January is often the time of year we make or renew resolutions to live a healthier life. I know that I, personally, would love to feel better in 2013 by incorporating more physical activity into my routine and by eating better. On January 22, 2013, I would like to invite you to join us for the Feel Better Twitter Party hosted by Florida Citrus Canada as we share tips for feeling better during cold and flu season. Throughout the party, you will have a chance to win some pretty amazing feel better prize packs.

Ah, yes! The unmistakable sounds of my least favourite time of the year: cold and flu season. As a teacher of over two hundred students between the ages of five and ten, it is almost a given that I will catch a bug of some sort and end up in the doctor's office or at home nursing a fever. I also have two young school-aged children of my own and they rarely escape the viruses themselves. Over the holidays, while home with the kids for two weeks, each of us showed cold or flu-like symptoms which meant it was time to pull out our arsenal of tips and tricks for keeping sickness at bay. Here is what we do to feel better: