How much do you spend on Smoking? In a recent session for stop smoking, my client was telling me how he really wanted to stop smoking so he could be there for his daughter. After a recent health scare, he knew it was time to quit. As we chattered about his reasons for wanting to stop, he told me how…
Mastering Mindfulness Introducing Mindfulness X, a new 8-part program commencing September 2022. Discover how to bring more mindfulness into your life. Mindfulness teaches you to focus your attention on what is happening in this moment, the now. Although this sounds easy, it seems that we often just do not live in the moment, but rather focus our attention on our…
How Pain Affects You People who are afflicted by long-term pain know just how demoralising and demotivating it can be. Generally, long-term pain is focused on the spine and lower back and emanates from the joints, and these are extremely difficult to diagnose. If neglected, the pain may become so severe that people have great difficulty with normal everyday activities…
There is no definite medical remedy but research now suggests that symptoms of Irritable bowel syndrome are closely linked to emotional tension and stressful life events… As there is such a strong link between emotion and digestion, hypnosis can be very good in dealing with IBS and controlling the digestive system.
At some point in our lives, we are bound to face some level of grief. A lot of people experience the negative effects of grief for quite a few years more than they should.
Grief and loss are an inevitable part of living, even so, when grief and loss enter your life, it can be overwhelming. And even though we know that grief is a natural process this doesn’t make it any easier to deal with. Hypnotherapy can help.
Why is a Hypnotic Approach Effective? The practice of hypnosis for entertainment has left quite a few people feeling sceptical over the years, and hence you may be wondering does a hypnotic approach work? Scientific studies have established that a hypnotic approach has a considerable influence over the brain. Stanford University has completed a study with volunteers who were placed…
When we think about our mind, we tend to think of our conscious mind and our subconscious mind. Your conscious mind is the part of your mind that you’re thinking with right now. The conscious part of your mind is logical and analytical. Everything below that is your subconscious mind. The subconscious part contains all the memories of everything you’ve…
How many times have you tried to change a habit or behaviour? Have you ever noticed that the more you try not to do something, the more you end up giving in and doing it anyway? The harder you try not to do it, the harder it is to stop. You’re using willpower, which is going to fail at some…
We all experience trance in the course of a normal day, often whilst performing habits like brushing our teeth or driving on ‘autopilot’.