Sometimes Happiness Comes in a Bowl of Ice Cream 🍦❤️ What a tub of award-winning Canadian ice cream reminded me about wellness, small pleasures and making room for joy. I have a confession. I recently bought a container of Chapman’s Pecan Butter Tart Premium Ice Cream. And I was going to take a lovely photograph […]
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Find Your Blue Space: Why Being Near Water Is One of Travel’s Greatest Pleasures From European river cruises to Antarctic expeditions and quiet days at sea, sometimes the most memorable travel experiences happen when we simply stop and watch the water. There’s something about being near water that makes me want to linger. A river
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A memorable holiday doesn’t need a fully booked itinerary. Discover why leaving room to wander can be one of the most rewarding parts of your journey.
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What if your next holiday centred on rest? Discover two different sleep-focused wellness escapes, from a historic Québec monastery to Portugal’s Douro Valley.
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LUSH LIFE TRAVEL | WELLNESS & LUXURY TRAVEL The Joy of Being Pampered: Five Luxury Spa Escapes in Canada Sometimes the best journey is the one that brings you back to yourself. When was the last time you treated yourself to a really wonderful massage? Or a luxurious facial? Not because you had a sore
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Two extraordinary Canadians were celebrated in Ottawa this week, and in very different ways, both got me thinking about what it means to live a life of purpose. Michael J. Fox was formally promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada, the highest level of the Order, at Rideau Hall on Friday. We grew up
Wellness doesn’t always come wrapped in a spa robe. Sometimes it comes from community. Belonging. Purpose. Kindness. And knowing that when something goes terribly wrong, people will show up for one another. Last Friday, Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador marked the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001 — a day forever associated with unimaginable tragedy, but
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Some places in Canada carry stories that feel like part of our collective memory. This summer, I brought Bill and my girls to one of them: the Terry Fox Mile 0 Memorial on Water Street in St. John’s, Newfoundland — the place where Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope on April 12, 1980.
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Wellness travel isn’t always about escaping to a remote retreat. Sometimes it’s found in the heartbeat of a city. Seoul, South Korea’s vibrant capital of more than 10 million people, has quietly become one of the world’s most intriguing destinations for travellers seeking beauty, self-care, movement, and mindful cultural experiences—all wrapped into one
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I came across a fascinating BBC Travel piece recently — The Evolution of the Wellness Retreat — that put words to something I’ve been watching happen in real time with my clients. If you’d like to read it, I’ll link it below. But I wanted to share my own take, because after nearly 20 years
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