** The first in a series of four “Life After Separation/Divorce” group support meetings for men or women who have ended a relationship is on Thursday at the Marriage and Relationship Counselling Service offices, 38 Upper Fitzwilliam St, Dublin. Booking essential on tel: 01-6443901 or e-mail pauline.keane@mrcs.ie. Cost €75. www.mrcs.ie.
** New EU regulations in 2010 will set maximum levels for vitamins and mineral supplements. The Alliance for Natural Health, which has consistently campaigned for higher maximum levels than those proposed, will hold an information seminar on the new EU regulations on Saturday in the Esplanade Hotel, Bray, Co Wicklow. Cost €35. Booking on tel: 01-2723003 or info@iinh.net. See www.anhcampaign.org.
** A four-session course on anxiety management begins next Tuesday at 2pm in the Dean Clinic, VHI Swiftcare Building, City Gate, Mahon, Cork city.
The course, which will be run by a cognitive behaviour therapist and an addiction counsellor, will look at thinking, the vicious cycle of anxiety and mindfulness. Cost €160. Booking on tel: 01-6477733.
** Social skills for primary school children is the theme of a free public talk on Tuesday next at 7pm in the Lucena Clinic, 59 Orwell Road, Rathgar, Dublin. Speech and language therapists will offer parents tips on how to encourage children to interact well with others. Booking on tel: 01-4923596, or e-mail marie.mccourt@sjog.ie.
** Meditation teacher and facilitator John Doherty will give an introductory workshop on Eckhart Tolle’s best-selling book, The Power of Now, on Sunday in the Emmaus Retreat Centre, Lissenhall, Swords, Co Dublin. Cost €55. Booking on reservations@emauscentre.ie
COMPILED BY SYLVIA THOMPSON
