Do you wake up each morning feeling lethargic, sluggish, overwhelmed or apathetic about work and the day ahead of you? Or maybe there’s an obstacle that continues to occupy your mind at every moment. Like many people, you want to be focused and feel successful, but no matter how many cups of coffee you drink, you never get to that place where you are saying, “I feel like I can take on anything put in front of me.” If this sounds familiar, it may be time for you to discover th

It was once thought that your personality became set in stone by the time you were an adult. Research shows that this is simply not the case. For example, a two thousand twelve study published in the journal Social Indicators Research tracked personality changes in over eight thousand five hundred people over a four-year period. They found that there were measurable changes in people’s personality traits over this time and that changes in personality were much more strongly c

Perhaps you can think of a time you avoided a particular situation, or you didn’t participate in a particular activity, because you didn’t want to risk making a mistake and looking foolish in front of others. Or maybe you can recall getting negative feedback from a boss, or a bad mark in an exam, and it felt really painful, maybe even devastating to you at the time. Or there may have been a time when you gave up learning something because you felt like you were struggling, an

Positive expectations can make a world of difference in your ability to attract what you want. Richard J. Wiseman, Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, showed that a positive, constructive attitude enables people to discover how to really open their eyes to the opportunities around them. When they start expecting the best, they find themselves naturally developing their own creative and intuitive skills in ways that immediate

Have you ever felt like a tiger trapped in a cage? Are you in a situation where you feel cornered with no way out? Is there something creative and passionate inside you, waiting to come out, but you’re holding back for some reason, perhaps out of fear or a sense of lack? Maybe you’re in a relationship that has turned out to be less than fulfilling. Or a job that’s less than rewarding. Maybe you don’t have the money or things that you want. Perhaps you’re stuck in routines tha

As a hypnotherapist, I help people live a better life. I give people advice every day – advice that makes a difference. But that said, self-improvement can sometimes be overwhelming, especially if you’re trying to change a number of things at once and you’re not sure where to start. If you’re stuck in a rut, and would like to discover a powerful self-hypnosis practice that streamlines your focus so you can make the right kind of changes to your life, check out the steps below

There are multiple forms of therapy to choose from, whether it's mainstream or of the alternative variety. With all these seemingly endless options, why should anyone choose hypnotherapy? As a board certified hypnotherapist, I've seen first-hand the incredible changes that this form of therapy can bring. I once had an Italian client with an intense phobia of flying who couldn't so much as utter the word without experiencing a strong physical and emotional response. But after