Karen Preece Smith is a registered nutritional therapist, journalist and senior yoga teacher, having taught a number of high-profile celebrities and athletes over the past 14 years. In this episode, she discusses her journey from working in the busy world of fashion to retraining as a nutritional therapist. Karen has also worked for the Optimum Health Clinic, an award-winning integrative medicine clinic specialising in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)/myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). Today’s conversation focuses on this widely misunderstood illness, and looks at how integrated nutrition and psychology can support recovery.  If you enjoy the episode, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review. To find out more about nutritional therapy, whether you are looking to work one-to-one with a practitioner or thinking about studying, visit ion.ac.uk