Welcome to Living Well with MS, where we are pleased to welcome Linda Bloom as our guest! Linda is the Overcoming MS chair and charity founder. Linda shares details of her personal story, along with how her journey inspired her to launch a global charity that has impacted the lives of people with MS around the world.  

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Topics and Timestamps:   

01:12 What is it like to be the Chair of such a unique MS charity as Overcoming MS? 

02:22 Can you tell us about your personal experience with MS? How did you deal with your initial diagnosis?  

05:36 At what point did you discover Overcoming MS? What were the immediate impacts you felt? 

08:37 Once you kept going with the program, what were the changes you experienced in the longer term?  

10:19 Can you tell us a little bit more about self-hypnosis?  

14:26 What did you find hardest about adopting Overcoming MS?  

16:11 Tell us about your relationship with Professor George Jelinek, and how it inspired you to found Overcoming MS the charity?  

21:34 Why did you decide to found the charity in the UK as opposed to Australia or elsewhere?  

22:40 What were some of the challenges in establishing and growing the charity?  

28:01 Tell us about the inspiration you get from the people you’ve met from among the Overcoming MS community.  

30:55 Overcoming MS recently brought on a new CEO, Grazina Berry. How did you manage that transition in leadership after so many years working with the founding CEO? 

34:08 How have the Overcoming MS team managed the transition?  

36:55 What is your vision for Overcoming MS? Where would you like to see it be in 5 years?   

42:38 If there are 3 key tips or pieces of advice you could share with anyone new to or considering trying the Overcoming MS program, what would they be?  

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