NNC

Mental Health Issues and the Pandemic

  • By:
  • Jun 29, 2020
Mental Health Issues and the Pandemic by Dr. Jackie Gardner-Nix   When the Pandemic began to cause widespread mayhem across the world, the first priority of governments was to save lives
Read More

Summer Muesli

  • By:
  • Jun 29, 2020
From the kitchen of Dr. Jackie Gardner-Nix This feels like a good alternative to oatmeal for the summer months! (Serves 2) ½ cup of oats (quick cooking or regular) One and
Read More

Alex and the Government

  • By:
  • Jun 29, 2020
Written by Jackie McMillan and Illustrated by Mitchell Nicholas Hall. This story was inspired by the writer’s granddaughter saying she has to stay home and not go to daycare because “the
Read More

Parsnip and Pear Soup

  • By:
  • Jun 18, 2020
From the kitchen of Dr. Jackie Gardner-Nix   Butter for frying 1 medium onion chopped 1 celery stalk chopped 1 to 2 pears sliced 6 cups of chicken or vegetable stock
Read More

A Meditation in Nature

  • By:
  • May 28, 2020
Do you have five minutes for contemplation? Birdsong, and the sun going down on nature, beside Lake Ontario, Canada.
Read More

The Virtual River Walk (edited)

  • By:
  • May 11, 2020
Join Dr. Jackie Gardner-Nix as she takes a virtual walk along the Ganaraska River on a sunny Spring day in April 2020.  Dr. Gardner-Nix is a physician who specializes in mindfulness
Read More

A Recipe for Success

  • By:
  • May 7, 2020
From Dr. Jackie Gardner-Nix I am not much good at drawing, yet my contemplative creativity appears when I concoct recipes.  It’s also hard for me to pass recipes on to others
Read More