Holistic health

Apprivoiser le soleil  tout en préservant sa peau

Enjoying the Sun While Protecting Your Skin

Strøm nordic spa, in collaboration with Dr. Sophie Vadeboncoeur, dermatologist at HumaDerme

After a harsh winter, the return of sunny days marks a long-awaited reunion with the sun and the great outdoors. Outdoor patios come alive again, and parks and beaches become popular spots where we love to take it slow. To fully enjoy these moments, however, it’s important to understand how...

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Enjoying the Sun While Protecting Your Skin

Strøm nordic spa, in collaboration with Dr. Sophie Vadeboncoeur, dermatologist at HumaDerme

After a harsh winter, the return of sunny days marks a long-awaited reunion with the sun and the great outdoors. Outdoor patios come alive again, and parks and beaches become popular spots where we love to take it slow. To fully enjoy these moments, however, it’s important to understand how...

Holistic health

Effloressence : Et si l’on parlait enfin de perte de cheveux?

Effloressence: What If We Finally Talked About Hair Loss?

Strøm Nordic Spa

The stress of modern life, the hormonal upheavals linked to menopause or postpartum, or simply the feeling that your hair is losing density over time… Hair loss is more common than we might think. It affects a growing number of our friends, colleagues, and loved ones, sometimes starting with ourselves,...

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Effloressence: What If We Finally Talked About Hair Loss?

Strøm Nordic Spa

The stress of modern life, the hormonal upheavals linked to menopause or postpartum, or simply the feeling that your hair is losing density over time… Hair loss is more common than we might think. It affects a growing number of our friends, colleagues, and loved ones, sometimes starting with ourselves,...

Holistic health

Le sommeil en 10 questions

Sleep: 10 Common Questions Answered

Strøm Nordic Spa | Excerpt from an interview with Véronique Latreille, PhD, neuropsychologist

Sleep plays a crucial role in our physical and mental health, and therefore in our long-term quality of life. Far beyond a simple rest period, it’s essential for cell regeneration, memory, and much more. Because sleep concerns us all, here’s a look at 10 essential questions. (1) WHAT HAPPENS DURING...

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Sleep: 10 Common Questions Answered

Strøm Nordic Spa | Excerpt from an interview with Véronique Latreille, PhD, neuropsychologist

Sleep plays a crucial role in our physical and mental health, and therefore in our long-term quality of life. Far beyond a simple rest period, it’s essential for cell regeneration, memory, and much more. Because sleep concerns us all, here’s a look at 10 essential questions. (1) WHAT HAPPENS DURING...

Holistic health

Renverser les effets visibles du temps

Reversing the Visible Effects of Time

Ariane Archambault, cosmetic lead

In a world where the quest for eternal youth is omnipresent, and at a time when image constantly occupies our minds, anti-aging products and treatments are legion. The solutions for delaying skin aging are multiplying and now constitute a universe in themselves in which it is easy to get lost....

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Reversing the Visible Effects of Time

Ariane Archambault, cosmetic lead

In a world where the quest for eternal youth is omnipresent, and at a time when image constantly occupies our minds, anti-aging products and treatments are legion. The solutions for delaying skin aging are multiplying and now constitute a universe in themselves in which it is easy to get lost....

Holistic health

Les ingrédients d’une santé physique prospère

The Ingredients of Thriving Physical Health

Jérôme Perreault, kinesiologist

Around the world, longevity is celebrated as a true achievement. From the wisdom of the elders in Asia to the tributes paid to centenarians in Western societies, reaching an advanced age in good health is universally admired. However, living a long and healthy life requires much more than luck: it’s...

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The Ingredients of Thriving Physical Health

Jérôme Perreault, kinesiologist

Around the world, longevity is celebrated as a true achievement. From the wisdom of the elders in Asia to the tributes paid to centenarians in Western societies, reaching an advanced age in good health is universally admired. However, living a long and healthy life requires much more than luck: it’s...

Holistic health

Positivité toxique : Éviter les émotions désagréables à tout prix

Toxic Positivity: Avoiding Unpleasant Emotions at All Costs

Dr. Valérie Courchesne, psychologist

Being told that it could always be worse when bad news is announced or “there are plenty of other fish in the sea” when we are heartbroken isn’ t always what we want to hear! While these words are always well-intentioned and aimed at comforting us, in the long term,...

Toxic Positivity: Avoiding Unpleasant Emotions at All Costs

Dr. Valérie Courchesne, psychologist

Being told that it could always be worse when bad news is announced or “there are plenty of other fish in the sea” when we are heartbroken isn’ t always what we want to hear! While these words are always well-intentioned and aimed at comforting us, in the long term,...

Holistic health

La fatigue émotionnelle chez le proche aidant

Emotional Fatigue in Caregivers

Statements gathered from Michelle Lefebvre, social worker

Although crucial and rewarding, the role of a caregiver is also very demanding. Because it often involves an immense self-sacrifice, in the long term, it can be a heavy weight to bear, resulting in burnout that is sometimes difficult to reverse. To learn more about emotional fatigue in caregivers, we...

Emotional Fatigue in Caregivers

Statements gathered from Michelle Lefebvre, social worker

Although crucial and rewarding, the role of a caregiver is also very demanding. Because it often involves an immense self-sacrifice, in the long term, it can be a heavy weight to bear, resulting in burnout that is sometimes difficult to reverse. To learn more about emotional fatigue in caregivers, we...

Holistic health

Gua sha : Une technique ancestrale

Gua Sha: An Ancestral Technique

Maxime Hébert

Strøm Nordic Spa has a resolutely Scandinavian DNA. The north and the boreal forest are at the heart of everything we do, so it’s only natural that our B ORÉ AL skin care line is born from the richness and power of local natural ingredients. However, our desire to offer...

Gua Sha: An Ancestral Technique

Maxime Hébert

Strøm Nordic Spa has a resolutely Scandinavian DNA. The north and the boreal forest are at the heart of everything we do, so it’s only natural that our B ORÉ AL skin care line is born from the richness and power of local natural ingredients. However, our desire to offer...

Holistic health

La présence, une énergie qui se cultive

Presence: A Cultivated Energy

Chanelle Riopel, founder and president of Acte

Connection, with oneself and others, is a powerful energy channel. Thanks to it, we can build ourselves, grow, and flour- ish. It is a form of taking root, horizontally as well as vertically, that allows for both anchoring and expansion. It is important to understand that to be able to...

Presence: A Cultivated Energy

Chanelle Riopel, founder and president of Acte

Connection, with oneself and others, is a powerful energy channel. Thanks to it, we can build ourselves, grow, and flour- ish. It is a form of taking root, horizontally as well as vertically, that allows for both anchoring and expansion. It is important to understand that to be able to...

Holistic health

La force du groupe

The Strength of the Group

Jacinthe Roy Rioux, holistic and spiritual living contributor

Humans are fundamentally relational beings. Their need to ally themselves with a community is intertwined in their deepest roots. Community gatherings have existed as long as organized societies. Over the years, the importance of these communities has made it possible to reinforce the values of empathy, sharing, learning, and fraternity....

The Strength of the Group

Jacinthe Roy Rioux, holistic and spiritual living contributor

Humans are fundamentally relational beings. Their need to ally themselves with a community is intertwined in their deepest roots. Community gatherings have existed as long as organized societies. Over the years, the importance of these communities has made it possible to reinforce the values of empathy, sharing, learning, and fraternity....

Holistic health

Chakras – de la base au cosmos

Chakras | from the basis to the cosmos

Marie-Ève Trudel, wellness collaborator and Lolë ambassador

While participating in a yoga class have you ever been intrigued by the meaning of Solar Plexus? This term which at first might seem a bit esoteric evokes an entire energy-giving world whose understanding teaches us more about ourselves. The basis being the ancestral Indian tradition, the chakras are energy...

Chakras | from the basis to the cosmos

Marie-Ève Trudel, wellness collaborator and Lolë ambassador

While participating in a yoga class have you ever been intrigued by the meaning of Solar Plexus? This term which at first might seem a bit esoteric evokes an entire energy-giving world whose understanding teaches us more about ourselves. The basis being the ancestral Indian tradition, the chakras are energy...

Holistic health

L’hypersensibilité chez les enfants

Hypersensitivity in Children

Dr. Lory Zephyr, Ph.D., psychologist

You head to the couch with your children to watch The Lion King! You’re hooked from the first notes of the famous “nants ingonyama bagithi baba.” Everything is going wonderfully until your eldest bursts into tears. Of course, this is normal. Who hasn’t cried when Mufasa dies? However, for your...

Hypersensitivity in Children

Dr. Lory Zephyr, Ph.D., psychologist

You head to the couch with your children to watch The Lion King! You’re hooked from the first notes of the famous “nants ingonyama bagithi baba.” Everything is going wonderfully until your eldest bursts into tears. Of course, this is normal. Who hasn’t cried when Mufasa dies? However, for your...

Holistic health

L’hivernothérapie par les sens

Hivernotherapy by the Senses

Maxime Hébert

Hivernotherapy, or winter therapy, invites you to emphasize what is most beautiful about the cold season, to explore ways of appreciating it and taking pleasure in it. Of course, practising a winter sport is a good way to keep your happiness level high throughout the season. Spending time outside is...

Hivernotherapy by the Senses

Maxime Hébert

Hivernotherapy, or winter therapy, invites you to emphasize what is most beautiful about the cold season, to explore ways of appreciating it and taking pleasure in it. Of course, practising a winter sport is a good way to keep your happiness level high throughout the season. Spending time outside is...

Holistic health

Vers un bien-être collectif

Toward a Collective Well-Being

Jacinthe Roy Rioux, holistic and spiritual life contributor

The term holistic comes from the Greek holos, meaning “whole,” and the term therapeia, meaning “care.” It refers to the importance of taking care of yourself and others by adopting a comprehensive vision of balance. These days, the holistic approach refers to the balance of body, mind, and soul, but...

Toward a Collective Well-Being

Jacinthe Roy Rioux, holistic and spiritual life contributor

The term holistic comes from the Greek holos, meaning “whole,” and the term therapeia, meaning “care.” It refers to the importance of taking care of yourself and others by adopting a comprehensive vision of balance. These days, the holistic approach refers to the balance of body, mind, and soul, but...

Holistic health

Prendre un bain de forêt : le pouvoir curatif du shinrin yoku

Take a Forest Bath: The Healing Power of Shinrin Yoku

Maxime Hébert

Simply being in the forest. Letting the fresh air, trees, and plants inhabit us. Shinrin yoku is a Japanese term that means “to soak up the atmosphere of the forest” or “forest bath.” A cornerstone of preventive healthcare and wellness, this simple practice was developed in Japan during the 1980s....

Take a Forest Bath: The Healing Power of Shinrin Yoku

Maxime Hébert

Simply being in the forest. Letting the fresh air, trees, and plants inhabit us. Shinrin yoku is a Japanese term that means “to soak up the atmosphere of the forest” or “forest bath.” A cornerstone of preventive healthcare and wellness, this simple practice was developed in Japan during the 1980s....

Holistic health

Beauté holistique : Cinq secrets d’hydratation absolue

Holistic beauty: five secrets of total hydration

Judith Ritchie, holistic beauty expert

TAKE CARE — With the arrival of winter, it’s important to adopt the right moisturizing treatment to offer suppleness and comfort to your skin. However, the moisturization of the skin also depends on a more holistic approach. Here are a few tips for properly hydrated skin, inside and out, when...

Holistic beauty: five secrets of total hydration

Judith Ritchie, holistic beauty expert

TAKE CARE — With the arrival of winter, it’s important to adopt the right moisturizing treatment to offer suppleness and comfort to your skin. However, the moisturization of the skin also depends on a more holistic approach. Here are a few tips for properly hydrated skin, inside and out, when...

Holistic health

Un passage bercé par l’eau : D’un bout à l’autre de la vie

A passage cradled by water: from one end of life to the other

Jacinthe Roy-Rioux, world and spiritual life collaborator

VASTNESS — Sensitivity. Gentleness and power. Our relationship with water is marked by memories. All life begins in water. From the intrauterine world until birth. The source of life, water takes us back to our deepest roots. Returning to water also means returning to the self.  From this perspective, water...

A passage cradled by water: from one end of life to the other

Jacinthe Roy-Rioux, world and spiritual life collaborator

VASTNESS — Sensitivity. Gentleness and power. Our relationship with water is marked by memories. All life begins in water. From the intrauterine world until birth. The source of life, water takes us back to our deepest roots. Returning to water also means returning to the self.  From this perspective, water...

Holistic health

L’art de réfléchir sans contraintes | La confiance créative

The art of thinking without constraints | creative trust

Marie-Claude Trudeau, Creativity Lecturer

« IMPOSSIBLE IS TEMPORARY » – MOHAMED ALI – What would our life be like if it were based on a status quo, if it were free of opportunities, small follies, the unexpected? Creativity is essential to everyone’s balance. It allows us to think differently, to open up to the unknown, to...

The art of thinking without constraints | creative trust

Marie-Claude Trudeau, Creativity Lecturer

« IMPOSSIBLE IS TEMPORARY » – MOHAMED ALI – What would our life be like if it were based on a status quo, if it were free of opportunities, small follies, the unexpected? Creativity is essential to everyone’s balance. It allows us to think differently, to open up to the unknown, to...

Holistic health

Eau, source de vie

Water: The Source of Life

Isabelle Huot, nutritionist

AT THE HEART OF THE HUMAN BODY — Water is essential to life. From childhood to adulthood, in sickness but also in perfect health, water plays a crucial role and is part of a healthy lifestyle. It represents 60% of an adult’s body weight and is involved in many bodily functions,...

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Water: The Source of Life

Isabelle Huot, nutritionist

AT THE HEART OF THE HUMAN BODY — Water is essential to life. From childhood to adulthood, in sickness but also in perfect health, water plays a crucial role and is part of a healthy lifestyle. It represents 60% of an adult’s body weight and is involved in many bodily functions,...

Holistic health

L’homme et l’eau : miroir d’une relation multidimensionnelle

Humanity and Water: Mirror of a Multi-Dimensional Relationship

Jacinthe Roy Rioux, world and spiritual life collaborator

THE FASCINATION OF WATER — Why are we drawn to water? Why are humans who are near water lighter in spirit and rested in body? Is water a carrier of energy? Science explains the remarkable effects of water on our health and well-being, while the writings and traditions of the world...

Humanity and Water: Mirror of a Multi-Dimensional Relationship

Jacinthe Roy Rioux, world and spiritual life collaborator

THE FASCINATION OF WATER — Why are we drawn to water? Why are humans who are near water lighter in spirit and rested in body? Is water a carrier of energy? Science explains the remarkable effects of water on our health and well-being, while the writings and traditions of the world...

Holistic health

Beauté originale

Original beauty

Judith Ritchie, holistic beauty expert

Between body transformation and targeted retouching, how do you approach true beauty and above all, improve yourself without distorting yourself? Explanations and testimonials.  If beauty codes have existed for millennia, the cult of body transformation has upset esthetic standards. A trend closely linked to the impact of new technologies on...

Original beauty

Judith Ritchie, holistic beauty expert

Between body transformation and targeted retouching, how do you approach true beauty and above all, improve yourself without distorting yourself? Explanations and testimonials.  If beauty codes have existed for millennia, the cult of body transformation has upset esthetic standards. A trend closely linked to the impact of new technologies on...

Holistic health

L’ASMR, la réponse automatique des méridiens sensoriels / La science derrière un phénomène étonnant

The Automatic Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) / The science behind an astonishing phenomenon

Strøm nordic spa

Have you ever felt a sense of calm, comfort or shivers while listening to the rain gently falling down, someone whispering in your ear, or the sound of the waves? If the answer is yes, you may be one of those people sensitive to the Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. In...

The Automatic Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) / The science behind an astonishing phenomenon

Strøm nordic spa

Have you ever felt a sense of calm, comfort or shivers while listening to the rain gently falling down, someone whispering in your ear, or the sound of the waves? If the answer is yes, you may be one of those people sensitive to the Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. In...

Holistic health

L’orthorexie, cette zone grise du spectre des relations à la nourriture

Orthorexia, this grey area of the spectrum of relationships with food

Marilou Morin Dt.P., Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, Founder of Manger en Harmonie

Well-being is a personal quest that punctuates the daily life of many and goes as far as defining their identity, their existence. Is it possible that the pursuit of well-being could, on the contrary and unbeknownst to the individuals, become unhealthy and negatively affect their overall health? The pandemic has...

Orthorexia, this grey area of the spectrum of relationships with food

Marilou Morin Dt.P., Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, Founder of Manger en Harmonie

Well-being is a personal quest that punctuates the daily life of many and goes as far as defining their identity, their existence. Is it possible that the pursuit of well-being could, on the contrary and unbeknownst to the individuals, become unhealthy and negatively affect their overall health? The pandemic has...

Holistic health

Microméditations | À pratiquer en solo ou avec les enfants

Micromeditations | To Be Practised Alone or with Children

Marie-Ève Trudel, meditation teacher and founder — yogacamp.co

MEDITATION — There are a thousand and one ways to meditate. Here are eight for those who don’t always have time but would like to enjoy the benefits of this ancient practice and even teach it to children. N°1: DREAM MEDITATION 10 minutes Set out in search of your dreams...

Micromeditations | To Be Practised Alone or with Children

Marie-Ève Trudel, meditation teacher and founder — yogacamp.co

MEDITATION — There are a thousand and one ways to meditate. Here are eight for those who don’t always have time but would like to enjoy the benefits of this ancient practice and even teach it to children. N°1: DREAM MEDITATION 10 minutes Set out in search of your dreams...