This article in the Mail Online clearly suggests that we look more attractive to others when we lose weight. Well that would be nice wouldn’t it!  But that’s only part of the story.  My Hypnoband weight loss clients look better when I see them for the second time just 10 days after their first session.  Their faces have changed visibly.  They just look more healthy!

Your doctor will tell you that giving up smoking is the best thing you can do to improve your health.  Losing weight is the next on the list!  To do it you need to change your eating habits and that’s where the hypnotherapy sessions, which form part of the Hypnoband program, really help.  Snacking so often disappears after the first session and steady weight loss, due to improved eating habits, follows.  And yes you will look better!  You friends and family will notice and they will compliment you and support you.

So why not get started before Christmas (you could you know) or book in for January today by filling in the contact form or calling 07867 802062.

If you have type 2 diabetes you could reverse it!  Researchers at Newcastle University monitored 18 people who had gastric band surgery and had a restricted diet for eight weeks.  Their diabetes was cured because their pancreases started to produce normal levels of insulin once again.

You can lose weight and reverse your diabetes without surgery.  The patients in the study lost 2.2 stone in eight weeks.  With the Hypnoband program it might take a little longer, say 12 weeks, but the results could be the same. Six sessions over a 12 week period should be sufficient, at a total cost of £520.

Call to discuss today on 07867 802062,  or fill in the contact form.

We may all be a bit depressed!  When you read this article you may find things that you clearly relate to.  Don’t worry, depression is a perfectly natural coping mechanism that has evolved in us over millions of years.  It’s helps us to deal with trauma and adversity.  For example, if you lose a loved one you would naturally be depressed for a while.  It would be strange if you were not.

So just look through this article and see if any of the points apply to you.  If you are overweight or have trouble with drug or alcohol abuse you could certainly be depressed. If you are hiding from the world, that would be another sign.  I do agree that the “happy people ” are sometimes pretty miserable inside.

So if you would like to talk some of this trough, with an experienced counsellor and therapist, call 07867 802062 for an initial chat.

Fear of Flying is not entirely an irrational fear, but why is it such a problem and why has it placed such limits on your life?

The answer may lie in the past.  The fear that you have may be a fear that has come from the past, making itself felt in the present.  That fear may have been caused by an incident long ago.  It could be something quite trivial, or something you can’t even remember.

In hypnosis, with the conscious mind “parked” for a few minutes, the therapist will guide you to that event in the past.  Looking back, it may appear quite trivial, or it may have been a childhood trauma which your conscious mind has blocked out ever since.  With some careful coaching from the therapist, the fear associated with that event can simply be “swept from your mind” as if it were never there.  The fear of flying will go as well!

For some time I have been using Hypnotherapy stroke survivors.  Recent work with a lady whose right side movement is restricted, particularly her right wrist and hand, has shown how range of movement can be increased “in hypnosis”.

Hypnosis was used to place my client in a totally relaxed state.  Importantly, “in hypnosis” the conscious mind  is switched off, “parked” in the corner of the room if you like. This quietens all distractions and negative thoughts.  After a few minutes, when she had achieved this totally relaxed state, with my help, I gently manipulated her wrist and tried to straighten her fingers.  Her little finger straightened completely as did her third finger.  Her index and middle fingers, which she can normally straighten after some manipulation, also opened up.

My client was amazed, as her little and third fingers had never been straight since her stroke. You can see the video of the session here

The following day I asked my client how her hand felt and she said “It’s been very hot and I can see the blood going through it . It was very easy to stretch today”.  Her hand is normally cold due to poor circulation.

The work I have done with my client is encouraging.  Her range of movement, in and post hypnosis has shown improvement, as has her circulation.  We will continue to work together and I will keep you updated with progress, including some video!