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The way we think about things is important in determining how we feel. There are moments when our thoughts are negative and obstruct us. Recognizing this is the first step in learning to change them. Some of the more common types of negative thoughts. Overgeneralization: Arriving at an assumption centered on a single event…
Verbal abuse from peers during the middle school years had the greatest impact, presumably because this is a sensitive period when these brain connections are developing and becoming protected with myelin. The atmosphere that a child is raised in molds not only their mind, but also their brain. This is something many for…
Have you ever heard, “ask and ye shall receive,” “like attracts like,” or “birds of a feather flock together?” Then you may be aware that your thoughts attract other similar people, situations and circumstances, positive and negative. It is true that you get what you want when you are 1) clear about what you want;…
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. We probably all realize that this childhood verse is far from the truth. Words do injure; words wound. Teasing, hatred and disgrace, all are a source of injury, and when it is conveyed in childhood from a child’s peers or a respected…
With the people, I have helped in my career, I have found that you get what you think about the most. Your thoughts can be emotionally charged. When you desire something, say, a new house, apartment or other living space, you also feel emotion each time you think about having that place where you…
Visualize this picture: As a hypnotherapist, I have two clients. They are a similar age and are the same gender. Both experienced the loss of a partner at roughly the same period in life. Therefore, I can rationally expect that both will have a similar reaction to their loss and both will benefit from similar techniques…
I have assisted many individuals experiencing difficulty with self-awareness and confidence. Life is not always easy and we sometimes experience anxiety, remorse, and other emotional pain. Indubitably, this is expected and many times necessary. These are “life lessons.” I have spent many hours assisting my clients to review where each has come from, what each…
Last Saturday evening, after attending a one day workshop, I was reviewing messages left during the day. One of the messages was from a man who had scheduled an appointment to see me in two weeks, after I arrived back in the states after my current trip. He asked if we could meet the following day,…
Dissociaters I have hypnotized many people who had fit the “fantasizer” description, people who are highly hypnotizable. But then I saw many who did not fit this prototype. Some of the people I had hypnotized could not remember ever having experienced vivid imagery. When I assessed highly hypnotizable people who would not go into trance instantly, I…
We are becoming wise to the fact that mutually biological and environmental factors can forecast how deeply an individual goes into a trance. Identical twins raised apart often have extraordinarily similar responses to hypnosis. Additionally, an “eye roll” test, developed by Herbert Spiegel, M.D., measures how far a person can roll his eyes up under…