Nutritionist Dr Marilyn Glenville is giving talks on overcoming stress, losing weight (especially fat around the middle) and boosting fertility in venues in counties Cavan, Galway, Cork and Dublin later this week. Tickets are €15 each and available from local health stores. See positivenutrition.iefor details.
MS Ireland will host an information day on exercise and managing pain and fatigue when you have multiple sclerosis on Saturday, 10am-4pm, in the Carlton Hotel near Dublin Airport. Advance booking on tel: 01-4905933 or na@ms-society.ie.
John B Levine is a composer of music who aims to create the relaxed alpha rhythm in the brains of those who listen to it.
The Australian-born musician will give a series of talks on how his so-called Alpha Music can help depression.
His talks will be held in health stores in counties Kerry, Limerick, Clare, Galway, Dublin, Wexford, Waterford and Cork over the next few weeks. See silenceofmusic.comor tel: 01-4433861.
Stigma and Your Mental Health is the theme of a conference at the UCD School of Psychology on Thursday, March 15th.
Speakers will discuss stigma and mental illness in adults; stigma experienced by young people with ADHD; and how young people respond to others with mental health problems. More details on tel: 01-7168333.
The Dublin Rigpa Buddhist Centre is hosting a retreat, entitled The Wisdom of Compassion – Awakening the Mind, Opening the Heart, on March 17th and 18th in St Helen’s SAS Radisson Hotel in Stillorgan, Co Dublin.
It will be led by Patrick Gaffney, co-editor of the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. For more details, tel: 01-6703358 or see rigpa.ie.
