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Dr. Richard Bandler

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So, You Think You Can't Be Hypnotized?

Most people who say they can’t be hypnotized don’t really understand what hypnosis is. Take Joe, for instance. He had been suffering from insomnia for years. When he came into my office, he was skeptical about whether hypnosis could help. He said he didn’t think he could be hypnotized, but that ...

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Can Hypnosis Help With Depression?

The article “Hypnosis in Treating Symptoms of Major Depression” by Michael Yapko was recently republished in the Australian Journal of Clinical Hypnotherapy & Hypnosis after having appeared in the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis. The article outlines some of the current treatments available for depression and

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Self Hypnosis - Avoid Self Sabotage

Self hypnosis can be a powerful tool when used correctly. Unfortunately, many people fall into a deadly trap that sabotages their success and prevents them from achieving the results they want. If you've tried self hypnosis and have not achieved the results you want, this article will explain why. This article is one in a series on how to write your own self hypnosis script. The insights you'll gain from this article will be equally valuable for uncovering and avoiding self s

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Sound Healing for Depression

Understanding Depression Symptoms \ Feeling sad, or down every so often is a normal; we live in a fast paced, demanding, stressful society, a we often have little or no social support system. Life can sometimes be depressing, but when these mild feelings of depression linger, you may be suffering from a real depr

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By Rob Jenkins
Hypnosis for OCD

OCD hypnosis – ok, enough of that but you get the point OCD can be a very, very big problem for anyone who has it. There are few mainstream treatments for OCD and they only suppress the disorder. Meaning they don’t actually treat the OCD, hypnosis however can not only suppress the condition but actually it can get rid of it.rn rnHow does OCD hypnosis work? Hypnosis for OCD works just like any other hypnosis, if you have OCD it is probably because at some point when you we

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By Elvis Sacchi
Make Use of Weight Loss Hypnosis to Lose Weight Fast

Has it ever occurred to you that you can possibly utilize self hypnosis as your tool for your weight concerns?|To alleviate you of your weight problems, has it ever occurred to you that you could make use of self hypnosis? If ever you have, then perhaps your are not the sole individual who is assuming that. In point of fact, there are a lot of people all around the planet who have either been interested in the process while they are deciding to lose weight, or have by now mad

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How To Overcome Agoraphobia

One of the most debilitating things of all must be to suffer from agoraphobia. To not be able to go out and walk around freely, or to just pop to the shop to buy a pint of milk or simply cross a street makes life very, very difficult. People who suffer from agoraphobia are affected in varying degrees. For some the anxi

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Using NLP To Kick The Smoking Habit

If you are trying to quit smoking cigarettes, you know how challenging it is to crush this harmful habit. However, it is possible, and half of all adult smokers are able to succeed in quitting smoking forever. Many smokers succeed in quitting smoking cigarettes by replacing them with new, ...

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Motivational Interviewing and NLP

Motivational interviewing (MI) refers to a counselling approach in part developed by clinical psychologists Professor William R Miller, Ph.D. and Professor Rollnick Ph.D. It is a client-centered, semi-directive method of engaging intrinsic motivation to change behavior by developing discrepancy and exploring and resolv

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10 Often Asked Questions About ADHD Answered

Ever thought about about all the treatment plans that are available with regard to ADHD? Despite the fact that psycho-stimulants will be the standard treatment of ADHD, people still need a lot of questions regarding the basics. Mothers and fathers are searching for options to traditional ADHD remedies, yet need unbiase

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Gratitude, Abundance, and Luck

Many people email me wanting to know how to increase luck and abundance, and how to speed up manifestation time, and perhaps even have what they need appear instantly. \ In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I wanted to a share few stories about the power of gratitude to change your experience of luck and abundance rapid

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The Power of a Suggestion

Does anyone have a suggestion? \ If so, put it in the suggestion box. \ The subconscious mind is like a suggestion box. Each day, it takes in hundreds of subtle suggestions, some positive, some negative, placed there by ourselves and others. Unfor-tunately, the greater number of these tend to be negative, and

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Empower Yourself with NLP

Empower Yourself with NLP If you have ever heard the term Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and its Representational Systems, you probably were intimidated and shied away from further contact! But with just a simple understanding of the process, everyone we encounter in our daily life becomes easier to deal with.

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How to Attract Money Using Law of Attraction

If you want to effectively learn how to attract money using the Law of Attraction, you've got to go deeper than just doing affirmations and "thinking positive." This articles tells you a rare secret for using the Law of Attraction to attract money which gets you to the heart of attraction without a lot of work. What yo

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How To Forgive

The past cannot be undone. What you change is how you feel about it. nn Make The Change Happen How are you going to do it, my friend? You're all done feeling wretched all the time, you know forgive does not mean forget, you are soooo ready, but you need a plan. Read on, my friend, and find out ...

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Soul Mates – Finding True Love and Commitment

Finding your true Soul Mate is something that many people hope to do. We all long for that one special person in our lives to make everything wonderful. We want to live the fairy-tale life and find our very own Prince or Princess Charming. We know that somehow that would make our lives ...

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What Exactly Is Hypnosis?

Hypnosis is a natural state of physical relaxation and mental focus during which our conscious mind is bypassed so that our subconscious can receive positive suggestions to help us achieve our goals. The Subconscious Mind is the part of our brain that controls 80% of how we think, feel, and behave. When we are in hypno

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How to overcome vaginismus

Many women who experience vaginismus feel alone, embarrassed, ashamed. Vaginismus is actually quite common. As a counsellor and hypnotherapist with over 6 years experience I have worked with many women to help them to overcome vaginismus. Vaginismus is tightness in the vagina causing discomfort, burning, pain, penetr

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Using NLP & Hypnosis for Pain Relief

Recent discoveries into a very interesting illusion that reduces arthritic pain have been made. Researchers at the University of Nottingham in the UK discovered, by chance, that there was a major reduction in pain if a person suffering from arthritic pain put their hand into a simulator wired to a computer that project

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By Amy Twain
Attract Anyone With Hypnotic Seduction

It has already been proven that hypnosis really does work; and so, it is also safe and fair enough in saying that hypnotic seduction is also as effective. Hypnotic seduction is a strategy or method used in seducing an individual through the use of hypnosis. Have you ever wondered why some persons are simply able to pick up or draw some men or women that they like, although they don’t have the physical attributes nor the money? Well, what do you know—they might be using hy

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He Can Finally Wear His Dentures After Only One Hypnosis Session

One of the most powerful ways to enhance the effectiveness of a first hypnosis session is for the client to initially have an obviously hypnotic experience. It is standard practice for many hypnotherapists to have a new client do the balloon and bucket exercise, in which the client imagines a bucket of wet sand in one outstretched hand and that the other hand is attached to a big helium balloon. When one arm moves up, and the other down, it is undeniable that something unusua

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How To Improve Your Imagination

Having a good imagination is vital to making progress. Without a view of what you wish to achieve, or where you wish to be, how would you know what to do or where to start? Even the simplest of things requires you to imagine your goal so as to enable you to be successful. r

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Inner Child Healing with Hypnotherapy

In order to thrive and grow into our potentials, we all have basic needs that must be met consistently. The most basic needs are for food, safety and shelter. Other important needs are for loving attention, a sense of belonging, stimulation through learning and play, structure and boundaries, age appropriate responsibi

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Limiting Beliefs Imprison Your Mind

People often come in to my NLP & hypnotherapy office for very specific habit and behavioral changes. “I want to quit smoking!” “I want to stay away from the sugar!” "I want to sleep better." And so on. We can do that. However, in the course of doing that, we do more. We change larger mind sets and ways of think

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15 "Must Know" Ways To Lose Weight Fast!

Want to lose weight fast? It's easy to say goodbye to 10 pounds of unwanted fat with these easy diet tips. Just pay attention to what you eat and be sure to have good tasting, fresh and healthy food including snacks, fill up on vegetables and keep your taste buds happy with fruit. No need to make sacrifices! Just follo

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Hypnosis Without Trance

When people first hear about waking Hypnosis they are kind of thrown for a tailspin. People usually think of Hypnosis as something where you are sleeping and you are totally unconscious. This is not the case. With waking Hypnosis you can get all of the same Hypnotic phenomenon while a person has their eyes open. There

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Stop Punishing Yourself

Some people are really hard on themselves. This is fine so long as the outcome is productive. In most cases, however, the effect of being tough on oneself is rather more negative, in that it may lower ones confidence and de-motivate at the same time.

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Procrastination, What a Waste of Time!

Turn the tables on time wasting, needless distractions and excuses which prevent you from doing what you need to do. Learn a simple technique to rev up enthusiasm and passion for your project, and convince your mind to "git 'er done!" Your productive behavior follows.nn Mark Twain said: "Never ...

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Hypnosis Stops Sleep Walking in its Tracks

Sleep walking is a sleep disturbance in which a person walks in their sleep. T child is affected by this disorder, parents usually use infant monitors to keep children safe. To end the worry and increase restful sleep, hypnosis is often used. Hypnposis is pleasant for the person receiving it. When a hypnotist works wit

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How To Get Your Mojo Back

It's not good to feel that you have lost your mojo. Your enthusiasm has gone, there's no excitement, no sparkle. It's hard to get going and everything seems to drag. The feeling of motivation is just a distant memory. You can lose your mojo for work, your relationship or for life in general. The question is how to rais

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Conversational Hypnosis: Does Hypnosis Work?

If you are a reasonably level headed person you probably think conversational hypnosis is a load of bs. Most people I talk to think the mere idea of someone else being able to control their thought processes is ridiculous. I've often wondered why this should be. After all we all accept the emotional power of music or h

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A Case History Of Using Hypnotherapy For Psoriasis

Introduction Sally was one of the clients in a study I conducted on the effects of Hypnotherapy on Plaque Psoriasis. Having seen various studies on how Hypnotherapy can be very helpful in tackling psoriasis I asked for volunteers on a self-help forum through the Internet. Sally was one of the volunteers that asked to be included. Although she lived a long way from my practise I explained that she would need to see me once a week for 8 weeks. I also explained to her that she

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Not That! This! - The NLP Visual Swish Technique

"Not That! This!" The NLP Visual Swish Technique NLP, Neuro Linguistic Programming, is all about effective communications. Some of those communications are between people, and some are within our own mind. When we clearly communicate and instruct our own unconscious (creative, problem-solving, power mind) in the things

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Spirit Babies

Spirit Babies –June 2012 I am a healer and medium with a speciality in communicating with babies who have crossed over before birth or have not yet been conceived. Babies coming in now are especially aware and have much to teach their parents. As a lifelong teacher who does a lot of volunteer work involving babies,

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