January 2008

** Please Read **

by Dave Sabat 28 January 2008

Because of commitments that I have I will be in and out of the office this week beginning Monday 28th January 2008. I am contactable by phone, please leave a message if it rings through to answerphone, but you will get a slow response to emails so please telephone me instead. I will be back [...]

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Monday Motivation – How tall is your mountain?

by Dave Sabat 21 January 2008

Sometimes the excuses we sometimes give ourselves seem to be as big as mountains, but are they really? Usually, something is only as difficult as we allow it to be, and in the same way, something is as easy as we allow it to be. This applies to letting go of negative thoughts, feelings, emotions or [...]

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Willpower explained

by Dave Sabat 18 January 2008

How are you getting on with your New Year’s resolutions? The vast majority of people fail to achieve their goals so why is this? I believe it is down to the misunderstandings we have about willpower.   Willpower is not designed for long term change, willpower is like mental adrenalin. When your hand flings your [...]

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Have you spent £150,000 trying to lose weight?

by Dave Sabat 16 January 2008

An article in the Daily Mail recently reported the fact that recent research has shown that women will spend an average of £150,000 in their lifetimes on diets and dieting, with most of them not actually reaching their ideal weight and size and managing to keep the weight off, despite their massive investment. See the [...]

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Monday Motivation – Walking Tall by Patience Strong

by Dave Sabat 14 January 2008

Whilst I was flicking through an old copy of “This England” magazine, and it is a lovely quarterly publication, I read this poem and liked it immensely. It fits in completely with my belief that once we have let go of the past we can really concentrate on the future and truly enjoy our lives. [...]

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Marvels of the Mind – Some optical illusions

by Dave Sabat 11 January 2008

Optical illusions are great fun and you may want to watch the following clip a few times, you may see things differently each time you watch. The definition of optical illusions is “visually perceived images that are deceptive or misleading”. I am amazed at the power, capabilities and mysteries of the human mind on a [...]

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How does it feel to be hypnotised (hypnotized)?

by Dave Sabat 9 January 2008

It feels wonderful! I've discussed in previous posts how we pop in and out of the state of hypnosis many times during the day anyway, but in a therapeutic sense when hypnosis is formally induced the vast majority of my clients feel more relaxed than they have been in years. The best way to describe the “feeling”, although [...]

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Monday Motivation – Wise words about joy

by Dave Sabat 7 January 2008

I was looking through some old boxes of mine in the loft yesterday when I found a hand written note, along with some inspirational poems, that my Grandma had sent to me in the late 80's. The significance of the words she wrote seem even more powerful to me today than when I first read them. [...]

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Hypnosurgery live – Hernia operation with hypnosis only

by Dave Sabat 4 January 2008

Hypnotherapy in its various forms has been used effectively as a powerful alternative to traditional anaesthetic for hundreds of years. This video clip is of a programme on More 4 which featured a man having a hernia operation using only the power of his mind to control the “pain”. It's extremely interesting, is pretty well balanced [...]

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