Holistic health service for those wanting an alternative way to heal their mindset and bodies. Hi and thanks for finding out more about my page and me. What?
My name is Lesley Ford and I am the founder of Phoenix Holistic Health UK Ltd. I came into the holistic therapy world in the late 1990's when I was suffering from M.E. (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) within which I had a period of 2 years having to go shopping in a wheelchair as I had no energy to walk long distances, and after my GP told me that there was no specific treatemt for this condition and the only options for me was to go on anti-depressants, I started to investigate how else I could help myself recover. My journey back to full health was a long one (9 years in total) as I was stubborn and would not listen to my body! I suffered from panic attacks, migraines, no or very low energy, attention deifict and I could only focus on looking at pictures, no text, and eventually a friend recommended I see a homeopath. was my reaction! I had no idea what that type of therapy was!! My first experience with my 'homeopath' was something I had never experienced before with any health professional, someone sitting there and listening to me for once, he took my 'full case' and worked out my constitutional remedy and my recovery started. My recovery took about 18 months to 2 years to become what I would say 'being fully back to normal' but each small step was attributed to Homeopathy, and as such, I decided to look for a short course to help my young family at the time whenever they became ill, alas there were none and all I could find was a 4 year part time course to become a Registered Homeopath, so I trained and qualified in 2005, I then went on to study my Post Graduate in Homeoapthy for another 2 years. I worked full time in another business role whilst still practising in a very part time capacity within my practice. It was in 2019, that I was made redundant from my full time business role and I decided that now was the time to launch my dream of my full time practice to help others. Phoenix Holistic Health UK Ltd was set up in December 2019 and I now also have added Coaching to my skillset, covering NLP, (Neuro Linguistic Programming, Law of Attraction, and EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique- also known as Tapping. I am happy to say that I now enjoy FULL health and have done so for many years now and am honoured by the fact that I am here to help others heal themsleves. When I was at my lowest health I had to give up my job and had very little finances to cope and having to find more money for holistic treatment seemed daunting at the time, and so, with that in mind, I have set up a monthly payment option for those that want the treatment but with flexibility on payment. BONUS- also included in the monthly payment plan is the basic 18 remedy kit (RRP 29.99) for you to keep at home , and comes to you after the first monthly payment has been received. You can also pay per treatment if you wish. Coaching 1-2-1 and mindset courses are available, please ask for more details, where I explore with you your limiting beliefs and values that are embedded in your subconscious mind and may have been holding you back from achieving your own dreams in your life. Wishing you a wonderful day and thanks for dropping by, if you would like to have an informal chat about how I can help you gain optimum health or a better mindset, then please do contact me for a free chat. Lesley Ford
13/03/2026
At a recent networking meeting for Entrepreneurs Circle I was lucky to receive the Entrepreneur of the Month award.
Being with other entrepreneurs and winning this, is a big deal for me, as we all inspire each other in some way in getting our business seen and 'heard' and sometimes we have to think 'outside of the box' to be different from the flooded market out there.
So I was deeply honoured to acheive and be recognised for this.
Thank to all that voted for me and onwards and upwards as we never stand still!
And on that note.........
I have now created a new lesley Logic Sunday Email that goes out (you guessed it - every Sunday) with a helpful 'nugget' for those that experience anxiety in some way.
If you want to join it would be my pleasure to send it over to you, I will pop a link in the comments if you want to sign up and recieve a free 8 point action plan for anxiety as a thank you.đ
13/03/2026
Another 5 star review that has come in this week.
Love my job!
12/03/2026
A good day does not need questioning.
One of the habits that can quietly keep anxiety going is this:
Things feel a bit better⌠and instead of enjoying it, the mind says,
âBut what if it doesnât last?â
So it starts checking.
âHow am I feeling?â
âIs this anxiety?â
âWhat if it comes back?â
âWhat if this proves Iâm not really getting better?â
Then something small happens.
A stressful moment.
A physical sensation.
A difficult thought.
And the mind jumps in with,
âSee? I knew it. I still have anxiety.â
But that feeling is not always proof of a problem.
Very often, it is just an old pattern doing what it has done before.
The mind has got used to scanning.
Used to checking.
Used to trying to stay one step ahead.
That does not mean there is an emergency.
Perhaps next time you can have a more helpful thought:
âI do not need to treat this feeling as proof. It is just an old pattern.â
That one thought can help stop the spiral before it gathers speed.
Because progress is not about never feeling anything.
Progress is noticing the old pattern sooner⌠and not giving it so much power.
11/03/2026
One of the most confusing things about anxiety is how convincing it feels.
Your heart races.
Your breathing changes.
Your mind starts scanning for what could go wrong.
In that moment, it can feel as if something serious is about to happen.
But many times what is actually happening is something very different.
Your nervous system has triggered a false alarm.
The brainâs job is to protect you. If it believes something might be a threat, it activates the bodyâs safety system.
Your heart beats faster.
Adrenaline flows.
Your senses sharpen.
That response is incredibly useful if you need to run from danger- like a tiger just walked in the room.......
But sometimes the brain presses the alarm button when there is no emergency at all.
People often notice this happening when they are:
⢠driving on the motorway
⢠speaking in a meeting
⢠travelling somewhere unfamiliar
⢠standing in a queue
⢠or even sitting quietly at home
The body reacts as if danger is present⌠even though you are safe.
One of the most powerful shifts happens when someone realises:
âThis is just my nervous system reacting. There is no emergency.â
When that understanding lands, the body often begins to settle and the mind stops fighting the feeling.
Anxiety feels very convincing.
But feelings are not always facts.
10/03/2026
You canât always control what life throws at you.
But you can decide how you respond.
Growth doesnât come from comfort.
It comes from the moments when you keep going, even when it feels easier to give up.
Every time you choose progress over excuses, you take back your power.
10/03/2026
Anxiety........................
Youâre not âlike thisâ.
You learned this.
Anxiety isnât a personality trait.
Overthinking isnât who you are.
Avoidance isnât your identity.
Theyâre learned responses.
At some point, your mind decided these responses were safer.
So they became default settings.
And defaults can feel permanent.
But they arenât.
You were never broken.
You were adapting to the conditions.
And over time, your mind simply forgot to switch back to the original setting.
Change isnât about becoming someone new.
Itâs about returning to who you were before the safety setting took over.
10/03/2026
Willpower feels like the answer when you want to change.
But hereâs the logic: your conscious mind â the part that tries to control things â is only 5% of your behaviour. The other 95% is run by the unconscious mind.
That means when you try to force change with willpower, itâs like running your life on a spare tyre. Itâll get you moving, but itâs not built to take you the distance.
Real change happens when your unconscious gets on board. Thatâs when habits shift, cravings soften, and calm becomes the new normal.
09/03/2026
Think of the mind like an iceberg.
The small part above the water is the thinking mind.
That is the part that plans, analyses and makes decisions.
But most of the iceberg sits below the surface.
That hidden part is where automatic patterns live.
Habits.
Emotional responses.
Learned reactions.
Many of the things people struggle with are happening in that deeper part of the mind.
Real change often happens below the surface first.
Hypnotherapy focuses on the part of the mind where those patterns live.
Because if you only work with the tip of the iceberg, the rest of it stays the same.
08/03/2026
A small observation for a Sunday.
One of the interesting things about avoidance is that we rarely notice when it begins.
It often starts with something quite ordinary.
A road we stop driving down.
A situation we quietly step away from.
A conversation we decide can wait.
Individually these decisions seem small.
But the unconscious mind is very good at learning patterns.
If stepping away reduces anxiety or discomfort, the mind remembers.
And over time these patterns can quietly influence more choices than we realise.
Not because someone lacks confidence.
But because the mind learned that avoidance once helped it feel safer. I like to describe it as something like a kaleidoscope of the mind and with a little tweak the patterns can change and everything looks different.
Many people who seek support for anxiety or overthinking say the same thing.
Life slowly begins adjusting around those patterns.
Sometimes the first step towards change is not pushing harder.
It is simply noticing what the mind has learned.
At Phoenix Hypnotherapy in Cheltenham, many people discover that when the mind begins to feel safer, everyday situations start to feel more manageable again.
07/03/2026
Avoidance is one of the mindâs quickest ways to feel relief.
If something feels uncomfortable, stressful or uncertain, the mind offers a simple solution.
Avoid it.
And in the short term it works. The tension drops and the mind feels safer.
But the unconscious mind is very good at learning patterns. When avoidance reduces discomfort it quietly learns that staying away must be the safest option.
Over time something subtle can happen.
Life begins to adjust around the avoidance.
Routes change.
Plans change.
Opportunities get passed by.
And without meaning to, the world can start to feel smaller.
The mind is not trying to sabotage you. It is trying to protect you.
Many people notice that when the mind begins to feel safer, everyday situations start to feel more manageable.
07/03/2026
For many people, driving anxiety doesnât start because they forgot how to drive.
It starts because the mind begins to associate the car with pressure, worry, or a loss of control. And once that pattern sets in, the body reacts before logic has a chance to step in.
Tight chest. Racing thoughts. Avoiding certain roads, motorways, or longer journeys.
The good news is that this pattern can be changed.
Hypnotherapy works by helping the mind relearn that the road is safe again, so the body can settle and confidence can return naturally.
To support people who want their freedom back this spring, Iâm offering 10% off my Driving Anxiety Programme throughout March.
This programme is designed to help you:
⢠feel calmer behind the wheel
⢠reduce overthinking while driving
⢠build confidence on motorways and unfamiliar routes
⢠get back to enjoying the independence that driving gives you
Many people notice that when the mind feels safer, everyday situations begin to feel more manageable.
If driving anxiety has been limiting where you go, this month is a good time to change that.
Send me a message or book a free consultation to see if the programme is right for you.
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My name is Lesley Ford and I am the founder of Phoenix Holistic Health UK Ltd. I came into the Holistic therapy world in the late 1990âs when I was suffering from ME (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) with a period of 2 years having to go shopping in a wheelchair as I had no energy to walk long distances, and after my GP telling me that there was no specific treatment for this condition and the only option for me was anti-depressants I started to investigate how else I could help myself recover. My journey to full health was a long one (9 years) as I was stubborn and would not listen to my body! I suffered from panic attacks, migraines, no or low energy, attention deficit and could only focus on looking at pictures - no text and eventually I was told by a friend to visit a homeopath- (What? who is that was my reaction) My first experience with my âhomeopathâ I realised later was nothing more than a prescription for vitamins! But undeterred I found another homeopath and he took a âfull caseâ and my recovery started.
My recovery took about 18 months to 2 years to become âback to normalâ but each small step was attributed to homeopathy, and as such I decided to look for a short course to help my young family at the time whenever they became ill, alas there were none and all I could find was a 4 year part time course to become a Registered Homeopath, so I trained and qualified in 2005, I then went on to do my Post Graduate qualification for another 2 years.
Phoenix Holistic Health UK Ltd was set up in December 2019 and I now have Angelic Reiki therapy to add to my skills as a Homeopath and the wonders of healing.
I have am now also a practitioner of Gamma Mindset Technique, one of the first in the UK this helps an individual retrain their Gamma brain waves that controls the sub-conscious side of our minds. Our sub-conscious actually over-rides our conscious states, and this can be the reason people find themselves self-sabotaging their efforts on a daily basis. A good example of this that I use is when we go on a diet and we do well on it for about 6 weeks or so and when we can actually see a difference in our body shape, we start to make short cuts on the diet and donât stick to the diet rules etc, this is self sabotaging as deep down you may have a belief that is stopping you attain what your conscious state wants, a belief that has been there for possibly many years. The Gamma Mindset Technique teaches you how to CHANGE this belief in a short mind exercise and allow you to achieve anything you want. It is a powerful technique and now endorsed by top brain surgeons and also Bruce Lipton - a top rated scientist and author.
I am happy to say that I now enjoy FULL health and have done so for many years now and love the fact that I am here to help others heal themselves. When I was at my lowest health I had to give up my job and had very little finances to cope and having to find more money for holistic treatment seemed daunting at the time, so I have set up a monthly payment option for those that want the treatment but with flexibility on payment.
Prices for monthly Homeopathic treatment currently are ÂŁ22.50pm for at least 12 months with unlimited access to homeopathy consultations and at least 6 consults throughout the year. However, the first consult MUST be paid for and currently the price for this is ÂŁ70, this involves a 2 hour session to discuss you as an individual and for me to find out âwhat makes you tickâ. Allowing patients to pay me monthly has allowed them to have some financial freedom in their recovery to health whilst also allowing them to have the treatments they need.
