In my home town of Parry Sound, Ontario, “It took one girl’s dream to bring together a community”. Before my sister, Dr. Rachel Higgins, O.D., lost her battle with cancer in August 2005, she and my mother Joanne started the R.A.C.H. 3-Pitch Baseball Tournament to bring together family and friends for a fun filled day, but to also raise funds and bring awareness to her disease. Over the 15 years that the event was held, our community raised over 1 million dollars for brain tumour research at the Princess Margaret Hospital. I lost my sister and brother to cancer at the ages of 25 and 31. At the age of 22, I was diagnosed with testicular cancer. When genetic testing couldn’t solve the riddle of these rapidly growing cancer cells, I didn’t know where to turn to find the answers. Maybe it’s the result of environmental contamination, stress, or neglected emotional trauma left unexpressed without a channel of release. Nine years have passed since a self-assessment led to the discovery of my cancer and removal of my left testicle a single day after my final exam, completing my Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Guelph. Following my recovery, I directed my focus on living a life full of energy and vitality.
I started researching people who inhabit the blue zones of the world and visited the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica. I gained beneficial knowledge of their cherished plants and traditions that together forge a long, healthy life. Their rituals are simple: consume a high variety of plants, move often, prioritize sleep above success, and live a purpose-filled life with a focus on spirituality, family and community.
If we live according to the customs of the blue zone centenarians, we don’t need to spend thousands of dollars every year on gym memberships and supplements. But is it really as easy as it sounds to live according to these simple principles with the kids’ busy schedules, mortgage payments, and work deadlines? The significant increases in the number of auto-immune conditions, degenerative brain diseases, and cancer incidents can clearly speak for themselves. In the Oxford dictionary, “health”, is defined as, “the state of being free from illness or injury”, but what if there is more to being healthy, what if we set our bodies up for optimal performance; increasing the rate of healing and the processes of autophagy, reforming our gut and microbial companions, and maintaining cognitive function into old age. With all of my knowledge, education, research and collaboration, LifeSpice was born. We strive to make it simple to bring harmony back into your life by sharing our blend of organic ingredients that have helped me, along with thousands of people, with our daily journey to a more healthy, energetic life! Through this research, a natural pain relief cream was also born. We knew there had to be a better way to help people suffering from chronic pain without the debilitating effects often associated with prescription pain medications. Dock Walkers Powerful Pain Relief’s proprietary union of 3% w/w of relaxing menthol and scientifically selected concentration of eight organic essential oils provide an uplifting, warming sensation to effectively deliver our pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory properties deeply into your muscles and joints, balancing your inflammation and reducing the severity of your pain to help you get back your natural movement and rebuild your strength.
Our products are created not as an alternative to current medical practices, but as something that would be complementary to help people get back to what we all need to do daily: MOVE. We believe in the ability of our combination of LifeSpice Cacao Mushroom Blend and Dock Walkers Powerful Pain Relief to increase cognition, promote long-term brain health, and tackle inflammation and pain.
Higgins and Phillips Innovations was co-founded by Kris Phillips, B.S.P., R.Ph. and myself, Jordan Higgins, B.Sc., in 2018, and from the beginning, we have strived to embody our corporate motto, “Inspired by Passion, Powered by Innovation, Backed by Science.”
The preliminary anecdotal and blood analytical results obtained from a select number of LifeSpice customers suffering from diabetes have motivated us to initiate a pilot study, collaborating with Dr. Tom Higgins, M.D. and Hani Jaber, R.Ph., to document the potential benefits of LifeSpice Cacao Mushroom Blend to regulate blood glucose level and hypertension in Type 2 diabetics. We eagerly look forward to publishing these results and sharing them with you in the near future.
Advertorial by Jordan Higgins of Higgins & Phillips Innovations Inc.
