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Everyday Alex is a daily podcast providing support, wisdom and inspiration for living a healthier and happier life. Join Alex Howard for a mix of interviews, recorded therapy sessions, practical teachings, and inspirational community stories.

Alex Howard

  • Jun 17, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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  • 18m AVG DURATION
  • 106 EPISODES


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I'm taking a break!

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 6:41


Alex Howard explains plans for this daily vlog in the coming few weeks and his plans to take a temporary break. You can register for the Trauma & Mind Body Super Conference at: https://traumasuperconference.com/?affid=AlexEmail

SIBO and CFS Recovery

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2020 17:21


Alex Howard talks with OHC nutritionist Sanna Anderson about Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) in the context of recovery from ME, CFS and Fibromyalgia. Find out more about the Optimum Health Clinic at www.theoptimumhealthclinic.com

Do you have trauma?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2020 8:17


Alex Howard explores key principles of trauma and makes the point that we have all experienced trauma in our lives. You can register for the Trauma & Mind Body Super Conference for free at: https://traumasuperconference.com/?affid=AlexEmail

Basic diet principles for CFS recovery

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 17:04


Alex Howard talks with OHC nutritionist Sanna Anderson about basic diet principles to support recovery from ME, CFS and Fibromyalgia. Find out more about The Optimum Health Clinic at https://www.theoptimumhealthclinic.com

Announcing the Trauma & Mind Body Super Conference

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2020 11:38


Alex Howard announces the Trauma & Mind Body Super Conference which starts on the 29th June. Register now to access 7 free registration gifts. Go to https://traumasuperconference.com/?affid=AlexEmail

Why digestion matters in fatigue recovery

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2020 12:54


Alex Howard talks with OHC nutritionist Sanna Anderson about digestion and why it matters in recovery from ME, CFS, Fibromyalgia and other fatigue-related conditions. Long term stress can have a sustaining effect on our digestive systems, and Sanna helps us understand how improving our gut functions is essential to healing from chronic conditions. Everyday Alex is the daily vlog series from Alex Howard. Subscribe and hit the bell for notifications to make sure you don’t miss a single episode! Explore Alex's website https://www.alexhoward.tv/ to find out more about his projects at The Optimum Health Clinic, Therapeutic Coaching and Conscious Life.

An attitude of gratitude

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2020 13:14


What are the things in your life that you can choose to be grateful for? Alex talks about making the deliberate choice to focus on gratitude. Link to Howard Family Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/howard-family-2020

The power of honesty

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2020 14:20


Alex talks about the importance of honesty, and how to approach having tricky conversations in relationships.

What motivates change?

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2020 10:58


Alex talks about how to motivate change in your life.

The power of hope

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2020 14:11


Therapeutic coach Alex Howard shares his ideas on how to approach weighing the risks of any new endeavour, balancing hope and disappointment and how we can invest ourselves in a new challenge by looking for opportunities for positive change. Find out more about the RESET program and sign up to the mailing list at any time at https://www.alexhoward.tv/reset

Your questions: RESET Program

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 14:47


Registration is open for the RESET program for the next couple of days - the next intake will be in September 2020. In this video, Alex answers questions about the RESET program - great for anyone with sleep issues, folks with chronic fatigue conditions, or anyone looking to calm their nervous system. Find out more and sign up to the mailing list at any time at www.alexhoward.tv/reset

The courage to commit

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2020 17:09


Find out more about the RESET program at www.alexhoward.tv/reset

Why your emotions matter

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 11:31


Introducing the latest launch of the RESET program, Alex Howard talks about the limits of "positive thinking" and the importance of acknowledging and working with the full spectrum of emotions that come up in order to heal from chronic illness. Find out more about the RESET Program at www.alexhoward.tv/reset

How to RESET your nervous system

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 13:35


Alex Howard shares key principles from the RESET Program on how to RESET your nervous system to support healing. Sign up for the FREE 3-part video series at www.alexhoward.tv/reset

Why calming your nervous system matters

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 15:26


Therapeutic coach Alex Howard talks about the importance of calming the nervous system in order to help the body heal. When the sympathetic nervous system is active our bodies don't have a chance to get into the healing state - through the RESET program, Alex teaches you how to access the healing state with a number of different tools and techniques. Find out more about the RESET Program at https://www.alexhoward.tv/reset

Watch out for your inner critic

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2020 13:48


Therapeutic coach Alex Howard gives some tips for dealing with the harsh and judgemental thoughts that criticises everything we do, or attacks others. Recognising your thoughts is the first step to making proactive decisions about how you act next, both in relation to yourself and self-care, and how you treat others.

Why tracking recovery is important

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 12:27


Alex Howard explains why tracking recovery on the healing journey is so important, and offers suggestions for how to do this.

Cultivating tolerance

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2020 15:15


Alex discusses how to practice tolerance when tensions run high in stressful community situations. Cultivating a level of compassion and respect for someone you might disagree with, as well as taking responsibility for your own triggers, can help you maintain more awareness and a sense of control over your own mental state.

Why timing matters

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2020 14:37


Alex describes how taking small and consistent steps towards healing specific parts of our lives along the healing journey support the bigger picture of healing from chronic illness or trauma, and how the timing and sequencing of certain smaller parts of healing are important to discover with help with a roadmap or practitioner. Find out more about the RESET Program at https://www.alexhoward.tv/reset

Big picture thinking, small picture action

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2020 16:18


Therapeutic Coach Alex Howard offers the perspective of keeping your big goals both with a larger picture in mind and a plan to approach the action in small intentional practices - and how to manage the micro-actions keeping the big picture in mind. In the Q&A Alex answers queries about dealing with mental and personality patterns in goal setting, and how to explore finding our "true self".

The healing power of presence and focus

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 14:57


In today's live session, Therapeutic Coach Alex Howard talks about the power of presence and focus, applying helpful behaviours and practices to feel more fullfilled and productive in unstructured times.

Do you feel trapped?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2020 16:17


Therapeutic Coach Alex Howard offers some advice on how to deal with our new constrained living spaces, and how to deal with the ebbing and flowing of emotions, circumstances, and how to take things one situation at a time. Practising patience, resourcefulness, creativity and flexibility, we can more mindfully deal with the challenges we're presented with.

Having fun calms the nervous system

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 12:10


Alex Howard streams LIVE to talk about how to calm the nervous system with humour, fun, memes and good news. In a time where we can be overwhelmed by new and challenging circumstances of isolation and the coronavirus pandemic, finding lightness and humour can help us to relax and support our health and well being. What are you doing to have fun while staying at home?

Learning to let go

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 18:14


In today's LIVE episode, Alex explores the theme of learning to let go, and answers questions from the live audience.

The gift of falling apart

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 31:43


In this first ever LIVE episode of Everyday Alex, Alex explores the positive that can come from things falling apart in both our own lives, and on a larger scale, particularly in the context of COVID-19.

Whatever you are feeling is okay

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 12:13


Therapeutic coach Alex Howard offers some thoughts on honouring your emotions and taking things one bit at a time through this difficult and unusual time. By practising commitment to make the best of the situation and surrender to what is, you may find a more structured way to get through uncertain times.

Rising to the challenge of CFS

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2020 36:20


Alex Howard talks with Otis about his healing journey from ME/CFS and the realisation he needed to rise to the challenge of recovery.

Coronavirus: Support your immune function

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2020 29:42


Alex Howard talks with Kirsty Cullen (Director of Nutrition at The Optimum Health Clinic) about ways to support immunity. Kirsty and Alex discuss the importance of sleep, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Selenium, Probiotics and how to get the most from these supports through nutrition and lifestyle.

Coronavirus - How to manage your anxiety

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020 11:54


Alex Howard shares some guidance on how to manage your mind and emotions during the Coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus - are you prepared?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2020 15:25


Alex Howard shares thoughts on Coronavirus and ensuring people with fatigue are prepared. Article mentioned can be found here: https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca

Enjoy your best sleep ever

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2020 15:22


Alex Howard talks with Misty Williams about her upcoming online summit Your Best Sleep Ever. Register for FREE at https://bestsleepsummit.com/?idev_id=24883

Coronavirus and fatigue conditions

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2020 9:34


Alex Howard talks about some core principles for how best to navigate the current Coronavirus situation with fatigue related conditions.

From bed bound to Instagrammer

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2020 48:31


Alex Howard talks with Instagrammer James Wythe about his journey to recovery from ME/CFS and how discovering his passion for food and cooking played a key role in his recovery. James was a sporty, active young man until when he fell ill at 21 - falling sick with a mysterious illness he was so ill he was rushed to hospital with the assumption of a brain tumour, but tests resulted with no diagnosis. James spent 2 years bedbound, with no answers or treatment. With full-time help and support from his loved ones, James slowly made improvements through learning to listen closely to his body. Once he was able to stand and cook, he discovered his love for finding new delicious recipes that fit within his dietary requirements eliminating dairy, wheat, gluten, and sugar. You can follow James Wythe on social media, Healthy Living James, and cook along with him with his delicious healthy recipes.

How to ask for help

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020 12:10


Alex Howard offers guidance on how to ask for help and enlist the support of others in a helpful way, especially when dealing with limitations in chronic illness and disability.

How to get the most out of consultations

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2020 12:21


Alex Howard outlines some key principles to help get the most out of sessions with a practitioner.

Managing recovery around other people

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 36:33


Alex Howard helps ME/CFS patient Kat prepare for a visit from her mother, including how to set her own boundaries and communicate her needs to preserve the progress she's making on her recovery journey. Communicating to loved ones, and even to ourselves, what our specific needs and limits are with chronic illness can be a challenge and here Alex offers a few reflective exercises to help clarify the best ways to move through these situations.

Meditation for inviting love

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020 13:57


Alex Howard guides a relaxing ten-minute meditation on opening up the heart and inviting love in order to cultivate opportunities for connection.

Turning the tables on CFS

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2020 50:26


During a busy advertising career, Simon started to feel run down and then contracted a virus - when he didn't recover from the illness he began his long recovery from being bedbound with CFS. Alex Howard talks with Simon Ratcliffe about his recovery story from ME/CFS, along with his journey to launch his new podcast Turning the Tables: From Adversity to Advantage, including a feature interview with Michael Crawford. Listen to Turning the Tables at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/turning-the-tables/id1466532041

Clearing the background stress

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 11:26


Alex Howard shares some thoughts about the importance of clearing background stress in our lives along with some suggestions on how to do so.

How to avoid supplement reactions

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020 12:44


Alex Howard talks to nutritional therapist Julia Alderman about how to take supplements in a way which reduces the likelihood of reactions, and how to manage them if they do happen. Since patients with chronic illness are often more sensitive to changes with supplements, the Optimum Health Clinic specialises in taking a personalised, slow and inquisitive approach to meet a patient's system where it is. Find out more about The Optimum Health Clinic at www.theoptimumhealthclinic.com Watch Part 1 of this series: Supplements and CFS recovery at https://youtu.be/FuFrco1ixNk Watch Part 2 of this series: Are supplements safe? https://youtu.be/p_dXrAlKk0E

Dealing with overwhelm

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2020 31:27


Becky H recovered from CFS 10 years ago, but is starting to notice similar pre-disposing symptoms and patterns that make her anxious she may eventually experience a full relapse. Alex Howard works with Becky to help her chunk down her overwhelm and create a clear plan to put together all the tools she has learned from the OHC, the RESET program and all of her previous experience.

Grounding meditation

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 11:36


Alex Howard guides a ten-minute meditation without music on grounding for stability and connecting to your body. This meditation can be used to help calm and settle an anxious mind or body and bring a sense of comfort and trust by bringing the attention down from a busy mind.

The story of our first ever employee

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2020 13:40


Alex Howard shares a mini-documentary with Simon Limpus, the first employee of the Optimum Health Clinic. The story includes how Simon went from living with ME/CFS alone in a caravan at the end of his parent's garden, to doing a 2500km motorbike challenge across Siberia after making a full recovery.

Where the mind goes, energy flows

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020 11:26


Alex Howard talks about the importance of coming into the body to help cultivate a healing state, and offers suggestions to help encourage this. When living with chronic illness or discomfort leads us to try to escape our body, we're often re-inforcing unhelpful energy or activity and contributing to further anxiety. When we connect to the body and settle into what we're really feeling, we can get better information about the next best step. Alex offers some further tips on how to get into more comfortable feeling states and where we might direct our energy when experiencing discomfort.

Are supplements safe?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 12:17


Alex Howard talks with nutritional therapist Julia Alderman about the role of supplements in recovery from chronic fatigue and whether they are safe and work.

Why am I not improving?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2020 33:14


Alex Howard works with CFS patient Sarah to help understand where she is on the healing journey and why things are not moving forward despite her previous successful experience with pacing and resting. Sarah has been ill with CFS for over 20 years, with some long periods of remission or being symptom free - in this interview she discusses how she's not recovering as quickly as before and Alex offers some insight to how she might approach her symptoms.

Meditation to calm your nervous system

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2020 13:49


Alex Howard offers a guided meditation to help calm the nervous system, based up on the mantra that where the mind goes, energy flows.

CFS recovery takes courage

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2020 41:54


David fell ill with ME/CFS while at university living in an accomodation with toxic mould, he suffered with IBS, anxiety, and contracted glandular fever leading to a Chronic Fatigue Syndrome diagnosis. Over the years, David found gradual recovery with the help of Dr. Smith's methods and The Optimum Health Clinic and shares his story with Alex Howard on Secrets to Recovery.

The power of consistency

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 10:22


Alex Howard talks about why consistency is important in sustaining change, and what helps create it.

Why do we need supplements for CFS recovery?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2020 11:35


Alex Howard talks with Julia Alderman (nutritional therapist at OHC) about why supplements can be important and diet alone is often not enough in recovery from chronic fatigue, ME, CFS and Fibromyalgia. Find out more about The Optimum Health Clinic at www.theoptimumhealthclinic.com

How much activity should you do with CFS recovery?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020 34:19


Alex Howard talks to Liarne 10 weeks on from their first session and she talks about the progress she has made, and they discuss how much activity she should now be doing. Watch Liarne's first session, Understanding why the body shuts down, at https://youtu.be/cLg9ATrMvww

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