PC Optimum is my absolute favorite rewards program and it continues to surprise me how few people realize just how lucrative this program can be with very little effort. This post has been over a decade in the making, and after having the same conversations over and over every November for 11 years, I decided […]
Are You Getting Enough Sleep??
Are you getting enough sleep? Sleep is so essential and is oddly one of the first things we cut back on in times of stress and overwhelm. Sometimes purposely, sometimes thanks to our stress response and/or insomnia. Recently I was asked to contribute to an article on sleep for Saltwire and I’m delighted to be […]
Products That Made 2020 More Tolerable
2020 has been a year, am I right? A few years ago I stopped developing a traditional holiday gift guide and instead started taking a different approach to gift-giving. These are some of the products that made 2020 more tolerable for me and might be worth purchasing for someone on your list – or for […]
Why Diets Don’t Work with Randa Derkson
To say I’m excited about this week’s podcast interview is an understatement. Randa Derkson is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Culinary Nutrition Expert and Certified Sports Nutrition Consultant so you know she knows her stuff. She believes that food should be healthy, simple and delicious and about all else believes that diets don’t work – and […]
Teaching Fitness Classes on ZOOM Sharing Sound & Using a USB Microphone
2020 has been a learning year for us all. I was fortunate that while I had to shut down all of my in-person classes, I was able to move into a virtual setting pretty quickly. The bad side of teaching fitness classes on ZOOM was figuring out how to do so with good music and […]
Finding more FLOW
Finding more flow sounds like I’m telling you to roll out a yoga mat or hit the dance floor and start to “flow”. And while those are two ways that people can find flow, that’s not actually what I mean when I say “flow”. Have you ever been doing something you enjoy and you were […]
How to activate your personal TURBO BOOST mode
Wouldn’t it be awesome if we had a turbo boost button? Like hitting the nitrous button in a racing game (or in real life if you play like that, haha), that helped catapult you towards the finish line when you were working on a big goal or project? Well, guess what–there is. Have you ever […]
Is MAXIMIZING minimizing your happiness?
Is maximizing minimizing your happiness? I know your first question likely is, “What the heck is maximizing!?”. While you may not have known what it was called, I have no doubt you’ve experienced maximizing. Either as a maximizer yourself or by being related to–or friends with–one. Maximizing is a form of perfection. As a quick […]
The 8 Pillars for a Holistic Approach to Weight Loss
When we think of weight loss, we often think of the basic calories in/calories out equation, but there are so many other things that factor in to an individual’s success, that taking a holistic approach to weight loss makes a lot more sense. What makes a holistic approach different? Well, instead of focusing entirely on […]
5 Ways to Support Your Health During the Transition to Autumn
There is no denying it, the transition to autumn is well underway here in Nova Scotia, and with it comes a change in how most of us feel, as well as our susceptibility to colds and viruses–and when you are living in the middle of a global pandemic, those are two things you definitely don’t […]