From the category archives:

Hypnotherapy – General

Some so-called hypnotherapists are sicko's!

30 October 2007

My blood is boiling but I feel I have to put this post up now. I was just checking my emails before I set off home when I found one promoting some “hypnosis downloads”. Just before I hit the delete button I caught sight of one of the titles and had to re-check it to [...]

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Fancy a dip? The power of the mind

20 July 2007

Earlier this week, British endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh became the first man to swim at the North Pole. He spent almost 19 minutes at minus 1.8C as he front crawled for one kilometre – more than half a mile in the coldest water a human has ever swum. Lewis Pugh's incredible ability to withstand the [...]

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Sex, Lies and Hypnosis – Ursula James

3 July 2007

Last night on CH5 was a programme called “Sex, Lies and Hypnosis” featuring hypnotherapist Ursula James. The aim of the episode was to help a couple, Clair and Woody, overcome their emotional issues which were effectively destroying the relationship as opposed to making it better. Ursula spoke about the destructive issues as being symptoms and stressed [...]

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Hypnotherapy in simple terms

29 June 2007

The other day I was explaining to my 7 year old daughter what I did for a living and after pondering for a moment I told her “I help people who believe they can't, believe they can”. It made sense to her and it makes sense to me. Sometimes we look at things and make them [...]

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Diets don't work

23 May 2007

The Daily Mail recently reported that the world's largest study of weight loss has shown that diets do not work for the vast majority of slimmers and may even put lives at risk. More than two-thirds pile the pounds straight back on, raising the danger of heart attack, stroke and diabetes. Indeed most dieters end [...]

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Self-hypnosis – Week 15 – I'm in charge

21 May 2007

This week's suggestion again focuses on creating an awareness that we are each ultimately responsible for ourselves, and this can be a good thing to accept. It doesn't mean that we should become selfish or hedonistic but that ultimately, we are responsible for our own actions and behaviours. As always, all you have to do [...]

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Self-hypnosis – Week 14 – Responsibility

14 May 2007

This week's suggestion should enable you to start getting back in charge of how you think and feel. In an ideal world, we all would be in charge of how we think, feel and behave, and these thoughts, feelings and behaviours would all be positive and beneficial to us. As a hypnotherapist, I aim to [...]

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Fergie, drugs and hypnotherapy.

11 May 2007

BLACK EYED PEAS singer Fergie turned to a hypnotherapist to get her life back on track after becoming addicted to crystal meth. The singer, real name Stacy Ferguson, decided to seek help after spiralling out of control. She explains, “I started going a little nuts and hit rock bottom. I called my mom and told her [...]

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Self-Hypnosis – Week 12 -

30 April 2007

Now that Spring is here and in full flow, this suggestion helps “spring clean” the mind. As always, really mean it and believe it when you say it. So, every day for the next week, achieve “eye-lock” and say several times whenever you are able to; “I let go of any unnecessary worries or concerns.” Say it, feel it, [...]

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The Bulls**t Detective BBC3

27 April 2007

Last night's programme on BBC3 set out to disprove the fact that hypnotherapy could help increase breast size. It didn't do it very well. Despite quoting the recent article in the Daily Mail which detailed a hypnotherapist, Lesley Graves, and her clients who reported an increase in breast size from an A or AA cup [...]

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Hypnosis and advertising

25 April 2007

Advertisers spend billions of pounds every year trying to influence our choices when it comes to spending money. Their clever adverts are designed to get into our subconscious so that we quite naturally think of their washing powder or beer or chocolate when we are shopping, and are therefore more likely to buy their products. [...]

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Self-Hypnosis – Week 11 – Feel healthy

23 April 2007

We will continue to build good feelings, from the inside out, with this week's suggestion. It does not matter if you are actually suffering from a cold or ailment because if you tell yourself often enough, in a state of hypnosis, that you are healthy, guess what, you could get healthy! As always, really mean it [...]

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Self-Hypnosis – Week 10 – The best one of all

16 April 2007

This week's suggestion has been on here before, week 1, but is probably the best all-round suggestion anyone could give themselves, so it deserves a repeat and it will certainly appear again in the future. Because it is so vague, the subconscious mind deals with whatever it feels is the most important thing at that time, so it works [...]

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Self-Hypnosis – Week 9 – Building self-worth

2 April 2007

This week's suggestion is related to the Monday Motivation piece. All worthwhile therapies focus on building a feeling of self-worth, as when we feel good about ourselves so many other things just fall into place. As always, really mean it and believe it when you say it. So, every day for the next week, achieve “eye-lock” and say several times [...]

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Self Hypnosis – Week 8

26 March 2007

This week's suggestion follows on from last week's, as it boosts self-esteem and reduces any worries or anxious feelings. As always, really mean it and believe it when you say it. So, every day for the next week, achieve “eye-lock” and say several times whenever you are able to; “I am calm and relaxed in every situation.” Say it, feel [...]

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What is hypnosis?

21 March 2007

Hypnosis is a state that all of us pop in and out of all the time, many times a day. When we watch a film or programme on the TV and our attention becomes so fixed on the storyline, we can become emotional and feel as is we are really there, really involved. Emotions are controlled by [...]

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