Wellness blog — #womenshealth

So you’ve gone to get your annual check up. The smear, the boobs, blood work, the lot. You get a call back from the doctors to inform you that your cholesterol reading is high…. So now what? As you know, about a year ago I also got a high cholesterol reading on my blood work. I was baffled. I work out, I eat well and while I am stressed (who isn’t?) I have my yoga to relax me (and my R&R) and the dog walks too. How could I have high cholesterol? If I’m being honest I felt a bit...

💜 When Mariah sang, “All I want for Christmas is youuuuuu”, we all tapped our toes and sung along. It reminded us of love, Love Actually, glistening with all the joy and tinsel.   🛌 But right now, across the country, there are millions of Irish women asking for something else this Christmas: REST!  Luckily in Ireland we have Nollaig na Mban, January 6th, a traditional day of rest to end the Christmas season culminating in the Epiphany. Traditionally it was a day off for women, to put their feet up, have a cuppa with some cake, and generally back away...

Today I released my podcast with Sarah Benson, CEO of Women's Aid Ireland. What she shared with me is confronting- we all know someone who has been touched by domestic abuse, even if we are not actually aware of it.   The sad reality is that at Christmas time this abuse increases. And it doesn’t just affect women. Society as a whole suffers. It pulls at the threads that hold us all together in the caring love all human beings deserve. Children are often caught in the cross hairs, under the care of their mother who struggles and puts on a brave face....