Using Emotional Medicine to combat autoimmune disease

Meleni Aldridge has been immersed in the field of natural and integrative medicine for over 30 years. She is a practicing clinical psychoneuroimmunologist, functional medicine practitioner and certified Metabolic Balance coach. For 11 years she lectured at St Mary’s University College, Middlesex on the Sport Rehabilitation programme. During this time, she was also instrumental in furthering student personal development initiatives, putting to good use the communications and organisational skills she gained in the banking and insurance sectors in her previous career.

In July 2005, Meleni joined our team at the Alliance for Natural Health International. In her role as executive coordinator, she keeps every wheel of our organisation turning smoothly and efficiently, whether it's our educational programs, campaigns, events, projects, or nurturing our role with other organisations and donors. In her role, one that she's held for over 18 years, she works closely with Dr Robert Verkerk, our founder and the executive and scientific director both of ANH-International and ANH-USA.

Meleni has been instrumental in forging links with the global integrative medicine community, as well as industry stakeholders, and leads ANH's educational initiative through the ANH Health Creation Faculty.

As an integrative practitioner with over 3 decades of experience, she regularly contributes to articles, columns and press releases in the field of natural and regenerative health. She has sat on the board of ANH-USA for over 15 years, and has been its treasurer since March 2023.

Josie Warren has been an Emotional Medicine Practitioner and Managing Director of Anew Life Center’s Beyond Remission educational programs for the past five years. Josie received her Master of Arts from the University of Denver, worked at the Betty Ford Center, and was a Licensed Professional Counselor before joining Anew Life Center.
Josie’s Story:

For much of her young adult life, Josie struggled with CVID (common variable immune disorder), Raynaud’s disease, Hashimoto’s, Graves’, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, MS, severe food allergies, anxiety, depression, and anorexia.

Josie was constantly going to medical doctors’ offices for tests and treatments. She worked with Western and Alternative medicine doctors, dieticians, holistic practitioners, and psychiatrists. Josie was told by her medical doctors that each of her diagnoses was lifelong and that she would need to manage them for the rest of her life. She felt crushed, like a lost cause, she had no hope, and she was only in her twenties – these were supposed to be the best years of her life.

Josie kept searching for answers. Josie now knows she was led to Anew Life Center by a greater force. After her first experience with Anew Life Center’s Beyond Remission program, it was like a lightning bolt – she knew that the program would forever change her life: Josie found a whole new way of truly healing.

Working with Anew Life Center’s educational program, Josie stopped focusing on her symptoms and learned how her internal emotional state was creating her illnesses. As she began to be in control of her emotional state, in less than two months, all her conditions and symptoms seemed to dissolve and fade away.

Ten years later, Josie is healthy: she no longer has any of her conditions, takes no supplements or medications, and can eat all of her favorite foods. Josie knows her calling is to be a beacon of light, showing the world that true healing is possible.

Twenty years ago, David’s life fell apart. He went through a devastating divorce and developed autoimmune diseases, which included debilitating food allergies, chemical sensitivities, and chronic fatigue syndrome. David felt lost and distraught in his life, yet he desperately searched for answers for his physical and emotional conditions. Everywhere he turned, he found well-intentioned therapeutic support and medical treatment, but nothing worked.

Inspired by Candace Pert’s book “Molecules of Emotion,” David realized the connection between the emotional stress of his divorce and the development of his autoimmune diseases. He intuitively knew that by resolving the emotional stress of his divorce, his body’s immune system would re-regulate, and he would become healthy again.

From his personal healing journey, David developed Emotional Medicine, which is a revolutionary healthcare technology that re-regulates the body’s natural biochemistry by working on an individual’s emotional state. This re-regulation occurs naturally, without the need for medication, supplements, dietary restrictions, or mind-body interventions.

After 18 years of research and study, David opened Anew Life Center in Denver to introduce his innovative healthcare technology that allows individuals to heal from autoimmune diseases and chronic illnesses. Beyond Remission are Anew Life Center’s online educational programs. These online educational programs support students in resolving their emotional state to access the body’s natural capacity to heal and self-repair, permanently healing their autoimmune and chronic illnesses.