I saw my family doctor today for what I think of as my annual check-up but what my provincial health system describes as a "personalized health review."
This term emerged in Ontario in late 2012 when the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) and the Onta...
Jennifer Hollington
Posted on April 18th, 2024
I woke up feeling anxious. Worried about little things. Nothing major. Just feeling a little off.
After my morning routine of breakfast with my daughter, shower and Duolingo, I got started on making S’mores Chocolate Chip Cookies. The dough needed to...
Jennifer Hollington
Posted on April 17th, 2024
A friend recently sent me this quote from an article by Susanne Täuber, who was fired after filing a complaint about gender bias:
So, if you can: don’t waste time doubting yourself. Walk away and take your bright mind to a place where it will be value...
Jennifer Hollington
Posted on April 16th, 2024
On our lunchtime walk today, Mel and I encountered a mother with her young son. The boy, who looked to be about three years old, was on a small bike, which he was gleefully pushing through a patch of mud.
— "How cute!" I said to the mom.
— "He loves...
Jennifer Hollington
Posted on April 15th, 2024
This morning, I stumbled upon an Instagram post by Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, providing an extract from his recent interview with Dr. Gabor Maté. Chatterjee is a British physician, author, television presenter and podcaster (Feel Better. Live More.). Maté ...
Jennifer Hollington
Posted on April 14th, 2024
Today, my daughter and I walked to the Hazeldean Branch of the Ottawa Public Library. We had a small project to work on together, and decided to combine our walk with a change of scenery. The atmosphere was perfect: quiet enough that we could concentra...
Jennifer Hollington
Posted on April 13th, 2024
Every few months, my daughter pulls the Company's Coming Easy Entertaining cookbook off the shelf, and we peruse the recipes and photos. The book purports to have been published in the late '90s, but the recipes and photos harken back to the '70s, when...
Jennifer Hollington
Posted on April 12th, 2024
I headed out to the country today, undeterred by the rain. The return of the By the Falls Musical Social was a good reason to make a day of it, visiting my mom then spending the afternoon "at the Falls," as we often called activities in the Ferguson Fa...
Jennifer Hollington
Posted on April 11th, 2024
In response to my recent post Success changes the narrative, a friend wrote to tell me about the way she currently measures success, which is simply being. Her comment resonated with me, so much so that I wanted to immortalize it here, where I would be...
Jennifer Hollington
Posted on April 10th, 2024
This quote is fitting for my day.
Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
— Napoleon Hill
Perhaps it is fittin...
Jennifer Hollington
Posted on April 9th, 2024
