dancing through life - ashley gibson

It's been a minute since I've shared anything here, especially a recipe! I'll be back another day to share more about what I've been up to, but for now I wanted to share a recipe I made featuring...

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  Happy September! I missed writing last week, even though it was the long weekend. I didn't feel up to it and didn't have much to say. Even though these posts have been sort of random, I've r...

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  I can't believe September is just around the corner. It's such a human thing to exclaim that a new month is here and you're surprised, but I think 2020 has made time feel even more strang...

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  Two weeks ago I resigned from my job, and on Thursday I had my last day.  If you had asked me at the start of 2020 if I thought mid summer I'd be leaving my job at Shopify and starting...

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  As we're in stage 3 in Toronto , I'm trying to figure out what that means for me. Even though restaurants, movie theatres and gyms have opened their doors, I definitely haven't been first...

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  It's been a week. I mean, I guess the same could be said for all of 2020? I've found taking walks to be a critical part of my self care during these last few months. On days when I feel an...

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I got a haircut yesterday for the first time since February. It's amazing how much I've missed this small act of self care during this time. My hair was also beginning to feel like Joseph's T...

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How do you find new music to listen to? When I was younger, I loved attending concerts, listening to the radio, and buying the CDs of the new artists I loved. (Yes, CDs. And cassettes befor...

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A few weeks ago I saw an interview with the founders of Souk Bohemian , and immediately fell in love with everything in their shop. I learned that Vanessa and Morgan had curated a book , and ...

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The Baby-Sitters Club books were some of my absolute favourites growing up. I loved that world, and couldn't get enough of the their stories. When I saw that Netflix had released a new BSC se...

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I was off work for a 5 day stretch this week, and was thankful for the opportunity to rest and rejuvenate. I gave myself permission to rest, and that shift felt very good. I did some thriftin...

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Toronto entered phase 2 of reopening  this week, following much of the province a couple weeks earlier. Included in the re-openings are restaurant patios, malls, daycares and some personal c...

https://www.dancingthroughlifeblog.com/2020/06/sunday-diaries-2.html

I started this blog more than 10 years ago, and there have been many times over the last couple years where I aspired to get back to writing regularly again. When we started sheltering in pl...

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This post has been sitting in my drafts for awhile, and originally it highlighted The Ace Class' spring conference  at Lake Louise. With all that's happening in the world that conference has no...

https://www.dancingthroughlifeblog.com/2020/04/rise-conference-vancouver-2019.html

Happy New Year! I'm kicking off 2020 with a 100 day project, which I'm calling "100 Days of Nothing New". Here are the guidelines I've set out for myself: 1. For 100 days beginning January ...

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When I got the email that Poshmark had launched in Canada I was thrilled. I had seen bloggers and folks on Instagram mention Poshmark for years, and it had popped up in the occasional search, bu...

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After having a flare-up of my Crohn's Disease this spring, I waited nearly 3 months to see a new gastroenterologist. Most of the Crohn's symptoms I had been experiencing had diminished. When I f...

https://www.dancingthroughlifeblog.com/2019/08/treating-crohns-disease.html

It was sometime last year that I thought I would be great to write a post on my journey with Crohn’s Disease , and how different things were 10 years later. After my colonoscopy, diagnosis , an...

https://www.dancingthroughlifeblog.com/2019/04/crohns-disease-10-years-later.html

That Clean Life is an awesome meal planner that I have become obsessed with over the last few months. I'm always looking for healthy and easy recipes to try, but sometimes feel overwhelmed by all...

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And just like that summer is behind us, and we're heading into the fall. It feels like yesterday that it was the end of May and I had some time off before starting a new job and embarking on a n...

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Dear Frances, I've been thinking a lot about you over the last couple of days. I want to start off by saying that I'm so sorry for your loss. Losing a parent is incredibly difficult at any ...

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It’s been 9 years since I’ve been gluten & dairy free, and I remain symptom free from Crohn’s about 97% of the time (sometimes it creeps up if I have another illness or I'm terribly st...

https://www.dancingthroughlifeblog.com/2018/04/gluten-free-living.html

Sometimes it feels like yesterday, other times, a lifetime ago; February 24th, 2018 marks 20 years since my mom died. Grief is a funny beast. Sometimes it's predictable, like in February. I'...

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I made it through week one of 80 Day Obsession ! Week one was full of learning, ups and downs, meal prep, timed meals, intense workouts, challenging new moves, delicious combinations, random...

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Today marks day one of my 80 Day Obsession journey. 80 Day Obsession is a brand new workout program from Autumn Calabrese (creator of 21 Day Fix, 21 Day Fix Extreme , Country Heat and Hammer ...

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