Balanced Life Wellness Centre

11/25/2025

11/24/2025

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11/24/2025

"When someone spews something really hurtful, don’t pick it up and hold it and rub it into your heart and snuggle with it and carry it around for a long time. Don’t even put energy into kicking it to the curb. You gotta see it and step over it or go around it and keep on going." — Brené Brown

11/24/2025

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11/24/2025

✨ Week 4 of "No-vember"✨

Diet culture thrives on making you feel “not enough.

Diet culture promises so many things that it REPEATEDLY fails to deliver. And let me be clear, its the DIET that fails you, YOU are not the problem.
Diets deliver shame, guilt, and exhaustion. They teach us that our bodies are problems to be fixed rather than homes to be cared for. Intuitive Eating challenges those rules — replacing “shoulds” with curiosity, compassion, and trust in your body’s wisdom.

This week, let’s practice noticing diet culture messages (like “burn off your food” or “earn your treats”) AND saying no thank you! You deserve to nourish your body without guilt. 🌿

👉 What diet rule are you ready to let go of for good?

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11/24/2025

Motivated this Monday to rule out the gaslighters and keep going strong. LFG!

11/24/2025

Big feelings as I’m writing this.

I have the honour of presenting at the I Am Sahra Bulle 2025 conference at the U of W this week.

This is an event put on by a mother grieving her daughter. Sahra was abused for years by her partner; he killed her in 2023.

This event is a way to bring together advocates and those who wish to learn more about preventing and intervening in intimate partner violence. Students and members of the community will attend.

I’ll be speaking about empowering women and girls (and helping men and boys) through assertiveness and self compassion.

And in 2026 I’ll be offering more workshops and events at Balanced Life Wellness Centre in Ess*x to empower people.

This is my passion.

I’m so lucky to have had so many incredibly strong women to empower me. A huge thanks to Dr. Charlene Senn, my thesis advisor and teacher at the U of W. My life changed when I met you. You gave me my voice back.

And now I pay it forward.

https://www.uwindsor.ca/vp-people-equity-inclusion/514/iamsahrabulle-conference-2025dnr

Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Scheduled to take place on November 26, 2025, the Conference is a collaborative effort between the Sahra Bulle Foundation and the Office of the Vice-President of People, Equity, and Inclusion. Held during the UN’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gend...

11/24/2025

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11/24/2025

Talking to teenage boys about consent isn’t about scaring them — it’s about giving them the language, confidence, and emotional literacy to navigate relationships safely and respectfully.

Many young people learn about s*x long before they learn about boundaries, pressure, power dynamics, or how to read someone’s comfort levels. Your son needs more than “no means no”; he needs to understand enthusiastic YES, body signals, peer influence, and how to truly check in with someone he cares about.

Today’s visual breaks this conversation down into clear, practical steps you can start using straight away.