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While it is true that high birth rates in Third World countries is a population concern, its opposite – low fertility – is becoming a trend in developed countries in North America and Europe. \ Yes, our Earth is already heavily populated – by that we mean that there are more people than resources to feed and

How long did your game of golf take this weekend? Maybe 3 hours or less if you played on a traditional Scottish championship course, 5 hours if you played a fourball around a more modern country club or even more if you played in a serious open amateur event. I remember playing in a two-ball at ...

Those of us who want to lose weight are always on the look-out for easy weight loss tips. We notice too how foods or drinks which are identified to us as bad for one aspect of our health can at the same time be good for our health in a different way, thereby allowing us to justify (to a degree) their consumption. r

Many know hypnoses from the more humorous acts known as stage hypnosis. Under a show like this you use the increased ability to accept suggestions caused by a hypnotic trance to alter the participants perception of what is around them. It is parallel to asking a person, deeply focused on reading a book, if you may use his cell phone. The person picks up the phone beside him and hand it to you without looking away from the book. When you tap him on the shoulder to hand it back

Your mind is divided into two parts: the conscious and the subconscious. Both parts are responsible for thoughts and beliefs that lead you to feel or act in certain ways. The difference between them, however, is that we are aware of what our conscious mind is thinking, but not what our ...

You would think that when dealing with a medical crisis that good news about your health would alleviate stress and anxiety. Personally, I was very surprised that after the initial elation of good news, a "dow " feeling set in. It was almost like the good news was too much. It seemed like an odd response and in thinkin

Have you ever noticed that when some people find a penny on the ground they evaluate it to see if it came in the "appropriate" form for which they will allow themselves to receive the gift of abundance. Was it facing heads up or heads down? Because one must certainly be bad luck, right? r

Both dreams and nightmares tend to be intense in terms of their visual, auditory and emotional impact. Nightmares however tend to have the most impact. They feel in every way extremely real, and you tend to awaken from a nightmare with a real jolt, sometimes aware of your own screams or sweating profusely. Your average

Whether its making love or just a simple hug a human touch has a very soothing effect on the psyche. In fact, for touch to be comforting it does not even always have to be human. Stroking a dog or cat can have a very calming and comfortable effect as well. Even stroking a soft furry blanket can sooth our emotions, pe

The idea of hypnosis conjures a variety of reactions from most people, but it’s rare to find someone with no opinion at all regarding the validity of “being hypnotized”. The strength of opinions generally fill a range from believers who have had first hand experience (or know someone who has), ...

For as long as there has been hypnotists and an established medical community the belief that hypnosis and alternative therapies were nothing more than placebo or imaginary therapies has persisted. This has been given as a way of discounting the effectiveness and power of these modalities. Placebo is the method that science uses to eliminate healing that is not immediately ascertainable to the medication being tested. In order to do this researchers use a trial in which you g

It's that time of the year when New Years Resolutions are embarked upon and this for many means attempting to change bad habits and become a little healthier and stronger. Gym memberships, exercise programs, detoxes and diets are often perceived as the mainstay of this agenda and people cross their fingers and hope tha

The mystic of Stage Hypnosis often influences a patients perception and expectations of Hypnotherapy. The secret tool had people are unaware of is the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale , we all have a level of Hypnotic Susceptibility and in larger groups, the Scale can be utilised to select the ideal candidates. With Hypnotherapy and in a 1-2-1 setting regardless of where you are on the Scale, your Hypnotherapist will try to utilise hypnosis to help you achieve your desi

We all want more. More for ourselves. More for our families. More for our lives. We want the ability to have more, be more, discover more, and do more. We want this life to be as full and enriching as we can possibly imagine it to be. Greater than that even. r

Hypnosis and the Mindnby Michelle Beaudry, CHt n Fundamentals of the Mind The human mind may be subdivided into three parts: the Unconscious, Subconscious and Conscious. These compare to a computer:nn Unconscious - operating systemn Subconscious = hard driven Conscious = RAMnn Each part has ...

In part one, I talked about the golf psychology lessons from Tom Watson's amazing performance both on and off the course at this year's Open Championship at Turnberry. So what other golf psychology lessons can we learn from some of the other contenders? Now I know the valiant and expectant Ross Fisher's challenge effec

When you think about Jack, Seve, Tiger, or to that matter any great golfer, you find the word creativity popping into your head. These golfers are (or alas, in the case of Seve, were) creative. Great golfers have the ability to think up amazing shots. They can see shots in their mind and then they can make them happen.

Golf is a very challenging game, but it is still a game. It is easy to get very tied up in the mechanics of the game and the desire to master its intricacies and basically forget that it is, at the bottom line, a game which is meant to be relaxing and fun. I myself know how easy it is to become drawn into turning this

Do you sometimes feel that your goals are a little too conservative? Or maybe you consistently find that you have overestimated your potential and set the bar just a bit too high? If you find that you consistently set your goals either too high or too low then this would indicate that you could do with making an adju

I think my personality suits a Mediterranean time-table. For whatever reason, I really do find that taking a siesta in the afternoon is a very civilized way in which to progress through ones day! I know that some people find it simply doesn't suit them to have a short snooze during the day; they wake up feeling tired a

As a practicing hypnotist I have found certain commonalities in the clients who are successful at receiving their results. The most important of these would be the true desire to be free of whatever the issue is that they came in to release. These clients take the work very seriously and never ...

Stress on the job is a part of the rat race. Trying to problem-solve, working in large groups in open spaces, and sound levels: the list of demands on us is endless. Stress can affect all aspects of life; it can lead to heart disease, anxiety attacks, high blood pressure, and burnout. nnAll of these problems are a catastrophe for both employer and employee. The sacrifice both have invested into the working relationship can lead to distressing results for both sides of this eq

Sometimes there are hidden factors which prevent you from putting the effort into things which you would like. Anyone who is shy will identify with the feeling of being held back. You can put a façade upon your shyness and appear quite confident to the majority of people, most of the time, but you will tend to stay wi

Some mothers to be really enjoy their pregnancies whilst others find the situation a little more trying. There are many aspects of pregnancy that can cause discomfort, anxiety or indeed frustration. Morning sickness, digestive changes and feeling fat are amongst the most frequently cited irritants. Some mothers are m

Have you ever felt nervous about making a decision that could affect the rest of your life? Maybe you have avoided making the decision overall? Sometimes even minor decisions can trigger anxiety when you start thinking about the “What if’s” – about all the things that could go wrong. r

Now that the holidays are gone, you can lose weight by thinking smart. That's to say that there is ineffective non productive thinking. In fact much of how you think can actually keep you from losing weight. \ Truth is that we can hypnotize ourselves into losing weight and we can hypnotize ...

No matter where you are today it seems as if the expression “self esteem” keeps cropping up. If a person is successful in business and in life they are said to have “high self esteem” whereas if they are unsuccessful they are said to have low self esteem, but is it really that simple? What exactly IS self estee

Imagination is where creativity springs from. Imagination is what expands our horizons and turns what was previously impossible into a possibility. Scientists require factual evidence; they seek physical and actual proof before they believe something to be true, BUT they employ their imagination so as to explore possib

Do you control emotional eating or does emotional eating control you? The secret to control emotional eating is to recognize and feel the emotion. Sounds easy but... the truth is that most of us are emotional cripples. \ We try to ignore our feelings, pretend that they don't bother us, pretend ...

When you want to lose weight or to eliminate certain food items or food groups from your day-to-day diet you have to be good at controlling the way in which you think about such food. A good mental strategy towards your eating plan and diet is required. r

Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror and come to the realization, “Gee, I need to lose some weight”? Well you wouldn’t be the first, and you also wouldn’t be the first if you started a weight loss program that very day, only to have completely given up on it just a few days later. There’s a very simple reason for this, most people don’t go into weight loss programs in the right frame of mind to make it succeed. How do you get into this right frame of min

I'm just re-reading Timothy Gallwey's The Inner Game of Golf again after almost 25 years! It's fascinating and given my training in Hypnosis and NLP, I now see why it didn't work for me when I first worked with it. That insight may also help to explain that despite the plethora of tennis coaches ...

Conversational hypnosis is best described as a series of manipulations and carefully choreographed strategies designed to change a person’s beliefs or habits by conversing with them. Through the actions and conversations done, the subject becomes hypnotized without them realizing it. Conversational hypnosis is one of the most subtle forms of hypnosis available today, and once you can perfect your act, this can be a very powerful tool that you can use in business and in ever

Putting with confidence tends to be a transient commodity in the life of a golfer. You go out one day and your putting just feels right, you see the line almost as if somebody has painted it on the green for you and you just know instinctively how to stroke the putt so as to achieve the perfect distance. On those days,

Everybody seems to be talking about the weather. Yet again in the Isle of Man, and throughout much of the UK, it has been a disappointing summer. Too little sun and far too much rain would seem to be the general consensus. I have lost count of the number of times that I have seen would-be floods upon the roads because

Human emotions are something that links every human together under one bubble of life. These emotions will range from love to fear, sadness to jealousy. When human emotions begin to take control of our lives, the time comes to take back that control. Jealousy, one of the most common emotions, can spring up without any precursor or visual reasoning. You may be jealous of your partner, brother, sister or friend and have no real understanding of why. Hypnotherapy can help bring

This is a question which is only asked when a person is in two minds about something. If you really thought that the grass was greener you would either have already leapt over the fence and made a run for it, or you would be asking a different question, perhaps along the lines of querying how you would cope with hurtin

Until recently when US First Lady Michelle Obama brought childhood obesity to global awareness, obesity is one of the most neglected yet most visible public health issue. It is most visible because you don’t need to be a doctor in order to know if someone close to you is obese.

People have often used the analogy that the human body is like a car. It needs the correct grade fuel to enable it to work at its best, it needs exercising on a reasonably frequent basis, and a check up once in a while. Whilst we all know what we should do in terms of diet and exercise, few of us act in accordance with

Healing Healing Attunement is a three-day intense symbols based process that makes the sub-conscious mind fertile and plants the seeds which bring shubhta to our being, our life, and our endeavors. The demands of the business, the weakness within me due to the change of perception within me, and the challenging circumstances made life very overwhelming. Yogi Buddhadeva had once taught me that if due to testing circumstances we run away from certain challenges of life, those e

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

Conversational Hypnosis is an art that is mostly made up of language and the ways in which you can use that language in order to impact lives in a positive manner. Then the key tool of conversational hypnosis is the language you will use, which also called Hypnotic Language. Hypnotic Language and how you use it will cr

I lost my voice this week. Not the best thing considering that my work consists mainly of me using my voice. Using my voice to help guide people to discovering and using their own voices. To speak up for themselves and use their words as they honor the truth within themselves. 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

Sometimes, it seems as if all the doctors, scientists and dietitions in the world are trying to keep us confused. First, we were told that fat is bad for you; now oh oh, maybe it isn't. We all know the difference between bad and good fats, but in addition, according to the New York Times, a ...

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

Ever since the Surgeon General announced that cigarettes cause health issues back in the 1960’s, American’s have tried many different techniques to break their addiction. From the patch, or gum or just plain willpower, the desire to lessen the withdrawal symptoms has increased. How can I quit without the withdrawals becoming so severe? When I first see a client, the first thing they mention is that they have quit before, on an average of 3 times and for as long as 6 months b

What is the best way to gain self-esteem forever? By the time you finish reading this article, you will have a powerful 30 day hypnosis plan to improve your self esteem and confidence. Lets go direct to the point.n How can you gain self-esteem and confidence through hypnosis?n Well, you want to ...

You do not improve your swing and achieve golf success through analysis paralysis. People who teach complex swing thoughts just clutter the conscious mind and block out the unconscious mental processes that just know how to swing the club to the best of a player's ability.n Now don't get me ...

In the first article in our weight loss series, we learned about “emotional eating habits”, those eating behaviors that are related to emotional longings rather than the body’s real need for nutrition. The first thing we explored was the infantile programming to overeat created by the common practice of bottle fe