Mind

Addiction is escapism and becomes a powerful habitual cycle with the psychological and physical dependence pushing the “hamster wheel.” How does one get off that wheel? The subconscious mind needs to be engaged to re-program thinking, reactions, behaviors in order to conquer addiction. If I understand what my client is …

Sleepwalking Through Life: Environmental Hypnosis and the Devastating Effects of Somnambulism One woman’s story of how environmental hypnosis trapped her, mentally and emotionally for fifty years, and how de-hypnotising her, made all of the difference in her recovery. Van Nuys, California (February 1, 2010) – Sheryl Hill had spent her …

  Meditation is being regularly used today for various benefits in the areas of physical, mental, and spiritual health. It can be considered a natural way to relieve stress, lower blood pressure, help you focus, and help with various health problems. With its positive benefits, it’s also being used much …

Substance abuse—heroin, fentanyl, prescription opioids, methamphetamine, alcohol—is one of the biggest problems facing society today. Though scientists and physicians are hard-at-work on new treatments and solutions for addiction, hypnotherapy hasn’t received much attention.  It is possible to be “addicted” to many things other than drugs—including gambling, overeating, and watching television or your smartphone—but in general, addictions are …

Our brain is the organ that controls our body. But consciousness is what drives our brain and gives each of us life. It is what makes us unique to the universe. Between consciousness and death, there are varying “sub” levels of consciousness.  Sleep is a level of subconsciousness. Daydreaming, meditation …

Oxytocin Appears To Make Hypnotherapy Clients “Quack Like A Duck!” Once and for all, it looks like we can we conclusively answer the inevitable question that most everyone asks about hypnosis, and that is “Can you make me quack like a duck?” And oxytocin appears to be the hormone responsible …

Neuro-Linguistic-Programming, NLP is the study of successful thinking that creates the successful behavior. NLP is the teaching of how to use your own brain and mind. Your eyes can not see, your ears can not hear. What happens is that you get all message units from external world and after …

Do we really need a crystal ball to see the future? Maybe, if we want to know the fate of the world, and things related to it such as: Gas prices, War, or the Oscar winner for best picture. However, for ourselves, we probably don’t need one. We will continue …

Acute pain is your body’s way of bringing your awareness to an immediate issue. It is an essential biological signal that says, “Pay attention. Something just happened. Something is wrong.” Chronic pain is different. It may increase or decrease in severity but it is the longevity of the complaint that …

We all experience ups and downs in our lives from time to time, with extreme depression and loneliness on one side to great excitement and happiness on the other. However, a person with Bipolar Disorder would have a different story to tell, particularly the fact that for him or for …

Are you spending more and more time looking for misplaced items? Do you walk into a room and wonder why you went there? Find socks in the refrigerator? Ever gone to the grocery store only to discover that you were actually on the road to your office? Chances are that …

Stress is not just a thought or a feeling.  It can actually make you unhealthy.  It might cause your body to release stress hormones (like adrenaline and cortisol), it can alter your appetite, it may even increase your heart rate.  That’s why doctors tell us to avoid it.  But life …

Sleep is so important for long-term health and optimum daily function.   Occasional challenges with sleep is annoying but not a big concern.  For some of us, trouble falling asleep, staying asleep or both is an ongoing struggle. Happily, there are many natural strategies that can help;  I know because I …

Are you one of those people who have trouble shutting their brain off when trying to sleep every night? Here are some tips which may help you overcome the distractions which keep you awake. With a little practice, you can learn to unwind and shut your brain off to sleep …

Handwriting is an ideomotor activity that links the mind and body together.  Because of this, things we write down, especially in cursive or script, is one way to access the subconscious mind.  Cursive is more conducive to this as it is more free-flowing and fluid, just like our thoughts. While …

It is not uncommon for us to be in constant mental chatter.  We talk to ourselves from the moment we open our eyes to the moment we fall asleep at night.  Unfortunately, for many of us this self-talk is negative and self-sabotaging.  The voice in our head is a conditioned, …

For many, the holiday season can be a difficult time. In which unresolved emotional issues rise up, as family and friends gather. This symbolically becomes a time for old reactions and defensive patterns to come to play as we take on our roles in the family system. The most common …

It’s 2am again, for the last two and a half hours you’ve dealt with variations of how you would attempt to evade anxiety provoking situations. Yet, here you are again at what seems to be square one without a single solution feeling emotionally exhausted. How did this happen you may …

“Worrying doesn’t take away tomorrow’s troubles, it takes away today’s peace.” Anxiety is the mental process of worrying, ruminating and catastrophizing future events. In my practice I find many people deaing with anxiety daily, more and more so as we live in a societies in which we work more, sleep …

Many people — including Oprah — have used the words “spirit” and “soul” interchangeably, but to do so isn’t quite accurate, according to one religious scholar. Thomas Moore has been a lifelong spiritual seeker and teacher who spent 13 years as a Catholic monk before earning his PhD in religious …