Once the first of August arrives, we take the girls out almost daily to practise their cross country running, ahead of the family of schools meet that usually takes place at the end of September. We start at the high school track for the first few days, so they can get a true sense of […] Read more…
Today I’m opening up the blog for a special guest post from Chris Markham, Executive Director and CEO of Ophea. ******* Come September, if you walk through the doors of one of Ontario’s certified Healthy Schools, you’ll see student leadership in action—plus some serious fun underway. Students might be whipping up healthy smoothies, leading heart-rate-raising […] Read more…
As my regular readers know, I’m a total treadmill girl. I am obsessed with the treadmill desk my dad made for me, and often blog and catch up on emails and social media while I walk. The treadmill also directly faces our large screen television, so I also catch up on my favourite shows at […] Read more…
My regular readers know that skin is my “thing”. I’ve never had to worry too much about my weight, I don’t stress about hair, and I’ve had few post-braces concerns about my teeth. My skin, though, has always been my issue. That’s why I was fascinated when this information popped up in my inbox from […] Read more…
A while back I had a conversation with The Social’s Melissa Grelo for Parents Canada magazine (we seem to go back and forth: I interview her for print, she interviews me on TV), and she was incredibly open and honest: about her struggles with infertility, her passionate thoughts about fitness, the importance of couple time […] Read more…
My favourites for this month include a LOT of books…and I always love to hear whether or not you agree with my assessments, and what other titles you may recommend! BOOKS Pretty Happy by Kate Hudson (received free review copy) I’m a sucker for a celebrity book, and I was excited to get my hands […] Read more…
Today I’m welcoming special guest blogger Kelly McCann from Your Formula For Life. *********** Do you ever just put your head down, nose to the grindstone, and tell yourself – it won’t be like this forever… I just need to get through this week… past this one deadline… beyond these toddler years… through the holidays… […] Read more…
As promised, today I’m sharing a conversation about New Year’s health and fitness goals that I recently had with cohost of THE SOCIAL, Melissa Grelo. I’ve decided we’re close enough that I can call her Mel now, since we’ve interviewed each other so many times. Back in the summer of 2014 I went behind-the-scenes at THE SOCIAL […] Read more…
Ah, New Year’s Resolutions. They’ve been a topic of heavy debate over the past couple of weeks, and while I’m always up for good-hearted discussions, the bottom line for me is that goals are good (some more valuable than others) but a random date of January 1st may or may not motivate people. I’m excited […] Read more…
Happy November! Time to share my latest faves! BOOKS Clearly I OD’d on nonfiction this month, starting with: Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin. While I expected this to be light chick-nonfic, there was actually a lot of real anthropological analysis of the moms of Manhattan’s Upper East Side, with great anecdotes and experiences […] Read more…