Healthy Living

True confession: I wanted to be an orthodontist for a larger part of my grade school and high school years. I knew I was fascinated with the biology of teeth and every time I went to the dentist or orthodontist for my braces, I studied the posters on the walls,…

In many ways, we have paired down our needs versus our wants, even more so since the pandemic began. At the same time, we have gotten really good at knowing what things we use the most, and what things we require for our road trips, back and forth to our…

Family water safety is an incredibly important topic. Setting rules and boundaries to keep your family safe is a MUST, especially with pool season in full swing. Take a look at my water safety tips and how you can keep your family safe by the pool this season. When the…

Here it is, the moment you have been waiting for! I have tried Dermadry Total and the results are in. So many of you reached out to me on comments public and private to know more about this FDA-cleared and Health Canada-certified iontophoresis machine. I took time to try it…

I’m really excited to share this with you. I have teamed up with Dermadry to create this post. All opinions are honest and my own. Picture it: June 1994, graduation day. The day was blessed with glorious summer weather, and my boyfriend and friends were having their graduation ceremony at…

You are a mother, so most likely, you have decided that this new year you will do more for your child, or perhaps more for others. I have another suggestion. Being a mother channels your gratitude, love, patience and understanding, but it also shines a bright light on self-doubt, anxiety…

A few days ago, I shared a picture of a cookie my son and I made on Instagram. I’m telling you, they were scrumptious! In fact, I would say they turned out better the store-bought versions you find at fancy pastry shops. The cookie itself seemed like a very complicated…

As soon as the calendar changed from October to November, and daylight-saving time ended, the weather took a turn. Now we are officially in December, but there isn’t any picture-postcard weather just yet. Historically, November and early December have been cold and dismal in Montreal. Waking up in the dark…

Just this morning, I was remembering as I always do on #WorldPrematurityDay, how my twins began their little, delicate lives. They are healthy and thriving now, but there was a time they couldn’t even breath on their own. It made me associate the state of this pandemic to life with…

It’s been 7 weeks since I last published a post. I stress the word published because I have started a dozen posts, only to shelve them for numerous reasons. Either the information changed, the suggestions were irrelevant, or the content just didn’t feel significant during this time. I have branded…