Lianna is a Registered Herbalist who seeks to continually build relationship with the local plants and connection with Nature. She looks to deepen her knowledge and understanding through experience, sharing and engagement with the natural world.

She opened her clinical practice in 2015 upon graduating from Diane Kent’s Clinical Herbalist Diploma Program. She deepened her connection with plants and herbalism studying in the field, getting in tune with the local medicinal plants.

She spent several years working with Living Earth School of Herbalism and has a private herbal clinical practice in York, ON. When not in the office, she prefers to spend her time in the garden and out on the land cultivating further experience with the plants and nature.

She has been a dedicated volunteer for the OHA for more than a decade, having served several board terms, and serving various positions within the organisation over the years. She has also been a dedicated volunteer for the Canadian Council of Herbalist Associations (CCHA) representing the OHA at the national level since 2015.

After many years as a law clerk with a life-long interest in plants, Susan returned to school to study Phytotherapy in the diploma program at the Institute of Applied Health Sciences, Mohawk College. Now in private practice in Caledon, surrounded by many of the herbs she uses, she is a professional member of the Ontario Herbalists Association, serving on the Professional Members Committee. As a previous OHA Director, she served as President for four years.

Susan taught Herbal Pharmacy as a faculty member of Mohawk College (Hamilton) and was a faculty member of The Institute of Holistic Nutrition (Toronto) for 15 years, teaching Introductory and Advanced Herbal Medicine. She continues to teach IHN students as part of their co-op requirement….and non-students who are looking for a similar experience in a herb garden. She regularly leads herb walks, speaks to private groups on different aspects of herbs and offers consultations in her home office.

Nancy Majoulian is a Holistic Nutritionist, Certified Nutritional Practitioner and a Registered professional Herbalist with the Ontario Herbalist Association (OHA). Nancy is a former aerospace executive turned holistic health advocate. Her journey started after a life changing ski accident in 2008 where she had 3 surgeries and was able to get back on her feet in 6 months, exceeding the surgeons recovery expectations.

Her own health journey not only inspired her to invest in her own health help but help others get their health back. To learn more go to www.gaialifeforce.com

Nancy decided to join the CCHA board because she believes herbal medicine has a role in today’s world. It needs to be protected and the public needs to be properly educated on it. The use of plants as medicines predates written human history. Archaeological evidence indicates that humans were using medicinal plants during the Paleolithic era, approximately 60,000 years ago. Nancy wants to also honour her great-great-great grandmother Cema who was a renowned mid-wife and medical herbalist in the 19th century in the region of Cilicia, the “village” of Alexandretta, previously known as” Little Alexandria”.

Nancy uses holistic and complementary approach in helping her clients get their health back. She specializes in plant-based, and holistic nutrition, digestive and hormonal imbalances. She also gives regular health and wellness workshops across North America within the private and public sectors and has been a guest speaker at the Thrive with Cancer Expo in Toronto, Berkeley University in California, University of Ottawa, Ryerson College, at the International Association of Airport Executives conference in Montreal and more. In 2017, Nancy had a 6 part plant-based television series in Toronto and has made several television appearances sharing her nutritional and herbal tips including on Breakfast Television.

Nancy’s motto is: “Health is your biggest asset. Invest in it and it will pay dividends.”