Using Self-Hypnosis To Enjoy the Scientific Benefits of Loving Kindness
Let's focus on loving kindness today. Altogether now, sing it with me: "All you need is love" do-be-do-be-dooo “all you need is love” do-be-do-be-dooo, “all you need is love, love… Love is all you need.” I love that song and am exposing my inner hippy today. The...
Why Keith Barry Just Did a Major Disservice To The Field of Hypnosis
One of the reasons I have a regular slot in my Hypnosis Weekly podcast entitled ‘Hypnosis In The News’ is because I think the media portrayal of hypnosis tends to influence opinion of the public greatly and provides the public with the majority of their education on...
Therapy Dog: the Therepeutic Benefits of Dogs
There have been times over the years when I have given my hypnotherapy clients a great big hug. When appropriate, I have hugged them. Sometimes to congratulate them, sometimes to greet them, sometimes to bid them farewell, and then there have been those that have been...
A Bunch of Ways to Give Your Brain a Workout: And Why Brain Exercise Is So Important!
Brain exercise is the topic today! Last week, I gave a lecture about hypnosis and the brain, and shared a lot of research about what we currently know or have observed occurring in the brain when someone is hypnotised. It is fascinating stuff for sure. That very night...
The Professional Hypnotherapy Network Is Launched! Come Join Us
Earlier this week, as well as heavily indulging my major inner geek by presenting about hypnosis and the brain at our quarterly peer support group here, on the same night, something happened that made me feel very proud. I asked my friend, professional peer and...
7 Ways To Be More Self-Disciplined
“With self-discipline most anything is possible.” - Theodore Roosevelt When I have discussions with clients and colleagues about being productive, running marathons, developing my hypnotherapy business and so on, I am keen to point out that the central thing fueling...
Hypnosis, Self-Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Fun in Iceland
Yesterday evening I returned from a fleeting visit to Iceland where I was teaching hypnosis, self-hypnosis along with rapid inductions and hypnotic phenomena in Reykjavik, Iceland. Last May I taught a couple of one day seminars before running the Edinburgh marathon....
Owning Your Life and Being Responsible For Who You Are Today
It is a very typical mindset that is espoused by pop psychology (much more so than evidence based psychology) that we need to deal with our past in order to be happy today. Yet what does it actually mean to 'deal' with it? The past is certainly not to be dismissed out...
Why It Is Dangerous To Tread Water As A Hypnotherapist
Back in my school days, I remember taking my bronze, silver and gold swimming badges and getting a cool enamel badge each time. The enamel badges we got back then were very different and in my opinion much better than the cloth material ones kids get today. I remember...
Why You Should Value Selfishness
I am a real fan of the author Ayn Rand. In fact, ‘The Fountainhead’ is one of my all time favourite books (and not just because the main male character had red hair and is the ultimate hero of individualism) and ‘Atlas Shrugged’ is another I love. However, it is her...
