With every cut of the surgeon’s knife and the smell of cauterised burning flesh I’m taken deeper into the pain and grief of my mother and sisters cancers. I find the pain anchors me to them; I am part of the sisterhood of suffering, with our connected origin story. The surgeon is cutting the little …
“The wound is the place where the light enters you.” Rumi I am 54 when the team wheels me towards surgery. The nurse looks at me curiously, “Athlete?” I guess in her experience most people my age, lying in my position were either athletes, chronic over-exercisers, had an acute injury, or were born with hip issues. …
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“Everyone has two choices. We’re either full of love… or full of fear.“ Albert Einstein Say the two words “breast cancer” and what do you feel? Fear right? It is a rare human being that has not been touched by the fear and devastation that the word cancer brings to families. But there is another …
“Best test is to go on holidays and if you feel better it’s an environmental problem and if you don’t feel better it’s a genetic problem.” Sachin Patel, Living Proof institute This quote brings us back to basics. Our environment – how we live, love, rest, move, sleep and eat our way through life tells …
If you’re over 40 this could help you. If you are 50 plus it’s your time. Whether menopause is on your radar or not, there is a lot I want to share with you, and other women in transition. Hello again, it’s Belinda Rennie Nutritionist. I started Natural Menopause in 2014; you might have signed up, …
