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When Sunlight Disappears, So Can Your Motivation: Seasonal Affective Disorder
Did you know that approximately 5% of American adults experience Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD? That’s roughly one in every twenty adults whose mood can be seriously affected by changing seasons! And here’s something fascinating: The problem isn’t necessarily the cold. It may be the disappearing sunlight! Welcome to Medvesta Hypnosis Healthcare. Let’s talk about…
Read MoreHypnosis for Weight Loss: Can It Help Change Your Eating Habits?
Volunteers at the National Institutes of Health once joined a study advertised as research into “seasonal changes in vital signs.” Researchers measured their weight alongside other health indicators, keeping the main question out of view: What really happens to our weight around the holidays? The findings, published in 2000, challenged a familiar holiday fear. Among…
Read MoreHypnosis Support for Unwinding and Falling Asleep at Bedtime
Nearly one in six U.S. adults—15.4%—had trouble falling asleep most days or every day, according to a CDC report published in 2026, based on 2024 data. That is a lot of people lying in the dark, waiting for their brains to clock out. For busy professionals, caregivers, and Healthcare workers, the scene may feel familiar.…
Read MoreWhen the Day Ends, the Eating Doesn’t: Where Hypnosis May Help
By Steve Cohen Have you ever finished dinner, promised yourself you were done eating, and found yourself back in the kitchen an hour later? That moment deserves curiosity. What prompted the trip: hunger, habit, stress, or the wish for a little comfort? Two recent research reports raise useful questions about weight management and eating patterns.…
Read MoreThe Child Who Turned Chemotherapy Into a Space Mission
Cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux (USA Today) What therapeutic imagination can teach about fear, treatment, and the mind Hayley Arceneaux was only ten years old when she found out she had bone cancer. Think about being ten. At that age, your biggest concern should be school, friends, riding your bike, or figuring out what you…
Read MoreThe Eleven-Year-Old Girl With 43 Warts
An eleven-year-old girl was brought into her doctor’s office with 43 warts covering her hands, feet, face, and other areas of her body. Not eight. Forty-three. Twelve of them were on her face. The warts had been there for more than a year, and the usual treatments had not worked. Her doctors were dealing with…
Read MoreWhen Every Medical Test Was Normal but the Pain Was Real
Exploring Hypnosis for Persistent Symptoms That Resist Easy Explanations During the Civil War, physician Silas Weir Mitchell began seeing soldiers with a strange and disturbing complaint. Some had lost an arm or leg, yet they still felt pain, itching, cramping, or pressure in the missing limb. The limb was gone. The pain was not. At…
Read MoreRewriting Childhood Trauma Through Hypnosis
A Survivor Found Healing Without Being Forced to Relive the Pain The woman’s name was never published. What researchers did reveal was that she was one of four Chinese women living with the lasting effects of complex trauma. Two had survived childhood sexual abuse. Another had been raped. The fourth had experienced domestic violence. Their treatment did…
Read MoreThe Patient Who Felt Calm Before the Operating Room Doors Opened
How Pre-Surgical Hypnosis May Reduce Anxiety and Improve the Recovery Experience In 2006, researchers at Yale University observed something unexpected outside an operating room. Seventy-six adults awaiting outpatient surgery were divided into three groups. One group received standard care. Another received supportive attention. The third participated in a brief hypnosis session focused on comfort and well-being.…
Read MoreThe Patient Who Entered Surgery Calm Instead of Terrified
How Preoperative Hypnosis May Reduce Anxiety, Pain, and the Emotional Stress Surrounding a Medical Procedure On April 12, 1829, a 64-year-old woman known as Madame Plantin entered a surgical room in Paris. She had advanced cancer in her right breast. This was before modern anesthesia, sophisticated monitoring equipment, and the pain management methods available today. Historical…
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