October is Healthy Workplace Month in Canada.  Sea to Sky Mental Health Partnership is hosting a workshop in Squamish, that Pemberton/Whistler residents can join via webinar, on October 20:  Healthy Workplaces in Sea to Sky:  Improving Bottom Line Results and Employee Psychological Well-Being. Date: Thursday, October 20, 11:45a.m.-1:15p.m. (Bring your lunch) Environmental stressors, financial barriers, … Continue reading Sea to Sky Mental Health Partnership hosts a free seminar/webinar, October 20th 11:45a.m. to 1:15pm for Healthy Workplace Month

https://www.instagram.com/p/BKiy_uJAug2/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac I asked Carlee Cindric to takeover our instagram account because she manages to always have her hands full (twin girls, for starters), but to behave with real grace and positivity. She's an event organizer - and she's the whirlwind of good vibes behind Winterfest. She took on the Slow Food Cycle this year. I … Continue reading The week Carlee got her instagram on

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“Being a perfectionist in retail, school or business is an asset, but man, try to apply it to parenting? It’s hard.” Bree Thorlakson has the take-no-prisoners energy of someone invincible and a little bit ball-busting. “I’ve always known what I wanted,” she admits. Being taken down by an infant was not part of her game … Continue reading The first rule of Bike Club is tell EVERYONE

Once a year I'm asked by an English/journalism teacher to address his students. I try and go, when I can, because, you know, it's really not that often you have a captive audience, and because the invitation alone gives me a chance to ruminate on what I think I know. (Not much.) I do like … Continue reading Life hacks

  A camera seems like the perfect invitation to go exploring, an excuse to see the world a different way, or simply to see it. Gary Martin went out exploring last week, and this was the fruit of his efforts.

As the days get shorter and colder, I enjoy the comforts of home more and more. Meanwhile, outside, the natural world follows its own rhythms: Mom and her two cubs have been feasting in the oat field for over a month, now. They follow a distinct path out of the woods at about nine o’clock in … Continue reading A Bear’s Life