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My journey as a Weight Watchers member, Leader, and young woman with Crohn's Disease

Meghan Telpner's UnDiet - Interview & Giveaway

I first discovered Meghan Telpner back in 2009. I had just been diagnosed with Crohn's Disease and I was seeking out others who didn't believe that medication was the only way. I came across...

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My current iPhone app loves

I switched over from Blackberry to iPhone about a year and a half ago and I have to say, I love my iPhone. It seems so silly to love a piece of technology, but my iPhone replaced functionality of a...

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How to Survive Mother's Day as a Motherless Daughter (or Son)

Every year just after Easter, the emails start to flood my inbox: GIFTS MOM WILL LOVE 11 MOTHER'S DAY GIFTS THAT WILL BLOW MOM'S MIND SAVE BIG ON THESE DEALS FOR MOM Everyone from Shopper's Drug...

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News - Angelwalk Theatre presents The Life is Sweet Project

I'm thrilled and overwhelmed and filled with joy to announced that on February 10, 2014 Angelwalk Theatre will present The Life is Sweet Project as part of their 2013/2014 season Showcase Series at...

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Cherry Blossom Magic in High Park

The High Park cherry blossoms are out in full force once again, and yesterday my friend Luke and I braved the crowds to pay them a visit armed with Bunner's treats and other refreshments. I...

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Falsettos - Acting Up Stage

On Tuesday I saw the first preview of Acting Up Stage's Falsettos and was blown away. via Acting Up StageIt's been in the last year that I've become more familiar with William Finn's music through...

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Why I Pin + Amazing Weeknight Din

"What's the point?" This is a question I was asked twice last week about Pinterest and I found myself launching into a diatribe about my affinity for the social media tool I use to collect and...

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Twenty Nine Years and Five Hundred Posts

It's April 8th, which means that it's time for me to celebrate the day of my birth! It's also the fifth time I've written about my birthday on the bloggy. Here's 25, 26, 27, and 28 I often find...

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I'm ready for spring

I posted a photo on Instagram last night and my awesome photographer friend Chris Luckhardt commented that we need to do another shoot again soon. I then found myself going through photos that we...

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Aiming to Thrive - The Evolution of my Diet

Since beginning my weight loss journey in 2006, my diet has been in constant evolution. I first started by cutting out the crap, cooking more and eating more fruits and veggies. Eating healthier...

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just being me

It's crazy to think that as of this past weekend, it's been a whole year since I led my last Weight Watchers meeting. It was a tough decision to make after following the program since 2006, losing...

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Feeling Sassy at Brass Vixens

As a part of a Love a Heart date, I got to spend some quality time with the lovely Reggy at Brass Vixens for a private lesson. Brass Vixens is Toronto's first pole dancing studio, located at 721...

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The things I'd tell my 8 year old self

This clipping from Tiger Beat magazine surfaced on Facebook over the weekend... Each month the magazine would publish pics and bios from readers looking for pen pals. When I wrote it, I was in...

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Friends take friends to Bunner's

As a gluten free, dairy free, vegetarian gal it brings me great joy that there are places in Toronto where I can go and get delicious treats and yummy bread that are Ashley-friendly. Like Bunner's....

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A date with me costs...

As if it wasn't enough to be on the cover of The Grid's Dating Diaries issue, my Valentine's Day included being auctioned off for charity at Love a Heart. I spent the evening running around The...

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That time I was on the cover of The Grid

February was a crazy, awesome, intense ride. The Life is Sweet project was so gratifying and kept me extremely busy amid the usual work/play. While I'm not a huge fan of Valentine's Day normally,...

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Everything the Life is Sweet project has taught me

I wasn't sure what to expect when I announced the Life is Sweet project. I knew that I was going to produce a show to honour my mom's life and put together a month of blog posts about people's...

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Removing the Stigma Surrounding Mental Health

A big component of this blog series and my show has been about working to eradicate the stigma around mental health. Even though 1 in 5 of us will have direct experience with mental illness in our...

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One Ballet Class

Since losing my mom I've shared so many of these thoughts about having a child of my own someday. This is Teresa's second post for the Life is Sweet project. You can read her other post here I’m at...

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Let the light shine in

I love having a lot of beautiful souls in my life who understand that depression is more than 'just a bad day' and have strategies for how to manage it. In today's Life is Sweet post, Ashley talks...

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All I can give you is love

There was a very special group of people at the show on Friday including a bunch of family members and friends who had the pleasure of knowing my mom. For today's Life is Sweet post I wanted to...

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Tales from the 6th grade

Thank you to everyone who came to Life is Sweet, Even in February last night. It was so wonderful to celebrate my mom's life is such an incredible way in front of a sold out audience of very...

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Missing You

It's Thursday night before my sold out show, Life is Sweet, Even in February. Tara and I had an amazing rehearsal with the band on Sunday and we had our final rehearsal on Wednesday evening. I'm so...

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Twenty Five Years

I was thankful to be introduced to the book Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman a few years ago. It put words to so much of what I was feeling and introduced me to an incredibly supportive...

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Six Years, Brighter Still

Death brings up so many emotions: sadness, grief, anger, disbelief, yearning, or despair. It's interesting to feel our emotions change over time as our lives change and our perspective shifts. When...

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Know That Your Best is Always Enough

In writing about my experience as a motherless daughter here on the blog, I've connected with many others like me both in the online world and in my everyday life. It's comforting to know that I'm...

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Flowers

With my (sold out!) show on Friday and my mum's death anniversary on Sunday, this week's posts will all be mom related. During the week I'll be sharing some stories from others who have lost their...

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More than just the Baby Blues

Knowing my family's history and experience with mental illness, postpartum depression scares me a lot. Like many of the topics over the course of Life is Sweet month, it is something that we don't...

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Meghan Telpner's UnDiet - Interview & Giveaway

My current iPhone app loves

How to Survive Mother's Day as a Motherless Daughter (or Son)

News - Angelwalk Theatre presents The Life is Sweet Project

Cherry Blossom Magic in High Park

Bloglovin

Falsettos - Acting Up Stage

Why I Pin + Amazing Weeknight Din

Twenty Nine Years and Five Hundred Posts

I'm ready for spring

Aiming to Thrive - The Evolution of my Diet

just being me

Feeling Sassy at Brass Vixens

The things I'd tell my 8 year old self

Friends take friends to Bunner's

A date with me costs...

That time I was on the cover of The Grid

Everything the Life is Sweet project has taught me

Removing the Stigma Surrounding Mental Health

One Ballet Class

Let the light shine in

All I can give you is love

Tales from the 6th grade

Missing You

Twenty Five Years

Six Years, Brighter Still

Know That Your Best is Always Enough

Flowers

More than just the Baby Blues

A Little More Time - Part Two

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