From the monthly archives:

December 2007

Tips for New Year's Resolutions and Happy New Year.

31 December 2007

It's that time of year again where we all make those resolutions but most of us seem unable to see them through to fruition. Here are a few tips to help you achieve the promises you make to yourself: 1) Be as specific as you can with your goal – Instead of saying that you want [...]

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Happy Christmas

24 December 2007

I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. Whatever Christmas means to you, however you celebrate it and whoever you celebrate it with, have a great one and be happy. Dave.

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A little Christmas motivation

20 December 2007

As Christmas draws near I am feeling a sudden surge of Christmas Spirit developing within me. I was going to write a hypnosis/hypnotherapy based post today but have happily changed my mind. Below is a little story that I stumbled across on the web, author unknown so I can't credit anyone in particular, but I [...]

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Monday Motivation – Rose

17 December 2007

This wonderful story is full of lessons for us all. Having searched to see if this is authored by anyone in particular, I can't find the credit anywhere so I suppose it fits in to the author unknown bracket. Sometimes short pieces are written up as events that didn't actually happen. This is one story [...]

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Is Champix (Chantix) really a wonder drug to stop smoking?

14 December 2007

Several months ago in the UK Champix was launched with the fanfare of being a wonder drug to help people stop smoking (Champix is marketed as Chantix in the USA). You can see my thoughts about its launch in a previous post http://blog.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/GeneralRantings/_archives/2007/5/31/2988041.html Since then, quite a few people have been noticing side-effects possibly because of [...]

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Marvels of The Mind – Beautiful Mind

12 December 2007

This amazing clip shows Michael, who is autistic, and his incredible ability to not only remember the sights on a helicopter ride above a city, but also to recall them with amazing accuracy. Turn your speakers up and enjoy this short clip and, as you do, consider your own potential and what action you are [...]

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Monday Motivation – The Starfish Story

10 December 2007

Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human figure moving like [...]

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Hypnotherapy for children with abdominal pain – fantastic results

6 December 2007

A recent study set out to determine whether hypnotherapy is effective for children who suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) or Functional Abdominal Pain (FAP). Researchers enrolled 53 children, ages 8 to 18, who'd had abdominal pain for at least a year, and split them into two treatment groups. The first group received standard medical care [...]

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Fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too.

4 December 2007

Fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too.   Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.   i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht [...]

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Monday Motivation – What's through your window?

3 December 2007

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour a day to drain the fluids from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.   [...]

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