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Secrets To Recovery – Concert Harpist Claire Jones

Claire Jones, Concert Harpist, discusses making her latest album once recovered from ME Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and the emotional journey she went on whilst recording it. To watch the full movie, please click here For more information on Claire Jones new album please visit www.clairejones.co.uk

Claire Jones’ Recovery Story

Concert Harpist Claire Jones shares her experience with ME/CFS and her recovery journey with The Optimum Health Clinic. Claire discusses achieving her dreams including becoming a royal harpist, then crashing with ME and struggling to overcome the urge to keep pushing through the illness.  With widespread pain and constant immune symptoms she and her family […]

OHC Live Ep 010 – Patience and tenacity

While filming patients for the latest Secrets to Recovery documentary, Alex is reminded of the perseverance and hope that patients and family members have on the journey to recovery. Watch the film at http://www.secretstorecovery.com/movie/ Watch the Secrets to Recovery Movie at www.secretstorecovery.com/movie Listen to the audio version on our podcast (also available through iTunes, GooglePlay […]

The Difference between Fear and Anxiety

An audio clip that focuses on fear and anxiety and how to tell the difference! To discover more about Psychology at The Optimum Health Clinic, please click here

Helper Subtype

In this audio clip from Secrets to Recovery, Alex Howard focuses on the Helper, which can be quite a common psychological subtype in ME, CFS , Fibromyalgia and that group of illnesses. To discover more about Psychology at The Optimum Health Clinic, please click here

The problem with miracle recovery stories

The video below explores the area of why ‘miracle’ recovery stories inspire but can also be a source of slowing ones progress down. Alex explains what the difference is between a ‘miracle’ recovery and a sustainable recovery.  Here at the OHC we take the view that recovery is a process made up of many smaller steps that go towards achieving […]

Classical concert supporting OHC

Welcome to this week’s blog. This week we are very proud to announce that former OHC patient Claire Jones will be donating all proceeds from a concert in London on March 5th. Claire was the royal harpist for several years, including playing at the royal wedding, before developing ME/CFS. Having recently recovered, Claire has focused […]

Secrets to Recovery LIVE Episode 5

Welcome to this week’s blog. Firstly, just a reminder that the initial deadline for scholarship applications for the psychology practitioner course is this coming Monday 1st December. You can watch videos with previous students (including Alison from the “Freedom From ME” DVD), read about “Training whilst recovering from ME,” and get all the information on […]

Secrets to Recovery LIVE Episode 4 Replay

Welcome to this week’s blog. For those of you that missed Secrets to Recovery LIVE last week, we are pleased to share the recordings. There are three separate videos: 1. The full 45 minute session including both Natasha Todd’s recovery story and the research update from OHC Trustee Ian Hatton: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-QFHDZ9KUI   2. Natasha Todd’s […]

Secrets to Recovery LIVE October 2014

Welcome to this week’s blog! Firstly, we are very pleased to be sharing a report detailing your responses to our 2014 patient survey, along with some comments from our management team. You can read the document below. Thank you to everyone that took part, we really do appreciate your input and ongoing support. OHC Survey […]