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Online Support Group

March 12 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm MDT

3PM ET/7PM in Great Britain & Ireland

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FREE

Topic: Caring About Our Caregivers: Challenges, Solutions and Resources

Support Group Format

Both monthly support groups are designed to include people with ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, and co-existing conditions. We also welcome supporters and loved ones.

These sessions are led by a licensed professional who has personal experience navigating life while living with a complex chronic illness. Each session includes a topic and guided discussion. Participants are encouraged to participate to their comfort level which may include listening, communicating in the chat box, and/or sharing verbally with the group.

We strive to foster an inclusive and accepting environment for all!

 

Free online support group - Advance Registration Required.

Tuesday, March 19 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm MDT
3 PM Eastern Time / 7 PM in Great Britain & Ireland

Topic: Share your animal day: what support animals provide as people with chronic illness

https://batemanhornecenter.org/event/online-support-group-83/

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Notes from a recent Bateman Horne Center support group meeting:
"Minority Survival Skills: Facing Internal & External Ableism".

Note: "minority" here doesn't refer to ethnic or racial groups but having a chronic illness or disability

https://batemanhornecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20240216-Support-Group-Recap.pdf

https://batemanhornecenter.org/wp-c...tities-for-Chronic-Illness-and-Disability.pdf

 

Free, professionally-facilitated online support group
https://batemanhornecenter.org/event/online-support-group-84/

Tuesday, April 9
1 PM MDT/3 PM/8 PM in Great Britain & Ireland

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Topic: What Does All of this Mean? Creating Purpose Out of the Chronic Illness Experience

Support Group Format

Both monthly support groups are designed to include people with ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, and co-existing conditions. We also welcome supporters and loved ones.

These sessions are led by a licensed professional who has personal experience navigating life while living with a complex chronic illness. Each session includes a topic and guided discussion. Participants are encouraged to participate to their comfort level which may include listening, communicating in the chat box, and/or sharing verbally with the group.

We strive to foster an inclusive and accepting environment for all!

Advance Registration Required.

 

Free support group by Bateman Horne Center, advance registration required:

https://batemanhornecenter.org/event/online-support-group-68/

Tuesday, April 16
1 PM MDT/3 PM/8 PM in Great Britain & Ireland

Topic: “I Get Knocked Down, but I Get Up Again:” Fostering Resiliency Amidst Chronic Illness

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Not viewed the full video so may be I got it wrong but they sure talked about supplements a lot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzdYaI_QlAc

Edit: This post was originally a thread titled - Bateman Horne Center Pushing Supplements For Long-covid?

 

Next online support group from Bateman Horne Center:

Tuesday, May 14
1 PM Mountain Time / 3 PM Eastern Time / 8 PM Great Britain & Ireland

Topic: ME/CFS Awareness Event

Advance registration required.

https://batemanhornecenter.org/event/online-support-group-69/

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https://www.timeanddate.com/worldcl...S+Awareness+Event&iso=20240514T13&p1=220&ah=1

 

Free Lunch & Learn – Virtual Event

Thursday May 16 @ 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM MDT
1:30 PM ET/6:30 PM in Great Britain & Ireland
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https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=May+16+Lunch+&+Learn+–+Virtual+Event&iso=20240516T1130&p1=220&ah=1&am=30

Presentation Topic: Occupational Therapist Amy Mooney presents: Stay in your energy envelope by modifying tasks



Advance Registration Required. Click here to register https://batemanhornecenter.zoom.us/...uuqpjoqEtfwrqa5NznR_fmGMz_tnkUU#/registration

 

Free, professionally-facilitated online support group
https://batemanhornecenter.org/event/online-support-group-72/

Tuesday, May 21
1 PM MDT/3PM ET/8 PM in Great Britain & Ireland

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Support Group Format Topic: Beyond Betrayal: Cultivating a Positive Relationship with Our Bodies

Both monthly support groups are designed to include people with ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, and co-existing conditions. We also welcome supporters and loved ones.

 

Free online support group from Bateman Horne Center:

Friday, June 7
1 PM Mountain Time / 3 PM Eastern Time / 8 PM Great Britain & Ireland

Topic: What does it mean to be “chronically ill?”

Advance registration required.

https://batemanhornecenter.org/event/online-support-group-70/

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https://www.timeanddate.com/worldcl...chronically+ill?”&iso=20240607T13&p1=220&ah=1

 

Free online support group from Bateman Horne Center:

Friday, June 21
1 PM Mountain Time / 3 PM Eastern Time / 8 PM Great Britain & Ireland

Topic: How labels construct narratives. Constructing illness narratives that are truthful and serve us.

Advance registration required.

https://batemanhornecenter.org/event/online-support-group-71/

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Free Lunch & Learn – Virtual Event

https://batemanhornecenter.org/event/lunch-learn-virtual-event-52/

Topic: Body of Water, Performance & Conversation with Sara Nesson

Thursday, June 20
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Mountain
(starts at 1:30 PM Eastern, 6:30 PM in Great Britain & Ireland)

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https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Lunch+and+Learn:+Body+of+Water,+Performance+&+Conversation+with+Sara+Nesson&iso=20240620T1130&p1=220&ah=1&am=30

Advance registration required.

 

Free online support group from Bateman Horne Center:

Tuesday, July 16
1 PM Mountain Time / 3 PM Eastern Time / 8 PM Great Britain & Ireland

Topic: Grief & Ambiguous Loss

Advance registration required.

https://batemanhornecenter.org/event/online-support-group-73/

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