Coffee Break with community member Gillian Robertson | S3E19

Welcome to the Living Well with MS Coffee Break, where we are pleased to welcome Gillian Robertson as our guest! Gillian lives in Gimentz, Switzerland. She lives with MS and follows the Overcoming MS program.  

   

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Topics and Timestamps: 

01:25 Can you tell us a little about yourself, your family, and your life?   

03:09 How about your experience with MS? When were you diagnosed and how did you initially cope with it? 

05:50 At which point did you come across the Overcoming MS program? Why did you decide to start following it?  

07:59 What are some of the challenges you’ve faced at first in adopting the Overcoming MS program?   

11:15 When did you first start to see any kind of positive indicators in following Overcoming MS guidelines?  

13:20 You contribute recipes to the Overcoming MS website. What’s that experience like?  

14:57 On a personal note, do you have any interesting hobbies you can tell us about? 

16:02 Is there a piece of advice you can share with people new to the Overcoming MS program?  

   

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More info and links:    

• Follow Gillian on Instagram, for Overcoming MS-friendly recipe ideas, as well as photos of her cooking and life in Switzerland.  
• Overcoming MS-friendly recipes 
• Insight Timer is a free app for guided meditations 
• Yoga with Adriene offers free yoga videos   
• Gillian loves languages, and recommends Duolingo for learning a language  
• New to Overcoming MS? Visit our introductory page 
• Connect with others following Overcoming MS on the Live Well Hub 
• Visit the Overcoming MS website  

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