A BIG Pep Talk Blog Entry! A Half-Year Perspective Change Manifesto
“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got” If you look for who to attribute this quote to, it is tough to nail it down exactly, some attribute it to Henry Ford, Jessie Potter, Tony Robbins, Susan Jeffers and even Albert Einstein...
My Thoughts on Manchester, My Existential Melodramatic Angst, and Giving Loving Kindness!
I’ve not written a single comment, or expressed a single public opinion or thought on the events of this week in Manchester. I’ve just not felt qualified to offer anything other than personal emotions and felt that I do not deserve to express public emotions when I...
Are Mindfulness Meditation and Self-Hypnosis The Same or Different?
Mindfulness and self-hypnosis? It is one of those questions I get asked a lot, especially on my science of self-hypnosis seminars - what is the difference between self-hypnosis and mindful meditation? Is there actually any difference between the two? As it happens,...
Critical Thinking: Its Importance and Ways to Improve It
Critical thinking is a central tenet of my training courses and my therapeutic work with clients that myself, my students and my clients become good and effective critical thinkers. I go on about it a lot, especially in the academic environment, but today I am keen to...
The 2017 UK Hypnosis Convention Is Looking Hot!
Today, the organiser of the UK Hypnosis Convention Nick Ebdon announced the timetable for the event taking place later this year (November 3-5). I thought this was a very good time to say that I think this is the leading event of it's kind in the UK and if you are a...
How To Learn From Failure
Failure: I struggle to even use the word at all here because of what it typically implies. Yet I tend to think that anything deemed as a failure is actually something that helps us grow, and has the potential to be incredibly positive. In personal development circles,...
7 Reasons Why Being a Geek is Awesome
Let's talk geek. If I were to take some of the official dictionary definition of ‘geek’ and tweek it a little bit to contextualise this article… Definition of hypnosis geek. noun: hypnosis geek; plural noun: hypnosis geeks (like those who listen to my podcasts, train...
Have Increased Optimism: Using Self-Hypnosis To Be More Optimistic
Last week, I wrote an article about how to develop and increase your optimism in a healthy, appropriate way. I recommend reading that article before you then engage in the following self-hypnosis session: 11 Ways to Be More Optimistic and Increase Optimism. Once you...
Be More Persistent: Using Self-Hypnosis To Increase Your Persistence.
Prior to running through this self-hypnosis process in full, I recommend that you read yesterday’s article first and implement as many of those strategies as possible into your life and daily regimen, you can read it here: Persistence: 9 Ways to be More Persistent....
Persistence: 9 Ways to be More Persistent
All those runners with persistence! All those persistent people. I watched the highlights of the London marathon yesterday and wished I was there, I love the event and have run it many times before. All those thousands of runners, that all trained and trained and then...
