Some people snicker about hypnosis and question it’s authenticity. They like to infer that the only people who are hypnotized are those who as gullible in nature. This however is not the case. People who doubt and question hypnosis in this way have either been misinformed or they haven’t taken the time [...]
Not every person is easy to deal with. Far from it! Some people have open, sunny and easy-going personalities whilst others remain constantly shielded by a potentially prickly outer shell. When dealing with the more prickly type of person it pays to remember that you should never take it personality. It is just [...]
When you put yourself down you set in motion a cycle of negative effect. From an individual perspective you will find it more difficult to achieve many things but there is also a detrimental impact upon those who surround you. Other people will frequently, unconsciously or consciously, privately or overtly, put you down too. [...]
Perseverance pays off, big time. But it can be difficult to expend a lot of energy in the pursuit of something that is not obviously going to reap real benefits. Perseverance entails determination; determination to win, determination to succeed and determination to not be fobbed off. Ironically enough, determination itself has the power [...]
What do you see each morning as you awaken and begin to move around and start your day? More importantly, how do you feel upon awakening to a new day? Some people hop out of bed with a spring in their step whilst others roll over and bury their head beneath their covers. [...]
Human beings are prone to feelings of uncertainty from time to time. Some of us experience these qualms only occasionally whilst for others it is an almost perpetual state. If you fall within the latter category then you will appreciate that this feeling is rather uncomfortable to say the least. Nobody should have to [...]
Life is not like a novel. There is never real closure. Yet closure is frequently what we seek. We like to have things come to a logical conclusion, to get things tucked into bed. Life is more cyclical than it is linear. As one door closes, another opens. Thus where a novel will [...]
Many of us recall a time when we were taunted by this phrase in childhood. One kid calls another some sort of rude name and the other replies with “it takes one to know one”. I wonder though how many of us thought as children about the origins of this phrase? As with [...]
Some people are addicted to excitement, fun or mischief. When I say mischief I mean a little more than regular excitement or good old fun. A person who is addicted to fun is always looking for a laugh. Mischief in the sense I have in mind here should also be distinguished from a [...]
Recent research carried out by the Universities of Michigan and Columbia has discovered that the areas of the brain that respond to physical pain actually overlap with those responding to relationship break-ups. Thus this type of emotional pain would appear to trigger a similar form of pain perception as that caused by physical pain. [...]
Your life really is in your own hands. Life is a blank slate that you can do many different things with. Opportunities come and go and you choose to take them or leave them. How you respond and react to circumstances is almost entirely up to you. I was chatting with a few [...]
We repeatedly hear that your imagination paves the way to your reality. This is a pretty well known fact. But this fact can also be a source of frustration to those who just do not have a very good imagination. They want to imagine great things happening in their lives, but simply cannot seem to [...]
When you spend your time in different places you tend to become very aware of their different cultures. Having just returned to England from America I was once again hit by the amount of swearing that goes on. Swear words are used more frequently than punctuation is any given sentence, it would seem. [...]
Everyone hates being ripped off. But what happens when it is your own mind which is causing you to be short changed? This is in fact the biggest cause (by far) of people being totally and utterly ripped off. Despite this, it is ironically the one form of rip off which most people do not [...]
I had lunch with a friend yesterday who made the observation that I appear to be a very calm person; that nothing seems to faze me. She also asked if I thought that working as a hypnotherapist and psycho analyst for twenty odd years had helped me to deal with things in a more calm [...]
