Why I rarely write on my blog anymore

When I first started to write on Patreon more than a year ago, I had intended to write some posts there and keep writing on my blog too. I had been blogging for two years and I loved it. I didn’t really like the idea of people paying to read my writing, it’s probably an …

Soundbath first birthday!

I’d never been to or even knew what a Soundbath was until just over a year ago. I’d heard of sound healing over the years but didn't have a great understanding of it and when I visited Woodstock in America last year, I came across a sound healing therapist in my quest for new types …

Telling your child you have cancer

How do you do it? What words do you use? Do you use the word cancer? How age appropriate is it? What age is appropriate to tell a child? All of the questions have been on my mind for the last 3 years. There is no manual on this, well... maybe there is but I …

A love letter of sorts…

As you may know, I’m in Istanbul. I got some news today. I wouldn’t even say its bad news, but most probably would. Its news of a cancer recurrence after almost two years of being ‘in the clear’. A recurrence is expected with a stage 4 diagnosis. I was lucky it didn’t happen before now …

Happy Birthday to my Blog!

It's my blog's 2nd birthday today! So much has happened in the last two years and I'm happy to say I'm in a such a better space today than I was two years ago. My body is healthy again, my life is fulfilling and I've never been happier. If you've followed for a while, you …

Sound Baths and their rise in popularity – what’s it all about?

You may have seen me chatting on Instastories or posting events on Facebook about sound baths in the last few months. What’s it all about? I went to my first sound bath in Woodstock, New York in September last year. It’s a town made famous by the big hippie festival in the 60s and its …

52. Newly diagnosed? Here are my top 5 tips

Living with cancer is like living with any other chronic disease. It needs to be managed. How do you do that? With great difficulty, time, research, trial and error, testing, monitoring, trying, failing, trying again... It takes over your life, it is now your number one priority and if you do it right, you get …

51. RIP Emma

Emma Mhic Mhathuna, a powerful woman, a mother, an inspiration, a failure of the state. She is someone who was badly wronged and fought back. She took no shit, stood up for her rights and beliefs and paved the way for other women to come behind her. She shouted loud for all those who don’t …

50. Conversations about dying

Phone calls from the hospital have never been positive. They never start with ‘good news Mairead’. Ever! In fact the latest two calls were about possible new lesions on my vertebrae and an 8 month waiting list for a CT scan. I’ve yet to see the report about the lesions but I’m kind of in …

49. Life can be easy!

It’s peaceful now, this head space I find myself in. The chaos, overwhelm and brain fog have lifted. Rather than coping with what’s going on, I’m now managing my life like a boss. My body feels good, back to how it felt pre-chemo. The side effects have all worn off and I’m a hairy being …