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Colette Duffy Nutrition Nutritional Therapist & Education Professional. Hormonal & Menstrual Health Specialist

Registered Nutritional therapist mNTOI/ANP
Over 15 years classroom experience as a Home Economics teacher
Reiki & Secheim Master therapist
P.T. & Fitness Instructor

💛 Louth/ Monaghan Endometriosis Support Group 🎗There is a need for more connection and support for women living with end...
12/10/2026

💛 Louth/ Monaghan Endometriosis Support Group 🎗

There is a need for more connection and support for women living with endometriosis, awaiting a diagnosis, or wondering if they might have it 🤍

I'm delighted to be bringing women together for our first informal Endometriosis Support Group gathering; a relaxed, welcoming space to connect with others who may understand what you're going through.

📅 Tuesday, 10th November
🕖 7pm - 9pm
📍 The Workhouse, Carrickmacross, A81E372

Come along for a chat, share your experiences if you wish, listen if you prefer, and enjoy a cuppa ☕️

There is no need for a confirmed diagnosis, no pressure to share, and no medical advice. Just connection, conversation, and understanding 💛

As this is our first gathering, we'll take things from here, listen to what women need, and explore how best to support our community going forward.

✨ Booking/registration is required - you can find the booking link in my bio (navigate to Nov 10th on the calendar)

Whether you're living with endometriosis, waiting for answers, or just beginning to question whether you might have it, you are welcome here

Part 2 - What happens after endometriosis surgery?This is a part of the endometriosis journey I think we need to talk ab...
09/10/2026

Part 2 - What happens after endometriosis surgery?

This is a part of the endometriosis journey I think we need to talk about more: recovery, aftercare, and what happens once you're discharged (because there is nothing).

My surgery left me far more immobile than I ever anticipated. I spent most of my summer flat on my back, struggling to walk and function as I had before.

There was no recovery plan. No guidance on rehabilitation, physiotherapy, or how to get my body moving again. Nothing... sent out into the ethers!!🫠

My follow-up appointment left me with more questions than answers. I was still struggling with no clear pathway for my recovery or ongoing endometriosis care.

This is where my own personal experience becomes part of a much bigger conversation about women's health in Ireland.

We can publish frameworks and make commitments, but are women actually experiencing better care?

Endometriosis surgery shouldn't be the finish line. Recovery and ongoing support are a huge part of the care (it's very obvious that this is missing in so many areas of healthcare).

I'm sharing (part of) my experience because we deserve better aftercare, clearer pathways,and a healthcare system that looks beyond the surgery itself.

Can we stop talking? Stop making empty promises, and actually take action? We constantly fight for healthcare in this country & globally... it shouldn't even be a topic up for discussion.

3 months post endometriosis surgery, and I want to talk about the part we don't always see❤️‍🩹I generally keep my life o...
08/10/2026

3 months post endometriosis surgery, and I want to talk about the part we don't always see❤️‍🩹

I generally keep my life offline, and I've kept my life with endometriosis the same. But with so much conversation around women's health lately, I felt it was time to share these next two posts.

I'm incredibly tuned in to my own health and, through my work in my clinic & out on the road, I know how to advocate for myself and understand the system... knowledge does not make you immune to the gaps in healthcare. I am and was still just another number in the system.

We hear about frameworks (its a year since the endo framework was launched🫠), funding and strategies for women's health, but the lived experience can still feel so far removed from them. And when €102 million can be allocated to horse and greyhound racing in the latest Budget, it's hard not to question where women's health sits among our priorities? Make this make sense?🙄

We've also almost normalised endometriosis surgery. The little scars. The “keyhole surgery”. The assumption that minimally invasive means an easy recovery... It's far from the reality of life for so many!

From my own experience of coming around from the anaesthetic & the first thought & questions through the haze being, 'Did you find it?' 'It's not in my head?' checking to see if you have a stoma bag & asking if they had to remove any organs... not basic surgery! And after all of that (plus more), to later on being moved into a ward with just men🙃 our framework is really delivering!!

I've found myself asking, where is & was the support around all of this? This isn't about blaming healthcare professionals, I can only sing praises for the team I had... its the system that surrounds them that still doesn't seem to have worked out what meaningful endo care looks like beyond the theatre.

Because surgery isn't the end.
It's only the beginning of recovery & we are missing so many layers!

Part 2 coming next...

Mum & Daughter Retreat Day 🌸 🌸Saturday November 28th - Kilpatrick House Ardee🌸
04/10/2026

Mum & Daughter Retreat Day 🌸

🌸Saturday November 28th - Kilpatrick House Ardee🌸

This question was written by a 16-year-old girl during one of my recent workshops, and I’ve thought about it a lot since...
04/10/2026

This question was written by a 16-year-old girl during one of my recent workshops, and I’ve thought about it a lot since. It’s one that comes up again and again...

Because there is so much contained within one question!

The reality of what some of these girls are experiencing, and silently living with, is difficult to comprehend and often difficult to leave with after a school visit, because you can see how they are being failed.

🩸Painful or heavy periods. Flooding in class. Exhaustion. Hormonal symptoms. Changes in mood. Missing school, sport and life... the reality for so many teenage girls!

And yet, in 2026, we’re still not doing enough to help girls understand why they may be feeling this way🙃

The pill absolutely does have a place in healthcare. But managing symptoms isn’t always the same as understanding their cause, and it isn’t right for everyone.

We talk so much about health and well-being in schools. But have we really bridged the gap for the thousands of girls sitting in our classrooms who have a menstrual cycle?

The menstrual cycle isn’t separate from wellbeing!
Hormones and the physical reality of a cycle can have a huge impact on how girls feel, function, learn, sleep, exercise, and experience everyday life.

Girls need more than knowing that a period happens once a month.
🩷They need to understand their bodies, their cycles and hormones; how nutrition, sleep, and lifestyle can support them; what isn’t normal; and, crucially, how to advocate for themselves.

This is why I do this work.
🌸Why I deliver workshops in schools.
🌸Why I create spaces where girls can ask the questions they might otherwise keep to themselves.
🌸And why I host Mum & Daughter Retreat Days.

These conversations shouldn’t be awkward, taboo or something we only have when there is a problem.
Education shouldn’t start when a girl is struggling. It should start much earlier.

I’m back on the road for the 2026/27 academic year, delivering workshops in schools countrywide. If you’re a teacher and would like to support your students with meaningful, age-appropriate menstrual education, get in touch 🌸🩷

🌸 Blossom Mum & Daughter Retreat Day 🌸Saturday 28th November | Kilpatrick House, ArdeeThere are conversations many of us...
01/10/2026

🌸 Blossom Mum & Daughter Retreat Day 🌸

Saturday 28th November | Kilpatrick House, Ardee

There are conversations many of us wish we’d had growing up... About our bodies. Our periods. The changes we were experiencing. The emotions that came with them. The questions we were sometimes too embarrassed to ask.

And perhaps most importantly, conversations that would have helped us feel more comfortable, confident,and proud of the bodies we were growing into.

🌸Blossom🌸 is about changing that narrative for the little women coming after us 🤍

It’s about giving our daughters the knowledge, language ,and confidence that so many of us had to find for ourselves & creating a space where these conversations can feel normal, positive, and empowering.

This is a gentle, nurturing day for mums and daughters aged 8–12, created to support girls as they prepare for puberty and menarche (their first period), while giving mums the knowledge, understanding and confidence to support them along the way.

Together, we’ll explore puberty, periods, hormones, body literacy and the physical and emotional changes that come with this new season, all in an age-appropriate, empowering and relaxed way.

There’ll be plenty of space for curiosity, questions, laughter and connection, with the hope that every girl leaves feeling informed, confident and proud of her body, and every mum feels more equipped to navigate these changes alongside her.

Whether it’s just the two of you, or you come with sisters, cousins or friends, you’ll be welcomed into a warm and relaxed space where no question is too small 🌸

These days are intentionally kept small, making space for meaningful connection and creating an experience that feels really personal and special.

✨ Saturday 28th November
📍 Kilpatrick House, Ardee
👧🏻 Suitable for girls aged 8–12

€111 — Mum & 1 daughter
€159 — Mum & 2 daughters

And a little note for my local Mums waiting to book in… 🤍
I won't be back locally until March 2027.

Whilst you won’t find me locally until then, you will find Blossom in Kildare and Galway at the beginning of 2027 with more details to follow very soon🥰 🌸

So if you’ve been thinking about joining me for a Blo

A little reintroduction on one of my beautiful offerings. If you've been a part of these beautiful spaces over the past...
30/09/2026

A little reintroduction on one of my beautiful offerings. If you've been a part of these beautiful spaces over the past few years - thank you🫶🏻🩷 and if you're thinking of joining us in Blayney or Kilpatrick House in Ardee, we would love to welcome you✨️

There’s a reason I keep coming back to breathwork🤍
My relationship with this work has been unfolding for many years. It began with my Reiki training back in 2011, which opened my eyes to a whole new layer of wellbeing... the energetic, emotional, and deeply interconnected nature of being human.

Since then, I’ve continued to explore different practices that support us as whole beings, not just one part of ourselves.

Over the past number of years, breathwork has become a particularly profound part of that journey. I’ve dedicated time to practising different forms of breathwork, particularly Holotropic Breathwork, and have experienced first-hand the ways it can shift how we relate to our bodies, emotions, stress, and ourselves.

After more than three years of holding breathwork circles, I still feel incredibly honoured to witness what can unfold when someone gives themselves permission to simply stop, breathe, and go within.

This is why I keep my circles small.

I want to create a space where you feel held, supported, and truly seen, where there is time for you to have your own experience, without expectation of what that experience should be.

Some journeys are gentle.
Some are powerful.
Some are emotional.
Some are quiet.
There is no right way to do it.

You simply arrive as you are, breathe, and meet yourself there✨

If you've been curious about breathwork but haven't quite taken that step, perhaps this is your invitation.

Head on over to my bio to explore upcoming dates and locations🤍

101 schools🏫That's where Ireland's rollout of free period products begins. The government has allocated €100,000 for pe...
29/09/2026

101 schools🏫

That's where Ireland's rollout of free period products begins. The government has allocated €100,000 for period products in 101 DEIS Plus schools for the 2026/27 school year.

It's definitely a positive step...

But Ireland has approximately 3,067 primary schools and 721 post-primary schools.
That's 3,788 schools in total.

So 101 schools is just around 2.7%.

And behind those numbers are thousands of young people for whom getting their period at school can bring a whole set of worries that shouldn't exist:
🩸Do I have a product?
🩸Can I afford one?
🩸What if I leak?
🩸Who can I ask?
🩸Should I just go home?

Thegovernmentt has committed to free period products in all schools by 2027. That's important.

But in reality, periods aren't being introduced in phases...
They happen every month.

And then there’s this, just as a little side thought as it was making waves online last week...
You may have received the government's new emergency preparedness booklet through your door? Approximately 2.2 million households are receiving one (maybe us rural folk don’t matter as I’m still waiting on one to appear🤪)

I found myself wondering:
How much did this nationwide campaign cost? Did anyone know this was coming?🫠
I haven't been able to find the total design, printing, and distribution cost of this 'useful' booklet🫣
Maybe someone knows? And maybe that's a question worth asking. Because, ultimately, this is how public money is being spent. Are we doing enough to remove barriers for young people with that money?

101 is a start.

But there are 3,788 schools, and the reality of what's happening in schools isn’t being shared 🤷🏼‍♀️

Should we really have to wait until 2027 for every student to have access?

What do you think?

The energy on my Blossom retreat days is something incredibly special🩷✨️This stopped me in my tracks this evening🥹thank ...
27/09/2026

The energy on my Blossom retreat days is something incredibly special🩷✨️

This stopped me in my tracks this evening🥹thank you for trusting me with something so precious 🩷🌸

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