All Health and wellbeing articles – Page 3
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ArticleIs the Government finally prioritising women’s health?
Find out how the newly released UK Government’s Women’s Health Strategy 2024 positively affects women experiencing menopause
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OpinionKylie Jenner has dissolved her fillers – is this a step toward freedom?
Is the world starting to agree with the Bible - that grey hair is a crown of glory? Not quite, says Hannah Wickens, but it might just be going in the right direction, and Kylie Jenner is leading the way.
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Opinion‘Why I don’t do yoga’
Yoga is seen as acceptable by many Christians, but Kate Orson says: ’claiming you can do yoga as a non-spiritual practice is a bit like thinking you can eat cake for the healthy proteins and vitamins while not absorbing the sugar.’
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Opinion‘Thank God for the Government ban on disposable vapes’
Mary Deller from Hope UK says the Government’s measures to tackle the huge rise in young people taking up vaping are a positive step forward.
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ArticleThe wait - my journey with infertility
Lucy West (née Britten) carved out her singing career in Christian bands like V*Enna, BlushUK and LZ7, performing songs and sharing the gospel with countless young people. She’s now using her voice in another way – to talk about infertility
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ArticleUtilising yoga during Lent
In this edited extract from Church of Scotland minister Pauline Steenbergen’s book How to Embody Lent in 29 Yoga Postures she explains how she came to practise yoga, why she teaches it now and introduces some of the poses
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ArticleExercise yourself happy!
Bukky Ayoade explains how staying active can help us to tackle the symptoms of menopause
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OpinionCéline Dion has been diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome. How does this kind of chronic illness affect women?
Author Jo Sheringham shares her experience of developing an autoimmune condition, and the lessons God is teaching her as she lives with the disability.
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ArticleYou are what you eat
Bukky Ayoade looks at how our dietary choices can help us tackle menopause symptoms
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ArticleRemembering we are ‘fearfully and wonderfully made’
In our new column on the menopause, Bukky Ayoade looks at how prayer and meditation can help women tackle symptoms
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ArticleUnderstanding the menopause
As she personally juggles perimenopause with work, family life and church leadership, Claire Musters reports on a conference organised by the Kyria Network to help women understand what still - despite the media coverage it has been given in recent years - appears to be a taboo subject
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ArticleFive things I have learned about… the art of celebration
Cathy Madavan encourages us to look beyond the usual Christmas trappings, to reflect on what we can be grateful for every day
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ArticleEating disorders don’t take a break at Christmas
Hope Virgo urges us to take time among the festivities of the season to be more mindful of those around us and the struggles they may have
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OpinionBy falsely condemning natural healers as witches we have lost an integral aspect of God's goodness
Many Christians are suspicious of natural remedies but here Nicole Watt explains that they are all part of God's provision.
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OpinionThere’s a new cancer campaign for women with no pink ribbons in sight but have they gone too far?
Two-time breast cancer survivor Veronica Zundel shares what she thinks about the provocative slogans used on the Smash the Stigma billboards.
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OpinionThe Bible doesn’t shy away from talking about menstrual bleeding so neither should we
Midwife Michelle Tant explains that to ignore and fear the period is to misunderstand God’s message of hope. And she suggested it should be talked about more, not less.
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OpinionI couldn’t function because of anxiety but I made a choice to ‘go after’ healing with the help of Jesus
Author of Say Goodbye to Anxiety, Jane Kirby, shares how she faced up to anxiety and embraced Jesus in the process.
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OpinionEvery Christian should be concerned about the inequality in healthcare for Black people
Dr Chukwuemeka “Chuks” Nwuba, author of Eating Disorders Don’t Discriminate explains that people assume Black people don’t struggle with eating disorders and it means their care is not up to standard
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ArticleMission & burnout
Author Ann-Louise Graham looks at how we can stay in ministry without going under
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OpinionBreast cancer taught me when the battle is mine and when I should surrender it to God
This Breast Cancer Awareness month author Kate Nicholas shares the lessons she learned as she 'battled' breast cancer.
