How many times have you said something along the lines of, “I/We will finally _____________ when I lose these last few pounds.” Whether that blank is filled in with a dream vacation, family trip, updating your wardrobe, getting a new hair style, wear a bathing suit or any of the other million things we women want […]
5-Day Healthy Living Challenge
Happy (early) Thanksgiving to all of my American friends! Here in Canada we celebrated Thanksgiving in October so we are in full holiday mode. My husband doesn’t let me decorate until December 1st (and rightly so, otherwise I’d have had the tree up for over a month already, haha) but I am well into holiday […]
Moving Healthcare Into The Digital Age with Digital Health
Gone are the days of having to sign out x-rays to take to specialist appointments, and having records faxed from one office to another in order for all of your health care specialists to be able to see pertinent information about your test results and history. Thanks to the development of digital health, authorized health […]
Cross-Training Your Brain
We all know and understand how important it is to train our bodies to get and keep them strong and healthy, but how often do you think about training your brain? In my job as a certified older adult fitness instructor I do a lot of work with brain training – whether my participants realize it […]
Should I Exercise When I Am Sick?
We are heading into cold and flu season, and as I write this I am sick with a chest cold that took me OUT for a number of days. I’m still not feeling awesome, and am trying to still teach as many of my classes as I can without making myself worse, which can be […]
Look In The Mirror And #OwnIt All!
A few weeks ago I shared with you how I was inspired by Special K’s new #OwnIt campaign to start being nicer to myself. That I was going to honour my body and #OwnIt instead of punishing it when things didn’t go the way I wanted, and I wanted you to do the same. Today […]
4 Tips for Purrrfecting Pet Health
It’s no secret that I am a crazy cat lady. I refer to my cats as co-workers (they are terrible co-workers by the way…), I have full conversations with them, and I change words in songs to pretend they are about my cats. It’s true. And I’ve embraced it. I have no problem admitting I follow […]
Let’s Learn to Love Our Bodies and #OwnIt
When was the last time you said something nice about your body? Let me guess. You can’t remember. How about this – when was the last time to thought something negative about your body? This morning? Last night? Last week? 10 minutes ago? I bet you don’t have to think very hard do you?
HIIT Workout For Beginners
Finding a whole hour to dedicate to your workout 3-5 times/week in order to stay fit and healthy is hard with the busy lifestyles so many of us have. That’s why I’m such a big fan of HIIT (high intensity interval training) workouts. They are high intensity so you know you are working, they are […]
Gluten-Free Made Easy With PC
I’m not a gluten-free girl, but that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate good gluten-free food – or that I don’t understand how difficult it can be to be gluten-free. That’s why I am so happy to tell you about some new products in the President’s Choice line-up that are gluten-free to make the life of […]