My life as a traveling teacher.

Paris is the best date I’ve ever had. It’s stylish, forward thinking, delicious and awe-inspiring. Its energy will make your heart palpitate with excitement and its beauty will fascinate you. Paris will charm your pants off with its allure and its adoring French ways. My first visit to the city of love quickly affirmed that I should have bid it visit long ago. I was immediately enamoured with its people, its art, and its endless bread baskets and wine. I vowed to return as many times as my travel budget would allow. As such, I have found some ways to keep our love affair alive on a shoestring. Getting there: With WestJet’s direct flights to London Gatwick airport from YYC, getting to Europe has never been easier (or cheaper). I’ve often found roundtrip airfares in the $700 ballpark range. Use this airport as your gateway to the continent and its über-affordable airlines. You can often find EasyJet roundtrip fares from London Gatwick to Paris for approximately $150 retu...

To some, it may be cliché and idealistic– but, the New Year can be the most opportune time to kickstart healthy habits. It should give us cause to sit and reflect on the past year, and celebrate our achievements. It can give us a chance to learn from our setbacks from the year prior, and readjust – and also to recognize what works, and continue to carve out a space for that to exist in our lives. In my case, 2017 has been a teacher in the importance of self-care and awareness. Read on to see how I intend on maintaining and improving healthy habits in 2018. 1.      Meditation The benefits of meditation are well-known and far-reaching. In addition to helping promote self-awareness and happiness, its consistent practice can also improve your focus and concentration. It has been shown to improve your overall health and help you regulate your stress. Contrarily to what I originally believed, there is no “wrong” way to meditate. T...