Category: Life

Accepting my Body and Owning my Attitude

Accepting my Body and Owning my Attitude

I did upwards of 5 hours of yoga a day while I was in India so I was was surprised to discover just how much strength I’d lost when I got back home. I’m sure it was a combination of not getting enough food at the ashram and then happily enjoying endless servings of fried…

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The bunny came!

The bunny came!

Ah, a chocolate bunny exploded in our hallway and all over my office! Pretty sure my day’s going to consist of chocolate, breakfast rolls and a much-needed afternoon run to wear off all the sugar before Easter dinner. What did the bunny bring you?

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Not our Average Sunday…

Not our Average Sunday…

Kevin and I headed into the city yesterday afternoon to attend the Calgary Health Show using a pair of tickets I won on Facebook. We generally spend our Sundays hanging out in our pj’s, having pancakes for lunch, maybe indulging in a light nap in the afternoon, and if we’re feeling up to it, bath…

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Living Open, Connected and Vulnerable

Living Open, Connected and Vulnerable

To read more on the living series; a selection of lessons I learned in India, be sure to check out living every moment, and living fearless. The ability to feel connected is coded in us on a neurological level. It’s what gives us purpose, meaning and ultimately the reason why we’re all here. Knowing this…

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Living Fearless

Living Fearless

To read more on the living series; a selection of lessons I learned in India, be sure to check out living every moment, and living open, connected and vulnerable. I’m baaaack! It took me 2 full days to get home but thanks to the wonderful powers of my homeopathic jet lag pills I’m up early…

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Living Every Moment

Living Every Moment

To read more on the living series; a selection of lessons I learned in India, be sure to check out living fearless, and living open, connected and vulnerable. So much has changed over the last couple of days. I feel so at home here, I really don’t want to go. It’s hard to believe I’ve only…

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Healing and Repairing my Digestion: Part IV

Healing and Repairing my Digestion: Part IV

For more on my healing and repairing digestion series, check out: Part I, Part II, Part III Horray for day 3, the last day of our journey! We’re saying goodbye to juices and hello to whole food smoothies, puréed soups, and colon hydrotherapy. But before we get into the nitty gritty, I thought I’d share…

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Healing and Repairing my Digestion: Part III

Healing and Repairing my Digestion: Part III

For more on my healing and repairing digestion series, check out: Part I, Part II It’s day two of my juice fast. One last day of juice and I’m on to smoothies. Just one more day. One more day. Maybe if I keep on repeating it, Wednesday will be here before I know it? I’m…

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Healing and Repairing my Digestion: Part II

Healing and Repairing my Digestion: Part II

For an introduction to the healing and repairing digestion series, check out this post. Before we get started with the menu for juice fast day #1, a couple of questions came up from last weeks’ post. You mentioned that you weren’t keen on cleansing in the winter. This is the first I’ve heard of this,…

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Healing and Repairing my Digestion: Part I

Healing and Repairing my Digestion: Part I

For more on my healing and repairing digestion series, check out: Part II, Part III, Part IV When we don’t listen to what our bodies need they have a tendency of screaming the solution in the form of symptoms. When we experience these irregularities it’s usually a sign that we’ve taken a wrong turn somewhere…

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