Posts by sam

3 Ways to Alleviate Loneliness

When you are going through divorce, the fear of being alone can be far greater than being with a person who no longer loves you.  There’s a tendency is to ignore or convince yourself that your partner's behavior is acceptable. The fear of being alone overrides the fear of being treated badly because at least you aren’t alone or are you...
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How to Survive Separation Shock

When you go through a separation whether it is planned or not you are still presented with a new reality. It feels like your foundation has been pulled out from underneath your feet and you are free floating in space, not knowing what to grab onto. This feeling of not being grounded or connected to...
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Say these 3 little words

Does it still feel like your day isn’t long enough? That you aren’t keeping up? That you have too much to do and not enough time? It’s as if the world is getting faster and faster and the days are going by so quickly. I’ll bet you have lists of lists of lists to accomplish I get it. I was just like that. I would wake...
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How to Erase Bad Memories

The other day, while cleaning out my desk, I found this eraser.  I bought it while on vacation with my sons in Zagreb, when I was deep into my separation with my husband at the time.  While walking the old town of Zagreb we happen to stumble upon the Museum of Broken Relationships. How appropriate...
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The epidemic no one’s talking about

Did you know that there’s an invisible epidemic that’s stopping us from living our lives to the fullest every day? This epidemic is one that your doctor knows about but isn’t addressing. This epidemic causes: Depression, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Hypothyroidism, Infertility, Weight gain, Slows your metabolism...
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Take a nap, change your life*

Studies have shown that a good quality sleep at night... keeps your cortisol levels low, increases healthy cell production, allows your organs to reset and keeps you young. Here are some key practices to help you sleep well at night. Keep your sleep patterns consistent - it takes 4 days to reset when you have a bad nights sleep...
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Eating for Love

Wednesday in Toronto has been coined "Hump Day" to promote healthy sex habits, I'm guessing. Here, it's about self-love and I'm not exactly saying that it's time to buy a new "toy", but develop new habits to stimulate that sense of love we get when having sex. The neurochemicals sent to...
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Decision Fatigue

Coined by Daniel Levity in his book, THE ORGANIZED MIND: THINKING STRAIGHT IN THE AGE OF INFORMATION OVERLOAD. Our body's main energy comes from glucose and the mind needs it to function. And guess what? A minor decision takes up as much glucose as a major decision...
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Recipe: Calm Eating

I noticed over the past few weeks as my stress increased, so did the swell of my tummy. Indigestion, bloating, cramps all came with the stress. And although I've never had IBS, that showed up as well. It's not a surprise to me that this happened. Being a Holistic Nutritionist, I know that 70%...
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What you resist…

Last week I had a conversation with a girlfriend. She was upset that her friend didn't get back to her to reschedule a lunch date. Even though she didn't check up on this friend to make sure she got the message to reschedule, she thought the friend was rude and was angry at her. This was 2 months ago...
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