Archive for March, 2008
Muscular Dystrophy
Tune in to KKNW 1150 AM in Puget Sound Tuesday, April 1, 2008 for Hypnosis For Your Health and hear my interview with Dr. Nancy Barwick. When I first met Dr. Barwick in the late 1990’s, she was riding around in a motorized chair because of Muscular Dystrophy. In early March at the International Hypnosis [...]
Give Us Nothing But Vegetables To Eat and Water To Drink
I love vegetables!
In the Bible, Daniel 1:12 – 15 gives us the ancient wisdom of healthy eating that is still true today. In this story, Daniel asks that they be fed nothing by vegetables and only drink water for 10 days. At the end of the 10 days, the men who ate only vegetables [...]
Your Trip
Enjoy the Ride
The other day I started my truck and caught the tale end of a segment on NPR. I don’t even know what the story was about – but here is what I heard: Life is the difference between the trip you planned and the trip you take.
WOW! I have been mulling on that one for [...]
I Can Make You Thin
Becoming Slender For Life
Sunday nights on TLC at 9:00 PM PDT is a hypnosis weight loss show based on Paul McKenna’s book, I Can Make You Thin. I have watched one show and he taught an excellent tool to eliminate emotional eating. You may find want to tune it or record it on your DVR.
One of [...]
Can You See Yourself Slender?
hypnosis, health, hypnotherapy, self hypnosis, weight loss, cancer, Oprah, Mayo Clinic, Hawaii, Maui, Slim Fast, McDougall, PCRM, baseball
Northwest Women's Show
The McDonald’s Northwest Women’s Show is Friday March 28 to Sunday March 3, 2008 at the Qwest Field Event Center, Seattle, Washington.
Slender For Life™ will have a booth and we will have a daily drawing for hypnosis CDs on stress management and golf performance and my book, Becoming Slender For Life. Craig Sigl from the Bellevue Slender For Life™ office will [...]
Is Fate Making You Fat?
Seattle Times; Sunday, March 16, 2008, had an interesting article, Is Fate Making You Fat? by Dorothy Korber and Carrie Peyton Dahlberg.
Researchers say some people are destined by their genes and metabolism to stay fat.
If you’re worried about your weight — and who isn’t? — you may have the feeling lately that science is really [...]
Present & Conscious
If you have been reading my blog, you know that I write a lot about hypnosis, self hypnosis and hypnotherapy. I’m a hypnotherapist – of course, what would you expect?!
We live in trance. We move from one trance to another. Just the other day a new client said at the end of her first hypnosis [...]
Happy Easter!
Cherry Blossoms
It’s Easter – a time of resurrection – a time for new beginnings. Enjoy your family today. Remember the meal is not about how much food can you eat, its about being with the people you love.
Use hypnosis to before your meal with suggestions to eat slowly and to only eat enough to meet your [...]
How Much Salt Are You Really Eating?
Jean Enersen on King 5’s Health Link had an excellent video on sodium intake from processed foods and restaurants. It’s well worth watching even if your aren’t concerned about your blood pressure.
I really hate it when I am in a hurry and want to have a can of soup for lunch or when I am [...]
Positive Tips for Living with Arthritis
Hypnosis is effective in recovering from rheumatoid arthritis. Self hypnosis puts you in control of the pain, the swelling, what you eat, what you feel and can be used to motivate you to exercise.
Here are some positive tips for living with arthritis:
Positive tips for living with arthritis:
Learn all you can about your condition; it will [...]
Are You a Crisis Maker?
I called one of my clients to give her a head’s up that I might be a few minutes late returning to the office from a stress talk that I was giving at Solid Ground, a Seattle non-profit organization that provides shelter, food, advocacy and care for people in need throughout Seattle and King County. [...]
Dieting But Not Losing Weight
NBC’s Today Show had a great story on Dieting But Not Losing Weight. It well worth watching to avoid some of the weight loss pit falls. In my Slender For Life™ practice I sometimes have clients that get stuck – or they start losing weight slowly. Often, it is because they are not following a [...]
Effects of Stress
Have you ever considered the effects of stress? When stress occurs for a prolonged period of time, our body breaks down at its weakest link in the form of symptoms such as a headache or a stress-related disorder. In this manner, stress can literally become a killer.
We all know that stress can have wide ranging [...]
That Which Is To Give Light, Must Endure Burning
Do you ever wonder what is the point to life? What is life’s meaning? I frequently ask clients why are they on this earth at this time. I get a wide variety of responses from profound to “I have no idea”. Often I hear people chasing the pot o’ gold with no plan, no purpose [...]
Harvard Study on Hypnosis & Healing
The Harvard Gazette had an article regarding the use of hypnosis to help surgical wounds mend faster. A portion of the article is below.
Marie McBrown was invited to test whether or not hypnosis would help heal the scars from her breast surgery. Marie (not her real name) and 17 other women underwent surgery to reduce [...]
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Coping With Your Emotions
I’m doing lots of research right now preparing for a 2 day seminar that my friend Melissa Roth, PhD and I are giving at the Hypno Expo 2008 in Daytona Beach, Florida, May 14 & 15, on Rheumatoid Arthritis and Hypnosis. Both of us have been developing protocols for using hypnotherapy to recover from rheumatoid arthritis.
Here [...]
Appetite Control
Appetite control is asymmetrical: our bodies are better designed to respond to hunger than to satiety. When we are inactive, controlling appetite is not instinctive; it is something that we have to impose on ourselves. The less we exert ourselves, the more difficult this becomes. The more you move, the less hungrier you are.
In 2008, [...]
Today Is The Best Day of My Life
Roger Moore on top of The Brothers, Washington
Read this again, this time out loud, “today is the best day of my life“. Your self-talk is a hypnotic suggestion. As Henry Ford said, “if you believe you can, you can and if you believe you can’t, you can’t.” Hypnotherapy if powerful. if you are filled with [...]
Want to Lose Weight? Then, Take No Baths … Sleep on Hard Beds … Walk Naked!
The ancient Greek elite had the resources and leisure to enable over-eating, but by and large they had little tolerance for it. Hippocrates, known as the father of Western medicine warned that “sudden death is more common in those who are naturally fat than in the lean.” He advised “obese people with laxity of muscle [...]
Slender For Life™ Clients Speak
Tune in tomorrow (Tuesday March 11) to KKNW 1150 AM and listen to Slender For Life™ clients share their experience at Becoming Slender For Life. This is my most favorite radio show – it is so heart warming to listen to clients share their successes and to hear how they use self-hypnosis to maintain their [...]
Go Bananas!
RealAge has a great Tip – for speedier afternoon thinking, choose a banana over a chunk of cheese. High carb, low-fat diets perk up people’s moods and provide fuel for the brain. Fat bogs the brain down.
Bananas provide a healthy dose of vitamin B6, a nutrient which helps fend off Parkinson’s disease, reduces the risk [...]
Health Classes for Children Aim to Educate the Entire Family
Seattle PI, March 1, 2008, Cherie Black, reporter.
There is an exciting Nutrition and fitness for Life Program at Virginia Mason Medical Center that is financed through the Seattle Seahawks and the annual “NFL Alumni Rumble at the Ridge” at TPC at Snoqualmie Ridge, which features NFL stars playing golf.
“The kids are required to have a [...]
Internatonal Hypnosis Federation
I’m off to San Pedro, California for the International Hypnosis Federation’s It’s All About You Fun Conference. I will be there with about 100 other presenters from across the U.S. Today I am on a Favorite Tips panel where I and several other hypnotherapists will be sharing our favorite tips for working with clients. Sunday [...]
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Dairy Products
Many people with rheumatoid arthritis make extraordinary recoveries within a few days of going on the McDougall Program and giving up eating animal foods, dairy products, and fats, according to Dr. John McDougall, M.D.
I remember a few years ago when my mom (now almost 86) came to visit. Mom has suffered with arthritis for much [...]
Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables
The Power of Fruit and Vegies
Did you know that eating Fruits and Vegetables:
Decrease chances of having a heart attack or stroke
Lower blood pressure
Help avoid constipation and diverticulitis
Guard against cataracks and macular degeneration
Prevent memory loss and decline in thinking skills
Help you control your weight and waistline
Results in lower cholesterol levels
1 serving a day lowers chance of [...]
The Inner Diet
You Can’t Change Your Weight … Until You Change Your Mind!
If you are in the Seattle area, listen in today at 3:00 PM to KKNW 1150 AM, to my radio show, Hypnosis For Your Health to hear my guest Dr. John Sklare talk on The Inner Diet assessment. The Inner Diet is the personalized assessment and [...]
National Sleep Awareness Week
Today through March 9 is National Sleep Awareness Week sponsored by the National Sleep Foundation. “Sleep is a necessity, but we treat it as a luxury,” said Jim Moss, a sleep researcher and professor at Cornell University in upstate New York. “75% of Americans experience some form of insomnia 2 to 3 times per week. [...]
Power of the Mind – Walk on Fire!
Good Morning America! Actually, its a great morning for hypnosis. Good Morning America has been doing a great job telling the facts on hypnotherapy and making it fun and interesting. They have challenged some of the staff to overcome their fears – for Diane Sawyer, the challenge was to walk on fire.
In preparation of the fire [...]
