Pregnancy changes everything about your body and your skin definitely isn’t excluded. The ever-changing hormone levels make you feel highs and lows at the same time, blur your thoughts one minute then clear your mind the next, give you a beauty effect one day and next day you wake up with acne all over your face. Let’s put it as is: it’s a crazy ride. Creating a pregnancy skincare routine and changing my current skincare products was one of the…
I had been working full-time for nearly 8 years, launched several businesses at certain times over the course of my career, and established a consultancy business last November. Work was always a big piece in my life and although I’m the constant questioning type,…
When we moved to Toronto in August 2018, we only knew a handful of people in the city. In fact, apart from two good friends who had moved from the same city as we used to live in (Bodrum, Turkey) prior to Toronto, I…
Pregnancy is the time in a woman’s life where you start to encounter so many new concepts, words and feelings. I think of this period as a new stage of our adult life and a new level of education. Think of it like a…
I looked forward to this for a while. I had been working almost non-stop for 10 years and most of it at a very high pace. When the day rolled around, it dawned on me: What was I going to do on maternity leave before the…
In this week’s video, I have my husband and 2 best friends in the city join me and it’s been a great experience to film with them! Our friends Dilan and Jimmy moved to Toronto from Turkey in July 2018 and we moved to…
In the shortest way possible, hypnobirthing is a method of pain management that can be used during birth and labor. It aims to make the experience as natural and enjoyable as it can be for the birthing mother. I was initially introduced to this…
Since I found out I was pregnant, I’ve heard of at least 15 friends/family members that are also pregnant with close due dates to mine! I don’t think this is selective perception at all – it’s a beautiful coincidence and I’m loving the chance…
St. Lawrence Market was one of the first places we went out to explore during our first six months of living in Toronto - and is one of our favorite spots in the city to this date. I had read recommendations on multiple blogs…