I found The Lightning Process™ when I had been ill with M.E. for sixteen years. For twelve of those years I was severely affected and bed-bound 24 hours a day. I had pain, sleep disturbances, was unable to walk at all, digestive problems, and the usual range of M.E. symptoms. I had tried almost every possible treatment, supplement and approach, to try to find a way back to health and a life. I had had a long period of psychotherapy which was an interesting journey but made no difference to my health whatsoever. I realise now that the problems started even earlier when I was much younger with irritable bowel syndrome. The M.E. itself started with viral menigititis. From then on I never fully recovered and eventually spiralled down into being bedbound. I had given up trying any new approaches to recover after so many cycles of disappointments, I had spent a LOT of money over the years and few lasting improvements.

Then I heard stories about The Lightning Process™ helping people with M.E. very dramatically. I was sceptical, my experience to that point had shown that this just couldn't be possible. But the testimonials were particularly intriguing because of the speed of the improvements. I believe in a powerful link between the mind and the body so I decided that if there was a chance to make such a change I had to take it, and I applied for a place on a Lightning Process™ seminar. The idea of making such a turnaround in my health seemed incredible and maybe too much to hope for, but I had to believe that if others could do it, then so could I.

After a long six-week wait for my appointment, I struggled to get to the course at Phil Parker's clinic in Crouch End, London for 10.00am. This was a BIG challenge as I felt particularly bad in the mornings and rarely functioned at all before midday. Three life-changing days later, I had been taught how I could influence my body and my symptoms, I had actually been shown the way to regain my health and energy. Those three days were an amazing journey. I proved  to myself that it was working as I walked further than I had in 16 years, and suffered no symptoms afterwards except aching feet and muscles that weren't used to walking. This is the feeling which normally occurs after using a muscle which is functioning normally, but not yet accustomed to exercise. This is very different from the feeling in your muscles when you have M.E.

The following week I continued to make remarkable progress, I was sleeping well and waking at 8am, my body was functioning healthily, and what was truly wonderful was that, I was making it work; it wasn't luck or chance or someone else giving me a pill or a treatment; I was getting back in charge. At long last I had an explanation that made perfect sense, for all of the pain and symptoms that had imprisoned me over the years. I finally understood the basics of the science/biology behind the symptoms, the role of adrenaline, and how I had developed particular thought patterns in response to what was happening, even though I maintained a positive outlook throughout the illness.

During the training I had also watched other people in the group make incredibly rapid changes, one person had to walk with a stick before the training and after the first day, she accidentally left her walking stick behind. She only realised she had left it behind when she had walked half way up the road...she didn't bother going back for it, she realised she didn't need it any more.

I knew that this was a very ground-breaking approach. The main tools currently offered for M.E. are management, anti-depressants and pacing. This was something VERY different and SO much better. It didn't just show me how to get my health back, it gave me a way to improve my ways of thinking in other areas of my life too.

I had to decide what to do with the next stage of my life, and I realised that the only sensible thing to do would be to train to teach others The Lightning Process™.  I couldn't think of anything better to do, than watching and helping people to make the same amazing changes in their health and lives.

I undertook the Practitioner Training with Phil Parker and I am now an Advanced (among the most experienced in the field) and fully licensed Lightning Process™ Trainer working near Watford, Hertfordshire.  I have trained many people who were bedbound with severe M.E. who took their first steps walking on the first or second day, and then went on to do so much activity in their lives that their families, and doctors still can't believe it. I love hearing about the new achievments, the distances they walk, the shopping, (there is usually a lot of shopping), the friends they can now see and make, going back to their studies, work, getting married, having children, and what it means for their family to have them back, healthy and happy.

The Lightning Process™ is not only for people with M.E., people with depression, anxiety and a wide range of other conditions can use the training to learn how to live happy, balanced lives.

I now have many people recommended to me by doctors, they can't always understand the changes but they can't deny what they see. These changes can appear easy and miraclulous to other people but it usually takes much focus and determination to make and maintain these changes. It can mean a lot of practice and commitment. If you decide to apply for the Lightning Process Seminar, make sure that you are ready for a lot of challenging work in order to get the amazing, usually very rapid, changes!

I have many clients travel from Norway but also now Germany, Denmark, Holland and U.S.A.

My life has been transformed by The Lighting Process™, I am now living a life I REALLY LOVE.  The 16 years with M.E. were important years of learning and now I have been able to sense of it all as I can now see and assist other people in turning their lives around, in a most extraordinary way. I have the best job I could ever imagine!

Heather