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Claire - Lightning Process®, Huddersfield
Ceri - Lightning Process®, Yorkshire
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I did the Lightning Process with Jenny in December 2020. I had Covid-19 in May that year and had post viral fatigue (or ‘long covid/post covid syndrome’) afterwards. I had begun to recover but was still struggling with fatigue, which was stopping me from going back to work and preventing me from enjoying things I had previously loved e.g. going for walks, seeing friends etc. I was also struggling to sleep at night.
My sister and a friend had done the lightning process for post viral fatigue about 15 years ago and I had seen how they had recovered afterwards. I was a bit sceptical about whether it could work for me but decided to trust their experience and the experience of others I had read about.
I did the training over zoom with one other person. I had been worried that doing the training online rather than face to face might make it more difficult, but Jenny made me feel at ease and after a while it felt like we were in the same room as each other.
I saw improvements within the first day of training. On the morning of the third day, I went on a hilly 4 mile walk with friends and felt completely fine during the walk and afterwards. Over the past 6 weeks since doing the LP I have continued to improve and now feel back to my normal self. I have started a phased return at work, have walked up to 8 miles at the weekends, have tidied the entire house to put it on the market and have been sleeping much better. I am so thankful that the Lightning Process.
It may be helpful to talk to a LP practitioner and your GP , before deciding if the LP is right for you.
Janet - Lightning Process®, Hull & East Yorkshire
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My progress is still amazing. I was out with friends until 1 a.m. last night. I am back volunteering at the cat homing centre and have started re-claiming my garden! all in 4 weeks of doing the Lightning Process®. I have found the CD invaluable in re-in forcing what I learned in the training and know that I have a tool to use for the rest of my life.
I can't thank you enough and Phil for developing the programme. You have given me something remarkable - the gift of a new life. Janet
Wencha - Lightning Process®, Norway
"Hi Jenny I'm sorry that I haven't written to you sooner! Mostly, it is because I've been so busy enjoying myself and doing lots of the things I have not been able to do at all, or in more than small doses, before the Lightning Process®course.
I have done so much since I saw you last, it's fantastic! The first weekend after the course I travelled down south to my mother in law, to meet my husband and the rest of his family. I went on the train by myself with only a HUGE suitcase as company, and walked the distance between stations in London without assistance - which felt fabulous!
One of the first days back home I went for a long walk, longer than I have walked in nearly three years. Seeing familiar places for the first time in such a long time made me feel so happy I that almost wanted to cry! It was well worth the muscle ache and sore feet (a natural consequence of physical exertion of this stature for any extremely unfit person like myself). I have bought a public transport monthly pass, but next month I will save myself the money, as I hardly ever use it.
I have been doing IBS for more than four years, and for the last three I have had to follow a very strict diet. Since learning the process I have been a little bit less firm on my regime, but I have still mostly avoided the things I have been intolerant to for so long. But at our party I had a little bit of everything: cake, chocolate and a glass of champagne. It tasted fantastic!! But I have been doing a sore and bloated tummy since then. Considering how much stress I was doing the days before the party, this is not really surprising. I will let my tummy heal, then ensure that I am doing well before I again try to introduce food I have not tolerated, and then only one item from my no-list at the time.
That felt really good. I do get aches and pains if I do a lot more than I have done in ages, but these are very different to the sensations I have had during my illness. It is hard to describe without going to much into pit-language, but it really is not the same type of discomfort. The tremors and cramps are almost completely gone, for instance. And now I know that when I've done a lot, the muscles will recover, the blisters will heal, and I will feel fine the next day.
I do still get myself into the pit, and sometimes I do difficulty in using the process. But I am getting better at being nice to myself and continue to work on staying out of the pit, instead of doing the opposite. I now know that I am recovering. Staying ill is no longer an option, as I know how to be well.
Thank you again for teaching me the process!! Wencha​
Richard - Lightning Process®,York
I would like to thank you for your help me I have been chronically ill for over 18 years, with some periods of years where I have been house bound. However, with your help and the lightning process I have just completed a year back to work, without a single day off sick. I now go dancing several nights every week and I have complete the Cumbria Way, a 70 mile long distance walk through the hills of the Lake District. I have no doubt that I could not have achieved this without the lightning process and would heartily recommend it, and you, to anyone who is interested.
Thanks again
Richard
York
Margaret - Lightning Process®, Wakefield near Leeds
"I was diagnosed with CFS/ME in 2002, but I believe I had the condition for 2-3 years before that.
I had regular periods of chronic illness which manifested as inability to sleep, flu-like symptoms, lack of energy and mental as well as physical fatigue, which confined me to bed.
I had difficulty in handling stressful situations. However, I also had periods of feeling well and able to live a more normal life, e.g.. work in the home and garden, social and recreational activities, etc., although within limits, e.g.. regular rest periods through the day, not going out on an evening, no holidays. These good periods did last for several weeks.
Throughout my illness I had tried many treatments such as diet, health supplements, exercise, relaxation, cranial osteopathy, counselling, etc. Whilst I experienced periods when I felt well I couldn't seem to achieve full recovery no matter how dedicated I was.
I read an article in the press about Phil Parker and "The Lightning Process®" training course. From his web site I was able to find information on Jenny Gilmore, an advanced practitioner, who had once suffered from the same condition and now taught the technique.
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I could never have imagined how quickly and by how much the Process could change things for me. I felt so well
My husband and I are now enjoying all normal day to day activities without having to make allowances for my fatigue and have confidence when planning ahead. I know I will go from strength to strength.
"I can't thank Jenny enough for teaching me how to reclaim my life."
Rebecca -Lightning Process®, France
7th March 2009
I'm still being amazed at how much the Lightning Process has changed me. I now get up at 7.30 am and don't go to bed till 11pm sometimes. I am up all day and very busy. The other day I had lots to do, and had just got in from the supermarket. There was an urgent message on the answer phone and I had to put the shopping away and go out again straight away, but I took it all in my stride and just delayed doing the other things that I had to do. I would never have taken things so calmly, even before I had M.E.! I am enjoying doing lots of gardening with my husband he had to do it all on his own before. I'm also learning Spanish at home, and learning many new pieces on the piano, which is amazing. I hadn't made any progress for years, if a piece was too difficult, I put it to one side and played something I knew!!
I'm tackling many things that I would normally just put to one side, and feel great for having done it. I'm feeling more and more well!
1st Jan 2009
It's been 7 weeks since I did the Lightning Process, and it has made such a difference. I had (because I don't have it any more!!) M.E. for 2 years, but within such a short time after learning the Process I am almost back to "normal".
It's so nice to be able to do what I want when I want, and not even think about the consequences. One day before Christmas I did all my housework, and more besides! I cleaned the downstairs loo, then cleaned the whole bathroom upstairs, then made soup and mince pies. I drove to my parents-in-law's house and played their piano for over an hour, then on the way home I decided that my car was dirty, so I cleaned it when I arrived back home. Then I made lasagne and shortbread biscuits, did the ironing, and did 2 lots of washing up and the vacuuming before picking my brother-in-law up from the train station as he was spending Christmas with us!
It's so amazing,
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Dianne - Lightning Process®, Beverley
“In May 2017 I approached Jenny Gilmore following a suggestion by my GP who had recently received positive feedback from a patient who had been through the LP for chronic fatigue/ME. At that time I had been suffering from debilitating intermittent chronic fatigue/ME for approximately ten years and had been (NHS) diagnosed three years previously.
After googling LP I spoke to an LP practitioner who advised me to contact Jenny Gilmore who was an LP practitioner in my area. Jenny helped me by providing information and support; I also appreciated how she genuinely seemed to understand and validate my symptoms in a way that nobody else had.
Following Jenny's advice and with her support I attended a three day LP training workshop which was facilitated by her and which I fully embraced.
The results have been amazing, my energy levels have improved remarkably and my life has become less restricted. Any tiredness I experience if I overdo things a bit now feels different - it feels 'normal' for my age and not ridiculously incapacitating like it used to.
Thanks to Jenny's initial reassuring follow up phone calls and her reinforcing reassurances and suggestions I have been able to make some positive changes which have really helped, such as giving my (fatigue) dressing gown to charity and sitting on the sofa rather than lying on the bed when I sensed fatigue starting to take hold; these changes helped to break habits which had become unhelpful - and they worked! Also, initially it felt so good to know that Jenny was available to talk to if ever I needed extra contact.
I would definitely recommend Jenny Gilmore to people who feel stuck with life restricting health problems especially chronic fatigue/ME. Dianne, August 2017
Rachel - Lightning Process®, Sheffield
“Jenny and The lightning process gave me the tools I needed and restored my hope of recovery. After doing the course I was able to attend my daughter’s sports day sat on a rug outside and a year later I was at the same sports day taking part in the parents egg and spoon, beanbag on your head and a bouncy hopper race!”
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Children and Young People's stories
Matthew- Lightning Process®, Yorkshire
Happy New Year! Thought it was time to give you a little update. The news is good - Matthew is doing really well. Under normal circumstances he would have had another 2 episodes by now, but he hasn't. He uses LP if he feels tired in the mornings and says it always works! He has much more energy generally, stays up later in an evening, doesn't feel tired around 8.30pm like he used to. He's started an after school activity, a guitar emsemble which he's enjoying.
Many thanks for your help
Lesley (Mother of Matthew aged 12)
Guy - Lightning Process®, Bridlington
"Hi JennyJust wanted to give you a quick update on Guy's progress. It's a month since we did the lightning process and the change in Guy is amazing. He is attending full time school as well as having a social life! We have just returned from the gym following Guy's first session with a personal trainer who worked him very hard. On Sunday he played his first rugby match, last week he went to the sixth form ball, arrived home at one in the morning and got up for school the next day. The week before he went on a geography field trip to London and France, early mornings and late nights all week and arrived home in the same state as all the others who went. The list of what he has done in the last four weeks is endless, thank you again for giving Guy his old life back, it's lovely to see him enjoying everything again.Best wishes Mandy, "(Autumn 2008)