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05/11/2017

What is Empathy and How Does It Work?

The world is full of many kinds of people. Among other things, they are distinguished by their appearance and personality traits. But one of the characteristics that stands out the most is the amount of kindness and compassion that they show for one another.

Some people seem to go about their lives with no consideration for the feelings of other people. Then there is a smaller group who are willing to risk their lives to ensure that even the most selfish people aren't hurt.

The difference in these two groups of people lies in their levels of empathy.

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The world is full of many kinds of people. Among other things, they are distinguished by their appearance and personality traits. But one of the characteristics that stand out the most is the amount of kindness and compassion that they show for one another. Some people seem to go about their lives w...

05/01/2017

Stage Fright? Hypnosis Can Help You Conquer Anxiety and More

Terrified of public speaking? When anxiety and depression get in your way personally or professionally, it’s wise to tell your doctor about Stage Fright.

You may get a prescription for antidepressant or anti-anxiety medication. You may also get a referral to a psychologist or counselor for talk therapy.

That’s the traditional approach. And it works.

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Terrified of public speaking? When anxiety and depression get in your way personally or professionally, it’s wise to tell your doctor about Stage Fright. You may get a prescription for antidepressant or anti-anxiety medication. You may also get a referral to a psychologist or counselor for talk ther...

04/30/2017

Can Hypnosis Improve children’s’ Health?

The active and vivid imagination that children naturally possess may help make them receptive to the alternative-medicine approach known as hypnotherapy, or medical hypnosis.

Hypnosis may help kids who are experiencing certain health or behavioral problems, such as stomach pain or anxiety, said experts who have studied hypnotherapy in children. But they note that much more research is needed to better understand how the technique might work, and which children it might help.

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The active and vivid imagination that children naturally possess may help make them receptive to the alternative-medicine approach known as hypnotherapy, or medical hypnosis. Hypnosis may help kids who are experiencing certain health or behavioral problems, such as stomach pain or anxiety, said expe...

04/26/2017

Hypnosis: The trance of everyday life

In recent columns, we’ve explored the evolutionary development and potential of the human brain and how new approaches, including mindfulness, can use this knowledge to better manage our emotions and chronic pain.

Clinical hypnosis is a technique used by specially trained health professionals to help an individual engage the subconscious mind to reinforce positive thoughts, emotions and behaviors.

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In recent columns, we’ve explored the evolutionary development and potential of the human brain and how new approaches, including mindfulness, can use this knowledge to better manage our emotions and chronic pain. Clinical hypnosis is a technique used by specially trained health professionals to hel...

04/20/2017

Brazilian team tries to improve through hypnosis

A second-division team in Brazil is resorting to hypnosis to try to avoid relegation.

Portuguesa this week announced the hiring of a hypnosis specialist to work with the players, hoping he will help them improve their performance and lead the team out of last place in the standings.

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Brazilian 2nd-division team Portuguesa tries to improve through hypnosis

04/17/2017

Hypnosis works by putting someone into a deep, relaxed state. You are not ‘put to sleep’. You are awake but it’s like being in a daydream. How many times has someone said to you ‘hey, you’re away in a dream!’

This process is done by the hypnotherapist devising a script tailored to your thoughts and is aimed at relaxing you.

Thus, at the initial consultation session, you are asked what helps you to relax, what’s your favourite holiday, what would be your ideal day if you had a day to yourself. Your replies are then added to a script which the hypnotherapist will use for you and no one else.

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Hypnotherapy works by putting someone into a deep, relaxed state. You are not ‘put to sleep’. You are awake but it’s like being in a daydream. How many times has someone said to you ‘hey, you’re away in a dream!’ This process is done by the hypnotherapist devising a script tailored to your thoughts…

04/16/2017

If you want to lose weight, don’t bother. Eliminate, eradicate or abolish the weight. But don’t lose it! Why? Because if your body loses a few pounds, the mind will simply find them again and you’ll end up where you started.

Sound crazy? Well, it might do but this lost and found mentality is throttled into us from childhood. We’re conditioned to find lost goods and in this case, those kilos that you’ve starved away, that have caused you to subsist on one lettuce leaf three times a day, your subconscious mind will find them again.

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When something is lost, don’t you have to find it? When your keys have disappeared and you yell at your partner for losing them, don’t you demand he or she helps you find them? Think of your children, or your own childhood. If your child was to lose a brand new toy, one that cost

04/13/2017

Self-doubt takes over. Self-confidence dips. This can affect not only your presentation but your interview particularly if the presentation is at the end of the competency based questions – and the presentation has been on your mind so much you haven’t been able to fully concentrate on the rest of the interview.

So, what can you do to overcome this dilemma?

Hypnosis can help. I have been asked to help clients who dread having to give presentations, whether as part of a job interview or in their existing role. Hypnosis can increase self-confidence and self-esteem

Read more about it on my blog: http://bit.ly/2oE7exy

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Self-doubt takes over. Self-confidence dips. This can affect not only your presentation but your interview particularly if the presentation is at the end of the competency based questions – and the presentation has been on your mind so much you haven’t been able to fully concentrate on the rest of t...

04/10/2017

Best evidence yet that hypnotized people aren’t faking

Now we have some of the best evidence yet that people who are hypnotized really feel like they are acting involuntarily. When estimating split-second timings, hypnotized people behaved as though their actions were outside their control, in ways that would have been difficult to fake.

Lush’s team asked 18 people who were highly susceptible to hypnotism to sit in front of a very accurate clock and do a task repeatedly where they pressed a button, triggering a beep after 250 milliseconds, in three different circumstances.

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Now we have some of the best evidence yet that people who are hypnotised really feel like they are acting involuntarily. When estimating split-second timings, hypnotised people behaved as though their actions were outside their control, in ways that would have been difficult to fake. Hypnotism has l...

04/09/2017

It’s hard to motivate yourself to exercise, hang out with friends, be a good person and go to class. Honestly, it’s hard to motivate yourself to even get out of bed. After all, what’s the point of moving if you can successfully turn in all your assignments, watch your lectures and study all without leaving your bed?

But of course, the hardest thing to motivate yourself to do is to open that textbook and start studying for finals.

Having useful, unique tips for gaining Hermione-level motivation is essential, and we’ve thought of a few that may work: http://bit.ly/2oe0s1z

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It’s hard to motivate yourself to exercise, hang out with friends, be a good person and go to class. Honestly, it’s hard to motivate yourself to even get out of bed. After all, what’s the point of moving if you can successfully turn in all your assignments, watch your lectures and study all without…

04/06/2017

Hypnosis can ease pain of surgery

Marquis had been hypnotized before surgery to have her thyroid removed. She’s among a growing number of surgical patients at the Belgian hospital, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc in Brussels, who choose hypnosis and a local anesthetic to avoid the groggy knockout effect of general anesthesia.

These patients are sedated but aware, and doctors say their recovery time is faster and their need for painkillers reduced.

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Marquis had been hypnotised before surgery to have her thyroid removed. She's among a growing number of surgical patients at the Belgian hospital, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc in Brussels, who choose hypnosis and a local anaesthetic to avoid the groggy knockout effect of general anaesthesia. The...

03/29/2017

How Hypnotherapy Can Be Used to Treat PTSD

For most of us, the word “hypnosis” probably conjures up the image of an old man swinging a pendulum in front of a patient’s weary eyes. Perhaps you think of a show in which random audience members are hypnotized to think they’re chickens or dogs.

Hypnosis isn’t something most people associate with mental health treatments. But hypnotherapy—a clinical practice that uses hypnosis techniques but delves deeper into a patient’s psychology—is actually a valid therapeutic form that is particularly effective for treating PTSD

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For most of us, the word “hypnosis” probably conjures up the image of an old man swinging a pendulum in front of a patient’s weary eyes. Perhaps you think of a show in which random audience members are hypnotized to think they’re chickens or dogs. Hypnosis isn’t something most people associate with…

03/28/2017

For most people, the word hypnosis conjures images of swinging a pocket watch or a grown man quacking like a duck — not medical treatment. But a number of experts want that to change.

In recent years, scientists have learned more about hypnosis’ effect on the body. And though researchers still have questions about exactly how hypnosis works, there is a growing body of evidence that it might be able to provide relief for patients suffering from a diverse set of conditions, from chronic pain to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

Ahead, we dive into the latest on this storied technique — why it’s so misunderstood, what it’s really like, and how it might help you.

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For most people, the word hypnosis conjures images of swinging a pocket watch or a grown man quacking like a duck — not medical treatment. But a number of experts want that to change. In recent years, scientists have learned more about hypnosis’ effect on the body. And though researchers still have…

03/26/2017

There are a few things we need to straighten out before we find out if hypnotherapy is right for you.

First of all, most people have a huge misconception about what hypnotherapy really is. You are familiar with stage hypnotists who go through an audience selecting future chicken cluckers and other people to do silly things under the influence of hypnosis.

These hypnotists are trained to choose highly suggestible participants who are the ones who, at a cocktail party, are most likely to put on a lamp shade and do the hula. This is all very amusing but it is only that, entertainment. It is not therapy.

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There are a few things we need to straighten out before we find out if hypnotherapy is right for you. First of all, most people have a huge misconception about what hypnotherapy really is. You are familiar with stage hypnotists who go through an audience selecting future chicken cluckers and other p...

03/24/2017

What gives you irrational pause? Heights? Spiders?

Whether you are determined to overcome a phobia, finally quit smoking, lose weight or achieve some other goal, hypnosis can be a helpful tool, albeit one that is still not fully understood.

Research has shown that hypnosis can create a physiological reaction in the recipient’s body, and that it likely works at least partly through the relaxation response or as a sort of placebo: we believe it will work, so it does. Hypnosis has been studied as a therapy for a range of conditions, including headaches, urinary incontinence, hot flashes, chronic pain and irritable bowel syndrome.

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Help for your habits — not your health What gives you irrational pause? Heights? Spiders? Whether you are determined to overcome a phobia, finally quit smoking, lose weight or achieve some other goal, hypnosis can be a helpful tool, albeit one that is still not fully understood. Research has shown t...

03/17/2017

You are Not Getting Hungry… Using Hypnosis to Avoid Weight Gain

You are getting sleepy…you are getting in touch with your subconscious…you are going to skip the dessert table at your company’s party…in fact, you do not even like desserts.

Are you concerned about weight gain, whether it’s the holidays? Looking to relieve stress? Forget the conventional diets and new gym memberships. Many people, it seems, are turning to hypnosis to tackle wellness-and-beauty issues, like weight loss, fitness ruts, smoking addictions, insomnia and more.

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You are getting sleepy…you are getting in touch with your subconscious…you are going to skip the dessert table at your company’s party

03/14/2017

The Secret of How Hypnosis Really Works

Being hypnotized feels like what happens when you become so absorbed in a movie that you forget you’re watching one at all, like you have entered an imagined world, Spiegel says.

This trance-like state, in which you’re more open and suggestible than usual, can be an effective tool to control pain, ease anxiety, quit smoking and deal with stress, trauma and even hot flashes, research shows.

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Being hypnotized is like what happens when you become so absorbed in a movie that you forget you’re watching one at all like you have entered an imagined world

03/12/2017

Study Identifies Brain Areas Altered During Hypnotic Trances

By scanning the brains of subjects while they were hypnotized, researchers at the School of Medicine were able to see the neural changes associated with hypnosis.

The power of hypnosis to alter your mind and body like this is all thanks to changes in a few specific areas of the brain, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered.

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By scanning the brains of subjects while they were hypnotized researchers at the School of Medicine were able to see the neural changes associated with hypnosis

03/10/2017

Can hypnosis improve the functioning of injured brains?

Think about a situation in the past few years where your mind was at its very best. A situation where you felt immune to distractions, thinking was easy and non-strenuous, and you did not feel information-overloaded. If you take a moment, you can probably recall one such situation. As you think about it, you may even experience it actively right now and get a sense that you could be in that state again.

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Hypnotic suggestion is a particular kind of suggestion, usually involving a heightened response to the suggestion itself, some degree of involuntariness

03/03/2017

Has Hypnosis Finally Been Vindicated by Neuroscience?

No, there is not magnetic fluid coursing through our bodies. But the power of mere suggestion — of imagination, as Benjamin Franklin phrased it — is a more effective treatment than many modern skeptics might expect, causing real, measurable changes in the body and brain.

With hypnosis, you capture people’s attention… You get people to turn to a more passive state of attention and to stop judging everything. To just let it happen

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Hypnotism has been shown to be an effective treatment for psychological problems, like phobias and eating disorders, but the practice also helps people

02/27/2017

The Code of the National Guild of Hypnotists

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02/24/2017

Relieve Your Pain Using Self-Hypnosis in 2017

Did you know that the use of hypnosis for the correction of any life issue, such as chronic pain, is generally considered self-hypnosis?

Even when the person is assisted by a skilled and certified Hypnotist? It’s true. Even though the Hypnotist has advanced knowledge of how to facilitate the initiation and maintenance of hypnosis, it is the person who actually allows everything to happen.

Without that cooperation and agreement no Hypnosis or change can take place.

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Did you know that the use of hypnosis for the correction of any life issue, such as chronic pain, is generally considered self-hypnosis?

02/21/2017

5 Science-Backed Health Benefits of Hypnosis

This isn’t the “You are getting very sleepy…” hypnosis you’re used to seeing in pop culture references, but a clinical procedure used in conjunction with other therapies and treatments, according to the American Psychological Association.

Hypnosis for health benefits “should be conducted only by properly trained and credentialed health care professionals (e.g. psychologists) who also have been trained in the use of hypnosis and who are working within the limits of their professional expertise,” according to the APA’s website.

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This isn’t the “You are getting very sleepy” hypnosis you’re used to in pop culture references but a clinical procedure used with other therapies and treatments

02/18/2017

You are getting sleepy. Very sleepy. You will forget everything you read in this article.

But scientists have long argued about whether the hypnotic “trance” is a separate neurophysiological state or simply a product of a hypnotized person’s expectations.

A study published on Thursday by Stanford researchers offers some evidence for the first explanation, finding that some parts of the brain function differently under hypnosis than during normal consciousness.

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02/15/2017

Simplify Weight Loss in 2017

Life is Meant to Be Enjoyed

When I was young Officer in the U. S. Army at Ft. Bragg, NC, my friends introduced me to golf. At first it was easy; I simply enjoyed the game and didn’t place any expectations upon myself because I had never golfed before. I was “a natural” it seemed, and I did pretty well; up to a point.

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Managing weight, or modifying habits which don’t benefit us, often carries the same baggage of past attempts to control or quit, influencing our expectations

02/13/2017

I Stand With You

This article is addressed to all of my clients past, present and future. I wish everyone well and applaud your efforts, and sometimes, just simple desire, to be a better version of who you are today. Your simple desire to change is a good start and sets you apart from many people of the world who are “stuck” in their problems. You are to be commended!

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This article is addressed to all of my clients past, present and future. I wish everyone well and applaud your efforts, and sometimes, just simple desire,

02/10/2017

02/10/2017

Your Pre-Hypnosis Interview

Now for you to understand how hypnosis works, it is very important for you to understand how your mind works. You know we never think about how our mind works. We basically say to ourselves, if we think about it; I think so I exist and we leave it to that. But you know we really have three very separate and very distinct minds. They do different things and they have a hard time inter-relating and communicating with each other.

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Now for you to understand how hypnosis works, it is very important for you to understand how your mind works. You know we never think about how our mind works.

02/05/2017

Who Else Benefits When You Quit Smoking?

I recently became re-aware of a fun little movie named "Cat's Eye", made in 1985 which happened to be Stephen King's first novel to screen play. It is a series of 3 short stories which revolve around a wandering cat, that weaves itself in and out of the various story characters' lives.

The first story involves a gentleman played by Mr. James Woods who wishes to quit smoking and becomes involved with a company named "Quitter's Inc".

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02/03/2017

This Is Your Life… Are You Who You Want To Be?

So here you on a Hypnotist’s webpage, probably because something is just not right in your life. Isn’t it funny the difference a day can make? Yesterday, as the Beatle’s song says, all your troubles seemed so far away. What is the difference between now and then? Why does it seem so important to change in regard to some hurt, habit or hang-up today, when yesterday it was fine to freely enjoy it?

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So here you on a Hypnotist's webpage, probably because something is just not right in your life. Isn't it funny the difference a day can make?