Category: Reflections
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Bloodwork
While I gave up pizza in April 2020, I still hadn’t fully given up dairy. I suspected I had a problem specifically with melted cheese and was debating adding melted cheese to my list of things to give up. This of course was my way of keeping cheese in my life as long as it…
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The Majestic Coyote
During a recent lunch time walk along the river, I saw a City of Calgary sign that said ‘Coyote in Area’ and this reminded me of the time in March 2020 my brother and I walked our dogs at a local park in the wee hours of the morning (unknowingly) during denning season. Ironically, there…
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H A B I T S
In the fall of 2019, I listened to the book Atomic Habits and immediately felt like I could absolutely build new habits in my life to become healthy. In fact, I felt so confident that I could change my life with habits, that I told my boss I was going to lose 100 lbs. She…
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with a little help from my friends…
In May 2020, we snuck away to Canmore for a girls’ retreat we call AGR which simply stands for Annual Girls Retreat. This retreat was born out of the fact that covid shut down everything and there was nothing to do. We used to celebrate each other’s birthday’s by going out to dinner or a…
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My Breaking Point
We are back to April 2020. It’s 6 weeks into covid. I am sitting on the couch with my phone and my cousin Clint is cooking dinner. Me: I’m going to order pizza. Clint: Why? I’m making dinner? Me: Because I want pizza. Clint: Why not eat what I’m making so it doesn’t go to…
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My Pizza Addiction
April 2020 “I’m ordering pizza.” For background, this had become my usual routine. We were approximately 6 weeks into Covid and I was most certainly doing my part. As the good human I am, doing my part meant eating pizza. A lot. I was a good human for supporting local and most importantly, my friend’s…
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Prologue – July 2018 (seeds and my Opa)
I have no idea if it is acceptable to write a prologue on a blog, but it’s my blog, so I can make up the rules right?! My coach, 1Kim Carroll, Director of 2Animal Justice Academy told me about 21 seeds during our chat one day. I was impatient, as many ethical vegans are, that…
From Pizza Addict to Vegan 