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Overcome Needle Phobia

2010-03-10T09:05:27+00:00

David explained to me how he’d been traumatized at school when having inoculations. More recently, he’d tried to overcome his needle phobia by attempting to give blood. The terror had been so intense, he’d ripped out the needle and fainted.

Why Hypnotherapy Works for Weight Loss

2010-03-08T13:15:00+00:00

Hypnotherapy isn’t a pill (even most pills don’t work instantly). It’s not just a case of telling someone to be a certain way and that’s it, now they’re sorted…forever. Obesity is a condition that can have many different contributing factors.

Dealing with a Fear of Death

2010-03-05T12:00:57+00:00

Natural fear of death - such as any of us would experience if, say, confronted by an axe-wielding maniac or an aggressive illness - had for Gillian become an obsession, something that ate into, chewed up, and spat out her good times and kept her awake at nights.

Do You Have an Inferiority Complex?

2010-03-02T10:02:36+00:00

Most of us compare ourselves to others. Mass media beams in the finest looking, richest, and most talented people into our lives 24/7. This creates the illusion that we ‘know’ all these beautiful, clever, younger, athletic, rich, able people. Because we compare ourselves to people we know, this illusion of knowing air-brushed ‘have-it-alls’ can make us feel correspondingly worse about ourselves.

Am I an Alcoholic?

2010-03-02T06:10:09+00:00

“Am I an alcoholic?” Lionel asked me with a tinge of desperation. I studied his face. Broken veins, dark under-eye circles, sunken cheeks. Lionel was thirty.

Selected Self-Confidence Building Activities

2010-02-26T15:32:24+00:00

Self-confidence isn’t just about what you think or imagine, although that makes a huge difference. It’s also about actions. The activities you do, how you act and stretch yourself, are a vital part of building your self-confidence.

Are You a Coffee Addict?

2010-02-25T06:00:28+00:00

Geoff had come to see me for help with depression, anxiety, and insomnia. Toward the end of the session, he casually mentioned: “Yeah, I love coffee; I drink twenty cups a day!”

Dealing with Moody People

2010-02-22T10:44:45+00:00

Some people profess to being attracted to moody types (unpredictability can be interesting), but if you’re over thirty (chronologically or emotionally), then moodiness in others has probably lost its appeal.

Increase Your Running Endurance

2010-02-22T09:10:11+00:00

If you want to get the psychological edge (bearing in mind that the mind will always influence the body), then try these tips to up your running endurance to get fitter and/or to perform better in races and even smash records.

How to Handle the Pain of Unrequited Love

2010-02-20T09:10:43+00:00

The concept of unrequited love may sound out of date. But, as evidenced by the huge number of people searching the term online, human concerns haven’t really changed all that much since good old Will Shakespeare purportedly wrote: “Love is the most beautiful of dreams and the worst of nightmares.”

How to Stop Lip Biting

2010-02-18T09:10:05+00:00

My teeth missed the hors d’oeuvre for which they’d been aiming and I bit painfully into my own lip. Ouch! You’d think that after a lifetime of eating practice, these kinds of nibbling errors would have been ironed out. I winced, pretending that nothing was awry as pain stabbed my lower lip like Norman Bates in a motel shower.

Natural wart treatment: How hypnosis can help

2010-02-12T06:13:41+00:00

It used to be believed that warts were caught from handling frogs or, more specifically, toads (warts are viral, but not toad-related). It was also believed that the local practitioner of magic could ‘charm them’ away.

How to Go Back to Sleep

2010-02-12T05:36:05+00:00

Deep sleep is something we all need for physical and mental health. Here I want to discuss specific ideas to help you drift back off to sleep after night time awakening.

How to Reduce High Blood Pressure Naturally

2010-02-03T16:21:03+00:00

Elaine was well into her seventies when she came to see me, hoping that hypnosis could help her reduce her high blood pressure naturally and avoid the need for drugs. I asked her about her lifestyle and found that she had done - and was doing - all the things you too should do to naturally lower blood pressure.

Overcome Exam and Test Nerves

2010-01-29T10:00:01+00:00

Once, a beautiful princess sat by an ornate pool in her palace grounds. As she peered down, admiring her beautiful reflection in the surface of the clear pool, her priceless crown suddenly slipped from her head and into the waters with a splash.