Do you know how to get to Phoenix?

We talked in Chapter Three about commitment. Are you really clear on what you are committing to? As I listened to Gerry in group one night, it became clear that he had no idea where he was going. He had no clear goal in mind. He sounded lost. When I pushed him for clarity, he could not tell me about life at his goal weight or why he was going there. When I asked if he ever just got into his car and headed off down the road on a vacation with no destination in mind, he made it clear that he plans the entire itinerary and stresses when he gets off schedule. He also said that he didn’t allow any unplanned or unscheduled side trips. Gerry told how he has noticed more unconscious eating and lack of focus.

I put two dots on the flip chart. One dot was Seattle and the other Phoenix. I stated that as I flew last week from Seattle to Phoenix, the pilot or the autopilot had to make continuous course corrections. There was turbulence along the way that kept blowing us off course. If there were no course corrections, we might have ended up in Oklahoma City instead of Phoenix. In life there is turbulence. There are relationship changes, job changes, holidays, birthdays and other bumps in the road of life. All too often, people move aimlessly from one bump to the next and never make course corrections. They never get to Phoenix.

Too often, people experience turbulence in life, they get off course and then use that as a reason to continue going off course. They never make it to Phoenix, because they are heading towards Fargo!

Your self-hypnosis is course correction. You refocus your mind and get back on track.

As we continued this discussion in the group, Patty told how she had no idea what it would be like to be at her ideal weight. People like myself who had been overweight all their lives have no frame of reference for their ideal weight. They have never been to Phoenix. The only time previously in my life that I have weighed what I do now was in grade school! This woman had dieted previously and lost a lot of weight rapidly, only to discover that her life was still there with all its challenges, and weighing less was not a ticket to the Garden of Eden. Patty had put the weight right back on. So she asked the question, “Do you believe that people can really change?” “Yes,” I replied. “But you have to know what you want and you have to want it. It gets back to that issue of need and motivation.”

Then Brenda asked how to deal with life’s turbulences, and I asked her what it would be like for her to be a Principled Leader of Self. What would it be like for her to be at cause and no longer at effect, to no longer be a victim in her life? When you have a clear goal, a clear plan for your life, then you can be that Leader of Self. You can be at cause, not a victim. You take back your power from food, people, work, events, life and circumstances.

I challenged the group to take some time in the coming week to write, draw or paint a realistic picture of what their Phoenix—their destination—would be like and to bring a copy in the next week. The next week people came in with compelling reasons for obtaining their goal weight. Some were very detailed and others vague, but everyone was clarifying their Phoenix.

Becoming Slender For Life, second edition, pages 196 -197

Do you have compelling reasons to achieve your goals? Are you really committed to your goal to lose weight or to quit smoking? With self-hypnosis you can help you commit to your goals and help you to make the course adjustments to achieve your goal. Use self hypnosis and take back your power and get on course!

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Part 2

Discovering the Wizard Within is this weeks featured radio show from the Hypnosis Health Radio archives. Dr. A. M. Krasner is one of leader in the history of hypnosis. I consider my self privileged to have had the opportunity to study with Dr. Krasner and to have come to know him as a friend and mentor. If you are interested in learning how to hypnotize please visit Roger Moore’s Institute of Hypnotherapy.

Show #22: Discovering the Wizard Within

Dr. A.M. Krasner is the author of The Wizard Within and founder of the American Board of Hypnotherapy. Listen as one of the legends in hypnotherapy shares how you can discover the wizard in you. Be sure to watch Dr. A.M. Krasner in Meet the Wizard.

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Roger Moore’s Institute of Hypnotherapy offers mental health counselors, hypnotherapists and other health and wellness professionals the finest in advanced clinical education. Learn how to hypnotize.

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Moore on Hypnosis

I know that the next World Hypnotism Day isn’t until January 4, 2012, but the Hypnosis Health Radio Show #5 featuring Robert Otto is worth your listening at this time anyway. Hypnotherapy is no longer just for stage shows and Hollywood. It is now being used in major medical settings. If you are curious about self-hypnosis or have any thoughts of wanting to learn hypnosis for personal or professional use, then this show is for you. I am proud to be the host of the upcoming Seattle Counseling and Hypnotherapy Conference Fall 2011, with Richard Nongard on ending the cycle of addiction and Melissa Roth and me, Roger Moore on Taming the Chronic Illness Monster (Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Autoimmune Disease).

Show #5: World Hypnotism Day

With me on the phone from Laceyville, Pennsylvania is Robert Otto, CEO of the International Medical & Dental Hypnotherapy Association, the International Association of Counselors & Therapists and the International Alliance of Professional Hypnotist. We talk about exciting developments in the art and science of hypnotherapy.

Listen to Show #5: World Hypnotism Day

Attend the Seattle Counseling and Hypnotherapy Conference Fall 2011 and find out how you can use hypnosis to end the cycle of addition and take the suffering out of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Fibromyalgia (FMS) and autoimmune diseases. The Seattle Counseling and Hypnotherapy Conference Fall 2011 is for counselors, therapists, other healthcare professionals and anyone living with addiction or chronic illness. No prior hypnosis experience is required. At the conclusion of this course you will be able to integrate effective hypnotic methods across a variety of treatment modalities.

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Learn more about the International Medical & Dental Hypnotherapy Association (IMDHA) and the International Association of Counselors & Therapists IACT).

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Excerpt from Moore On Hypnosis

We move from one trance state to another trance state . . we are always in trance. When you get in the car and drive to the grocery store and don’t remember the space in between, you’ve been in a driving trance. As you’re driving down the road and you hear the first note of a song that you haven’t heard in years and you immediately beginning singing the words, that’s a radio trance. When you’re watching TV and you burst out laughing or jump with fright, you’re in a TV trance. (Advertisers are counting on it.) And when you sit down to a meal and you eat much too fast, that’s an eating trance.

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Hypnosis can help you make long lasting and positive changes in your life. Are you ready to take back your power? If so, put hypnotherapy to work for you and take control of the trance you are in. Learn hypnosis.

You may also want to read Hypnosis Demystified.

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James W. Duncan, C.Ht

James Duncan has contributed Is It All Self Hypnosis? to the Hypnosis Health Info Article Library. When two hypnotherapists are together, you will most likely have two different opinions on hypnosis and trance phenomenon. In this article, James Duncan does an excellent job of explaining self-hypnosis, covert hypnosis, social hypnosis, speed seduction and other hypnotic phenomenon.

Is It All Self Hypnosis?

So in the framework of Hypnosis, we must all recognize that hypnotic phenomena can be found IN many aspects of life. It can be recognized as factors in establishment and metamorphosis of social norms, political and religious beliefs, advertising and personal interaction. These are all influenced by degrees of persuasion ranging from simple advice to indoctrination, to even brainwashing in rare instances. The key to understanding the idea that “all hypnosis is self hypnosis” comes from first agreeing on what hypnosis is by definition. Then we must be wise enough to recognize that hypnosis may be found in persuasion, but persuasion is not hypnosis. Hypnosis may be found in indoctrination but indoctrination is not hypnosis. Hypnosis may be found in Brainwashing, but Brainwashing is not hypnosis. Elephants may be in the circus, but the circus is not elephants.

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Is it All Self Hypnosis will be added to the Student Manual for my Basic Hypnosis Course. Be sure to visit the Hypnosis Health Info Article Library for many articles on hypnosis and health and wellness.

I teach all my clients self-hypnosis so that you can be in control of you. You don’t have to be dependent on my or any other hypnotherapist and you don’t have to be dependent on listening to hypnosis CDs. Click here to learn self-hypnosis.

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