If your New Year’s resolution includes getting outside your comfort zone, step onto the jiujitsu mat. The term “jiu-jitsu” is derived from the Japanese “Ju” meaning “gentle” and “Jutsu” meaning…

Oli Forget was just two years old when his mother, Josée Boucher, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. His brother Alexandre was five. With a young family and grand…

One of my earliest childhood memories is of hiking through a snowy forest with my grandfather in search of the perfect Christmas tree. Memory lane The trees towered above my…

Fresh, crisp autumn air. Warm sun on your face. The earthy aroma of damp moss, mushrooms, and needle-covered paths. A mountain range painted by Mother Nature in every hue of…

Nestled in Canada’s largest mixed forest, the Treetop Walk Laurentides in Mont-Blanc is right in our backyard, and is an absolute must-visit. Nothing like it Wendy Allen and Jennifer Laframboise…

“Not all those who wander are lost.” The quote is one of many posted to the vision board above my desk. Although J.R.R. Tolkien was assuredly not alluding to directionally-challenged…

Birthdays mark that we’re another year older. They can also mark another year stronger. As my birthday-meter strikes 63 this month, I am choosing stronger. Birthday fitness I share my…

What’s your “why”? What drives you to want to change? To move better? To work out? To get healthy? After three decades as a kinesiologist and strength and conditioning coach,…

Sometimes opportunity knocks softly on a door. And sometimes, it takes a lead boot and kicks the door in, demanding that we pay attention. As the new year dawns in…

The follow-up to the article “A journey home” which appeared in our August’ 2021 issue   “Though she be but little she is fierce.” Shakespeare’s well-known line from A Midsummer…