Increase your holistic wellbeing this summer by creating a reflection space in your home or garden, a place where you can go to relax, unwind and escape, so to speak. For remote workers especially, this could be your place for mindfulness and meditation breaks or a quick yoga session before […]
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Garden enthusiasts and gardeners will be delighted to hear that there are 23 gardens on this year’s West Cork Garden Trail, the longest running trail of its kind in Ireland. From formally designed gardens to natural havens of biodiversity, formal to informal, traditional to more contemporary, this is an opportunity […]
‘Life’s like ice cream. Enjoy it before it melts’ – Em Clarkson. There are so many ways to describe what being a woman is all about. For some, womanhood is strength, for others it’s tenderness. It might also be pushing yourself in your career, at school, or helping to make […]
As I sit and reflect on a compassion-based mindfulness theme for this month, it is a recurring theme that comes to mind, a practice that I believe transforms us, mindful self-compassion. What do you feel when you read or hear the words self-compassion? Do you feel anything in your body? […]
Having covered much of the basics in previous articles, this month I will start by providing brief synopses (in alphabetical order) for my wife’s West Cork ancestral lines and what we have learned from atDNA matching. If you have DNA tested and related to any of these families, or simply […]
If you’re a dog owner, you’ve probably noticed that there seems to be a growing anti-dog wave in the country at the moment. It’s been lurking there for a couple of years but now dog owners are frowned on and penalised in public places especially on beaches. Prohibiting dog owners […]