Public awareness campaigns are a regular feature of everyday life. Not a month goes by without our attention being drawn by a headline statistic to another condition and the plight of others. January was the month for raising awareness of the need for cervical cancer screening, but…
My final Fabulous Females of this first series are three women who make up #pelvicroar. Myra, Elaine and Emma are a physio led collaboration intent on challenging any taboos surrounding pelvic health and making pelvic exercises as vital as brushing your teeth. Personally I love to combine the two!…
Despite my very best intentions I have found myself starting this year in the same reflective state that I finished last, which means that so far I have managed to fail on more than one of my New Year’s resolutions. The irony in this is that I actually…
As another year draws to a close it is a time for reflection and for me as I approach a series of milestones that made the end of last year and the beginning of this, the most challenging in my life so far, it is time to say…
“To be the very best version of myself” is the catchphrase synonymous with every ageing woman in the 21st century as she passes into the next decade, whether it be her 40’s, 50’s or beyond. It is no longer about simply “ageing gracefully” but “ageing well” and for…
Christmas is a time for family. What does your family mean to you? Can you put a value on it? Do you put them above anything else and where do you draw the line in terms of loyalty and commitment? After all we all have a breaking point.…
The letter read “We are writing to invite you to make an appointment for NHS cervical screening. The NHS offers cervical screening to save lives from cervical cancer. It does this by finding abnormal cells in the cervix before they have a chance to develop into cancer. Any…
2018 marks the 100-year anniversary of the Act which first gave some women the right to vote in the UK, the magnitude of which is not lost on anyone. Integral to this development was the movement led by Emmeline Pankhurst, a name which has over the last century…
