This weeks featured article in the Hypnosis Health Info Article Library is Addiction vs. Habit by James Duncan, C.Ht. Are you a smoker who wants to quit? Have you quit smoking many times previously only to light-up once again? Hypnosis can help you become a nonsmoker. My Seattle stop smoking program, Break Free can help stop unhealthy habits and act with purposeful awareness.

Addiction vs. Habit

I never use the term addict with any of my clients. Why? Because it is a word that has over time in our society come to represent something that allows and even justifies at times, our personal victimization of whatever the addiction is. It separates the person from the problem and makes it OKAY. Free of responsibility and personal connectivity. In western society, addiction has come to represent something of which we are victims. Pity, compassion, understanding are heaped upon the VICTIM in many cases.

Read Addiction vs. Habit

Do you want to take the power out of your addictions? You can learn how to hypnotize and change the unhealthy and unwanted habits in your life. If you are ready to quit smoking call or email me and find out how you can put self-hypnosis to work in your life. With hypnosis you can act with purposeful awareness and take the power out of your habits – whatever they may be.

Check out Seattle hypnosis and Bainbridge Island hypnosis.
Call (206) 903-1232 or email for your free consultation.

Remember to sign up for your FREE 8-part audio course, Understanding Hypnosis, at the right side of this page NOW!

Smoking Cessation

How can hypnosis aid in the cessation of smoking? Making an attempt to quit smoking using only the conscious mind is very much like doing a job with only half the workforce or manpower. To successfully stop this unwanted habit it is recommended that one utilize what I call the ‘whole mind’ approach. Resolving the conflicts of the minds and getting both the conscious and the subconscious mind to agree accomplish this. This resolution is easily achieved by using the modality we call hypnosis.

Read Smoking Cessation

This Christmas, why not give yourself and your family the gift of a healthy smoke free environment? Giving yourself the gift of stop smoking hypnosis can save your life. You can quit smoking and feel refreshed, renewed and relaxed with self-hypnosis.

Check out Seattle hypnosis and Bainbridge Island hypnosis.
Call (206) 903-1232 or email for your free consultation.

Remember to sign up for your FREE 8-part audio course, Understanding Hypnosis, at the right side of this page NOW!

On of the most common fears that I hear from someone contemplating quitting smoking is the fear of gaining weight. Many of the Seattle weight loss and Bainbridge Island weight loss Slender For Life™ clients are former smokers who gained a significant amount of weight when they stopped smoking. yes, you can stop smoking and not gain weight. In fact, you can stop smoking and lose weight. My Break Free Stop Smoking program and Slender For Life™ are perfect companions.

How to Avoid Gaining Weight When You Quit Smoking

WebMD Feature, January 27, 2011: Many smokers worry that they’ll gain weight if they try to quit. Some even use that concern as a reason not to quit. That’s a bad idea for many reasons.

Research shows that nicotine from tobacco boosts the body’s metabolic rate, increasing the number of calories it burns. Immediately after you smoke a cigarette, your heart rate increases by 10 to 20 beats a minute. The unnatural stimulant effect of nicotine is one reason smoking causes heart disease.

When smokers quit, metabolic rate quickly returns to normal. That’s a healthy change. But if ex-smokers keep getting the same number of calories as before, they put on pounds.

When smokers quit, nicotine isn’t all they crave. They also discover that they miss the habit of lighting a cigarette and putting it to their mouths. Many smokers turn to food to satisfy this so-called need for “oral gratification.”

Read How to Avoid Gaining Weight When You Quit Smoking

Are you ready to stop smoking and lose weight? Then my Break Free Stop Smoking Program and Slender For Life™ are the perfect combination for you. If you live too far away from Bainbridge Island or Seattle, we can create a phone and internet program just for you.

Find out more about Break Free Stop Smoking

Check out Slender For Life™ and call (206) 903-1232 or email for your free consultation.

Remember to sign up for your FREE 8-part audio course, Understanding Hypnosis, at the right side of this page NOW!

You can stop smoking with hypnosis just like Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Billy Joel, Britney Spears and other Hollywood movie stars. My Break Free Stop Smoking program has helped hundreds of people quit smoking. Hypnosis smoking cessation really does work. Are you ready to quit smoking? If you are sick of being a slave to cigarettes, then it’s time for you to use quit smoking hypnosis. Visit my Seattle hypnosis or Bainbridge Island hypnosis offices and find learn how to quit smoking.

Studies show that for people who try to quit smoking alone without any additional help or support (hypnosis or otherwise), the success rate is very low. Only 2-5% of those who try are successful after 12 months, with most failing in the first 2-3 weeks. On the other hand, those who engage in a behavior modification program, nicotine replacement, or a Zyban medication approach alone, average about a 25% success, rate and up to a 50% success rate when used in some combination with each other after a 12-month period.

While medical professionals are impressed with the results of single-session hypnosis, multiple-session hypnotherapy has been shown to be the most effective strategy for stopping smoking. Success rates for people using multiple-session hypnosis to quit are as much as 10 times the success rates of those who try to quit without any tools or resources. An examination of multiple research studies show that a single session hypnosis treatment to stop smoking produced about a 25% success rate, whereas about 66% of those engaging in at least 4-5 sessions of hypnosis quit smoking after a 6-12 month period.

Find out more about how to quit smoking

Are you ready to quit smoking? If the answer is yes, tell me why. That may seem like a silly question, but it is an important one. Quitting for someone else or for your health are not reasons to quit smoking. You have to do it for you. I’ve written in previous posts about health not being a motivator.The real motivator is what are you going to be doing with good health? I’d love for you to comment on this post why you want to quit smoking. Kick that nasty habit now with smoking cessation hypnosis.

If you live too far away from my Seattle hypnosis or Bainbridge Island hypnosis offices we can create a telephone and Skype smoking hypnotherapy program just for you.

Read Another Reason to Stop Smoking: Rheumatoid Arthritis

Check out Seattle hypnosis and Bainbridge Island hypnosis.
Call (206) 903-1232 or email for your free consultation.

Remember to sign up for your FREE 8-part audio course, Understanding Hypnosis, at the right side of this page NOW!

How to quit smoking.

If you haven’t yet stopped smoking and are taking medications for rheumatoid arthritis, here is another reason for you to stop smoking. A new study shows that smoking may diminish response to drugs that treat RA. Did you make the New Year’s Resolution to stop smoking? How’s that going? If you are truly ready to stop, make the decision to stop smoking with my Break Free Stop Smoking Hypnosis program.

Smoking May Interfere With RA Treatment

If you are at risk of RA, don’t smoke and if you already have RA, stop smoking, according to a new study reported in the January 5, 2011 WebMD Health News.

People with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who smoke are less likely to respond to treatment with two of the most commonly used medications.

Read Smoking May Interfere With RA Treatment

If you are ready to make the decision to stop smoking my Break Free Stop Smoking program can help you quit for good. Isn’t it time to end your slavery to nicotine? Stop Smoking hypnosis can make the difference for you. If you want to know how to quit smoking, call or email me from where ever you are. If you live outside of Puget Sound, we can create a quit smoking hypnosis program for you.

Are you suffering with rheumatoid arthritis?

Get Move Free and discover how you can reduce your pain and discomfort.

Check out Seattle hypnosis and Bainbridge Island hypnosis.
Call (206) 903-1232 or email for your free consultation.

Remember to sign up for your FREE 8-part audio course, Understanding Hypnosis, at the right side of this page NOW!

Seattle stop smoking

Hypnotherapy is effective for stop smoking according to numerous research studies. Many Seattle hypnosis and Bainbridge Island hypnosis clients have successfully quit smoking with  my Break Free Stop Smoking program. If you want to stop smoking or know some one who is ready to quit smoking, then use hypnosis for successful smoking cessation.

Hypnosis For Smoking Cessation Sees Strong Results

Hospitalized patients who smoke may be more likely to quit smoking through the use of hypnotherapy than patients using other smoking cessation methods. Smoking patients who participated in one hypnotherapy session were more likely to be nonsmokers at 6 months compared with patients who quit “cold turkey”.

Hypnotherapy resulted in higher quit rates. Hypnotherapy appears to be quite effective and a good modality to incorporate into a smoking cessation program.

Read Hypnosis For Smoking Cessation Sees Strong Results

If you are ready to stop smoking, Break Free Stop Smoking can support you in your success. For a life of free of tobacco, hypnotherapy can make it happen for you.

Check out Seattle hypnosis and Bainbridge Island hypnosis.
Call (206) 903-1232 or email for your free consultation.

Remember to sign up for your FREE 8-part audio course, Understanding Hypnosis, at the right side of this page NOW!