Tag: Health and Wellbeing

Wellbeing Tips for Those With Anxiety

There will never be one single thing that works for everybody with anxiety. It can affect us all so differently, but whatever your experience; it matters and you matter.

How To Talk About Mental Health at Work

The pressure of maintaining an idealistic version of yourself in your professional life at all times can be exhausting. Here’s how to talk about mental health at work.

How To Check Your Breasts

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK. One in seven women will develop it in their lifetime. This is a scary statistic, but there’s a good chance of recovery if it’s detected early, which is why self-examination is so important. The majority of women diagnosed with breast cancer are over 50, but young women can get it too.  

Is the mortality rate of breast cancer declining?

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK. Around 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with the disease in their lifetime, meaning it is likely to affect us all in some capacity. This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it is important that we celebrate the strides that have been made in breast cancer survival over the past 50 years and focus on what can be done to further this progress.

Little Things You Can Do When You’re Feeling Blue

Give yourself a break and try not to feel guilty for your emotions. It’s normal to feel a little blue, so, with the last strand of motivation I have left, I’ve pulled together a list of small activities that have helped over the past 11 months.  

Kris Hallenga: Her Story

 23 years old, travelling, falling in love, making plans, living your best life. Then you find a lump on your boob and you’re told it’s not only cancer, but it is in fact incurable. This is what happened to Kris Hallenga in 2009.

What to Expect From a Mammogram

Mammograms are x-ray images of the breast. They are used to detect early signs of breast cancer before they become physically noticeable. Mammograms are offered to all women over the age of 50 up to their 71st birthday and they are invited for a screening every three years.  

A Message From A Breast Cancer Survivor

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a world-wide annual campaign, which involves thousands of organisations aiming to spread as much awareness as possible on the cause during the month of October. 

Remembering Sarah Harding

In August 2020, Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding revealed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer that had devastatingly spread to other parts of her body. Just over a year later, it was announced that Harding had died.