Why Boxing? By Meghan O’Connell

Why Boxing? By Meghan O’Connell

This Olympics marks the second time that females have been included for boxing. Again, there are three weight classes represented. What a huge milestone!   Throughout the 16 years that the sport has been part of my life, I’ve often been asked, “Why boxing?” My personal motivation has been, paradoxically, to find some inner quiet.

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The Best of Bowen

The Best of Bowen

Want to be a part of the best of Bowen Island?  Sometimes our fair isle is not so fair with dissension knee-capping any positive movement on issues and projects.  Even Bowfest, our beloved annual summer festival, was almost paralyzed last year for lack of agreement.  I am grateful to say Aaron’s Run is the polar

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Easter Weekend King Edward Bay Style

Easter Weekend King Edward Bay Style

Easter weekend was always our family’s first foray to our Bowen house in King Edward Bay.  As children we loved most everything that went with time spent on Bowen Island.  Nobody seemed to miss the conveniences of city life. No electricity, no running hot water, and the toilet was an outhouse set back in the

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I Changed My Mind

I Changed My Mind

A massive life change will either unearth who you are – or bury you. It’s the big ticket items that become glaringly apparent. All the other extraneous life details drop away like dirt off your boots. What’s left are the things that make you tick. Fitness makes me tick. It’s my doorway to mental wellness.

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I’m Back!

I’m Back!

After over a year’s absence I am ecstatic to say… “I’m back!” 2013 was the toughest thing I have ever endured and hope never to repeat. A routine mammogram in Oct 2012 uncovered breast cancer – specifically grade II invasive lobular carcinoma, a rather nasty beast that required surgery, 6 months chemo, 4 weeks radiation

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