Authentically Healing You

Going to be another scorcher today!
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I’ll take it!
We set the pool up yesterday for the kids and I even jumped in too.
These two little monkeys 🐒🐒 were so HAPPY.

It was a great experience to hike up the Superstition Mountain area.
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It poured at the base but after a drive to get there it only made sense to push through... thunder, clouds and all. And it turned out to be beautiful!
Cactus 🌵 growing in the rocks, the amazing view and the feeling of accomplishment afterwards!
I am amazed at how beautiful the desert is...I am wary of its wildlife {poisonous snakes, scorpions and I think I heard tarantulas} but worth it!
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Feeling grateful for the experience. @ Superstition Mountain

Happy St. Patty’s day from Vegas 🍀

We made it to Vegas baby!
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Enjoying our current view from the hot tub this morning.
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P.s I already miss kissing my babies and .0

•Be mindful•
The big and small things in this life matter. Sometimes we can’t see the big picture of how little things add up into big things, or we taken for granted the big things that are fine... until they are not.
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My lesson for self this week, even this day, is “Be mindful! Listen to your body!”
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I am working through healing right now but it was something that could have been worse. So I am taking pause and making my health a priority... but I already should have been!
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I know this last year I haven’t been as connect to my SELF as I should be/have been. Now I am forced to be mindful with myself. I have to be mindful of how I feel, what I am eating and how I react, and know my limits.
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Health is not always in our minds when we are doing “fine”. But it is the moment we are not “fine” that it becomes our priority and that isn’t a healthy way to live. Whether it is mental, physical or spiritual health, it should always be on your priority list.
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I hope this makes you think about where you prioritize your health today. 😘

Rewind a few years and I still have a baby in my arms! 🤣
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Making memories last night with this girl.

Having a karaoke 🎤 moment today.
I love singing to help me let loose, drop some stress and have fun.... am I good? Does it matter?!
Kids loved joining in and singing crazy too. ❤️

I feel like it’s hibernation season!
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It’s not even snowman and toboggan weather! It’s hot bevies, warm socks and cuddles weather.
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I have taken a huge step back from teaching yoga and mediation to focus on my family and career in another direction. I am enjoying it but it’s a battle of balancing it all most days. I have circled back to what this means to mean again and again. I miss sharing my energy and holding space for others but most of all I miss writing! And so I am decided to keep doing my personal practices of and but to start blogging regularly. I’m not ready just yet but .... spring seems like the right time to start something new 😏

Smiles are infectious 😀

❤️Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️
This isn’t a holiday we really celebrate in our home but Lily and I made cupcakes last night for her to bring to Dayhome. I brought the remainder to work 😏
I’m thinking fondue tonight with a movie and cuddles on the couch!
We celebrate love every day in our house, but we might add a little extra today ❤️

Last week I took a trip to
It was a great experience, but it was first time I was separated from my kids... EVER. That was challenging, mostly for me, and less for them. They enjoyed the time hanging with their cousins and auntie.
But this experience made me grateful for many things. Grateful for my career, my family & kids and for my husband who had to step out fo his comfort zone too!
It is hard being a working mom, so props to parents who have to leave their family/kids even for a night or two. We are much harder on ourselves and we all have our own reality to face.
I enjoy the challenges of my work and the challenges of being a parent too... Botha re rewarding in their own way. Our reality is our kids got to a Dayhome and we both work. It is what works for us and we make it work. Every family has its own dynamic but we are embracing that THIS IS OUR LIFE, and OUR STORY.
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Pretty much my Monday face too sweetheart.
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I love to do girly time with my mini me. She loves it too. And if face masks get her in the tub when she is feeling stubborn then so be it!

These two crack me up!
Yup “I ❤️ Daddy”

Happy Birthday to my fu***ng awesome husband 🤩
If anyone knows me they know I loooove birthdays. It is a day to celebrate your birth day, and how amazing is that for the people in your life.
To think 35 years ago you made your entrance into this world is ....😶
You are a unique soul; who speaks your truth, you are thoughtful and wise, stubborn to a fault but you give when it matters, and your capacity to love surprises me again & again. I know everyone says your lucky to have a wife like me 💁🏻‍♀️
but they should know how lucky I am to find a loyal, kind and generous man like you 💏
who would have thought a Libra and a Capricorn?! ❤️😆❤️
Happy 35th birthday my love! It’s a big event and you deserve to feel special. @ Saint Albert, Alberta

Yup!
As a mama of two, working full time, trying to eat healthy and have a clean house sure means I need my coffee... several time a day!
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Anyone else love coffee ?

Checkout and their giveaway! Win some tickets 🎫

I think I want this in my bathroom!
Lazy Sunday looking at and so of course I have so many “wish lists” for decorating. 🤣
But I seriously love plants! Ask my husband; he still jokes about how my apartment was a jingle when he met me. I had plants, especially vines, all over my tiny apartment. 🌱🌿.
When we moved in together my plants were mostly given away. It was clutter to him.
And I’m not sure if he has noticed, but slowly over the years I’m acquiring more plants... guess he is learning to deal with the chaos or maybe he realizes how happy plants make you!!
Am I right?

Day 3 // 2019
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I used to write poems a lot as a teenager and even into college. I used to have a whole collection stored and saved in paper format. It was my outlet, my way to express my feelings and it gave me joy. I stopped doing it unless something bad happened in my life then I reached out.
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I want to write poetry for joy again. I want to do it from a place of love, and not just when I have too much sorrow in my life.
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It doesn’t have to be perfect, it doesn’t have to be read by anyone, it just has to flow and be my creative outlet.
Was there something in your life that you lost along the way, that once gave you joy ???

Day 1 // 2019
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My husband mentioned doing a dry January and I think that’s exactly something to do together.
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So after a whirl wind day yesterday and having all our plans thrown into the wind. I am embracing 2019 and seeing where it takes me.
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I think my first lesson of 2019 was to and ❤️

What else could a mama want?
I am honoured to be the mother of these two wild and free beings.

2018....My face says it all 😝
This year was a year of transitions and finding balance.
I got some s**t sorted and I’ll set my intentions & goals for 2019... but life is all about growth and flow.
My word for 2019 is FLOW. I am setting intentions for personal growth, relationship growth, career growth but it’s all really about going with the flow as you are guided with your intuition... at least that’s my thoughts 💭

My little Christmas ballerina
Her personality warms my heart

Merry Christmas 🎄
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Feeling especially grateful for all the love, family and beautiful souls in my life.

When your kid is up but you wanna sleep... I look to and start dreaming of a new look for our bedroom.

Don’t let this charming face fool you... it’s teething time and I am not letting mama sleep. But ain’t I cute?!

It’s the season!
Xmas parties, good food, music and twinkling lights... I love this time of year!

It is amazing how different my two kids are. I see both myself and my husband in each of them but in a unique way.
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Anyone else just ponder how their tiny humans turned out so special in their own way?

What a great Monday pic?!
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We got some beautiful snow this weekend. I can’t say I loved to drive in it but it made for some cute pictures!
Now we are at home, with the Christmas tree lights on, cuddling on the couch and drinking tea... that’s my kind of night in. 🎄

Sometimes we are really cheese
When you have two kids and are always busy it’s nice to have at least one still photo amongst the chaos 🤣