REMEMBERING VICTIMS OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH:Christmas memorial services to remember young people who have died from sudden cardiac death take place in Monkstown Church of Ireland church on Monkstown Road, Dublin and in St Mary's Church, Carrigtwohill, Co Cork on Saturday at 4pm. The services are organised by the Sudden Cardiac Death (in the young) Support Group. Contact Monica Martin on tel: 086-2043932 for more details.
JUNGIAN ANALYST ON BODY AND MIND:The interconnectedness of body and mind is the theme of a public lecture by Marian Dunlea on Friday at 8pm in the Swift Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin."Neuroscience is confirming the interconnectedness between psyche [mind] and soma [body] and this knowledge opens up the psychotherapeutic relationship to new dimensions," says Dunlea who is a Jungian analyst.
Admission is €125 or €120 for members of Jung Ireland. See also www.jungireland.com.
DAY OF CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS:Looking for time out
from shopping and other festive preparations? Consider joining
aromatherapist and yoga teacher Lainey Ennis on her day of
mid-winter and Christmas reflections on Sunday, December 16th. The
day, which will include gentle yoga, breathing sequences and
visualisations, will be held at 26 Longford
Terrace, Monkstown, Co Dublin from 10.30am-5.30pm and costs
190. For further information, tel: 01- 2803635 or e-mail
lainey@laineyennis.com
TEEN TALK:Parents, Make the Time to Talk is the theme of a four-page guide for parents to help them speak more openly to their teenagers about sexual relationships. Topics covered include contraception, sexually transmitted infections, fertility awareness and the effects of alcohol and drug consumption.
The guide has been produced by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency which has also produced the You Can Talk to Me DVD and booklet for parents of 11-15 year olds.
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT:Console, the support group for
people bereaved by suicide, is holding a commemoration evening of
song, music, poetry and reflection on Sunday at 4pm in St Patrick's
College, Maynooth, Co Kildare. This Christmas celebration of light
will include the lighting of candles in remembrance of loved ones
lost through suicide. Booking on tel: 01-6102638. see also
www.console.ie