Introduction to bootcamp
Day 1 and I am humbled already. This group of nine boot campers and mentors have lost so much, fought for so much and are pushing forward on...
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Day 4 – music, fitness, yoga – April 5, 2013 The boot campers are more enthusiastic each time I see them, almost as if they are stamping...
View ArticleEating like our ancestors
Eat. Healthy. It’s the most difficult part of boot camp according to the participants of the first bootcamp last summer...
View ArticleMoving up with pluck
Chin-ups. Pull-ups. Push-ups. I hate them all but have this unexplainable desire to master them. Doing a chin-up has been a life...
View ArticlePushing uncomfortable boudaries in art therapy
Art therapy sounded so innocent and particularly refreshing after a difficult week of pushing through emotional barriers and physical...
View ArticleThe week of victory as bootcampers go national on Ontario Morning
Jumping beyond our perceived limits, overcoming alcoholism, standing strong on the diet, sharing the bootcamp message – it was a week of...
View ArticleLooking forward to moving on
One hundred and seventy-five pounds. While my dead lift pales in comparison to Brook’s dead lift of 275, it’s 30 pounds heavier than my...
View ArticleBeating our drums
Walking to the beat of their own drums. For those in boot camp, that’s been the story of their lives as they struggled to make sense of things...
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