Summer time heat calls for light salads, bbqs, cold drinks + lighter desserts. Everything needs to be refreshing, cooling and not too heavy. For me, that means going with healthier, paleo desserts to help satisfy my sweet tooth without weighing me down. I want desserts that are fruity, chocolate-y or cold, and I’ve rounded up
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How To Workout (When You Don’t Know What You’re Doing)
I’ll be the first to admit: I didn’t always like going to gym. It wasn’t because I hated working out–I’m always up for taking a new fitness class or going to yoga or going for a hike. I just didn’t know how to workout. There was something about the gym itself that I found, well,
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PB + J Vegan Milkshake
Happy July! And happy Canada day! It’s finally summer: I can show off my pasty white skin and listen to the gasps on the street from the people who just think they’ve seen a ghost. Joking aside, it’s nice to finally complain about hot it is and dream about the future that is fall. (Cause
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What It Feels Like To Be Bisexual (After Coming Out As Gay)
For as long as I can remember, my sexuality has been fluid. I had my first crush on a boy in kindergarten. And my first kiss with a girl in the second grade. Throughout middle school, and high school, I found myself infatuated with boys and girls, and really unsure of what labels
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Why Being 100% Healthy Shouldn’t Be The Goal
As a lover of nutrition, and a firm believer that a good diet and a healthy lifestyle can go extremely far into preventing illness, it might be surprising to you that I don’t think we should aim–or need to be–100% healthy. Don’t get me wrong: I take my health incredibly seriously. I have used good
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Superfood Beet Pickled Eggs Avocado Toast
This quick and easy breakfast is not only nutrient-dense, it also has a beautiful pop of colour! Thanks Vista Magazine for gifting me with the Planet Hemp Super-seeds! Is this really a recipe? I have no idea. But it’s super tasty–and also big time pretty (and that’s half the reason why I eat anything,
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Paleo Chocolate Coffee Banana Bread
I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to get around to this post! This recipe is so tasty (and sooo gluten-free) and I’ve been pumped to share it. And yet. I think winter has me wanting to hermit inside and drop everything that doesn’t involve being tucked into my blankets like a snug burrito.
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Green Antioxidant Smoothie Bowl
Today is my birthday! Go ahead: tell me nice things about myself, I’ll wait. (Just kidding, I wait for nothing.) In all seriousness, it feels good to say that I’m now 27. I feel no different than 26, but 27 just sounds like I’m more together. More grownup. More responsible. Of course, none of these things
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Why You Should Rethink Weight Loss As A New Year’s Resolution (and what to do instead)
Happy 2019! How does it feel to start another new chapter? Like a blank notebook, a clean slate, the new year has come. Okay–it may have brought its 2018 hangover with it. But all in all, it’s a promise of new things to come, new goals to reach, a new person to become. I know
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2018 Yearly Reflection: What Worked, What Didn’t + What’s Next
As I’m writing this, I’m sitting on the couch at my parents place, in my pyjamas. I’ve spent the last week stationed here. On the couch, that is. And honestly, this quiet time has felt quite necessary. And also, kind of boring. When was the last time I just let myself chill? I keep thinking
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