Julie Hambleton has a BSc in Food and Nutrition from the Western University, Canada, is a former certified personal trainer and a competitive runner.
Julie loves food, culture, and health, and enjoys sharing her knowledge to help others make positive changes and live healthier lives.
As of November 23, 2020, there are more than 79,000 missing people in Mexico dating back to 2006. (1) The city of San Fernando is all-too-familiar with this fact. After her daughter’s murder in 2014, Miriam Rodríguez went on a taken-style mission to track down those responsible. This is her story. (2) Mother Avenges Daughter’s […]
It is with a heavy heart that we share the devastating news of the untimely passing of Caleb White, a beloved star basketball player at Pinson Valley High School in Alabama. Caleb, a young talent with a promising future, tragically lost his life after experiencing a medical emergency at school. The entire Pinson Valley community […]
If you are a woman of any kind, chances are you’ve had your fair share of run-ins with toxic men. You know the kind: Arrogant, belittling, misogynistic, and entitled. These men often act as if you owe them something and treat you differently because of your gender – ugh! Anytime these men get put their […]
There’s no doubt that becoming a mother changes you. Of course, there are physical changes that happen to your body before and after becoming a mother. Then, there are the changes to your regular routines both through pregnancy and then even more drastic after giving birth. There are mental and emotional changes that occur, however, […]
One day, Tom Mitchell’s teenage daughter Shayla told him that she hadn’t been feeling well and thought she had a sinus infection. She asked her dad if he could take her to the doctor’s. After school the following day, Tom did just that, with the plan of getting dinner together afterward. The pair did have […]
When you shower, do you use soap all over your body, or only for the important bits? How about for your kids? Do they take a bath with soap every single day? Well, the Kunis-Kutcher family has a different approach when it comes to bathing kids and themselves, too. They say they only soap up […]
Over the last 20 years, researchers have looked at the relationship between having sons or daughters and the likelihood of divorce. What they’ve found is that parents of daughters are slightly more likely to get a divorce than those of sons. (1) Parents of Daughters More Likely To Divorce Than Parents of Sons Since the […]
Imagine this: You’re a parent walking around the grocery store with your child. Whether out of frustration, anger, or completely out-of-the-blue, your child loudly lets out a swear word for everyone in the store to hear. You are shocked and embarrassed. You wonder where they learned that word and are angry at them for using […]
Misconceptions about attachment parenting are the reasons why many parents avoid lying with their kids at night. Attachment parenting (AP) simply means nurturing the healthy connection that children can develop with their parents. It revolves around deepening the parent-child bond rather than severing it as the child grows older. Critics over the years have argued […]
Every soon-to-be parent wants the same thing: to have a happy, healthy baby. News that your child is to be born with any type of physical or mental disability is difficult to hear. The tests, surgeries, and medical challenges that you and your child face are one thing, perhaps the more challenging are the emotional […]
In 2019, Reddam House Private School, located in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, officially banned iPads and went back to regular textbooks. The school has developed a bring-your-own-device policy with a preference for laptops. Reddam House Private School has used iPads for e-textbooks for the past five years. The school says that teachers agree with the decision […]
Relationships can be wonderful and fulfilling parts of our lives. They also, however, can be very, very challenging. They are a constant balancing act between your needs and those of your partner. On top of that, you are trying to navigate your two separate lives, together. Different careers, daily routines, other personal obligations like friends […]
