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his three adult children develop an appreciation for nature and for the province where they were raised: "They grew up on yachting and boating, which is great because you get the family out into the wilderness, which is really important. Having a couple fresh crabs and oysters, and digging for clams, those are all really good experiences for young people." His love of the sea has extended outside the bonds of blood: Weston's son-in-law, former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Steve Sinclair, is director of operations at the Victoria International Marina, which Virginia Marie and others will call home after its grand opening next spring. "I think the marina is going to be a winner," Weston says. "It's de‚- nitely going to bring a lot of larger boats to the area, and I would think each one would stay for periods of two to three years." Although it might seem like Weston breezes through B.C.'s many islands without a care in the world, Strongbow in hand—his drink of choice because "you don't get too tired"—he sees some things that bother him. "I'm not overly excited about the ‚sh farms because they're very close to the rivers, and the ‚sh coming down are having some problems with lice and all that sort of stu‡, so that isn't working as it should be," he says. Weston brings that environmental awareness to his work as a support- ing member of the South Island Prosperity Project ( SIPP), an economic development agency that helps businesses expand in or move to Victoria and its surrounding region. SIPP's goal is "longer-term planning than what poli- tics is doing these days," he says. "We've got to be smart here in how we look after our cities and make sure they are vibrant and clean. This plastic in the ocean is bad for us, too. We used the ocean as a dumping ground at one point, and we've learned that you don't do that." He encourages B.C. residents to spend time in their natural surround- ings. "You've got the San Juans, you've got the Gulf Islands, you've got Vancouver Island, and then you can go into the west coast: To‚no, Ucluelet and all of those," Weston notes. "The beauty is that on our coast, whether you've got a 10-footer with a pair of oars or a small three- horsepower kicker or something bigger, you can just get out and enjoy it," he adds. And, you know, a raft works, too. 124 BCBusiness jULY/AUGUST 2018 ( quality time ) A F T E R HO U R S on the Road armadillo trailer manufacturing is a family-run business in Enderby, in the North Okanagan. allan Jong and his sons, mike and Jason, who have been repairing and building RVs for 45 years, always loved classic, rounded small trailers like the early Airstream, Boler and Lil' Bigfoot models. Now they're making one, the lightweight, 13.5-foot-long, fibreglass-shelled armadillo, using vintage moulds they rescued and improved. $24,900-$33,500 appetite for adventure As the owner of Well seasoned, a gourmet food shop in Langley, as well as a resident and municipal councillor, angie Quaale knows where to go for fresh berries, craft beer, artisanal cheese and other tasty treats. Eating Local in the Fraser Valley is an insider's guide to producers and purveyors from Langley to Chilliwack, with side trips to Surrey, maple Ridge, mission, Pitt meadows and Surrey. The book includes luscious colour photos and 70-plus recipes. penguin random house Canada 272 pages, paperback, $29.95 is a quarterly health and wellness newsletter that provides your employees with the information they need to improve their health – on and off the job – on and off the job ANDREA BURGERS 604.473.0305 aburgers@canadawide.com Find out more... Are you investing in your employees health? print or digital versions available health? print or digital versions available wellness matters Photography: iStock (unless credited otherwise) 10 FAST FACTS Pairing for Healthy Habits Choices for healthy living • nutrition • tness • well-being • health I n a perfect world, healthy habits would come as second nature, but sometimes life gets in the way of our best intentions. "Most people don't lack motivation, but they often struggle with follow through," says Sharon Kelly, certied life coach at Successful Transitions in Nanaimo, B.C. So, given the limits of motivation, how can you form healthy habits that stick? To strengthen positive behaviour, try "pairing," an old concept that was recently popularized by Gretchen Rubin, a bestselling author who studies habits and happiness. The pairing strategy is essentially to link habits you enjoy with ones that are aspirational, like practicing gratitude while you drink your morning coffee, or exercising while you watch Netix. "The great thing about pairing is that you're linking a new behaviour to one that already exists, and that helps with follow through," Kelly tells Wellness Matters. "Pairing also cuts down on decision-making time, allowing us to get out of our heads and into action," she adds. To make pairing work for you, Kelly suggests exploring and challenging self- limiting beliefs, getting clear on how new habits will benet you and making incremental changes to start. For that extra level of accountability, Kelly recommends enlisting the support of a friend or an ally, such as a life coach. summer 2 017 1 The brain uses about 20 per cent of the oxygen used by the human body 2 Your heart beats over 100,000 times per day 3 Adult lungs have a surface area between 540 and 810 square feet 4 REM sleep makes up about 20 per cent of total sleep time and is often when you have your most vivid dreams 5 Infants blink only once or twice a minute, while adults average around 10 6 Similar to ngerprints, humans also have unique tongue prints 7 Antibiotics are only effective against bacteria, not viruses 8 It takes your body around 12 hours to completely digest food 9 Bacteria are extremely small and are made up of just one cell 10 In terms of DNA sequences, all humans are over 99 per cent similar to other humans Inside 2 5 Healthy Summer Treats 3 To Carb or Not to Carb? 4 Weightlifting for Beginners 7 Cultivate a Gratitude Practice That Sticks WM_Summer2017_GS.indd 1 2017-04-27 2:40 PM Healthy Employees have better concentration and lower stress wellness matters

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