KATHY MITCHELLNORDIC ALS MEETING

AUGUST 2015

OTTAWA CANADA

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

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

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

LIFE IS NOT A SMOOTH LAKE

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

JON KABAT-ZINN

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

EAT ONE RAISIN

• HAVE YOU EVER TASTED A RAISIN?

• EAT MINDFULLY PAYING FULL ATTENTION TO THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE

MINDFULNESS

• IS NOT ABOUT GETTING ANYWHERE ELSE

• BEING AWARE OF EACH MOMENT AS IT IS

CAPE SPEAR NEWFOUNDLAND

BREATHE ONE BREATH AND CONTINUE

• AS LONG AS YOU ARE BREATHING THERE IS MORE RIGHT WITH YOU THAN WRONG WITH YOU-JON KABAT ZINN

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

CONTACT INFORMATION

• KATHY MITCHELL R.N. B.N.

• PROFESSOR-RETIRED-

• ALGONQUIN COLLEGE OTTAWA ONTARIO CANADA

• MITCHEK@ALGONQUINCOLLEGE.COM