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Looking Back, Moving Forward: Why 2020 Isn’t Dead and Gone + How to Make 2021 Your Year

February 1, 2021

It’s the last day of the first month of 2021. New Year’s came and went, and while I did wake up on Jan 1st feeling like I do on my birthday – like there are possibilities, unknown opportunities, and the…

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Quick tip! Save on expensive organic olive/avocado

Quick tip! Save on expensive organic olive/avocado oil sprays by making your own with these glass spray bottles. // Link in bio 🥑

#noseedoils #avocadooil #amazonfinds #amazonkitchen

Randomly remembered about my fridge filter today,

Randomly remembered about my fridge filter today, so here’s a reminder for those who need to hear it!

I buy a pack of 6 filters on Amazon so I can easily refill every time the filter light turns on.

#cleankitchen #kitchenorganization #kitchencleaning #cleanliving #cleanair

Happiest 50th birthday to my papa ♥️ What a l

Happiest 50th birthday to my papa ♥️

What a life journey we’ve been through together. I’m so proud to be your daughter, and for the person you shaped me to be. I learned so much from you and looking up to you all these years that I often ask myself whether it’s my innate personality or everything you modelled that I absorbed!

You taught me to be straight and true, to be fierce, to be fearless, to be honest, to live by clear values and morals, to be giving, to stand up for what I believe in, and to believe in myself to pursue anything I wanted or set my mind to. Most of all, I learned a life mindset from you that anything is possible.

I look at you and see someone who gives endlessly. Who makes things happen. Who works incredibly hard. Who rights wrongs. Who stands up for people in need. Who acts behind the scenes to help and give in ways most of us will never know.

And what’s truly inspiring, is that with all those things you do, you don’t miss our life moments. Every daycare birthday, show, graduation, celebration or milestone - there you were.

You took the time tonight to highlight how important each friendship was to you, and now it’s my turn to shine a light on the person a lot of people know OF but very few people truly know.

You’re one of a kind papa, I love you 💛

Mexico you’ve been good to us! ☀️ What a th

Mexico you’ve been good to us! ☀️

What a thing to be with young kids around the clock for the last 45 days. It’s hard and it’s also the best.

I used to wonder what my kids were like day after day in daycare. What they did, what they said, how they evolved. Seeing this in real time is unlike anything I’ve experienced with them.

Just living day to day life side by side. Walking and talking about the most mundane things in great detail. Seeing their complete wonder and excitement over the most basic things we take for granted and don’t even notice.

When we slow down we get to see what childhood is really all about. It’s really wonderful if we take the time to notice ✨

Kids belong in nature. That’s what I love the mo

Kids belong in nature. That’s what I love the most about being here for an extended period of time. Seeing them free and unconfined. Shirtless, barefoot, following bugs and lizards around.

What are some things you do at home to connect your kids to the outdoors and to nature? I need inspo for our return home 😅

With great responsibility, comes great power. When

With great responsibility, comes great power. When we take responsibility for our happiness, we have the power to make it what we want it to be 🤩

I don’t celebrate International Women’s Day be

I don’t celebrate International Women’s Day because over the years it’s taken on various meanings, and associated to ideas and people, that I believe take the power away from women rather than highlighting their power.

So today, not on that day, I take the opportunity to highlight the power and beauty

in womanhood
in motherhood
in pregnancy and birth

In the bodies that are gifted by G-d to create life and sustain life.

In the innate woman’s wisdom. The innate woman’s intuition. The innate woman’s ability to love, nurture, foster, and grow what and who is all around her.

We don’t need to join movements that seek to equal us to our male counterparts. We work together in balance *because* we are different. Because the power we have as women is unique, and should be cherished and celebrated for what it is in its most raw, essential, and biological essence 🌼

Cheers to women’s day every day!

📸: @laurabouzo.photo

There’s nothing like seeing the world through th

There’s nothing like seeing the world through their eyes 🤩

We keep being told “you’re so brave!” for traveling with kids. For taking them on adventures. For trekking. Packing. Moving around.

It’s not easy but it’s the most amazing thing to see them live their daily lives around us 24/7. Why is it so normal to us to live separate from them most of the time??

Thinking only easy things are worth it is a trap. We grow as a family this way. We get to know each other in a way that the grind routine doesn’t allow for.

What’s brave is to be willing to go there, to drop what we’re told is normal, and instead, to do what we feel is natural ❤️

You don’t have to do it the way we did. If this speaks to you find how you can incorporate this into your own life and align with the meaning of what family life truly means to you 🙏🏻

Became locals, then did a tourist day 😅

Became locals, then did a tourist day 😅

Bfly Amusement Centre 🦋 @bflyqc has two locati

Bfly Amusement Centre 🦋

@bflyqc has two locations in Montreal - Brossard Quartier Dix30 and Laval. It’s an activity that can take as little as 1 hour and up to 2-3h if the kids get into playing!

- There’s a butterfly aviary where the kids get up close and personal with beautiful big butterflies
- A 3 level jungle gym with a small area for babies on the bottom
- A treetop ropes course and wall climbing for older kids
- A mirror maze
- Tables to sit and eat

All indoors it’s the perfect activity for a winter day! 🦋

Me: forever holding him Him: forever drinking mass

Me: forever holding him
Him: forever drinking massive smoothies

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Why and how I’m teaching my own kids to swim 🐟

Over the last 3 years I’ve spent about $2000 on swimming lessons. From the baby group classes, to individual lessons at all ages, the classes were fun and taught them to blow bubbles and feel comfortable in the water, but they did not learn any life-saving skills.

As the summer season was approaching in a few months I was about to get into another round of lessons, when I heard of @swimtosafetybyselena.

A program that empowers and teaches parents to teach their own kids to swim. Completely online and at your own pace, there is a series of videos to watch instructing parents on how to communicate with their kids during this process, and how to teach a variety of skills in the water. There is support from Selena and from a community of other parents to troubleshoot any obstacle that may arise. Parents have lifetime access to this content and can reuse it for multiple kids.

We are often around unsafe pools in the summer so the survival skill of swimming to safety is extremely important to me. Additionally, as someone who prioritizes experiencing life to the fullest, I want my kids to do the same. That includes the fun and freedom of swimming in the summer and while traveling!

I can’t wait to see where this program takes us, I’ll be sharing our progress on my stories 🐠

Link in bio for the program, and use my code BEINGMAMAN25 for 25% off the program!

#beingmaman #swimtosafetybyselena #swimtosafety #swimminglessons #swimminglessonssavelives #intentionalmotherhood #consciousmotherhood #parentteacher #babyswim #toddlerswim #swimlessonsforkids #selfrescue

SCIENCE CENTER - Mini Mondo + Dino Expo

While I’m away, I wanted to share some of Montreal’s fun indoor activities for kids.

We spent about 2 hours at the Montreal Science Center. The Mini Mondo is a play area for kids 0-7 years old. There are lots of opportunities for imaginative play and a play supermarket with real food and scents.

The Dino Expo is more for kids 3ish + depending on whether they are afraid or not. Gabriel who loves dinosaurs was too scared to go in, David who has no interest in dinosaurs loved it and redid the tour 4 times!

There’s an area to sit and eat, a café, outdoor parking, and a self coat check.

Tag @beingmaman on your next adventure!

#beingmaman #montrealfamilies #montrealactivities #thingstodomontreal #montrealmom #mtlmom #mtlkids #montrealkids #montreal

Family 💙🇮🇱 After 10 days of pure amazing

Family 💙🇮🇱

After 10 days of pure amazing family time, I have to say goodbye to the half of my heart that I always have to leave behind, my least favorite part 😭

I love you all, my parents, brothers and sisters, and new sister Miriam ❤️

We’ll be back soon 🙏🏻

4 generations 👴🏼👵🏼🧔🏻‍♂️👩🏻👶🏻

PACKING FOR A FLIGHT WITH A TODDLER Gabriel and I

PACKING FOR A FLIGHT WITH A TODDLER

Gabriel and I are heading on a long flight together! Here is what I’m taking on the flight:

• baby bag @7amenfant
• book for Gabriel
• kindle scribe @amazonkindle
• sleep mask
• diapers @hellobello and overnight diapers @seventhgeneration to avoid too many diaper changes
• wipes @hellobello
• glass milk bottle @philipsavent
• stainless steel @thermosbrand sippy cup
• packing cube with change of clothes for both of us + warm wool socks
• slippers and hat for Gabriel
• disposable bibs to avoid changing clothes
• blankets for both of us
• toys: figurines, cars, sensory fidget toys, mini colouring book, stickers, crayons, stamps, Dollarama suction toys for tray or window play
• snacks
• hand cream @attitude_living
• deodorant @primallypure
• hand wash @branchbasics
• diaper rash/injury skin repair spray @bldgactive
• homeopathic remedies for fever/pain/teething, calming, and cold/congestion
• not pictured: portable charger and @leefy Prana for headaches!

Did I forget anything? What are your must haves for traveling with toddlers?

#beingmaman #travelfam #travelwithtoddler #travelpacking #flyingwithbaby #flyingwithkids #familytraveltips #nontoxicliving #naturalmama #crunchymom #toddlertips

Weekly Chore: clean the kids humidifiers! 💨 (An

Weekly Chore: clean the kids humidifiers! 💨 (And yours if you have one).

A humidifier that isn’t properly cleaned will breed bacteria and mold which spreads into the room through the mist. No bueno!

Here are the steps to cleaning it properly. You’ll find the links to the humidifier and hydrogen peroxide in my Cleaning and Links highlights.

Humidifiers are a good tool for managing and preventing cold and respiratory illness symptoms. Especially in the winter when the air is dry from the heater. The nasal and respiratory passages are lined with mucous that help trap incoming bacteria and flush it out. When the air is dry and this lining dries up with trapped bacteria, infections can happen. A cool mist humidifier can help keep things hydrated and flowing, and help thin out mucous.

#beingmaman #drmom #holistickids #holisticfamily #familyhealth #babyhealth #kidshealth #holisticmom #naturalmom #naturalhealthtips

Happy Sunday! Exercise is nature’s antidepressa

Happy Sunday!

Exercise is nature’s antidepressant. Serotonin is released when we exercise - literally the body’s natural version of the serotonin drugs prescribed for depression and anxiety 🤩

Free trials were my way into fitness until I became a paying fan of Melissa Wood Health and Aaptiv.

Apple Fitness app recently launched Fitness+ - a whole new aspect to the app which has tons of workouts of all types including yoga, Pilates, core, HIIT, meditation.

There’s a 3 month free trial which is always nice when you’re looking to add movement to your daily life but don’t know where to start or the budget to pay for it.

A tip for free trial subscriptions: subscribe and head to your settings right away to unsubscribe. Most subscriptions will allow you to keep access to the app until the end of the trial period but will not renew it and will not charge you. We’ve all been there in the moment you realize you were charged for a free trial you signed up for and forgot to unsubscribe in time 😅

You deserve this burst of good feelings in body and mind! Enjoy 💪🏼🙏🏻

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