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UP FRONT | OUR TEAM CONTRIBUTORS JILL WEAVER Family Cook | Entrepreneur Since 2009, Jill has been at home full time raising her young family and honing her skills in the kitchen. In 2013, Jill launched Stock Exchange Bone Broths, with a mission to share the benefits of incorporating nutrient dense, well-sourced bone broths into a busy lifestyle. You can follow her on Twitter at @stockexchangekw. Jill’s A ‘Quick’ Guide to Bone Broth can be found on PAGE 6. Volume 1, Issue 2 Winter 2015 PUBLISHER | EDITOR Elaine Kapogines [email protected] ART DIRECTION REBECCA SERROUL Doula | Birth Educator Since 1993, Rebecca has been working with families as a doula and childbirth educator (tummiestotoes.ca). She has one son of her own and has attended hundreds of births as a doula, second attendant to midwives and midwifery student. Read her article Bottoms Down on PAGE 26. www.creativebungalow.com Erik Mohr (Creative Director) [email protected] Alysha DeMarsh (Graphic Designer) PHOTOGRAPHY Trent Sluiter (Fedora Media) www.fedoramedia.com CONTRIBUTORS DEVIN DAWSON RMT | Nutritionist | Iridologist Devin is a registered massage therapist, clinical nutritionist and iridologist who practices out of Kitchener’s VERV Wellness (vervwellness.com). He uses his diverse skill set to help his clients attain optimal health through massage therapy and natural methods, including nutrition and lifestyle counselling, herbal medicine and homeopathy, and by using techniques like iridology, to help his understand each unique situation. His article Thyroid Support appears on PAGE 28. JAYNE HEMBRUFF & LINDA BRYDGES Yoga Instructors Jayne is the owner of Innovative Wellness (innovativewellness.ca) whose mission is to inspire positive results through strategic initiatives. She is also a proud mom of three awesome children. Check out her article Calm, Alert & Ready to Learn on PAGE 22 , which was co-written by Linda Brydges, a mother and yoga teacher specializing in gentle yoga at the Rockway Community Centre in Kitchener. SPONSORS A SINCERE THANK YOU The Holistic Parent would like to thank Inspire Health & Wellness (Gold) and Hybrid Hair & Detox Spa (Bronze). A portion of their sponsorship has been donated to Life With A Baby, a not-for-profit peer support system for parents with children 0-6 years old. Linda Brydges, Devin Dawson, Shelby Foster, Jayne Hembruff, Nicole Schiener, Rebecca Serroul, Trish Unger, Dr. Shannon Viana, Jill Weaver ADVERTISING DESIGNER Elizabeth Wise ADVERTISING SALES Elaine Kapogines [email protected] PUBLISHED BY www.wiltshiremedia.ca The Holistic Parent magazine is published three times per year. All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced without the written consent of the publisher © 2015 Single copy price is free at to all patrons of the Growing Up Healthy Show, is mailed to members of Life With A Baby - Waterloo Region and is available through our over 30 community partners in Waterloo Region. Visit theholisticparent.ca for a list of distributors. For address corrections, please email [email protected]. ISSN 2368-6790 Publications Mail Agreement No. 42845523 Undeliverable copies and change of address notices should be send to: 334 Baldwin Dr. Cambridge, ON N3C 0C2 4 THE HOLISTIC PARENT Winter 2015 theholisticparent.ca