Tag: canadian family

  • Travelling with Kids: The Ultimate Family Travel Guide to Palm Springs

    Travelling with Kids: The Ultimate Family Travel Guide to Palm Springs

    Palm Springs has lots to do as a family, and no matter the age of your kids you’ll be able find tons t

  • Here’s to 2020, the year of possibilities

    Here’s to 2020, the year of possibilities

    As we head into the 20’s, I can unequivocally say I am happier now than I was then and what’s perhaps more indicative of my growth as a person, I’m envisioning and planning for a future more than I ever had before.

  • Dashing Dad’s Holiday Gift Guide & Giveaway!

    Dashing Dad’s Holiday Gift Guide & Giveaway!

    The annual Dashing Dad Holiday Gift Guide is back. All designed to help with your mental wellbeing this Christmas season. Enter to win all products here!

  • Things to do with your kids: Hiking Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area

    Things to do with your kids: Hiking Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area

    There are lots of great hikes for kids in Calgary and this one is perfect for all levels of ability. If you’re looking for a great way to get outside with your kids just beyond the city limits then I definitely recommend checking out Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area. Location: At HWY 22X and…

  • Heritage Park and The S.S. Moyie

    Heritage Park and The S.S. Moyie

    We spend a great deal of time at Heritage Park. It’s truly my favourite place to be in the summer and we have every intention of spending a great deal of time there this summer. This year is even more exciting because the S.S. Moyie is back! Enter to win a free annual pass!

  • How to Fly With a Toddler

    How to Fly With a Toddler

    If you’ve ever flown with a toddler then you know how anxiety inducing it can be. I wanted to share all of the tips and tricks we used to make flying with a toddler run as smooth as it could.

  • Things are changing

    Things are changing

    It’s a quiet moment in the Dashing family home so I wanted to take a moment to talk to all of you. It’s become increasingly clear as I try to take pictures of our family that we can no longer keep this a secret, so I am SUPER excited to announce that things are changing…

  • Mental Health and Children

    Mental Health and Children

    Welcome to part three in my three part series on mental health for Bell Let’s Talk Day. To read part one about my own mental health click here . To read part two featuring Matt Boudreau and men’s mental health click here. Today is Bell Let’s Talk Day. Bell has done a great job over the last 8 years to end the stigma surrounding…

  • Men’s Mental Health

    Men’s Mental Health

    Welcome to part two in my three part series on mental health as we lead up to Bell Let’s Talk Day. To read part one click here. I recently had the chance to interview Matt Boudreau about Man Enough YYC and the changing conversation surrounding men’s mental health. Matt is a Calgary Dad who is…

  • Strengthening Our Mental Health

    Strengthening Our Mental Health

    January is known as a blue month. The excitement and pandemonium of Christmas is over, everyone is back to work and school. The weather is usually cold (although this January has been awesome in Calgary) and spring seems a very long ways away. It’s easy to see how our mental health could take a hit…