Palliative Care - for cancer patients - a day at Marie Curie Hospice, Hampstead
I spent last weekend at the Marie Curie Hospice in Hampstead. The British Medical Acupuncture Society were running a course in palliative care for health professionals who have also trained in acupuncture. None of the acupuncture points we covered were new to us, but we were presented with the latest clinical evidence in how effective they are in managing common complaints such as pain, nausea/vomiting, breathlessness, dry mouth, hot flushes. The course was run by two pall
Continued Professional Development
It is a requirement of Osteopathic registration that we annually undergo 30 hours of Continued Professional Development ("CPD"). Ashling has to additionally complete another 30 to keep her acupuncture registration and again for her SIRPA and NLP memberships. Annabelle is off to Maidstone, again to attend ESO.s Visceral Course - learning how to manipulate organs to improve health. Ashling was facilitating at an NLP course last weekend, "Dare to Dream" On Monday evening Ashli
DARE TO DREAM!
Last weekend I went on Joyous Isle's "Dare to Dream" weekend. The course is run three times a year by the amazing Sarah Frossell, NLP Trainer. The weekend acts an introduction to NLP for those considering undergoing the Practitioner Training but is equally incredibly useful if you are at a transition point in your life, and want to create a new and compelling vision for your future, as well as learn to be more successful in everything you do. This is the second time I've b