plan concrete homes with panoramic views. Semiah will offer a mix of 2-bedroom, 2-bedroom + den, 3-bedroom, and 3-bedroom + den condominiums with unit sizes ranging from 1,050 to 1,820 sq ft. From sunrise to sunset, gaze out at Semiahmoo Bay, filled with views that are impossible to take for granted, and contemplate what you might enjoy next. The possibilities are as wide as your view while overlooking the bay.
There was an interesting story floating around the web a while back, about an octopus who was able to squeeze out a tube, scoot across the floor, and slither down a pipe, presumably out to the ocean. I think what made this video so viral was that folks were blown away by how smart this animal was. I’ve also seen videos of an octopus taking photos. Clearly they do have some smarts.
But what about other animals? Are they less or more smart than an octopus? Are they “better” or “worse”?
I think what was so intriguing and compelling to folks about this video was how they could RELATE to the octopus. The octopus was smart, according to what humans consider smart. But what about all of the other animals in the world that do very clever things? Here’s a video showing the 25 most intelligent animals on earth.
The video starts off showing an image of a squid, and saying how they have a similar brain structure to humans. But I want to stop right here with: “similar to humans.” What makes us think that we’re so special? Are the most valuable beings on the planet the ones that are most similar to us? What about bees? And is it possible that there are animals that are special and important and valuable that aren’t similar to humans? Is it possible that we might not know everything about what makes others “intelligent” or “important”? Are other humans only valuable to you if they’re similar to you? Can we possibly put our own egos aside and thing about this for a minute?
When it comes to what foods we choose to eat, some have a hierarchy sort of like this:
Why, on the plant-based totem pole, is a cow “worse” than a chicken? Why is a fish “better” to eat than an elk? How are eggs (the unborn embryos of a chicken) more “clean” to eat than chicken flesh? Death certainly does happen in the egg business. What do you think happens to those little baby male chicks? Because blood isn’t on actually on your plate, does this mean it didn’t spill in order to get that food on your plate? What about cheese, is this better to eat than killing a cow? What happens to those male cows in the dairy industry? By eating cheese, you’re supporting the veal industry.
In nature, there is no hierarchy, only hunger.
The vilification of beef and halo over chicken in particular really gets to me. As someone who is pretty familiar with how animals are raised for food, I can assure you that environmentally and for animal welfare reasons, grass-fed beef is a far better choice than chicken. Actually, even typical beef is better than chicken. I wrote more about this here, but the basic ideas are that cattle can convert grass on land we can’t use for farming (which is most of the agricultural land on the planet) into nutrient dense protein. Also, one cow can feed a lot more people than a chicken. Industrially raised chickens eat 100% grain (grown on land we could be using for human food) and live 100% of their lives indoors. There are also no humane handling laws for chicken slaughter. Even a cow that ends up on a feed lot is outdoors, can move freely, and is subject to humane handling at slaughter. This can’t be said for chicken. And speaking of humane handling, seafood is also exempt.
Is it because cows seem to have more “feelings”, because they look more like our pet dogs, with their big brown eyes? Are chicken flesh and seafood more “pure” because it’s white and doesn’t look bloody? Is it because the flesh of chicken and fish are generally served boneless compared to a big juicy red T-bone steak? Maybe it’s because the smaller size of a boneless skinless chicken breast or fish fillet are more “manageable” than a big, “manly” rib eye steak?
Then we “move up” on the ladder to those who choose not to eat any animal protein at all. Are they leagues higher, morally, on the totem pole than flesh, egg or dairy consumers? It’s important to understand that a meatless diet is not a bloodless diet. Many animals lose their lives in the process of farming vegetables.
Plants are indeed sentient, but even if you don’t consider them “equal” to animals, plants also consume animals, and plants also need animals like worms, beetles, bees and bacteria in order to survive. What about plants that are grown in a mono-crop system? Birds and butterflies are poisoned by chemicals, rabbits and mice are run over by tractors, and vast fields of mono-cropped vegetables displace native populations of animals that once lived on the land. The farming of vegetables is not humane to rabbits. Blood spills when you eat, whether you intend it to or not.
What about other plants, is it possible that they are important? Plants, it turns out, are indeed “feelers” and “communicators”. Trees can “talk” below ground through fungal networks and above ground as well. Trees can direct nutrients to other trees, know which trees are kin and which are not, and can even “feed” dead trees in an effort to keep them alive. When a tree is being eaten by a certain pest, that tree can turn on chemicals that will make it’s leaves taste bitter. It can also alter other trees that this pest is nearby, making those trees taste bitter too. It can even send out a call message to beneficial insects that will eat the pest. Because they don’t have language as we understand it, or eyes to “see” as we can relate to, does this make a tree less important than a rabbit? What about worms? Are worms less important or more important than a lettuce plant?
Other plants have been documented “reaching” for sounds, and it’s common knowledge they move towards light. Peas will grow in the direction of a trellis, even if it’s not directly above them.
According to the principle of least harm, consuming large herbivores (like beef) may actually be morally superior to eating only plants.
Are there any staircases in nature, or is nature a web? Where will you draw the line? Is it really logical to pretend that death didn’t have to actually happen? This is called denial, and interestingly,the higher you go on the moral latter, the lower you go in nutrient value and the further away you get from sustainable farming practices – and nature itself. How are we going to feed a world full of breatharians (a.k.a anorexia)?
Other Questions to Consider:
In addition to the animals that are dying during the tilling and harvesting of your crops, there are also many animals harmed in the production of many vegetarian products. Palm oil is a great example. Should palm oil should really be considered “ok” on a vegan diet when you consider the impact this industry has on orangutans? What about the humans that are harvesting your vegetables? There seems to be very little attention given by those in the plant-based world to human social justice issues. What about the 400,000 children that are migrant farm workers? Do you eat bananas, chocolate or drink coffee? There are so many issues going on within the food industry well beyond whether or not it’s “ok” to eat a certain type of meat.
Are Things Only Good or Bad?
Is a coyote bad for eating a sheep, or was it just… eating? Is the sheep “better” or “worse” than a coyote? Are certain foods always “bad” and others always “good”? Is all meat bad? Is eating only plants good? It seems to be human nature to create “us” and “them” scenarios.
But can we personally override our drive to place people in an “us” and “them” category? Here’s a great example:
Is she a bad person, or going through a rough time? I have a hard time understanding how people can see things in terms of black and white, good and bad. Is it possible that people are just human, and that we all are inherently good but sometimes mess up? Is it possible that our past experiences predispose us to react to different situations in certain ways? Maybe some people are just sort of broken. Is it possible that some people have situations going on in their lives that make them seem “bad” when they’re really “good”?
When you think about why we’re all here, our purpose is to be part of nature’s web of life. Everybody is somebody’s dinner. Humans included. Life is not to be seen in terms of “good” and “bad”. It’s not rational to see “good” only in things that are most like us. We are born, taught to eat and survive long enough to reproduce, teach our kids how to eat and survive and then if we’re super lucky, we can maybe even help our kids raise their young ones long enough to reproduce. The same is true for plants and animals. Life is magical, precious, hard, tragic, and… short. Everything and everybody is beautiful and different. Nobody is making it out alive. I’d like to see a world with less black and white, less good and bad, and more empathy, compassion, nuance, context.
This article was previously written by Diana Rodgers, RD on Sustainable Dish – http://ift.tt/2xTkgZi
Heather and Seventeenth, by Terra Blanka Development, is a 4-storey concrete mixed-use building that is located on a quiet, tree-lined street on the west side and offers an extremely rare opportunity to be involved in South Cambie. Designed by GBL Architects, only offering16 2- and 3-bedroom luxury homes. Convenience, tranquility, and second to none, residents are just steps away from parks, shops, restaurants, top-rated schools, and transit.
Aside from keeping your doors and windows locked at all times, there are plenty of other ways in which you can keep your home safe from intruders. Your mind can rest easier if you follow these tips:
Don’t advertise what’s inside your home You wouldn’t put candy in front of a child and say “Don’t eat this!” So, don’t keep your blinds open and lights on at night and tempt burglars who might be scouting out your neighborhood.
Window coverings should block onlookers from seeing inside your home. If you have sheer or transparent curtains, just make sure they’re paired with another kind of window treatment that protects your privacy.
Remember, you’re concealing the things in your house as well as the people. This way, it’s harder for potential intruders to learn your routine and to know exactly when your family is at home. Of course, keep high-target items like flat screen TVs and jewelry out of sight. Source:Home.HowStuffWorks
Addforeboding signs Post security-company signs or window stickers near all entryways—whether you have a security system or not. Maybe you have signs/stickers on hand from a previous contract with a security firm, or maybe you can get some from a friend. In addition, post a few “Beware of Dog” signs in visible spots, say at the front of the house or on a gate to the backyard. Source:ConsumerReports
Trim your trees
Big trees with long branches can provide a burglar with the cover needed to break in, unnoticed. Const. Trenchard recommends trimming any branches that fall less than two metres above ground level and keeping shrubs to a maximum height of one metre so they don’t block windows or sight lines. Source:CanadianLiving
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I’m always looking for quick meals to cook up – either for an afternoon when I have enough time to pop back from uni to have lunch or on a busy evening. This is a 15-minute meal you can throw together so easily it’s almost unbelievable! That crispy sage really takes it to the next level imo.
I made the recipe as I’ve been working with Cyber Aware to bring attention to the importance of updating your software and apps. I know how annoying it can be to not be able to use your phone or laptop but if you resist that urge to press the ‘update later’ button you can spend that tech-free 15 minutes making this recipe as your tech updates! Below, I’ve got the recipe written out or a video embedded so you can follow whichever you want.
Mushroom & Sage Butter Gnocchi
200 g potato gnocchi
2 tbsp refined olive oil
a handful sage leaves
200 g chestnut mushrooms, sliced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tbsp unsalted butter
parmesan cheese (shaved)
salt and black pepper
Bring a large pot of water to the boil. Add the potato gnocchi and cook for 2-3 minutes. Drain the gnocchi and leave them in the colander. Return the pot to the heat.
With the pot on a medium-high heat, add the olive oil. Once hot, add the sage leaves and cook until dark and crisp (about 1 minute) then remove with metal tongs to a plate lined with paper towel.
Add the sliced mushrooms to the hot oil and cook for 3 minutes. Add the crushed garlic and continue to cook until shrunken and dark brown. Remove from the heat.
Place a frying pan over a high heat and add the cooked mushrooms to it along with the cooked gnocchi and the unsalted butter. Fry until the butter has melted and the gnocchi have warmed through.
Divide between 2 bowls and then top with the crispy sage leaves, parmesan shavings, and some salt & pepper. Serve hot.
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You may believe that there are some “mental illnesses” that really require medication. Top of that list is likely to be chronic paranoid Schizophrenia, I would imagine.
The story you are about to hear defies this assumption. Kim is a fierce mother who has devoted her life to her son’s chronic and debilitating diagnosis of Schizophrenia. Now 20, he has spent much of his adult life on locked inpatient units, forcibly restrained, suicidal, actively psychotic, and even non-verbal. A picture of thefailures of antipsychotic medication, both Kim and her son were consideringassisted suicidebecause they didn’t know there was another way.
What has unfolded in the space of 5 weeks since completing the diet and detox elements of Vital Mind Reset is the most inspirational case I have ever come across in my career.
They arebothon their way to reclaiming their health, vitality, and freedom from a system of abuse.
Yes, anyone can heal.With the right information, motivation, and readiness,anyonecan heal, reverse diagnoses, and come off of medications safely.
And an update!
Full Video Transcript
Dr. Kelly Brogan: Well, hi everyone. Today, I am here with Kim. We are about to reveal one of the more extraordinary stories I’ve encountered in my work in the space of radical holism.
A lot of people ask me, “Is this approach and protocol for men? Is it for children? What about old people?”
In my practice, I work with women—and actually, a fairly narrow demographic. The women that I work with are somewhere from 22 to 55, I would say. And I know that this approach has the desired outcome in that population.
But I don’t treat children in my practice who had to live by the principles that I espouse obviously. And I don’t treat men.
It’s only through Vital Mind Reset that I’ve learned about the potential impact of these principles for whole other populations.
Kim is, from everything I’ve observed in our private Facebook group, an intrepid momma. She embodies the qualities that natively, as mothers, we do—which is a relentlessness and a perseverance around the care and protection of our children.
And the trouble is that we can be captured in a system that promises us safety and promises us stability and promises us the kind of care we think we’re looking for our children. And sometimes, we have to learn through the challenges in that system that there has to be a better way.
So, I want to talk about, Kim, why you got to the point of working through the steps of Vital Mind, why it was that you did it, and if you can shed light on what breaking point led you to even consider doing a program like this?
Let’s maybe start there.
Kim O’Keeffe: We live on a small island off the coast of Scotland. And by age 10, I knew something was wrong. It was just my gut feeling.
So, I took him back to Australia to try and get more help. And on the plane, he developed tics, eye tics. And mistakenly, I took him to a pediatrician […] And that’s where it started.
By age 14, they put him on medication then for the tics. And then, they started putting him on anti-psychotics when the tics got worse, and it became Tourette’s.
And then, by age 14, he went crazy. He was psychotic. He was on top of the bridge seeing cats. Each week, he was changing.
They couldn’t pinpoint what it was, so they put him in the hospital for observation for three days. It was bad.
[…] It was $180k roundtrip for me, leaving my other son at home. And from there, it just got worse.
Then he got transferred down to Sydney. He was there for a year. And he was diagnosed with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, Asperger’s, Tourette’s, epilepsy from the medication, anxiety and depression.
And that was such a hard time. They said he was the worse patient they’ve ever had in there. And then, he’d go into the hospital every winter.
So, the longest he was ever out of hospitals since he was 14 was eight months next month. It’s usually around the 5-month mark.
Anyway, it was just bad. It just kept getting worse and worse. He begged to go to the hospital. He was just a mess!
Then the consultant, the psychiatrist, wanted to put him on lithium. He was already on Clozaril, Klonopin, Ativan. And he had a protein leak in his heart. He had fatty liver disease. He was pre-diabetic… all, everything! And they wanted to put him on lithium.
There was no reason why he should be on lithium. And I totally said no.
So then, we got the junior doctors, and the junior doctors looked and said, “No, he shouldn’t be on lithium.”
And then, over a period of time, they said, “None of these drugs are working! Maybe we got the diagnosis wrong.”
So, they started talking about getting him off the meds. And that’s when I was excited because that’s what I’ve been waiting for. As soon as they said that, I was like, “Wow!”
And then, my friend had lent me your book. And she’d been sending your posts on to me. And so that’s when I knew that I could change his life. I had hope again.
I mean, by this stage, he was in his bedroom. He hadn’t left the house. We’ve moved to the mainland. And he hadn’t left the house except to go and get his monthly blood tests.
And that was a nightmare. We had to lock the car. We had tin foil on his head. He thought he had to kill people. He had to kill me. He had to kill the dog. It was bad!
You can see his coding. He would code from music, from just—I don’t know where the codes were coming from. But he would spend hours scribbling these codes. He was just incredibly unwell.
When medicated, he would sleep—on a good day, if I got him up by one o’clock, if I hold his nose, I could wake him up. And yeah, it was bad. He had no life.
But when they suggested that we get him off the meds, I was just so excited.
Oh, when he was 14, they drugged him and all the nurses were saying, “Get him off these meds. And get him out of here.” But I was scared. I thought these people meant to help me. I didn’t know. I was scared of him. He needed to kill his brother.
I totally trusted them. I totally believed that they knew better than me.
I mean, I snuck in a high dose of nicotinic acid, and within 24 hours, he got out of the locked ward and up buying hot chips.
So, I knew that there was another alternative. I knew! But when there was so meds in the system, I’d given up hope.
So, it got to the point—now he’s 20—where he was praying to die every night. And when I woke him up for his med, he would say, “Am I still here?” I would say, “Yeah, you’re still here.” He’s like, “Oh, God”
It was painful to watch. It was painful. I had no life. I couldn’t leave the house. If I had to run and go and get the meds or the groceries, he would phone me, “I’m having hallucinations.”
He sees a man with a gun; he chases him. He’d get spiders all over him. He’s smelling petrol. Just every day. He’d rip off all his clothes and scratch his skin raw because bugs are crawling all over him.
And this man with a gun had been with him since he was 14. He had a top hat, a black top hat. He would chase him and try to kill him.
He said, “You don’t understand what it’s like. I have 16 voices screaming at me to kill you, telling me that you have to die… you’d be better off without me, I have to kill myself,” just unfathomable stuff.
But then, I knew the doctors didn’t know how to get him off the meds. So all I was hoping to get from you was some help with tapering. I was hoping secretly deep down that it would be more, but just tapering.
He was begging me to take him to Dignitas for assisted suicide. And I was fully supportive of it. You were my last attempt. I said, “Let’s just try this. And if it doesn’t work, we’ll talk about Dignitas.”
So, the doctors agreed that he should come off his meds, but they were also worried about his depression. So, they wanted to up his antidepressants. I said, “No, give me a month. Just give me a month.” “I’m going to put him on this diet”, “Just give me a month.”
So, I was in a rush to get this diet started. I was panicking. I couldn’t source the product over here. I was like, “Argh!”
So, all we did was the diet. That’s as far as we got.
We started in January. I started cleaning out the cupboards slowly. He went gluten-free, milk-free from then. I’m just still trying to get stuff out of the house.
I’ve put him through the Reset on March 1st. But we had to go to the psych on March 2nd. She was a new one, a new junior doctor. She wanted to section him. She went to the boss and she was freaked out because he said that “I need to kill everyone. I need to kill the next door neighbor. I need to kill my brother and slash everyone’s necks.”
And he was distressed. He doesn’t kill insects. He doesn’t kill anything. He’s the softest, sweetest boy.
So, this hospital, his whole admissions had been abusive by nurses—bullying. They broke a disc on his spine when he was 14 in a restraint. You name it, it’s happened to him. Because he’s so gentle, they pick on him. Because he opens doors for cleaners, he’s so kind, he will do anything for anybody, people take advantage of that.
By March 16th, he asked to come out in the car. He had never been anywhere except to go and get bloods. And we went for a three hour drive.
By the end of April, we booked a mini-bike because he wanted to go to the forest. He hadn’t even been where we lived. He hadn’t even walked where we lived, and he was on a walk at 8:00 in the morning with me.
He got his camera out. He was photographing and he’s got his camera out.
We went into the forest for three days on this mini-break. He was talking with people. He was amazing!
By four weeks, he had joined a gym and given up smoking.
It’s just been totally miraculous. No one can believe it. No one can believe it. I don’t know what else to say. It is amazing!
Dr. Kelly: I read this article recently on euthanasia in Belgium for mental illness. And for me, that was the first time I had ever encountered the reality that you can get to a point of hopelessness around the chronic nature of ongoing symptoms in the setting of treatment—so we call it “treatment resistance”—you can get to a point where that is the only thing that makes sense.
Obviously, my passion is informing people. So if you know that there is this other way, you will feel either called to it or continue on your conventional path.
It sounds like all that you needed was to know that some other methodology was out there.
Kim: An opportunity…
Dr. Kelly: And you made it happen.
Kim: I knew that…
But I thought he was going to die. Either the medication would kill him or I honestly thought he would kill himself or we’d go to Dignitas because I wouldn’t put my dog through what he was going through.
So, he wanted Coke. I never had Coke in the house. He wanted a packet of crisps every day. And I allowed it because that’s what he would—
But now, it’s so much better because this is the type of food I love—this type of food that feels good. You feel like you’re nourishing your body. It’s amazing.
Dr. Kelly: And he got on board. So, at this point, he’s on board, right?
Kim: Well, he wanted to die, so he would’ve tried anything.
I said, “You probably hate me for taking everything away.”
And you know what he said?
“I don’t miss anything. I don’t miss anything.”
[…] and I said, “You can have anything you want. We just vary it.”
And you can have anything you want. In fact, our diet is sweeter in terms of—your smoothie, that’s quite sweet now.
Dr. Kelly: Right!
Kim: I would never have a smoothie because it’s too fattening, too unhealthy. It’s amazing!
Dr. Kelly: Yeah! I mean, I joke with patients that it’s not like I’m asking you to go on a 30-day juice fast. It’s actually food that’s intended to taste good. You can use natural salt liberally. It should be filling. It should be savory. And then, there’s natural sweetness that comes back to your palate.
It really is just a food diet. And what we’re doing is clearing the slate off a lot of potentially addictive substances, but then, also, this yoyo effect on the immune system (which I would imagine was no small part of what was being labeled as mental illness in his case).
I mean, not to sort of jump down the rabbit hole, but I have a lot of concerns around vaccination and early exposure to pharmaceutical products in stimulating these neurodegenerative processes in children.
Actually, we can heal. The extraordinary reality is that this kind of radical healing is possible.
And I love learning that you haven’t even done all of the parts yet!
Kim: And you know what? We just started. We just started. And he went horse-riding today. And he’s going to the gym at 9:30 tomorrow.
All these meds, we’ve been tapering it after we’ve done the Reset. The next one is Clozaril. That’s the next reduction after we get off […]
And then, we’re going to test epilepsy. We hope we get him off the epilepsy medication and the anti-depressants. And then, he’s clean.
Dr. Kelly: I love that he asked to go to the forest because it sounds like there’s not only a deep desire to reconnect with something that makes sense on a soul level to him, but I imagine that a kind of relationship to a contemplative practice, meditation, breathing, will become important as he begins to wake up. I mean, that’s basically what you’re describing. It’s extraordinary.
Kim: Totally waking up.
And the coffee enemas were amazing. I was freaking out. I was like, “There’s no way he’s going to do this.” I was just like, “Oh, my God!” So, I did one, and I gave him a full description. He’s like, “This is ridiculous!” “You have to do it. If you want to get better, you have to do this.”
And he did it! And he was asking for them. They make him feel amazing. He said they really fix your mood. He said they make him feel really good.
So, he’s does them every day. He loves them.
Dr. Kelly: So, it’s almost like he’s being drawn to the things that will ultimately help support this process that he now feels hopeful about connecting. He’s going to guide the ship rather than having to be coerced.
It’s so powerful for someone who has been disempowered for the greater part of his adult life.
Kim: And that’s it! He’s found his voice. He’s standing up for himself. He’s never stood up for himself.
Someone was smoking in front of him. And he said, “I need to speak to that person about smoking in front of me. It’s not okay.” I was like, “Oh, yes!”
He’s been walked on. He’s been mistreated. Both of us have bowed down to the professionals. They have mistreated both of us.
It’s just amazing. I cannot believe how amazing—not only have I got my son back, I got a massively better version of my son. It’s amazing!
And he thanks me every day for helping him. And he said, “Kelly Brogan saved my life.” And he said, “I’ve never been happy. I’ve never, ever been this happy. I love life!”
He can’t wait to start the day. He can’t wait! He’s like, “Right! What […]? Okay. Come on, let’s go.” And he’s in the car, waiting and ready to go. He wants his independence. He wants to become a heavy goods truck mechanic.
Dr. Kelly: He’s got big plans! That’s amazing.
Kim: It’s five weeks this week that we’ve slowly done the food part. And I cannot wait until we go fully into this.
Dr. Kelly: What has been the reaction on the part of the conventional treaters that you’re working with? Are you feeling supported in the taper process because that obviously could be very challenging?
Kim: Only because they agreed. The last GP doctor agreed to reduce the med. They got the GP onboard. That was all good. That was the stepping stone.
But they don’t believe in coffee enemas. They Googled it. The GP spoke about all the dangers of coffee enemas. And my son said, “No, I don’t care. I don’t care. I don’t care what the dangers are. They’re brilliant!”
They can’t believe it. They’re waiting for him to fall.
Dr. Kelly: Yeah. Right, they’re saying it’s temporary. Yeah.
I mean, it’s natural. When there’s evidence of something that flies in the face of your dogmatic belief system, you have to explain how it could be. So there has to be either “it’s temporary” or “it’s evidence of mania”—a lot of my patients have been told that.
And of course, now, years later, I have a lot of experience to know that these changes are sustainable and lead to only further and further healing.
And it’s interesting about the coffee enemas because you know, I think, that I only know about coffee enemas as somebody who’s a natural skeptic because of Nick Gonzales. And he would show me.
He showed me the Merck Manual that he had in his office from 1970. And coffee enemas were in the Merck Manual. He showed me a paper from the New England Journal of Medicine in 1952 where coffee enemas were the only intervention used for acutely psychotic schizophrenics who were discharged two weeks later.
And he said this used to be part of the conventional medicine armamentarium until the pharmaceutical industry became really dominant.
But on some level, you probably introduced the ripple effect of discomfort on the part of these providers—which is not a bad thing. Discomfort helps us to grow. Maybe they’ll become curious over time. But it’s also not your job necessarily to force the match, the union.
Kim: I can’t help but spread the word. I can’t help it. I wrote a letter to the psych […] I said, “We’re going away.” He said, “[…]” “We’re going away on a mini-break.” “What you did was really unhelpful.”
And if the consultant was any type of a consultant, he would be on the phone asking me what’s going on to try and understand to help other patients.
So, I was cranky.
And people are asking me. People are asking me. They see a difference in me as well. They’re asking me what’s going on. And so I tell everyone.
Dr. Kelly: I have to talk about this because you did this for your son, but there was a surprised fringe benefit for you (which I think is just the beauty of this kind of healing—the side effects are always positive in nature).
So, how have you been doing?
Kim: I mean I was drinking gallons. I was self-medicating because I couldn’t cope. He would rock like […] He would rock all the time. And he couldn’t speak. He was so drugged he couldn’t speak. He was talking gibberish. I was fighting for help. It’s just been a complete mess!
But I thought, “Okay, I can do this for him. I can do anything for my son. I will jump over the moon for my son.” But I thought, “Right, diet changes, I can do that. I can do that for a month. And then, I can go back to coffee and I can go back to where I am on everything. I can do it for a month. I need to set a good example.”
[…] Because we love the food, we don’t want to go back. Why? What would you when you buy food and it nourishes your body?
Ah… it’s so hard to describe.
I’ve always been this person who would like to eat this way, to be this way, to talk this way. But I can’t because I was belittled. As a younger person, I had been a hippie.
I couldn’t justify paying the money for chemicals and beauty products that didn’t have […] And eating really—I mean, I eat legumes and stuff like that. And that was bad enough. And especially in Scotland, my gosh! Scotland is just pure badness.
But this is where I feel like we can start doing it properly now. Start from the start. Start going hard.
And I don’t even know where we’re going to be. I’m just so excited about the future.
Dr. Kelly: Ah, it’s the most powerful statement, and it’s what I always say to the women that I work with—what is coming through this process is something you can’t imagine. And that’s what makes it magical.
You can’t imagine it. If you could, then it would just be the reality that you know, right? But in fact, what’s coming is so much more expanded. It’s like a rolodex of opportunities where, before, you only saw two, for example.
I love that you’ve tasted this possibility, and that’s enough to ignite this fire in you.
I’m hearing what you’re saying which is that “I’ve always been attracted to this type of lifestyle, but I couldn’t own it because I never was able to experience it firsthand as being real.”
And perhaps, your experience through your son had to get quite this dark and desperate in order to generate an opportunity for you to have an experience of its validity, of the deep validity of this lifestyle and this approach to self-care. Otherwise, you could’ve potentially coasted through your whole life, never really being totally convinced of something that, deep down, you know.
It’s why I always say it’s like you’re being reminded or it’s like you’re remembering something that you’ve always known. This isn’t a new concept.
Kim: It feels so right. […] and I just felt like I’m coming home. Just this is who I am.
And I’ve never been who I am. I’ve always been believing everyone else, believing their opinion over mine, believing everything because I wasn’t worth it.
And I couldn’t do self-care. This Reset made you do self-care because you have to do the coffee enemas and you have to eat well and do body brushing. It’s full of self-care. It’s so pleasurable.
You couldn’t self-care when you’re looking after someone who was impossible. But when it’s on the Reset, it’s like, “You have to do this,” so it’s okay.
Dr. Kelly: It’s a medical prescription.
Kim: It felt like […]
And the benefits are amazing! And like I say, I’m only just beginning. And I just want more of that coming home.
And now, if anyone questions what I’m doing or calls me, a GP or whatever, I can just say, “I’m doing it with my time, and I’m doing it with myself,” and that’s it.
Dr. Kelly: And so far so good, right?
Kim: Absolutely!
Dr. Kelly: Oh, my gosh! Kim, I can barely even respond or I’m going to start crying because it’s so moving. It really is. It’s a level of inspiration that leads me to believe that you and your son have something very important to contribute to the light in this world.
We’re in such a challenging time—as we all feel. And there’s so much wrongness. And your rage and anger is real. And it’s valid. But that rage and anger without this experience of hope and inspiration and empowerment is enough to kill you. It’s enough to make you sick.
So, you really are lighting a path of possibility that has impacted me deeply. And I can only imagine what it will do for a mother in a similar position—and you know there are many—to hear your story.
So, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for having the courage to continue putting one foot in front of the other in order to find your truth. It’s extraordinary.
Kim: I can’t thank you enough. I really hope that more men come onboard. It does put people off because—and I did have this with my son. But […]
Dr. Kelly: I know! I’m working on this. You’re absolutely right.
This has been meaningful to me, to see that why should it be just available to the women I feel here to serve—especially when those women are part of a greater fabric. They have children, they have spouses, they have cousins and uncles. And so it’s a point well-taken.
Kim: Yeah, I think we can just go forward so far from here. It is just the beginning.
And the word will get out because the changes are massive. And it happens so quickly.
So, I just can’t thank you enough for everything. We would never have been able to come over and see you, so thank you.
Dr. Kelly: Right, right. Exactly!
Kim: He’s been in a mental hospital, he wouldn’t have been able to come into the States. So, that alone…
So, you putting it out there and cutting out the middleman, it’s fantastic. Thank you.
Dr. Kelly: Oh, that’s music to my ears truly.
So anyway, thank you, Kim.
Kim: As I’ve said, thank you for saving his life. Thanks very much.
Nearly four times as many people showed clinically significant improvement on the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale when they were told that they were receiving an SSRI instead of an active placebo.
People in the overt group enjoyed reduced anxiety scores over the course of the study compared to people receiving the same SSRI dosage but told they were receiving a placebo.
Brain activity patterns were different in people in the overt group versus the covert group, and these brain activation patterns correlated with changes in anxiety scores.
