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Blog posts : "Health/Wellbeing"
Achievement Unlocked - Defeat Depression
Last Saturday my coworkers and I participated in our local Defeat Depression run/walk and it was a Good Day. The walk slammed their fundraising goal, raising over $26,000 despite the horrible humidity and serious threat of rain.
We only did…
Hey Bell, Let’s Talk About Maternal Mental Health
Its’ BellLetsTalk day here in Canada (though maybe this is an international campaign) and I wanted to say, if you didn’t know already, I’ve struggled with anxiety and depression in the not so distant past, and with post partum depression after my son…
Ask and Receive
There is a culture out there, a mindset, that whatever you put out into the Universe, the Universe will send you. If that were true, I'd have a million dollars, a giant property with plenty of gardens, a career I love, and world peace. But that being…
Falling into Autumn
Some people revel in the change of the angle in the Sun.
I am not one.
The slanted, golden rays only remind me of hard times.
Whenver the bottom drops out, the shoe drops, it's fall.
Fall is full of falling apart, falling by the way side,…
Fear
There is a pillar of stone in the middle of a deep, gurgling swamp. On top of the pillar is a small fire, some food, a basket for collecting rain water, and a tent. The food never quite runs out, the fire never fully extinguishes. Rain always comes, …
Fuck Cancer
Hi everyone! A good news post: I beat cancer. When I had my thyroid removed last month the doctor 
also removed two tumors; a large benign one from the right side and a smaller, malignant one from the left. The benign tumor was huge, like 80 grams in …
Generally I prefer to think of myself as casual, leaning towards business casual depending on the situation. Jog On
This time last year we were living in a cute but tiny apartment in Colwood and I began running. At first I just jogged along until I couldn't, took a walk, then jogged some more, and so on. Then I downloaded the Couch to 5k program for my mp3 player …
My 5 Steps to Nice Skin
Since leaving puberty far behind I've been blessed with nice skin. This is, at least in part, because of genetics. Most of the women in my family have good skin so I can only guess that's part of the reason. Here are the things I do to boost nature's…
Chubby Babies and Fat Kids
It never ceases to amaze me the difference in language between speaking about a fat child and a fat baby. One of my jobs is at a pet store right now (and I'll leave the hype around obesity in pets for another day) and the other job is at a well known…
My Little Beauty
As previously mentioned, I have very little of what people would call 'style'. I'm very much a jeans and tee shirts person. The number of pairs of shoes I own is in the low single digits. I've had the same small bag of cosmetics for a decade, and w…
Plan B Ineffective For Fat Women
Thanks to my Facebook feed I found this news story last night and am sharing it with you to raise the alarm; the Plan B or Morning After Pill, an emergency contraceptive available over the counter at the pharmacy here in Canada, and in many other pla…
Walking In The World
Taking a walk is our oldest mode of transportation and despite all of the advances in technology 
since we first figured out how to do it it doesn't look like the walk is going anywhere any time soon. Many people use walking as a form of exercise, as …
maurices Made For Me
Tuesday I had some spare time so I finally took myself and Katherine downtown to the mall and the new ladies clothing store that opened up at the beginning of the month. I was excited about it because maurices' carries clothes from size one to twen…
Body Acceptance Resources for Parents
Are you a parent or guardian or just have nifty young people in your life? Are you worried about the kind of messages they're recieving, and the messages you're sending, when it comes to body image? Do you worry your child might be developing a bad r…
Big Sisters and Cheerios
Last week while watching Marvel's Agents of SHIELD I had the pleasure and perplexity of watching the following advertisement;
Intrigued I went to the website and was again pleasantly surprised. I'm familiar with some companies trying to subvert an…
Killer Kurves? No Kwestion
The title is horrible, I know, but it's late on a Sunday night after I got soaked in the rain earlier, and before that was awake at 6am with Kat and a blown out diaper. To combat all that interesting stuff, check out this amazing interview with plu…
Poetry Corner: Full Belly
Long roads and great distances, hundreds of days
We return to the beginning to start again, choosing a new direction
When is a choice not a choice? Is free will an illusion?
Beyond the lakes where the land gently rolls, remembering what it…
Insurance Questions?
With Obamacare aka The Affordable Care Act rolling out in the States very very soon (if they can avoid a government shut-down that is) I thought today's guest post from Hannah Taylor could be helpful! I'm not recieving anything for this post, I rea…
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