About

​Kim is a first time author. She spent the isolation of the Covid-19 pandemic interviewing and writing the story about her husband's journey to become healthier each year after the age of forty.

 

John R. MacPhail spent twenty-five years in the business world, beginning at a Toronto investment firm, and has always had a passion for reading, learning, and teaching. MacPhail has a business degree, is a certified yoga teacher, a competitive squash player, has a black belt in taekwondo, and has trained in meditation. He teaches yoga a few times per week at a local yoga studio, the YMCA and an addiction recovery facility. He also teaches squash to adults and kids, and hosts yoga retreats.​

 

MacPhail lives on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, with his wife, Kimberly, their two German Shepherds, Nero and Raven, a cat named Minuit, and a variety of wildlife that trek through their yard in the country every day.