Health & Lifestyle - West Cork People

Savour life’s kindnesses

Susan O Regan July, 2019

The more I practice mindfulness, the more I see my habits more clearly. I now realise how strongly our lives can be governed by deeply rooted habitual patterns. Our habits can be very subtle and take time to even notice and possibly years to change. Yet, the act of intentionally […]

Create your own power autumn

WCP Staff July, 2019

Almost all happiness research states that people tend to be more happy the older they get. The curve often starts around 50 and by 60 and 70, people are remarkably happier than their peers in their 20s and 40s. This increasing feeling of happiness and contentment as we grow older […]

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July Sun Signs

Kate Arbon July, 2019

This month the big sky story is all about the eclipses. These occur several times a year when the Sun, Moon and Earth line up. At New Moon the Sun is temporarily obscured by the Moon creating a Solar eclipse. At Full Moon the Earth is between the Sun and […]

Fit, fabulous and over fifty

Louise O'Dwyer July, 2019

Does thinking about your age make you cringe and come out in a cold sweat? Are you constantly looking at other women of a similar age and wondering if you look older or younger than them? Are you buying everything and anything that you can to make yourself look younger? […]

Raspberry pancakes

Karen Austin July, 2019

We have a rabbit in our garden. It has been hopping about devouring beans and kale and now it’s systematically chomping through a row of cauliflowers. This is an unusual problem for us as the garden’s walled and although birds cause devastation the rabbits usually stay out. It’s not easy […]

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All you need to know about Clonakilty’s new Bike Circus

WCP Staff July, 2019

Next to Clonakilty’s Spiller’s Lane, in the ‘Christmas Tree yard’, you will find a hive of activity. In recent weeks a dedicated team of volunteers has launched West Cork’s first community bicycle workshop. The space was launched on June 6 by then-mayor Gretta O’Donovan at an event attended by a […]

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