Nicole, a local nutritionist and the co-author of the book we’re working on regarding overall health and emotional attachments to food, came by my place on Wednesday so that we could work on the book. We ended up spending 6.5 hours working on the book (and on another project we feel passionate about – more [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Mental Health category.
Working from Home
Shop on Open Sky I now have my very own Open Sky store! Check it out by clicking on my Shop Healthy page. Peruse the items and let me know if you have any questions – I’d be happy to elaborate on the awesomeness of the products that I sell. These are all items that [...]
Life Lessons: A Reflection on Passions
Because it was Canada Day on Thursday, I was able to score a four-day weekend. It was wonderful to have four lovely long days to myself, especially because the weather was beautiful. With the boyfriend out of town doing fieldwork, I occupied my time with plenty of writing. I have been working on a healthy [...]
Feeling like a fraud
I’m a health columnist and health blogger. Friends and strangers come to me asking for nutrition and fitness advice. I routinely set up health challenges and read health books and articles of all varieties on a regular basis. Yet: I still struggle with my emotional attachments to food. Three and a half weeks ago, I [...]
Playtime!
The past couple weeks have been really fantastic for me because not only has the weather cleared up (sort of) and I’ve at last recovered from moving house/the end of exams, but the father dear is visiting from Cambodia! For new readers to the blog: The father dear has been living in Phnom Penh for the past year [...]
Re-cap of the Thirty Days of Yoga Challenge
This has certainly been an interesting month-long challenge. In the latter half of the month, my resolution to do yoga daily completely fell apart. I could blame it on being busy with exams and moving, but in reality, the truth is that I grew tired of it and didn’t prioritize it. Towards the end, I [...]
How will you celebrate National Walk @ Lunch Day?
Representing the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Alexandra Lundy contacted me earlier this month to bring my attention towards a wonderful event: National Walk @ Lunch Day. And guess what? That day is today, April 28th! As most of you know, walking is my main method of transportation and my exercise of choice. It also [...]
What’s your definition of “health”?
BlogHer Yes, yes I am going to spend the new few months talking about my excitement of going to the BlogHer 2010 conference in NYC in August The agenda and speakers look awesome (Sahar is one of them!) and it looks like it will be a fantastic time. It will be especially fantastic if you- yes you, fellow [...]
Moving Update
I had intended on writing a post for today to complete our Budgeting mini-series, but I was so busy this weekend with packing up boxes that I didn’t have time for it. I didn’t even have time to go for a walk yesterday, so that really tells you just how busy I was We should [...]
Possession of Condo and a Mid-Challenge Yoga Report
Don’t forget to answer this month’s poll! Condo Today is a big day for me: I get the keys to my condo. I now have possession of it and I am truly a homeowner! I’ll be going in this afternoon after writing an exam to check the place over and ensure that everything works like [...]
