Many chronic health problems are caused or exaggerated by high levels of blood sugar and insulin resistance. Diabetes, heart disease, chronic pain, hormone imbalances, autoimmunity and Alzheimer’s are just a few of the conditions that are impacted by high levels of blood sugar and insulin. What is insulin resistance? Insulin […]
Being a mindfulness practitioner, I notice little separation between the values and principles of my life and work, the personal and professional are very much interwoven. And, in life or work, mindfulness and compassion practices can help us get in touch with our own vulnerability, as we are encouraged to […]
Are you tired? Does your stomach hurt after eating? Do you have other symptoms like nausea, cramping, bloating or gas? Are you suffering with diarrhoea, constipation or both? Are you irritable? Have you gained or lost weight? Are you emotionally eating? Have you developing anxiety around food? Are you sleeping […]
This month provides the first of three articles covering the MENNIS family. If you have DNA tested and related to any of these families, do get in touch and consider adding your DNA information to the project. My wife’s ancestry is genetically-proven to her three-times great grandparents, which also reaches […]
The Clogheen Marsh and Clonakilty Biodiversity Group, a local conservation group, is calling on everyone interested in seeing a new wildlife centre for Clonakilty, and in sharing their ideas on the development of wildlife opportunities in the area, to get involved by completing the group’s online survey (https://forms.gle/53sUVuVeePCSsz4R7). Clonakilty Bay is […]
About 300,000 people made the annual pilgrimage this year to the Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co. Laois. Contrary to what the social media trolls would have you believe, I was met with strong, friendly handshakes and passionate voices for the protection of nature and the ecological transformation of modern farming. […]