Tyler

Tyler (aka Ty) is one of HE’s cofounders. He was born and raised in Victoria, BC and is passionate about all things health and wellness.  He is the father of two healthy twin boys who he and Lynn welcomed into the world in 2021. Tyler has over two decades of experience working within the Natural Health industry and is consistently updating his repertoire of information to pass along to HE’s community of customers and team members. If you’re wondering about a natural sport performance or health enhancing supplement… chances are he knows all about it, and has probably tried it! He loves camping, cold ocean dips and strength training, and makes an effort to get into nature as much as possible. Tyler’s favourite thing about owning and working at Health Essentials is the deep sense of community and the awesome people he gets to meet and spend time with everyday!

Lynn

Lynn is one of HE’s cofounders. She was born and raised in Victoria, BC as the youngest of six kids. She is also the mother of two healthy twin boys, who she and Tyler welcomed into the world in 2021! She has a passion for learning about natural health and how local and sustainable practices affect the Earth. She has a strong dedication to personal growth and is always striving to be the best version of herself she can, and inspiring others to do the same. With over a decade of experience working within the natural health world, she is eager to pass along product and wellness knowledge to the community of team members and customers she gets to interact with. She loves hiking in nature, enjoying the abundance of lakes and beaches on the island, and spending time with friends and family. Lynn’s favourite thing about working at HE is the people she gets to spend her time with, from the team to the customers – the entire HE community!

Brady

Brady (aka B) is our Store Manager at HE. He was born and raised in Victoria, BC and joined the HE team in 2012. He is quite literally a wealth of information and knowledge on many health related topics with two decades of experience studying health, wellness & performance. He is also enrolled in the Precision Nutrition Coaching program. He is passionate about all things health and performance, with a special interest in regenerative agriculture and sustainable farming. He enjoys gymnastics, salt, breathing and chewing (lol if you have ever spoken to him you’ll know), and loves to hike, camp and do basically anything outdoors. He gets (very) excited about sunshine and is always interested in learning new things, and then passing that knowledge along! Brady’s favourite part of working at Health Essentials are the people. He loves being able to work with his family and the best co-workers he could ask for.

Kelly

Kelly joined the HE team in 2014. She was born and raised in Victoria, BC and is an Island Girl through and through. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in BioPsychology from UVic, a Holistic Nutrition Certificate from Alive Academy and a Certificate in Addiction Studies from Vancouver Island University. Her hope is to one day become an Acupuncturist. She is passionate about connecting with fun and adventurous people, and helping people to feel their best. She loves to laugh and chances are she’s eating steak for lunch ;)… and dinner. Her favourite part of working at Health Essentials is the wonderful community of friends/family she has made over the years and the support she has received in her own health and wellness journey, while being able to extend the help to others as well!

Laurie

Laurie joined the HE team in 2020. She was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta but is loving living in BC and excited about exploring the beauty of Vancouver Island. She enjoys morning walks with her dog and loves taking spontaneous road trips in her camper van. Laurie is generally working “behind the scenes” in the office at HE, but she enjoys that every day is different and there is always something different going on. She loves learning new things everyday from all members of the team and is happy to be part of such a special family of passionate individuals!

Charlotte

Charlotte, aka Charlie, joined the HE team in 2020 as she was finishing up her Bachelor of Science in Biology at UVic. Charlie hopes to apply her appreciation for wellness toward the pursuit of a career in holistic counselling & lifestyle consulting. Her dedication to health is grounded in various mindful faith practices and a deep love for all things divinely created as Nature. Charlie especially enjoys coldwater swims and hardcore hikes!

Eimear

Eimear (pronounced Ee-mur) recently moved to Canada from Ireland, and has multiple years of experience working in health food stores in Galway & Cavan, Ireland.   Her lifelong love for the natural healing power of plants has helped to steer her journey over to the West Coast where she is studying Phytotherapy & Holistic Nutrition at Pacific Rim College.  Eimear is the daughter of a florist, and as such grew up immersed in the garden, making potions with the fairies.  She is an astrologer, witch, creative and dreamer, who follows a plant-based diet.  She enjoys art journalling, yoga, dancing, painting and has a deep love for connecting people to plants.  You can check out Eimear’s work on her business instagram page @eimear.volta

Kateryna

Kateryna joined the HE team in 2024.  She was born in Ukraine and lived most of her life in Ukraine, coming to Canada in 2022.  Her interest in natural health started back home in Ukraine where people still consume a lot of traditional foods that are farm to table.  Upon coming to Canada, Kateryna became more curious about the effects that processed foods have on the body and kickstarted her journey into natural health.  She believes that eating well and exercising are the best things we can do for both physical and mental health.  On her free time she enjoys bike rides with her husband, getting out and hiking in the mountains, and working out at home!