Wednesday, November 29, 2023

COMPLETE TRANSFORMATION RETREAT One week of clean living on Lanzarote

I knew it. I just knew we’d have loads of freaky connections. I mean what are the chances of the woman...

COMPO CULTURE Why French kids have it better than Irish children

There's plenty about the French that gives me indigestion: Their bread, delicious but bloating, their endless red tape and paper culture and...

BRAVE LIVING 40 Things Dr Ray Refuses To Do Anymore

Celebrated author and clinical pscychologist Dr Rebecca Ray outlines the things she refuses to do having turned...

WHAT I’VE LEARNED One year on from going vegan on the telly

Vegan lessons so far: Vegan one year one: On the set of Brendan O'Connor's Cutting Edge, April 2018

FIGHTING FIT The challenge of keeping girls in sport

The amount of young girls dropping out of sports activities like football, rugby and athletics is increasing year by year, by the age of...

DADDY ISSUES Why we infantilise fathers and glorify mothers

Feminism, at its core, is about equality. In patriarchal society women have been, and are, at a disadvantage. How does this society also disadvantage...

PARENTING Can you be a princess pink loving feminist?

Parenting blogger Beth Kilkenny of the Motherhub was certain she would NOT be that mother who dresses her little girl in head to toe...

CHILD’S PLAY When is the right time to discuss money?

My five year old Patrick is known to say, 'Just buy another one,' after the breakage of a toy/glass/vase/lipstick/shall I go on? The poor...