With each issue we have done our best to keep you informed about the various aspects of wholistic health care, and there are many. People continually contact us with their various ideas and information and we follow through by disseminating it to you in the form of articles and advertising. Our feedback indicates that you are appreciative of it so we shall continue to provide this service.

In order for the journal to be distributed free of charge we can all thank our many advertisers, several of whom have been with us continuously since our first issue in May/June 1995. Thank you, dear advertisers! We wish you continued success in your businesses in this new year, knowing that as you succeed, we all succeed.

I am excited to announce that January 1, 2001 is the launch of our completely re-designed website—www.wholife.com—by our Webmaster, Ed Pas. He has done a terrific job of it so be sure to check it out. As a grand opening gift to our patrons a large portion of this issue is included on the site, such as the Calendar of Events, Classifieds, Directory of Services and excerpts from several articles. Also included is some information from the November/December 2000 issue. Like our print version, the website is available for our advertisers to place their ads with us for a nominal fee. Now you have a chance to get your wholistic health message out to the entire world! Contact us today to get more information about our website advertising rates!

In planning this issue's editorial content, I felt it would be helpful to learn about Voluntary Simplicity (p. 16) by author, Bruce Elkin. Since we live in a fast-paced world that is becoming more complex every day, I feel that knowing how to create a simpler life ought to lead to a healthier one. Elkin believes we suffer from a dichotomy of desires and says, "...we'd do best to see ourselves as creators, architects of our own futures. That way we can best ensure that the simplicity we create will satisfy our deepest life urges (desires)." For those wanting further information on this topic the name of Elkin's forthcoming book is listed at the end of his article.

To help you start your year off on a positive note at work Cathy Fenwick's column, A Healthy Workplace Is A More Productive Workplace (p. 12), is an important article to read, as is Realigning Your Focus In Your Life And Work (p. 14) by Tanis Helliwell, author of Taking Your Soul To Work.

If you are lamenting about those post-festive-season pounds you've gained, you will be pleased to read how you can Eat Your Way To Weight Loss (p. 8) by Paulette Millis, which includes some excellent recipes. For anyone who managed to pick up some "bugs" over the holidays, Kahlee Keane, Root Woman shares the many medicinal benefits of Coltsfoot: Large Leaf Medicine (p. 10).

The Refinery (p. 24), according Lia Pas, is the space inside a Saskatoon community church hall which "aims to open its doors to people from all spiritual traditions and artistic media in order to bring together people from the community and the world, to give everyone who enters the doors the feeling of being welcomed and needed." A dynamic new concept for this new millennium and the front cover shows an example of one of the activities—the soundbody—held there.

As we go forth, may your year be full of all the goodness and light you truly deserve, each and every one! I look forward to another year of growth, joy and sharing with you all!