Health & Wellbeing

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Healthcare assistant Emma Oldershaw

Get a helping hand into a career in health and social care

In partnership with The Prince’s Trust, we are running a series of job skills workshops to help young people…

Asking ‘why’ and ‘so what’ can help if you are feeling stuck or aware you are putting something off or when you next have to make plansPHOTO: Mohamed Hassan/ Pixabay

My two key coaching questions…

By Alice Johnsen. In my coaching sessions, clients do most of the talking. My role is to listen with focus and…

RSPB Arne, now part of Purbeck Heath National Nature Reserve, is home to spoonbills.

Meditations in nature: A day out on Dorset’s heathlands

by Susie Curtin. BRIGHT sunshine and a biting wind greet me as I arrive at RSPB Arne, now part of…

Several organisations offer advice if you’re suffering from SAD

Why seasonal affective disorder is more than just the ‘winter blues’

AT this time of year, you might hear people talking about seasonal affective disorder, or SAD for short. More…

Small changes are the ones that are most sustainable and make us just feel better about our everyday lives. PHOTO: Gerd Altmann/Pixabay

Small changes can make a big difference to your life

By Alice Johnsen. The decorations have been packed away for another year and the children are back at school. Another…

Amy Smith and Carly Gribben from the Dorset HealthCare School Nursing Team

Parents: Health help just a text message away…

PARENTS and carers in need of health support and advice can now get it by text. Parentline, a confidential texting…

Raynaud’s attacks occur when the blood temporarily stops flowing to parts of the body, most commonly the hands and feet

Painful condition can be worsened by cold weather

Individuals are being urged to be aware of a little-known condition brought on by the cold, with more freezing…

Fiona Chapman’s tea includes dandelion root, which is excellent for dredging the liver of toxins and helps keeps the bowels moving PHOTO: Silvia/Pixabay

Detox this January with herbal tea

January is the detox season, much to my poor husband’s dread and horror! I do understand because it is such…

Dorset Neuro Physio

The importance of exercise: Why do I have balance problems and what can I do about it?

AS a physiotherapist, one of my roles is to advocate exercise and an active lifestyle. As well as specialising…

The St Brelades Ward team celebrate their award

Hospital staff honoured for end-of-life care at prestigious ceremony

STAFF at a Poole hospital have been honoured for treating patients with ‘dignity and peace’ during the final stages…