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Media and Research News

Why the “Martians” were happily stuck in a trance.

7 June 2011

“Three Martains left in a trance” makes a great headline and creates a lot of publicity for the stage hypnotist involved but were they really “stuck” in hypnosis? No, of course they weren’t. The answer is in the article (click here for the full piece) which states “We asked them if they knew what had [...]

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Be happy and live longer.

2 March 2011

Happiness. Is it worth the effort? Big subject, loads of opinions and lots of unanswered questions. What is happiness? Well, it’s simply taking charge of your own thoughts and what they mean to you. Your thoughts become emotions which then manifest physically as feelings or actions. What’s the point of being happy? Simply, it’s a choice. [...]

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Resolution Magic – acknowledging the past and letting it go

29 June 2010

There are many forms of psychotherapeutic intervention to help people move on in their lives and some of those say that there is absolutely no reason to find out why you feel the way you do, there is no need to address the cause, just focus on now and cope. I totally disagree. I am [...]

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Why taking a nap can make you smarter!

15 April 2010

Ever battled against a mid-day snooze? Maybe that’s your brain telling you it needs to empty the in-box of brain emails! Napping could make you smarter and this great news article tells you why. Brain emails Having had an elderly relative suffer from Dementia, the later part where it is explained that sometimes people don’t know [...]

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Lose weight and lose diabetes.

12 April 2010

Many people only focus on the superficial benefits of losing weight but there are many other “hidden” benefits including physical strength, having more energy as well as reducing the risk of diabetes, perhaps even eliminating it completely. http://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2010/Apr/gastric-band-hypnosis-beat-diabetes-and-led-to-weight-loss-96128273.html Sunny Marbella or Sunny Watford? You don’t have to travel far to become your ideal weight, shape [...]

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Can hypnosis paralyse a limb? Yes. it can.

30 June 2009

A recent study at The University of Geneva in Switzerland discussed the different parts of the brain that operated when people were hypnotised in to believing that their hand was paralysed. The details, published in the journal Neuron, details the experiment which really confirms that there is a massive difference between pretending to be hypnotised and [...]

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Hypnotherapy works – The mind can heal your body.

28 May 2009

There is an absolute mind/body connection, of this I am certain. Michael Hanlon recently wrote a great article about how powerful the connection is, probably the most sensible writings I've seen about the subject for a long time. Yes, the power of the mind can heal your body Be happy, believe it and you will [...]

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Hypnosis blocks dental pain – video

16 May 2009

This short video shows someone having a tooth extracted by a dentist without the use of any chemical anaesthesia, using only hypnotherapy. This sort of hypnotic procedure has been carried out for hundreds of years and any clinical hypnotherapist should be able to help you do the same. Hypnosis blocks dental pain video If you have [...]

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Teacher "hypnotised" pupils before assaults.

11 May 2009

This week in my local paper, The Watford Observer, there was an article about a man who had sexually abused young boys by hypnotising them. The articles headline was “Teacher “hypnotised” pupils before assaults”. This story was picked up by at least one national and several regional papers who again repeated the belief that the [...]

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Hypnosis & childbirth………for the father!

5 May 2009

This is a great article from the Daily Mail about a man who wanted to avoid being in the room with his wife as she gave birth but eventually agreed and thoroughly enjoyed the whole process. Welcome to the delivery room Hypnotherapy and childbirth is not just for the mother! Be happy, Dave. Please feel [...]

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Antidepressants prescribed too often?

30 April 2009

This article from the BBC explains how it has been proven that some people will benefit more from going on a walk than they would by taking antidepressants. Do antidepressants simply mask the cause of the depression and just deal with the symptoms rather than bring about any effective change? Antidepressant prescribing soars Be happy, [...]

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