1. KATHY MITCHELL NORDIC ALS MEETING AUGUST 2015

2. OTTAWA CANADA

3. HOPE A FEELING OF EXPECTATION AND DESIRE FOR A CERTAIN THING TO HAPPEN A FEELING OF TRUST ONLY IN THE DARKNESS CAN YOU SEE THE STARS-MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

4. YOUR HEALTH CARE TEAM WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER EACH MEMBER BRINGS THEIR PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES THE TEAM IS COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH YOU TO CREATE THE BEST QUALITY OF LIFE AS YOU LIVE WITH ALS/MND PATIENT AUTONOMY AND CHOICES

5. GETTING ON BOARD WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM THE TEAM WHO IS YOUR BEST RESOURCE RIGHT NOW HOW CAN THEY GIVE YOU THE BEST OF THEIR EXPERTISE

6. LIFE IS NOT A SMOOTH LAKE

7. RESILIENCE THE ABILITY OF A SUBSTANCE TO SPRING BACK INTO SHAPE –ELASTICITY THE CAPACITY TO RECOVER QUICKLY FROM DIFFICULTIES-TOUGHNESS IN ALS-MND THE ABILITY TO LIVE WITH THE HEALTH ISSUES WHILE CREATING YOUR OWN LIFE

8. JON KABAT-ZINN

9. MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION JON KABAT ZINN WROTE FULL CATASTROPHE LIVING USING BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY OF BEING PRESENT IN EACH MOMENT EACH BREATH CONNECTS US TO LIVING FULLY IN THE PRESENT REALITY YESTERDAY IS HISTORY TOMORROWS A MYSTERY BUT TODAYS A GIFT THAT’S WHY ITS CALLED THE PRESENT

10. EAT ONE RAISIN HAVE YOU EVER TASTED A RAISIN? EAT MINDFULLY PAYING FULL ATTENTION TO THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE

11. MINDFULNESS IS NOT ABOUT GETTING ANYWHERE ELSE BEING AWARE OF EACH MOMENT AS IT IS

12. CAPE SPEAR NEWFOUNDLAND

13. BREATHE ONE BREATH AND CONTINUE AS LONG AS YOU ARE BREATHING THERE IS MORE RIGHT WITH YOU THAN WRONG WITH YOU-JON KABAT ZINN

14. WHAT TO PEOPLE WITH ALS/MND HOPE FOR? QUALITY OF LIFE-SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT SLOW PROGRESSION OF THE DISEASE RESEARCH WILL SHOW PROGRESS TO FIND A CAUSE AND CURE TO BE PART OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY UNITED IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ALS- ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE LEAVING A LEGACY

15. CONTACT INFORMATION KATHY MITCHELL R.N. B.N. PROFESSOR-RETIRED- ALGONQUIN COLLEGE OTTAWA ONTARIO CANADA MITCHEK@ALGONQUINCOLLEGE.COM