‘Stress’ Archives
Stop Smoking and Hypnosis – why not buy an MP3/CD?
Hypnotic CDs and MP3s can be very effective for some people to stop smoking and my own MP3 have been successful. However, you do increase the likelihood of staying a non smoker forever if you visit or indeed have a personalised CD recorded for you. In a session we are looking for the habitual patterns of smoking i.e. when you automatically reach [...]
Your thoughts and Hypnosis
Have you ever noticed that your mood affects how you view things? If you are feeling happy then everything has a positive slant, you can even see something positive from something negative. If, however, you are in a low mood (not depressed) but not feeling on top of things, then the universe seems to put more and more obstacles in your way. [...]
Stop Smoking and Hypnosis
What fears do you have about stopping smoking? how will I deal with my stress what will I do with my hands I'll have no confidence with cigarettes It gives me something to do I'll put on weight I won't be able to deal with the cravings and irritability. Anything familiar? Add whatever else you need to with regard to your [...]
Panic, Stress and Hypnosis and NLP
If I said I could offer you immediate relief of the symptoms of panic - heart racing, stomach doing sommersaults, sweaty palms - what would you think - too good to be true or great - I'll have some of that! With NLP and hypnosis, there are techniques that you can learn and therefore, have a resource within in for whenever you need it. You [...]
Stop Smoking and Hypnosis – what happens in a session?
In a typical stop smoking with hypnosis - one of the questions I ask is: "what benefit do you get from smoking?" EVERYONE answers "none". But there must be some benefit otherwise you wouldn't smoke. While in a deeper trance, I ask the question again - responses will vary from "it helps me with stress", "I feel more confident with a [...]
Stop Smoking and Hypnosis.
Using hypnosis to stop smoking can identify that part of you that has sabotaged your efforts in the past. Your subconscious mind works for your benefit and will not relinquish a habit unless the underlying need it serves is met with an alternative more beneficial substitute is offered. This is the re-programming aspect of hypnosis and NLP to [...]
Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy – How to overcome unwanted habits
With the past it is not the event itself that triggers the unwanted response/habit, it is the meaning we attribute to the event that gives it significance. for example, when I think of my grandmother, I'm immediately transported to the smell of freshly baked bread and I'm in her kitchen, remembering the love and warmth of it - not the actual [...]
Why hypnosis works
You know that you can have insight and be logical about your problem but it doesn't seem to make any difference to the blushing, anxiety, stress with attempts to stop smoking, lose weight etc. Why? Because we reason with the logical part of the mind, the left side, and where is the hurt that prompted the problem in the first place - it's in [...]
What hypnotherapists do
Hypnotherapists do not "rescue" you from whatever problem you have whether it is anxiety, smoking, nail biting etc. Your hypnotherapist helps you to discover or learn more resourceful ways of thinking, behaving, acting, responding so that you are empowered. It is only with finding these resources from within will you ever truly overcome [...]
Stop Smoking and Hypnosis
Why do you smoke? Do you think it helps with stress, keeps your weight down? Or is it simply something to do. Some of you may smoke from pure habit - it's break-time, have a cigarette. Or perhaps you smoke when you feel anxious or stressed? If you are thinking about giving up cigarettes, it is important to look at what motivates you to [...]
