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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. These are signs that, at least at times in life, you’ve been operating from a fixed mindset, as opposed to a gr

Self-hypnosis is a process or a result of hypnosis which is self-induced. It relies on making use of self-suggestions. The successful use of self-hypnosis can be a powerful tool for one’s personal development. Once mastered, concentration can be enhanced, problem-solving improved and overall performance increased. Emotional control is also one of the notable benefits of a proper practice. Read on to find out how to use self-hypnosis to your best advantage easily and safely.

Just because you feel an urge to be negative about yourself doesn’t mean you have to allow it to happen. When you tame your own thinking, and learn to talk to yourself in a calmer, fairer, more civilized way, you’re using the same principles you’ve already learned for how to act in public, and how to speak appropriately to other people, and applying them to your own mind. Therapeutic hypnosis can help you learn to bring civilization to your mind, so that you can treat yoursel

My sports performance hypnosis sessions are based on the latest psychological research into what distinguishes the top performers from the rest, and how successful athletes get that edge. These three sports hypnosis tips will help your clients fine tune their game so that, whatever sports they engage in, they’ll get the very best from themselves, physically, mentally, emotionally. They'll learn how to cultivate—and maintain—the attitudes and determination that will take them

I’ve heard countless people tell me about how they spend all day criticizing themselves in the privacy of their own minds. Why do they do this? Sometimes it’s because people have impossibly high standards—they feel like they need to do everything absolutely perfectly, and if they make even the smallest mistake, they tell themselves that they’re a total failure, and they might feel an overwhelming sense of guilt that’s completely disproportionate to the little thing they did w

There is often an element of stealth and secrecy to the way that sabotage is conducted, so if someone sabotages a political campaign, the identity of the saboteur might go completely undetected. So, what do we mean when we talk about sabotaging ourselves? Does it really mean that there is some mysterious, negative, subconscious part of us that wants us to fail at what we do? Or is there a simpler, more straightforward psychological principle at work here?

Hypnotherapy helps you to be much consistently more encouraging and supportive towards yourself, so that you that you give yourself a fair chance in life, and stay strong even when you’re faced with challenges or criticism from others. Because when you really start to believe in yourself, and in your potential to grow and develop, that kind of positive attitude will bring out the very best in you, so that you are able to draw on all of your strengths and resources as a human

Hypnosis is an excellent method for calming down anxiety, because in hypnosis it’s easy to relax deeply, and from that repeated state of deep relaxation, you can retrain your mind and body to feel calmer in the situations that would have once caused you to worry. Hypnotherapy embeds into your subconscious mind a number of proven principles for dealing with anxiety that have helped many people feel much calmer and more confident in their day to day life and get over their anxi

The key to athletic success is how you program the most important muscle in your body – the mind. "Peak Performance Mental Training" is a program designed to teach you how to program your mind to get the results you want. It is a method for influencing your performance whether you are in competition on game day or in practice. It does not matter if you are young or old, male or female, amateur or professional. The tools you will learn have been developed and tested with hundr

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, showed that a positive 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 immediately help transform their lives and experiences.

Stress relief hypnotherapy is a liberating and empowering experience which restores a sense of control and equip you to deal more pragmatically with the sources of stress you may encounter. As little as twenty minutes a day of deep relaxation, no matter what is going on in your life, will make you feel so much better that you won't recognize yourself. It will completely transform your powers of resilience and problem solving by helping you reframe your own perspectives in a b

Some people think they have a fear of flying when what they really experience is actually claustrophobia; not liking to feel 'shut in'. Here I want to focus on fear of flying proper, and share with you seven simple high-flying tips to get you calmer above the clouds.

A recent study by the Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago has found evidence to show that there is a direct link between nasal breathing and our cognitive functions.

There was a time in her life when Sophie thought she would never, ever, be able to do what you see her doing in the photo below. But there she is, giving a lecture in front of a packed audience, a lecture that includes the dreaded 'question time' at the end, and thoroughly enjoying the whole thing.

Hypnosis refers to a set of procedures involving an induction – which could be relaxing or actively imagining something – followed by one or more suggestions. The purpose of the induction is to induce a mental state in which participants are focused on instructions from the therapist, and are not distracted by everyday concerns. One reason why hypnosis is of interest to scientists is that participants often report that their responses feel automatic and effortless.

The average person ranks the fear of public speaking higher than the fear of death. The truth is, this fear could be hurting your professional and personal life. You may have been there before. You feel nervous, your palms sweat, your stomach ties itself into knots. You don’t want to do it. Now for the good news, you can considerably reduce your anxiety of public speaking. There are simple techniques to help you overcome your initial discomfort and harness your energy in a po

Any one of us may break down if we experience enough stress. When conditions of overwhelming stress occur, even a previously stable individual may develop temporary psychological problems. An individual will usually recover easily once the stressful situation is over, although in some cases, there may be long-lasting effects resulting in an increased feeling of vulnerability, anxiousness and/or hyper-vigilance that can interfere with daily routines and relationships.

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? Whatever it might be, you could have had high hopes in the beginning for any one of the above scenarios, but over time it hasn’t turned out the way you were expecting. And now you feel stuck and don’t know wh

After the New England Patriots defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers to advance to the Super Bowl, star Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was asked what makes his team so special. His answer was short and succinct: "mental toughness." Not exceptional physical strength, not training, not even superior talent. Mental toughness.

Hypnotherapy represents a rapid, cost-effective, non-addictive and safe alternative to medication for the treatment of anxiety-related conditions, including anxiety associated with cancer, surgery, burns and medical/dental procedures.