Today’s Meat Free Monday dish is from one of my favourite food writers, Nigel Slater. He was writing about his glut of home grown courgettes in last Sunday’s Observer and offered this delicious light and fresh recipe to readers. Of course, courgettes have another name in the US – zucchini… Courgette, tomato and ricotta bake 500g [...]
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Meat Free Monday
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Courgette, Nigel Slater recipe, tomato and ricotta bake on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Laura Linney taking on the “C” word
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged c word, laura linney on August 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
First we had the “L word”….now comes the “C word” on TV. According to Showtime sources, actress Laura Linney, an actress I always enjoy watching, is to star in a “dark comedy about cancer”. “Cancer is not usually the subject of half-hour comedy, but Laura saw what we did in this complex show: a woman who [...]
Art therapy lowers depression in breast cancer
Posted in Psychological impact of cancer, Younger Women and Breast Cancer, tagged anxiety with breast cancer, art therapy, breast cancer, depression and breast cancer, psychological effects of breast cancer, psychological well-being on August 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Recent research shows that almost every second woman with breast cancer is depressed or has anxiety; the risk for younger women is even higher. The findings of a clinical trial, published in a recent Palliative and Supportive Care journal shows that signficiant lower ratings of depression and anxiety, were reported for a randomised controlled art therapy group, [...]
Poetry Friday
Posted in Inspiration, tagged Inspiration, poem, Rumi on August 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last week, I posted on the reason why I instituted Poetry Friday and later today I intend to write another post on the therapeutic effects of art in lowering depression in cancer. The magic and power of poetry lies in its ability in a few lines to make you stop, think and feel deep emotions. [...]
Uniting our efforts on a global stage
Posted in Conferences, Seminars, Public Information Sessions, tagged LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit on August 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been watching the LiveStrong video of the stories of those who travelled from all over the world to attend the LiveStrong Global Cancer Summit in Dublin this past week. Everyone I met there was so enthusiastic and excited about this historic effort to put cancer on a global stage to unite all our efforts in [...]
A tribute to loved ones
Posted in Conferences, Seminars, Public Information Sessions, tagged Lance Armstrong Foundation, LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit on August 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
At the LiveStrong Global Cancer Summit taking place this week in Dublin, there is a touching “tribute wall” where delegates can post the names of those friends and loved ones who have been affected by cancer. As you can imagine, the wall filled up with names very quickly. It was an emotional feeling to stand [...]
This is what it’s all about
Posted in Conferences, Seminars, Public Information Sessions, tagged LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit on August 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What a great day today at the pre-event registration for the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit here in Dublin. A great feeling of being part of an historic global event. I met some wonderful people today and what a great experience to finally meet some of my Twitter friends in person! I worked the registration desk [...]
LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit Starts
Posted in Conferences, Seminars, Public Information Sessions, Uncategorized, tagged Cancer, CNN, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Lance Armstrong Foundation, LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit, RDS Dublin on August 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I spent this morning at a volunteer induction session for the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit which starts tomorrow at the RDS, Dublin. It was a terrific introduction to the work of the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Their global commitment to the fight against cancer is so inspiring and it is wonderful to be a part of this movement. The Summit will bring [...]
A recipe for healthy living
Posted in Lifestyle, tagged cancer prevention, healthy living, Irish Times, lifestyle and cancer prevention on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Given how random it sometimes appears to be, you would be forgiven for believing that becoming chronically ill is sometimes down to bad luck or karma. We read about the strange things that can cause the killer diseases like cancer and heart disease – carcinogens lurking in the food we eat, radiation coming up from the [...]
What is a winner?
Posted in Personal Reflections, tagged a winner, blog contest, Cancer on August 20, 2009 | 17 Comments »
Now that the blog contest is over and I came 2nd, it’s time to reflect on what I’ve learned about myself. I didn’t enter this competition to win; I entered it for fun and also in an effort to spread the message of breast cancer awareness to a wider audience. So what did I learn? I have [...]
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