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Beat the January Blues With These 10 Budget-Friendly Tips

By //  by Candace Sampson

The January blues, aka post-holiday depression, seasonal depression, winter blues, or what I like to call temporary insanity, can be a common occurrence after the festive season comes to an end. It's natural to feel a little down after the excitement and celebration of the holidays but add in the shorter days, some extra weight many of us carry into the new year, and temperatures as cold as a witches tit, and it's no wonder we're collectively depressed. As we inch closer to Blue Monday, the …

Filed Under: Health & Wellness, Living, Tips & Advice, Top Ten Tagged With: budget-friendly, exercise, financial planning, gratitude, healthy habits, January blues, mental health, mental health therapy, mindfulness, nature, post holiday depression, seasonal depression, self care, self-improvement goals, socialization, stress management, temporary insanity, volunteering, winter blues

30 days not drinking

How Do you Celebrate 30 Days Not Drinking?

By //  by Candace Sampson

Here’s a funny/not funny quagmire I found myself in recently. I quit drinking for 30 days. That’s not the dilemma. No, the dilemma was, how do I celebrate the milestone once I get there? Initially, during week one of not drinking, I had it planned that on Day 30 I would uncork a nice Ripasso and celebrate: by getting totally inebriated. My train of thought was that I’d drag my ass through 30 miserable days of teetotaling, hating every moment I had to deny myself a nice glass of wine to unwind in …

Filed Under: Health & Wellness, Living Tagged With: alcohol experiment, alcohol free, dry january, how to celebrate not drinking, mommy juice, what is it like to not drink for 30 days

Operation Darwin, A Pandemic Battle Plan for Sanity

By //  by Candace Sampson

Well this is it, the second wave is officially upon us. It's time to suit up in your best leisure wear, tie your hair up in a scrunchie and cue up Ride of the Valkries. We are heading into the final months of 2020 and if this year has taught us anything, it’s that if it can get worse, it will. As I mentioned previously, we need to treat our mental health like a full time job this year because it is. This hasn't been just another run of the mill year after all. Between the pandemic, …

Filed Under: Health & Wellness, Living Tagged With: battle plan 2020, coping strategies for 2020, mental health

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Chasing Happy When You’re Sad

By //  by Candace Sampson

Finding happiness when life is running smoothly is easy. Being happy when you're sad, or when life is treating you like excrement on the bottom of it's giant cosmic shoe, is an entirely different story. It also begs the question, why on earth would you want to be happy when you're sad? Aren't you just suppressing your emotions by pretending your life doesn't suck a million lemons right now? The answer, as you might expect, is not black and white. Happiness is an emotion, and like all …

Filed Under: Health & Wellness, Living Tagged With: avoiding depression, being happy, happiness, how do I find happiness after grief, how to find happiness when life sucks

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Five Things You Need to Do this Fall and One You Don’t

By //  by Candace Sampson

Ah, 2023! The year that's been serving us a cocktail of unpredictability with a dash of "Seriously? Again?". But hey, if there's one thing we've mastered, it's the art of finding joy in the little things, especially when our wallets are giving us the side-eye. Enter fall, nature's way of throwing us a bone. It's like Mother Nature looked down, saw the chaos, and said, "You know what? Let's sprinkle some magic on these humans." And the best part? Her autumnal delights come without a hefty …

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Budget, Gourmet and Unique Dining Options In Mont Tremblant

One of the best things about dining in Tremblant is the wide array of options available to suit every budget and taste.  For me though, one of Tremblant's biggest draws is that everything you could possibly …

How to Combat Summer’s Deadly Sins

  I remember that day like it was yesterday: the summer heat was over, and I traded my seasonal stretchy skirts for jeans. It soon became apparent that summery, stretchy skirts hide a multitude of pounds, because …

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Why Running for the Cure is Good for Your Boobs and Other Health Benefits

Have you ever wondered why the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure is so successful? Why thousands of people across the country participate every year? I have, and I think the answer is three …

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Poppin’ Tags: Busting Myths About Thrifting

Let's admit it, thrifting has a bit of an image problem. It's too bad really because some of the best scores I've ever made have been made while thrifting. Vintage dishes, antique furniture and even designer jeans are …

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Hey Sports Organizations, Stop Treating Parents Like Money Trees

My girls love competitive cheerleading. L-O-V-E it. They love the hard work, the dance, the tumbling, the camaraderie and the competition. I love seeing them happy. As a mom, I want them to have a physical activity they …

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How Technology is Transforming Healthcare

November 23rd of this year will mark two years since my husband had his heart attack. On that day and in the time since, he has received excellent care and we have a renewed appreciation for our Canadian health care …

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