Tag: Health

— About to Read, Book Review, Parenting, Review —

About to Read: Poisoning Our Children: The Parent’s Guide to the Myths of Safe Pesticides by André Leu

April 5, 2018
About to read on Sahar's Blog

As a long-time **coughsnoteventwoyearscoughs** parent, I have been reading even more, lately, about the harmful effects of non-organic food in our health. On the one hand, I do not wish to become an alarmist, claiming that something (in this case, non-organic book) is the answer to all our woes.  I believe in a balanced approach… Read More About to Read: Poisoning Our Children: The Parent’s Guide to the Myths of Safe Pesticides by André Leu

— Beauty, Body Image, Family, Pregnancy —

Embracing Your ‘Mom Bod’: Guest Post by The Honest Mom

February 16, 2018
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{ This guest post was written by fellow mom and blogger, The Honest Mom } Motherhood is tough, but what happens to a Mother’s body is even tougher. We go through 10 months (they tell you it’s 9, but it’s all lies! 40 weeks=10 months!) of drastic and intense body changes, internally and externally. While… Read More Embracing Your ‘Mom Bod’: Guest Post by The Honest Mom

— Health, Personal Development —

Coffee: From Crutch to Companion

October 17, 2017
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As my Instagram feed can testify, I love me a good cup of coffee.  I think that there is a great culture around coffee, such as the Swedish fika or the tendency for college students to get together in coffee shops.  I have made friends with not just the staff at Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue’s TWIGS café, but… Read More Coffee: From Crutch to Companion

— Family, Health, Parenting —

How Do You Look So Good? Parents Share Tips on Nurturing Their Own Health

August 18, 2017

It seems that the health of parents is of big concern to many; the younger the offspring, the higher the concern.  I reached out to a number of parents in my network and asked them for their best tips in four categories of health: spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical.  I then picked the one or… Read More How Do You Look So Good? Parents Share Tips on Nurturing Their Own Health

— Community, Community Building, Community Development, Personal Development —

Coffee: From Crutch to Companion

January 24, 2017
Sahar's Blog 2017 01 24 Coffee From Crutch to Companion

As my Instagram feed can testify, I love me a good cup of coffee.  I think that there is a great culture around coffee, such as the Swedish fika or the tendency for college students to get together in coffee shops.  I have made friends with not just the staff at Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue’s TWIGS café, but… Read More Coffee: From Crutch to Companion

— Blog Review, Healthy Living, Lifestyle, Review —

Blog Review: ‘Kate the (Almost) Great’ by Kate Mitchell

July 2, 2016
Blog Review on Sahar's Blog

Name: Kate Mitchell Blog Reviewed: Kate the (Almost) Great Her favourite post: http://katethealmostgreat.com/the-8-things-millennial-with-arthritis/ Launched some three years ago, Kate’s minimalist, black on white blog is a reflection of who she is rather than a blog that can be easily filed under one genre or another.  While it is a little difficult at first hand to… Read More Blog Review: ‘Kate the (Almost) Great’ by Kate Mitchell

— Media, Personal Development —

Is There Such a Thing as a Healthy Consumption of Unhealthy Media?

June 28, 2016
Sahar's Blog 2016 03 22 Is There Such a Thing as a Healthy Consumption of Unhealthy Media

Up until really recently (like, last week), I thought that an audience can consume a lot of media without it having a negative effect on it, as long as members of said audience are media literate, take the time to reflect on the message actually contained in the media they are consuming, and analysing how… Read More Is There Such a Thing as a Healthy Consumption of Unhealthy Media?

— Beauty —

The Many Ways of Channelling Beauty

May 31, 2016

One of the most beautiful things about humanity is the diversity of the ways we have come up with for doing the same thing. One easy example: cooking. Various parts of the world do completely different things with the same ingredients, and all have the potential to taste excellent. I for one love having access… Read More The Many Ways of Channelling Beauty

— Beauty Products, Food Products, Health Products, Product Review, Review —

Product Review: Carrington Farms’ Virgin, Cold-Pressed, Organic Coconut Oil

May 18, 2016
Product Review on Sahar's Blog

It often feels like we in North American are caught in the middle of a coconut craze, and I have to admit, what with the number of personal anecdotes that abound, that it isn’t without reason.  While I don’t think anything is a magical cure-all, there are many great uses to coconut oil that warrants… Read More Product Review: Carrington Farms’ Virgin, Cold-Pressed, Organic Coconut Oil

— Community, Community Building, Community Development, Friendship —

Pleasantries: the Hydrogen Bond of Community Building?

May 10, 2016

Do you remember your organic chemistry? Do you remember those little H-bonds, who were not in themselves strong enough to hold a molecular structure together, but were strong enough to change properties of, say, water? The ones that make a molecule wrap itself differently, and/or make it a little stronger? I have always had an… Read More Pleasantries: the Hydrogen Bond of Community Building?