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PLENTY OF FISH
Sustainable Choices
YOGA CHALLENGE
40 Days of Intention
PROBLEM GAMBLING
A Silent Addiction
FINANCIAL FITNESS
For Generations Y & Z
‘A’ MORNING TEAM
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Benita Baker
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Anna Green
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Angela Ohlman
40 Days of Yoga 45
Linda Vanderlee Fall seems a perfect time to adopt healthy approaches to all of Gambling for Life 10 Are you up for the challenge?
Angela Wallace those challenges that come our way. We hope this issue provides An addiction gone awry and
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Responding to Change:
How to Live With
(and Survive!)
Uncertainty
By Linda Vanderlee
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Embrace the unknown —
Despite the uncertainty, despite that sense
Although I usually see myself as someone an illness that — having been painful and check out my assumptions, learn what of fear, we can take charge of our responses
who likes change, I recently experienced difficult — was ultimately a turning point I have to learn, brainstorm options and and influence the outcomes. Try this next
one I didn’t expect or welcome: a downturn that led to something positive? Change, choices. I am noticing when my thinking time you’re facing the unknown:
in the amount of work I’m used to. The both the invited and the imposed, offers and actions are counter-productive, and Acknowledge and feel the fear, and
fear factor certainly raised its head. That us a chance to take stock of what is truly am mindful of choosing to think and listen to what you need.
great, gaping hole of uncertainty and the important to us. It’s an opportunity to act otherwise.
Recognize and act on your need for
unknown loomed large and dark. take steps that align with that.
I’m confident in my ability to both extra self-care, paying attention to
Fear can be an important and useful What would happen if you were able to survive this phase and make this a what you require to be healthy — in
response in some situations. It keeps you embrace that perspective — especially turning point opportunity. I’m ready body, mind, emotion, and spirit.
from getting too close to the edge of a cliff if it were based on reviewing your lived to see and absorb what is indeed Reflect on who you are, what you
when you’re driving on some hilly road. It experiences of when you did “handle it”? perfect about this situation: for me, have learned about yourself, what
gets you to stop the car on the side of the I’ve witnessed countless individuals and it’s an opportunity to take a creative beliefs are helping or holding you
road when you start to nod off. It makes teams do just that. In each case they were sabbatical; to focus on exploring visual back, and apply that knowledge to
you think twice about taking a job that able to tap into a new energy source and art, writing, and music. It’s a time to your current situation.
doesn’t match your skill set or interests. an expanded belief system that allowed slow down, spend less, and enjoy the Take the time to envision the life
creativity and confidence to emerge, along fruits of my labours. It’s a time to create you want to create — what you want
In the context of responding to change, with various coping and thriving strategies more community and partnerships in to be, do, and have — and, with
though, it can often be a red herring, a specific to them. my life. I am looking forward to seeing that awareness and clarity, be open
tactic to keep us from living life fully. In what unfolds. I trust that it will all and present to the opportunities as
those situations, I like to think of fear as With uncertainty, we have choices. We can work out. HWO they appear.
an acronym: False Evidence Appearing let fear close us down or make us run. We
Ask a paradigm-shifting question like
Real. It’s a reminder for me to challenge can succumb to the fear, deciding that the
Linda Vanderlee, MA, is a change “what’s perfect about this”?
my assumptions and beliefs, best done uncertainty we face is only going to bring
with someone else not so steeped in the doom and gloom. We can even pretend facilitator who coaches individuals and Choose to accept support and help
nothing is happening, ignore it all, and let teams who want to make a difference. Find (from people, books, courses, etc.).
emotions of the situation.
the cards fall where they may. Alternatively, her at http://rupertreflections.blogspot.com/
Few of us can truly know for sure what and www.rendezvousrupert.org.
we can choose to embrace the uncertainty
happens next, but we can listen attentively and discover ways, perhaps new ways, to
to ourselves and influence our response live with this “what is.” We can use our
by simply adjusting our perception and self-knowledge and our past experiences to Do you have a plan?
our beliefs about what is, as well as what’s balance that sense of fear with an attendant
next. Uncertainty has an equal chance of sense of excitement, possibility, and trust.
A “second opinion” is not enough!
bringing us good things, resources, people Comprehensive planning, investment, long term
who will be helpful, and opportunities that As for me, at the time of writing, the work cash flow, tax and estate planning advice
lead us closer to what makes our heart sing. slow-down remains pretty much the same.
What’s different is that my energy and Richard WR Yasinski CFP
When something changes, how you creative ideas are flowing again. I believe 613-271-9994
approach this new reality will have a huge this is because I let myself ride the wave of www.financiallysound.ca
impact on how resilient you are. How many emotions, attend to my self-care needs, and You Live We Plan
times have you experienced or heard a story reach out to friends and colleagues. I take
about a layoff, a relationship ending, even the time to process and address my fears, Financially Sound
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Gambling — The Silent Addiction
By Benita Baker
"I
think that stories like this need She lost her job and over $100,000; but, Resources for Ontario Women To reduce “There would be times that I would leave the
to be told,” says a resolute Carla more than that, she lost her self-respect, her Harm (CGROWTH), which states that casino and I would scream in the car and
Blacquiere. “It’s important that dreams, and all hope. She was suicidal. “issues related to trauma, depression, anxiety berate myself and vow never to go back there,”
people know that there is an end to it. When and financial stress are more common among says Blacquiere. “Then I would wake up the
Today, her life is completely turned
you’re in it…you cannot see that there is women and, as a result, make women more next morning and all I could think about was
around. She has a high profile job as service
a way out.” vulnerable to developing gambling problems.” going back.”
manager for Ottawa Chrysler Jeep Dodge,
The “it” that Blacquiere is referring to is a loving relationship, financial security, Ultimately, she got caught up in the lies and
Blacquiere’s gambling addiction began
gambling addiction. And the story that and an unwavering sense of confidence and her partner found out. Blacquiere did not try
innocently and instantly. She went to the casino
needs to be told is her own. Nine years ago, self-worth. to deny it. “There is no way you are ever going
with a group of friends to celebrate a birthday.
Blacquiere hit bottom with her addiction. “It’s pretty amazing what my life looks like On the way out, she dropped three loonies to understand what I have to tell you,” she
today compared to what it was,” into a slot machine and won $1,600. “Wow, said when her partner confronted her.
says the 47-year-old. “I have more I can make money like this,” she remembers When Blacquiere finally crashed, she turned
than any gambling win could have thinking. “It took flight from there.” to Ottawa’s Amethyst Women’s Addiction
ever given me.” Centre for help. “The women there picked me
She began going to the casino every day,
According to the Problem up, took care of me, and brought me back to
always playing the slots. She moved from
Gambling Institute of Ontario or life,” she says.
the quarter and dollar machines to the $100
PGIO (www.problemgambling.ca),
and $500 ones. She couldn’t focus on her job Foremost in Amethyst’s philosophy towards
4.8 per cent of adults in Ontario
because gambling was all she could think addiction treatment is that gambling problems
have moderate to severe gambling
about. She won little bits here and there but cannot be seen in isolation. “We make
problems and women account for
never as big as the first time. “I had a complete direct links between the unequal position
over one-third of them. Studies
and utter belief that I would win,” she says. of women in society, the various forms of
quoted by the PGIO also find
“There was nothing that could convince me violence against women, and substance use
that gambling behaviours are
that I wasn’t going to win.” and/or problem gambling,” states the centre’s
gender-based — women play
promotional material.
different games, develop problems All the while, her partner knew nothing
faster, and experience different At Amethyst, Blacquiere met with a counsellor
about it. No one knew. From the start,
consequences than men. weekly and attended group therapy. She also
Blacquiere felt that her partner would not
confronted her personal demons and came to
Whereas men tend to choose skill- approve so Blacquiere began an intricate
understand that her self-destructive behaviour
based games that are stimulating, pattern of lies, deceit, and manipulation
stemmed from traumatic childhood
women are more likely to gamble that is very common for problem gamblers.
experiences. Her mother died when she was
as a means of distraction and (“Yes, I walked the dog…No, I didn’t clean
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only eleven years old and her siblings left to
relaxation so they choose games that the apartment because I wasn’t feeling well…
live with relatives in another city. She endured
do not require concentration — slot when in actual fact I had just spent five hours
sexual abuse at an early age.
machines, bingo, scratch tickets. in the casino.”) This is why gambling is often
The PGIO cites a report (http:// referred to as the “silent addiction.” Whether “My attitude had always been ‘so what,
w w w.problemgambling.ca/EN/ it is shame or embarrassment at their it happened’,” she says. “But I came to
Carla Blacquiere Documents/Professionalseng.pdf ) behaviour, problem gamblers lie to cover up understand that my unhealthy behaviours
by the Committee on Gambling the extent of their gambling. were partly caused by what happened.”
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Risky business: Got a gambling problem?
what conditions can Cross-addiction is common. In addition to Be your own
These treatment
lead to a full-fledged
problem…
her gambling, Blacquiere was at high risk for
alcohol abuse. “I shut everything out until
centres in Ottawa
can help…
Energy Wellspring
I could no longer keep it dormant,” says
(Source: www.problemgambling.ca: Blacquiere about the defence mechanisms she Amethyst Women’s
Risk factors for developing a developed simply to survive. “That is when Addiction Centre
gambling problem) the addictions took hold.” www.amethyst-ottawa.org
“These are risk factors that can contribute According to Gundel Lake, a problem 613-563-0363
to the development of gambling problems gambling counsellor at Amethyst, Blacquiere’s
story is typical of the women in the program. Centretown Community
or make it more difficult to stop. People
Violence is almost always in the background. Health Centre
are more at risk if they:
“In my experience, problem gambling is Substance Abuse and Gambling
have an early big win (leading to false Services: Lifestyle Enrichment for Catherine McLenaghan
always indicative of something else,” she Energy Psychotherapist
expectation of future wins) Senior Adults (LESA)
says. “It is the tip of the iceberg and without
have easy access to their preferred form attending to what is underneath, it is difficult www.centretownchc.org/?id=15 Catherine combines a meridian tapping
of gambling to sustain long-term health and wellness and 613-233-4443 (Administrative Services) technique (EFT) with Energy Medicine
puts the women at risk for other problems.” LESA direct line: 613-233-5430 to release emotional blockages, reduce
hold mistaken beliefs about the odds stress and increase your energy.
of winning The number of people struggling with the Rideauwood Addiction
gambling problem is high. So, too, is the and Family Services
do not take steps to monitor gambling
relapse rate. Lake says that although the centre www.rideauwood.org
613-730-0411
wins and losses www.energywellspring.com
has treated approximately 400 women since 613-724-4881
have had a recent loss or change, such the program began ten years ago, that number
as divorce, job loss, retirement or death is low compared to the number of women
of a loved one who suffer in silence and do not seek help.
often feel bored or lonely, or have a history The road to recovery was tough for
of risk-taking or impulsive behaviour Blacquiere. “Going through the addiction
have financial problems and the recovery is very painful. It was not
an easy walk at all, but it was probably the
have few interests or hobbies, or feel their
most rewarding thing I have ever done in my
lives lack direction
entire life.”
have a history of mental health problems,
While Blacquiere has been clean for nine
particularly depression and anxiety
years, she knows that, without a doubt, she
have been abused or traumatized can never walk into a casino again, even
have a parent who also has (or has had) socially. She is now giving back to the facility
problems with gambling that gave her back her life: Having completed
the Trauma/Addiction Recovery Studies
have (or have had) problems with alcohol program at Algonquin College, Blacquiere is
or other drugs, gambling or overspending now a part-time relief counsellor at Amethyst.
tie their self-esteem to gambling wins “My message is hope,” she says. “There is
or losses. hope. There is a way out. I feel so grateful
for the life I have today after going through
The more factors that apply, the more likely
what I did. If I can get that message across to
a person is to develop a gambling problem.”
people, to even one person, that they can get
through this, that’s my goal.” HWO
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Fishy Choices for
S u s t ai
By Lynda Hall
n ab le C on su m p t i o n
I t’s 11:30 Friday morning at The
Whalesbone’s Sustainable Oyster & Fish
Supply warehouse on Kent Street in
Ottawa. A lineup of mostly hip, urban
professionals swirls around the room from
the wallet-sized “Canada’s Seafood Guide”
and the new “iSavetheSeas” app for iPhones,
iPod Touch, and iPad. The guides list fish and
shellfish under three categories: Best Choice
the serving counter to the door. It’s a (green list); Some Concerns (yellow list); and
convivial, nod-and-smile kind of crowd, Avoid (red list). These rankings are based on
almost conspiratorial in nature, as if each assessments by a team of scientists from five
among them acknowledge the good taste of partner organizations working together with
the other in having known about and sought SeaChoice, and which make up Sustainable
out this little food mecca. Seafood Canada: Ecology Action Centre,
They have been lured here by the promise Living Oceans Society, Canadian Parks and
of fresh fish, prepared with finesse: Oyster Wilderness Society (BC Chapter), Sierra Club
Po’ Boys, seafood chowder, and succulent of Canada (BC Chapter), and the David
cod or perch sandwiches. And for the Suzuki Foundation.
environmentally conscious consumer, there’s Bill Wareham, a Senior Marine Conservation
another attraction for eating here: All the fish Specialist for the David Suzuki Foundation,
and shellfish are guaranteed by Whalesbone’s says on the website that the ranking process
owners as sustainable. is continually reviewed and reassessed
There was a time when the oceans by an assessment team to ensure that no
represented bounty — a wet cornucopia of information is more than five years old and
food simply waiting to leap onto our plates. that the rankings are still valid (because
But as with all the earth’s natural resources, of a new fishery or method of fishing, for
this wild food supply has been showing signs example). Reports from the National Oceanic
of fragility. According to the SeaChoice and Atmospheric Administration in the
website (www.seachoice.org/page/aboutus), United States and Canada’s Department
“On a global level, most fisheries are poorly of Fisheries and Oceans are reviewed, and
managed and fish stocks have been fully ranking changes are made but only based on
exploited (52 per cent), over-exploited (16 consensus. Catastrophes (the oil leak in the
per cent), or depleted (7 per cent).” Gulf of Mexico, for example) would be fast-
tracked for ranking decisions.
SeaChoice — sustainability watchdogs The assessment team also considers the
SeaChoice is a research and education capacity to replace species at an equivalent
program which, among other things, rate to which they are removed. Fishing
produces easy-to-use tools to identify methods can have a devastating impact on
sustainable seafood for consumers, such as the environment. Trawling with weighted
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over-crowded farmed populations, release of
antibiotics into the water from medicated fish
feed, and interbreeding and competition for
nets to catch food when non-native species escape the nets.
cod damages the For a truly local meal that’s good for your
ocean f loor and collects health and the health of the environment,
unwanted “bycatch,” species that are ride your bike out to Thistle Springs to catch
accidentally caught and killed off in the Local your own trout, then prepare the recipe on
process. Alternatively, bottom long-lining for restaurants opt for the Ocean Wise the following page provided by Whalesbone’s
cod, which uses hundreds of hooks on a single conservation program chef Charlotte Langley. HWO
line, can be set to float above the ocean floor,
In Ottawa, Ocean Wise partners include
and are checked frequently enough to allow Thistle Springs Trout Farm
Whalesbone, e18hteen, Juniper Kitchen and
for quick release of unwanted catch. www.thistlesprings.ca
Wine Bar, and Wilfrid’s Restaurant at the
Also indicated in these rankings are health Fairmont Chateau Laurier. Whalesbone co- 8739 Copeland Road, RR#2
advisories to limit intake of particular species owner Josh Bishop was already on the road to Ashton, Ontario
with high levels of mercury, PCBs, dioxins, serving and selling 100 per cent sustainable 613-838-5695
or pesticides. The guide indicates that cod products before becoming an Ocean Wise Open daily for fishing from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
is safe, but farmed Atlantic or Chinook partner. By expanding from restaurant to The Whalesbone Oyster House and
salmon are not. wholesale, he has helped influence other The Sustainable Oyster & Fish Supply
restaurants in Ottawa, and now sells to www.thewhalesbone.com
If you’re scanning a menu at a restaurant
50 clients. Retail Shop:
and wondering whether to order the fish and
chips, you’ll need to ask your waiter three Whalesbone goes fishing for local trout 504 A Kent Street
questions before referring to the SeaChoice 613-231-3474
guide: What type of fish is this? Where is it Whalesbone is the exclusive supplier of Tuesday and Wednesday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
from? How was it caught or farmed? sustainably farmed speckled and rainbow Thursday and Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
trout from Thistle Springs Trout Farm in Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
If the answer is Atlantic Cod, then you’re Ashton, just west of Ottawa. Owner Sam Restaurant:
looking at a red-listed item, because stocks Thistle is proud of his operation, especially 430 Bank Street
have not recovered, despite the 1992 closing the high-quality feed he buys for his trout. 613-231-8569
of the once abundant Atlantic cod fishery. “It’s the most expensive you can get, and
If it is Pacific-trawled, there are some contains only fish meal — no liver, no SeaChoice
concerns because of the fishing method. But animal by-products, and no corn gluten from Guides available at www.seachoice.org.
if it’s Pacific-bottom and long-lined, you’ve China or other countries with questionable Ocean Wise
got a green item — so order up! ingredients.” www.vanaqua.org/oceanwise
A simpler option is to look for the Ocean Wise Thistle’s trout are a SeaChoice “green list” Lists all partner restaurants
logo. Ocean Wise is a conservation program item because land-based fish farming is across Canada.
at the Vancouver Aquarium. It works considered a closed system, which avoids some
primarily with restaurants, providing them of the concerns scientists have with the open-
with a list of ocean-friendly fish and shellfish, net farming used to supply the huge demand PEI-born Executive Chef Charlotte Langley of The
and accepting them as partners when their for salmon. The risk when using densely Whalesbone Oyster House, having some fun with
menus reflect a shift toward sustainability. populated large nets, suspended in open a lobster. Only lobsters caught off the Canadian
Partners are permitted to display the Ocean water, include habitat destruction below the Atlantic coast are classified as sustainable by
Wise logo on their menus, making it easier net from excessive fish waste, infection of wild SeaChoice. Give Langley's recipe for trout a try, if
for diners to identify sustainable options. fish population from parasites and diseases in you're looking for a locally raised SeaChoice option.
Photos: Couvrette/Ottawa
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Trout à la Thistle Springs with Potato Pavé,
Greens, and Lemon Crème Fraîche Remember last
flu season?
Chef Charlotte Langley’s creation When you’re ready to serve:
Line up your dinner plates so that they’re
4 to 6 trout ready for portioning out the servings (this is
Be prepared this
Kale or crunchy greens very important).
Rinse and pat trout dry. Store unwrapped on Pull out your pavé and portion it any way
paper towel in the refrigerator until ready to go.
winter with DEEPIMMUNE®
you like.
Potato Pavé Put two frying pans on the stove — one for
2 lbs Yukon potatoes, peeled and halved the fish and one for some crunchy greens Fights colds and flu, naturally, by
( Yukon potatoes work best as they get nice (e.g., kale) to go with it. strengthening your immune system. This
natural qi tonic is so effective it is used
and glutinous when cooked) Season the whole fish portions with salt and
during radiation and chemotherapy
Small bunch of flat-leaf parsley pepper on both sides. treatments to reduce immune
Zest of 2 lemons Throw some lard into a frying pan at medium- depression.
¼ cup extra virgin canola oil high heat and place the trout in the melted fat.
Salt and pepper Now available in children’s
Put the pavé in the middle of each plate. strength, easy-to-take
In a large pot, cover potatoes in water and a (The pavé can be reheated in the oven, but vegicaps or our classic
splash of salt. Bring to a boil and cook until it�s very tasty at room temperature.) combination.
very tender. While the potatoes are cooking,
roughly cut the parsley and put in a mixing Quickly sauté some kale in the other pan, Fight seasonal
bowl with the zest of the two lemons. finishing with a splash of lemons, and place colds and flu—
this on the pavé. arm yourself
Drain potatoes and toss into the bowl. Add
Meanwhile, flip the trout and let it get all with
oil and crush the mixture with your hands
crispy on the other side. DeepImmune®
(crushing gives texture to the potatoes). Add
salt and pepper, to taste. Take the crème fraîche from the fridge;
Line your favourite cookie sheet, loaf pan, drizzle it generously over the greens and pavé.
or a funky-shaped dish with plastic wrap. (If Once the trout is ready, place it on top of the
you sprinkle a little water in the dish first, greens and pavé, and you are ready to eat.
it’s much easier for the plastic to stick in the
corners without tearing.) Once the potato Serve with some crunchy warm bread and
mixture is all crushed up and seasoned, press cold butter.
it into the dish you have chosen and refrigerate Makes 4-6 servings.
uncovered, preferably overnight (the longer
you let this sit, the better).
Lemon Crème Fraîche
In a stainless bowl, whisk:
½ cup sour cream or crème fraîche Ask for DeepImmune® and other beneficial
if you can find it St. Francis Herb Farm products at your local
¼ cup whipping cream health food store. For more information, call:
Zest and juice of 2 lemons 1.800.219.6226, e-mail: info@stfrancisherbfarm. Health Canada Site
com or visit www.stfrancisherbfarm.com. License 300242
Refrigerate until you are ready to serve.
Photo: Kronick Photography
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Money Basics for
By Richard W.R. Yasinski, CFP
M
aybe you exercise regularly to keep your body in shape.
Generations Y and Z
You’re in school so your mind is definitely getting a
workout. You may even contemplate your spirituality
and meditate from time to time.
But what about your financial health? Are you doing what you
© Yukchong Kwan | Dreamstime.com need to do to grow your financial skills and money to support on your education, your entertainment, other activities. It forces you to take a regular
the things you really want to do in life? things you want to have or do in the future look at what you’ve spent and what you need
As with any exercise program, discipline and form are important that will enhance your life. to and really want to spend your money on. It
in your financial fitness program. You’ll need to master these Form is structuring how your money also helps you reduce impulse spending. You
What’s Money? money basics to help you do what you want to do with your just may not buy that shirt if you know you
comes in, is held, and is spent. We all need
M oney is a store body, mind, soul, and life! both a chequing and savings account and have more important things planned for your
of value. Money online access. If you are in a joint living money. Uncontrolled impulse spending is
is earned through Financial fitness basics: discipline and form
arrangement, you also need a joint chequing the disease of good financial health.
work or intelligent Discipline in financial fitness terms is the courage and willingness account for shared expenses. Any income you
investment. It gives us Do you need it or do you want
to create and stick to a spending plan so that your money lets you earn typically goes into the chequing account
options to live our it? There’s a difference!
do both the important and fun stuff you want to in life. You know first, where you leave enough to cover your
lives a certain way you need to exercise every week to maintain your physical health. weekly or monthly expenses. You move the The first step in creating a spending plan is to
if we consciously Well, you also need to manage your financial health weekly. balance to a savings account. be really clear about what you need to spend
spend it on the things Once you have your program in place, maintaining your financial your money on versus what you want to spend
Most bank savings accounts do not pay
we want to do and health shouldn’t take more than 30 minutes a week. your money on. Since most of us don’t have
competitive interest rates. Using one of the
believe in. Money unlimited funds, keeping enough money for
A spending plan describes where you will spend your money, online, high-interest savings accounts (i.e.,
deserves our respect our needs and only the most important wants
broken down by month. Anything important is worth having a ING or Ally) will give you a higher rate of
and the better we is the only way to good financial health.
plan for: it just increases the odds of success. You create a spending interest and make your savings account a
treat it, the more Your needs and wants can be listed as
plan on a spreadsheet you’ve customized with your unique little less susceptible to impulse spending.
options it will give financial goals. Each goal can have a
financial commitments and goals. It’s a planning tool that helps Check them out by searching “Canadian
us in life. Consider dollar amount and date associated with
you decide where you want your money to go and tells you where High Interest Savings” and find out how they
how you respect it. “Contribute $3,000 to my first year of
it went. It monitors your progress and helps you stay on track. are linked to your chequing accounts. Your
your money. Do you university by September 1, 2011” is a big
Email me (ryasinski@financiallysound.ca) for a sample copy of spending plan will tell you what should be in
handle your debit and longer-term financial goal. “Buy concert
my daughter’s spending plan (designed for students). It will your accounts at the end of the month to pay
credit cards always tickets to White Stripes for $60 on November
include all sources of income from work, parents, Ontario for all the future things you said you wanted
knowing where they 1, 2010” is a smaller short-term goal.
Students Assistance Program or OSAP, gifts, etc., listing first to do. This is where your bank account and
are? How about your
where you have committed to spend your money — phone, spending plan come together — one just Achieving these goals will mean saving a
bills? Do you crumple
school, rent, car, longer-term savings, etc. — and then where doesn’t work as well without the other. certain amount of your income monthly.
them and shove
you would like to spend your money. The latter are discretionary These goals become line items on your
them into different
expenses and putting limits on them can be the difference between Your best and “must do” spending plan. Every month, you add a little
corners of your wallet
financial success or failure. monthly financial health activity money toward your goals, which is saved
or purse, or do you
The more money you need to spend in future (a university Updating your spending plan every month in your savings account.
fold them neatly in
a safe place? education, for example), the more important a spending plan is to financial security what tracking your Latté’s, iTunes songs, games, debit transaction
becomes. You can call it a budget, but I call it a spending progress is to training. If it becomes a habit, costs, magazines, and late-night visits to
plan — because that’s what you do with money. You spend it it will do more for creating wealth than most your favourite restaurant are all ways you
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those earning more than specific amount of funds for fun things allows but cut up your credit cards (or freeze
Helping Families See
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more important needs and wants. An amount you deeper into the hole.
I ncome tax is the so-called “temporary
measure” the federal government placed
on all Canadians in 1917 as a means to
for “entertainment” needs to be part of every
spending plan.
➤ Then make sure you have looked at every
penny you spend and cut out all “wants”
fund the first World War. It remains with and re-evaluate “needs” to direct funds to
us, never to leave, to pay for all government How to use credit and not pay off the debt.
programs such as health care, building of get creamed
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tax is applied differently by each province
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and the federal government, but assuming
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you don’t go to school, the income you
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earn is taxed as follows: $0 to $10,381 = no
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32%; and $81,942 to $127,021 is taxed at If you get into credit trouble…
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Tip: If you are 18 or over, make sure you not dealing with debt is intentional! Not
file your tax return, even if you earn under Richard W.R. Yasinski, CFP, is an independent
paying your bills gets you a poor credit Certified Financial Planner who founded
$10,382. In Ontario, you qualify for a rating and that follows you around for a
$100 tax credit! Financially Sound in 1996. He specializes in
long time and impacts your future ability personal comprehensive financial planning,
to borrow for a car, rent an apartment, investments, tax, insurance, and estate
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software makes it really easy and can help
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24 HEALTHWISE OTTAWA Fall 2010 Fall 2010 HEALTHWISE OTTAWA 25Gaining balance is one reason Sabina Suljic “It’s good to try things that people think “It makes me feel better to know I’m helping emotional and social development that
signed up her 21-month-old daughter Melana you wouldn’t be able to do. It will help with others do what I used to love doing.” gymnastics fosters. “The gymnasts want to
Andrijanic in gymnastics. Melana was born Melana’s self-esteem in the future,” says Suljic. do really good, but anything can happen
with an underdeveloped right arm — it is Fifteen-year-old Darcie Pentillier, the Spring and they have to deal with being bummed
a quarter of the length of her left arm, and Melanie Dossett is a volunteer coach in 2010 Ontario provincial vault champion for out about it,” says Kachmar. In her daughter’s
without a hand. the recreational program at the Ottawa Level 6 in ages 14 and over, also competes words, “If you do mess up, you just persevere
Gymnastics Centre. She has aspirations to with a heart condition. and keep going. You have to have faith in
“I wanted to enroll her in a program that
become a certified coach and continue to Pentillier’s heart defect required her to yourself and believe that you can just
allows her to be active, and I wanted to have
help others enjoy the sport she competed in endure almost 12 hours of surgery when she keep going.” H WO
something that would challenge the way
for many years. was only three days old. Her mother, Gwen
she does things — especially her balance
and coordination. Gymnastics allows her to Dossett is now in her mid-twenties, having Kachmar, described the grim faces of the
left competitive gymnastics after a series surgical team afterwards as they cautioned Information on gymnastics classes
practice these skills,” explains Suljic.
of shoulder injuries. In 2005, she was the for boys and girls of all ages and
that future surgery might be required.
The coaches from the Babynastics program abilities can be found at the Ottawa
victim of a serious car accident that left her Pentillier was always an active child.
offered by the Ottawa Gymnastics Centre Gymnastics Centre (OGC) website:
in a coma for two weeks. Her traumatic brain “She was climbing everything, and I
have adapted exercises for Melana when www.ottawagymnasticscentre.ca. The
injury required her to relearn how to use the thought maybe she’d need to know how
necessary; for instance, she is supported so OGC is the oldest gymnastics facility
washroom, how to talk, and how to write. to fall properly,” jokes Kachmar, when
that she can hold onto the rings with her in Canada, and is celebrating its
one full arm, allowing her to strengthen “I’m pretty proud of myself by how far I’ve she explains her decision to enroll Darcie 50th year.
those muscles. come. It’s been five years [since the accident], in gymnastics at three.
and I’m hoping that I’ll continue to get Around the age of seven, Pentillier was
Suljic doesn’t see any barriers to Melana
better,” says Dossett. encouraged by her coaches to move into the
continuing gymnastics for as long as she wants.
The Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre She returned to the gym as a volunteer in competitive stream. Her doctors noticed
is following her development March 2010, in spite of continuing challenges. the effect of all that exercise. “She’d go back
and, when the time is right, Extensive testing done on Dossett after her for check-ups, and they’d ask us ‘What are
Melana could be fitted for a accident revealed that she had a hole in her you doing?’ The gymnastics and dance
prosthetic arm. heart — a congenital defect classes she was taking were conditioning
that had gone undetected her heart muscle,” says Kachmar.
throughout her years as Pentillier has a lot of positive things to say
a competitive gymnast. about gymnastics. She’s made lifelong friends
She was operated on who she describes as being like family. “You
in March 2010 to see each other so often, you go places together
fix the problem. [to compete], and you share a lot of your
Dossett says she’s experiences.” She also believes gymnastics
tired all the time, has taught her how to manage her time. “If
and her short- I imagine no gym, I’d have so much more
term memory is time than I’d need to do my homework.
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But once she gets a kid, time management
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Beyond the physical, mother
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28 HEALTHWISE OTTAWA Fall 2010 Fall 2010 HEALTHWISE OTTAWA 29bending (from the waist). "I didn’t know body, using gravity to propel you forward to more, and they do go faster,” Collard notes. not using your muscles in the same way,
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