I'm in Ontario right now visiting my mom for the first time in two years. Since moving to Vancouver 21 years ago, I have made dozens of trips back and a lot of them on my own with my kids. Right from when they were babies, I have never hesitated to pack them up and jump on a plane. Years of experience have taught me allllll the tips for air travel with kids, even as a single parent. Here are my very best tips to help make your airplane trips as painless as possible (and dare

This weekend we are supposed to be setting records for the hottest temperatures ever in certain parts of North America. It probably means that many people (including myself!) will be breaking out bathing suits for the first time this year. Does the very mention of 'bathing suits' strike fear and cause you to suck in your stomach? Me, too. If you've read my previous blog on my personal body image journey you know that part of it for me is mental. I am aware that I have a lot o

I was leaving for work last Saturday morning and my youngest came over to give me a hug and kiss goodbye and said ‘mom, when are you going to be able to stop working so much?’ Ouch. The thing is that I don’t need my daughter to say things like that to make me feel mom guilt. I’m already super good at judging my own decisions, and it’s never gotten any easier. I remember my oldest as a toddler crying for me as I left for school. I have made a lot of hard decisions in my life,

I venture to say that if most of you knew what my life looked like day to day you would never describe it as balanced. It’s possible that some people may even judge me (negatively) for it. Sometimes I even judge myself. But then I remind myself why I do what I do and everything is right in the world again. For me, life isn’t about balance, it’s about fulfillment. I feel like there are so many pressures on us as women that the goal of balance is pretty much unattainable. If yo