Find out about Overcoming MS's presence and work in North America
Overcoming MS is a global healthy lifestyle non-profit organization giving hope and supporting people with multiple sclerosis. We are registered as a 501(c)3 nonprofit in the US.
We support people to live well with multiple sclerosis (MS) by helping them to make evidence-based lifestyle choices. Significant research points to how holistic self-care, alongside medical therapies, can benefit the physical and mental well-being of people with MS. We want to raise awareness of this and help people make informed choices.
Overcoming MS has many community members and supporters in North America. In fact, the largest number of visitors to our website and podcast listeners come from America!
Other notable contacts from North America:
We have Circles (our support groups) around the globe. These are collections of people supporting each other to live well with MS. If you would like to benefit from the support, tips and ideas of others, see if we have a Circle near you or consider joining our global Circle. All our Circles are in the Live Well Hub, our community space, which is free to join for everyone!
A number of our Circles are in North America:
In the West:
In the Midwest:
In the South:
In Canada:
We also have a global circle for anyone without a circle near them and this has several people from North America.
With a huge support network of like-minded people who want to live well with MS, the Live Well Hub is a place to ask questions, get advice and ideas, help others and stay motivated.
You can also find our course “6 Months to Overcoming MS” in the Live Well Hub. This course takes you step by step through making lifestyle changes which can support your physical and mental wellbeing.
Associate Professor Michelle O’Donoghue, MD, MPH of Harvard Medical School was one of the editors of the 2022 book ‘Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis: Roadmap to Good Health’. Professor O’Donoghue lives symptom-free and has followed the Overcoming MS program for over a decade. In her introduction, she writes: “Professor Jelinek gave me back a sense of optimism and a sense of control over a disease that terrified me.”
The handbook is a practical follow-up to Professor George Jelinek’s 2016 book Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis: The evidence-based 7 step recovery program. Both books provide an excellent and engaging overview of the Overcoming MS Program. Buy your copy here:
There are several references from the Neuroepidemiology Unit in Melbourne (NEU) – which conducts research into the impact of lifestyle on multiple sclerosis – that can be found on the National Institute of Health website.
A Multiple Sclerosis Lifestyle Behavior Online Course 2022
The feasibility of a web-based educational lifestyle program for people with multiple sclerosis 2022
The feasibility of an online educational lifestyle program for people with multiple sclerosis 2022
Experiences of and attitudes to lifestyle modification for the management of multiple sclerosis 2021
As a global charity, it is important we have input from our community from around the world. We have a number of volunteers in North America, including members of our Communications Advisory Group and people joining our community of facilitators.
