Browsing Category : Mind & Body

Surviving the migraine hangover

Visual Aura Migraines: A Survival Guide


I turned the car into the grocery store parking lot, just as a dark cloud rolled in. Or so I thought. The day had been cloudy, on and off, with Calgary’s April snowstorm having just happened. (Yep, every April we get a day of heavy snow. Spring snowstorms bring May flowers in Alberta, Canada). Dark, snow-heavy clouds still hovered and…

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How renovations are affecting our daughter's ADHD- and how we're coping.

ADHD & Renovations


Although I’m the one that’s home during most of the noise, it seems to affect Isabella the most. Her ADHD is so high since the renovations began. She speed talks, speaks compulsively and more constantly…..

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My Child is 2E: Now What?


I remember thinking, at the first feeding in the hospital, “This child is going to be a lot. This girl is going to need another level of love, parenting and attention.” I remember sighing after that thought, but I had forgotten about it until we recently got the 2E diagnosis. When…

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