It's October, and I really thought September would be the hard part of getting everyone back into routines. Spoiler: it was not. We're still in it.

We still have a lot of newness in our house, and the routines are still not set. With short form social media, a lot of us (me included) expect the har...

Most people talk about eating well as if it comes down to making better choices.

But for ADHD brains, food is rarely just one choice.

It's noticing hunger before the crash. It's stopping what you're doing. It's remembering what food exists. It's deciding what sounds tolerable. It's switching tasks...

I didn't come to the dopamine-and-food conversation as someone studying it from a distance. I came to it as someone who lived the gap between knowing what would help and not being able to do it when life, stress, overload, or my own brain got in the way.

That made me less interested in surfac...

I don't know what's happening for us in Ontario right now, but I feel like we've had all four seasons in the past five days.

One day, it's spring, windows open, and I feel like a new person.

The next day, it's snowing or sideways raining some weird combination of mushy hail again, and we're back...

Why joint instability, emotional regulation, and chronic pain are more connected than we think, and what it means for healing the body, not just the brain.

It’s fall. The season of fresh starts and second winds. The world picks up its pace again. Kids back in school. Routines snapping back into p...

Every summer, the same advice shows up.

Not in one place, but everywhere. In conversations with friends. On social media. In women’s magazines and wellness newsletters. And, definitely in my practice as a functional nutrition practitioner.

It sounds harmless. Even helpful. But, it leaves a lot o...

I know it’s been a little quiet over here lately. Social media has been low on my priority list, and keeping up with my lovely community has definitely been a challenge.

These past few months, I’ve been deep in continued training. I’ve been finishing my certification in ADHD life coaching, expandin...

(And why one NYT article cracked things open - but didn’t tell the whole story)

So here's what happened:

I read this New York Times piece by Paul Tough about ADHD - and I shouted.

Out loud.

From my kitchen table.

Then I sat down.

Then I stood up again.

Because I needed to do something with...

With Halloween just behind us, I've been getting tons of questions about what I'm doing with all that Halloween candy—and how I'm managing it with my kids.

It's funny, isn't it?

The expectation that, as a nutritionist, I'd be guarding that candy stash with every trick in the book!

But here's my...

Halloween is almost here, and with it comes a flood of candy and sweets. As parents, it can be tricky to balance letting our kids enjoy the fun without going overboard.

But here's the issue: restricting candy or labelling it as "bad" can actually lead to the opposite of what we want.

When we mak...

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September is here, and if you’re anything like me, you’re feeling that familiar mix of relief and anxiety as we say goodbye to summer and brace ourselves for the chaos of the school year. Our summer had a few lazy, go-with-the-flow days, but to be honest—it was mostly...

Summer is here, and if you’re a parent managing ADHD, either for yourself or your kids, you know how disruptive this season can be.

I just had a conversation this morning with another mama about how hard summer can be to navigate the routine changes and all the big emotions for our kids (and us) th...