Let’s Make YUMMY TREATS! (VIDEO RECIPE)

Something I’ve shared a lot about here is how people who have ditched the booze often find themselves picking up allll the sugar. Candy, cookies, chocolate, bread, chips, popcorn. It’s like we swap one addiction for another as soon as we get sober. There are also people (like me, too) who started on sugar young,…

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WASTE-FREE Giving (Heal The Planet; Heal Ourselves)

Did you know that at Christmas in Canada alone, we throw away the weight of 100,000 elephants (or about 540,000 tonnes) in wrapping paper? I can’t honestly even get my head around that. That doesn’t factor in tape or ribbon or cards or bows or boxes or the actual gift inside; that’s JUST the wrapping…

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REALTalk On INCONTINENCE.

In case you missed Sunday’s episode of REALTalk, I wanted to share the show here. It was a powerful hour talking about a topic that’s often overlooked due to shame and embarrassment–we talked INCONTINENCE. Derick Fage shard his own personal and powerful story of being born with a medical condition that rendered him fecally incontinent,…

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REALTalk On CAREGIVING.

As more of us are becoming caregivers to aging loved ones, I wanted to have an honest conversation about the impact caregiving can have on our health and what we can do to prepare ourselves better for this life event. Pierrette Raymond and Sue Liko of Moving Forward Matters help us navigate this challenging time…

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REALTalk On SEX.

On Sunday, I had Sex Educator and dating coach Marie-Claire (“MC”) Thauvette on to help us navigate “sex through the years”, where she highlighted the challenges and opportunities to cultivate a healthy sex life at every stage of life. It was an open discussion about sex and we used all of the proper terms, so…

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REALTalk on WOMEN’S HEALTH (Hormones).

Hormones are like the CEO of our bodies and in the latest episode of REALTalk With Sarah, I had the always incredible naturopathic Doctor, Sarah Vadeboncoeur back on to help us understand the role of hormones on women’s health. We’ll walk through the various stages of a woman’s life, from pubescence to childbearing years, perimenopause…

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When Things Fall Apart.

In Pema Chodron’s work, When Things Fall Apart, she reminds us that life is only a struggle when we seek to resist the inherent nature of the chaos that is life. If you haven’t yet read it, I highly recommend. It’s a powerful reminder that life IS change. Life is a series of things falling…

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REALTalk on Healthy Posture!

How is your posture? Do you suffer with headaches? A sore back? Do you stoop when you stand? Do people tell you to “stop slouching?” On Sunday, we delved deep into the topic of healthy posture with kinesiologist and exercise physiologist Sarah Zahab of Continuum Fitness as she helps us correct poor posture, and later…

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REALTalk on GARBAGE.

On Sunday, my guests NAILED it on the garbage crisis and I want you to take the 48 mins (you can skip through the commercials here!) to learn how we can ALL play our part in protecting and caring for our shared planet. I had Duncan Bury of Waste Watch Ottawa giving us an overview…

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The BIGGEST Lesson Learned in 47 Trips Around The Sun.

Thursday will mark my 47th birthday. I love birthdays. And I love getting older. I realize that the alternative is death, and I don’t want that for many, many more years. As Roger and I finish getting settled in our new home on Vancouver Island, I’ve had the chance to reflect on some of the…

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