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Interview with Alex Howard
Founder and CEO of The Optimum Health Clinic,
London
Suffered with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME for 7
years
Author of Why ME? My Journey from ME to Health
and Happiness
Founder of Conscious2.com
Suffered Symptoms of Fatigue
• Like “someone pulled the plug”
• Housebound
• Muscle aches
• Headaches
Catalyzed a 5 Year Journey to Recovery
• Read 700 books
• Saw 35 different practitioners
• Tried more than 70 supplements
• Realized it was ultimately it was a spiritual
transformational journey
Psychological Factors in Recovery from Chronic Fatigue
Dysfunctional childhood plays a role
Psychological Factors in Recovery from Chronic Fatigue
The “Maladaptive Stress Response” plays a role
Psychology Tools used in Recovery
• Emotional Freedom Technique
• Neuro-linguistic Programming
• Hypnotherapy
• Meditation
Personality Types Prone to
Chronic Fatigue
1: Achiever Types
Personality Types Prone to
Chronic Fatigue
2: Helper Types
Personality Types Prone to Chronic Fatigue
3: Anxiety Types
Personality Types Prone to
Chronic Fatigue
4: Trauma Types
Stages of Recovery from Chronic Fatigue
Stage 1 – Crash
Stage 2 – Wired and Tired
Stage 3 – Reintegration
Research by Geographical Region in Alternative
Medicine for Chronic Fatigue
• The United States tends to lead biochemistry (e.g.
functional medicine, diet and lifestyle)
• Germany leads in energy medicine
• UK leads in psychology
Results of Pilot Study on Clinic Published
in British Medical Journal Open in 2012
• 3 Study Groups
• Nutrition-only, psychology-only and
nutrition and psychology combined group
• Statistically significant improvement in
all three groups
5 Top Tips to Recovery from Chronic Fatigue
Tip 1:
Believe you Can Recover
5 Top Tips to Recovery from Chronic Fatigue
Tip 2:
You Need to be in a Consistently Calm Healing State to Recover
5 Top Tips to Recovery
from Chronic Fatigue
Tip 3:
Match your Treatment to
the Stage of Recovery
you are in
(Crash, Wired but Tired or
Integration Stage)
Tip 4: Recognize Biochemical Individuality
Tip 5: Find the “sweet spot”
There is a point of balance between doing
too much and not doing enough, over-
planning and going with the flow
Finding it comes from listening deeply to
your own body
Ken Wilber’s
“Integral Theory”
For treatment from The Optimum Health Clinic (OHC) to
become available for all free on the NHS funding is
required for further research
The OHC converted to a charity in 2013
in order to raise further funds for
research
A fully randomized controlled trial with
the University of Surrey in the UK is
now underway
• Secrets to Recovery is a world-leading online resource of training videos, teaching you the core
principles of the OHC approach
• 6 Years in development, 18 modules covering psychology, nutrition, lifestyle and more to optimize
energy
• Over 100 hours of content from some of the world’s leading practitioners
• For those unable to afford treatment, it is an amazing opportunity to access an award-winning and
world-leading clinic’s approach
www.SecretstoRecovery.com
Thank you!
See you next time on
Abundant Energy TV
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