Health & Lifestyle - West Cork People

New in beauty – the March edit

Sherna Malone March, 2022

Sothys Nutritive Collection: French skincare brand Sothys Paris has introduced its new Nutritive line of skincare, created to provide a high nutritional response to chronic or occasionally dry skin. The collection comprises of three products, all designed to replenish and rebalance the skin’s ecosystem, helping dry skin to become more […]

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West Cork Pilates returns offering “a space to breathe”

WCP Staff March, 2022

Lorraine Dufficey has been teaching Pilates for nearly 20 years, starting in 2005 in Skibbereen and Clonakilty, at a time when few had heard of the method in West Cork. Now this journey has led her to build her own studio in Rossmore near Clonakilty, offering a warm and intimate […]

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The ‘bad luck’ of the Irish

WCP Staff March, 2022

Anyone who has attempted to follow their Irish ancestry knows that it can be tough going. If records exist and you have West Cork ancestry, you have access to excellent and free online sources. In the month of St Patrick’s Day, it is worth reviewing how unlucky the Irish have […]

Intelligent medicine

Freya Sherlock March, 2022

Steeped in the Chinese medical tradition as I am, I have become more and more in awe over the years, as to just how elegantly it treats illness and serves to restore whole-system health. Within a Chinese herbal formula will be a multi-layered medicine that is capable of addressing a […]

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Letting go of our mask

Susan O Regan March, 2022

We are living in a constantly changing world which can make everyday life feel incredibly tricky at times. I am writing on the day that Russia has invaded Ukraine, after a week in which Ireland was ravaged by storms and just as we are beginning to emerge after two years […]

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What does it feel like to have a panic attack?

WCP Staff March, 2022

I want you to imagine you are on a fly fishing holiday in Alaska. This is the holiday of your dreams. The sun is shining, the birds are singing. Behind you the mountains are capped with snow. It’s beautiful. You’re wrapped up warm and the water, it’s teaming with fish. You […]

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