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1. ITV Star uses hypnosis to escape speeding tickets

   Posted on 9:56pm Tuesday 8th Mar 2016

   ITV’s Back in the Room Star uses Hypnosis to get out of speeding tickets

   You’re Back in the Room first appeared on ITV last March and this March the show returns. Hosted by Phil Schofield and assisted by hypnotist and mentalist Keith Barry, the hypnosis gameshow has already been written and talked about a great deal. Are they really hypnotised is just one of the questions that has been asked a great day. It can appear that they are just playing along in order to earn a few minutes fame and win some money.

   

   Ahead of the launch of season two of You’re Back in the Room, Keith Barry has been talking about how he has used some of his hypnosis tricks to help him break the law.

   Keith spoke about how his mentalist skills can benefit him in ways that you may not imagine.

    “Let’s just say I do get things cheaper sometimes. I’m not saying I don’t use it in everyday life, but I don’t do evil things. If a cop stops me when I am speeding then sometimes, not all the time, I may get out of that ticket. Let’s just say I don’t have any points on my licence and I drive quickly sometimes. I haven’t done anything I regret, I don’t live for regrets. I’m not a mean person, so I don’t go around doing evil things to people.”

    

   It’s interesting to see him talking about Simon Cowell and the incident in last year’s Britain’s Got Talent where he was hypnotised by a Hypnodog and slumped on his chair after looking into the dogs eyes.

   I appeared with Jonathan Ross on BBC Radio 2 talking about that incident and you can hear the interview below...

   Here’s what Keith Barry had to say about the Simon Cowell hypnotised by a dog incident...

    “I’ve met so many celebrities already but I think hypnotising Simon would be interesting. Really hypnotise him, not just a dog looking at him and his head falling down (Keith was referring to the “hypno-dog” incident on Britain’s Got Talent last year). I think to get Simon Cowell out of his comfort zone would be rather interesting. I don’t know what I would make him do. I work with Phillip Schofield on this show but I haven’t tried to hypnotise him, we just haven’t had the time. I did offer to help him with his hangovers, though, so he said he would book me for the NTAs.”

    DId Simon Cowell just fake being hypnotised?

   It is very intriguing that he would suggest that Simon Cowell was just playing along when that’s exactly what many people think all the contestants on his ITV hypnosis gameshow are doing!

   You can read more and see more videos of behind the scenes on You’re Back in the Room here:

   There are MORE blogs and VIDEOS talking about behind the scenes secrets of the ITV Hypnotist Show here:

   http://www.markpowlett.co.uk/myblog/read_126162/twitter-thinks-youre-back-in-the-room-is-using-actors.html

   http://www.markpowlett.co.uk/myblog/read_123451/are-they-really-hypnotised-on-youre-back-in-the-room.html

   http://www.markpowlett.co.uk/myblog/read_115112/phil-schofield-to-host-new-hypnosis-gameshow-on-itv-with-keith-barry.html

    

2. Paul Mckenna speaks at the United Nations International day of Happiness

   Posted on 8:15pm Wednesday 2nd Mar 2016

   Paul Mckenna speaks to the UN on International Day of Happiness

   Paul Mckenna has come a long way from his days as a radio presenter for the BBC. From becoming the most famous hypnotist on British television with his own hypnosis gameshow "The Hypnotic World of Paul Mckenna" to a world famous hypnotherapist helping thousands of people to acheive what they desire, from losing weight, giving up smoking and managing stress to builing self confidence and more.

   Now here comes what could well be his greatest challenge yet....speaking to the United Nations.

   Paul has been invited to speak at the United Nations Plaza Building in New York all about what he does on March 20th 2016 for the I Do Happiness Day. As well as speaking about hypnotherapy he will also be discussing Havening and how it can help people. It's just one of several techniques that can make a real difference to your life.

   The event is designed to be a global platform for change. Paul's talk is entitled "The Havening Technique - Move from upset/depression to a calm blissful state in minutes using the latest breakthroughs in modern psychology.

   The power of the mind is something that we must never underestimate and so I very much look forward to hearing what Paul has to say.

   You can find out more at idohappiness.org 

   

    Updated after the event: Paul took the stage an introduced himself as someone who has been fascinated by happiness for many years. He discussed the fact that money doesn't seem to make people any happier. Lottery winners are often not much happier a year after their win.

   Depression is on the rise across the world and he talked about the different approaches that can be used to help people to find ways to feel happier. He discussed his use of Hypnotherapy and NLP with Richard Bandler and then went on to demonstrate the technique of Havening

   He explained that the neurosystem cannot tell the difference between a real and an imagined thought.

   He asked everyone in the audience to remember a time when they felt really happy. He asked them to return to it as if it was happening right now and then asked them to make that experience stronger and more vivid.

   We are only one thought away from feeling happy.

   Havening Demonstration by Paul McKenna

   He then went on to demonstrate the technique with a member of the audience called Annette. She talked about the story of her life an abuse that she had suffered as a child. She had already spoken to Dr. Ron Ruden who has worked with havening a great deal and is ont of the creators of this new therapy. Annette also spoke about how she tried to think positive but that she was always pulled back to what she felt she grew up with.

   "It feels like the past is always present"

   Paul explained that what he was going to do was a psychosensory therapy and not a distraction. He asked her how badly she could make herself feel on a scale of one to ten and she said ten.

    

   He then used the havening intervention which you can see in this video.. 

   Dr. Paul McKenna Demonstrates Havening Techniques® at the United Nations, March 20, 2016 from Havening on Vimeo.

   It is fascinating to see that after the havening the lady herself finds it very hard to feel the bad feelings again, after just a few minutes.