Dr. Erica Basso Vriend is our Naturopathic Doctor and a certified Precision Nutrition Level 1 Professional Coach. In addition to medicine, her passion is sports and athletics. She graduated from The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM) with an intention to focus on sports medicine.

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Sammi is our Family and Youth Counsellor, she completed the Child and Youth Counselling Advanced Diploma in 2019. She spent five years teaching Anger Awareness, and Substance Awareness through John Howard Society of Niagara, as well as developing a preventive justice program for them directed at youth. She then went on to work with Pathstone Mental Health providing crisis counselling to youth and their families. Sammi has attended professional development workshops that focus on Neuro Linguistic Programming, and fully believes that our self concept is the deciding factor in how we experience our lives.

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Heidi is the founder of Whole Solutions Health and our Registered Holistic Nutritionist. She obtained her Holistic Nutrition Diploma from the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition (CSNN) in Toronto, and has practiced for the last 10 years, specializing in preventive health and mind body connection. In 2019 and 2020 she lead a Health and Wellness program for the Ottawa Police Service and continue to work with a range of front line professionals and non front line professionals today. She feels that nutrition has great power in healing but she also believes that the mind is a very important part of that as well. Music has also helped her through her journey, signing a Songwriting contract in Nashville in 2005, which lead her to combine her two passions together by starting Whole Solutions Health & Wellness by offering not only nutritional support, but also a musical solution songwriting program to help others express themselves in a creative way while allowing them to heal at the same time.

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Laura is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and Reiki Master. She graduated with merit from the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition where she also completed a Holistic Culinary Certificate. In 2010 she became a certified Reiki Master/Teacher. Her passion for nutrition comes from her love of food (and eating!) and her lifelong quest to find healthy recipes that taste delicious. She is a firm believer in eating with the seasons and that meals are meant to be enjoyed.

As someone who specializes in digestion and gut health, Laura can help you identify the root cause of your digestive distress so you can enjoy dietary freedom. You are biochemically unique and your health plan should be too! After assessing your nutritional imbalances, she will provide you with a meal plan and dietary, lifestyle and supplement recommendations. For local clients, she can also assist with meal preparations. Working with Laura is about more than just food. She practices a holistic approach and will address your body, mind and spirit. Many people don’t realize how much stress negatively impacts digestion. In addition to balancing your body systems nutritionally, her energy work (reiki) will help to clear blockages in your chakras and make you feel centred. We’ll work together so your gut can start working properly for you!

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Carolyn Mercer, ND graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University with a Bachelor of Science, studying biology and psychology. At this time she developed an interest in evidence-based research. Since attending the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, she has integrated her past research-based education with a more holistic avenue of healing. As a Naturopathic doctor, Carolyn was trained in several modalities of alternative health including nutrition, botanical medicine, Chinese medicine and acupuncture, homeopathy, bodywork and lifestyle counselling. Carolyn has an interest in treating digestive issues, weight management issues, fertility, mood disorders and ADHD/autism.

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Permelia is a teacher and practitioner of energy and emotional healing. She has studied and taught this healing modality for over 20 years. Permelia is a Certified Body Code and Emotion Code Practitioner, offering emotional healing sessions to release unprocessed negative emotions from the subconscious. She is heart centered and truly wants the best for her clients on their healing and health journey.. I believe in considering the whole person for each client referring to other modalities when appropriate.

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Renay is a Functional Nutrition Counselor, Sleep Coach, Memory and Cognition Coach, and Registered Hypnotherapist. Her passion is to help you sleep better, eat better, lower stress, have more energy through the day, and feel fantastic.

If you are not sleeping well, she can help you dive into your lifestyle to figure out the root cause. You will discover how your body and mind are keeping you from obtaining good quality sleep, and we’ll find a way to get you back to sleep naturally, without medication. The way to better quality sleep is to find out everything that keeps you awake in your body and mind!

Renay provides hypnotherapy services to help you remove limiting beliefs that may be causing imbalances in your body and mind and causing your issues. She is a Precision Nutrition Level 1 coach and has additional nutrition certifications from Stanford, Functional Nutrition Lab, and Nutritious Life Studio. Renay received her Health and Life coach certification through the Health Coach Institute.

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