Health & Wellness

You know the saying, “good things come to those who wait?” In certain contexts I suppose that could be true. Like when you are pregnant, you have to wait 9 months for the baby to get here and there is nothing you can do about...

My first real memory of the Olympics was in 1988 when I was 8 years old. Canada was hosting that year so my first introduction came when they were running through PEI with the torch. In case you don't remember or weren't born yet, this...

I was listening to a podcast the other day that talked about how joy and gratitude go hand in hand. Today, as I sit here typing this, I am (so gratefully) feeling both. This morning at 5:30 am, I taught my 100th class for reset:breathe...

I was just talking to one of my friends this morning who is in that excruciatingly difficult time when you have a couple of children who don’t sleep at all, her husbands away, and you regularly forget what day it is. That haze definitely doesn’t...

I wish that I would of known about HIIT training in my university days. Back when I used to slave away on the stair climber at the gym everyday with the latest Cosmo magazine and my Discman as my distractions to help pass the time....

I have been practicing pilates for about 15 years and have been a certified STOTT instructor for over 10.   I first started trying classes when I was training for an IRONMAN triathlon after I graduated from university, mainly for injury prevention. I knew with the...

Setting goals are so important when we want to start making (or maintain) healthy habits in our lives. When we don’t have something to work towards it can be much more difficult to get where we want to be if we haven’t even really figured out...

It’s so funny how after being back home for one hour from a weekend away you feel like you never left. When you become a mom and get home from vacation, there is no such thing as easing back in. You come in the door...

Every single day I have moments where I need to stop and breathe and relax my mind. Life can get busy, life can get loud and life can be stressful. Since I became a mom I have been fighting with this thing called "guilt."  Its...