#105 How to Manage Stress and Sleep Over the Holidays, Detoxing Your Home, Holiday Books for the Home Cook and Mindful Conflict Resolution

Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on November 9 and 10, 2019 on AM740 and FM 96.7 in Toronto. Topics covered on the show track the lifestyle articles and themes published in Tonic Magazine. This week we discuss the management of stress and sleep over the holidays with Dr. Gordon Chang, detoxing your home with Emily Lipinski ND, holiday books for your home cook with Naomi Bussin and Mindful Conflict Resolution with Tracey Soghrati We specifically discuss: Stress and Sleep Getting to sleep and staying asleep Sleep and central nervous system Shallow sleep and quality of sleep Herbal remedies to get to sleep Quieting the mind and brain functions during the night Exercise Stress and falling asleep Herbal remedies to help with stress B Vitamins Vitamin D Detoxing Your Home Cleaning products Anti-Bacterial Cleaners Air Fresheners Drain Cleaners Non-Toxic solutions Essential oils 7% Vinegar, Hydrogen Peroxide Holiday Books for The Home Cook Celebrity cookbooks Jamie Oliver Ultimate Veg Antoni Porowski Antoni in the Kitchen Classic cookbooks The Joy of Cooking 2019 Umami Bomb Regional Cuisine Korean Soul Food Jewish Cookbook Food of the Italian South Jubilee Non-book gifts: bar, mortar and pestle, scale, micro-plane, silicon spatula/spoon, Bodum double wall cups, ipad holder Mindful Conflict Resolution Mindfulness, conflict and resolution defined Amygdala and the prefrontal cortex Fight or flight response R.A.I.N. Recognize - emotional intelligence Allow - take yourself out of the moment Investigation - processing the moment Non-Identification - you are not the feelings you're having A plan for resolution