About Jessica Derksen

I LOVE to workout, and no I promise this site isn't about hard core working out; yes, I will talk about the importance of moving your body however that looks like for YOU. But, for me, working out is my medicine, it literally saved my life. My absolute favourite part about working out is the community. Working out with the boys, completing races with them is so much fun! I'm part of the most amazing gym in my city; the people, the trainers the entire community is what keeps me going every day. And if I'm being really honest on Wednesday, my girlfriends and I do workout and wine Wednesday, which is my outlet, my tribe, my thing that kicks my butt and keeps me going for the rest of the week.

If I couldn't travel, I wouldn't be who I am today. Since I was a kid, I remember my dad packing me and my sisters up in the car and heading across the country, we would stop way too many times to see hundreds of waterfalls and grain elevators along the way. All these things as a young child, I didn't appreciate at the time, but now looking back I know that's what introduced me to the world outside of Ottawa. I wanted to explore much more than I could have even imagined. In creating this life for me that I wanted to be living, travel has become a huge priority in mine and my husbands life. It is something we do alone, and something we do as a family every single year, as much as we possibly can.