
YouTube addiction: How I helped my children break out of screen-time zombie mode
What started as a calm time to drink our morning coffee quickly turned into a YouTube addiction that led us straight to tantrum hell – so I ended it.
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What started as a calm time to drink our morning coffee quickly turned into a YouTube addiction that led us straight to tantrum hell – so I ended it.

In January I slipped on ice, recovered from a concussion, and thought the worst was over. Four months later, I was rushed into emergency brain surgery for a life-threatening brain bleed. This is my story.

My first opinion piece published in The Globe and Mail, exploring youth, screen time, and the value of time spent outdoors. After years of helping others get published, it was fun to see my own byline there for a change.

I wrote a brutally honest list of the books I read in 2025, realized how many bad choices I made at bedtime, and somehow still walked away feeling okay about my reading year.

I tried the viral trend of asking ChatGPT how it would “destroy” the next generation, got a brutally honest answer, and somehow walked away with a weirdly hopeful take on what Gen Alpha actually needs.

2024 was an insanely busy year for me and my family, but we made it! In this year in review, I look back at all the changes in our lives and what we did to put everything back in order after the chaos of 2023.

I was interviewed about my experience as a marketing and communications professional – a great opportunity to reflect on my journey and discuss the factors that contribute to success in marketing.

Summer hasn’t even officially begun and already we’re experiencing record-breaking heat waves and wildfires around the world. This is our new reality: we need to adapt to climate change without making it worse, and one way to do that is to cool our homes without electricity.

Mindful eating goes far beyond satisfying our hunger with healthy foods. It’s a unique opportunity to teach our children important life lessons and how our food choices affect the world around us.

Rewilding our backyard is my goal for spring and summer 2023. Here is how I’ll do it.