Naturopathic Dr Christine Nguyen, ND

07/18/2025

Removing barriers to achieving our best, healthiest self is what working with a naturopathic doctor is all about.

In naturopathic principles, we call these Obstacles to Cure".

These can be disease processes, external pathogens, genetic susceptibility, behavioural and lifestyle factors, among others. How can we reduce these susceptibilities and remove these obstacles paving the way for growth and healing?

So many analogies to health and healing in nature.

07/17/2025

Thanks to all the friendly faces: patients and colleagues I got to see in Ottawa this time.

Professional continuing education seminar. Check. Always excited to learn more in the women's health space.

Back in the office at the Ottawa Integrative Health Centre. Check. Always so rewarding to be face to face in person.

Even made some time for some self care with a massage with Catherine Hansen, RMT AND low level laser therapy treatment with Dr Owen Wiseman, ND. Amazing modalities and practitioners at the OIHC!! Feeling great.

Didn't have a chance to get in your follow up /tune up this summer with me?

I'll be back seeing patients starting August 28th. Contact the Ottawa Integrative Health Centre to pre- book your consult.

I will be taking a few weeks off starting tomorrow to attend to some personal transitions (yes, another overseas relocation).

More to come....

In the meantime, happer summer! Slow down.
Take care.
See you soon.

07/15/2025

Here is your chance to see me in person for your summer tune up!
A few appointment openings remain this Thursday.

Best in health,
Christine Nguyen, ND

Naturopathic Dr Christine Nguyen, ND is IN CLINIC this week! In her stopover back home between international postings, Dr. Christine is offering in-person visits this Thursday. Please call to book! Welcome back Dr. Christine!!

05/14/2025

This is such an important approach to habit change to internalize.

What small change can I make on my worst days?

On your good days you will greet your goal with ease and perhaps even surpass it
On your worst days you will realize you can manage it without overwhelm and build confidence in yourself.

Change is a normal part of life.
Habit change is hard but only if you don't plan for obstacles.

How you ride the waves of change is what will transform your health: body, mind and spirit, in impactful ways.

04/23/2025

Let's be kind to the planet...and each other. And never give up hope for a better tomorrow.

Missed earth day but thought I’d just drop this guy here any ways 💚 hold onto hope and believe in good things always.

03/30/2025

100% THIS.

She turns hate into love.

She’s the storm that cleanses, the wildfire that renews, the river that reshapes everything in its path.

She moves through challenges with grace, carrying the weight of her dreams and the fire of resilience in her heart. Her compass is her unapologetic will to rise.

She breaks, but she bends. She has nights when the weight is too heavy, when the world feels unrelenting. But when the storm passes, when the fire settles into embers, when the waters grow still, she naturally shifts. She transforms.

Like a volcano, she rises. Like the ocean, she flows…
deep, untamed and unstoppable. Like the wind, she moves through the unseen, carrying the whispers of the wild.

Yes, life can break her. But she will always rise again, fiercer, stronger and wilder than ever before. 🌿

🖋️: Tara Isis Gerris

03/08/2025

Happy International Women's Day

Sending out strength and solidarity to all women.
Praying that we, as women can...
Value ourselves.
Respect ourselves.
Prioritize ourselves.
Advocate for ourselves.
Create and uphold healthy boundaries for ourselves.
Resist the susceptibility to allow guilt and shame to dictate our actions.
Resist the tendency to be small, play small.
Support one another wholeheartedly.
Amplify the voices of our own and those of our sisters.
Stand up against injustice, suppression, microaggression, violence
Remain open and receptive to the wisdom of the generations before us.
Remain vigilant and protective for the generations after us.
Feel empowered, strong and wise and trust our inner voice, our heart, our instincts.

When we protect and nurture our health - physical, mental, emotional, spiritual - we can be the leaders, carers, nurturers, sisters, daughters, CEOs, managers, mothers and women who will change the world 🌎...for the better.

Rights
Equality
Empowerment

🙏 🙌 ✨️

09/06/2024

How do you make space for reflection, intention setting, and self care?

Want to know more?

Let's talk.

05/15/2024

This week is Naturopathic Medicine Week
May 12-17, 2024.

Has naturopathic medicine helped you feel empowered and supported in your health care? Have you noticed an improvement in your physical health, mental wellbeing and emotional resilience?

This week we want to share your stories of strength, success and health improvements while celebrating you knowing your health care options and taking a proactive and preventive approach to your health.

Share your stories here in the comments or more anonymously via this platform (your privacy/identity can and will be protected) from the Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors (OAND)

https://tinyurl.com/mt2x6tb5

Why are we collecting patient stories? To convey the story and impact of naturopathic medicine to the public, other medical professionals and the government. How will we use them? Lobbying for greater scope of practice with government OAND website, newsletter, or blog Social media (LinkedI...

05/07/2024

Emotions are neither good nor bad. They just are.

We are on this journey called life to feel them, to work through and process them, and to come out wiser for the lived experience.

Emotions exist and are typically out of our control, but what IS in our control is how they impact us, how we react to them, and how we, in turn, behave or act due to our emotions.

Emotions help us to understand ourselves and the situations we find ourselves in, to make decisions, and often, emotions play a large part in our behaviours, actions, and interactions with others.

Feeling like your emotions are not only out of control, but controlling you? Are your reactions, your behaviours, your mood state throughout the rest of the day, week ... life not how YOU intended them to be? "That's not who I am" sound familiar?

Let's talk. Your naturopathic doctor is here to listen & help.

I love helping patients work through their emotions, behavioural patterns and stress responses. All while identifying underlying triggers that may contribute to mood imbalances.

04/08/2024

In honour of today's momentous eclipse.
Don't worry Sun. Few look at you directly but we all appreciate your light! Keep shining!

03/25/2024

So true.

Happy Sunday!