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This is probably the most powerful affirmation you can make, the most empowering thought to hold in your mind or comment to hear from someone whom you look up to and respect. This belief opens up doors which would almost certainly otherwise be closed, locked and sealed. r
Boost your confidence the easy and reliable way. That's what we all want isn't it? A confidence building technique which is easy to apply yet also provides real results in terms of greater self-esteem, improved self-worth and success. Not only that we want to feel more confident straight away; we want a confidence buil
If you have ever spent a couple of hours in an airport waiting for a delayed flight you will be familiar with the general feeling of discontent that permeates the atmosphere. People look bored, tired, frustrated, long-suffering or just plain upset! Amongst this generalized feeling of discontent you will always notice
What would you like to happen in your life? Would you like to have more fun, feel happier or perhaps be super successful and have more money? Would you enjoy life more is your phobia was cured or you suddenly became your perfect weight? Would you like to find that people were mesmerized by your magnetic personality, se
Some men have the "gift of the gab" with girls but others are left wondering how to even proffer an icebreaker line. Some guys are good at adapting their conversation to the person whom they are addressing whilst others always seem to manage to "put their foot in it" or say something entirely inappropriate. r
If you are suffering from your own toxic thoughts or happen to be the focal point of another person's acidity you will appreciate how uncomfortable either of these circumstances can make you feel. The former you can more readily control; or rather, you should upon the face of it find it easier to control your own thoug
If your thinking leads to the doing that you need to do, then there is no need to stop thinking! But if your thinking about dieting does not lead to the relevant necessary eating habits it is perhaps time for a change of thought. r
When you start researching stop snoring solutions you begin to realize just how many different approaches are available for you to try. They range from stop snoring sprays to mouthpieces which are designed to keep your airways open to pretty drastic surgeries. You can be forgiven for feeling that you need to be a quali
Your mind and body work together in many subtle ways. Inevitably your mind has a huge impact upon your health, and you can direct your mind to think in a way that promotes good health and also improves the effect of medical treatment or surgical procedures. r
It will probably not surprise you when I say that my motivation in asking this question comes from the fact that I have caught a cold. I have managed to avoid all those bugs which circulate so easily for at least the last two years, so I don't suppose that I should grumble.
Tolerance is something which is becoming a relatively scarce commodity in today's world. In fact, it might be said that a state of intolerance abounds. But like anything, this depends on the particular circumstances or area to which the concept is being applied. In many ways we are more tolerant than ever before. r
I had a round of golf with a couple of girls the other day and ended up coming off the course chuckling to myself over our focus upon the optimal hip turn and weight transference through the swing. All three of us had individually been paying extra attention to this important part of the golf swing, but realized during
We are all connected and are therefore affected by every single happening to some degree or another. Sometimes the impact can be felt in an extreme manner like being caught in the eye of a hurricane; at other times it will barely be felt, like the vaguest ripple upon the surface of the ocean or just the gentlest touch
Courage is a quality that we would all aspire to develop and possess by the bucket load. Everyone appreciates the value of courage. Yet timidity and fear can so easily form barriers to this valuable commodity. r
If you feel hemmed in by your own thoughts and habits you can do something about it. With hypnosis you can change automatic thoughts, behaviors and expectations. Who you are now and how you act now is what matters. The past is the past. Now is your opportunity to be as you want to be and to live the life you want to li
My mum cuts articles out of the newspaper for my brother and I and gives us quite a stack of reading most weeks. She is, as my brother says "spot o "; she knows exactly what will be of interest to us and she saves both of us trawling through papers in search of what is relevant. She does, however, also include items wh
How many times have you seen someone hit a shot in the wrong direction only to realize afterwards that they had in fact been aiming right where the ball went? You might also have noticed that a golfers weight distribution at set up bears a significant impact upon the shot that they subsequently produce, be it good or b
Don’t be frightened by your fears. When you look at your fears in the right way, you will find that you have the power to fight them and win. Fears have the power to root a person to the spot. Fears are not only frightening, they can be totally debilitating. But there are strategies that you can utilize to enable y
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. r
January is a time of year which is associated with new beginnings; it's a time to start over, set goals and plan for the year ahead. New Year's resolutions are set by many, yet adhered to by few. Are you one of the exceptions to this rule? Or have you already waved good-bye to your fresh start, and continued to live yo
When I started out writing this article I was going to use the title "Learn To Use Hypnosis" and then realized that the title itself would very likely cause a barrier to those who might otherwise be tempted to read what I have to say. You see, when you start a sentence with "learn how" this implies that you have to pro
What can't you say no to? Some people cannot say no to chocolate whilst others cannot say no even when another person asks them to do something which is over and above the normal call of duty. These are two very different types of situations. r
There is much evidence that we survive more easily and more comfortably when sharing our lives with other human beings than when we live life in a solitary manner. Research shows that we live longer and healthier lives when time is passed in the company of a loving spouse. Being alone does not merely impact upon our em
"When you use your mind, it's a useful tool, when your mind uses you, you're a useless fool." A. Bryce I can across this quote the other day and it made me wonder how much our minds do use us instead of the other way around. The fact is that we know so very little about how our minds actually work, even though we lea
I was chatting with a young couple the other day and it was clear that their goals were at cross purposes from one another. The young man wanted to save up and buy a property to rent out and then save once more and reinvest in property to let, and so on. His main focus was to step upon the first rung of this ladder and
Life is very rich so long as you pause for a moment and choose to seek out its richness. You see what you focus upon and when you focus in the now you feel calm and peaceful. 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 n
Is it my imagination or are more people suffering from phobias in the modern day? Perhaps this is the case, perhaps not; certainly there are more people who are willing to talk about having a phobia or suffering from anxiety. Phobias no longer have a stigma associated with them, and rightly so. It is inevitable that wh
Christmas is that time of year when everyone seems to be rushing around all over the place; too many things to do and too little time to do it in. Why does this happen to us before a holiday? The point of a holiday is to have a rest, not to kill yourself during the preparation process! Christmas is meant to be a time o
My mom stopped driving for good immediately after she asked me which pedal was the accelerator and which was the brake; my brother and I swiftly removed both keys and car from her possession (with her agreement).
An article published in The Daily Mail on June 14th, 2011 caught my eye. It was entitled "Hypnotism 'speeds up cancer op recovery'." This article went on to discuss the positive results of some recent research conducted by a group of Belgium anesthetists with patients who were undergoing breast cancer surgery. r
A golfer told me the other day that his problem was that as soon as he hits one bad shot he finds that he just can't stop thinking about it. It then ruins his entire round. There are a lot of golfers who will identify with this feeling and share a similar reaction. I can't help wondering why golfers let this sort of th
Some people fear hypnosis itself whilst others fear that it won't work. Research shows how easily hypnosis can be used and how a recording can be just as effective as a live induction. When you have a conversation about hypnosis there are several standard reactions that the average person displays. Most frequently hypn
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 allow themselves to become aware
Laughter is an antidote to pain and unhappiness. The power of laughter should never be underestimated. Laughter clinics have been set up in various places and research has shown that laughter is even an aid to recovery from ill health. When something makes you laugh, your spirits are lifted and a feeling of well-bein
Opportunities happen for those who seek them out whilst opportunities are most often missed by those who do not look. If you are the sort of person who listens to an inner voice that tells you that nothing ever comes your way then beware, because you are stopping yourself from becoming successful in the things that you
Sometimes the "how to" of doing things can blur you vision and get in your way. "You cannot see the wood for the trees" is a saying which sums up this phenomenon quite nicely. If you want to achieve something it is more important to make a commitment to achieving that end result than to focus upon how you will do it. F
When one wishes to solve a problem it is very easy to get tied up in the nuts and bolts of the problem itself and in this way miss out on seeing the overall picture. To solve a problem easily it is important to take a step back and thus begin to look at what is happening from a different angle. Research has even shown
We are frequently cautioned that we just cannot have it all. We are taught that wanting to have our cake and eat it as well is a recipe for great disappointment. When one hears such cautionary phrases and sayings often enough the tendency is to lower ones expectations and to dare not to dream of having it all. r
Our instinct for survival is always our primary instinct. Anything which threatens our very survival instinctively triggers fear. The anxiety response of "fight or flight" is hard wired in every human being. We all have this safety mechanism, this fuse, and when it is triggered a complex sequence of physiological event
Social drinking has become acceptable in a big way. You can hear many justifications made about it being part of how business is performed, or how "it's only wine; no hard spirits", and so on. But it is clear that these familiar comments are uttered with a rather defensive demeanor. The person who is moved to be defens
I had an interesting experience yesterday when I settled myself down to write in detail about my goals for the year. I had five or six things which I had decided were really important to me; important enough to me to create a hypnosis recording for myself to use to ensure that I fully focused upon them with all of my m
Is it actually possible to love too much? If we consider for a moment love and hate as being opposite emotions, we do all no doubt agree that it is easily possible to hate too much. Hate in any degree is a dangerous and destructive emotion. Hating at all therefore constitutes hating too much. But love is a positive e
Some people are instinctively honest and open; some would say that these people are too open and trusting and in this way leave themselves open and vulnerable to others who are tougher than them. Other people are more guarded and watch what they say and do around others and either keep themselves to themselves or only
I suspect that almost everyone is affected by the weather. If you live in a place where the climate is almost always bright and sunny, you probably crave a spot of cool now and again. However, your moods will probably be less affected than those of people who live in darker and damper climes. It is easier to feel brigh
Our emotions frequently drive our actions in a direction that is opposed to that which our conscious mind wishes. We will often describe such a situation as being in two minds. The impact of our emotional attachment to things can easily be seen in circumstances when we know what we should do but instead we do what we w
You can spend hours and hours working away on the range, but what matters is how you play when you are on the course. We all know this and bemoan this undeniable fact of the world of golf. Any keen golfer knows the difference between range play and golf play. The keener you are the more you practice and the more you pl
Most people will agree that their mind is either their greatest asset...or their biggest liability! When your mind is extremely focused you can have the determination and will power to do endless things; to achieve happiness and success in abundant quantity. And yet when your mind is lacking in clear focus or vision, y
Have you ever had the thought that you have lost your swing? This thought is not conducive to feeling confident about your game and we all know that good golf requires confidence by the truck load. It's a bit of a chicken and egg thing. You might say that when your swing is right you then have confidence. Others may th
How many times have you found yourself thinking one thing and yet feeling or doing something quite different? When you plan to do something and then don not get around to doing it most people tend to account for this on the assumption that they are simply weak willed. r
How many times do you find yourself wondering what your partner is really thinking about? Do you find yourself second guessing where he or she is coming from or jumping to conclusions instead? You will usually find that if you are spending much time musing over these sorts of questions you are in actual fact probably n