In June 2014, I was approached and subsequently hired as a consultant to co-found The Great Canadian Cider Company. The underlying agreement was that I give up my existing business, all of the clients I had at the time, and focus all of my time on developing The Great Canadian Cider Company. In exchange, I would receive a 25% ownership stake in the company. After careful consideration and further discussions regarding the financing available, I agreed on the conditions that…
Aware Within is an established and trusted psychotherapy counselling practice from the Collingwood, Blue Mountains area serving clients across Ontario. With an integrative, humanistic, experiential approach, that uses both holistic and…
Worried that you won’t get enough protein without meat? Relax! By eating a variety of healthful veg foods, you can easily cover your protein bases. Adequate protein needs are easily attained…
Black beans may be small, but they’re powerhouse ingredients that can help you lose weight, keep your gut healthy, improve your heart health and more. As a protein-rich, fibre-filled legume variety,…
Over the past year, while concentrating on taking care of my cancer diagnosis and our health in general, I’ve shifted my diet dramatically and learned a lot along the way. One…
I’ve struggled with sharing this for quite a while now but feel sharing it may be cathartic for me. I feel like I’ve been hiding it from most of my friends…
In early 2019, I was working on launching a Sparkling non-alcoholic Cider. I wanted to brand it so it was attractive to children and adults as a healthy drink, rather than…
In February 2020, we visited Santa Maria Hualtuco, Las Bahías de Huatulco. It is located on the Pacific coast in the state of Oaxaca. In the map below, you can see…
After having won a total of 17 awards over a three year period, we brought up the conversation with our partner to create a sparkling cider, which we could sell outside…
This post spans almost 9 years of hiking around Tobermory on The Bruce Trail and showcases a bit of every season. Tobermory is located at the top of the Bruce Peninsula…
We drove right by the entrance (twice) the first time we went looking. To find the trail, you have to locate the small white sign, three kilometres down Concession 10 from…
