I’ve been cooking up something special for you and it’s almost ready! I’m hosting my FIRST EVER Vision Board Workshop in early January to help you manifest your dreams in 2017. Vision Boards are very powerful tools to help clarify, concentrate and maintain focus on your dreams and desires. They are visual, creative representations of…

If you are at all interested in yoga, health, personal growth and holistic living you should definitely add “a trip to Kripalu” to your bucket list. I came to this inspired place for the first time about five years ago. I was turing 40 and wanted to do something special. I was in seeking mode…

Through my own personal health struggles, I know first hand how addictive, controlling and challenging sugar can be. And I hear about it every day from clients who are caught in sugar’s tricky, sticky grip – the cravings, mood swings, and searching for that next sweet fix. This can create overwhelm, worry and frustration, along…

Once I come to grips with the fact that summer is over, each year I slowly start to fall in love with fall and the incredible abundance and nourishment that comes with this favoured season. The leaves right now in Nova Scotia are out of this world. They are at their peak. As I drive…

Have you heard the news? A recent article in JAMA Internal Medicine revealed that 50 years ago, the sugar industry paid scientists to blame fat and cholesterol as the dietary causes of heart disease and downplay the risks associated with sugar. These findings were reported in many major media outlets. An Associated Press article on cbc.ca says, “The…

Let’s be honest. Summer is a hard time to stick to healthy living. I think this quote by Regina Brett captures how many of us view summer, “Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To…

Last time, I wrote about a key concept in health coaching — primary foods. These are the things in life that nourish us, other than food. We get this type of nourishment from our families and friends, connecting with nature, through meaningful work, physical activity and by having purpose. These things, and many others, fill…

I’m just back from a family road trip to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. We spent six days in my grandfather’s hometown of Chéticamp. Some relatives were planning two special events in Chéticamp this summer — a memorial for a cousin who passed this spring and the 30th wedding anniversary of another cousin. Since it had been…