As someone that works in the fitness industry, I enjoy learning new techniques and ways of teaching. I go to the canfitpro conference each year and normally have the opportunity to attend a dozen sessions by internationally renowned presenters. I used to love flipping through magazines and had several subscriptions to various publications. But …
Props! Holiday Edition 2015
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas and all through our house, a cold bug has been brewing by my child and the spouse. The stockings are stuffed under the tree without care, and little one is hoping for more presents under there. Ok - enough of my bad poetry. Here is a round up of some …
Colouring Your Stress Away
If you are a parent, at various points in time you will have found yourself on the floor colouring in a cartoon character with crayons. You will feel silly paying attention to the lines of Mickey, Barbie, or Cookie Monster and ensuring that the colours are compatible. Then you will notice, that your child has …
War & Peace
“In Flanders fields the poppies blow between the crosses, row on row” Wednesday was Remembrance Day in Canada; we took the time to acknowledge the soldiers who have served in the past and still fight in the present. “That mark our place; and in the sky the larks, still bravely singing, fly scarce heard amid …
Toronto the Grumpy
Warning! Although what you are about to read is a rant, I have tried to seek balance by including some humour. Sometimes, writing can help work through thoughts and rebalance those emotions. I wrote most of this on the flights from our recent trip to California. The first morning’s adventures was a stark reminder that Toronto …