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1. Sofia Vergara from Modern family wants hypnosis to stop eating cake

   Posted on 10:48am Thursday 9th Oct 2014

   Modern Family star Sofia Vergara has been talking about how she has considered visiting a hypnotherapist to stop her from eating cake!

   “I heard about someone in L.A. who got hypnotized so they wouldn’t eat candy. I’m seriously looking into that because I’m obsessed,” Vergara said.

   Whilst she may have been making a joke I do that all the time for people ! Actually I tend not to stop people from eating things they want to eat and work more on helping people to turn down cravings so that they can control how much they eat of things that may not be so good for them. As well as cake and chocolate I also often help people to drink less wine as it seems to be quite a habit for people to have a couple of glasses in the evening and some people would like to cut down. I have even helped someone to stop eating Greggs sausage rolls! It's all part of my weight loss programme and you can read more about turning down your cravings here: Turn Down Cravings with the Slimmer you weight loss programme.

   The only downside I found is that I eat much less chocolate nowadays because working with clients who wanted to eat less has turned down my own cravings accidentally!

2. Ewan McGregor uses app for anxiety hypnotherapy

   Posted on 9:02am Thursday 9th Oct 2014

   Ewan ­McGregor has been tweeting about using an anxiety therapy iPhone app to help curb his stage fright on Broadway.

   Appearing on Broadway in a production of the Tom Stoppard drama The Real Thing he has been talking on twitter about how he has had help for his nerves and stress to conquer anxiety. He is a good friend to hypnotherapist Max Kirsten and although his tweets talk about the app for anxiety Ewan has of course had sessions of hypnotherapy to help him with his nerves. The App for hypnosis may well be helping him to reinforce the work that he has done but it may well be just a part of the work. If you are suffering from terrible anxiety and stress then you would clearly benefit from a talking therapy such as hypnotherapy and using just an anxiety app is unlikely to help you on its own.

   The 43-year-old actor has said that what he has learned through his sessions had been a huge help during warm-up shows this week.

   He tweeted: “Going on Broadway for the first previews has been a nervy thing...My name in lights on Broadway. Big moment for a wee actor from Crieff.”

   Seeing a celebrity talking about their own anxiety and stress and how they have used hypnotherapy to help them overcome the worries is always positive. He has already spoken about how he saw a hypnotherapist to help him to quit smoking and how well that worked for him so he understands how the techniques he has learned can help him in all areas of his life.

   Always know that you can ask for help and that you do not need to live with stress and anxiety alone. An app for your iPhone may not be able to do the job on its own but speaking to a real hypnotherapist can really help you to let go and move forward.

   Looking at Ewan McGregor it may be hard to understand that he would be nervous but if you suffer from stress yourself you will know that sometimes people can hide how they feel after lots of practice.

   You can listen to a FREE relaxation MP3 which can help to show you how you could turn down your anxiety by clicking the link at the top of this page.