Volunteering as an Active Listener

Feb 3, 2022

An important role for volunteers to play in supporting Cancer support 06 is to become an Active Listener. Eli Cookson leads the training of Active Listeners and shared this definition of what it is: ‘When actively listening, you are fully concentrating on what is...

The Nice-Cannes Marathon 2021- the sequel

Dec 22, 2021

A Marathon in A DAY of a therapist’s life…. This is the third time that CSG06 was present at the Nice Cannes Marathon. The first year (2018) we entered as part of the Mimosa Matters relay team; in 2019 we had our own relay team and this year again we had a relay team...

Nice-Cannes Marathon 2021

Nov 1, 2021

UPDATE: All our runners successfully completed the marathon, so a huge thank you to them all. A sum of  3200 Euros has been collected, however, it is not too late to add your donation. Thank you for all who have supported this initiative.   Sunday 28th November...

Reflexology and Cancer

Oct 11, 2021

Reflexology is a holistic therapy, treating the body, mind and spirit (not just the symptoms) and has been practiced for over 4000 years. It was further developed and refined in the 1930’s by Eunice Ingham. Reflexology is the application of pressure (using fingers and...

“My grief, it doesn’t define me anymore.”

May 31, 2021

I would like to share an interview I heard on Irish radio some months back. The person interviewed is Rosylin Dee who lost her husband to cancer. She is a journalist and writer so she is very articulate. For me the key bit of the interview was towards the end “I still...