COMMUNICATION STYLE: It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It is the theme of a seminar by author and international public speaker Allan Pease in the Astra Hall, University College Dublin on Thursday, November 23rd at 7pm.
Pease will take a witty and irreverent look at the different communication styles of men and women and how to avoid arguments, disagreements and conflicts. Tickets are €50 online on www.seminars.ie or tel: 01 2875584.
• AUDITORY TRAINING PROGRAMME: Aspergers Syndrome and Auditory Processing is the theme of a talk at the Cluas Centre in Exchange Hall, Belgard Square North, Tallaght, Dublin on Saturday at noon. The centre uses classical music as part of an auditory training programme to help children with developmental delay. The approach, known as the Tomatis method, was developed by French ear, nose and throat specialist Dr Alfred Tomatis. See www.cluas.ie or tel: 01 4940210 for more details.
• ATTACKING PANIC: What personal dilemmas cause panic and anxiety? What is happening within your body during a panic attack? How can you control and eliminate panic attacks? These are the questions that will be answered in a one-day seminar on panic attacks, facilitated by psychotherapist and author of When Panic Attacks (Newleaf) Dr Aine Tubridy.
The seminar will be held on Saturday, 10am-5pm, in the Institute of Psychosocial Medicine, 2 Eden Park, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Cost €100. More details on tel: 01 2800084.
• SELF-SABOTAGE WORKSHOP: Overcoming self-sabotage is the ambitious title of a day of talks and workshops on Saturday, organised by the Wealth of Women movement. Facilitators at the workshop in St Teresa's Centre, Clarendon Street (above Café Bell), Dublin include a practitioner of neurolinguistic programming and hypnotherapy. Irish Times columnist Róisín Ingle is a guest speaker. Cost €125. Tel: 086 1675272. See also www.wealthofwomen.com
Lifelines is compiled by Sylvia Thompson