Weekly Round-Up
Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which… Continue reading
Category Archive: Lifestyle
Friday Round-Up
I couldn’t let this last Friday of the year pass by without sharing what the writers in the BC blogosphere have been reflecting and commenting on this week. In Closing Out Another Year,… Continue reading
Meat Free Monday
For Irish TV viewers there was an interesting programme on TG4 recently – Garrai Glas -a show about growing your own food in traditional and organic ways. One of the episodes which I… Continue reading
Meat Free Monday
The star of today’s Meat Free Monday is the humble herb parsley. Normally relegated to a garnish, it is now taking centre stage, as the latest research points to its anti-cancer properties. This… Continue reading
Why we all need a bit of horticultural therapy now and then…
Today’s guest post is written by Dee Sewell, a qualified horticulturist based in Co Carlow, who with her husband Ian, founded Greenside Up, to share their combined expertise and knowledge with novice gardeners. I always… Continue reading
Managing menopausal symptoms
In yesterday’s post, I touched on the reason some women abandon tamoxifen – the fact that it contributes to menopausal type symptoms. Having to deal with hot flushes and other associated symptoms is… Continue reading
Physical activity programme for breast cancer survivors
The Irish Cancer Society are currently recruiting women who have had a breast cancer diagnosis and are post-treatment and 12 months post-surgery to take part in a Physical Activity Programme, commencing March 26th, 2011.… Continue reading
Debunking the breast cancer myths
How many of the myths about breast cancer did you believe before you were diagnosed, or even after? I believe those myths do more harm than just frighten us, they can also obscure… Continue reading
