Confessions of a Fitness Instructor

Don’t let someone else choose your dream

I wanted to be in band for as long as I could remember. I wasn’t in piano lessons growing up and couldn’t wait until grade 7 when I could finally put down that recorder and pick up a “real” instrument. When that fateful day arrived, everyone who wanted to join Beginner Band headed to the […]

Do more of what you love

“I was in your Thursday morning class for the first time yesterday.” She said as she put her equipment away after class on Friday. “You were born to teach that class.” “Thank you!” “You can hear in your voice how much you love it. You need to teach it more often.” “Oh, well, thank you!” […]

Are you STUCK in your stories?

What were your initial reactions to the question, “Are you stuck in your stories?” Was it an immediate no? Or a, I don’t know? Or a – oh probably? If your answer was a straight up no, I’d like to challenge you on that. I think to some extent we are all stuck in our […]

Take the Self-Care Day Challenge! 

This post is sponsored by Bayer. To make sure these products are right for you, always read and follow the label.  Take the Self-Care Day Challenge!  It’s time to take your health into your own hands Self-care is something I talk about a lot. As our lives get busier, prioritizing self-care becomes increasingly important. Many […]

Protect Your Eye Health With These Foods

Eye health is something that we take pretty seriously around here, eyes and teeth – we don’t mess around with either, so today I thought we’d talk about foods you can eat to help protect your eye health. Why? Because today both my husband and I went to the eye doctor for our regular eye […]

Shoppers Love. You. Weekend Moncton 2018

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of being asked to attend the Shoppers Love. You. Weekend Moncton 2018. Some of you may remember that I attended this event in 2016 and had such an amazing time I was truly thrilled to be asked to go again. I was even more excited when I found […]

The 1 Risk Factor of Heart Disease You Forget About

This past weekend I was in Moncton with Shopper’s Drug Mart for their Shoppers LOVE. You. weekend and part of the weekend included the NB Heart Truth Gala in support of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of New Brunswick. Because of that, I felt compelled to talk about heart health in this week’s video, and […]

2 Simple Steps to Improving Your Posture

Posture is something so many of us struggle with and poor posture can lead to back, neck and shoulder pain as well as countless other issues. Improving your posture isn’t necessarily a “quick fix”. It’s taken most of us many years of sitting at a desk, computer, using a tablet/phone/etc. to get to where we […]

Healthy Habits You Can Start Today

This post is sponsored by Bayer. To make sure these products are right for you, always read and follow the label. There is so much emphasis on starting new habits with the new year, but there’s no need to wait until January. Try adding some “clean” habits to your daily life that could improve your […]