When your brain says you “can’t do” something, take it as a sign that you need to dive right in! There are two types of fear. There’s the...

Take time out to quiet your mind and listen in every single day. We come face to face with challenging situations that are out of our...

I’m taking the opportunity today, on Bell Let’s Talk Day, to share the unfiltered, raw version of my mental health story. I absolutely...

New Year, new Buddha 🙂 I think there’s real value in reflecting on the past, not only for the sake of creating New Year’s resolutions...

My dad had this beautiful way of endlessly believing in me. I wanted to be an Astronaut for years growing up, and it wasn’t until I wrote...

New Beginnings I can’t believe it. I’m sitting here in our new apartment, absorbing the beautiful view from our office/yoga room. A light...

I’ve gone almost a whole month without a cellphone. In the first world, this is considered to be a real “crisis.” To everyone else in the...

I feel like an old book, rife with dust, that hasn’t been cracked open in years. Stiff, stale and unused. I haven’t written for two weeks...

Try shifting your perspective up 🙂 Perspective gives us a road map of how to behave in and learn from certain situations. It urges us to...

Prep healthy foods in the morning to stick to eating clean throughout your day. Fresh, local veggies and thai-coconut hummus by my...

Photography: Claire Cole clairecolephotography.wordpress.com Algonquin has the ability to completely dissolve time, stress and worry. As...

It’s tempting to want to stay indoors, all cozy with the comforts of home, but the outdoors are calling and they have something good to...

Sometimes I take a leisurely stroll down to the lake to watch the boats and ducks, when I want to relax a little. When your to-do list...

When stress sets in breath is often the first thing to go. Racing thoughts keep your brain in anxiety mode, which tells your body to...

Happiness is a precious gift that we all strive to obtain, but it still eludes many of us. In the same way that I once muscled through...

The winds of chaos can overthrow you Pushing you towards a place to renew You can choose to find peace here or stay in the drama One...

So, I totalled my car yesterday. I smashed into the gold Camry in front of me on the highway, just minutes from home. I was driving back...

Not this, not that… What is failure? I’m well versed on society’s definition of failure, which generally falls in line with what the...

Wheel Pose or Urdhva Dhanurasana opens my heart, and as it does I tell myself to let love in and sprinkle it everywhere I go. Our...

Start fresh with a quick morning meditation. I know what it’s like to get stuck in a rut–in fact, we all know what it’s like. An event...