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Do you struggle to get through everything in a day and find that there is NO TIME FOR YOU or YOUR HEALTH? I was looking through my post archives and came across a post I had written about a year ago. It was for…

Pumpkin Pie always reminds me of our visits to the East Coast of the USA and Quebec during Fall.  It is my favourite time of year to visit as the colours of the leaves are magnificent and fill me with warmth and joy. This…

Well we did it!  Let’s celebrate completing our ’30 days to a More Flexible You‘ Challenge.  When I started the challenge at the beginning of the month I couldn’t touch my toes and that was my goal!  My P.T. Nikki Wakerley, is always promoting…

Clean eating is healthy eating and as I wrote in my previous post Ditch The Diet! Just Eat Clean there is no need to try to follow fad diets or live on lettuce leaves. Living in this busy modern world we are surrounded by processed…

Recently my husband and I purchased an apartment which we will be moving to as our retirement home.  At the moment, we are caring for his parents who at 89 are both still going strong, so a permanent move for us is not in…

So you have set your goal to exercise regularly.  You buy the outfit, feeling enthusiastic and ready for the challenge.  A couple of weeks in and the little voice in your head starts coming up with excuses for not exercising. “It’s too hot, It’s too cold,…

  It is a fact of life that we are living longer.  The number of posts to facebook showing people in their 80s, 90s and even over 100 being active and enjoying life to the fullest has increased.  We see older people running marathons,…

In my previous post Diet is A Dirty Word – we learnt that dieting, especially ‘fad’ diets is a quick fix for weight loss but certainly not sustainable as a lifestyle choice.  Remember that I also said you need to remove the ‘D’ word from your…

When I left one of my jobs, I left with $15,000 worth of sick leave accrued (unfortunately not paid out). Yes – that’s a lot of sick leave not taken over a 10 year period. Back then, my attitude was that if you weren’t…