tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109930972009-05-14T12:45:01.216-07:00Provocative thoughts about hypnosis theory and practice from a caring hypnotherapy practitioner. </p> <p id="description-extra"> The more we learn and discover about healing work, the more we learn we don't KNOW a thing about it.BlogMgrnoreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10993097.post-1142921408514255012006-03-20T22:08:00.000-08:002006-03-20T22:10:08.533-08:00

Did you know that most heart attacks occur on Mondays? And that lifestyle choices such as what you eat and your exercise patterns are not the first indicators of your potential for a heart attack? Did you know that it is whether you think you are happy or not, and whether you are satisfied with your job or not?? Anyway, that's what Depak Chopra said on a wonderful CD called the New Physics

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Dear Stephanie:Please post the following to your groups. Their posts have helped me so much over the years, I hope mine will help some of them:Hi everybody, I used to be on these lists and I miss them, but I got too busy in my practice to read so much e-mail!I wanted to share with you that one of my favorite marketing tools is placing Steph’s book, “Everyday Miracles of Hypnotherapy” in doctor’s

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Hi all - How about this little tidbit to shift someone's paradigm. I've heard that you are more likely to be kicked to death by a donkey than to die in a airplane crash. Hmm. Food for thought. I hopeit's true! Love, Steph

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Dear groups, thanks to a some wonderful friends (you know who you are), I am back. What I mean by that is that for a short while I forgot who I was, and now I'm fully present to who I am and wha's up!I came up with an affirmation in the middle of the night and wanted to share it. Please try it on, and tell me how it works out for you. I alsothink it's going to be the title of my next book.It is:

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Here's a wonderful (unsolicited) testimonial from one of my clients. I wanted to share.Today was my first big (motorcycle) ride since the hypnosis....and I have to tell you, it was the most wonderful, relaxed, ENJOYABLE ride I've had! We rode over 100 miles - Niles Canyon, hopped on 680 for about 1/8 mile then got on the Livermore Vallecitos (84), then we hit Vasco Road which used to scare me

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Talk about a PET PEEVE of mine! My mother was in the hospital, on a ventilator, 82 pounds soaking wet, very ill from Emphysema (which is why I went into the business, by the way!) and her stupid, unconscious doctor told me that she would die in the hospital and that I should start making arrangements. One of my mother's final wishes was that she die in her own bed at home. She did not like

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I got this from a friend of mine (who's a life coach), and I just HAD to pass it on. It's too great. It's a quiz on how to determine how woo-woo you really are ; - ) I won't tell you how high I scored! But I really want to find a doggie yoga studio for Pooky! ; - )How Woo Woo Are You?Take this simple quiz to find out… * You know how to clean your chakras. * Prayer flags adorn your backyard.

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Long ago, in a galaxy far, far, away - 1992 in San Diego- a fair maiden, whose heart was pure and idealistic, learned that her mother was soon to die. Her mother, a fun, outgoing, lovely woman of face and spirit, was very, very ill with the debilitating disease of emphysema. Shortly before her early death at the young age of 64, weighing a mere 92 pounds, the disease having ravaged her poor,

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In a recent post, somebody talked about being the subject during a learning session where the teacher tried to get her into somnambulism, pinched her to prove that she was there, and because Irene is a good sport, humored that teacher, not telling them that the pain was excruciating!!! Something similar happened to me (or did I happen to it?) at a convention (fortunately, minus the excruciating

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I sent this information to my client (who is about to take her finals), but I knew that it would be valuable for you, too! All of the following music has been proven to enhance learning. One can take the added step of tape recording one's studies into a tape recorder and then listening back, thus satisfying the auditory learners. I have added a couple of spirals, too. For this client, I

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Yesterday, I went for a hypnotherapy session with a hyp in my area who sought me out for a trade. If you have heard it said that all hypnotherapists are perfect, with no problems or challenges or issues of their own, don't believe them! So that was cool, I still have one thing I've been working on for a while.I knew that she was planning on doing regression to cause with an affect bridge (it's

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Based on the alleged rape case against a hypnotist in Florida, Wendi Freisen posted this poll on her group HypnoMasterMind@yahoogroups.comQuestion: Under what cirumstances is it possible to coerce a client to have sex with a Hypnotherpist in a professional setting?Responses Choices Votes % It is never possible. 1 2 Only possible if the client has a desire to engage in

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Yes! Lovers of hypnosis will often report that they are hypnojunkies! Why do folks become addicted to trance? It's physiological!This is a direct quote from the book Secret: Don't Tell: The Encyclopedia of Hypnotism:When you go into an altered state, you transfer into right brain, which results in the internal release of the body's own opiates, enkaphalins and Beta-endorphins, chemically

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Oh my God. I just listened to Marshall Sylver on Howard Stern. Blech. Puke. Argh. I get a call from my husband on the way to his new job to tell me that Marshall will be on Howard. Out of morbid curiosity, I decide to listen. It was worse than I expected.Howard Stern has a huge audience. Whatever good we've done dispelling the tragic myths and misconceptions of hypnosis has just been crippled by

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I have helped people in planes, parking lots, restaurants, and cars. There is nowhere that I would feel uncomfortable helping people. The tools that I have at my disposal are so fabulous that I feel like everybody needs to know them and use them.One of the most powerful tools that I have at my disposal is EFT.The other day I went to a mini NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) seminar, and watched

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My husband and I just went to see XXX: State of the Union. This is an exceedingly violent movie, with language and other ugly stuff. Why, in God's name would a parent bring a child to see this movie? I kid you not. There was a five-year-old sitting behind me! Now, I'm the worst. I believe that kid's undeveloped brains will take in this ugly stuff, make it okay, desensitize the child to real

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What an odd notion to think that stress might be good for you. But just think about it. If you were too relaxed, peaceful, and serene you'd never get anything done! "Oh, I'll just get to that tomorrow. So what if I promised my customer it would be done in three days. They'll understand." No way! So a little bit of stress, and a lot of good focus and concentration is what you need to succeed. It

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If you already know about my philosophy on healing, you know that I believe that healing does not have to be painful. Yes, sometimes we will visit "charged" memories, but my ultimate agenda is to have you walk out feeling peaceful and somehow freer than when you walked in.Your agenda is my agenda. I will do my utmost to give you exactly what you want. Sometimes I may suggest what I think an

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So I am in a line at the supermarket (again) and I'm in the 15-item-or-less-line (which should move rather quickly, right? Wrong!) Being the friendly, outgoing sort I am, I turn around and say something to this older lady who is clearly the grandmother of this (oh, I'd say) eight-year-old-child, to the effect of "this is supposed tobe the fast lane." Something pretty inane like that, but sure to

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Somebody reported that they are taking a hypnotherapy training program, their practice partners tell her they love her voice, she loves her voice, she is often told she loves her voice, but the instructor wants her to change.This situation is truly a metaphor for life, isn't it? You KNOW something is good, something is right, something is actually perfectly wonderful. You like your own voice, for

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I want to talk about the idea of hypnosis just for fun, pleasure, and relaxation. I want to talk about the idea of giving our clients a hypnotic vacation. We have all heard it. Stress kills. I have read somewhere that 70% of all diseases are stress related or exacerbated. Most people have an agenda when they call us to book an appointment, but not all. Some people just want to be hypnotized. Some

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This is a man who gives weekend certifications to become a hypnotherapist. If I was guessing, I would say the man does not care about our profession and how we appear in the public eye. Yes, he's a great showman, but as Richard pointed out, so was that band and their pyrotechnics. And what if there was a loud noise, and the gal came out of hypnosis while Marshall was standing on her, and her

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Somebody askedCan I ask you stage-y types for recommendations in developing a stage show? I see that Don Mottin is doing a training that I can probably afford that is supposed to be comprehensive, but I don't know that much about him.I LOVE Don Mottin!!! LOVE HIM! I have been to about four of hisworkshops. GO! He is a dynamic presenter, funny, a little goofy, and very knowledgeable. Plus he's a

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Somebody commentedIn my own personal interpretation the word trance is generally used to describe an "altered" state that we use during hypnotherapy. But when we start talking about anytime we are caught up in our own thoughts as being "trance", I don't consider that to be an altered state.I think they did a great job of pinpointing why they felt a need to comment about it. The word "trance" has

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I was in the market checking out. I turned around to see this sweet little girl crying silent tears of agony. Her mom(?) was rubbing her back. Eavesdropping, I heard that she had slipped on something that was left lying on the floor in the store and hurt her knee terribly. And I was thinking to myself that I wanted, wanted, wanted to talk to that little girl who was already deeply in trance. Then

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