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How the Corona Novel Virus is attacking us Physically, Emotionally and Mentally and what you can do about it! Now is the time to take positive action. It is time to say YES, we are Safer at Home but NO to tension, sleep disturbance, agitation and feelings of hopelessness. We are here, waiting to share our experience and expertise with you. 2020 May 1 – Hypnosis Motivation Institute – George J. Kappas, MA, LMFT
Quitting Smoking: Tips, Tools and Tricks Ready to try quitting smoking on your own? Some people are able to quit smoking on their own, but research show that the best way to quit is through evidence based smoking cessation technologies and programs. Here are some tips to increase your chances. 2014 May 29 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Ted Moreno
In Waking or Walking Hypnosis? - The Great Escape Have you ever had one of those days when you temporarily lost your car or house keys? Misplaced an item that you just had in your hands? Missed the freeway exit you’rsquo;ve been taking for years? You may have experienced a condition known as hypersuggestibility, a state of waking hypnosis, or increased suggestibility to environmental factors. 2013 Feb 13 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Marc Gravelle
Driving Anxiety - How to Deal with the Fear of Driving Driving anxiety is a very common form of anxiety that can range in severity from a hesitation to drive, where anxiety is always present, all the way up to a total refusal to drive at all, in which case it becomes driving phobia. 2012 Dec 07 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Ted Moreno
Holiday Stress Solutions Many people find the period from Thanksgiving through the New Year a very stressful time. This one simple technique applies to any stressful situation we encounter and can assist us in handling all the various stressors of the holiday season. 2011 Dec 12 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Marc Gravelle
Athletes Overcome Fears with Sports Hypnosis Sports Hypnosis is the mental game every coach, parent, and player talks about. Hypnosis is the bridge between conditioned mental responses and physiological outcomes. 2011 Nov 04 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Chris Geier
Yips - Yikes! You Got a Case of the Yips The new buzz word going around the subject of sports performance studies recently is Yips. Hypnosis has proven a useful tool in helping my sports clients who struggle with the Yips. 2011 Oct 28 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Chris Geier
Peace of Mind Checklist The following is a list of processes and attitudes that may assist us in living a life with greater peace of mind. When we become more consciously aware of these concepts, and practice them, we will live a happier life. 2011 Oct 21 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Marc Gravelle
Worry or Peace of Mind? “What if... what if this... what if that...” is the typical mantra of the chronic worrier. Some professionals characterize worriers as having “what if disease.” 2011 Jul 29 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Marc Gravelle
Poetry and Hypnosis - Poetry for Healing First, poetry can be a window into your client’s subconscious mind, or to parts of him/herself. Second, poetry can be used as a secondary induction to induce hypnotic trance. 2011 Apr 29 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Felice Austin
Listening? Really? How Listening to Yourself can be a Big Help There is a vast difference between hearing and really listening. By really listening I mean being very present and consciously aware of what is being communicated. 2011 Feb 01 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Marc Gravelle
Hypnotherapy and The Perfectionist - Happiness or Perfection Hypnotherapy is an excellent modality to help the perfectionist replace that goal with a more realistic goal, excellence, that is achievable daily. 2010 Mar 22 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Marc Gravelle
Dating with Detachment and Hypnosis Dating with detachment means actively applying the Law of Detachment to the dating situation. One method is to let go of expectations in every step of the dating process. 2009 Nov 10 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Marc Gravelle
Hypnosis to Stop Nightmares I want to tell you a story about a client of mine who stopped recurring nightmares after one hypnosis session - essentially taking charge of a condition that required remedial action, and how together we created a plan that led to a surprising and dynamic shift. 2009 Oct 05 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Mary Willix
Got The Study Blues? In a Hypnotic Trance? Studying too Intensely? A person can actually put themselves in a hypnotic trance by studying intensely for too long a period of time. We can slip into and out of hypnosis many times throughout our day. 2009 May 27 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Marc Gravelle
Cheek Biting - A Skeptic Tries Clinical Hypnosis Nearly one year after Brigit's hypnosis session to eliminate cheek biting, there is no sign of her old habit. 2008 Feb 15 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Mary Willix
Hypnosis for Weight Loss - Magic Wand or Snowball Effect? Hypnosis is a powerful tool but exactly HOW does it work? The real magic is that hypnosis works as both a "magic wand" and as a "snowball gathering snow." 2008 Jan 23 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Susan French
Compulsive Hair Pulling - Trichotillomania TTM Trichotillomania is an impulse disorder, whereby a person pulls their hair from their body, particularly the scalp, eyebrows, and eyelashes. 2007 Aug 03 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Shelley Halpern
Words - Friends or Foes? Did you ever stop to think that the words you use have the ability to affect how you function in your everyday life? 2007 Jun 21 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Marc Gravelle
Homework and Hypnosis When I tell people that I am a Hypnotherapist who specializes in parenting, I often get asked if it is possible to use hypnosis so that homework is a positive and stress free experience for the whole family. 2007 Jun 06 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Lisa Machenberg
Hypnosis and The Power of Your Subconscious Mind Never say, "I wish I had done that." DO IT! You can, you know, through the power of your own subconscious mind. 2007 Jun 03 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Hank Hamilton
Eliminating Interference Patterns of DNA Interference pattern elimination is a modality which instantly identifies and clears away interference patterns lodged in the DNA. 2007 May 10 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Tamara Westwood
Hypnosis Strikes Gold for Amateur, Olympic, and Pro Athletes For many years now the Olympic teams and Pro athletes have been using the tool of hypnosis to gain the mental edge on their opponents. 2007 May 04 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Chris Geier
Overcoming Procrastination; What Are You Waiting For? Beating procrastination can literally lead to a whole new life - all it takes is a desire to change, a decision to act, and a little help from your subconscious mind. 2007 May 04 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - John McGrail
Hypnosis and Weight Loss - Diet With Your Mind Based on the timeline perspective, using hypnosis, your subconscious is being programmed to eat the first and only meal over and over again. It's the only one that counts. 2006 Oct - ValleyNews.com - Sheri Neuberg
Overcome Procrastination with Hypnosis Hypnosis is an efficient, powerful, and safe tool which helps you tap into your ability to take action. 2006 Jun - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Brennan Smith
The High Cost of Smoking These days, smoking can even cost you your job, not to mention the expense of cigarettes, dry cleaning and insurance. 2005 Nov - MSN Money - Insure Your Health
Hypnosis and Smoking Cessation The purpose of this article is to help people understand the benefits of hypnosis as a smoking cessation aid. 2005 Oct - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - John Melton
Coping with Insomnia using Hypnosis and Self Hypnosis The inability to get to sleep and/or the inability to maintain sleep. These two experiences are the more common forms of insomnia. 2005 Oct - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Marc Gravelle
Dieters Turning to Hypnosis to Shed Extra Pounds In a nation where two thirds of the population is overweight or obese, some dieters are hoping hypnosis will finally break food's spell over them and help them shed some extra pounds. 2005 Sep - AOL News
Smokeout - Is Hypnosis the Answer? How Hypnosis is helping ace reporter Josh Nichols kick the smoking habit. Josh states; It all started with one cigarette butt... 2005 Aug - Free Press
Losing Weight by Hypnosis I'm considering buying a hypnosis CD program for weight loss. What is the success rate for losing weight by hypnosis? 2005 Jul - Shape
Hypnosis and Parenting - The Natural Partnership - Part I When I tell people that I am a Hypnotherapist who teaches Parenting Classes, the first question people ask is, "Can you show me how to hypnotize my kids to do their homework, clean their rooms, and go to bed?" The answer to this question and those like it is... 2005 Jun - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Lisa Machenberg
Till Death - or Marital Counseling - Do You Part Each year, hundreds of thousands of couples go into counseling in an effort to save their troubled relationships. But does marital therapy work? Not nearly as well as it should, researchers say. 2005 May - The New York Times
The Secret Mind - How Your Unconscious Shapes Your Decisions Today, long after Sigmund Freud introduced the world to the fact that much of what we do is determined by mysterious memories and emotional forces, the depths of the mind and the brain are being explored anew. 2005 Feb - U.S. News & World Report
China Discovers the Couch Stressed by rapid social change, China turns to psychology. The challenge is to adapt Western therapy to an Eastern culture. 2004 Sep - Los Angeles Times Valley Edition
In a Zone - Subliminal Takes Charge When athletes talk about being in a zone, often what is happening is a form of self-hypnosis. When you get in a zone as an athlete, it's really about eliminating the negative thoughts and visualizing the positive. 2004 Sep - Daily News
Losing It - The Ultimate Diet Challenge The class secretary is going to try and extreme exercise program, the class flirt will visit a hypnotist, and the math whiz gets her own personal exercise coach. 2004 Jan - Dateline NBC News
Penguins Hedberg Turning to Hypnotism Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Johan Hedberg has turned to a hypnotist to improve the mental part of his game. 2002 Aug - ESPN.com
White Paper on Hypnosis for Common Medical Issues Here are brief descriptions of just some of the top studies done at universities and hospitals that show how hypnosis helps with some of the most common issues that hypnotherapists address. Compiled and Written for the American Hypnosis Association by Bruce Bonnett: Senior Staff Instructor at HMI College of Hypnotherapy, Harvard Law School Graduate, President of the Hypnotherapists Union Local 472. 2017 May 01 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Bruce Bonnett
Cheap Sleep - How to Save Money and Get Great Results with Hypnotherapy Do you want to stop smoking? How about ridding yourself of insomnia - without drugs? Maybe your personal demon is procrastination and you’d like to kick it to the curb. 2010 Oct 29 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Brennan Smith
Mercury Detoxification - Hypnosis Can Assist A dental patient's fears or anticipations of an upcoming procedure and the associated pain can often be more paralyzing than the actual treatment and real pain experienced. 2008 Jan 23 - Koeppe Conscious Awareness - Karen Koeppe
Your Guide to Hypnosis and Cancer Therapies Through hypnosis, a patient can visualize their body fighting the cancer, becoming healthier and patient can visualize their body fighting the cancer, becoming healthier and removing the invader. 2007 Oct 19 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Steven Bloore
Mind-Body Connection - Pediatricians Using Hypnotherapy Hypnotherapy offers another tool pediatricians can add to their arsenal to treat conditions ranging from nail biting to severe asthma. 2007 Aug - American Academy of Pediatrics
Hypnotism - It's All In The Mind Once regarded as a cheap stage trick, hypnotism is proven to be a powerful medical treatment, and now it's available on the NHS. 2007 Jan 30 - The Independent
Self-Hypnosis to Manage Pain during Needle Biopsy Their research (Lang and colleagues) showed that self-hypnosis is not only a valuable pain management tool for women undergoing LCNB but also a cost effective strategy. 2007 Jan 29 - Radiology Today
Dozing Off Without a Prescription Nearly 39% of people using alternative methods to help them sleep used mind-body therapies such as self-hypnosis, guided imagery or other relaxation techniques. 2006 Sep - Los Angeles Times
Hypnobirthing - A Relaxed Labor Day Many women are reaching out to hypnobirthing as well as a variety of other drug-free childbirth alternatives, including aromatherapy and birthing pools, according to experts on gynecology and obstetrics. 2006 Jun - The New York Times
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - The Mind as a Path to Comfort When a disease is poorly understood, when it's of a distinctly personal nature and when medication doesn't help, there's often little left to do but to suffer in silence. 2006 May - Los Angeles Times
The Healing Power of Hypnosis An increasing number of physicians are using hypnosis to ease patients through childbirth, angioplasty, chemotherapy, breast biopsy - even full-on surgery. 2006 Mar - Prevention
Mind Over Medicine Hypnosis Alternative to Sedation Instead she rested on a gurney, alert and calm, taking deep breaths at her Hypnotherapist's instruction. Thomas counted aloud, "One hundred, deep sleep; 99, deeper sleep... 2006 Mar - Time Magazine
Pain, Pain, Go Away - Fibromyalgia The process Oberhand employs combines several types of therapy including guided imagery and a technique called Time Line Therapy. 2005 Dec - Daily News - Valley News - Northeast
Physical Pain and Phobia Induced Stress and Anxiety Hypnosis, or hypnotherapy, is becoming more common in medical clinics like the one at Stanford and in hospitals, where doctors are using it to sedate patients before surgery, ease the pain of burn victims, and prepare women for childbirth. 2005 Nov - Natural Health
Hypnosis, Fertility and Stress Recent research indicates that fertility treatments can be successfully affected by mind-body therapies such as hypnosis. 2005 Nov - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Steven Bloore
IBS - Irritable Bowel Syndrome Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) affects up to 20 percent of Americans. Herbs, supplements, nutrition, and hypnosis can get your insides back on track. 2005 Nov - Natural Health
Hypnosis Could Banish Hay Fever A Swiss team at Basle University taught 66 people with hay-fever the art of hypnosis and found it helped them alleviate symptoms such as runny nose. 2005 Sep - BBC NEWS
Hypnotherapy - A 100% Drug Free Hemorrhoids Solution Hypnotherapy can provide hemorrhoid sufferers with the fastest natural lasting relief, without the need of expensive painful surgery. 2005 Sep - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Doreen Cohanim
Valley Hypnotherapist's Dramatic Results Viviane Oberhand, a valley hypnotherapist, has developed an approach to helping clients with fibromyalgia pain that has resulted in the elimination of pain and improvement in well being. 2005 Jun - Health & Beauty - Viviane Oberhand
Under a Spell Growing support from doctors and psychologists makes it easier to swallow the notion of hypnosis as a behavioral therapy technique instead of a sideshow stunt. 2005 Jan - Allure
Hypnosis Works - The Power of Trance Hypnotized patient Zoraida Smith, 83, can't tell the difference between reality and an image that has been planted in her mind. Smith is being treated with hypnosis for chronic fatigue. 2004 Nov - Discover
Helped by Hypnosis Hypnotherapy in which practitioners encourage patients to enter a trance, a state of heightened suggestibility, to promote physical or emotional health doesn't always have such dramatic or immediate effects. 2004 Aug - Self Healing
Hypnosis Can Help You Heal When most people think of hypnosis, they picture a mysterious figure swinging a pocket watch and repeating, You're getting very sleepy. In fact, hypnosis is somewhat of a mystery. 2004 May - Health
Hypnobirthing Deep Relaxation takes Panting and Pain out of Labor She was living proof of what hypnobirthing proponents kept telling me - that mothers who use this method of self-hypnosis to give birth in a trance like, deeply relaxed state, often enjoy miraculously short labors. 2004 Mar - Time Bonus Section Connections
Hypnotic Reach - Mainstream Medicine Hypnosis Once mainly the province of entertainers, mystics and New Age healers, hypnosis is now gaining a foothold in mainstream medicine. 2004 Jan - Los Angeles Times
How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body An unhealthy body can lead to an unhealthy mind, and an illness of the mind can trigger or worsen diseases in the body. 2003 Jan - Special Issue Time Magazine
Hypnosis Reduced Surgical Cost, Time, and Anxiety A simple form of hypnosis reduced the average non emergency procedure time by 17 minutes and the average cost by $130. 2000 Mar - Family Practice News
The One Minute Hypnotherapist In short summary, becoming a One Minute Hypnotherapist is all about your attitude and approach to your private practice. 2007 Mar 27 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - George Kappas
Former Policeman and Actor Turns Hypnotherapist Bill Engle says that's all he's wanted to do - as an actor, a cop, a business executive and a traffic school teacher - to help people. 2006 Aug - The Orange County Register
Mind Machines - Reprogram for Success The most successful tool used to melt the internal barrier that stood in the way of success was the use of guided imagery. 2005 Jul - Stocks, Futures and Options
Not the Retiring Type? New Era of Retirement According to a recent survey of 2,000 employed Americans age 50 to 70, more than two out of every three respondents reported they plan to continue working past the traditional retirement age of 65. 2004 Oct - Los Angeles Times
Be Your Own Boss - Personal Finance Guide Even though the small business failure rate is daunting, this is an opportune moment for budding entrepreneurs. Low interest rates and a still soft job market have made capital and employees available at affordable rates. 2004 Aug 2 - U.S. News & World Report
The Possibilities in Hypnosis, Where the Patient Has the Power In effect, hypnosis is the epitome of mind-body medicine. It can enable the mind to tell the body how to react, and modify the messages that the body sends to the mind. 2008 Nov 03 - The New York Times - Jane. E. Brody
How Hypnotherapy Works - The Process in Four Steps An accurate way to think of what Hypnosis is, is that it is a state of mind of increased suggestibility, or receptivity to the verbal suggestion given by the Hypnotherapist. 2007 Aug 03 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Marc Gravelle
Mind Your Self - How Hypnosis Can Improve Your Life You'll find the "anxiety reaction" can be replaced with a "relaxation reaction", and you'll find yourself not only accomplishing a great deal more, you'll actually be calm and happy while doing it! 2007 May 02 - Hypnosis Motivation Institute - Marc Gravelle
Hypnotherapist Believes in Power of Positive One can choose to speak in terms of what you don't want - which necessarily keeps you stuck in the past - or what you do want - and that enables you to move into the future. 2006 Oct - ValleyNews.com - Sheri Neuberg
Try Hypnosis to Change Your Life for the Better Everyone can be hypnotized. Working in partnership with a trained hypnotherapist, individuals can utilize hypnosis for its power to move to greater degrees of personal and professional success. 2006 Jan - The Tolucan Times and Canyon Crier - Trish Ostroski
This Is Your Brain Under Hypnosis Recent brain studies of people who are susceptible to suggestion indicate that when they act on the suggestions their brains show profound changes in how they process information. 2005 Nov - The New York Times - Science Times
Labor of Lull - HypnoBirthing Classes This decade's answer to the Lamaze classes of a quarter century ago, HypnoBirth is designed to help a woman achieve a natural birth by maintaining a conscious but hypnotic state during labor and delivery. 2005 Sep - The Albuquerque Tribune
The Truth and the Hype of Hypnosis Though often denigrated as fakery or wishful thinking, hypnosis has been shown to be a real phenomenon with a variety of therapeutic uses - especially in controlling pain. 2005 Jun - Scientific American Mind
The Road to a More Successful You May Be All in Your Mind Hypnosis uses the power of the mind to bring about change in the body, you're exercising the ultimate in self-control by tapping into powers you didn't realize you had. 2005 May - Los Angeles Times
Brain Scans Show Hypnosis at Work A brain imaging study has shed light on why some people are more susceptible than others to hypnosis. 2004 Sep - news@nature.com
Hypnosis - Dispelling the Top Ten Myths Dispelling the top ten myths of Hypnosis. From the HypnoGenesis magazine for Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy. 2004 Sep - HypnoGenesis
Altered States - Hypnosis Helps Problems After 12 sessions of hypnosis with Oster, during which Beth explored the traumatic events that preceded the illness (including her husband's agonizing two-week stay in burn unit), the problem disappeared. 2004 Sep - The Wall Street Journal
There's Entrancing News About Hypnosis Hypnosis helped James cut back on his drinking eight years ago. So when he developed a fear of flying after September 11, he again sought hypnotic relief. 2004 Feb - Business Week
Altered States - Hypnosis Goes Mainstream Hypnosis, often misunderstood an almost always controversial, is increasingly being employed in mainstream medicine. 2003 Oct - The Wall Street Journal
A Consumers Guide to Hypnotherapy It might surprise you that a professional hypnotherapist would ask you to be skeptical about the subject of hypnotherapy, but that's what I'm going to do. Let's make an important distinction between hypnosis and hypnotherapy as it's practiced commercially today. 2003 Apr - The Tolucan Times - Canyon Crier
You're Getting Sleepy - This is a four page article on Hypnosis. Once a side show staple, hypnosis is gaining doctors' respect. Could it work for you? Get the facts - and take our special quiz. 2003 Mar - Good Housekeeping Magazine
The Power of Hypnosis Studies show that hypnosis can treat everything from chronic pain to poor study habits. Chances are, it can work for you. 2001 Jan - Psychology Today
The Healing Power of Hypnotism Far more than a parlor trick, hypnosis is proving to be a potent healing tool. A recent review of 18 studies found that the technique helped lessen pain in three out of four patients. RD Health
Patient Bill of Rights The Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS), a division of California's Department of Consumer Affairs, is of the opinion that therapists should share with patients a "patient bill of rights."
Enthusiastic Hypnotherapists - Is Your Enthusiasm Taking a Nap? Look around and you will notice that all successful hypnotherapists are enthusiastic. They exhibit through their actions and words and are truly excited about the opportunity they have to help their clients improve their lives.
High Technology - The Future of Private Hypnotherapy Practice Have you ever thought about what hypnotherapy will be like in ten or twenty years from now? Perhaps there will be devices used to induce hypnosis, or to amplify the therapeutic experience.
NLP Phobia - Helping Clients Overcome Phobias Richard Bandler, co-founder of Neuro Linguistic Programming, developed a process to help clients safely confront minor phobias and fears by disassociating and reframing their experience.
Turning First Time Clients into Referrers You can actually turn a first-time client into an enthusiastic babbler about you - if you pay attention to a few basic rules of human behavior. Then, when you finally ask for referrals at the end of your first appointment or first few appointments, you may discover that many are already referring.
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