I wasn't sure what this blog would be when I first developed this webpage. I didn't really understand what it personally meant to have a blog and although I had visions of keeping my network of people well-informed about my perspectives and my research into all things health and wellness I didn't know what it would be apart from that. It turns out however that there are so many intelligent and well-intentioned people out there researching and writing blogs about healthy living that I ended up using much of my screen timing reading about their research or their perspectives on the current research. As such I have contributed sporadically at best to this blog, seeking to use it mostly when my fountain pen ran out of ink or one of my many notebooks ran out of pages.
Today however I have come to an understanding of what my public writing can be. I have a mission and vision of where I believe we can take our health and wealth in this world and I will be using this window into my world to promote the cultural and paradigm shifts that I believe need to happen to shift my vision into reality.
I have been and will continue to work with health and wealth care providers towards standardizing a new interdisciplinary, patient/client-centred model that seeks to empower with knowledge and its effective and personalized communication and application.
My vision is of a Canada, understanding the two-tiered nature of our health care system and realizing that investing in health promotion and prevention is investing in personal and community wealth. There is no I in wellness or wealth, but there is a WE in both and we need to harness the power of that dynamic.
Choose to build a team around you, a family and circle of care. Choose to build a WE, a community. Choose to stay well.