Tip 1: Unwind

High levels of tension can rapidly boost levels of cortisol i.e. muscle-damaging bodily hormone and drain testosterone, i.e. muscle-building bodily hormone. If you discover yourself at school or work or with a high body temperature level, shallow breaths, moody character and irregularly high heart rate, it is most likely that you are too stressed for ideal muscle development. Teach yourself to…

When I began blogging a couple years ago, I thought I'd just write a few things and give myself a little something to do that didn't completely revolve around my daughter.  I began sharing deals and such that I found, basically to keep it off my personal Facebook news feed because hubby said I was spamming everyone.  Apparently…

The bathroom is a very important place in every home, because this is the place where we get clean, and we all want it to be welcoming and pleasant to the eye. Unfortunately, there are many outside and inside factors, which only aim to destroy our pleasure. I'm…

Creative Ways to Teach Your Kids How to Say No to Drugs

The teen years can be a time of great anxiety for parents. Just as your child is really beginning to assert their own independence and starting to test boundaries, the very real concern all parents feel about raising teenagers begin to loom ominously – grades, sex, peer pressure, and possibly most frightening of all, the perils of illegal drug use and addiction.

Alarming statistics

According to a study…

There is nothing like the turn of a new year to inspire change in people. Every January 1 feels like a clean slate, on which one can inscribe their dreams and wishes. People all over the world make big promises on New Year’s Day to themselves to transform their lives in significant ways. In fact, many of these promises…

You have probably been invited for baby showers and parties to celebrate the birth of a beautiful bouncing baby. The new parents are usually filled with so much happiness which is clearly visible in their beaming faces. It is indeed a merry time for everybody to welcome this bundle of joy. Every invited person wants to hold the baby, make faces to see its reaction and shower it with gifts. Having a baby is both joyous and stressing. It comes with loads of responsibilities for both parents.…

I've spent the last week cleaning and clearing out things from both my home and my storage.  Inspired by a book I read about "tidying up" and how we cling to things we don't need for reasons hard to explain, but possible to overcome, I set out to create a home environment in which I wasn't constantly having to clean clutter every single day.

The book is a…

Do me a quick favor: Scroll through your phone and find a picture of an everyday moment. Something unscripted. One where nobody is looking at the camera. It's hard to find, isn't it?



But those are the moments that matter. A Harvard Study posits that it's these…

There are certain things all parents get used to: Lack of privacy, interrupted sleep, toys underfoot and (at least in our household) excessive talking.…

I talk a lot on this blog about things that I try to teach my son: cooking, healthy living, to be a nice person and…

I know that organization is a very important key to success.  So I decided to create a Free blog planner for all my bloggy friends out there.  I hope that you all like it and share it with all of your bloggy friends too! 

I hope you all enjoy it!  Leave me a comment and let me know what you…

In the blogging world matters of money are all so very hush hush.  I decided it was time for someone to come forward and share what they were earning and how they went about earning money from their blog. 

I believe that if we really want to help each other we should become more transparent and give people realistic expectations of what blogging entails and that with a little hard work you can actually make…

We all want to lose weight, look pretty and feel confident about ourselves. We all work hard to achieve our healthy weight goals and first thing that we do is to eliminate carb from our diet. Yes, that’s the first thing recommended but have you ever thought…

I just had the BEST, BEST day with my 6 year old.  She’s about to head into Grade 1, and we hit the mall for some back to school shopping together.

Do you look forward to back to school shopping or is it something you dread as the school year approaches?

I love shopping for anything or anyone, but I’ve learned that shopping with 3 kids can be a challenge… each waiting for the other to try on different items.  Eventually the boredom sets in and it’s hairy-scary…

More often than not, we make excuses for not following a Health routine and postponing health related activities for “tomorrow.” “I have back to back meeting today so I will not exercise today, will do so tomorrow.” “I am starving and this crispy fried chicken…