My journey in life began being brought up in a family of 12 in the Doonbeg Co. Clare in west coast of Ireland and having seen my parents rear a family in very difficult times made me appreciate the simple things in life. God and nature was the cornerstone for all families then as people worked the land and supported each other in their journey through life. Life for me had great meaning and sickness was not as prevalent because people grew their own food in a fertile and nutritious earth. Community life revolved around church, sport and meeting up in the local Pub where people talked about life’s problems that became an outlet for their emotions. When I see what I am doing now in my clinic I know that my experience of this way of life is still the key to health and fulfilment. People need a back to basics approach. The choices we make on a day to day basis has a direct effect on our health and illness.

Because of my love of sport and my eventual involvement in martial arts I became aware, as all cultures expressed that we as human beings were made of more than just chemicals and that there was an unseen world around us. This unseen world to me is a field of energy and information that influences all of us. If this field, which is called a Bio-energy field is not in balance we become ill.

Thankfully, science, in particular the various areas in physics has begun to prove what I have been saying for the last 26 years that the primary cause of illness is the breakdown of this energy field.

My over-riding message is – Your body is your business because only you can control which thoughts, feelings and beliefs you allow into your brain, and those thoughts, beliefs, and feelings have been scientifically proven to significantly affect every cell in your body.

The body’s health support mechanisms only function when the nervous system is in relaxation response. Basically it doesn’t matter how great your diet is if your body is flooded with stress hormones. By supporting our life and health with the right outlook, nutrition, relaxation techniques and so on we flip off stress responses, turn on relaxation responses, and allow the body to do what it does best – support our health and healing.

I now create strategies for those seeking a better life and health and train many including medical professionals to become Pure Integrated Health-care Practitioners. I train parents to use this system in their own homes, which allows them to influence their family’s health and wellbeing.

I speak at many events inspiring and motivating people to realise that health is their business and its not contained within a capsule or bottle. With time, effort and the correct skills everything is possible.

I regularly appear on TV and many other international media outlets outlining the benefits of my work and how it can be a great complement to what medicine has to offer.

People no longer need to be observers or passengers in their lives, being guided by those whose vision of health-care is limited by the obvious reality. People can be in control and have a life without Illness.

“Time is our greatest asset we need to use it wisely and not concern ourselves with issues that we have no control over.”

– Michael O Doherty