Health & Lifestyle - West Cork People

The implications of cleanliness

Dr Jeff Featherstone October, 2021

I was surprised to hear that we now do not recommend sterilising babies bottles. The hours of fun I had with boiling water and being ever so clean with our second baby: All a waste of time and just goes to show how advice changes. Another interesting spin off of our […]

Getting your health winter-ready

Freya Sherlock October, 2021

Consider for a moment, what kind of a spender are you? Are you the kind of person who looks, ahead, plans for your financial future, spends carefully and mindfully and invests regularly in your savings? Or are you more laissez-faire? Do you spend today and worry tomorrow? Do you readily […]

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Connecting West Cork to Wellbeing

WCP Staff October, 2021

Almost nine years ago the first ‘wellness bus’ rolled through the towns and villages of West Cork, as part of an initiative to help people recover outside of the traditional mental health services. The bus promoted social inclusion and gave advice on services, available across the community, that promote physical, […]

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Embracing impermanence

Susan O Regan October, 2021

‘To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go.’ From ‘In Blackwater Woods’ by Mary […]

Last of the summer harvest

Karen Austin October, 2021

The garden is beginning to look a little woolly now that it’s the end of September; the apples and pears are falling from the trees and the courgettes have slowed so much that they have become a valuable commodity again. Even the beans are beginning to be defeated with the […]

Are we there yet?

Tina Pisco October, 2021

I often feel a sense of sadness at this time of year. It’s a melancholy that is both nostalgic and foreboding: nostalgia for the summer that’s gone and foreboding of the winter ahead. This year however, I can’t complain. September has been such a beautiful month, stretching summer out for a […]

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