Podcast Episode: School’s Started and Anti-Diet Culture
Sorry for the delay, but this went live over a week ago!!! Talking about how school is going for the little guy and my issues with anti-diet culture. Listen here:
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I Recorded a Song!!
A few months ago, I was introduced to the Lullaby Project via the University Health Network’s (UHN) Krembil Brain Institute. The purpose of the Lullaby Project’s collaboration with Krembil is to offer mothers living with epilepsy the ability to create… Continue Reading
Social Distancing and Keeping a Routine
Last week, I posted a short video (see below) on my Instagram account (and on What’s the Difference?’s account) about how one should try to be as “normal”/”routine” as they can while they’re stuck at home. It’s been tough –… Continue Reading
Why I Believe in Mirrors at Gyms
Plenty of people in the “body positive” movement are anti-mirror. They feel that it makes others self-conscious of their looks, that they’re too fa t (or two skinny), that their skin just “isn’t right” and so forth. They don’t even… Continue Reading
The Future World: 2054 or Even Sooner…
George Orwell’s 1984 was published in 1949 – 70 years ago. And in 1983, Isaac Asimov wrote a piece for the Toronto Star, predicting what the world would be like in 2019. While he got some of it right (computerization,… Continue Reading
Athleisure, Comfort and Modesty
Over the summer of 2017, I was looking for good yoga shorts to wear to class – both barre and yoga. But no matter which store I go to, I find it impossible to find something good. Ideally, I don’t… Continue Reading
Pinterest and All That
I recently started pinning again, starting a brand new account under my name. Like my original DelectablyChic! account, it consists of a variety of different boards, ranging from health/fitness to food (two different ones – baking/cooking as well as “dinner… Continue Reading
Journaling For Health – Mental AND Physical
I started handwriting journal entries in mid-August as a way to relieve stress and really jot down my thoughts in a way that I wouldn’t be able to by typing. These entries can be repetitive and they don’t really flow… Continue Reading
Getting Back into Barre Classes
I took weekly (well, mostly weekly) barre classes at a financial district-area studio for nearly two years – from early 2015 until the fall of 2016. Then I took a break. Sort of. I started Essentrics, which is less strenuous… Continue Reading