Tag: Personal Challenges
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Cherish Yourself: 4 Tips to Cultivate Self-Love and Stop Negative Self-Talk
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about self-love and what it means to be your own best friend. How many of you would say you smile when you see your own face in the mirror because that’s what you do when you’re greeting a friend? Because you are pleased to be you? Not…
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15 recipes that fight food packaging waste
We just celebrated the end of June, and thus also the end of my month-long challenge to reduce my food packaging waste. While I will continue to buy some almond milk from the store, and purchase certain packaged items I cannot make for myself (like firm tofu), this challenge has really opened my eyes to the value in…
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6 inspired ways to get more movement in your life (not just exercise, but movement)
We should all be moving more. That’s the consensus most health-focused organizations and leaders have reached. Most of us spend our time at desk jobs, or sitting at home to read or watch TV, and while many of us might work out regularly, studies show that the best recipe for physical longevity is more movement. Working…
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15 Tips for Reducing Food Packaging Waste
Let’s talk about reducing food packaging and food packaging waste. But first, let’s talk about stress and energy. I had a stressful week. One of my beautiful, lovely, (and I thought: safe) indoor cats had a fluke accident, needed surgery, experienced some complications from the surgery, and had to stay at the vet’s for several…
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The June Challenge – Reducing Food Packaging Waste
I got to thinking about food waste after perusing a copy of Meghan Telpner’s UnDiet that I had borrowed from the library. In the book, Meghan talks about how, with respect to waste, “there is no away.” It’s quite a concept, really. When we are finished with something, we usually just throw it “away.” But…
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Reducing Inflammation – Foods to Eat and Foods to Avoid
I’ve been doing a lot of reading about inflammation lately. Inflammation has been suggested as the underlying factor for most diseases and health concerns. (Chronic) inflammation has been linked to any number of ailments, including arthritis, autoimmune disease, skin disorders (like acne, eczema, and psoriasis), heart disease, cancer, obesity, Alzheimers, infections, allergic conditions, bowel and…
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The How of Happiness – 12 strategies for improving your happiness
According to science-y studies, 40% of our total happiness allotment in life is directly within our control. That means nearly half (after all, 40% is the new 50%) of how happy we are on a regular basis can be changed. By following certain activities and putting into place specific practices and habits, we can actually become…
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Spring is Sprung – 11 Ways to Welcome the Season
Spring is here! At least, that’s what I thought on Monday when it was a balmy 18 degrees C. Then, Tuesday, we had a snowstorm and it was -5. While discombobulating (I was like, is this NEXT winter already starting? Have spring and summer become reduced to two days?), the snow couldn’t get me down.…
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10 fabulous tips (+ 3 bonus tips) for improving health, courtesy of Brazil’s new good guide
So we all know about Canada’s food guide: the four food group boxes and the suggested servings per day per gender per age and so on and so on. Quite frankly, it’s helpful for starting a health journey, perhaps, but is also a bit tired and not all that inspiring – especially once you really…
Eat Well, Live Vibrantly 