Hypnosis: Good Enough for Celebrities, Good Enough for You!

In today’s society we’re used to getting instantaneous results. “There’s an app for that” isn’t really an exaggeration for how we live our lives. You can order the week’s groceries without ever leaving your apartment, catch up on all of your friend’s and family’s lives without ever speaking with them, and diagnose your own rattling cough or throbbing headache without ever seeing a doctor.

It makes sense that we would be transitioning from the long and drawn out results of talk therapy to the more time efficient method of hypnosis. Unlike therapy, hypnosis will literally change the way you think so you can begin to change your life with most patients seeing results after the first session. It can be used for a wide array of problems, from addictions and phobias to weight loss and stress reduction . But, don’t just take my word for it!

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How Hypnosis and Life Coaching Can Inspire Your Creativity

a happy womanDa Vinci. Picasso. Shakespeare. What is creativity? Where does it come from? I’m certainly not about to turn this blog post into a TED talk, a Jonah Lehrer article, or a college thesis.

We all know creativity when we see it, and it is a trait that most, if not all, people aspire to. Whether you’re a systems analyst, a software developer, a musician, or a mailman, every profession can benefit from some sort of creative consciousness and abilities, and every person can benefit from having a creative outlet.

While everyone might not have the talent to be a creative artist, everyone does have his or her own unique creativity.

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Is Hypnosis a Paradox?

Hypnotizing WatchEvery hypnotist will quell one of your biggest fears surrounding hypnosis: What if hypnosis is like mind-control? Especially if you haven’t been hypnotized before, you are probably wondering if, during your trance, you’ll be at the complete mercy of the hypnotist. And every hypnotist worth his/her salt will tell you emphatically that hypnosis is indeed not mind control.

But wait a minute. How can hypnosis live up to its definition of conscious surrender at the behest of the hypnotist to create subconscious change and at the same time not be in a sense, mind-control? Don’t you need the hypnotist to control your mind to some extent for he to get beneath rational cognitive blocks you are having trouble changing? What gives?

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The Difference Between Hypnosis and Guided Meditation

Hypnotizing WatchIs hypnosis just like guided meditation? The answer is to this question requires a little bit of explanation…

Whenever I explain hypnosis to people, I give them a rough comparison to guided meditation. Because there’s so much myth and misconception surrounding hypnosis due to do Vegas stage acts and television depictions, I want to give people a ballpark idea of what it is before I launch into the ‘science of neuroplasticity’ or ‘post-hypnotic suggestions.’

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