Health - West Cork People

ADHD and therapy

Leo Muckley December, 2025

Since July this year, I have been working part time with the charity ADHD Ireland, as a facilitator on the Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD Programme (UMAAP). UMAAP is a novel online programme integrating psychoeducation with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to cultivate knowledge of ADHD, self-acceptance, self-compassion and psychological […]

Ode to women

Dr Paula Stanley December, 2025

Women of all ages come under huge pressure to achieve unrealistic levels of perfection; personal, professional, physical, sexual, spiritual and psychological. I wanted to write a piece about how amazing women are, well, because we are. I have an opinion that may horrify many; I don’t think our 1970s feminist […]

Why the pelvic floor matters for young women in sport

Lorraine Dufficey November, 2025

In the August issue of the West Cork People I wrote an article on the importance of having a healthy pelvic floor and how pelvic floor dysfunction can impact quality of life for both men and women. At the time of writing I had a feeling I wasn’t quite done […]

Why a good multivitamin and mineral still matters

Hannah Dare November, 2025

Twenty years ago, when Rachel and I took over managing Organico, supplements were simple. Most of us just took a basic multivitamin and maybe a spoonful of cod liver oil, and that was it (unless we had a cold when we took tons of Echinacea!). The shelves weren’t crowded, and […]

Waking up to life

Susan O Regan November, 2025

Gratitude is a core mindfulness practice, and I am so aware of how blessed I am to be making a living by doing work that is of service to others, work that makes a real, tangible difference in people’s lives. I ran a few introductory sessions with a local group […]

What if?

Leo Muckley November, 2025

By the time you are reading this, it will have been a few weeks since we experienced a storm that led to some flooding in Glengarriff village. On that day, I was standing looking out at the river behind the house, which was rapidly rising. I remember thinking to myself, […]

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