Opinion
Tuning in to the great television turn off …
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON GRAND isn’t it when, thanks to the dawning of a new normal, you can stop zooming and start meeting up and really talking with people. But it wasn’t the discussion about a book at the first live Book Club I was at recently that stuck most vividly in …
Shopping centre addicts: sure, it’s a day out isn’t it
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS FOR 16 years now, Amazon has changed how virtually every one of us shops, or at least 200 million of us in some 16 countries. In 2005, the company launched Prime, the first-of-its-kind, lightning-fast subscription delivery service. Along the way Amazon assembled an army of couriers hauling your …
The benefits of a hot cup
BY ANDREW MCDONALD HYPNOTHERAPIST Write a list of stereotypically Irish things and it’s guaranteed “a cup of tea” features prominently. In recent years this has changed with coffee becoming more popular. Almost 60% of Irish adults drink the bean-based beverage at least once a day with about a third consuming several cups on a daily …
Supporting your fitness regime
BY CLAIR WHITTY It’s fantastic to be getting back into your fitness regime but you may have some issues with recovery after training, muscle cramps, or injury? Let’s start with muscle cramps, magnesium is my first choice to try. You can take it, or use BetterYou magnesium spray which you massage into the skin before …
College aside, there’s the University of Life
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS SCHOOL days may well be the best days of your life as 61,000 students, Leaving Cert results to hand this week, are about to find out as they face the reality of repeats or job-hunting or, in the case of 60% of them, the mad scramble for a …
We need to do exactly what it says on the tin
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON EVERY so often a new buzz word enters our vocabulary and one of the loudest buzzes now is sustainability. Quite right too, given the urgent need to address climate change and this year’s extreme weather with soaring temperatures, wild fires and floods, should be enough to convince us …
Protecting the boss is your business
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR LAST week we discussed personal protection and the need to protect ourselves and our loved ones against the financial problems that follow serious illness and death. This week we look at the situation as a business owner as there are additional concerns should we fall victim to serious illness or …
Peer support through lived experience
BY ANDREW MCDONALD HYPNOTHERAPIST In this column, we have already looked at how recovering from a mental health crisis is only the first stage on the path to enjoying wellness. That isn’t to belittle the effort needed to take that first step towards getting better. The will and determination required are huge. Anybody who has …
Healthy skin from the inside out
BY CLAIR WHITTY Are you looking to have healthy skin? Good levels of vitamins like A, B, C, D, E, and minerals like Zinc and Magnesium are important for healthy skin. Hormonal balance, and adequate levels of friendly gut bacteria can help too. A healthy diet and nutritional supplements aimed at supporting skin health may …
Ashwagandha What’s it all about?
BY CLAIR WHITTY Ashwagandha is an interesting herb and one of my favourites. It’s classed as an adaptogenic herb which means that it can help the body to adapt and cope with stress of any kind that it has to deal with. In Ayurvedic medicine it’s traditionally used for strengthening an exhausted nervous system. This …
