03rd February 2009
The benefits of stopping smoking are endless, so I will not even bother trying to list them! You will of course be generally much healthier, and of course much more empowered when you are no longer at the mercy of a little white stick. In my hypnotherapy ...
03rd February 2009
If you’ve ever had the experience of literally “feeling” people’s eyes on you, you can understand the power that a public speaker can have. A master of public speaking will appear calm, confident, charismatic and completely at ease in speaking wit...
03rd February 2009
PTSD usually occurs after a person has been exposed to a situation which threatens great physical danger or in when physical harm occurs (to themselves or to another). Such events could include incidents witnessed or experienced in operations that took pl...
03rd February 2009
The first account of painless surgery using hypnosis was in 1838. Dr. Elliotson capitalized on the times by giving public demonstrations of hypnosis (which was at that time still referred to as mesmerism, a name given by Franz Anton Mesmer) at the London ...
03rd February 2009
For those who believe in the possibility of past lives, Past Life Regression can be particularly interesting. It works on the basis that a persons’ soul has lived in another body, experiencing a life before the life they are experiencing now. Some peopl...
02nd February 2008
Eating disorders can take on many different disguises and have a variety of symptoms. The 3 most commonly identified eating disorders are Anorexia, Bulimia and Binge Eating.
The symptoms of Anorexia tend to be that the sufferer will eat very little, or...
02nd February 2008
Lets be honest, everyone feels depressed at some time during their lives. Circumstances and life events can sometimes propel us into this state as if we have little or no control over being there. Here's the thing, there are times when feeling depressed i...
31st January 2008
Dental Phobias
Are you someone who is so scared of going to the dentist that you will absolutely avoid going, even to the detriment of your own dental hygiene?
If the answer is yes, the chances are you have a dental phobia. A phobia is more severe ...
31st January 2008
As pressures to earn money increase, the pressures to work harder, smarter and faster increase also. It is rarely a surprise to me to have clients in my office in St Albans, who are struggling with their levels of confidence despite having what could be p...
31st January 2008
The Encarta dictionary defines creativity as "the ability to use the imagination to develop new and original ideas or things, especially in an artistic context." Creativity and imagination are largely linked with right brain functions, whereas analytic an...
15th August 2007
Having just looked at a list of bad habits posted on the internet, I can honestly say that whilst they are habitual repetitive behaviours, many of them are also disgusting! One site listed nail biting, throat clearing, lying, interrupting, chewing the end...
25th July 2007
Practise makes perfect, that’s what my old Nan always used to say. However, what she failed to mention, is the importance of practising things going the way you want them to go, instead of considering what to do if it does go wrong. How many times do yo...
24th July 2007
NLP courses contain a syllabus that will teach you about the power of language. In NLP, much emphasis is given to using what is termed “Clean Language”. This doesn’t mean you should avoid swearing at all costs, rather it means using language that ...
20th July 2007
Being a former asthma sufferer myself, I can completely empathise with those who live in dread the suffocating symptoms of an asthma attack.
My asthma was induced by dust and aggravated by intense exercise, however for others, they causes are less easy ...
11th July 2007
Complementary approaches to health are becoming more and more popular, as many people turn to holistic methods instead of or in addition to conventional medicine. Evidence of this can be seen in UK towns as more and more complementary health centers spri...
