Category: Fit For Fun

Do first Solo Campout – 2021 ✓

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Karen Toews

My wish to do a solo campout had simmered long enough. This was the year I made it happen. Conditions were right: I had a beautiful destination in mind (important detail to me), I could easily explain my whereabouts to local hikers, and ‘warm… Continue Reading “Do first Solo Campout – 2021 ✓”

Category: Adventure, Fit For Fun, Heart and Soul, In Action, Mindset

Sole Sisters Hike Mont Mégantic

Posted on October 5, 2021 by Karen Toews

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Winter, 2021. I was on a Zoom call with my husband’s sister. She and her husband live in another country two time zones away, share life in a communal family household, and were then working from home. Not surprising that we rarely connect; my… Continue Reading “Sole Sisters Hike Mont Mégantic”

Category: Family, Fit For Fun, Heart and Soul, In Action, Mindset, Nutrition, Rescripting, Travel

Are we having fun yet?

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Karen Toews

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Twelve of us in ten boats were paddling the Atlantic shoreline near Canso, Nova Scotia. We had navigated through rocky inlets, shoals, surf, the wind’s wanton shifting in direction and velocity; we’d schlepped gear to where we could find suitable camping spots. We’d been… Continue Reading “Are we having fun yet?”

Category: Fit For Fun, In Action, Mindset, Travel

Adventure is in the Air

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Karen Toews

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Maybe it’s the arrival of spring on the calendar: crocuses aren’t up yet but I can visualize their yearning, stretching to reach through the soil. It could be visualizing my daughter Renee on her three-day solo hike-ski-backpack in the Laurentians. I’m rejoicing for her… Continue Reading “Adventure is in the Air”

Category: Fit For Fun, In Action, Mindset

what I’ve been up to: reviving the moxie

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Karen Toews

inspired by Nancy’s determination and courage to ‘do the dream’

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Karen Toews

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A mutual friend (thank you, Janice!) introduced me to Nancy Veinot. We immediately recognized kindred spirits for hiking, activity, fun and adventure and our friendship has grown since that day in 2015. Nancy’s vibrant spirit, energy, and curiosity for LIFE continues to inspire me;… Continue Reading “inspired by Nancy’s determination and courage to ‘do the dream’”

Category: Fit For Fun, Mindset

Tabata in the Pool, Re-Shaping my fitness story

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Karen Toews

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If it is 8:30 on a Monday or Thursday morning I’m probably in the pool at a Tabata class. Two years ago I’d have said Are you kidding? Not me! My surprising turnabout compels me to encourage you – whether it’s literally putting your toes in… Continue Reading “Tabata in the Pool, Re-Shaping my fitness story”

Category: Fit For Fun, Mindset

If you want to change, write a new story

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Karen Toews

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Would you describe your life as one with purpose, energy and joy? Or do you feel stuck in your story: missing the fulfillment of desires you were designed to experience. We all have some downer days. But maybe your story line isn’t working for you. … Continue Reading “If you want to change, write a new story”

Category: Fit For Fun, Heart and Soul, Mindset, Nutrition

Thirty Thoughts for Scripting Life with Confidence and Hope

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Karen Toews

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Every day is full of decisions – we don’t even realize we are making some of them, as they are choices we naturally default to. An example: I have a breakfast ‘script’ that works well for me. I always have coffee not long after… Continue Reading “Thirty Thoughts for Scripting Life with Confidence and Hope”

Category: Fit For Fun, Heart and Soul, Mindset, Nutrition