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Crescent Health Collective is Barrie & Simcoe Country's holistic perinatal & paediatric wellness team
10/02/2026
Some organizations become part of a community because of what they do.
Others become part of it because of how deeply families need them.
falls into both categories.
Pregnancy and infant loss can touch every part of a family’s life, but it can still be incredibly difficult to know what to say, where to turn or how to support someone who is going through it.
Bridget’s Bunnies helps make sure families experiencing pregnancy and infant loss don’t have to navigate that grief without support.
That mission means a lot to us. We support families through loss in the clinic, but this is something that has touched our Crescent family personally too.
At Crescent, we work with women and families through fertility, pregnancy, birth and postpartum, and we know those stories don’t all unfold the way someone imagined they would.
Supporting organizations that make room for grief, remembrance and families whose babies are deeply loved and deeply missed is an important part of supporting the health of our community.
That’s why we’re proud to support Bridget’s Bunnies and this year’s Bridget’s Run. 🤍
If Bridget’s Bunnies has supported your family, or you want to support the work they’re doing for families in our community, head to their page to learn more about how you can get involved.
10/01/2026
If you’ve been trying to conceive for a while, navigating IVF or just feeling like your cycle needs a little more support, Kim is probably someone you’ll want to know.
Kim is our acupuncturist, and fertility support is a big part of her work at our clinic.
She works with women through different stages of the fertility journey from cycle support and trying to conceive, to IVF, embryo transfer and everything that comes with it.
But fertility care is only one part of what she does. You’ll also find Kim supporting things like:
✨ Birth prep
✨ Breech presentation
✨ Painful periods
✨ Headaches and migraines
✨ Jaw tension
✨ Stress and nervous system regulation
✨ Fibromyalgia and chronic pain
One of the things we love about Kim’s approach is that she’s never looking at one symptom on its own.
You might come in because you’re trying to conceive, but the conversation may also include your sleep, digestion, stress, cycle, headaches or how your body has been feeling overall.
That broader lens is a big part of how Traditional Chinese Medicine approaches care.
If acupuncture has been on your mind but you’re not quite sure if what you’re dealing with is something Kim supports, leave us a question in the comments or send us a DM.
Once the mornings get colder? She means it even more. 😂
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, warm and cooked foods are often recommended to support digestion because your body doesn’t have to work as hard to warm the food first.
So this time of year, think:
🥣 Warm oatmeal
🍳 Eggs + toast
🍎 Cooked oats with fruit + seeds
🥔 Leftover roasted veggies + eggs
And because our NDs would absolutely want us to add this part:
Make sure it’s balanced too.
Aim for protein + fat + carbohydrates + fibre at each meal to support energy, satiety and blood-sugar regulation.
So your fall breakfast formula is:
Warm + protein + fat + carbs + fibre.
What do you usually eat for breakfast? Tell us in the comments.
By the end of September, a lot has changed around you, and your body is feeling it a lot more than you probably realize.
The days are shorter. The mornings are darker. The air is cooler. Work is picking up. The kids are back in school. Your routines probably look completely different than they did a month ago.
Changes in daylight, temperature and daily rhythm can influence things like your circadian rhythm, nervous system, sleep, energy, appetite and mood, sometimes before you’ve even connected the dots.
A simple morning routine can do a lot of heavy lifting. And by simple, we mean almost boring. Here’s what our team recommends:
→ Wake up around the same time most days. A consistent wake time gives your circadian rhythm a predictable cue for when the day starts, even while sunrise is shifting later.
→ Get some daylight early in the day. Morning light is one of the strongest environmental cues for your internal clock and helps support alertness during the day and your sleep-wake rhythm at night.
→ Eat something with protein. Adding protein to your first meal can help support a steadier post-meal blood sugar response, keep you fuller longer and give your energy a little more staying power through the morning.
None of this is groundbreaking (that’s kind of the point).
When the weather, daylight, work, school and family routines are all shifting at once, having a few predictable anchors can give your body a little less to manage and create a stronger foundation for the rest of your day.
Have you noticed your energy, sleep or appetite shifting as the days get shorter?
If you’ve reorganized your entire diet around your “sensitive stomach” but still don’t know what actually bothers you, we have questions.
You skip certain foods because they make you feel “off.”
Bloating after dinner is so normal that you barely think about it anymore.
Your bowel movements are all over the place, you feel heavy after meals, or you’ve got a running list of foods you “just don’t do.”
If this is starting to feel familiar, there’s probably more to it than a “sensitive” stomach.
These are exactly the kinds of digestive concerns Dr. Tina supports. And no, the answer isn’t necessarily handing you an even longer list of foods to avoid.
She’ll look at the bigger picture of what’s happening when you eat, when your symptoms show up, what your digestion and bowel movements look like, and what else might be contributing to the pattern. If lab work would be helpful, that can be part of the conversation too.
Then you can start making sense of what your body is doing instead of just crossing your fingers every time you order dinner.
Life is too short to avoid foods you love because you’re not sure how your stomach is going to react.
If your “sensitive stomach” has been running the show for a while, send us a DM.
naturopathiccare
09/21/2026
You might know Dr. Tina as one of the people we send our littlest patients to.
But kids are only part of what she supports at our clinic.
Dr. Tina is one of our naturopathic doctors, with a big focus on paediatric health and the everyday digestive concerns adults sometimes put up with for way too long. Things like:
→ Feeling bloated or just generally “off” after you eat
→ Constipation or bowel movements that don’t seem quite right
→ Feeling heavy or sluggish after meals
→ Digestive symptoms you’ve started treating as normal because they’ve been around for so long
For kids, her appointments might look completely different. Maybe you’re trying to figure out why your toddler is suddenly living on four beige foods. You might have questions about digestion, allergens, food reactions or introducing solids. Or maybe something just seems off and you want some reassurance.
That range is a big part of Dr. Tina’s practice, helping families better understand what their bodies are telling them instead of assuming they have to live with it.
So, consider this your not-so-formal reintroduction to Dr. Tina. 👋🏼
Have a question about whether she might be the right practitioner for you or your child? Send us a DM and we can help point you in the right direction.
09/15/2026
If this sounds like you, we might have to revisit the definition of “fine.”
Digestive symptoms can become so routine that we stop thinking about them as symptoms at all. And with so much information available online, it can feel like everyone else is dealing with the same thing too, which can make it seem a lot more “normal” than it should.
So, we’re calling it out because common doesn’t mean normal.
You should be able to eat a meal without worrying about whether you wore the right pants, whether you’ll be near a bathroom, or how much time you need to leave between eating and whatever comes next.
This is where Dr. Tina can help.
She looks at the full picture of what your digestion is doing day to day. Things like bloating, bowel movement frequency, discomfort after meals, feeling overly full, changes in energy after eating, and whether certain foods consistently seem to set things off.
She works to understand the pattern rather than just working around it.
Is there a digestive symptom you’ve caught yourself calling “normal” because you’ve dealt with it for so long? Let us know. ⬇️
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