Tag Archives: nutrition

Getting it Right: Day One

By Julie Laurin | Published: July 3, 2011

Most of my adult life (in my thirties) has been spent trying to avoid suffering of any kind.  When you’re younger, you feel invincible.  And then adulthood hits you in the face and suddenly, everything the grown-ups told you is a lie and you’re having to figure out how to live your life with whatever [...]

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Medicine should be more holistic

By Julie Laurin | Published: May 17, 2011

I’ve been implementing a lot of changes in my life as of late.  Sometimes, I keep screwing up.  Like in the way I eat.  Sometimes that chocolate or that soda is just so appealing that I give in.  Sometimes, I give in too much.  I’ve written already about my teenage years, when I was a [...]

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Life as a fat girl

By Julie Laurin | Published: May 11, 2011

I’m mostly a size 16.  I say “mostly” because sometimes, I fit in a size 14, but never in a 12… at least not in recent years.  In terms of sizes, I am your modern ‘average’  woman.  But, let’s be frank: by all other standards, I’m fat. I live in downtown Ottawa but I don’t [...]

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