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Five Fun Ways to Spend Quality Time with Your Kids
In the hustle of everyday life, it seems like we fall into predictable routines. We pick up our kids from school and get chores and dinner done. Next, we tackle homework, drive them…
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Reflections on the Moments that Matter in Life
When we take time to reflect on our life experiences, it is helpful to identify situations that trigger different emotions within us. We can start to notice the things that we value and…
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How to Stay on Top of Decluttering
We all have that closet, drawer, or even entire room, that we try to avoid. We don’t want to be reminded that we need to do something about it. Purging, or decluttering, is…
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5 Ways to Boost Productivity in Your Day
It is often hard to get going in certain seasons of life. In Canada, it is the dead of winter, and we are dealing with freezing temperatures and shorter hours of daylight. This…
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Allowing Our Teens to Fail: How to Strike a Balance
In today’s world, there is a great deal of pressure on parents to walk a fine line. We don’t want to be “helicopter parents” who bail our kids out every time they have…
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A Society Divided: Time to Value Humanity Over Rigid Beliefs
It’s a trying time in our world. The influx of information and speculation surrounding the covid pandemic is one of the most divisive issues of our lifetime. A majority of people believe in…
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Parenting: How to Stop Being Our Own Worst Critic
We are often way too hard on ourselves, only looking at our flaws, and being our own worst critic. We don’t look good enough, and we don’t do enough. Our homes don’t look…
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Ten Ways to Keep Realistic New Year’s Resolutions
There is often a feeling of let-down after the holidays. Partly because we may have allowed ourselves to let go of our expectations and enjoy ourselves. We didn’t worry about our goals, but…
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Pushing Ourselves to Do Better: How To Strike a Balance
We constantly read about how we need to practice self-care, and not be so hard on ourselves. While this is of course of the utmost importance, there seems to be a fine line…
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How To Tell When a Friendship Has Run Its Course
How to tell when a friendship has run its course? Most of us have been there. We have friends who we think about often. There is a shared history, or we just enjoy…
