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In Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl quoted the philosopher Nietsche, “He who has a Why to live for can bear almost any How” (Frankl. 1946). This is a poignant reflection for people with disabilities. People with disabilities find logotherapy is a tool to understand their disability and to bui...

I interviewed Tyler Campbell, a well known American with MS, and during editing the video for release next Saturday I have pulled a few clips together. This one makes me smile. https://youtu.be/2Ac8NhPaamc

Really struggled with my emotions this week... Diagnosed in April and started DMT in June, thought I was generally adjusting well. This week told I have new lesions (although small) and found out I have a lump on my thyroid. Mood rapidly swinging from angry, despondent and to spontaneous crying. Be...

Everyone will, I think, benefit from watching this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMaiIQy3nbw

Good listen: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/favourites/b07cvhrs

I got an email from Shift.MS just now as I was doing some work and remembered how when I was first diagnosed I reached out to get a Buddy. It kind of blew me away because that was back in 2019, before the world went through what it did. And I sat here a few minutes wondering 'hey, how did I come thr...

Watched this video this morning. Really struck a chord with my own love for cycling and inability to walk. Great resilience shown from these guys!! https://youtu.be/etcx8e6xJqs

I have not been experiencing many weird symptoms but there is something different every day and it might be because I am getting depressed. Resilience is accepting what is and finding a different approach that works better. I was washing dishes today and I had to close my eyes and lie down for half ...

Clients who are chronically ill need to be handled differently by the therapist according to how resilient they are. Psychologist Albert Bandura (1925 – 2021) was the first to believe in people’s resilience and that concept is now being proven (Southwick, Bonanno, Masten, Panter-Brick & Yehuda, 2014...

Thought I'd put a few words down and ask if other folks feel the need to 'minimise' how MS affects you when in the company of friends, family, colleagues. Showing an outward resilience masking how you really feel? I consider myself to be at the low end of the scale when it comes to the impact my RRM...

I thought I’d share so maybe some can relate I am grateful for my quick diagnosis I am grateful for having access to Tysabri every month I am grateful for MRI’s to know what’s going on in my brain and spine I am grateful my hearing returns when it went away I am grateful for my apartment that fee...

Out for a drink to celebrate our student Harry submitting his Honours thesis on “Higher diet quality is associated with better quality of life in Multiple Sclerosis.” And congratulations to my nephew and all other VCE students who are finishing their Year 12 exam today. The Melbourne weather sum...

Just wondering if this is familiar to anyone else? I was diagnosed with MS last spring (but after CIS several years before and many years of unexplained fatigue). I had glandular fever when I was 18, and repeat tonsilitus/throat infections throughout my teens and into twenties. Feel like periodical...

It struck me this weekend that people with MS are actually probably particularly well equipped to deal with the coronavirus outbreak. Compared to the rest of the population, we are all used to: - Being stuck in limbo, nobody can ever tell us how long something will last and if it will be permanent,...

Grab yourself a drink ☕️ find yourself a quite space 💆‍♀️ and tune in to our Facebook live session with Gemma & Jo. The pair will be running through some mind exercises and talking mental resilience when living with MS. See you here ➡️ https://buff.ly/2WvxjOF

As countries across the world move into a second lockdown, many MSers may be struggling with isolation, anxiety & depression 😔 PPE for the Mind🧠 is a course to help you build your mental resilience 💪 With Neuropsychologist Jo, we've designed a course with tools, tips & ‘mental sit-ups’ to devel...

If you’ve missed it, we’ve been releasing a video a week as part of a course to help build mental resilience called 'PPE for the Mind'. This week we’re doing things a little differently - join Neuropsychologist Jo and MSer Gemma for a live zoom session, 4pm BST, today (Friday 26th June). Places ar...

You may have seen that Mike, Gemma and Zoe have been working through some ideas about building mental resilience with Neuropsychologist Jo Johnson… here’s the playlist in case you’ve missed the videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm0sRroMtds267oPVxXSAR6bJEZ_Vr__f There are new episodes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ueu-jC6cwuY PPE for the mind is a course designed to help develop mental resilience. Launched during #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek 🧠 the course of videocasts is designed to help us stop, notice what's going on inside, realise our values and start following them with our...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MjH3XWII64&list=PLm0sRroMtds267oPVxXSAR6bJEZ_Vr__f&index=2&t=0s Let's start waking up😌👋 Today as part of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek Shift.ms is launching 'PPE for the mind'🧠 - a video course we've designed in collaboration with Neuropsychologist Jo Jo...