Upcoming Healthcare & General Courses
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New year- Jan 2026
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2026: Mindfulness for Cancer Programmes
Mornings. Monday Gort, Wed Limerick
The MBCT-Cancer (Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Cancer) is specifically designed for those who have experience of having/had cancer, and for those close to them. There are corncerns difficulties and stresses relating to cancer that others do not understand fully. The programme is designed to hear, support and guide participants.
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Jan 2026 The Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Programme (MBSR/CT)
Evenings Jan 20th- March 10th 2026
Is life just too busy? A stress loop of overwork, juggling, nervousness, anxiety, overwhelm, low mood, acute and chronic physical & mental illness.
Things can feel easier and steadier.
With over four decades of research, this 8-week programme specifically supports you to explore stress, meditation and unhelpful thought patterns and assists you to respond & adapt to life stress in more helpful and more sustainable ways.
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Resilience for Healthcare Communities
1hr x 6 weekly sessions. Online (in person available at other dates)
Healthcare workers are carrying Fatigue and Secondary Trauma on top of pandemic exhaustion, proliferation in documentation, technology, time & financial pressures.
Self-care needs to be REAL, available ON THE SPOT (not after work) and based on evidence. At the heart of healthcare is compassion. Learn to give care to yourself at last.
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ONLINE: Monday Evening Drop-in Guided Meditation
Mondays 7.30-8pm on zoom. Come as you are, camera on or off, a quiet half hour. Just join the peacefulness. Be guided in a meditation practice by myself and other teachers.
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LIMERICK: Fortnightly Drop-in Mindfulness Compassion & Meditation
Wednesdays 10.30-11.30am Mungret College & Park
‘Come as you are…’
Drop-in Mindfulness Compassion & meditation sessions at the Cancer Support Centre. For patients, family & staff.
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GORT Fortnighty Drop-in Mindfulness Compassion & Meditation
Mondays 10.30-11.30 Hollyblue House, Gort Centre
‘Come as you are…’
Drop-in Mindfulness Compassion & Meditation sessions at the Gort Cancer Support. All welcome.
Stress-Resilience
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MIndfulness
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Trauma Sensitive
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Awareness
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Courage
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Meet Difficulties
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Inner Strength
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Laughter
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Playfulness
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Self Belief
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Self Worth
Stress-Resilience 〰️ MIndfulness 〰️ Trauma Sensitive 〰️ Awareness 〰️ Courage 〰️ Meet Difficulties 〰️ Inner Strength 〰️ Laughter 〰️ Playfulness 〰️ Self Belief 〰️ Self Worth
“May I have the courage today
To live the life I would love…
And waste my heart on fear no more.”
Welcome to learning to care for yourself.
Life: contains adversity, illness, loss, aging and dying. But equally too laughter, preciousness, simplicity, connection and joy.
Stress: I offer evidence-based programs that support me, and to support you, to live with the stresses (and joys) of being a human.
Self-awareness: Welcome to you also, if your life path has led to a wish to change your way of living & working.
Mindfulness: can support us to suffer less, accepting the present- neither running from it or clinging to it .
Compassion: the mindfulness and caring inherent in compassion foster resilience, connectedness and action.
Kind Mind~Wise Heart: A strong mind without a kind heart struggles to be truly compassionate; a kind heart suffers without the wise mind to guide it.
Welcome to Kind Mind Ireland. I’m Hilary Smyth, I offer the information on the site freely & hope you’ll find it helpful, maybe inspiring.
Please do reach out if you’d like to talk to me, or read on in the ‘About’ section..