One of the major barriers that can hold people back in life is the inability to make decisions quickly. People can so easily get stuck when making a decision that it can almost appear better not to make a choice at all, rather than risking making the wrong one. They don’t even have to be […]
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Let’s face some facts. We’re in tough times, for most of us the toughest in our living memory. You only have to pick up the newspaper to read about redundancies and cut backs. However, that doesn’t mean it has to be doom and gloom for you! The counter view to the above is that if
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In last week’s column I started to answer some common questions people ask me about hypnosis including “What is hypnosis, am I under your control and is it dangerous?” I promised to share more with you this week to dispel some myths created by how hypnosis is portrayed in the media. A prime example was
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When I’m out and about and meet new people, the inevitable question comes up of “What do you do for a living?” When I tell them that I’m a Clinical Hypnotherapist I get a range of reactions. I feel lucky that people seem genuinely interested and ask more questions. I also get the jokes about
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This weekend I’ll be travelling to London to present the Miss England Final. I’ll be combining presenting on stage with keeping the contestants calm and confident backstage. Part of the show this year is an “Eco” round where instead of buying something new, the girls have to re-cycle clothing from yesteryear and make it stand
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I read this week that Professor Robert Plomin of King’s College, London suggested that psychiatric tests show that whether we have self confidence or not is in our genes. You either have confidence or you don’t. My issue with this suggestion is that confidence, in fact, does not exist. That’s right; I said there’s no
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Taking your car into the garage for a service or M.O.T. is routine but when did you last have yourself “checked out”? I recently took my car to be serviced. When I got my car back I could tell instantly that it was running better than ever. It got me thinking that, arguably, our mind
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I was interested to hear that ITV’s “This Morning” programme were using a hypnotherapist every day last week to cure phobias. I recorded the shows as I was interested to see how they covered the subject, and you can’t beat a bit of Phil and Fearn now and again can you? They had a different
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How are you feeling? Are you OK? If you’ve been paying attention to the media, watching what’s going on in the political world, keeping an eye on global as well as local events it’s possible that you aren’t OK. I seem to have been talking a lot to people about the power of positive thought
Everyone has anxiety sometimes. Anxiety is a normal and helpful part of being human. If you struggle with anxiety you may be surprised to hear me use the term “helpful”. A level of anxiety is essential to keep us alert and safe; it’s there to protect us not to harm us. We need some level
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Today’s tip will help students to effortlessly recall information they may need during an exam. It goes without saying that in order for these techniques to work you must have attended lessons and actually studied the material throughout the year. Everything you have ever seen, heard or learned is stored in what I call our
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Have you ever had the experience of knowing what you want, knowing all the benefits and great feelings it will bring you, knowing exactly what you need to do to get there; and then doing absolutely nothing? Or maybe worse, finding yourself doing anything and everything else apart from taking action steps to get what
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When people I meet for the first time find out find out what I do for a living I feel lucky that a lot of them find it interesting and want to know more. I also don’t mind them taking me to one side and asking me questions about their lives and issues. It’s at
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I work with a lot of people who are struggling with something in their lives. This might be low self-esteem, confidence issues or they may just be stuck and frustrated with an area of their lives. Quite often we will get on to the subject of that voice in their head. I ask them what
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I recently gave a talk to a group of people to help raise money for charity; I try to attend speaking engagements as often as possible. It’s a great way to give people an understanding of complicated psychology in easy to understand terms and to give them tools and techniques that they can take away
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We recently adopted a rabbit (Freddie) from an Animal Rescue. He’s a beautiful, 8 month old, brown male Lionhead. When we brought him home we made him a sleeping area out of a box and gave him the run of the house so he could get used to us. However, I noticed something interesting. Although
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In the current economic climate more and more people are being affected by the threat of redundancy or have been made redundant. For some people it can seem the end of the world, I’ve seen friends and colleagues lose their pride, sense of identity and spiral into depression. For others it has been one of
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As the Easter holidays approach, families’ thoughts turn to jetting off to sun and sand. A great opportunity to relax, have fun and recharge those bodily batteries. However, not everyone feels quite so excited. It’s estimated that one in six people have a fear of flying. People who are scared of flying will generally have
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We’ve all had experiences of suspecting that all is not well with someone we care about. We desperately want to help them, but whenever we try to talk to them they just clam up and say nothing is wrong and they’re fine – although we’re pretty sure they’re not. A lot of people are struggling
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Today is “World Storytelling Day”. Adults and children all across the globe will be celebrating the art of storytelling by telling and listening to stories. I thought I would share one of my favourite short stories with you as a way for us to join in. It’s adapted from “The Star Thrower” by Loren Eiseley.
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Have you noticed how as we get older, life seems to speed up? I remember feeling as a child that the summer holidays seemed to go on forever and Christmas took an age to come around again. It seems, as we hit the middle of March, that almost a quarter of the year has gone
If one of your New Year Resolutions was to lose weight through denying yourself treats like chocolate or cakes, you may be doing more harm than good. Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire found that not only does trying not to think about chocolate make us more likely to give in to temptation; it means
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