Once upon a simpler time, beauty treatments were limited to things like facials, nail extensions, and hair colouring. Anything involving needles or surgery seemed extreme, and reserved for shallow, wealthy, Beverly Hills-types. But all cultural phenomena got their start as a trend in a niche...
If you are a woman, or a man who loves a woman, this column is mandatory reading for you. Researchers have only recently started paying attention to the hormonal cycles of women, and the findings show that our ebbs and flows are completely differently timed...
his past April in Michigan, U.S., a school bus filled with middle school students was travelling on its usual route to take the kids home. Suddenly, the driver had a medical episode and lost consciousness. As the bus began to veer off the road, 7th...
You may not have heard about “Soft Living” yet, but it is a phrase that you will certainly come across soon if you are a user of social media. Originated in the Nigerian influencer community, this idea is a cultural swing in the opposite direction...
When my children were younger, I posted on social media that I was reading “French Kids Eat Everything” by Karen Le Billon. I immediately received desperate messages from moms begging to share any tips I learned from it. My kids were actually pretty good eaters,...
Zumba, asanas, boot camp, HIIT – these are all familiar terms to our exercise savvy selves. Now how about doing asanas while suspended in midair like a circus performer? Or using your upper body strength to twirl around a pole like J Lo in the...
"Sandwich generation" is a term that demographers have given to adults who are caring for both children under 18 and older relatives simultaneously. These days people are living longer, having children later, and requiring two incomes to get by: all of these factors result in...
As Valentine's Day approaches you may be thinking of how to please your sweetheart on February 14th, the day the commercial world has designated to be the celebration of romantic love. But what about using this day to reflect on your year-round relationship? Now that...
In an earlier column I wrote about how my husband's decision to get an assessment and meal plan from a nutritionist changed the course of our lives. We had always been regular with exercise but could not figure out how to eat in the pursuit...
A trip to an exotic land After a long dreary period of staying put, the world is open and travel is calling our name once again! But alas, there is one obstacle that is throwing a wrench in everyone’s plans: unprecedented visa delays. A UK...
