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One of the easiest and most effective ways to keep yourself from falling sick is handwashing. When your hands are clean it can prevent germs from spreading to others. There is scientific proof that washing your hands with soap and water can guard you from the germs that cause infections such as the common cold and flu, pneumonia, Hepatitis A,…

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A Parent’s Guide to Pokemon Go

PTPAJuly 22, 2016

The Pokémon Go craze has officially hit both Canada and the US by now and EVERYONE is buzzing about it. Kids are asking their parents everywhere to venture outside with a device to catch a Pikachu or to go to a Pokéstop to grab more Pokéballs. But hold up — what does all of this mean!? If you’re not totally up to…

Health & Wellness

Rebuild Your Pelvic Floor After Pregnancy with this Magic Exercise

PTPAMarch 31, 2016

So I had just had a baby, and naturally, I felt like I’d performed a miracle. Almost 24 hours of labor where the dear folks at the hospital suspected I had a false alarm when I serenely told them my water broke. Then they decided to humor me with an examination and sure enough, I was right. They decided to…

Health & Wellness

The Healing Power of Forgiveness

PTPAMarch 17, 2016

To err is human. In the process, people get hurt. If only one could turn the clock back and undo what happened. But there is a way. Forgiveness. Everyone makes mistakes. We hurt others. Others hurt us. Luckily, we have the choice to come to terms with the situation and let go of the painful memories so we can move…

Health & Wellness

4 Easy Body Weight Exercises for Busy Parents

PTPAFebruary 8, 2016

That thing called parenting? Joyful and wonderful? Yes. Lots of free time and rest and relaxation? No. It is a 24-hour job and we’d be lucky if we accomplished everything we’d planned for the day. Forget about “me” time. There’s just no time to even contemplate it, leave alone actually make it happen. Bosom buddies seem like a thing of…

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Autism awareness from someone who didn’t know better

PTPAApril 26, 2015

I have been blessed with the amazing experience of getting to know some extremely intelligent kids over the last few months, and look forward to getting to know them more. I can only say that I was uneducated in my ways and thankful that I have been given the opportunity to do what I do for work. I am…

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Pink Slams Fat Shamers and Teaches Us How To Love Again.

PTPAApril 14, 2015

Would you EVER chose to rightfully call a celebrity fat, let alone a strong and beautiful woman like Pink? I think not…because you know you’re asking for trouble… Mamas, we have all been there…getting ready for an event and thinking ‘I look fat’ when in fact the person staring back at you is a reflection of your own insecurities, not…

Health & Wellness Safety

This Mom’s Thoughts on Vaccinations

PTPAFebruary 25, 2015

In case you missed it, and I doubt you have, measles is making a come back. There was a rather large outbreak linked to Disneyland recently and other pockets of measles infections are being reported all the time. It’s a little scary that a disease that was declared eliminated in the US in 2000 is back and on the rise.…

Health & Wellness Just Between Us

Cheated on, again!

PTPAAugust 26, 2014

…this time, by my bathroom scale! So as you know I’ve been on quite the weight loss journey, sharing the details with all of you last month. But something happened, and the numbers on the scale completely stopped, in fact on some weeks they started to go in a direction less desired. My menu never changed, my drive was in the…

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Diabetic Problems

PTPAJuly 27, 2014

It’s been 27 years since I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes and it’s been a struggle controlling my blood sugars since then. Imagine being a kid that wasn’t allowed to have any kind of sweets. It wasn’t easy even though I was able to eat the diabetic stuff, it just wasn’t the same. I was always told that there…

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