Health / Fiona McGowan

Manor magazine • 6th April 2019

Healthy Minds

Julian Wills helps to resolve mental health problems using physical activity. He heads up a multi-award-winning programme at Truro and Penwith College, and if his background is anything to go by, the scheme might even be the beginning of a paradigm shift in the way we handle mental health. Words by Fiona McGowan.

The Telegraph • 3rd April 2019

Ignore knee pain at your peril

How my niggling knee pain turned out to be a problem that wouldn't go away. My experience of meniscal surgery.

Manor magazine • 11th July 2015

Waves and Warriors

Iyengar instructor Lucy Aldridge has taken her practice to the water to teach Stand-Up Paddleboarding (SUP) yoga – a form she refers to as ‘SUP-pose’. Fiona McGowan dons her wetsuit and gets balancing. Photos by James Ram.

The Telegraph • 6th April 2019

Telegraph article on hypothyroidism

My mid-life weight gain wasn't down to diet - it was my thyroid.

Manor magazine • 4th April 2019

The Language of Laughter

Of vital importance to our wellbeing and a crucial element of human communication, laughter is little understood. Fiona McGowan talks to neuroscientist Sophie Scott to try to unfathom this (generally) happy human reflex.

Manor magazine • 13th April 2019

Eggs is Eggs

...but it’s not quite as simple as that, as Fiona McGowan discovers when she visits St Ewe Eggs near Truro in Cornwall. Photos by David Wheaton.