Things are getting real out there with the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Calgary has declared a state of emergency, as a measure to slow it's spread, but the overall message is 'let's not panic!'
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Spring has sprung! Shake off your winter blues this season by doing something inspiring. Bucket lists are the perfect way to get excited about...
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We’ve all heard the saying, “health is wealth.” But could the opposite be true as well?
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It's time to take my power back. It's time to give myself permission to move forward. Enough of feeling powerless and hopeless. I wake up frustrated and feeling defeated. Also, I have been jealous of everyone's everything lately, a sure sign that I'm feeling stuck and need to change things- drastically, if possible. Josh agreed to be with me in sickness and in health. Right now, it's sickness but I want to go back to health.
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Today was not great. It wasn’t a good day, health-wise. Sometimes I have to adjust my whole day around my health and it’s really frustrating. The weather called for rain- the perfect day to clean! Right? Wrong. My health tanks sometimes when the weather changes. When I woke up, I had so many plans to be productive…. Instead, I woke up feeling off. This happens sometimes when the weather changes. It can also happen when I’ve eaten something that doesn’t agree with my gut. In fact, I’m still working on figuring out what my gut does and doesn’t like- it’s…
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I was concerned that eating more mindfully would take a long time to make a difference, but changes are happening!! I wake up easier in the morning, my nails are stronger, and my bowel movements are normal. I know it seems like TMI but bowel movements are so important! That’s how we get rid of toxins and how your gut communicates its health to you….so I have learned to stop being grossed-out and to pay attention to them. I also find that I have more energy for workouts and get less light-headed after them. All the wins! It’s been hard,…
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Food! Eating! As human animals, we can’t escape it. My mom always jokes that she wishes that we could just take a pill every day, instead of thinking of meals three times a day. I like food, especially comfort food on long days or during bad weather and there has been a lot of that lately. We are coming out of a winter funk- out of hibernation, maybe? But, I am ready to feel healthier and eat better. Longer days give me a sunnier disposition. Since I am feeling more optimistic lately, I thought it was time for an April…
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What motivates me to workout is not what you think. Yeah, I want more energy and I want to look good in clothing…but those two things don’t keep me motivated long-term. They should. But they don’t. If I rely on that, well, I find myself on the couch, eating gluten-free snacks and crocheting instead of going downstairs to lift weights or ride the exercise bike! I also don’t feel inspired by all of the young, fit, twenty-year-old role models flooding IG, since some of their bodies seem perpetually out of reach for me. The biggest motivator for me is seeing…
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*This post was sponsored by Review Critic. All opinions in the article are my own and completely honest.* Life is busy: Everyone will tell you the same. While we are all rushing around trying to get work done and meeting our family’s needs, sometimes our health doesn’t take priority. When we do think of adding something to our health regime, we are often overwhelmed by choice and frozen in indecision. It becomes another thing that we “will do later” and never get to. Review Critic makes it easy to see what products will work best for you in as little…
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Do you believe in signs? I never used to, but I do now. I think things changed when I started to listen to what many call their “gut instinct” or “following your heart”. I would feel this panicky need to do something, or a pang of jealousy over someone’s accomplishment, or start seeing the same word over and over and I would often ignore it. Finally, I met someone who taught me to believe in and follow these signs. He was basically a self-obsessed person that used to think of following his bliss, regardless of who he was hurting along his journey…