Author: Sonya Brown

Sonya Brown, B.Kin, is a Health Promotion Coordinator and works with School Divisions in Southeastern Alberta to improve healthy eating, active living and positive mental health initiatives and policies. Her passion is building healthy school communities where children and youth can live happy, healthy lives.

Make the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice

When it comes to promoting healthy weights, we’ve begun to understand the need to make the healthy choice the easy choice. This means ensuring that the environments where people live, work, learn and play have a positive effect on their health. Consider the effect of sedentary behaviour such as watching television, video games and being… Continue reading Make the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice

Canadian Children Are Inactive, and They May Be Losing Sleep Over It

It’s that time of year again. The time of year where alarm clocks are set extra early, morning routines are back in action, school lunches are carefully prepared the night before, and new fall activities have filled the calendar. The long days of summer and family vacations are nothing but a memory, and although getting… Continue reading Canadian Children Are Inactive, and They May Be Losing Sleep Over It

Coffee & Grace Podcast: Episode 6

EPISODE 6 – Reflections on Motherhood: A Conversation With Our Pre-Mom Selves Host: Sonya Brown Guest: Michelle Coels Today I get the opportunity to sit down with an old friend who I had the pleasure of attending University with. We reflect on life before motherhood, the lessons we have learned along the way, the pieces… Continue reading Coffee & Grace Podcast: Episode 6

Coffee & Grace Podcast: Episode 5

EPISODE 5: Your Adoption Questions Answered Host: Sonya Brown November is National Adoption Awareness Month, and I thought this was the right time to dust off the mic, and share with you the adoption questions I hear most frequently. ⁠My hope is that by sharing some of the answers to frequently asked questions it will… Continue reading Coffee & Grace Podcast: Episode 5

Coffee & Grace Podcast

The journey to building a family is not always easy. Sonya and Amy talk openly and honestly about their personal journey through In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). They share details of the IVF process, the emotional toll it has taken on their lives, and how it has affected their relationships with their husbands. Read more from Sonya at… Continue reading Coffee & Grace Podcast

Real Mom

Jayce was only three weeks old when I heard those gut wrenching words for the first time. Drew had returned to work, and it was just me and my sweet baby Jayce. It was a chilly October morning and was too cold to go for a walk outside. I decided to venture out and head… Continue reading Real Mom

Born From My Heart

I feel like Drew and I have just enough collective wisdom in our pockets to talk our children through most of the struggles they might face in life. Except for being adopted. Neither of us will ever under- stand what it feels like to be adopted. And we don’t pretend to. November is National Adoption… Continue reading Born From My Heart

Jayce is ONE!

I have a one year old…how is that even possible? When I sit back and reflect on this past year so many emotions flood to the surface. Joy, happiness, guilt, gratitude and fatigue…just to name a few. I can honestly say I can’t imagine life without Jayce in it, I also find it hard to… Continue reading Jayce is ONE!