Astrid Van Den Broek is a Toronto-based writer. Her articles focus on wellness, health, happiness, parenting and more.
What do you love to do the most? Positive psychology coach Lynda Wallace shows us how doing that five percent more of the time can make you significantly happier.
Author Lyndelle Palmer Clarke believes too many of us rely on self-help books instead of looking within for the solution.
The Canadian obesity researcher talks to us about his new book, The Diet Fix and why it's time to reprogram the way we think about food.
We talk to a men's weight-loss specialist about how you can support your partner when they decide it's time for a change.
From Batkid to Chris Hadfield, see the stories that made us smile this year.
When Catherine Tidd's husband died three weeks after her 31st birthday, she was left to raise three children on her own. Find out how she persevered here.
Royal correspondent Katie Nicholl's book Kate: The Future Queen takes a comprehensive look at Kate's early years and how she became a duchess.
Admittedly not a nature lover, Astrid shares her tale of falling in love with the outdoors — the old-fashioned way.
As generations past based their happiness on social markers like marriage and a steady job, today's 20- and 30-somethings are forced to use new tools to validate their own happiness.
Even though Astrid happily welcomes the fall season, she's not quite ready to usher our lazy summer days out the door quite yet. With a few weeks left, here's her list of things to cram in.
Looking to make your 5K more interesting? Why not add a few hundred people pelting you with coloured powder?
Astrid finds a renewed sense of happiness after attending her sister's wedding over the weekend — and we have to agree.