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Notice the Thoughts You’re Following

It is important for self-confidence to notice your thoughts.

Take note of the thoughts that you choose to follow.

Are your thoughts helpful or not helpful for you?

Validate your own thinking and thoughts and then choose to let those thoughts go, however, it is important to validate them first.

In today’s world, many people spend a lot of time in front of a screen, on social media not being social.

Statistics are showing that too much screen time can be detrimental to person’s mental health.

When utilising social media and screen time it is important to be aware and train yourself to be mindful, to stop and think of your thoughts and the harm your thinking may be creating for you.

Sitting home alone, surrounded by the computer, laptop, tablet and smartphone.

Feeling lonely, feeling angry possibly, feeling cheated or even feeling hard done by.

Even feeling intimidated maybe.

The initial spark is not important.

You have that thought…

You choose to feed that thought…

Before too long that thought is out of control…

THIS IS THE DANGER ZONE!

At this time, you may choose to share that thought with another, who instead of having you see that thought for what it is and how it began.

They add fuel to your thought, believing it is your reality.

It may be something you have imagined to be true or blown out of proportion in your own mind, by feeding a thought and making assumptions.

Awareness (Mindfulness if you want to be trendy about it)

As soon as you share…

As soon as you send…

As soon as you post…

It is no longer about YOU

It then becomes about the person or group of people you have chosen to take aim at.

Yes.. you are still hurt and angry and possibly many other emotions, and you are allowed to be all of them.

However you have a need to be careful about directing that hurt or anger toward other people, it is not okay to take aim at other people.

Such action can lead to being interrupted as slander, bullying and possibly incorrectly imply, accusing or judging another and without checking in on the facts of your own thinking, and this can be damaging for, not only yourself and your own self-confidence, but it can also affect other people.

So.. even home alone, behind your screen, you are connected to the outside world, even if you may feel extremely disconnected.

So.. BE CAREFUL… What you send.

BE CAREFUL…  What you post.

BE CAREFUL… What thought you fuel.

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Lose Weight without Dieting

All the talk of eating healthy and exercising will only play a small part in assisting the majority of overweight and obese people, what they need is to simply change their language and re-program their old belief systems. Thus embracing a mind shift to a new weigh (way) of life. Thus bringing about permanent change.

Lets start with the word “Lose” for example – Yes, it is just a word, however it IS a very powerful word.
This single word is one of the BIGGEST problems. We give words, thoughts and feelings and therefore we give them POWER!

The basics is that you do not want to tell your mind and body that you have LOST anything. Food for thought – think about this. When you lose something – for example your car keys , you go into a frantic panic and search for them, leaving no stone unturned until you find them. Same thing with Losing Weight We tell ourselves we are losing weight, others notice we have lost weight and so often when we reach our goal weight we then go into the grief, loss, seek and find process. Hence the Yo-Yo diet pattern.
We need to also educate the community to Change their Language to Change their Outcome.

Weight Loss Hypnosis

We work with and focus on a weight management program, where the weight just simply drips away, it is not about dieting, deprivation or losing anything, it is about what is right and healthy for you.

A well known daytime television presenter is known for disputing that weight issues are associated with emotions.

BUT STOP – Think about when we eat.
– When we are sad
– When we are happy
– When we are bored
– When we celebrate
– When we commiserate.
ALL Emotional Situations.

Another well known celebrity the big “O” – Yes Oprah, opening admits her eating issues are associated with emotions. Oprah is true to herself and seeks to continue to work on the core issues.

We need to rid ourselves of old belief systems like:

  • Eat everything on your plate
  • Can’t waste food
  • I’m big – I will always be big.
  • We are all big in our family – it is just in our genes
  • Sweets as a reward for eating all of our food
  • Alcohol and food at the end of the day, because I work hard and deserve it.

We need to focus on – Eating Healthy, Being Healthy, Thinking Healthy, Living Healthy, these are the Basic Elements to a New Weigh of Life. Weight then just drips away.

YES – You need to Change.
But that change can be simple – Once you make the decision to change, the body and mind accept and move into the “How”

Train to Change – Change Thinking Patterns, Feeling Patterns, Eating Patterns and Living Patterns and then we will bring about permanent change.

We can eat foods that we like – it is like everything in life – it is just about moderation, food combinations and portion sizes.
– small amounts to refuel the body and to give it energy.

Question to ask self is : When are you going to STOP treating your body like a rubbish bin?
Yes a rubbish bin, we fill it to over flowing, throw in scraps, leftovers and rubbish. Half the time we don’t even consider what we throw in.

People need to think about what they are eating, bring it to the most important decision you are making and begin to treat our body like our most precious and prized possession, that it truly is.

Therefore it is not just about Food and Exercise, it needs to include Thoughts and Attitude as well.

People need to understand and educate themselves with what the body needs when they think it is craving sugars or sweets.

I not only work with overweight and obese, I also work with other eating disorders such as Anorexia, Bulimia and my success is achieved by guiding them to control their thoughts and feelings.

People have a Choice
To succeed is to change the thought of depravation.

I really want people to know that there is a way to permanent change – to live a quality, rich life. Many obese people have lost hope and I want to share with then that there IS hope, and that it CAN be achieved without surgery, that they CAN live a healthy life and not have to struggle all of the time.

Life can easily be Balanced, Happy and Fun.

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Weight Management Information Night

Hypnotic Gastric Banding Therapy

Another FREE Weight Management Information Night

Due to the success and ongoing enquiries and requests
The Next Information evening for the Hypnotic Gastric Banding Therapy is:

Wednesday the 7th of March, 2012

at our Newport Centre

at 28 Mason Street, Newport.

at 7pm

Learn all about the procedure and what it can do for you.

 

Welcome to just show up, however if you wish to be assured a place, please reserve your place now, you can fill in the contact page on this site with Weight Management Information Evening in the Discussion Field Box.

Thank you,

If you would like to see some of the footage from previous nights, please feel free to visit www.HypnoticGastricBanding.com

Look forward to meeting you.

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Why do People…

               Crave for Chocolate? 

 

Hypnosis to Help with Chocolate CravingsTo crave means to have an intense desire for something and in the case of chocolate it means a strong liking or obsession for it, and in excessive amounts. The interesting question to ask is why people crave for chocolate? Chocolate works like a drug in the body that is why like medicine, chocolate can also be very addictive. For this reason also, craving for chocolate is associated with problems in weight gain.

Chocolate being able to evoke similar drug related pharmacologic effects and behaviour patterns has a high potential to be very addictive.  To add to these characteristics that make people crave for chocolate are the hedonic pleasures it gives from its sweet taste, smooth texture and inviting aroma. The pleasure that it gives makes it the primary factor why people crave for chocolate and in some instances become addictive.
In addition to the hedonic pleasures that chocolate gives it is also closely associated with positive behaviour, mood and emotion changes. These behavioural changes are an effect of chocolate’s components such as biogenic amines, cannabinoids and methylxanthines that give the brain the boost it needs to create the positive feeling and emotion.
These brain effects come from the stimulation of dopamine and serotonin as an effect of chocolate consumption. Dopamine and serotonin are considered as “happy hormones.” These hormones tend to fluctuate especially among women as an effect of the hormonal changes associated with the menstrual cycle. This explains why during the pre-menstrual period women crave for chocolate to counter the mild depression syndrome effects of the hormonal changes.
People who crave for chocolate find this boost an extra source and means of relaxation or positive sensory stimulation. These psychopharmacologic effects are real that is why chocolate craving can potentially result to chocolate addiction and weight gain problems.
Since, chocolate craving has the potential to cause more serious health problems such as high cholesterol levels, high blood pressure, excessive weight gain and serious behaviour conditions such as obsessive chocolate craving or chocolate addiction, hypnotherapists suggest early detection and treatment.
Hypnotherapists can help the chocolate craving and it can be controlled through hypnosis. Hypnosis for weight loss is the method of altering the state of consciousness to positively re-channel the pleasure centres to more acceptable and positive means such as exercise and other relaxation techniques. Hypnotherapy works by allowing the individual to consciously decide to control the chocolate craving.
A hypnotherapist conducts hypnotherapy as a series of treatment sessions until the desired outcome is achieved. (Which for a Chocolate Craving is usually only one or two sessions) It is done through the process of hypnosis. Hypnosis for weight loss allows the hypnotherapist and the individual to access the subconscious pleasure centres of the latter. Then both the hypnotherapist and individual will work together to disassociate chocolate craving from feelings and emotions; hunger and appetite pleasure centres.
To disassociate means that an individual will gain conscious control of eating chocolate only in acceptable amounts. It will allow the individual to control the chocolate craving because the pleasure centres will be trained to focus on healthier and productive means of relaxation and satisfaction.
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Calm Your Pets Stress Levels

Calm Your Pooch and Reduce Your Own Stress Level

Stress is a way of life for some people either because of work responsibilities or business requirements. Family and social life often suffer because of work place stress that is why it is a must for everyone to have a means of relaxation or a way to reduce stress significantly. One way to do this is to own a pet! Some may not agree to this, but for people who are natural animal lovers, having a pet at home can effectively reduce stress levels.

There is, however, a cause for concern that is if the pet itself is the one stressed. Can it affect the owner as well? Chances are both the pet and the owner may mimic each other’s stress level. Therefore, it is also true that if a pet is calm and peaceful it can also keep the stress of the owner down to a low level.

An effective way to reduce stress level of pets is to let them listen to a hypnotherapy pet Cd that is designed to provide calmness through hypnosis. This is accomplished by letting the pet hear the beautiful soothing music that is uniquely chosen for animals. It also includes variation of voice works and different vibration streams to help the pet to calm down. It is recommended that the pet listens to the hypnotherapy Cd for three consecutive nights for the next three weeks.

There are many ways that a pet can help its owner in stress reduction activities.

Improves Mood

– Several studies support that pets have a mood-enhancing effect to its owners. These are associated with the mutual caring instinct of humans and animals, so every time those pair of cute little eyes or fury body touches an owner it stimulates positive emotions that lightens up the mood.

Encourages Exercise

– Pets need exercise like walking and running, so when a pet owner brings them for a walk the owner himself spends as much time for physical activity. This improves blood circulation, serves as a way of relaxation, promotes overall health and reduces stress.

Controls Blood Pressure

– Fluctuations in the blood pressure are usually associated with stress and tension especially at work. So when a pet owner reaches home the pet can sense this that is why it immediately cuddles up at its owner. This action from a pet has a calming effect that relaxes the muscles and reduces the tension, therefore stabilizes the blood pressure.

Prevents Depression Syndrome

– Pets especially dogs are considered loyal to their owner, which is a good source of acceptance and love. Pets can provide constant unconditional love and companionship that decreases the incidence of a pet owner in having depression syndromes. Pets are always there to provide a listening ear, physical assurance and genuine affection.

Enhances Social Relationships

– Pet owners who walk to the park can meet other people and share the same interests with them. Pets provide an easy way to initiate a conversation because an owner is assured that if another person also has a pet they already have something in common. Pets provide a lot of opportunities to meet new friends and acquaintances, therefore improving social relationships.

This numerous benefits of owning a pet is one good reason why a pet owner should keep in mind that a pet should not be stressed because it will also affect his own mood. One of the best ways to ensure that pets are not stressed is to have they listen to hypnotherapy Cds. In fact, both owner and pet can listen together and share the same relaxing and peaceful experience.

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Give Yourself a Boost with Sleep and Hypnosis

Hypnotherapy will help you Sleep

Sleep is a very important daily activity that allows the body to rest, to recharge, to repair and to heal. The acceptable time for all of these processes to take place each night is to have at least six to eight hours of sleep; if sleep is anything below that then the adult’s body is not made ready for the following day’s work.

The person who lacks sleep is described as a person who has less number of hours of continuous sleep or has problems staying asleep. This person becomes sluggish and unable to focus or concentrate the next day, and even worse is, the body becomes at risk of easily catching viruses such as cough, cold or flu. This is because a lack of sleep tremendously weakens the immune system.

There is a way to enhance sleep patterns without the use of medication or any aggressive therapeutic method; this is through hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy is a way to alter the levels of consciousness of a client so that the subconscious mind can easily resurface and visit the sleep and dream level of the mind. This can be conducted by a hypnotherapist at their clinic or it can be performed through self-hypnosis using the Hypnotherapy SLEEP Cd every night.

The self-hypnosis technique will allow the client to easily be in a deep sleep within minutes of listening to the hypnotherapy Cd.  This hypnosis method works by sifting through the various levels of consciousness and skipping unnecessary thought processes to stimulate relaxation and then eventually fall into deep sleep.

Insomnia

Lack of sleep can be dangerous because the body works in a balance, and to create this balance a regular rest is necessary. The lack of rest may result to loss of body rhythm and functioning, especially the brain, which is the master clock of the body. This phenomenon has a scientific basis that shows the brain slowing down on its synaptic nerve impulses that result in poor cognitive functioning.

It is like a mobile phone battery that loses its power and energy that is why it needs to be recharged. The brain works that way, so to have a high level of brain functioning the body must recharge daily.

Lack of sleep is also associated with other symptoms such as increased stress levels and lack of coping abilities. It has also been associated with weight gain and social behaviour dysfunction according to research studies.

Hypnotherapy is an efficient way to address these problems of stress, weight gain and behaviour. The hypnotic approach may vary to adapt to the client’s symptoms and difficulties. Hypnosis can be performed as a way to stimulate relaxation; it can also be used to allow the client to work with the hypnotherapist in facing past issues that may be causing the stress and lack of sleep.

There are many benefits of hypnotherapy such as safe and natural means of getting sleep, enhanced brain and body function, improved immune system booster, and a means to delay ageing. Hypnotherapy works for sleep disorders while it also gives clients additional perks and benefits.

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Hypnotherapy Can Help

Finding Inner Peace

All human beings are created differently; as such talents, behaviours, emotions, dispositions are also different. If there is one thing common about all human beings is that desire to have that inner peace deep within.

Peace means the freedom to live in harmony with other people and to be free from slavery or oppression. Inner peace, on the other hand, means to enjoy quietness of mind where an individual sees oneself and the world around as a safe place to live in. Inner peace is not the absence of sorrow, pain or trials; what is significant is the peace that surrounds and comforts a human being in times of difficult challenges.

Inner peace however, is not something that comes out naturally; in fact it is something that must be worked on every day. Hypnotherapy is one effective way to seek for inner peace and to restore balance in life.

Some people may have some difficulty finding balance in life because they are not fully aware of their strengths and potentials. A hypnotherapist can work with them through the process called hypnosis.

Utilising the Power of Hypnosis

Through hypnosis a person will have an interesting journey towards self-discovery. A hypnotherapist will conduct hypnosis so an individual can have an altered state of mind to allow thoughts and emotions to resurface, so that individuals may fully understand the things that are holding them back to fully embrace their potentials. The search for inner peace may be a long process; it takes dedication and commitment to genuinely desire for peace.

People sometimes associate inner peace with spirituality or religion. And since there is no ultimate formula on finding real inner peace, if these methods are effective then it is acceptable for that individual. The most important thing to remember in the search for inner peace is to be open to change.

There are many other ways to help an individual to seek peace some do meditation, others use prayer and still for others perform physical exercises combined with mind-focusing and concentration activities. Whatever it is that is effective for an individual is acceptable as long as it generates a positive outcome, creates balance and invites inner peace.

Hypnotherapy has no limitations and can be used as an adjunct therapy for individuals who would like to discuss their concerns or perhaps just to have someone to listen and maybe to work with the hypnotherapist in finding inner peace.

Inner peace is not something impossible it only requires that a person be patiently committed to the task of searching for it. One does not have to seek anywhere else because true inner peace can only be found from within.

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Losing Weight with the Assistance of Hypnosis.

Hypnotic Gastric Banding TherapyJoin me on a discussion on weight loss using the powerful tool, hypnosis. Here we will discuss a little about the process that patients go through during the Hypnotic Gastric Banding Therapy treatment and process.

The number of overweight and obese people, particularly in Western countries is growing at an alarming rate, statistics in Australia from 2005 show that 67.4% of adults are overweight and the number is on the increase each year.

Despite the increased awareness of health and fitness in the community, there are still a lot of people who are unaware of the importance of staying fit and therefore many treat their body poorly and remain unhealthy as a result.

A growing number of people suffering from obesity often turn to the surgical gastric lap band procedure to help lose weight and of course in many cases this is often initially successful, however many, without the assistance of counsellor or similar therapist to address the underlying issues and get to the actual core problem, which is NEVER about the food, the majority of people will at some stage, gain all the weight they have battled and strived to lose, and not only that weight, but usually a considerable amount more.

Many people is this situation, who have tried all the pills and potions and all the fade diets, often feel that the only possible solution to their problem is to revert to surgery, they have lost hope and can no longer even imagine themselves as a slim, fit, healthy person.

As with most things in life, surgery should always be the absolute last resort. Surgery and modern medicine is amazing of course and there is a place for it, however there really is nothing natural or healing about being knocked unconscious and having people cut into your body with surgical instruments, and if you can avoid that, I feel, that it is very important to do so, if you possibly can.

One very successful option to avoiding surgery is Hypnotic Gastric Banding Therapy. One very common question that people ask about this procedure is; “Is it really possible?” And let me tell you, the answer to that is most definitely a huge big “YES, YES IT IS!”

Whilst most people opt for individual one on one sessions with their Hypnotherapist, (check the credentials of your therapist and make sure your Hypnotherapist is certified to deliver the program), public group trials have proven that the Hypnotic Gastric Banding procedure has work very well for the majority of people. One recent study had 25 participants and 24 out of the 25 were actually losing weight and continuing to lose weight during and after the trial period, the only person who was not losing weight, was simply not following the necessary steps and guidelines.

Yes steps and guidelines, the surgical procedure has steps and guidelines as does the hypnotic procedure and naturally for success with either procedure the guidelines need to be adhered too, because as with absolutely everything in life, if you want something to change, you simply need to do things differently. Just like a recipe for a chocolate cake, if you want to make a carrot cake, you can not use the same ingredients that you would use for your chocolate cake, you need to alter the recipe. Life is the same.

Ok, so what is involved with Hypnotic Gastric Banding Therapy?

Well the therapist opens up your subconscious mind to suggestion and does not try to alter an old habit, but rather to create a new one.

The Hypnotherapist will suggest to your subconscious mind that you actually have a surgical band fitted to your stomach and that your stomach is only the size of a golf ball. During the procedure the Hypnotherapist will talk you through the process. Your journey will begin with the therapist taking you into a very relaxed state of consciousness and you are the guided through all of the hospital sounds that one can expect to hear, such as the voices and noises as you are wheeled on your gurney down the corridors of the hospital on your way to the operating theatre. You will pass by doctors and nurses rushing by in the hospital, the bangs and clangs of sterile stainless steel bowls and instruments and the general everyday noises of a busy metropolitan hospital.

Your gurney (operating trolley) then stops as you approach the operating room, and the nurse asks if you are ready to have the gastric band surgery. You reply “Yes” and then the anesthetist steps forward to administer the anesthetic. You can hear people talking about the gastric band procedure, you hear monitors beeping and you feel that you are being surgically operated on. The hypnotic gastric banding weight loss therapy takes you through the whole surgical process. After the surgery, you are then rolled back into the recovery room, as the therapist brings you back into the moment, at this point many people actually check their stomach, to check if they have actually had surgery, as their mind firmly believes they now have a gastric band fitted and they really feel their stomach is restricted to eating smaller amounts.

Gastric band surgery as you probably already know, is a very popular option for major weight loss. A lot of very overweight and obese people have undergone the surgery and have successfully dropped hundreds of pounds and kilos. Weight loss with the assistance of hypnosis is another option to the Gastric Lap Band Surgery. Patients who have undergone the hypnotic version, feel that they really have had the surgery, as I mentioned many of them even raise their shirts to see if they have an incision after the surgery they believe they have just had, the thought placed deeply within their subconscious by the hypnotherapist is so strong that people find it difficult to believe that they haven’t had the surgery.

Hypnotic Gastric Banding or Weight Loss with the assistance of hypnosis is pain free and also a safe way to have the gastric band surgery. There is an alternative to spending large amounts of money on the surgery and you don’t need the often extended recovery time. You have all the benefits of the surgery but without the risks. Hypnotic Gastric Banding is becoming more and more popular as many television shows feature them. Weight loss via hypnosis is a great alternative and a lot of clients can attest to the fact that they have lost hundreds of pounds from this form of therapy.

Enjoy opening your mind and exploring the different possibilities in life. Hypnotherapy is now widely accepted and is becoming more so as the amazing results are becoming more well known and a lot of doctors, others in the medical professionals and natural therapists see and recommend the treatments of available utilizing hypnotherapy.