It’s My Birthday Today – All the 4s!!
I’m not officially in the office today. I sort of popped in to write this and send a couple of important email messages that would not wait until tomorrow. Plus, I’m off on holiday this coming weekend and I’m doing all I can to ensure that my empire does not crumble...
How to Let Go of Your Approval Seeking Behaviour
Approval seeking. An online dictionary says this about approval seeking: Seeking is defined as looking for something, or trying to achieve something. If you become a doctor because your parents want you to and you try desperately your whole life to get your parents to...
Failing, Persevering, and Applying Grit! My Testing Time This Weekend.
Grit is today’s subject matter. Sort of, as you’ll see. What are we referring to when we talk about about grit? Here is some dictionary action for you: Grit. noun 1. small loose particles of stone or sand. "she had a bit of grit in her eye" synonyms: gravel, pebbles,...
Our Rapid Inductions and Hypnotic Phenomena for Hypnotherapists Seminar Returns: The Stuff of Legend!
Imagine the scene…. You’ve trained and qualified and are working with a client in your lovely fancy therapy room, the lights are dimmed, the chair is fully reclined, your client has a lovely crochet blanket draped across them, you pop on the whale music and yes, it’s...
7 Ways Therapists Can Avoid Work-Related Stress and Burnout
Burnout is a painful topic to write about because as therapists, we like to be upbeat and positive. Yet burnout is very real, problematic yet avoidable with the right understanding, awareness and tools. One of the things I recognise a lot with the hypnotherapists I...
The Value of Being Around Inspiring People
Last weekend, my son and I did a bit of Parkrun tourism. In recent weeks, we have run Bournemouth, Poole, Moors Valley, Upton Country Park, Basingstoke and were looking for a different one to do as we had some time to go slightly beyond the usual local parameters. SO...
How to Accept and Depend Upon Yourself – Because “No-One Is Coming!”
Do you depend upon yourself? This morning was a big morning for me. I got a personal best weight at my single rep max weight of 170kg, and I did it twice. You regular readers may recall that I wrote an article back in April following the last testing day at the gym...
I’ve Been Camping It Up!
I’m back in the office after a few days away camping with my wife, children, some great friends and our dogs. I love it, I just love it. We walked the dogs through forests and saw some of the best views of Dorset I have ever encountered, we ate far too much, we drank...
Overcoming My Caffeine Dilemma, With Placebo and Self-Hypnosis
Caffeine has posed some major issues for me. On one hand, it fills me with joy, energy and strength (that sees me able to run and lift more). On the other hand, it impairs my sleep quality greatly, makes me anxious, twitchy and paranoid. My experience oscillates...
Important Stuff! I’ve Got News Coming Out of My Ears!
It has been busy since I last wrote here on my personal hypnosis website blog. Boy has it ever. I have just about recovered from my calf and thigh strains that I got at our annual Summer party. Over at my college website, I wrote all about our final diploma weekend...
