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This Running Thing is Actually Pretty Good

May 17, 2010 by Kath

Six weeks ago I started a Learn to Run clinic at The Running Room. I really didn't want to. But: I was going with a friend, so I stuck it out, even when every fibre of my being cried out, "why? Why are you doing this to me?" The first week was NOT fun but, as I told myself when it was over, I was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Fitness

Off My Rocker

April 9, 2010 by Kath

When I first visited England a few years ago, I saw these really weird shoes in a trendy shoe store. Supposedly, they helped shape up your leg muscles and improved posture. And they kind of reminded me of that fabulous 1970s trend, the Earth Shoe: I can clearly remember seeing that ad in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Fitness

Signs, Symptoms and Risks of Drug Use in Teens—and How to Get Help

March 28, 2010 by Leslie Kennedy Leave a Comment

It sounds so dramatic—opioid crisis. The reality is that deaths due to drugs being laced with extremely dangerous substances are on the rise. The biggest culprit is fentanyl, a drug you can’t see or smell, and that, even just trace amounts, can cause death. Teens dabbling with drugs is nothing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drugs, Family, Family, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Tweens & Teens Tagged With: drugs, fentanyl, mental health, opioid, opioid crisis, self esteem, sponsored, talking to kids about drugs, Teens, teens and drugs

How Easily (thank god) We Forget

October 26, 2009 by Kath

So, I just returned from a girls' weekend away at a scrapbooking retreat at the newly constructed Stoney Nakoda Resort in Alberta's Kananaskis Country. I was so looking forward to it! And I truly enjoyed myself: I spent from Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon in the company of two good friends … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Fitness Tagged With: casino, non-smoking, smoking, Stoney Nakoda Resort

Uncertainty

November 7, 2008 by Jen

Lately I've been thinking a lot about how much we, as humans, know about our bodies. It's amazing, really. I mean, think about it: we have decoded the human freakin' genome, people. It doesn't get more detailed than that. And then again, we know so little about how it all works together. At the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Fitness Tagged With: cancer, human genome, mom blog

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