It’s EU Month of the Brain, a month dedicated to everything cerebral! To start off Believe and Achieve: Life Skills for Young People with MS is taking place on the 11th May in the Davenport Hotel, Dublin 2.
We start the morning with our fantastic panel of speakers who will discuss education, your rights, entitlement, some great ways to manage difficult times as well as inspiration from the work of others.
To get you energised for the day, Margaret Forde, registered psychologist and yoga teacher, will tell us about using our entire mind to achieve our goals and live a happy life. She will talk about what we can learn from Positive Psychology and Mind Yoga.
From mind to law; Noeline Blackwell, Director of the Free Legal Advice Centre will talk about your rights, how you can use the law, what do you need to know and lots of helpful information about the Irish legal system.
We are delighted Dr. Rhonda Wynne, Programme Development Manager of UCD Adult Education, will join us to talk about the benefits of learning. Education is so much more than qualifications- it’s about engaging with others, learning new skills and personal development.
When it comes to knowing your entitlements there is no place better than the Citizens’ Information Centre. Liz Carroll, Development Manager for the CIB, will share her incredible knowledge as well as providing materials and information for people on the day.
To finish the presentations, Natalie Hodgess from the Vodafone Foundation will talk about her work in the organisation and how the projects make a difference in Ireland and in particular, how the programme inspires changes in business practices.
Afternoon Session
After a lunch of networking and conversations, Anne Twohig, completed her professional training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at the Centre for Mindfulness, (CFM) University of Massachusetts Medical School. She brings a wealth of experience to her work as a Mindfulness Teacher and an in-depth understanding of the importance and benefits of Mindfulness as a holistic self-care tool.
The afternoon session is a time to discuss what’s important to you, a young person with MS. People will be sharing their mottos on what encourages and sustains them as well as talking through the impact, bad and good, MS has had on life. We will also ask people to share their thoughts and ideas with the world through social media. At the end of the session, we will collate the different points and relay them to the wider group.
To finish the day, Conor Devine, a person with MS will talk about his life, what inspires him and how he came to write his book, ‘Attitude is Everything’.