On January 15th, the Davis Phinney Foundation presented a webinar on building resilience while living with Parkinson’s Disease (PD), intended for both those with PD and care partners. The speaker, Judy Long, is an outpatient palliative care chaplain at UCSF. In this webinar Judy explains that it is only when we notice feeling upset or threatened that we can make a choice about how to respond. If we don’t notice how we feel we have little hope of making a choice of how to respond and will only react instinctively. Judy presents four obstacles to resilience and tools to overcoming each through intention and practice. We at Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach listened to this webinar and are sharing our notes.
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Many caregivers cannot leave home due to caregiving responsibilities. You can participate in a web-based seminar — or webinar — from the privacy of your home. Join either live or view the archived version within a few day of the live webinar (in most cases). All webinars listed are free. All times shown are Pacific Standard Time. Here are webinars that may be of interest to caregivers in February 2019…
You can participate in a web-based seminar — or webinar — from the privacy of your home. Join either live or view the archived version within a few days of the live webinar (in most cases). All webinars listed are free. All times listed are Pacific Time. Here are webinars that may be of interest to those living with Parkinson’s in February 2019…
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