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I help people rebuild strength pre & post illness, surgery & ostomy 💜
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10/15/2026

Some days I’m organized, motivated and ready to take on the world.

Other days I’m this kitten. 😂☕

Same goals. Just going to need another coffee first!

Anyone else running on caffeine and good intentions today? 💜

10/06/2026

There’s a difference between challenging yourself and constantly asking your body to prove what it can handle.

I think I confused those two for a long time. If I could push through, I was strong. If I finished the workout, it was a good workout. If I backed off, shortened it or changed the plan, somehow it didn’t count the same.

I don’t train that way anymore.

With a complicated medical history, I’ve had plenty of opportunities to learn the difference. 😜 I still challenge myself. I still want to get stronger. And yep, there are absolutely days when I need to give myself a little kick in the butt and GO.

But I’m not interested in proving I can survive my workouts. I’m interested in building a body that can do more in my actual life.

Sometimes that means pushing. Sometimes it means changing the plan. Today it means breaking my workout into three smaller pieces instead of doing it all at once.

That’s not giving myself an out. It’s working with what I have today while still moving forward.

Knowing the difference is a skill too, and I don’t think we talk about that enough.

Have you ever caught yourself trying to prove what your body can do instead of actually building it? 💜

10/03/2026

I fought getting an ostomy for more than a decade.

I thought I was too young. I thought it would ruin my life, that I wouldn’t be able to do the things I loved anymore. What would I wear? What would people think? What would happen to my quality of life?

I had already been through cancer when I was young, then came ulcerative colitis and years of medications, steroids, hospital visits and trying to keep my body going. Through all of it, an ostomy was the thing I absolutely did not want.

Man, was I wrong.

My ostomy didn’t end my life. It gave me so much of it back.

That doesn’t mean I love everything about having one, or that life since surgery has been easy. I’ve had complications, more surgeries, hernias, blockages and plenty of days where I’ve been angry at my body or scared about what comes next. Cancer came back into my life too.

But I am still incredibly grateful for my ostomy because I’m here, living a life the younger version of me, the one who was absolutely terrified of this, couldn’t have imagined.

And one of the biggest things I never expected was the community that came with it.

I have people I can reach out to when things get hard who understand without needing the whole backstory. People who have answered my questions, checked on me, shared their experiences or simply reminded me that I’m not doing this alone.

And somewhere along the way, I became one of those people for others too. I get to support someone else when they’re scared, struggling, newly diagnosed or just having a crappy ostomy day. That means a lot to me.

Today is World Ostomy Day and I’ll be spending part of it at our Step Up for Ostomy walk, surrounded by some of the people this life brought into mine.

That feels pretty full circle.

I spent more than ten years believing an ostomy would take my life away.

Turns out, it became part of how I got my life back. 💜

10/01/2026

What are you actually trying to get stronger for?

I was thinking about this because we talk so much about getting stronger, exercising more, building muscle, getting back into a routine… but most of us aren’t doing all of that just to get better at working out.

We’re doing it because we want our lives to feel easier.

Maybe it’s carrying the groceries in from the car without struggling. Getting up off the floor. Going for a longer walk and knowing you have enough energy to get home. Travelling. Swimming. Playing with your kids or grandkids. Going back to work.

Or maybe it’s simply getting to a place where you trust your body again.

That last one can be a big one after illness, injury or surgery.

I absolutely want people to get stronger. But the weight you can lift is only one way to measure that.

What can you do now that you couldn’t do before? What feels a little easier? What have you started saying yes to again?

That’s the stuff I care about.

So what are YOU getting stronger for? I’d genuinely love to hear it. 💜

And if you’re rebuilding after surgery, illness, injury or just a period where life knocked you off track, I have a Facebook group where we talk about all of this without the pressure to have it all figured out.

Message me if you’d like an invite. 💜

09/28/2026

Monday comes with a lot of pressure to show up.

Fresh week. Fresh start. Back on track.

And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with wanting to start the week strong. I actually think we should challenge ourselves. Progress requires us to do a little more than what feels easy sometimes.

But there’s a difference between challenging yourself and ignoring what your body is telling you.

Monday morning doesn’t magically reset your capacity. You might be tired, sore, dealing with symptoms, stressed or simply starting with less in the tank than you expected.

So before you decide what your workout should be today, figure out what you actually have to work with.

Then ask yourself another question:

What would challenging myself appropriately look like today?

Maybe you have a full workout in you and you add a little weight, another rep or push yourself harder than last week.

Maybe you need to adjust the workout, but you still show up and do what you can.

Maybe it’s a BAM day, and the challenge is doing those five minutes when you really don’t feel like doing anything.

And sometimes rest really is what you need.

The goal isn’t to constantly let yourself off the hook, and it isn’t to constantly push through either.

Know your capacity. Work with it. And when you can, nudge it forward.

That’s how we build more capacity over time.

So for this Monday, don’t just ask yourself “What can I get away with doing today?”

Ask:

What am I capable of today, and can I give myself just a little more? 💜

09/25/2026

Six years with an ostomy and I’m still learning new things. 💜

And apparently one of those things is that LEFT-HANDED ostomy scissors exist. 😂

But that little discovery actually sums up something I loved about Macdonald’s Patient Education Day.

There was so much practical information in one room.

Skin health. Medications. Nutrition. Hernias and exercise. Kidney health. Travel. Getting moving again. Products and supplies. And lots of lived experience woven through all of it.

Not just how to have an ostomy.

How to live with one.

That distinction matters.

Because surgery might save or change your life, but eventually you still have to figure out how to get back into that life.

How do I travel?

Can I exercise?

What happens if my skin suddenly changes?

What foods work for me now?

How do my medications work with an ileostomy?

How do I get past being scared to do things again?

And sometimes… where have the left-handed scissors been hiding for the last six years? 😂

What I loved most was seeing healthcare professionals, people with lived experience, community organizations and companies all in the same room, actually talking to each other and sharing what they know.

That’s the kind of support I want to see more of.

A huge thank you to Macdonald’s Prescriptions for bringing everyone together, and to all of the speakers, sponsors, vendors and community members who made the day what it was. 💜

If you live with an ostomy, what’s something you wish someone had taught you sooner?

09/23/2026

My ridiculously easy high-protein smoothie bowl 💜

This is one of my go-to breakfasts or quick meals when I want something cold, filling and easy.

And because someone will ask… what makes it a smoothie bowl instead of just a smoothie? 😂

Basically, I want to eat it with a spoon, not drink it through a straw.

I use less liquid and keep it really thick.

My basic mix:

Tree Island Gourmet Yogurt - Greek yogurt
Vanilla protein powder
My homemade frozen berry purée
A little liquid, just enough to get the consistency I want

I make my berry purée ahead of time and keep it frozen so it’s ready to go. I need to be careful with berry skins and seeds with my ileostomy, and puréeing them makes berries easier for my system to process. It’s one of those little adaptations that lets me keep foods I enjoy instead of automatically taking them off the menu.

Then I change up the flavour depending on the day. Cinnamon is probably my easiest add-in, but cocoa powder makes a great chocolate-berry version, extra vanilla works too, or a little smooth peanut or almond butter if that works for you.

Sometimes I’ll top it simply with some sliced strawberries or kiwi.

The Greek yogurt + protein powder gives me a solid protein base, and the frozen berry purée keeps the whole thing thick and almost ice-cream-ish.

Nothing complicated. Just a really good, easy meal.

Smoothie or smoothie bowl… which one are you choosing? 💜

09/21/2026

Our last Move for a Cause was yesterday, and what a way to finish it. 💜

Great turnout, even better people and SO much good energy in the room.

This is one of my favourite things about bringing people together to move. Different ages, different abilities, different reasons for being there, everybody doing their thing and having a really good time doing it.

Thank you to everyone who came out and supported these events this year. I’ve loved them.

Next up, we’re taking it outside!

Step Up for Ostomy is coming to North Vancouver on October 3rd, and everyone is welcome. You definitely do not need to have an ostomy to come walk with us.

If you want the details, let me know and I’ll send them your way. 💜

09/18/2026

I tried something new last night.

I joined a journaling club hosted by Coach Carrie 🎧 Plucky Not Perfect podcast host , and apparently we were wasting no time getting out of our comfort zones because our first exercise started with writing with our non-dominant hand. 😂

Thankfully, as you can see, I came prepared with enough writing instruments to handle pretty much any creative emergency.

This was my first time journaling with prompts in a group, and I really didn’t know what to expect.

I loved it.

There was something really cool about being in a space where everyone was free to think the way they think, process things in their own way, share if they wanted to, and listen to how other people worked through the same prompts.

No judgement. No trying to fix anyone. No “right” answer.

Just real people talking about real things.

And hearing someone else’s thoughts sometimes made me look at my own from a completely different angle.

I loved the experience enough that I went out and picked up The Book of Alchemy, which is where the prompts we were working with came from.

Apparently I’m doing this now. 😂💜

I talk a lot about strength and taking care of ourselves, but that doesn’t always happen with weights in our hands.

Sometimes it’s giving ourselves enough space to figure out what’s actually going on in our heads.

Very cool experience, great connections, and definitely something I want to keep exploring.

Great job, Carrie. 💜 Thank you for creating such a safe space, guiding us through it and bringing a group of real people together to talk about real things.

Do you journal? And if you do, are you a prompts person or a “just start writing and see what comes out” person?

09/16/2026

Being medically cleared and actually feeling ready are two very different things.

I think we skip over that gap far too often.

You finish treatment, get through surgery, have the follow-up appointment and eventually hear some version of, “You can return to normal activity.”

Great.

But… how?

What if you’ve lost strength? You’re exhausted? You’re scared of hurting yourself? Your body works differently now?

What if you technically can exercise, but you have absolutely no idea what that should look like anymore?

Medical clearance matters. Of course it does. But clearance tells us that a medical restriction has changed. It doesn’t automatically rebuild the physical capacity or confidence that may have been lost along the way.

There’s a whole space between recovering medically and actually feeling capable in your body again.

I’ve lived in that space more than once, and I think we need to talk about it a lot more.

If you’ve been through surgery, illness or a long period away from movement, what did “cleared” actually feel like for you?

Did you feel ready? 💜

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