Dysbiosis: Unlocking the Missing Piece to Your Gut Health
Living inside of you and on you are trillions of microorganisms (a few pounds worth!), including bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses. This community of microorganisms and their DNA, which outnumbers ours, is called a microbiome. You have a microbiome on your skin, in your mouth, on your organs, essentially everywhere in and on your body. […]
The Sunday Night Blues
The ‘Dread’ Do you get that feeling in the pit of your stomach on a Sunday? Do you want the weekend to last forever? Some people feel dread, and others try to avoid thinking about work by keeping very busy. It is different for everyone. It is not necessarily just the evening time either – […]
Empowering Women through Infertility Treatment: A Registered Nurse Fertility Concierge’s Perspective
As a registered nurse fertility concierge, I have the privilege of walking alongside countless brave women on their emotional journeys through infertility treatment. For many, the desire to conceive and experience the joys of motherhood is a fundamental part of their identity and dreams of building a family. Unfortunately, infertility can be a challenging and […]
Even Busy Women Can Get Outside: The Health Benefits of Walking
Summer is the time when Mother Earth most urgently encourages us to enjoy her glory. Most people tend to be more active outside during summer months and with good reason. For one, it’s simply beautiful outside when the leaves are green, and flowers are flourishing. It also is a time when people take more vacations […]
Beat the Post-Summer Blues: Simple Tips to Ease Back to Work
I love the month of September. It reminds me of all those years ago when the summer blues would start, and summer was coming to an end and my mother, and I would go back-to-school shopping. I loved getting new clothes for school, but my favorite thing was picking out all the new school supplies. […]
Productivity or Period Problems?
There is an old saying – “work smarter not harder” – and as a woman, this phrase takes on an entirely new meaning. Many women are working hard to prove they can do everything their male counterparts can do. While we are capable of doing everything a man can do – the key to our […]
Your Weight Doesn’t Determine Your Worth
I don’t fit in when it comes to the fitness industry. When you look at creators of formats, you see the ripped abs, the muscular bodies, and the idea of what fit ‘should’ look like. When we look at marketing for gyms, the pictures look the same. Society has this picture of what we should […]
Authenticity: A Journey as a 22-Year-Old Female Business Owner
When I decided to open my own brick-and-mortar yoga studio at the age of 20, and my media management business at the age of 21, I knew I was embarking on a difficult journey. The dream was prominent, and the drive was there, but the confidence was something to be built on. There were so […]
Motherhood: Rewrite The Narrative
Just over 12 years ago, I was living my best life, or so I thought. I was in my dream job in Human Resources, I had just gotten married and my husband and I had built our first home. If someone had told me I would eventually be a stay-at-home mum to seven children I […]
5 Reasons You Need a Sponsor
So, You Want to Be Promoted? Here are 5 Reasons Why You Need a Sponsor. As a leadership coach, I speak with clients all the time who want to get noticed and promoted at work. They are usually of the view that they work really hard and their hard work alone should gain them visibility […]