We have had a lot of structured speaker sessions recently with Chester Zoo, Forrest Bathing, Dr Kerr as well as some sessions with Twisted Trees. These sessions were all great but were perhaps a little too much all at once. We therefore thought it would be a good idea to have some facilitated discussion and sharing instead.
We will have our usual Friday session at 11am although people can come early ( up to 20-30 min before some committee and others will log in). We will use our usual Zoom link which is at the bottom of this message.
The topic that we decided on was “Small things that give us joy”. Living with ME, Long COVID and/or Fibromyalgia is not easy and it can be difficult coming to terms with all the ways that our lives are more challenging and restricted than they were before. For many of us it is helpful at times to focus on small things in a day, week or month that have given or have the potential to give us some joy, satisfaction or other positive feeling.
In advance of the session we would really appreciate it if you could share in advance with me ( Ben via his email address or PM me on Facebook) with any visual representation (picture, poem etc) of anything that gives you joy or provides you with some pleasure together with a short explanation if needed. Contributions will be anonymised unless people specifically say they want to be identified. It might be a hobby, a pet, a craft creation, the view from your window….there is no wrong answer. The idea is that it might help uplift others by sharing these, let us see different ( non illness focussed) sides of each other and also set the context for some future sharings and discussions.
As I am away/tied up for most of next week it would be helpful if contributions could be given by Monday lunchtime. You can share even if you do not plan on going to the session. If you do put them together later than this then there is no need to email them to me ( I wont be able to update the slides) but you can share them yourself on the day.
As usual everyone is welcome for this session. As this session is about people sharing their personal experiences with each other we will not be recording the session as we sometimes do. You can come along whether you are in your PJ’s in bed with messy hair or however is best for you. You can have your camera turned on or off. You are very welcome whether you are a member or not but if you do come to several of our sessions we do ask that you consider joining the group or making a donation as that keeps us able to do all the things we do.
Fiona Hodgkiss is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Stockport ME Group Zoom Meeting – Small things that give us joy
Time: May 10, 2024 11:00 London
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