A different understanding of persistent symptoms
What if your body isn’t broken?
It may simply be communicating in a language you’ve never been taught to recognise.
For over 25 years, Dr David Mickel has been helping people understand persistent fatigue, Long Covid, ME/CFS and other chronic symptoms by Learning to recognise the body's signals.
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Your body may be telling you something important.
Your body's field continually reflects the nature of your interaction with life through its feelings.
Most of us were never taught how to recognise or respond to those signals. Instead, we often learn to ignore them, suppress them, or explain them away.
When important signals are repeatedly left unresponded to, the body can remain in a Prolonged Activation State (PAS). This is where many persistent symptoms begin.
Understand the signals
Learn why persistent symptoms may be meaningful communications rather than signs that your body is failing.
Begin responding differently
Recovery begins by recognising and responding to what your body has been communicating through its feelings.
Find your next step
Whether you’re exploring ideas, looking for recovery, or seeking a deeper understanding of yourself, we’ll help you choose where to begin.
Real People. Real Recoveries.
Every journey is unique, but many people describe the moment they realise their body wasn’t working against them—it was trying to communicate.
Here are some stories from people who discovered a different understanding of persistent symptoms and where that led them.
Recovery StoriesWhich path feels right for you?
One path focuses on stepping out of Prolonged Activation and recovering health.
The other explores what becomes possible when highly responsive people begin to understand themselves differently.
Recover Your Health
A practical recovery pathway
For people living with persistent fatigue, Long Covid, ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, chronic pain, anxiety and other symptoms linked with Prolonged Activation.
Mickel Therapy® helps you understand what your body has been communicating and learn how to step out of Prolonged Activation so your systems can return towards balance.
Work With Your Wiring
A journey of self-understanding
Many people living with persistent fatigue also discover that they have always experienced life deeply.
If you identify as highly responsive, emotionally aware, creative, ADHD, neurodivergent or highly sensitive, Wired for Wonder™ offers a different way to understand yourself and begin living in alignment with your natural experience of life.
Everyone deserves the opportunity to recover.
The Vitality Foundation™️ exists to help people who feel genuinely drawn to this work but are unable to access it because of financial circumstances.
Through donations from others in the community, we are able to offer support with Mickel Therapy® course for those who need it most.
Because recovery should never depend solely on what someone can afford.
Visit The Vitality Foundation™️
Featured Interviews & Conversations
These conversations explore a different understanding of persistent symptoms, recovery and living more fully.
Whether you’re new to these ideas or looking to go deeper, they’re a great place to begin.
Conversations with Raelan Agle
Across a series of conversations, Dr David Mickel shares a different understanding of persistent fatigue, Long Covid, ME/CFS and recovery.
Supporting Children & Young People
Conversation with Clare Berrington
Clare shares her family’s journey through ME/CFS and offers hope for parents supporting young people with persistent symptoms.
Ask Dr Mickel
Real questions from clients and viewers exploring fatigue, emotions, recovery and everyday life. Practical conversations that build on the ideas introduced throughout this site.
