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Recommendation

I have known Sarah since she started training and have been involved in her training both as a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Life Coach and NLP practitioner and as her continuing supervision as a Level 3 (Advanced) EFT practitioner.  Sarah is a complete natural at this work.  She is empathetic, creative and dedicated and works to a consistently high standard.  It has been a real joy to watch Sarah develop in this field, her enthusiasm for her work is infectious!  I would highly recommend her gentle, yet intuitive, approach to anyone looking for a skilled caring practitioner to work with.
Emma Roberts - EFT Master, Co-founder of The EFT Centre and Examiner at the European College of Holistic Medicine

I've had the pleasure and privilege to both train and work alongside Sarah for a few years now - her work is always brilliant, professional, fun and inspirational, but once you know her, you would expect that because that's who she is. I highly recommend her as a practitioner of the Lightning Process.
Phil Parker Do Dip E Hyp Psyc CMP NLP - Principal of European College of Holistic Medicine and Director of Crouch End Consultants

Dear Sarah, I am writing to say a big thank you on behalf of all the patients, and not forgetting the staff for all your dedicated time you so kindly gave to the Hospice. Your treatments benefited all who came to see you, helping them cope physically, psychologically and also spiritually, and for this we are extremely grateful. We would like to wish you great success. It has been a pleasure working with you Sarah. Kind regards
Hilary Sadler, Head of Outpatients, Hartlepool and District Hospice

It has been a great privilege to meet and work with Sarah. She is an intuitive and accomplished Practitioner with great generosity of spirit where her sensitivity, acute listening skills, maturity and technique resulted in life-enhancing changes. I cannot recommend her highly enough and would be happy to be contacted for any further feedback.
Chris Furlong - Leicester

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Bereavement

Sarah volunteered at Hartlepool and District Hospice for a year working as an EFT practitioner with Day Care Patients, Carers and staff in helping with the emotional impact of terminal illness. Although their stories are too personal to display here as case studies, Sarah helped the patients and carers with feelings of loss, anger, fear, and grief. Everyone is different and Sarah has helped people to face their illness and make the most of their time left, their feelings of leaving their family behind and worries about how they are going to cope, fear of dying and feelings of being punished. She has helped them to also resolve events that have happened in the past that were still troubling them and felt they wanted to resolve.

Dear Sarah, I am writing to say a big thank you on behalf of all the patients, and not forgetting the staff for all your dedicated time you so kindly gave to the Hospice. Your treatments of EFT benefited all who came to see you, helping them cope physically, psychologically and also spiritually, and for this we are extremely grateful. We would like to wish you great success. It has been a pleasure working with you Sarah. Kind regards
Hilary Sadler, Head of Outpatients, Hartlepool and District Hospice

Case Study: A client had experience the loss of her mother and was finding difficult to cope with her feelings of loss after almost a year and still missed her terribly. We worked together over a period of a couple of months using EFT to work through the different aspects of her grief and the different times of year - first Christmas and Mother's Day without her. Through working together she discovered that she had gained a new role in her family through the passing of her mother. She realised that she was now seen as the head of her family even though she still had close relatives that are older than her. She realised that all her family now came to her in times of need and celebration, and that she had a lot of qualities that she had admired in her mother and her family felt that, and from this she was able to feel that her mother was still with her but in a different way. She felt she now had a new role in her life that she welcomed.

Although she took pleasure in her new role, her feelings of loss were still great. After continuing to work through her feelings of loss with EFT, she was able to start enjoying life again, something she thought she would never able to do. In fact at her last session she had just come back from holiday after having a fantastic time, and although she still missed her mother, she felt she had now turned a corner.

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Test Performance

I had two EFT sessions with Sarah whilst taking my motorcycle lessons. This was to help me with my anxiety prior to test day, which was centred around not having to tell friends and family that I had failed my test and to improve a manoeuvre that I was worried about. Sessions with Sarah increased my riding confidence and improved my performance, which resulted in a pass first time!
Ian – Company Director, Co Durham

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Business Coaching / Peak Performance / Professional / Confidence

I have attended a few sessions with Sarah on a one-to-one basis and (every time) I have left the building charged with positivity and a resolute ambition to succeed!!

Having met Sarah at many networking events, I have discovered for myself that her dedication to her field is second to none and her ongoing training clearly exudes commitment and a desire to learn to further help her clients.

My own business has grown in leaps and bounds due to my new focused approach – it's amazing what the universe brings to you if you only expect good things to happen!

Having studied self-help and personal development for 18 years now, I was the classic ‘big on theory' and not putting the theories into practice– Sarah has been the catalyst to motivate me to do just that and the results speak for themselves.

So, indeed, for a skilled and caring practitioner, I would categorically and wholeheartedly recommend Sarah Marshall! 
John Leggett BSc - Owner JLWeb

"Sarah and I jointly presented a workshop to a dozen local business leaders in June of this year.  I was hugely impressed by Sarah's ability to hold an audience and impart useful and meaningful strategies in a way everyone could instantly understand and apply.  As a fellow Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming, I've attended and delivered many seminars and presentations over the last 5 years.  For me, Sarah is one of the best I've seen."
Alastair Thomson - NLP Master Practitioner

Sarah is fantastic. I found our sessions together extremely beneficial.
Financial Business Owner

Sarah. Thank you for yesterday. My potential business allegiance meeting went really well this morning as I was so much more confident!
Business Coach, Gloucestershire

"I have been a client of Sarah's on a one-to-one basis.  I went to see her for a number of sessions earlier this year to get some clarity about what I really wanted in my life.  Thanks to her help, I realised that I had fallen into the trap of being really busy.  But I had unwittingly mistaken being busy for moving forward in the way I wanted to.  With the clarity that her questioning gave me and the insights which quickly followed I was very quickly able to get back on track.  Although Sarah challenged my thinking, she did so in such a supportive way that I felt very comfortable with her approach.  And I got great results very quickly.  I'd recommend Sarah to anyone who was looking to find a supportive and insightful coach to improve any area of their life."
Consultancy Business Owner

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Eating / Food Issues and Weight Loss

EFT and NLP from Sarah helped stop my bad eating habits of several years including binge eating. Her positive approach left me feeling supported and in more focus and with looser trousers!
ST - Spiritual Guide, Swindon

Dear Sarah, I just thought I would give you a progress report following my session. The session was of great benefit and I found that your expertise went a long way in alleviating the nervousness that I at first felt. I feel a great improvement in the areas we dealt with and can apply the principles used in the session in my own time! Can I just say that I would not hesitate to recommend your service to my friends and family as the benefits for me have been exceptional. Please feel free to use this letter as an endorsement of your service. Thank you very much.
Mike Russell

Case Study: A client, who is at the top of their profession, had been unable to eat fruit for 40 years and they had found this embarrassing in social situations. The thought of eating fruit caused visible revulsion. After two sessions they were able to happily eat and enjoy one kind of fruit and were looking forward to trying others.

Case Study: A client came to see me regarding weight loss and they were also on anti-depressants and were depressed about their weight which caused them to comfort eat - they felt they were trapped in a comfort eating/depressive vicious cycle. We started working on what caused them to eat with EFT. One of the reasons was the client felt it was their only "me" time and felt guilty if they had any other "me" time. The eating also numbed them and it was the only thing that the client felt they had to look forward to. We worked on the guilty feelings of the other "me" time so that they could take this time they needed without those feelings. Also, when a "bad" food was eaten then the day was classed as a "bad" day and then a "bad" week so we worked on this so that they could eat different foods without spiraling into binging.

The client then lost over 6lbs in a week that had included eating some of the foods that had been previously been classed as "bad" and had lead to binging. The client was concerned that the previous behaviour would return so we looked into why they had been "filling" up on these foods. We found that they were trying to fill an emptiness caused by an event in the past and working through this enabled them to fill it with something positive and continue with their new beliefs and behaviour around food.

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M.E. / Chronic Fatigue

Samantha and her Mum's Story

"I'm well, I'm well" it is hard to believe after 7 years of ME, the last 5 years spent bedbound in a darkened room but that is what learning the Lightning Process has done for me. I was taught the process by Sarah who was brill at explaining everything and made it a lot of fun to learn. The process is easy to learn but it is hard work to do and you have to be dedicated. I soon started to feel the effects only a few hours into my first day of training and I have hardly stopped since. On the first day I sat up for hours and even played a long game of monopoly after 4 hours of training.

On the second day, after a two hour session, I went out in my wheelchair for a walk, no pillow or sunglasses which were the norm pre LP (if I managed a wheelchair trip as my one big activity a week). I also phoned my grandma to tell her I was well and I played another game of monopoly, I went to bed exhausted but the normal kind not the ME sort.

On the third day I came home after the final LP session, it was an hour long car journey, which I sat up for, no reclined seat, no sunglasses, no pillow, all of which I'd had on the journey 3 days before. I got home and played a game with my gobsmacked sister who just kept looking at me as if she couldn't believe I was real. We watched a DVD film all the way through and had a chinese take away and I still felt so well that I phoned an ME friend who just kept saying wow, wow as she was so amazed at all that I had done.

I cannot say how grateful I am to Sarah for teaching me this wonderful thing that has given me my life back and has also shown me the real me in a way. I am also using LP on my anxiety which almost prevented me from going for LP and I would advise anybody thinking of taking the training to go for it but be prepared to work hard and it is sooo worth it, getting a life you love. Thanks Sarah you were great.

Four Weeks later:
Hi, it's been over 4 weeks since I had the Lightning Process taught to me and I'm happy to say I'm still M.E. free and having a brill time creating a new life for myself. Now getting out of bed is well, just normal for me and so are full days doing all kinds of things.

Here are just a few of the things I have been up to; I have been to the pub in the village where I live a few times building up my social experience, I've played on the swings at the park, I've been shopping to Tesco (one of those great big ones), I've been out for a meal with my whole family and I'm starting to get on my feet again with the help of some crutches.

It's brilliant getting my freedom back again. I'm able to keep in touch with friends and start to make new ones which is something I've missed. Although I've had a few moments where I've done anxiety, Sarah has helped me and has been great at reassuring me I'm doing great as well.

Two Months later:
Hi Sarah, I thought I'd let you know how I'm doing. Fantastic is the answer!

1 year later:
It has now been almost a year since I did the lightening process and my life is completely different. I can now walk over a mile which is brill after not being able to walk a step for 5 years. It has taken a while for my stamina to build up and my muscles but its getting there. I have just started driving lessons which I love and I am about to do a course for English and Maths at a local college. Life is great although sometimes I still have a bit of struggle I can get through it using the LP so it is definitely something you can always go back to which is comforting.
Samantha - Cumbria

Samantha's Mum - Heather: I should start this testimonial with a thousand smiley faces as that is how I feel. Last week I had an anxious 19 year old daughter who had been ill with ME for 7 years and bedbound for the last 5 years. Now I have a confident ME free young woman who is full of life. This miracle was brought about by the Lightning Process training that Samantha received from Sarah.

Samantha started the LP training lying down in bed in a darkened room and just 3 hours later she was sitting on a sofa, no sunglasses and eager to learn more. She has never been in bed since, other than to sleep which she does soundly each night about 10pm.

We both found the training interesting and fun and easy to follow. Sarah is a lovely person and an excellent coach and made sure we understood everything before moving on to the next section. Sarah has the double advantage of not only having had ME herself but also having recovered using LP a few years ago, so she understood exactly how Samantha was feeling. Sarah had already helped Samantha get ready for LP, by using EFT over the phone, as Samantha had been forced to cancel her first appointment for LP due to anxiety. I think it helps having a parent, partner, or close friend to sit in on the training so that they can reassure you afterwards if doubts or anxieties creep in. LP is not a quick miracle, you have to be determined and work hard at the process even though the physical process itself is easy.

Samantha is still wheelchair bound as she has no leg muscles after 5 years in bed, but she can now sit up all day, she is no longer light sensitive, she can eat foods that have previously made her feel ill and she can even tolerate iron supplements, as she is anaemic. It is not just her health that has improved, her confidence has increased too, she phones people, writes letters and likes meeting people when we are out and about.

I would recommend LP to anybody who has ME, we have watched about 30 other young people go for LP and have the same remarkable results, some had only been ill for a year or two but others had been ill like Samantha for 6 or 7 years and had been severely affected, now they are all ME free and getting their lives back.

Thank you Sarah for all your help, you know how much you have changed our lives I just hope you can do the same for lots of other people too.

Judith's Story

After three and a half years of being debilitated by M.E. I am back to full fitness after a 3 day course! How amazing is that! I owe it all to a Phil Parkers Lightning Process taught to me by Sarah Marshall.

Four years ago I was working full-time as a Reception Class teacher in a very successful, thriving but stressful school. In May 2003 Ofsted certainly played a part in adding to the stress. The effects of a brilliant report, instead of allowing us to relax knowing we were doing an excellent job, added pressure to keep up the pace and build on excellence!

I have twin daughters who were then 9 years old and, luckily, a very supportive husband. I wanted to be the perfect wife and mother and career woman.

In the summer of 2003 my GP suggested I stop taking HRT, that was prescribed by a different GP for an early menopause, but didn't tell me to do it gradually. I had a very bad reaction- feeling miserable, alone, bad tempered, having hot flushes night sweats etc.

In September I went back onto HRT and my symptoms reduced but pressure at work continued.

I was normally a fit and energetic person who never caught colds or illnesses then one day I started coughing. The next day I could hardly move. The doctor diagnosed a chest infection but after 2 weeks I was still very ill. I was given different antibiotics then after another week of feeling terrible I was diagnosed with pneumonia! After taking more antibiotics I started to recover slightly but then relapsed with another chest infection ending up in hospital on Boxing Day. With treatment using intravenous antibiotics I was feeling improved but weary and lethargic. The doctor told me I had Chronic Fatigue syndrome but I thought it meant I was tired! He gave me no other explanation or suggestions. I decided to try and “shake myself out of it” and get back to work and life. After 3 months away, I went back to work part time to let myself in gradually. My work situation had changed and I was told to work with a different age group, in a supportive role of another teacher and the hours I had asked for i.e. mornings only, were not available. I had to work all day on Fridays and do all day duty!

I was furious, upset, disappointed and disillusioned. I lasted 2 1/2 weeks then was very ill with pains in my joints, aching muscles, and horrendous headaches, inability to walk far and at a very slow place. My head was ‘fuzzy', my memory terrible. I then used the internet to find out more about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and saw it was in fact M.E.!

After a long talk with my doctor the outcome was he could do nothing for me, I just had to rest, eat well and eventually in 6 months - 20 years I would probably get better!

I learnt to rest, eat healthily and I also spent a lot of money on a nutritionist, massages, homeopathy and I slowly improved. Nine months later I attempted another return to work but lasted 2 weeks before another sever relapse! I then gave up work!

I now had no money to spend on alternative treatments but I treated myself with reiki. I was very slowly improving with rest and pacing myself to do one small activity a day-coffee with a friend, small bits of housework, short walk with the dog etc. I found omega 3 tablets were a tremendous help with brain fog!

Three and a half years of this existence and then I read Esther Rantzens article about her daughters recovery from ME! I immediately went to the internet and looked up Phil Parkers Lightning Process. I had read about it previously but I had thought it was saying ‘it's all in the mind'. I was sure it wasn't. I knew I was ill. I didn't want to be ill. I was desperate to be well! I read the information and the description of the adrenaline being exhausted leading to a cycle of illness-worry-etc was so logical. All I needed was to stop the cycle!

I rang Sarah Marshall at Raincastles in Darlington , chatted about the Process and applied. After a month I was on my way to Darlington . In that month I had started to feel real hope, excitement and felt much more positive about my future. I was on my way to recovery!

Sarah was FANTASTIC. She talked so enthusiastically and informatively about the process and, using a variety of methods, lots of laughs, a few tears and after 1 day I felt brilliant. I walked all over Darlington and felt full of life and energy. After the three days I returned to my family as if the last 31/2 years had been wiped away!

I have continued to use the process, when needed, and after just 3 weeks I know I can do so many things-whatever I want!

My family and friends are thrilled. I AM BACK! The real me has returned from the awful place of M.E. And I won't be going there again!
Judith

Sandra's Story

I had suffered fatigue for a year, the first 6 months was so chronic I didn't have the brainpower to complete a sentence. The next 6 months I did have periods of recovery and I spent a small fortune trying anything and everything to get well. But the relapses were relentless and I was loosing my confidence of a complete recovery. I had previously been a very fit and healthy 50-year-old representing Great Britain in the Age Group Triathlon in Madeira and I was determined to get my life back. Then almost a year to the day I first suffered fatigue; I was given a newspaper article about Sarah and the Lightning Process.

Sarah had previously suffered with ME for 5 years, she knew this technique worked and I felt very comfortable with her. Sarah helped me take my life back and within a week I knew I no longer had fatigue.

Sarah is trained in other methods of treatment and is very intuitive and also helped with problems in my life that I wouldn't have believed I could be helped with. Some times emotions emerged and she sorted them in minutes with EFT. I cannot stress just how much Sarah has helped improve my life. Things I thought about me that were imprinted since birth and could not be changed – have been, I am more confident and relaxed and patient and all I went to Sarah for was my health back!

I didn't just get my health back, my whole life has improved and my family are benefiting too.

Within a week of my first visit to Sarah I had jogged 3 times. The following week I walked 6 miles then 2 days later jogged 6 miles and the same evening took turns piggy backing my 5 and 7 year old grandchildren up a steep hill, a mile and a half long. The next day I spent 3 hours in the kitchen cooking for 10 people. (This is one area the family are benefiting - previously I had only ever cooked for 6 - I would have been stressed, even if I had the energy).

I would recommend any person who doesn't love their life to visit Sarah.

6 months later Sandra reported:
I've not suffered from fatigue again. Thanks again Sarah for everything.

Feedback 18 months later:
Sandra has remained fit and healthy.
Sandra - Marske

Sally's Story

I first became ill with a very nasty dose of flu which I just could not shake off and which left me with extreme fatigue and pain. I have an excellent GP who diagnosed CFS/ME but was unable to offer any treatment except pain killers and “pacing” which had very limited results. I was determined that ME was not going to rule my life and kept working full time. However it soon became apparent that I would have to reduce my workload and thanks to a very supportive boss I managed to keep working. Unfortunately in January this year I had to reduce my workload still further and was feeling so exhausted that I had no energy for home life – I would be lying on the sofa falling asleep each evening – no fun for me or my family. I could see no end to the ME and felt as if I had no control – really I was just waiting for it to end without knowing when or how that would happen.

Just before Easter my sister told me about someone in her village who had been to see Sarah for Lightning Process and how successful it had been. A little research on the internet and a phone call to Sarah soon persuaded me to give it a go, which I did the week before Easter. This was the best thing I have done as it has completely changed my life. I no longer consider myself to have ME – I am now just very, very unfit and tire easily after over a year of very little activity. However I am pain free, can now do twelve minutes on my exercise bike, walk on the beach for hours at a time, go out for meals with friends and stay up late and still have energy the next day. I have just been to Edinburgh for the weekend with friends – we walked for eight hours with only two half hour food stops and then went out for a meal till nearly midnight – unthinkable only a few weeks ago.

Lightning Process has given me the tools to be active and cope with tiredness – lovely, normal tiredness and not ME exhaustion. Yes, it is sometimes an effort to do the process but it is always worth it – my girls feel that they have their mum back and my husband can't believe how well I am. My thanks to Sarah – I will always be grateful for her help and support.

3 months later Sally reported:
I am now fully recovered - back to a normal workload at school, doing exercise classes, socialising madly as I am catching up on the last 18 months and really just being a normal person again!
Sally - Tyneside

Flavia and her Mum's Story

It's amazing. I'd been ill for about 4 years and it was only at the end of last year that I was diagnosed with ME. When I first heard about the Lightning Process I wasn't sure if it was something I wanted to do, I was fed up of seeing all these doctors and people and them not being able to help me. So I didn't want to put my trust in it, in case the same thing happened again. But I read all the testimonials of other people that had recovered from ME and the results sounded so amazing that I thought it was definitely worth doing.

My mum and I went up to see Sarah and it was a long car journey but well worth it! Sarah came to see us at the house we where staying in the next day, she was so nice and friendly that it was fun doing the Lightning Process. It is something you have to be completely sure you want to do and be dedicated to but the effects are amazing. After the first 2 sessions I felt so much brighter and had some energy already! We went out for a walk after Sarah had gone and went to the pub that evening too. When we got back I managed to run up the stairs!! I hadn't been able to do that for years! It was great!

On the second day after the sessions we went into Darlington, went shopping and had a pizza it was so much fun as I felt great and had the energy to do it all! That evening when we got back I went for a run! I haven't been able to go out for a run for years it was so great! The next day I got up and went for another run before breakfast! I couldn't remember I time when I'd had so much energy. I had my final session with Sarah and it went really well. Since I've been back home I've ridden my horse, ridden my bike, played tennis, been running most days (though I've had to take it a bit easy so my muscles can catch up with me!), been out with friends, sleepovers, done some school work and hopefully will be back at school really soon and I cant wait! Thank you soooooooooooooo much Sarah for everything!

Two Weeks later:
I'm back at school now its sooo great! Bit tired but I know it's natural!! Thank you so much!
Flavia - Wiltshire

Flavia's Mum - Ellie: My daughter, Flavia, aged 14, is now free of M.E. thanks to Sarah and the Lightning Process. Flavia had been ill for nearly 4 years and we had been floundering around for most of that time trying to find the answers to all her symptoms. She had so many tests and supplements and food sensitivities and even a tooth removed to rid her body of mercury in the filling (all of which, in itself, was very stressful to her). She was diagnosed with M.E. in Dec 05 and it was that “label” that led to us hearing about the LP.

A chance conversation with a neighbour told us of a boy in our village that had recovered using LP so we researched LP and found Sarah's website. Flavia was anxious about seeing yet another person about her health but after reading the accounts of some people who had success with LP she was happy to go ahead. Sarah was so nice on the telephone and made sure that Flavia was determined to do the LP and then suggested places to stay (we live in Wilts.) We opted for the cottage in Gainfield, just outside Darlington which was perfect and Sarah came to us for the sessions.

She was extremely understanding and very good at explaining the process and Flavia grasped it very quickly. After a day of pretty intensive work, Flavia was already feeling better and looked much brighter, although pretty tired (but not her usual exhausted self). That evening we went for a walk by the river and Flavia felt the urge to climb a tree! That night she went to sleep at 11pm instead of her usual 3.00am and woke at 8am – not seen for a very long time! The second day was shorter, reinforcing the day before and by the time Sarah left, Flavia was doing really well. We went shopping in Darlington and had lunch out and then we went for another walk by the river and then Oh My God Flavia went for a jog!! On the phone that evening, Flavia's father couldn't believe the difference in Flavia – her voice had changed. Another good night's sleep and Flavia was up on the 3rd day and out for a run before breakfast. Sarah arrived for the last session and was so good at helping Flavia with how to deal with future challenges (which includes returning to school). We left Gainford knowing that we had 2 hours of follow-up phone calls with Sarah, so we have fantastic on-going support. FLAVIA LEFT GAINFORD WITHOUT M.E.

I'm writing this 12 days after coming home from Darlington and Flavia has continued to thrive. She has been sleeping well, ridden her horse, jogged, been out with her friends, played tennis, I can't stop her. She has started to do some school work at home with the hope that she can go back full time in about 2/3 weeks.

I hope that if you're reading this, you will go ahead and learn the Lightning Process with Sarah and change your life. It's changed ours!

Thank you so much to Sarah.

Two Weeks later:
Flavia is now back at school.
Ellie (Flavia's Mum)

Abraham's Story

"Will it work for a 62 year old?"
"Will it work for someone who has had ME since 1989?"

Thank God it did!

Immediately after the last session with Sarah on July 19th I went for a walk on the local Moor applying the LP technique every few steps. I only walked for about 7 or 8 minutes but on my return I knew it had worked. Walking had always been my Achilles Heel ever since the ME started. It was always over-walking which brought on a relapse.

After this first walk on the Moor I knew it was all over. I doubled my walking on day two and doubled it again on day three, applying LP all along the way.

After about two weeks of using LP it was no longer necessary. Now I KNOW I am well and fully recovered. I now take regular 1/2 hour walks almost daily without having to apply the LP any more, and all symptoms of fatigue have disappeared. Now I only feel tired; a healthy tiredness.

We had not planned a holiday for this summer thinking I would be incapable of going anywhere and doing anything. But the recovery between 19th July and 31st July was so dramatic that we immediately booked a farmhouse cottage in Wales and spent the best part of two weeks touring and walking.

Thank you Sarah for being so sensitive and patient as you guided us through the LP steps.
Abraham Hassan - Salford, Lancs

Megan and her Mum's Story

Hi, I'm Megan age 13 and I had M.E. for 2 years. It started with a virus and I just didn't get better. I saw lots of doctors and a nutritionist who put me on a strict candida diet for a year, it was really hard, but I was very determined! It helped my immune system but I didn't recover from M.E. I heard about the Lightning Process in the AYME magazine and contacted a girl called Chloe who had done the Lightning Process and no longer had M.E. My Mum took me to see Sarah and over 3 days I learnt the Lightning Process. It was pretty easy but I did find a few things difficult to understand, but Sarah and my Mum helped me. It's a week on and I'm feeling great, I have bags of energy and I'm always hyper. Having energy has really changed my life around, before when I was doing M.E. I was always tired but now I have more energy than I can remember, I feel like a new person as if I had been reborn! I still have aches and headaches and my concentration isn't brilliant but I'm getting there, the aches in my legs have improved and I'm doing more than I'm used to, out with my friends and having fun. The headaches used to last all day, but now I get about 1 a day. And all that is just after a week. I can't imagine how I'm going to feel after a month! I'm now on my way to be doing all the things I've missed, back at school, shopping with friends etc. For 2 years I've been so looking forward to the day I'm out and about doing everything a normal person does, and now I am free at last, there's no more M.E. (miserable existence) coming my way!!!
Megan - West Yorkshire

Megan's Mum - Vicky: Hello I'm Megan's Mum, it's a week since Megan leant the Lightning Process with Sarah and things are looking great. The process is simple once it's explained to you. Megan applied it to her life and has seen the benefits. It's not a quick fix as she has to be consistent and put the work in but because the results are so quick it's really rewarding and makes you want to work at doing the Lightning Process well. I feel that Megan is starting to live the life she wants to live. It's hard for me to imagine how ill she was when I see her leaping about the place now. I can't wait to do all the things we've missed out on as a family with Megan being actively involved. I may regret saying this after this weekend as she is having a sleepover with 5 of her noisy friends!

Two months later:
Megan is back at school full-time.
Vicky (Megan's Mum)

Lauren and her Mum's Story

Dear Sarah, I would like to let you know how grateful I am for all your help with Lauren. As you know, before we came I was quite sceptical about the therapy and could not understand how the effects could be as immediate as others were claiming. My concerns about what the treatment entailed and whether Lauren would be left feeling let down and the effect that would have upon her were however allayed the first day that we met you. Having already been through CBT and it having gone totally over a then nine year old child's head and having a totally negative effect, I was concerned that this may occur with the LP too. I was however proved wrong. You are a natural at setting people at ease and working with children in a friendly way that they can understand and relate to.

Lauren has lost almost two years of her childhood as a result of this awful illness. I felt out of control and very down myself, watching her childhood pass her by. On the day we arrived, Lauren was virtually unable to go out without her wheelchair. By the end of the first day my shopaholic ten year old enjoyed an hour and a half walk round the shops, something she has not been able to do in almost two years. She got to sleep in 5 minutes instead of 3 hours, was up early the next day and full of beans. Having been unable to read even a children's large print book she read OK magazine from cover to cover. To say I was amazed at the effect the LP had on her is an understatement. The progress continued, on the second day she ran round a castle, calling at me to keep up! The third day she enjoyed a day out at the seaside and lots of walking.

I saw Lauren get her life back over those few days, which was truly amazing. She returned to school full time having hardly been able to manage half an hour home tutoring. Seeing her do something as normal as go to school with her friends after so long left me in tears. A big change from ending up in tears before seeing her friends doing such a small thing as walking to school knowing how miserable Lauren was not being able to be a part of what should be her everyday life. On her first day back she took part in her class assembly and went swimming. Less than 3 weeks after the LP she completed a 4 mile sponsored walk to benefit other young ME sufferers without any problems (in the pouring rain).

We are now about a month on and Lauren is continuing to live the life of a happy ten year old child. I remain stunned at the transformation. Lauren of her own accord talks about her ME in the past tense, she hardly ever has to actively use the LP any more, she is just getting on with her life, which is all I ever hoped for.

There is a lot of scepticism and cynicism out there about LP and I have to admit I had very real doubts myself before we saw you. What helped me was speaking to other sufferers and carers who had personal experience of LP and who it had worked for. I have now seen with my own eyes a total transformation of my daughter from a debilitated, virtually housebound child to a child who is full of energy living life to the full again within days of having seen you.

I cannot thank you enough. If you wish to use this letter for others to consider I have no problem with that at all. Thanks again.

Feedback 10 months later:
Lauren has remained ME free.
Carol-Anne (Lauren's Mum) - Huddersfield

Sydney

It gives me great pleasure to endorse "The Lightning Process". I had this illness for twenty two years and after three days with Sarah I feel a different person. All I can say to anyone with ME is that you have nothing to lose and so much to gain GO FOR IT.
Sydney

Kathryn's Story

Going for the Lightning Process (LP) has been the best thing I have done, yet it began as the most daunting, having been in bed for 95% of the last 16 years. I had been ill since the age of 14 and am now 30. During this time, I was pushed near the edge of being able to cope quite a few times, but particularly during the first part of this year with an intensification of panic. Out of the blue a friend told us that the LP had helped her so much. I wanted to go and it became a light at the end of the tunnel.

I was nervous about travelling and was exhausted upon arrival. I managed to sleep and was ready to begin the next morning. It felt as if once I had committed to going and doing the LP, something took over. For me, it felt like I was being taken and I felt so weak I just floated with it. I found learning EFT before I went invaluable. It supported me with the emotions of facing it and also during the days away. I continue to use it regularly as emotions come up.

We stayed in a self-catering cottage in a pretty village. Meeting Sarah put me at ease as she is just as lovely as my friend told me she was. As Sarah has  been through her own journey of recovery, I felt an unspoken understanding and respect. This was a wonderful advantage to me, feeling I could be entirely open and express my thoughts, feelings and tears without being judged in any way.

I had done many years of mind, body, spirit reading and healing and as I worked through the LP sessions, it slotted in with so much and clarified other areas. I learned so much and where I had been confused before, I came away enlightened.

Compared to the efforts I had put in through previous years, or indeed to the hidden strain that coping with such severe anxiety and illness creates, to learn the LP and apply it hasn't been a problem. It's like a breath of fresh air, mainly because the process became very clear to me as I sensed the positive physical differences very quickly.

I wasn't certain at what rate I would find I could do more but sure enough, it has come since about the 2 nd evening onwards. I have strength to build back and after so long lying down, I am gentle with myself. The changes have been amazing though, being downstairs sitting on the sofa every day, feeling part of life wearing clothes.

Also, as the weeks pass, I have been getting to the shops, able to buy gifts for friends, family and myself! Having dreams come to life, like getting to the beach after so long. It's only 5 weeks! The ability to breathe a sigh of relief, know that ahead lie good times and think how precious a gift that is to me.

And all at my own pace, no comparisons, everyone has a unique path. But I'm on that path and happiness that was missing from my life for over ten years is back. I've smiled so much, my face looks like me again and my eyes sparkle. But it's also my way to live again, with my health and strength back and growing daily. I got to do that and actually be Kathryn again up & about!

I'm so thankful to everyone that helps me to do that, especially Mam, Dad and Sarah. 

Update 9 months later:
I thought I'd add an update to my testimonial. It's now 9 months since I learnt LP. Everything has been going great and I feel like I'm living a life now and doing more of what I love. There is a certain pace that's seems ideally suited to me, and tends to find its own level. I feel this is a very important part of LP, using it to take off any extra pressure that out of habit can be placed on ourselves from internal judgements. I use EFT for this too.

I sense this balance continuing into the future. I tend not to have to think ahead unless I want to imagine what I'd like to do, as I focus on enjoying the moment.  Walking is increasingly easier and I enjoy shops more as a result.  After 17yrs when I didn't walk anywhere (apart from sometimes the bathroom) it is marvellous and enables me to feel a returning independence. It'll gradually grow, meaning I can partake in more.

I find there's two different types of doing things. One is the bigger occasions/trips, the other is what you're doing day to day and both are so much better. Sitting at the computer now I'm keeping a blog to be in touch with friends and make new ones. We've been out in the car and its been great to see the seasons. There's a growing strength within my body that comes not just from using the muscles and them building but from how I feel about my life and how much calmer things are. I have been making things from paper and fabric, this is something I can develop and do more of as I learn and get better at it.

This is true of the process too, it's a skill that gets easier with time and I know it will remain an important part of how I'm progressing. The EFT is also such a benefit. Sometimes I use EFT and sometimes the LP. It is only understandable that after such a traumatic time in the past that there is emotional healing to take place as well as physical, both an intricate part of my individual journey. Here is a new photo of me even more myself than the last ones and happy. I would like to thank Sarah for her support and compassion towards me and for "being there" and doing what she loves, she's a shining example. I wish you all well.
Kathryn - North East

Lucy's Story  

If you are looking at this website for the first time, you may be thinking as I did, this cannot be true, if so why is anyone still suffering? The answer is that people have not looked, or they see and do not believe.

I decided to take a chance and give L.P. a try and now less than two weeks later I am wanting to tell you all who read this what a wonderful life changing experience I have been through.

The treatment and technique was so easy to do because it was all about me and my body. When I say that I am talking about my physical body and my mind working together in a positive way to achieve the goals that I have set for myself.

L.P. prompted me to look within myself at the emotional blocks that I had created over 50 years; things that I had never dealt with, that had been pushed down inside me. Other life events added to these things over the years and eventually disempowered me from taking control of my own thoughts and feelings. Following surgery 5 years ago, I felt helpless and my energy became trapped inside. All I could see was an illness that I could not recover from, but by talking to Sarah and her using EFT on these long gone experiences I not only relaxed and released my energy, but I set myself free.

Believe me when I tell you that I feel fantastic. I have become a new person with a positive and fresh attitude towards the future, and in case you are wondering how I was before L.P. then I am pleased to say that my "Disabled" badge, my wheelchair and my lifestyle of the last 5 years are now things of the past.

I sincerely believe that if you want to set yourself free, and recover your life, give Sarah a call and take the first step towards a new beginning.

Thank you Sarah and thank you Steve who heard about L.P. on the radio and told me about it.
Lucy

Gina's Story

I had originally been diagnosed by a consultant and after 3 years was virtually housebound, only being able to drive a short distance on a good day and often having trouble walking around the house. Before going to see Sarah, having tried other treatments, I had reached the stage where I would have tried anything to improve my situation and after hearing the Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Lightning Process report, it seemed it could be the answer, but at the back of my mind, totally unbelievable. However, with my husband's encouragement, I decided to take the plunge.

After the first session with Sarah, my mindset was transformed.  Having arrived in a wheelchair, I was able to walk back to the car park and arriving at our hotel, my husband parked in the normal disabled bay, but I told him to park in a normal space, as I was no longer disabled!  In view of my improvement, on the next day after my appointment, we went shopping in Darlington for an hour, without the wheelchair.  Having returned home, I was able to go food shopping the next morning unaided for the first time in years!  I felt fine, no wobbly legs or confusion, just a few aches in my legs from lack of use.

My daughter had a major operation while we were in Darlington. A week later, we had her, her partner and 3 and 1/2 year old daughter for a week's stay. Amazingly, I survived it well, and only had one ‘wobble' mid-week. Yes, I was very tired, but not fatigued. 

I felt able to do much more than I ever could: driving my car again; going for short walks; doing some housework; chatting on the ‘phone, all without any ill-effects!  The pains in my limbs, neck and right side had gone, too.  Also, I completed a 3/4 hour drive to see my parents and sister, who couldn't believe the change in me! My husband would like to add that he's now got his wife back! 

Gina writes 6 weeks later:
We have had our fist holiday without ME. This time we were able to go out much more and even walked around Plymouth shopping for 3 hours one day which was tiring, but I coped well. I really feel that I no longer have ME and have my life back. Sarah has been very supportive on the couple of times I've telephoned and reassured me on one occasion. Things have been fine since. 

Life is so wonderful now that I have no hesitation in recommending Sarah and the Lightning Process to anyone who is ready for a different approach and willing to commit to it.

4 months later:
I'm now 100% fit and well again.

One year on:
It seems unbelievable that I have reached this milestone.  This last year has been so different, in a very good way.  I have rejoined the local art club and doing my voluntary work again.  It's wonderful to have a full social/family life without wondering if I will be well enough. Also, I am going to start cycling again, which I haven't done for years. Basically, I'm fine, a normal well person.

I don't need to do the LP exercise very often, but it's good to have it as a back-up, not because I fear ME is returning.  I am living proof that there is a way out of ME!
Gina

Dee's Story  

Yes! It worked for me. I had my doubts beforehand because I'd tried so many things and nothing seemed to help. At the time I started the LP I could only walk a few yards and was sleeping more than 12 hours a day. I was scared I wouldn't make it through the first day's instruction, but the improvement started from Day 1.

My doctor had wanted to put me on steroids to 'kick-start' my immune system and give me more energy but agreed to let me try the LP first; he was astonished to hear that after just a week I was walking 10-15 minutes a day (in the middle of the summer heatwave) and only taking one short nap in the day.

Now, four months later, I am doing all my own cooking, I can walk comfortably for half an hour a day. I am driving after six years off the road and can manage two appointments in the day in addition to my regular daily tasks.

Thank you, Sarah, for the gentle, patient and encouraging way in which you taught the LP and for being so flexible about the arrangements. Most of all, thank you for giving me back my life!
Dee

What others have said:

June 2007: I've been well since I saw you in June last year - so thank you so much for that!

Everything's going great! Thank you so very very much. You are a saving angel!

Life seems much lighter and I now look forward and don't go into that dark place anymore. I'm getting fitter, losing weight and looking healthier than I have for a very long time. I admire your work and the depth of understanding you show with your clients and I'm sure you'll continue to help many more people. It's a special kind of person who gives of themselves to help others. A big thank you from one who will never forget or underestimate the magnitude of what you are achieving.

Thank you very much for being such an excellent trainer and therapist, for helping me to find my pride and power, for showing me I can "do" choice, and most of all... for being you, Sarah. With love, thanks and respect.

Dear Sarah, I am writing to say a huge THANK YOU for your LP training enabling me to get my life back 'on track' after 3 and 1/2 years of ME. I woke up this morning buzzing with energy and the joy of life and coached myself to do housework - to very loud music! My family are thrilled - this has affected more than my life - my family's as well. The training was hard work but good fun too. So again 'Thank You'.

I don't know how to begin to thank you for everything. The results are beyond my wildest dreams. I didn't expect to be doing normal so quickly. Thank you so so much.

Thank you so much for helping me to get me energy and life back. Words can't say just how grateful I am.

I just wanted to drop you a quick line to say how well I'm doing. I have been doing consistently 'normal' stuff since I left you on Wednesday and it's been wonderful!! Having all this time is taking a bit of getting used to, I can't get over how much I can do compared to before....... I am also finding I am doing the process less as the days have gone on. Anyway, just wanted to say thank you and to let you know you have another success story on your hands!

I can't tell you what a difference the process has made to our lives.

It's been life-changing!

Sarah I am absolutely delighted with the course and the positive benefits I am experiencing. I am very grateful to you. Keep up the good work!

It has been so wonderful to be trained by someone who has been there themselves.

It has clarified so much.

It feels good, my future at last feels good. I just wanted you to know how very much I value your help and understanding.

Thank you so very much for being so wonderful through this process. I'm now all set for good health, energy and a full and happy life.

Thank you for all your help - feeling much better!

I'm now 100% fit and well again.

Thanks for your help during this journey to good health - I'm feeling stronger every day!

Have a fab festive season - I know I am thanks to your training!

I just wanted to say a big thank you for all the help you have given me, I can finally look forward to the future rather than worrying about what the next day may bring me. Keep up the excellent work!

It was lovely to meet you and thank you for all your help, kindness and understanding. Thank you for making such a difference to so many people.

We were impressed how professional you have been from the moment we met you and how high the standard of training was.

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Phobia / Fears

Rat Phobia - Having had a lifetime phobia of rats, even to the point of being unable to watch them on television, after just one session with Sarah I can look at and think about rats without the feeling of revulsion I had in the past. I am surprised and pleased with the result, especially as I was a complete skeptic before my session!
Rose - Hartlepool Skiing Fear - Hi Sarah. Sorry I have not contacted you sooner with the good news that EFT worked very well on my recent skiing holiday. On arrival at the ski hire shop and on the slopes I had no butterflies and felt very confident indeed, our Instructor even had us skiing all week without poles which did not bother me one bit. I got a bit of the wobbles on the Thursday morning.  We had come down a steepish slope with our Instructor and when I was going down I thought I can't do that again I felt quite scared. Then when I was going back up the drag lift I did a bit of tapping on my upper lip and chin (the only things I could reach) and a big deep breath in and out, when I got to the top I thought here I go and I did it again without any problems, I had a bit of an upset on the last afternoon with myself, nothing to do with being scared, but because I felt I was not improving enough.  Anyway my husband really encouraged me and helped me and it all seemed to 'click' into place and I didn't want the afternoon to end, it is always the same isn't it everything seems to go really well on your last day.  Anyway I am looking forward to next year. I am thinking positively about next year already and not having jitters or worries. Thank you for your help.
PAFear of Being a Passenger in a car - Case Study: A client was very panicky about being a passenger in a car. It seemed to be triggered mostly on dual carriageways and motorways and by the brake lights coming on in the cars ahead. The client was convinced that every time the red brake lights came on they were going to crash and be badly hurt. It was not a straight forward fear to clear as it had many aspects to it i.e. fear of crashing, fear of pain, fear of death and these were built upon a number of past incidents. We cleared a lot of fears up straight away with EFT, and continued to work on the specific events that had contributed to the fear.After 4 sessions, the client is now able to travel quite comfortably as a passenger on motorways and although they do not like to be too close to the car in front, they feel that this is a sensible thing.

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Sexual Abuse

Sarah has worked with a number of clients where sexual abuse was the core issue to the problems they were experiencing in their lives. As these are extremely personal stories we have just written up one as a case study to protect identity which we recently received feedback regarding working with a sexual abuse memory.

Case Study: A client came to me unable to lose weight and control their eating habits. We started working around the time when they had started putting on a lot of weight with EFT. An incident had happened where a person had said to their friends, and loud enough for the surrounding people to hear, how fat my client was. This had lead to the client to become even less confident about their self and their eating habits had become more out of control.

After working through this memory, a few more memories came up in their past of being called fat by their sibling. Once we had worked through all the memories of being called fat, the client's eating habits had not changed which is unusual. The client booked in for another session. Another memory had come up that the client had not previously connected with their weight/eating issue. It was a hazy memory of being sexually abused by a close family member. The client was sure it was a one off incident and was extremely anxious about working through the memory, and the excellent way in which EFT works is that we can resolve the intense emotions around traumatic memories with the least amount of pain to the client.

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Sports Performance

As a competitive cyclist who trains hard and races harder, I often have tired/sore legs and can't relax, with Sarah's help, I now sleep better and can focus more, my legs recover quicker and I feel I have more energy. Thanks.
Phil - Durham Snowboarding Performance - Sarah. Just to let you know I had an absolutely fantastic holiday, the snowboarding was great (hired a helmet for that extra little bit of confidence) but, what was really apparent was that if something did go wrong that it didn't snowball and ruin the rest of the day. Had a few bad runs whilst there but just tried the tapping you showed me and got on with it.

Thank you very much.
D Skiing Fear - Hi Sarah. Sorry I have not contacted you sooner with the good news that EFT worked very well on my recent skiing holiday. On arrival at the ski hire shop and on the slopes I had no butterflies and felt very confident indeed, our Instructor even had us skiing all week without poles which did not bother me one bit. I got a bit of the wobbles on the Thursday morning.  We had come down a steepish slope with our Instructor and when I was going down I thought I can't do that again I felt quite scared. Then when I was going back up the drag lift I did a bit of tapping on my upper lip and chin (the only things I could reach) and a big deep breath in and out, when I got to the top I thought here I go and I did it again without any problems, I had a bit of an upset on the last afternoon with myself, nothing to do with being scared, but because I felt I was not improving enough.  Anyway my husband really encouraged me and helped me and it all seemed to 'click' into place and I didn't want the afternoon to end, it is always the same isn't it everything seems to go really well on your last day.  Anyway I am looking forward to next year. I am thinking positively about next year already and not having jitters or worries. Thank you for your help.
PA

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Study Anxiety

Case Study: A client was unable to accept recognition for the highest grade achievable in the qualified course the client had undertaken as they had needed to study for an extra year due to stress which lead to illness. This had left them with a feeling that they didn't deserve it due to the extra time that they had had compared with the other students on the same course. The thought of further study caused them a lot of anxiety. After a session of EFT the client felt that they deserved their result and qualification and that study could be enjoyable. I received a call from them a couple of weeks after our session, they reported that their study was going really well and were very pleased and surprised how effective our work together had been. They had previously believed that the result we got wasn't possible.

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Work / Life Balance

Feedback on session with Sarah: Through talking to Sarah about how I was feeling I began to understand what was missing in my life. I was allowing work to be all consuming leaving no time for me, and my interests. What interests did I have? I used to enjoy painting and had bought brushes and paints about two years ago but had not allowed myself time to take it up again. I used to design and make my own clothes many years ago and have been keen to start sewing again. Talking to Sarah made me realise that I was not giving myself any creative outlet all my energies were focused on work and I felt guilty about taking time for any hobbies. Working from home meant that I was never away from work and I always felt as though I was on duty. Sarah helped me realise that pursuing my own interests would make me less stressed about work and more relaxed. Since our session I have produced two paintings and made a pair of trousers. I feel more confident and creative than I have for more than twenty years.
Sue, Director

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