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Recover Your Energy
Whether you have Chronic Fatigue, ME, Post Viral Syndrome, Glandular Fever or are just plain exhausted, discover your own energy in the most natural way possible. By understanding your own personal energy system and learning how to set it to wellness you need never again be lacking in energy.
122 pages, Paperback
First published April 3, 2009
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February 9, 2012
No, I didn't like this book (my first experiment in borrowing eBooks from the library, so there's a techno-triumph, sort of).
It is (it says) neuro-linguistic programming mashed up with energy medicine and then a bit of explanation at the back which I almost thought was going to say "Here's the science-y bit". It makes some brave claims to address MS and cancer, as well as ME, Fibromyalgia and 'Chronic Fatigue'. Wow!
What concerned me most about this book is that, all the twee fairies and goblins and gold dust aside (very Enid Blyton!), it does depict some useful exchanges between (winged) therapist and fictional 'patient'.... a patient however who seems to be suffering more than anything from a fairly significant level of depression whatever other health condition she has. The negative self-talk is very black and relentless, and yes, that would hold a person back from being as well as she could be. But all of this means that the central story in the book, which purports to be recovering from a fatiguing illness, is actually about recovering from a specific fatiguing illness ie depression. I was rather incredulous that she 'got it' quite so fast that she would be robust enough to maintain her recovery.
There were some interesting ideas in the book about the kind of thinking which could be causing a person problems, for example reasons underlying overeating, and I think there could be something in the need occasionally to sit with feet flat on the floor - not for the reasons that Hickmott claims (pretty visualisation though she provides) but sensory regulatory ones. So small bits of the book I liked, but there was enough of it that was either naff or nasty (does Hickmott really think the thing about ME sounding like 'me' being relevant is original or helpful?) that it didn't average out as OK.
It is (it says) neuro-linguistic programming mashed up with energy medicine and then a bit of explanation at the back which I almost thought was going to say "Here's the science-y bit". It makes some brave claims to address MS and cancer, as well as ME, Fibromyalgia and 'Chronic Fatigue'. Wow!
What concerned me most about this book is that, all the twee fairies and goblins and gold dust aside (very Enid Blyton!), it does depict some useful exchanges between (winged) therapist and fictional 'patient'.... a patient however who seems to be suffering more than anything from a fairly significant level of depression whatever other health condition she has. The negative self-talk is very black and relentless, and yes, that would hold a person back from being as well as she could be. But all of this means that the central story in the book, which purports to be recovering from a fatiguing illness, is actually about recovering from a specific fatiguing illness ie depression. I was rather incredulous that she 'got it' quite so fast that she would be robust enough to maintain her recovery.
There were some interesting ideas in the book about the kind of thinking which could be causing a person problems, for example reasons underlying overeating, and I think there could be something in the need occasionally to sit with feet flat on the floor - not for the reasons that Hickmott claims (pretty visualisation though she provides) but sensory regulatory ones. So small bits of the book I liked, but there was enough of it that was either naff or nasty (does Hickmott really think the thing about ME sounding like 'me' being relevant is original or helpful?) that it didn't average out as OK.
July 24, 2015
A book really for parents to read to kids about how they can ground themselves and take control of their thoughts. Lots of good nlp metaphors in the story, but not really one that I got a lot from for myself.
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