Maureen Colohan has been a “friend of ME” for a number of years. Some of you may remember she spoke at an ME North East Conference at the Freeman Hospital back in 2003.

Maureen has developed a therapy programme that a group of people have helped pilot here at the office (including staff members Jennifer & Sheila).

Maureen tells us “This course is a revolution in the links between mind and body. To help understand stress, and how we deal with stress affects our life and ability to cope. Learning simple techniques to enhance your immune system and well being and create a more positive outlook in your life.”

Maureen has taken the best of a variety of techniques and created a course she devised to help her son live a positive life with kidney failure. All of the things you practice and learn can be used daily to enable positive change in your life.

We are very impressed with this course and although we know it won’t cure ME (or any chronic condition) it may help to improve those day - to - day coping strategies.

If sufficient people are interested we are planning to work with Maureen to deliver this course to our members early 2007. We are applying for funding to subsidise this programme to minimise costs to the individual.

To register your interest please call Sue on 0191 3892222.

You can visit Maureen’s website at www.uniquesolutions.org.uk