The Rich list of authors has a new member - Paul Mckenna

News emerges that self help guru and ex stage hypnotist Paul Mckenna has joined the ranks of authors like Harry Potter writer JK Rowling as he signs a £7m deal to write a book a month for a year and create web seminars to add to his already published books, cds and even apps.

In the past, as well as writing books to help people with weight loss and sleeping, he also famously wrote a book and CD called “I can make you Rich”. Clearly,  he must have been taking his own advice in this case.

 “This is a unique deal and one of the biggest in publishing history. It cements Paul McKenna’s position alongside some of the world’s greatest self-help authors.”

Source close to Paul McKenna

United States publishing deal with Hay House

The first of the 12 books will be Freedom From Emotional Eating and will be followed by such titles as Hypnotic Gastric Band and Quit Smoking Today Without Gaining Weight, I Can Make You Smarter, Change Your Life In 7 Days, and Instant Influence and Charisma..

It would seem that what is really happening is just a rebrand of books that he has already written alongside a new deal to update them and reformat the way they are written.

I remember seeing Paul Mckenna when he was a stage hypnotist many years ago, and clearly his change of direction has suited him very well.

His book I Can Make You Thin is said to be the biggest-selling weight loss book. 

A friend of his has been quoted as saying.. “It’s completely revolutionary in the publishing world to have so many books published consecutively month by month, across a whole year.”

The books’ release is to be accompanied by seminars broadcast on the web as well as interactive courses that can be downloaded from the internet.

It will be interesting to see the rise of Simon Cowell’s friend in the US, especially since the Fox TV network is also about the show the hypnotist gameshow “You’re Back in the Room” Hosted by Taye Diggs.

Star of hit sitcom Friends, Courteney Cox has reportedly turning to a hypnotherapist to help her deal with an issue that has caused her a great deal of relationship heartache.

It was reported last year that her relationship with Snow Patrol pianist and guitarist Johnny McDaid, after a fear of leaving her house escalated to the point that the relationship was unable to continue. After the split this just made the situation worse and so Courteney turned to hypnosis to help her overcome the fear.

This week newspapers such as The Mail have suggested that their relationship is back on again after pictures of them engaged in a passionate kiss appeared, that seem to show that the problems may well now be behind them.

According to the reliable old witness known as a source.. "Johnny pretty much walked out because her agoraphobia was driving him crazy. She never left the house and the rare occasion she couldn't avoid it was an epic nightmare coaxing her out the door"

From the sound of it the source didn't seem to have much empathy for a condition that can cause people a great deal of stress. The good news is that once you get help you can overcome problems like this and so it seems that having hypnotherapy for agoraphobia gave her the result that she wanted.

She has even been out on shopping trips with her co-star from Friends Jennifer Aniston. 

Now we hear that they are planning a wedding in the autumn, so wish both of them every happiness.