WSTM: Was this a first career choice for you? SI: Oh. no I went to Humber College in fashion merchandising. I did that for a while. then raised the kids. sold Avon and draperies, that sort of thing, My husband and I also breed golden retrievers. but-I digress. We've been in Stouffville almost 20 years now. In Talking WIl'l'l. . .Suze Joyce, Nutritional Consultant and Retailer Anyway. I was at a Music Mania rehearsal in l998 and some of the dancers got to talking about our health problems Among other things i d long been plagued by arthritis and irritable bowel syndrome. l was in a lot of pain all the time. SI: Everything comes from the gut What you eat. and how you digest it, affects virtually everything in the body They say the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same things and expecting the outcome to One of the girls said she'd be to see a holistic consultant nutrition. and that a lot of problems had almost comDIeI gone away Nothing else was working. so I went to someone and before long I was so fascinated. l starting taking courses myself. I graduated from the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition in Richmond Hill in 2002. and in March 2003 I opened the store. Healing Force WS‘I'M: Why is diet so important? SEPTEMBER 2004 From powering your camper to powering your factory, GENERATORS AND GAS-POWERED INVEKI'ERS Phone we can supply your needs! Toll free 1-800-322-8440 rmc 905-642-3592 ' Fax 905640-1156 86 Ringwood Dr., Unit 25, Stouffville www.mmflcmca Dealer Inquiries Welcome Visa Mastercard lnterac change So if you want u alter the outcome. really i1 your health. you have tr changes in your diet WS‘I’M: How do you kno changes to make? SI: I help the client thorough assessment things that are going nal ate going wrong those things can b1 3m: 6 L SIN/C! HOME STANDBY GENERATORS >u know wha our body the raw ma eal Itself Physical health Is u: > emotional health a deï¬ciency. or an certain vitamins or :hemicals in the we do is try to balance. and it You have to give 2 raw materials to w 1 w w m .m, W w, x, w usually tied [h as well. wag 'About 70 per cent of my time now is spent on the store. It‘s still a young business, and I want to make it a happy place to be. And my staff need to be carefully chosen. they not only need the knowledge but the right attitude. So it'll be a while before I can spend less time in the shop. Besides, my office is is right here. l'm always handy if a customer has a question WSTM:As you say, health and emotion are so closely tied. is it hard for you to not get emotionally involved in your clients' problems? that's key to a holistic approach. so I'll often lead people into meditation or yoga if that need is there. Body. mind and spirit â€"â€" they all work together. WSTM: How much of your busineSs now is counselling? 5]: Not enough, l'd really like more‘clients, but the. word is spreading slowly but surely, people are starting to come to me from quite a distance now‘ l'm confident the universe will bring people to me as l'm needed. SI: Certainly it's difficult. but you can't get caught in everyone's turmoil. otherwise you can't really see what's going on clearly enough to try to help. At the same time. I have to make them comfortable enough, warm enough. to make them able to be honest with me. A large part of .uwmnmh’m Spout“ 4 Wm Mlyhom W to 00mm 2200 u n monk shim 'n 000: umlznn Wham 60% 1mm Mum bodroom wit pc mum A walanloscl mono-um Demon ho! tub WHITCHURCH-STOUFFyILLE THIS MONTH - 3 So now I can feel confident in my future, I have some ultimate goals. The main thing I want to do is develop a centre for the youth of the town, to support their dreams and their talents. If you get on the wrong track when you're young, it's so much harder to turn yourself around. WSTM: What do you love most about your iob? WSTM: How has getting into the health businesé affected your own health? SI: You know, I was in so much pain a few years agoThat i had a preâ€"memorial service on my 40th birthday; I was sure I wasn’t going to be around much longer, Now I look and feel younger than I did then, I have so much energy. my arthritis is gone, S]: The biggest reward is the smile on someone's face when the pain is gone. when the weight is lost. when they start to feel whole again. Sometimes that happens quickly, sometimes the process is a lot longer But eventually the improvement comes. and that's so satisfying. what I do is let them be what they truly are, and the amazing thing is that when they first come to me, they may really have no idea what that is.’ You know, the hUMan body is a marvellous thing. if we treat it right, there's no reason every one of us can't live to be 100, and be healthy the whole time. W I! own.- hum WI. “1!.“ ’Very rm 4 bdrm o 2 Damn Wotan home ‘5 tools tool 'Inotound pool ‘ ‘1116' 9mm yard 'Grm Iceman. wall m warming ‘Nn poo! pump. hular 5 line: in 200! ‘Now doc Damn“ m 2004 'The pool Is noon and ready!‘ saith-MW