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Dorset Mind introduces outdoor therapy in North Dorset

Residents of North Dorset are set to benefit from a range of new mental health services, as local charity Dorset Mind expands its popular...

Cholesterol – a good guy or a bad guy?

How can nutrition and lifestyle support good cardiovascular health? Nutritional therapist Karen Geary takes a look at the evidence The impact of cholesterol is a...

Food poverty and youth mental health

With a growing need for food banks, what effect does food poverty have on a family’s youngest members, asks Dorset Mind’s Marie Glen. For the...

Planning your health beyond 2023

January is never the best time for goal setting – and we need to think far wider than our diet, says nutritional therapist Karen...

It’s time we learned to talk

As February heralds Time to Talk day, Dorset Mind’s Ash Langwith looks at how we can make it easier to talk and to listen,...

How to do Veganuary the right way

Enthusiastically starting veganuary will often start well but swiftly falter on the know-how, says nutritional therapist Karen Geary As we’re slightly later this month, I’m...

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Happy Times (the busy life of a retired event horse)

Retired event horses enjoy a life just as varied as when they competed, says ex-Head Girl Mouse Berry. Since retiring in 2018, top five- star...

A love of Plymouth Argyle

Owners’ Day successfully dodged downpours, and Chris Wald shares life behind the scenes at Tizzard Racing – from flat caps to a favourite horse Despite...