Category: Hypnosis on Television and radio

1. How do you explain the unconscious mind?

   Posted on 12:40pm Saturday 18th Jul 2015

   I like to be able to explain to people how our mind works and the best way to do that is often to use examples...

   So, using the example of speaking to a smoker who wished to become a non smoker, I would explain to them... The brain is, very simply divided into two separate parts – the left brain which deals with logical thought, is the part that is critical and deals with most of our daily decision making process – it is the conscious part of our mind.

   The other part of our brain – the right brain – becomes more creative as we relax and is responsible for all our memories, feelings, emotions and creativity – it is the unconscious part of our mind.

   There isn’t normally a lot of communication between the left and right halves of our brain - for example – your left brain knows all the good reasons why you shouldn’t smoke – but your right brain has the feeling that you want to smoke.

   One of the rules of psychology is that, where the left and right brain are in conflict – the right brain nearly always wins. That’s why simply deciding to stop smoking may not be enough – it is like telling someone experiencing a panic attack – not to worry. Logical thought simply doesn’t  get through in our normal waking state – to the right – unconscious brain where our feelings are – does that make sense?

   If I say to you – tomorrow you’re not going to smoke anymore – the little voice in your left brain will say to “So that’s what he thinks – the idiot!!” or words to that effect. Whereas if instead I lead you into a pleasant relaxed state of hypnosis and I turn the statement into a positive form – like – “As from now you’re a non-smoker and really enjoying being a non-smoker” – its really saying the same thing but is much more readily accepted by your whole brain.

   By working with you on the positives we can really help all of you to see and understand that what you want is the best for you. Both parts of you really want to achieve the same thing and give you the best in your life that you can have.

    

2. Top Ten celebrities who have used Hypnosis

   Posted on 4:59pm Monday 13th Jul 2015

   People seem to have an insatiable appetite for reading about celebrities. There are more and more stores in the press about people in the public eye who have turned to hypnosis to help them.

   One of the things that often shows how famous people are slightly different from the rest of us is something that you may not have considered before....It's simply that they are not afraid to ask for help. They know that we cannot do everything for ourself and so looking for assistance with a problem is something that comes very naturally to them.

   Here are just some of those people....

   Simon Cowell, actor Matt Damon, Singer Adele, Samuel L Jackson, Ben Affleck, Ellen De Generes, Drew Barrymore, Charlize Theron  and Prince Harry have all used hypnotherapy to quit smoking. The Prince’s sister in law Kate Middleton used also used hypnotherapy to regain her appetite following a very widely reported bout of morning sickness. Kate Moss has also used those hypnotic techniques to help her with the stress and worry of pregnancy, as has Jessica Alba.

   Reese Witherspoon has used hypnosis to overcome her insecurities after finding that Hollywood knockbacks were affecting her self esteem.

   Spice Girl Mel B has had hypnosis for stage fright. Geri Halliwell has seen a therapist too.  Another performer who also suffered a fear of performing and had panic attacks is Michael Ball. You can see him talking about learning EFT in this video...

   Actress Eva Mendes had hypnotherapy to overcome her arachnophobia and conquer her fear of spiders. 

   Actor Aaron Eckhart has said that hypnosis changed his life forever after he used it to give up smoking and alcohol.

   Kevin Costner, star of Waterworld even used it to help with seasickness.

   Orlando Bloom had help to deal with eating too much chocolate. Did you know that you can learn to just turn down cravings!

   The Duchess of York known as Fergie hired a hypnotherapist to help her to stop biting her nails, and a different Fergie, the singer from Black Eyed Peas sought help for an addiction.

   Top Sports people like Tiger Woods and David Beckham have long known about the benefits of using their mind to help their sports performance coaching too.

   There are so many more people who have seen the benefits...and as long as they do and keep talking about it the more we can learn about changing things that what want help with and that you do not have to face problems alone.