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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