Is Obesity All In The Mind? Is Your Brain Making You Fat?
While everyone is busy posting the obligatory photos of their children starting back at school on Social Media currently, many forums are also filling up with a very particular theme now that the school Summer holidays are at an end….. How much weight everyone has put...
Why Strictly Come Dancing’s Anastacia Is Putting A Smile On My Face
Is it really that time of year already? And yes, I recognise that my first sentence here is like saying to the world “hi, I’m in my 40s….” and that I should not stop tutting every time I see someone write a clichéd Facebook status such as “my kids are growing up so...
Using Self-Hypnosis For Sports Preparation to Make Sure You Do Not Choke On The Big Day!
During my viewing of the coverage of the Olympics, I saw an advertisement with a fairly common slogan “high performance when you need it the most” with a bunch of generic sporting imagery and crowds cheering etc - this type of notion is used to advertise shampoo, car...
Why Did I Bother Watching Aeroplanes Last Weekend?
A friend of mine said this to me yesterday; “why would you spend days watching aeroplanes?” after I had told him that I had been at Bournemouth air show this weekend. I did not just go to the air show with my family and friends, but on one of the days, me, my wife and...
The Best Business Advice For Hypnotherapists Is Astonishing
So the title of today’s blog entry here really needed some punctuation as I think will become evident. I speak to a lot of members of the public about their experiences with hypnotherapists, and a lot of students who attend my classes feedback to me about the hypnosis...
I Love The Olympics!
On this Monday morning, one of the many things to be wonderfully happy about here in Great Britain, is the current Olympic Medal table. For a small island nation that we are here, with a fraction of the population of the US, China, Russia (though the Russians have a...
Is NLP Scientific? The British Psychological Society Don’t Think So
I read a very enjoyable article this week on the research digest blog of the British Psychological Society (BPS) entitled “10 of The Most Widely Believed Myths in Psychology” and it offers plenty of evidence base that refutes commonly held beliefs in the field of...
Are You Really A Master Hypnotherapist? Master NLP Practitioner? Have You Actually Mastered This Subject?
You go on a 7 day course and become a practitioner. Then you go on a 9 day course and you get a certificate that says you are a “Master” and you proudly share this with the world. Why not? You’ve got a certificate, 16 days of training, and spent a lot of money. I...
Back In The Office, Here’s What I’ve Been Up To
Here I am, sat at my desk in my office, feeling rather bewildered and am tuning back into reality and attempting to fathom if it actually feels like a Monday and have needed the confirmation of my calendar to assure me it is actually Monday (a bit like when you lose...
Must We Really “Enjoy Every Moment”?
“In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.” ~Francis Bacon One phrase my wife and I were told a lot prior to and during our wedding day was this “pay attention and enjoy every moment” because “the day goes so fast” and they were right,...
