Lauren Brady, RHN

05/24/2026

It's smoothie season! 🌞
Why do I love Smoothies so much, and recommend them to many of my clients?

A nutritionally balanced smoothie includes protein, healthy fats, and fiber, ideally from whole and minimally processed ingredients.

You can tailor smoothies to your nutrition and health goals and taste and texture preferences using a variety of nutritious ingredients, such as:

Fruits: Bananas, berries, mango, pineapple, apples

Vegetables: Spinach, kale, carrots, cucumber, greens powder

Protein sources: Greek yogurt, protein powder, silken tofu, even white beans!

Healthy fats: Avocado, nut butter, h**p seeds, chia seeds, flaxseeds, or cashews

A liquid base: Water, milk (dairy or plant-based), coconut water, or herbal tea

Natural sweetener: Honey, maple syrup, pitted dates, or stevia

Next time you need a nutritional boost that is delicious, hydrating and portable, try whizzing up a smoothie!

https://brightsidehealth.ca/holistic-nutrition/

05/19/2026

Come work with us!🌞

Join our team and come over to the Brightside! ☀
Brightside Integrated Health is currently seeking a full-time office manager. If you are experienced, friendly, professional, dependable and have great customer service skills, we would love to hear from you! Experience with scheduling and billing is a must and experience with the Jane booking system (or similar) is a definite asset.

To apply, or for more details about the position or our company, please email our clinic manager Lauren, at laurenb@brightsidehealth.ca.

Thank you for your interest!
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05/12/2026

These past few weeks have been crazy in my world - there was an unexpected death in our family, and I was pushed past my stress threshold between work, running the clinic and supporting everyone around me - and I wound up in the hospital myself.
I saw my osteopath yesterday (shout out to Jess @ Holism Osteopathy ) and blurted out all of my symptoms (that the ER could not make sense of) and she told me it was an inflammatory nervous system response - and she was right.✅

How to heal? Well, reducing stress is critical. Movement. I find osteopathy very helpful. Sleep is crucial. 💤
But the one factor that can have the biggest impact? You guessed it - nutrition. I had been eating restaurant food and although it was "healthy", it is still not the same quality as what you would have at home and it is very high in sodium, which I am sensitive to. Add in gluten, sugar, questionable oils and alcohol, all of which are inflammatory and I was settling myself up for a crash.

When I was in hospital, my bloodwork showed that my potassium was low. They did not feel this was significant - but it WAS. When I got home, I drank coconut water with added electrolytes and ate 3 bananas (🍌🍌🍌) and my blood pressure dropped 50 points. FIFTY.

So, for the past 5 or so days I have been drinking a lot of water/hibiscus iced tea/coconut water and eating fruit, salads, veggies and the inflammation is calming down. Not only is food medicine in the cellular biological sense - it sends a powerful message to your brain and your nervous system. You are safe. Your needs are being met. You are being taken care of.❤️

If you are going through a stressful time in your life, please remember that you can always turn (or return) to nutrition to feel better physically and mentally, and as a self-care practice.

Want to learn more about how to use nutrition to support YOUR healing journey? No measuring - no counting - no restricting - no judging. Just a mindset shift and putting that into practice, in a slow and do-able way.

brightsidehealth.ca/holistic-nutrition/

05/01/2026

Do you celebrate Beltane?🔥
Beltane is celebrated on May 1st in the Northern Hemisphere. It is a Gaelic seasonal fire festival marking the beginning of summer and focuses on connection, fertility, growth, and renewal. This year, it is even more powerful, as it aligns with the Full Flower Moon. 🌺🌝

Beltane can also be a time to follow what feels energizing and alive to you, to reconnect with the body and the senses, and to notice what is growing in your relationships, creative work, and daily life.

How can we celebrate Beltane? Here are some ideas:
✨Join local Beltane celebrations
✨Have a bonfire or light a candle and dance around it
✨Clean your space - open windows, declutter
✨Go for a walk in nature
✨Practice Yoga
✨Make out with your partner
✨Buy yourself fresh flowers
✨Ready your garden for planting
✨Eat some sexy Beltane foods - like berries with whipped cream, cherries, sourdough bread with butter, grilled salmon, fresh salads with greens, fruit and nuts with a poppyseed dressing.

You don't have to do this all in one day - Beltane can be celebrated until the middle of May!

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05/01/2026

Enter to win this awesome prize!✨

Holy Smokes, it's May!🌷

And what better way to celebrate than to run a Mother's Day Giveaway? The prize is the winner's choice of service:
☑60 minute massage therapy session with Sydney Coughlin, RMT
☑60 minute acupuncture session with Jennifer Jamieson, Registered Acupuncturist, Reiki Practitioner
☑60 minute nutritional counselling session with Lauren Brady, RHN

Plus a gift bag containing self-care and wellness products from our retail shop - perfect for gifting to Mom, or keeping for yourself!

How to enter?🧐
Simply like and share this post and follow our page👍
For an extra entry, tag a friend you think would enjoy it!
The winner will be chosen at random, on Saturday, May 9th and the winner's name will be posted on our page.

The small print:
This giveaway contest is not sponsored or endorsed by Facebook.
The winner must be 19+ years of age.
The prize must be collected by June 30, 2026 (gift bag picked up and appointment booked)

Good Luck!🍀
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04/25/2026

Need breakfast on the go? Need a satisfying snack that won't cause a sugar crash? Have a teen running out the door and you don't want him hitting a drive-thru? Make these and thank me (and Helen Ridgeway) later!

Eating healthfully can be easy - let me teach you my hacks.😁
Book today!
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If you're looking for breakfast ideas and want to try something fun yet nutritious, these breakfast cookies are a great option.

04/23/2026

Science is delicious!
I also like coconut water with a splash of pomegranate juice and a squeeze of lime!
Want to learn more non-boring ways to stay hydrated? Book an appointment with me! I offer in-person, phone and email appointments!
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If you’ve been drinking more water but still feeling depleted, this vibrant electrolyte drink may be exactly what your body has been missing. True hydration isn’t just about water—it’s about how well your cells can absorb and retain it. That’s where electrolytes, phytonutrients, and trace ...

04/10/2026

I might be biased, but we are pretty great to work with!🥰

Join our team and come over to the Brightside! ☀

Brightside Integrated Health is currently seeking a part-time front desk administrator. If you are friendly, professional, dependable and have great customer service skills, we would love to hear from you! Experience with billing and the Jane booking system are definite assets.

To apply, or for more details about the position or our company, please email our clinic manager Lauren, at laurenb@brightsidehealth.ca.

Thank you for your interest!
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04/02/2026

What small thing will you start with?
I have an end of month report that is now two days overdue, because it is deeply uninteresting to me. I will have breakfast, put on a playlist and chip away at it for one hour - and then I'm going for a walk!
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03/19/2026

Resting at home today, trying to kick a respiratory bug and watching one of those Hallmark-type movies, and this Ensure ad kept running throughout, which I found mildly irritating - enough to call it out.

We need to stop normalizing moms sacrificing themselves for their family. Moms need their basic needs met, just like everyone else and guzzling an Ensure on the way to soccer practice is not going to cut it.

If you are a mom, please consider this as permission to put yourself first. Make yourself a nice hearty sandwich and a cup of tea and sit at the table. Kids benefit from observing their mom take care of herself, which teaches them to prioritize their own health and well-being in their adult lives and creates reasonable expectations about what parenting looks like.

Nutritionally-speaking, I am not a fan of these drinks, as they are ultra-processed (ingredients in the comment section) and are not a substitute for real food. A much better option would be a quick smoothie with frozen berries and a scoop of clean protein powder (North Coast Naturals is my fav).

Now go get yourself a snack.❤️

Want to talk more about the link between nutrition and radical self-care? Book an appointment with me today:
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03/18/2026

I love Little Lou Cooks and these look fun, especially if you are gluten free, or trying to hit protein goals.
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