http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog Dave Sabat of Exuberance Clinical Hypnotherapy posts useful, informative & sometimes controversial views about the world of hypnosis & matters of the mind. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:01:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/06/why-the-martians-were-happily-stuck-in-a-trance/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/06/why-the-martians-were-happily-stuck-in-a-trance/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:48:23 +0000 Dave Sabat http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=477 “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 [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/06/why-the-martians-were-happily-stuck-in-a-trance/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/03/be-happy-and-live-longer/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/03/be-happy-and-live-longer/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:05:07 +0000 Dave Sabat http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=465 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. [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/03/be-happy-and-live-longer/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/06/resolution-magic-acknowledging-the-past-and-letting-it-go/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/06/resolution-magic-acknowledging-the-past-and-letting-it-go/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:12:44 +0000 Dave Sabat http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=323 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 [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/06/resolution-magic-acknowledging-the-past-and-letting-it-go/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/04/why-taking-a-nap-can-make-you-smarter/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/04/why-taking-a-nap-can-make-you-smarter/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:45:40 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=308 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 [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/04/why-taking-a-nap-can-make-you-smarter/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/04/lose-weight-and-lose-diabetes/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/04/lose-weight-and-lose-diabetes/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:58:11 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=307 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 [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/04/lose-weight-and-lose-diabetes/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/06/can-hypnosis-paralyse-a-limb-yes-it-can/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/06/can-hypnosis-paralyse-a-limb-yes-it-can/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:10:30 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=285 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 [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/06/can-hypnosis-paralyse-a-limb-yes-it-can/feed/ 2 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/05/hypnotherapy-works-the-mind-can-heal-your-body/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/05/hypnotherapy-works-the-mind-can-heal-your-body/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 16:31:00 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=276 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 [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/05/hypnotherapy-works-the-mind-can-heal-your-body/feed/ 1 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/05/hypnosis-blocks-dental-pain-video/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/05/hypnosis-blocks-dental-pain-video/#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 16:30:00 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=273 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 [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/05/hypnosis-blocks-dental-pain-video/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/05/teacher-hypnotised-pupils-before-assaults/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/05/teacher-hypnotised-pupils-before-assaults/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 16:37:43 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=272 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 [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/05/teacher-hypnotised-pupils-before-assaults/feed/ 1 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/05/hypnosis-childbirth-for-the-father/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/05/hypnosis-childbirth-for-the-father/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 17:59:16 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=270 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 [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/05/hypnosis-childbirth-for-the-father/feed/ 0 http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/04/antidepressants-prescribed-too-often/ http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/04/antidepressants-prescribed-too-often/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:19:21 +0000 admin http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/?p=269 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, [...]

]]> http://www.exuberancehypno.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/04/antidepressants-prescribed-too-often/feed/ 1