Holistic health

Les ingrédients d’une santé physique prospère

The Ingredients of Thriving Physical Health

Jérôme Perreault, kinesiologist

Around the world, longevity is celebrated as a true achievement. From the wisdom of the elders in Asia to the tributes paid to centenarians in Western societies, reaching an advanced age in good health is universally admired. However, living a long and healthy life requires much more than luck: it’s...

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The Ingredients of Thriving Physical Health

Jérôme Perreault, kinesiologist

Around the world, longevity is celebrated as a true achievement. From the wisdom of the elders in Asia to the tributes paid to centenarians in Western societies, reaching an advanced age in good health is universally admired. However, living a long and healthy life requires much more than luck: it’s...

Strøm news

Le Magazine Strøm fête ses 10 ans

Strøm Magazine celebrates its tenth anniversary

Strøm Nordic Spa

In 2015, the very first Strøm Magazine was published, born out of a deep desire to extend Strøm Nordic Spa’s mission: to contribute to the balance of people and their communities. While the thermal experience is central to our offer, our vision of well-being extends much further. We believe in...

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Strøm Magazine celebrates its tenth anniversary

Strøm Nordic Spa

In 2015, the very first Strøm Magazine was published, born out of a deep desire to extend Strøm Nordic Spa’s mission: to contribute to the balance of people and their communities. While the thermal experience is central to our offer, our vision of well-being extends much further. We believe in...

Society

L’amitié : Un amour durable sous-estimé

Friendship: An Undervalued Lasting Love

Karine Côté-Andreetti, journalist, teacher, and author

In 2018, a study highlighted the secret of long, happy lives. None of the researchers from Harvard University who contributed to this ambitious research project, which followed 774 men and their children for 80 years, had anticipated the following conclusion: it’s the quality of interpersonal relationships that makes people happy...

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Friendship: An Undervalued Lasting Love

Karine Côté-Andreetti, journalist, teacher, and author

In 2018, a study highlighted the secret of long, happy lives. None of the researchers from Harvard University who contributed to this ambitious research project, which followed 774 men and their children for 80 years, had anticipated the following conclusion: it’s the quality of interpersonal relationships that makes people happy...

Architecture & Design

Cinq refuges enveloppants

Five Enveloping Havens

Strøm Nordic Spa

While nature slumbers, intimacy rubs shoulders with immensity, comfort embraces wonder, and the heat battles the cold at all five Strøm spas. Come and take refuge at our facilities designed for wellness and enjoy the regenerating silence of the cold season which, when disturbed by the crackling of the fire,...

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Five Enveloping Havens

Strøm Nordic Spa

While nature slumbers, intimacy rubs shoulders with immensity, comfort embraces wonder, and the heat battles the cold at all five Strøm spas. Come and take refuge at our facilities designed for wellness and enjoy the regenerating silence of the cold season which, when disturbed by the crackling of the fire,...

Inspiration

Quoi faire à Saint-Sauveur?

What to do in Saint-Sauveur?

Strøm spa nordique

The Laurentians and Scandinavia share many similarities, making them popular destinations for nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts. These two regions are notable for their breathtaking landscapes, Nordic climate, and thriving wellness culture. Perhaps it’s no coincidence then that the Scandinavian tradition of thermotherapy was first introduced to Québec, in the...

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What to do in Saint-Sauveur?

Strøm spa nordique

The Laurentians and Scandinavia share many similarities, making them popular destinations for nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts. These two regions are notable for their breathtaking landscapes, Nordic climate, and thriving wellness culture. Perhaps it’s no coincidence then that the Scandinavian tradition of thermotherapy was first introduced to Québec, in the...

Inspiration

Laisser le temps au temps

Letting Time Take Its Course

Stéphanie Dupuy, sommelière

There’s something so satisfying about taking your time. To cook, to read a book, to wander through the forest… to live in the present moment. In a life that we often lead in fast forward, these moments in which we let our expectations and apprehensions fall away are often the...

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Letting Time Take Its Course

Stéphanie Dupuy, sommelière

There’s something so satisfying about taking your time. To cook, to read a book, to wander through the forest… to live in the present moment. In a life that we often lead in fast forward, these moments in which we let our expectations and apprehensions fall away are often the...

Favourite articles

Ressentir pour mieux avancer

Feeling Fully to Better Move Forward

Strøm Nordic Spa, interview with Phil Roy

Phil Roy is a comedian, host, actor and entrepreneur. Dynamic and generous both at work and at home, over the years he has learned to listen to his body and let his heart speak, hoping to pass on the best of himself to his daughters. Interview with the most thoughtful...

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Feeling Fully to Better Move Forward

Strøm Nordic Spa, interview with Phil Roy

Phil Roy is a comedian, host, actor and entrepreneur. Dynamic and generous both at work and at home, over the years he has learned to listen to his body and let his heart speak, hoping to pass on the best of himself to his daughters. Interview with the most thoughtful...

Culture

Cinq œuvres pour célébrer le lâcher-prise

Five Works to Celebrate Letting Go

Nicolas Gendron, cultural journalist

Because there isn’t just one way to accept the present, as the saying goes, and leave what’s passed in the past, here, brought together in these pages, are five literary or musical works that explore how—little by little or all at once—it’s possible to confront, overcome, or embrace what too...

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Five Works to Celebrate Letting Go

Nicolas Gendron, cultural journalist

Because there isn’t just one way to accept the present, as the saying goes, and leave what’s passed in the past, here, brought together in these pages, are five literary or musical works that explore how—little by little or all at once—it’s possible to confront, overcome, or embrace what too...

Gourmet Discoveries

« Steak » de chou laqué au miso

Cabbage “Steak” with Miso Glaze

Maxime Hébert

Cabbage “steak” Ingredients 2 tbsp sunflower oil 2 tbsp miso 1 tbsp maple syrup 1 tsp apple cider vinegar 1 small green cabbage, cut into wedges 1 cup vegetable broth Preparation Preheat oven to 425 °F. In a mixing bowl, mix the sunflower oil, miso, maple syrup, and apple cider...

Cabbage “Steak” with Miso Glaze

Maxime Hébert

Cabbage “steak” Ingredients 2 tbsp sunflower oil 2 tbsp miso 1 tbsp maple syrup 1 tsp apple cider vinegar 1 small green cabbage, cut into wedges 1 cup vegetable broth Preparation Preheat oven to 425 °F. In a mixing bowl, mix the sunflower oil, miso, maple syrup, and apple cider...

Strøm news

Du spa à la maison : Cinq expériences à répliquer chez soi

From the Spa to the Home: Five Experiences to Replicate at Home

Strøm Nordic Spa

What makes a visit to the spa so charming, among other aspects, is the plurality of experiences offered there, which can be enjoyed in the order of your choice, to create a personalized journey that meets your needs and desires. To allow you to recreate your favourite experiences in the...

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From the Spa to the Home: Five Experiences to Replicate at Home

Strøm Nordic Spa

What makes a visit to the spa so charming, among other aspects, is the plurality of experiences offered there, which can be enjoyed in the order of your choice, to create a personalized journey that meets your needs and desires. To allow you to recreate your favourite experiences in the...

Interviews

Réflexions sur le corps

Reflections on the Body

Strøm Nordic Spa: Interview with Mikella Nicol and Manal Drissi

How old were you when someone first commented on your appearance? Have we really moved beyond the dictates of thinness and diet culture as a society? Are the ways you take care of yourself intuitive, or were they taught to you? Mikella Nicol, the author of Mise en forme, and...

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Reflections on the Body

Strøm Nordic Spa: Interview with Mikella Nicol and Manal Drissi

How old were you when someone first commented on your appearance? Have we really moved beyond the dictates of thinness and diet culture as a society? Are the ways you take care of yourself intuitive, or were they taught to you? Mikella Nicol, the author of Mise en forme, and...

Society

Le cycle syncing : Adapter son mode de vie à son cycle menstruel

Cycle Syncing: Adapting Your Lifestyle to Your Menstrual Cycle

Marie-Ève Trudel, wellness contributor

As more is learned about the different phases of the menstrual cycle and their impact on women’s energy levels, moods, and needs, one idea stands out: Why don’t we adapt to our cycle rather than fighting against it in order to be productive at all costs? Why couldn’t we observe...

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Cycle Syncing: Adapting Your Lifestyle to Your Menstrual Cycle

Marie-Ève Trudel, wellness contributor

As more is learned about the different phases of the menstrual cycle and their impact on women’s energy levels, moods, and needs, one idea stands out: Why don’t we adapt to our cycle rather than fighting against it in order to be productive at all costs? Why couldn’t we observe...

Architecture & Design

Concevoir une maison écologique : Comprendre et prévoir

Designing an Eco-Friendly Home: Understanding and Planning

Audrey Bernier-Perron, professional interior designer of eco-friendly commercial and residential buildings at AUB&CO Intérieurs

As environmental and economic challenges force us to rethink our way of life, building or renovating a home so that it is in harmony with nature and its inhabitants is a noble and essential ambition. Much more than a simple choice of sustainable materials or a passing trend, the eco-friendly...

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Designing an Eco-Friendly Home: Understanding and Planning

Audrey Bernier-Perron, professional interior designer of eco-friendly commercial and residential buildings at AUB&CO Intérieurs

As environmental and economic challenges force us to rethink our way of life, building or renovating a home so that it is in harmony with nature and its inhabitants is a noble and essential ambition. Much more than a simple choice of sustainable materials or a passing trend, the eco-friendly...

Lifestyle

Debout sur le seuil d’un nouveau départ : Récit de désencombrement

Standing on the Threshold of a New Beginning: A Story of Decluttering

Ariane Martel Labrecque, decluttering specialist and founder of Allo printemps

A few years ago, I knew someone who was being pushed out of his home by all the things he owned, as if chased off by the stifling abundance and compact disorder that covered every surface of his apartment. It was an ordinary mess, made up of a thousand little...

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Standing on the Threshold of a New Beginning: A Story of Decluttering

Ariane Martel Labrecque, decluttering specialist and founder of Allo printemps

A few years ago, I knew someone who was being pushed out of his home by all the things he owned, as if chased off by the stifling abundance and compact disorder that covered every surface of his apartment. It was an ordinary mess, made up of a thousand little...

Favourite articles

Ouvrir le jour

Opening the Day

Vanessa Bell

I hear the heavy breathing of the bodies I love in each of the bedrooms leading to the kitchen. This moment is a privilege that of solitude among dreams. The household is asleep in the warmth unique to the end of the night, and a faint orange light illuminates my...

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Opening the Day

Vanessa Bell

I hear the heavy breathing of the bodies I love in each of the bedrooms leading to the kitchen. This moment is a privilege that of solitude among dreams. The household is asleep in the warmth unique to the end of the night, and a faint orange light illuminates my...

Culture

Réinventer le voyage familial

Reinventing the Family Trip

Franck Laboue, Voyageur du monde

I wanted to replace Martine en avion. I had brought back from Paris a large, colourful book entitled Animaux du Japon. My way of waking her up to my world. In my little Jeanne’s library, by dropping off this new travel inspiration (at least, I hoped so), I had fallen...

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Reinventing the Family Trip

Franck Laboue, Voyageur du monde

I wanted to replace Martine en avion. I had brought back from Paris a large, colourful book entitled Animaux du Japon. My way of waking her up to my world. In my little Jeanne’s library, by dropping off this new travel inspiration (at least, I hoped so), I had fallen...

Gourmet Discoveries

Le restaurant Nord participe à l’évènement Sherbrooke met la table

Nord restaurant takes part in Sherbrooke met la table

Maxime Hébert

A GASTRONOMIC EXPERIENCE NOT TO BE MISSED THIS FALL The Nord restaurant at Strøm Nordic Spa Sherbrooke is once again taking part in this fall’s not-to-be-missed culinary event Sherbrooke met la table. From October 11 to 27, 2024, it’s a chance to (re)discover the region’s finest restaurants and the restaurateurs...

Nord restaurant takes part in Sherbrooke met la table

Maxime Hébert

A GASTRONOMIC EXPERIENCE NOT TO BE MISSED THIS FALL The Nord restaurant at Strøm Nordic Spa Sherbrooke is once again taking part in this fall’s not-to-be-missed culinary event Sherbrooke met la table. From October 11 to 27, 2024, it’s a chance to (re)discover the region’s finest restaurants and the restaurateurs...

Strøm news

Comment ralentir pour se propulser ensemble

Comment ralentir pour se propulser ensemble

Isabelle Cloutier en collaboration avec Julie Tardif de Iceberg Management

Ateliers d’équipe : Relaxez, innovez, et renforcez la collaboration Dans un monde où tout va vite, il est essentiel de prendre du recul pour mieux avancer.  Saviez-vous qu’au Québec, près de 33% des travailleurs ressentent le besoin de ralentir pour éviter l’épuisement professionnel? Peut-être faites-vous partie de ceux qui cherchent...

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Comment ralentir pour se propulser ensemble

Isabelle Cloutier en collaboration avec Julie Tardif de Iceberg Management

Ateliers d’équipe : Relaxez, innovez, et renforcez la collaboration Dans un monde où tout va vite, il est essentiel de prendre du recul pour mieux avancer.  Saviez-vous qu’au Québec, près de 33% des travailleurs ressentent le besoin de ralentir pour éviter l’épuisement professionnel? Peut-être faites-vous partie de ceux qui cherchent...

Architecture & Design

Cinq refuges unissant passé et futur

Five Havens Uniting Past and Future

Maxime Hébert

This summer, Strøm Nordic Spa will be celebrating 15 years of inspiring architecture and timeless moments of relaxation. While leafing through these pages, dive into the unique world of our facilities, which bear witness to our commitment to offering spa resorts where beauty is to space what serenity is to...

Five Havens Uniting Past and Future

Maxime Hébert

This summer, Strøm Nordic Spa will be celebrating 15 years of inspiring architecture and timeless moments of relaxation. While leafing through these pages, dive into the unique world of our facilities, which bear witness to our commitment to offering spa resorts where beauty is to space what serenity is to...

Gourmet Discoveries

Déguster, pour le plaisir des sens

Tasting: For the Pleasure of the Senses

Stéphanie Dupuy, sommelière

Over the years, I have often referred in my texts to the notion of pleasure surrounding wine. Pleasure comes first of all from the context: a happiness that we offer ourselves while preparing a meal to the sound of our favourite music, devouring the pages of a novel, watching a...

Tasting: For the Pleasure of the Senses

Stéphanie Dupuy, sommelière

Over the years, I have often referred in my texts to the notion of pleasure surrounding wine. Pleasure comes first of all from the context: a happiness that we offer ourselves while preparing a meal to the sound of our favourite music, devouring the pages of a novel, watching a...

Culture

Chansons-prescriptions

Song Prescriptions

Nicolas Gendron, cultural journalist

In these pages, from the first issue, I have had the pleasure of spreading the joys and infinite universes of literature. Now, here I am settling down on the banks of song, a literary art if ever there was one, which I practice in my spare time as a songwriter....

Song Prescriptions

Nicolas Gendron, cultural journalist

In these pages, from the first issue, I have had the pleasure of spreading the joys and infinite universes of literature. Now, here I am settling down on the banks of song, a literary art if ever there was one, which I practice in my spare time as a songwriter....

Holistic health

Positivité toxique : Éviter les émotions désagréables à tout prix

Toxic Positivity: Avoiding Unpleasant Emotions at All Costs

Dr. Valérie Courchesne, psychologist

Being told that it could always be worse when bad news is announced or “there are plenty of other fish in the sea” when we are heartbroken isn’ t always what we want to hear! While these words are always well-intentioned and aimed at comforting us, in the long term,...

Toxic Positivity: Avoiding Unpleasant Emotions at All Costs

Dr. Valérie Courchesne, psychologist

Being told that it could always be worse when bad news is announced or “there are plenty of other fish in the sea” when we are heartbroken isn’ t always what we want to hear! While these words are always well-intentioned and aimed at comforting us, in the long term,...

Favourite articles

Le pouvoir des fréquences expliqué

The Power of Frequencies Explained

Jacinthe Roy Rioux, holistic and spiritual life contributor

“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration.” – Nikola Tesla Have you ever felt the instant desire to leave a place as soon as you entered it? Conversely, have you ever experienced deep joy in the presence of a...

The Power of Frequencies Explained

Jacinthe Roy Rioux, holistic and spiritual life contributor

“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration.” – Nikola Tesla Have you ever felt the instant desire to leave a place as soon as you entered it? Conversely, have you ever experienced deep joy in the presence of a...

Favourite articles

Et si l ’on parlait de masculinité positive ?

What If We Talked About Positive Masculinity?

An Interview with Mickaël Carlier

How are traditional codes of masculinity responsible for a widespread feeling of loneliness among men? What are the origins and impacts of this so-called “toxic” masculinity? And above all, what can be done to turn things around? Mickaël Carlier, a social entrepreneur, author, and speaker, hopes to give a voice...

What If We Talked About Positive Masculinity?

An Interview with Mickaël Carlier

How are traditional codes of masculinity responsible for a widespread feeling of loneliness among men? What are the origins and impacts of this so-called “toxic” masculinity? And above all, what can be done to turn things around? Mickaël Carlier, a social entrepreneur, author, and speaker, hopes to give a voice...