Junior, Master… What the heck?

When I opened the shop I didn't have a clue about how to be an employer. Since 2012 I have journeyed through peaks and valleys, experienced complaints with labour relations, taken diversity and inclusion classes, failed and gotten back up again. It has been an ever evolving journey that will continue to explore new lands.…

Why Journal?

Photo by Green Chameleon on Unsplash Hi friends, happy Tuesday and welcome to another post by Chantel the owner of Chantel Funk + Co. Today I thought it would be good to revisit why journaling can be an effective tool and share with you why I love it so much. I have also created a…

Summer Haircare

It is that time of year again friends where we get so busy enjoying life that we forget to care for our locks. Listen up, if you take care of it now it wont be such a mess (or cost so much) to care for in the fall. Here are our top tips for keeping…

Davines + Chantel Funk + Co.

We often hear that people make the switch to see us because we promote natural products as well as whole health. It is only because of the brands that support these values that we are able to have this as part of our vision at Chantel Funk + Co. Let's take a closer look at…

Quiet The Voices

Photo by Iulia Mihailov on Unsplash Imagine waking up one day and having the realization that all of your thoughts and emotions were not in fact your own? Weird right? Well there are theories that both thoughts and emotions are events we witness and experience that do not in fact come from "ourself" but rather…

Use this effective tool!

Happy Easter everyone! What an exciting and rejuvenating holiday. Spring has got to be my most loved season with all the new growth and optimism for the year. Today I wanted to share with you a tool my counsellor has been encouraging me to do for years. Of course despite my strong will and unwillingness…

The Lies We Tell Ourselves

Happy Sunday everyone! It is time for us to shake off the winter blues and reclaim what is ours. Who is with me? Somehow you have hard wired your brain to say some pretty terrible things about yourself. Not only that, you have put rules around what you are supposed to do, how you are…

Eating for Nutrition

It is really easy to pop on here and list off a bunch of recipes so you can go recreate them but today I am not going to do that. Those who follow me on Instagram or Facebook have seen that for January I am cooking with a plant based focus. I have shared my…

How are you going to show up?

It's mid January. You may already be wondering how you are going to sustain your new goal and doubting your abilities to keep going with it. Or maybe you may have mastered that new thing and you are already wondering what is next. Wherever you are at with your new year I am sure you…

Self Care

Ok ok, yes I talk about this a lot. I hear you. Here's the thing, do you hear me? Are you tired? Feeling exhausted emotionally? Is your to do list piling up? How about upset about Christmas and Covid restrictions? All of the things we do every day require energy that has to come from…