Catherine Lovering

Catherine Lovering is a writer with bylines on Healthline, PsychCentral, and IvyExec.com. Her areas of expertise include health, consumer information, personal finance, legal marketing, small business, individual and corporate taxation, insurance, Canadian tax law, Canadian consumer finance, digital marketing, content marketing, fitness, and public policy. She holds an LLB (JD) from the University of Victoria.

Location: Vancouver, BC

Healthing.ca •

Stigma-free,​ ​individualized care key to addressing obesity

Lisa Schaffer’s journey to becoming an obesity patient advocate began at an unexpected point in her life. It was only after gastric sleeve surgery didn’t bring the changes she had expected after a lifetime of hearing that weight was something she should be able to control on her own. Successful​ in ​many​ ​aspects ​of her life, Schaffer was devastated ​that, despite everything she had tried, obesity continued to affect her.​​​​​ The experience took a toll on her mental health. “I got very, very dark,” Schaffer says. “I often use language that I broke my own heart. And quite frankly, I can appreciate it now, I was carrying decades of internalized ​weight ​bias and shame.” That experience became part of what led her to advocacy.​​​​​​
HealthGrades •

Health Literacy and Breast Cancer: 4 Ways to Close the Gap

Health literacy is the ability to obtain, process, and understand health information and services to inform health decisions. It focuses on individuals (personal health literacy) and organizations that support them (organizational health literacy). A 2021 scoping review found a positive association between adequate health literacy and favorable cancer-related outcomes, but there was variability across studies and differences in tools to measure health literacy. Breast cancer patients can experience a range of health literacy rates depending on the health decision or task. In a 2022 study of more than 1,300 breast cancer survivors, 41.1% said assessing treatment options was difficult or very difficult. In contrast, 93.8% said it was easy or very easy to understand the value of breast cancer screening.
Martindale-Avvo •

The State of LGBTQ+ Representation in the Legal Profession: Stats, Trends & Challenges 2025

The legal profession is typically slow-moving on inclusivity. This may be a surprising perception given the law’s stated commitment to equality, but the numbers reveal the reality. The industry lags on representation and elimination of bias vis-a-vis LGBTQ+ people. Let’s have a look at how things stand in 2025: how many attorneys identify as LGBTQ+, the barriers they face, and some strategies to increase inclusion. Law schools and professional organizations share a dedication to equality, especially needed when there’s a renewed focus on the LGBTQ+ community as a whole and the laws that impact their rights.
Compose.ly •

How To Develop and Execute an Enterprise Content Strategy

Content is king — even if you're already king (or queen!) of your industry.Smaller businesses use content marketing to build a brand and make names for themselves. Larger enterprise organizations use the same tactic to power growth — but often take a different approach. Here's what marketers need to know about creating an enterprise content strategy — and why that strategy is necessary for increasing conversions.
Healthline •

Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Five People Share Their Stories

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a group of blood cancers in which immature cells in the bone marrow do not develop into healthy blood cells. When MDS were identified in the 1950s, they were called “pre-leukemic conditions.” In 1982, MDS was defined as a group of distinct disorders. MDS is a rare diagnosis. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), the number of annual diagnoses in the United States may be upward of 10,000. Some sources put the number much higher. What is known is that the experiences of people with MDS vary significantly. Some individuals are stable for many years with few symptoms. Some rapidly progress to life threatening complications. Some may experience anything on the large spectrum in between.
Healthline •

4 Barriers to Developing Healthy Habits and How to Overcome Them

A 2023 study identified the biggest barriers to healthy eating among Division 1 college athletes — a population not often associated with unhealthy habits. Their toughest challenges were many of the same issues others face: lack of time, lack of access to healthy foods, lack of cooking knowledge. Whether you’re a college athlete or not, there are simple changes you can make to more easily incorporate healthy habits into your life.
Ivy Exec Blog •

What Does Taking Risks Look Like in a Shaky Economy?

There may be no more common refrain in business than “risk leads to reward.” Leaders must innovate, show creativity, and take big risks in order to get ahead. But what does this mean in the current economic climate? As a result of the global health crisis, business is operating very differently than it was one year ago. The advice for leaders, however, seems to be the same. Innovation and agility are particularly important, as is quick recovery from risks that have unexpected results.