Welcome to I Don’t Blog, where I most definitely do.
I don’t do a lot of things, in the same way that I don’t blog: I don’t love great food, I don’t love a solid debate, I don’t love sharing my experiences with divorce. . . you get the drift. 😉
I’ve been oversharing online since ’99. Many of you have been following me since then, and I am honoured to have made so many friends across the globe thanks to blogging. I have the very best audience, and I’m thankful to each and every person who reads my words.
I’m an award-winning writer, the owner of Clippo, curator of stories for the (sadly paused due to, well, life) #ShowMeYourBrave project, speaker, blogger, and I was the well-known allergy writer for YMC (until my son was cleared of all food allergies — hooray!).
I’m also a freelance content and copywriter, and you can read about the services I provide at Backbone Copy.
Other Places to Find My Work
• Don’t Wait Until You’re Divorced to Understand Your Financial Situation, for YMC
• Huffington Post
• SheKnows
• CAA
• Was a regular contributor to The Baby Post
• Was a regular contributor to Urban Moms
• “Irritated by Allergies” column for YMC
• Was a regular contributor to DrDina.ca
• Wrote for Flight Network
• Published on SheKnows, iVillage, and TreehouseTV
Here are some of my most popular articles:
I Was Sideswiped by my Own Divorce, for UrbanMoms
I’m Going Back to the Office After a Ten Year Hiatus and I Couldn’t Be Happier, for UrbanMoms
This is Why I Stand Naked in Front of the Mirror, for UrbanMoms
Brows on Fleek Could Come with a Side of Hep C, for Huffington Post
I Believe in Science So I Immunize my Kids, for Huffington Post
Ain’t No Shame in the Marriage Counseling Game, for TheBabyPost
How My Family Sleeps is No One’s Business, one of TheBabyPost’s most popular posts of 2015
Living Through Miscarriage, winner of the YMC‘s Voices of Motherhood contest
How this mom’s journey to learn her own adoption story has shaped her view of what it means to be a family. 1000 Families Project: Alex, Story and Mason
In the Self Esteem Business: Glama Gal Tween Spa Motivates Franchisees and Clients, for Canadian Franchising
Surviving Pregnancy After Loss, for TheBabyPost
Separating “Me” from Mommy, for TheBabyPost
The Soul-Sucking Life of a Stay-at-home-mother, for TheBabyPost
Five Surefire Ways to Make Friends at 40, for UrbanMoms
The Real Reason Printing Photos Matters, for TheBabyPost
My Son’s Wings, chosen as one of BlogHer’s Voices of the Year 2012
Why You Should Celebrate Valentine’s Day as a Family, for UrbanMoms
Bye Bye Junk, Hello Book Nook, for TorontoMomNow (Just Junk program)
De-clutter Your Garage, Gain Storage Space, for TorontoMomNow (Just Junk program)
How is a Kleenex Like a Hug? for BestHealthMag.ca
15 Ways to Minimize Distracted Driving, for CAA
Secret Agent Parent: A Safety Precaution or Helicopter Parenting? — for YMC, and also published online and in print at Metro.
A New Balance Point — for Barbie, I Can Be Campaign
Why are kids dying in hot cars? — for amotherworld, lifestyle and parenting magazine for women
Kids are gross — for amotherworld, lifestyle and parenting magazine for women
Are online friends real friends? — for amotherworld, lifestyle and parenting magazine for women
They Call Us Extreme Parents — for amotherworld, lifestyle and parenting magazine for women
Does this stroller make my kid look fat? — for amotherworld, lifestyle and parenting magazine for women
Celebs & Plastic Surgery — for amotherworld, lifestyle and parenting magazine for women
Let’s talk about sex, baby — for amotherworld, lifestyle and parenting magazine for women
You’re a mom. You’re an entrepreneur. Are you a mompreneur? — for Wave Accounting
On Camera:
• Dyson commercial
• Regular DIY expert on Daytime Durham Region (segments on glow-in-the-dark Halloween crafts, Christmas gifts, household hacks, DIY wedding favours)
Alex on the radio:
• #ShowMeYourBrave, on What She Said Radio
• The Search for a Birth Family, on The New Family podcast
• The absurdity of a “hypoallergenic peanut”, a chat on 570News
• What it’s like parenting an allergic kid, conversation with Shirley Broback on CFAX 1070
• Keeping kids cool in the summer, with WBAL 1090