Webinar: Getting all wrapped up - Preparing for the Christmas season as a MND carer

Caring for a loved one living with MND is more than providing physical assistance. There is a severe emotional toll that a MND carer can experience including grief, sadness and guilt and prolonged grief after loss. This can be particularly challenging during Christmas and the New Year period.

As we approach the holiday season with all the associated traditions, hopes and expectations that it brings, this webinar will take a closer look at some of the complex layers of emotion that carers experience. It will also explore some of the underlying issues that may already create layers of anxiety, concern and sometimes even dread for MND carers. In preparation for this time, we will be joined by Mandy Cox to talk about these important themes which many MND carers experience.

During this online event for MND carers:

• We'll take a look at some of the factors that make this time of year particularly challenging
• Expectations versus possibilities
• Grieving the ongoing losses and changes in the midst of celebration
• Caring for you

Bring your questions, concerns and well-being strategies to share!

Guest Speaker: Mandy Cox

Meet Mandy Cox is an experienced counsellor, supervisor and spiritual director.

She has worked extensively across a range of organisations in the ACT, NT and NSW that specialise in palliative care, SIDS and children, victim support, coronial processes, church ministry, grief, loss and change. She also co-founded the Canberra Grief Centre.

Currently based in Newcastle NSW, Mandy runs her own private practice, Urban Sparrow Counselling and Supervision Services, where she provides a safe place for clients to grown and flourish amid their life circumstances. She is also a member of the National Association for Loss and Grief (NALAG), A Victim Services NSW counsellor, and qualified to provide supervision to counsellors, clergy and spiritual directors.

Have you joined our MND Carers Program?

As a carer, you provide unpaid emotional, psychological or practical care and support to a family member or friend who is living with MND.

You can join the MND NSW Carers Program,  you can find out more about the program and how to register on this page of our website: Carer Support

You do not need to be a member of our Carers Program to register for this event. 

Contact us

If you would like to speak with someone about this event or about our Carers Program call us on 1800 777 175

^[1] MND Australia (2025). Every Moment Matters: Addressing the human and economic toll of motor neurone disease in Australia, pp 40-41.