Journeys, Adventures, Aloneness and Self-Hypnosis
I have just been planning and organising a trip for myself in the Summer... Yes indeed, I plan to go trekking in Peru and walk the Inca trail to Macchu Picchu, something I have wanted to do for a while... Next year I have planned to spend some time in the Amazon rain...
Movement, Bad Habits and The Chawner Family
Since the New Year started our televisions have been showing us all kinds of fat families, fat people, big fat dieting, celebrity diets for fat people... And of course Lorraine Kelly's TV show on the Biography Channel working to help a group of four people labelled by...
Do Your Own Thing
Many people often say that we are either followers or leaders... Hmmm... Unfortunately, if you are on of those that believe this and consider yourself a follower, you may well be setting yourself up for failure.... Did you ever see this sketch on Sesame Street? They...
Is There Such a Thing As An Unconscious Mind In Hypnosis?
Today I read with interest a mini citing of hypnotherapy as useful for overcomning a germ phobia in this article in the Telegraph. In this article, hypnotherapist Bonita Rayner-Jones is quoted as saying: It seems that your son has OCD, an anxiety disorder that...
The Hypnotic Allure Of Those Eternal Fiery Depths
In hypnotherapy, we often look at what the individual believes. Those beliefs tend to fuel some of the issues they require therapeutic assistance with. Perhaps no belief is as disturbing as eternal torture and torment in a pit of fire... This is the image and notion...
Hypnotist gets Excited About Pile Of Ancient Hypnosis Books!
Ok, so here I am baring my level of 'nerd'ness' for all to see... I collect ancient hypnosis books, some of which are over 110 years old and my shelves are filled with them... I have quoted one or two here on the blog before now and some are sealed in plastic bags and...
The Skill of Forgetting
What kind of a blog title is that today? I'll do my best to explain in simple terms today... it is ironic that subjects such as NLP aim to show how anyone can communicate elegantly with ease, yet they have subject names like 'conversational postulates' or 'selectional...
Connecting with the Great Outdoors
This weekend my wife and I went to see Avatar... In 3D... And all I can say is 'wow!' It is more than a cinema trip. It was a full-on cinematic experience - the like of which is massively different from the days I first used to visit the cinema. In fact, Katie and I...
The Art of Conversation
I have been known to get a serious debate going every now and then... Be it at a dinner party, during my working day or at home... It does amaze me how many people seem reluctant to do something as basic as be engaged in a good conversation. Take a moment right now to...
Brain Assymetry Makes Hypnosis Easier
Yesterday a friend and colleague (thank you Andrew) pointed out to me an article that suggests some fascinating things for the field of hypnosis. This hypnosis article in the New Scientist states that those who find it easier to fall into a trance are more likely to...
