Gratitude Attitude
In my basement, there is a box – a box filled with gratitude. There are pink ones and lined ones and ones with sayings from Buddha; there are ones with…
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Tina Bell: Out of Darkness
Tina Bell is tough. The retired Canadian Armed Forces Master Corporal has weathered storms of anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, deep grief, and PTSD and come out the other side. She…
Replacing Bad Habits with Good Ones
Until I quit drinking, you would never really know I had a problem with alcohol. We were the quintessential “high-functioning” family – two young kids, every excuse to have a…
My Story
I found fitness at an early age. After my dad died in 1983 I began running to ease the pain of grief. My mom and I then stumbled into Patty’s…
Could Exercise Be The Prescription You Need to Improve Your Mental Health?
Forget the “take two pills and call me in the morning.” Exercise saved my life. If I look back on the connect-the-dot moments of my life, there are direct correlations…
An Unhealthy Obsession With Healthy Food
Healthy eating can be a good thing—Until it isn’t. Here’s how to tell when a focus on clean, nutritious or organic fare can be, believe it or not, hazardous to…