Regret and Bucket Lists

Is there a secret to happiness and health? Have you ever spoken to a happy, healthy person in their nineties, and asked them what their secret is? I don’t get

Cancer Support in the Community

Yellow Door Care joins a wide range of supportive services for anyone involved with the breast cancer journey. You might be surprised at the lovely things that are available, including

Different Faces of Grief

What to expect from grief We all have expectations or thoughts about what is likely or normal for certain events in our lives. Highly emotional events like deaths and funerals

Thyroid dysfunction

What’s wrong with me? Could it be my thyroid? Are you putting on weight, feeling moody, have dry itchy skin and feel tired despite sleeping all night? These are just

Exercise for Recovery

Illness and disability require a different approach to exercise, allowing for low levels of energy, consideration of pain and other side effects. But do the restrictions mean that exercise should

Creating Boundaries during a crisis

Boundaries: when to call on this life-saving strategy. I was talking to a lady today who was absolutely exhausted from looking after her husband. He had recently been diagnosed with

The Spiritual Questions about Death and Dying

Impending death It doesn’t matter whether you are religious or not, death and dying provoke a questioning of our spirituality, purpose and meaning. The person who is dying, whether from