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Healing from ME, CFS and Fibromyalgia

The world-leading team at The Optimum Health Clinic offer strategies to support healing from ME, CFS and Fibromyalgia.

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Episode 03 - Is it possible to make a full recovery from ME, CFS and Fibromyalgia?

Episode 03 - Is it possible to make a full recovery from ME, CFS and Fibromyalgia?

In this Facebook Live recording CEO Alex Howard discusses whether it's possible to make a full recovery from ME, CFS an... Read more

1 Aug 2018

30mins

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Episode 15 - What supplements should I take?

Episode 15 - What supplements should I take?

Alex describes the slippery slope of self-medicating or taking supplement advice from non-professionals. With personali... Read more

20 Nov 2018

9mins

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Episode 04 - Sleep and ME/CFS

Episode 04 - Sleep and ME/CFS

A more restorative sleep is essential in recovery from ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia and in this session, Alex talks about sl... Read more

15 Aug 2018

22mins

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Episode 20 - For the body to heal, you have to be in it

Episode 20 - For the body to heal, you have to be in it

In this Facebook Live recording CEO Alex Howard discusses how the maladaptive stress response can keep us in a state whe... Read more

9 Jan 2019

18mins

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Episode 66 - The 5 P's

Episode 66 - The 5 P's

Alex expands on his 5 P's in recovery: Practice, Patience, Persistance, Perserverence, Precision. These 5 P's can be use... Read more

14 Jan 2020

9mins

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Episode 68 - Two types of pacing

Episode 68 - Two types of pacing

Alex mentions a simplified view of two different kinds of pacing based on data and rational planning, versus the more in... Read more

28 Jan 2020

9mins

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Episode 33 - Why listening to your body is so hard

Episode 33 - Why listening to your body is so hard

The advice, "listen to your body" sounds like it should be easy, but it isn't quite as simple as it seems. We often get ... Read more

16 Apr 2019

10mins

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Episode 50 - Deep rest 2

Episode 50 - Deep rest 2

When our primary symptom is fatigue, it's clear that getting deep, effective rest is a crucial part of the recovery proc... Read more

24 Sep 2019

7mins

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Episode 58 Emma Donohoe - M.E. and me

Episode 58 Emma Donohoe - M.E. and me

Alex interviews Emma Donohoe - presenter of the BBC documentary M.E. and me. Emma discusses her recovery including the p... Read more

19 Nov 2019

33mins

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Episode 36 - The danger of maybe

Episode 36 - The danger of maybe

It can be a real challenge to commit to future plans when we're still working on our recovery from ME CFS or Fibromyalgi... Read more

7 May 2019

8mins

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Episode 37 - What stops people from recovering?

Episode 37 - What stops people from recovering?

A complex illness like ME CFS can exhibit many different symptoms and co-morbidities. Being able to make sense of the cy... Read more

15 May 2019

6mins

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Episode 22 - Deep Rest

Episode 22 - Deep Rest

Alex Howard discusses deep rest in ME, CFS and Fibromyalgia recovery. The maladaptive stress response in MECFS keeps the... Read more

22 Jan 2019

11mins

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Episode 13 - Recovery takes a team

Episode 13 - Recovery takes a team

On the verge of the release of the Secrets to Recovery film, Alex reflects on the process of recovery from the patients... Read more

30 Oct 2018

12mins

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Episode 52 - Self-worth and ME, CFS and Fibromyalgia

Episode 52 - Self-worth and ME, CFS and Fibromyalgia

CEO Alex Howard discusses the OHC's approach to cultivating self-worth when the roles you held prior to getting ill have... Read more

8 Oct 2019

11mins

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Episode 49 - People pleasing and recovery

Episode 49 - People pleasing and recovery

Alex talks about people pleasing as a habit of the helper type that puts other peoples' needs before our own. Becoming a... Read more

17 Sep 2019

11mins

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Episode 40 - 4 fundamentals of recovery

Episode 40 - 4 fundamentals of recovery

In this Facebook Live recording CEO Alex Howard discusses the 4 fundamentals of recovery from ME, CFS and Fibromyalgia f... Read more

17 Jul 2019

10mins

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Episode 26 - Willpower and recovery

Episode 26 - Willpower and recovery

We now know that approaching healing from ME CFS from a "pushing" motivation can make everything worse, so willpower for... Read more

26 Feb 2019

11mins

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Episode 23 - What is possible in recovery from ME/CFS?

Episode 23 - What is possible in recovery from ME/CFS?

When we start making some progress on our journey, the recovery process can feel incredibly slow and we start to wonder... Read more

29 Jan 2019

8mins

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Episode 28 - Why should our nutrition patients do the psychology programme?

Episode 28 - Why should our nutrition patients do the psychology programme?

Alex discusses why patients in the nutrition program can benefit from also doing the psychology work with The Optimum He... Read more

12 Mar 2019

10mins

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Episode 56 - The power of dreams

Episode 56 - The power of dreams

Alex acknowledges the challenge of living day to day with pain and frustration, and offers some thoughts on how to remai... Read more

5 Nov 2019

12mins

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