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Random acts of kindness

As an antidote to neknominate drinking online, a man has come up with a better idea for us all to get into. This man nominates someone to perform random acts of kindness and see how many you can achieve in a day. Something as simple as paying for someone's coffee, car park fee, or giving a trolley with the coin still in. Its sounds a really nice way to making other people feel better and yourself at the same time - a win/win situation. We could all be kinder to each other. It could be a great competition to see [...]

By Joy Gower|April 24th, 2014|General news|0 Comments

No Smoking Day

No smoking day I just noticed that yesterday was No Smoking Day. Are you getting anti smoking fatigue? If so ... We all know the dangers of smoking, well there probably are a few people who don't, but I wonder if we deny what is really going on inside our body, and just hope we won't be one of those people who succumb to smoking related diseases. In the 1960s there was a documentary on TV about the effects of smoking and they showed a diseased lung. Many of us smoked at that time and we all panicked about seeing [...]

By Joy Gower|March 13th, 2014|Give up Smoking|0 Comments

How can you trust a Hypnotherapist?

One way you can trust a hypnotherapist is to make sure they have the correct training. Anything less than what is termed as the 'Gold' standard in training is what you would initially look for. The Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma is the Gold standard in training. A properly recognised UK certification from the National Council for Hypnotherapy will offer this. It is vital you do receive the best, is anything less worth it. Look out for those therapists who display this kind of certification. A therapist who is also certified properly to use NLP will be best for you too. Some [...]

By Joy Gower|February 27th, 2014|Hypnotherapy|0 Comments

Extra strength non- deceptive placebo

Extra strength non- deceptive placebo Hypnosis has often been referred to as the placebo effect. Horizon programme featured hypnosis as the placebo effect, and demonstrated tooth extraction without any drugs. Hypnosis is the ultimate placebo as the client is aware of what changes need to happen. Medical intervention using placebos rely on deceiving the patient, which is fine if it works. The reason is does work is that the Dopamines in our brain are activated and produce our own bodies natural pain relievers. One thing the Horizon programme revealed is that the placebo works better if the GP or consultant [...]

By Joy Gower|February 18th, 2014|Hypnotherapy|0 Comments

Stopping smoking reduces stress

Stopping smoking reduces stress (Daily Mail) Stopping smoking does reduce stress. Smoking causes depression and anxiety. The vicious circle though is when you try to stop smoking, you become anxious because you are addicted to smoking. The news is that smoking can cause breast cancer. Have we become immune to all these scares? You mig be saying that you will take your chances on life. That's an option, but if you do want to live longer and not have a smoking related disease which are nasty to say the least, then you will want to stop smoking as easily as [...]

By Joy Gower|February 14th, 2014|Give up Smoking, Hypnotherapy|0 Comments

How much is your relationship worth

How much is your relationship worth Is your relationship worth £5 10 or 20? Morrisons had a wide shelf of roses all different prices. Is there an assumption that the worth of the relationship is worth what you pay? Relationships will always be a work in progress. You can't take them for granted. When you do they start falling apart. A friend told me that she found that some people only focus on the negatives in any relationships, and forget to look at the bigger picture. When people do this to you, they are not worth your time and energy. [...]

By Joy Gower|February 13th, 2014|Relationships|0 Comments

Hypnosis helps IBS sufferers

Hypnosis helps IBS sufferers Irritable bowel syndrome affects thousands of people, and it can difficult treating it. Medications may slow the bowel down or speed it up, but they are not treating the cause. So what causes the bowel to become irritated? Certain foods play a part, but what if constant anxieties trigger the bowel to begin with and then those certain foods irritate it even more? Hypnotherapy research is now proving that receiving sessions of hypnotherapy does change the actions of the bowel by allowing the client to feel more relaxed and much less stressed. After the sessions, the [...]

By Joy Gower|February 11th, 2014|Hypnotherapy, Latest News|0 Comments

Why are so many people anxious?

Why are so many people anxious? I met a woman who had lived through the Second World War. She said they did not have time to be depressed or anxious, that there was no such thing as anxiety. I thought she was wrong. There certainly was a grat deal of anxiety, but maybe they just did not fully acknowledge it, and thought they just had to get on with life. There are so many situations in life that cause us to be anxious. Yes there are many people in the world who are worse off than us, but it does [...]

By Joy Gower|February 3rd, 2014|Latest News|0 Comments

How to transform yourself

How do you transform yourself, and what in to? You may be thinking that if you did not feel so negative, or could be more spontaneous, or even enjoy more fun in life, then that would transform you. You think you are stuck with old habits and behaviours, but that is not true. What is true is that your thinking has become habitual, and you don't know how to change it. Consciously you want to quite naturally, but unconsciously that old programme keeps running. Metaphorically you want to re-boot your brain. So imagine that you could do just that, and [...]

By Joy Gower|January 24th, 2014|Latest News|0 Comments

Getting facts right

Getting facts right It's always good to read in the EDP that someone is interested in hypnotherapy, but one fact was incorrect. The UEA does not hold courses in hypnotherapy. What it does do is hire rooms out to companies who train there. Sadly some people believe that they are being university trained when that is not the case. Great marketing from a business point of view, but incorrect to make the assumption that it is a university course. Anyone contemplating studying hypnotherapy whether it is called a 'hypnotherapy' or 'clinical hypnotherapy' ( same thing), should do research in what [...]

By Joy Gower|January 17th, 2014|Hypnotherapy, Latest News|0 Comments