Joshua Duvauchelle is a regular alive contributor and certified personal trainer.

Children's Health

Life is about balance. We provide you with strategies for a lifelong commitment to strength and well-being in all areas of your life. 

Lifestyle

These creative ideas (from a mom who’s tried them!) will help you reclaim screen-free activities.

So Long, TV: Screen-Free Activities Your Kids Will Actually Enjoy | alive

Mom of five on a quest to exhaust all her children at the same time, Patricia Barnes spends her time doing seven different things at once and wishing someone would make her a cup of tea.

Screen Time

Family comes first. We equip you with the tools to create a holistically healthy family now, and for generations to come.

Family

Exercising together creates a healthier mind, body, and family connection. Get fit as a family with these creative and fun activities!

Get Fit as a Family: How to Really Make It Happen | alive

Caroline Fernandez shares family-friendly activities and tips on her website <a href="http://parentclub.ca">parentclub.ca</a>. Her books Boredom Busters (Cico Books, 2014) and More Boredom Busters (Cico Books, 2015) are available in stores.

Healthy Kids

Busy kids can be a challenge—but you can help them thrive. Discover how to nourish your child’s nervous system and promote the right kind of leisure time.

Busy Kids: 6 Naturopath-Approved Ways to Help Them Thrive | alive

Meghan van Drimmelen is a naturopathic physician practising in Victoria, BC. She has a general family practice with a special interest in womens health, fertility, hormones, and pediatrics.

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

There’s no way to perfect your life so that everything goes off without a hitch. But these time-tested tricks can help things run more smoothly.

Time Management: The Get-Stuff-Done Toolkit for Families | alive

Brandie Weikle is a parenting editor, writer, and founder of The New Family blog.

Time Management

Gardening with kids can be a special activity that gets them outdoors and teaches them about plants, growing seasons, and environmental stewardship.

Gardening with Kids - alive

Angela Krueger is a thrift shop-loving, dandelion-harvesting freelance writer and training facilitator specializing in parenting issues.

Children's Activities

Fall activities abound. Choose the perfect pumpkin, pick apples, or navigate a corn maze. All are economical ways to have family-friendly fun.

Lisa Evans is a freelance writer from Toronto and regular alive contributor.

What extracurricular activities should you put your children in? And how do you encourage reluctant kids to give new activities a try?

How to Balance Kids' Extracurricular Activities

Lisa Bendall is a freelance writer and book author, with articles published in many of Canada’s top magazines and on their websites. She lives in Toronto.

Forest school expands the concept of education to include the great outdoors. Kids learn about the environment firsthand in Mother Nature's classroom.

Let's Go to Forest School!

Isabela Vera is an independent consultant, PhD candidate, and writer focused on sustainable food systems.

Education

Forming healthy habits in children

Tara McEachern is a registered kinesiologist who currently runs her own business and studies at the Canadian College of Osteopathy in Toronto. Sharing timely health news is her goal.

Natural is the way. We bring you credible approaches to preventative health, holistic treatments, and supportive supplements.

Health

Amy Green is a writer, counsellor, and registered psychologist based in Salmon Arm, BC

Play

A surprisingly healthy pursuit

Obsessed with birds since the age of four, Doug Smith is now hopelessly addicted, birding at every opportunity from his home in the backwoods of Muskoka, Ontario.

Children's Exercise

Yoga for Children: 200+ Yoga Poses, Breathing Exercises, and Meditations for Healthier, Happier, More Resilient Children

Hélène Meurer is a writer and book reviewer living in Victoria, BC.

How parents can help kids with homework

Gail Johnson is an award-winning digital, print, and broadcast journalist based in Vancouver. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/gailjohnsonvancouver">@gailjohnsonvancouver</a>

Vince Yim is the digital content coordinator for alive and writer of the occasional piece. Passive voice is often used by him.

Melissa Galea Holmes, MSc, MA, is a researcher in health and exercise psychology.

Children's Nutrition

Kids need nature to thrive

N. Glenn Perrett is a writer with a degree in environmental studies. Glenn and his family hiked numerous nature areas for his book, Hikes & Outings of South-Central Ontario (Lone Pine Publishing, 2012).

Nature

Slow down and savour the holiday season

Sara Eve Alarie is a yoga teacher who practises yoga in Canmore, Alberta. She enjoys teaching yoga to adults, children, and families.

Ellen Niemer is a former editor and frequent contributor at alive.

Countdown to September

Leah Payne is a writer, author, and editor based in Vancouver, BC. She is the author of <a href="https://www.orcabook.com/Get-Outside-P7924">Get Outside!</a> and <a href="https://www.orcabook.com/Less-Is-More">Less is More</a>. (Headshot credit: Notting Hill Photography). 
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Children's Activities

Young, Wild, and Free

So Long, Screen

Get Fit as a Family

6 Ways to Help Busy Kids Thrive

Time Management Toolkit for Families

Growing Kids’ Green Thumbs

Family-Friendly Fall Activities

Balancing Kids’ Extracurricular Activities

Forest Schools

Ahead of the Game

Cultivating Creativity

Birding

Book review

Study Session

Martial Arts For Munchkins

Overweight and Underactive

Get Your Children Outside

Holiday Mindfulness for Kids

Teenagers and Social Media

Back To School Made Simple

Active Friends = Active Kids

Want to See Better Report Cards for Your Kids? Let Them Play!

Let the Kids Play!

Time to Play