Hello everyone! Yesterday was my first day back to work as a RMT and it was …something else. I went in feeling nervous and anxious because this was the longest time I would be away from my home AND my dog. It was scary. So, to cope I decided to…
Mobility doesn’t equal flexibility. There. I said it. And static stretching has the potential to worsen an injury, if one is present! So how do we become more mobile? Why do we need mobility? and what even is mobility? Mobility is about having the ability for joints to move through…
Hi! My name is Dylan and I’m addicted to school. Ok not really, but I did recently graduate from my third post-secondary institution. Apart from gaining two degrees and an advanced diploma, I’ve gained a lot of knowledge along the way. I attended the University of Guelph, where I completed…
Happiness doesn’t happen by accident. They say we are in charge of how we feel, and I believe it, even though during some of my lower moments I’d like someone else to blame. I’m 35 days into a personal project on happiness, and I’m already living proof that we can…
Dictionary.com defines change as the following: CHANGE verb (used with object), changed, changing. To make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: To change one's name; to change one's opinion; To change the course of history. What a simple, easy to understand, straight to the point definition. And yet, as simple as it is to understand, why then do we humans have so much trouble implementing change into our own lives? I’m not…
In April I had the opportunity to speak at a Women's Business Network breakfast, and I spoke about a topic that I deem extremely important. Read on to find out how to start listening to the language of your body. Your body is great. I’ve said this before in another…
I’m on a mission to “create space” in my head. That was part of my homework when I had my nutritional consult recently, and I’ve been searching for it ever since. Meditation is the obvious choice for opening the mind, but meditation, it should be said, is like stabbing myself…
Often, we go from sitting at work all day to sitting on a couch all evening. Desk potato to couch potato. I haven't worked in an office setting in a long time, but I can remember the endless hours at my desk, followed by the long seated car ride home,…
This diet thing isn’t working. It’s making me miserable, in fact. Not in the overt, I’m-so-hungry-shoot-me-now way that it did last time. This time it’s a slow and subtle road to misery. I’m munch-y, not hungry, all the time. I don’t feel like my body is crazily burning fuel like…
"I hate my jeans." Ever said that? I have big legs. Always have. “Solid”, or “strong” if you’re trying to be tactful, but big nonetheless. Stocky is how I have always been built – I can see my chubby little legs powering me around in pictures of my childhood. I…