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In a cruel twist of fate, yet another year is ending. In many ways, 2022 may look a lot like 2021.  A year ago, we were going from 2nd waves to 3rd waves of COVID with hushed whispers about new...

With all of the fun and festivities of the holidays comes certain seasonal stresses that are hard to ignore. Traveling to be with family involves, well, travel. And though air travel is close to the levels it was at in...

As a country, we love ourselves some goals. The bigger the goal, the better. The scarier, the more significant it seems. Who among us hasn’t signed up for a marathon, shouting into an empty room with excitement? Who among us...

One of the joys of adulting is the sad realization that you have to pay for things. Not just everyday things, mind you. But everything. Your snacks. Your clothes. That roof that keeps your snacks and clothes dry. That all...

With Canadian Thanksgiving already past and American Thanksgiving coming up, it’s time to think about what matters. (And no, not just how many slices of pie you’ll eat in one sitting on Thanksgiving Day.) It’s an important time of year...

If there’s one thing gyms are great for, it’s for keeping an eye on yourself while you lift. (Mirror, mirror, on the wall… who’s the sweatiest of them all?) And for those of us who struggled through the whole pandemic...

Every once in a while it’s a good idea to unplug. And while we may unplug differently - some of us go for hikes, some bake bread, and others read or write - it’s a nice break from our days...

We live in interesting cultural times. As of quite recently, Netflix had over 15,000 titles available across its international libraries. On YouTube, users are now uploading nearly 82 years of content every single day. Spotify has over 70 million songs,...

If the last thing you do before you go to bed each night is check your phone… And the first thing you do in the morning is check your phone… You might be the kind of person who wishes they...

Childhood can be a time of joy and pain, excitement and nerves. And when it comes to losing baby teeth, sometimes we experienced all of those feelings in one go (especially if the dentist was involved). But after that rollercoaster,...

We’ve been told time and time again that the secret to losing weight is diet and exercise. From there, we’ve been told (time and time again) that the magic ratio for weight loss is 70 percent what we put into...

Gyms are open across the country, which means two things: We can all (safely!) get back to the work outs we knew and loved before the pandemic My neighbors don’t have to hear my kettle bell every morning at 6am...