Last week, scientist at Bristol University found that women who are early risers are 40-48% less likely to develop breast cancer. This finding adds to other previous research which suggested that women who work night shifts had higher rates of cancer. So, what is happening at night when we sleep that is lowering our risk […]
Autumn is really here, and I have a love hate relationship with this season. Being a first generation African, every year, at this time of year when it starts getting really cold, I wonder how I am going to survive until the spring. I feel the chill in my bones and I just want to […]
Twice this week I wanted to give up. The first time was on Friday morning. I got up feeling okay-ish after an emotionally challenging week. Normally if this is not checked, it can lead to a downward spiral where everyone’s weekend is ruined in my household because I am in a bad mood. My normal […]
We can all now feel the start of autumn with the chill in the air in the mornings but I wrote this blog at the end of my summer holidays when I promised you more on the 80 year old woman that I met, so here goes. We were approaching the end of our summer […]
I have just come back from my summer holiday in the Kerry, in the south of Ireland. I have been doing this trip for the past 23 years save for a couple of years. Now Ireland is not known for the weather and for someone originally from sunnier climes, you would think I would be […]
There has been a lot in the press lately about women freezing their eggs and whether it should be funded by the NHS. There are passionate debates on both sides of the argument, so I am going to steer clear of that and give it another lens altogether. What might that lens be I hear […]
On Sunday we got to see two mothers in the Wimbledon tennis finals; Serena Williams in the women’s singles and Victoria Azarenka in the mixed doubles with Jamie Murray. Sure, there has been many fathers in the finals before but let’s face it, the challenges for men as parents is never quite the same as […]
Last week we were all holding our breath for the 12 boys and their football coach in Thailand who have been trapped in a cave for two weeks. It is thought they went on a fun outing, to celebrate one of the boy’s birthday. Their rescue operation is currently in progress. This is every parent’s […]
Happy fathers’ day to all the father’s out there. Hopefully your families made a fuss of you. I doubt you would have been subjected to the burnt toast that many mothers endured on Mothers Day back in March as no doubt the mothers would have been involved in rustling up whatever breakfast made its way […]
We have all had one of those days. • You wake up on the wrong side of the bed. • You stub your toe as you get out of bed. • The zipper on your trousers is refusing to budge. • Your thighs look like someone pumped air into them overnight. • Your hair has […]