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Blue Monday Is a Story; Teal Tuesday Is a Better One.
I propose a brand-new holiday: Teal Tuesday. How about if from now on, we celebrate the day after Blue Monday as Teal Tuesday? If Blue Monday is the emotional low-point of the year, then Teal Tuesday is an emotional springboard because things can only go up from here. Hey, but Blue Monday was just a…
Thursday Thoughts: You’re Not Prepared for This Winter Milestone
BLUE MONDAY: the “most depressing day of the year,” caused by a confluence of factors, including bad weather, holiday debt, failed resolutions, lack of social engagement and low motivation after the holidays. It has roots in the travel industry with the hopes of selling you more vacation packages. This year it lands on Monday, January…
Thursday Thoughts: You Need a High ROI Non-Negotiable
I like to have flexibility in my schedule and greet each day as it comes to me, but I am really strict with myself when it comes to getting outside on days with sunshine. When I see sunlight, I make time to absorb it no matter what my plans are that day. Doesn’t matter if…
Thursday Thoughts: You’re Doing New Year’s Resolutions Wrong
I absolutely love New Year’s Resolutions! I feel a renewed sense of energy from the feeling of, “Out with the old, in with the new,” (although I will admit that the darkest time of year is not the most inspiring season to do it.) Personally, I like to write my resolutions now and get to…
Winter Newsletter
Happy Solstice everyone! Many winter posts begin by gently talking about how the season calls us to turn inward, but honestly my biology forces me to pull inside myself like a turtle. I am so, so, sooo tired despite the ambition to end the year well, enjoy the festivities and start the new year on…
Thursday Thoughts: Your Bathroom Lighting is All Wrong
Here we are again with another edition of Thursday Thoughts – my version of mildly inflammatory clickbait. I’m sure your bathroom ambiance is just fine but… could it be better? You Need to Improve Bathroom Lighting for Better Sleep and a Healthier Circadian Rhythm Tips and concepts from me, a yoga therapist with a specialty…
Thursday Thoughts: You Are Darkness Deprived
This post will be a short one inspired by the spooky season, the shorter hours of daylight, and – gasp! – the night we set the clocks back is just around the corner already. By now, most of us have heard the benefits of sunlight, especially in the early morning to set our circadian rhythm.…
Autumn Newsletter
Every summer I spend my birthday at the CNE, or what us Toronto folks call The Ex. 🍂 It’s the first day of fall, y’all! After a hot, dry summer, a huge rainstorm rolled through last night, and I woke up to a world that had shifted. The air was cool, the clouds created that…
Thursday Thoughts: September is the better January
Ah, the start of a fresh school year. The life-long student in me delights at the excuse to buy a new notebook and set my sights on what I would like to achieve next, while the self-employed part of me sneaks off into a micro-sabbatical each year during the first week of school. I’m lucky…
Thursday Thoughts: You Do Not Need to be SleepMaxxing
Sleepmaxxing: a social media trend characterized by experimenting with gadgets, supplements and other hacks to achieve the perfect night’s sleep. Sleepmaxxing is having its day in the sun with influencers on every platform sipping tart cherry juice and spouting the benefits red light. As a yoga therapist who specializes in sleep, I find this trend…
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