Archive for March, 2008
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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