Wellness

Do you ever feel like your child is having a meltdown for no reason? Like, it just comes out of nowhere and you don’t know where to start to help him or her? Even for the littlest of human beings, anxiety can occur, except they don’t know how to express…

I don’t remember the last time I truly made a New Year’s resolution. Not because I don’t want to set goals for myself, but I don’t want to limit them to January 1st. I like to see where the year brings me and role with things as they come my…

In our over-filtered social media world, I started looking back on what pregnancy was for me, and just how different it was. It wasn’t that long ago, but I didn’t have a smart phone and Instagram didn’t even exist yet! I thought about expectations versus realities and how we place…

This is not another blog post trying to convince you to buy more reusable bags, water bottles or containers. Don’t get me wrong, we use all those things already, so our family is already being less wasteful. However, the longer my boys are in school, the more I realize, I’m…

Disclosure: I was compensated to facilitate this blog post. My opinions, however are honest and my own, as always. I remember it like it was yesterday. That baby smell. Long before I had my own babies, I was the daughter of a mama that founded a center with “that baby…

Tidying up, decluttering, whatever you call it, the amount of stuff we have is taking over our homes and our minds. If you have not binge-watched the new Netflix series with expert Marie Kondo, one thing I can tell you is the one major influx of items across all families…

By now, you will have heard, no matter where you live in the world, that Canada has officially legalized the possession and use of marijuana for adults. Truth be told, October 17th was not something I marked down on my calendar to remember, but it was clearly a “high-light” for…

This is officially the first day of school for many children in Canada. It’s about a new season, a new haircut, a new grade. What it is not about is giving away too much information online. I know I will be the voice that you most likely don’t want to…

I am the typical mama. I make appointments for the children. I make sure they have their teeth cleaned, their annual check-ups, and their vaccinations done on time. If they have a scratchy throat, a sore ear, or a fever, I’m on it. When they get hurt playing sports or…

Taking time for myself in these weeks of June seems downright laughable. With the kids in the last days for school, I want to try and get as much as I can get done before they are home for the summer. They also have end of year concerts, presentations, field…