The reason we don’t usually have much success with just telling ourselves to “just relax”  or  by making statements such as: “I won’t be angry” is that what is stored in the unconscious determines how we will react to present day events. To use the part of the mind where you can actually re-program things

Hello again, thanks for your patience in waiting for the test. To show how hard it is to do something just on the conscious level, let’s take this little test. Test/ Exercise: Right now I’d like you to “tell yourself to relax.” If you happen to be stressed right now this would be a great

Yesterday we were discussing the difficulty people have in trying to change an negative habit  using the conscious part of the mind. I received the following question: “So you think a person can’t change using conscious, cognitive thoughts?” Actually the question sounds more like a belief the person who sent it in holds  (about the

Today we continue to discuss the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind.   By understanding which part of the mind holds the unwanted “program” it makes it possible to change the programing. When there are things we don’t like in ourselves the unconscious part of the mind is usually where the root lies. Sometimes it

Today we’ll be talking more about the 2 parts of the mind. The conscious and the unconscious. Here are a few facts about the unconscious part of the mind. 1. The unconscious works for our well being. 2.  We might give a directive on a conscious level but it is the unconscious that carries it

In the last few posts I’ve been talking about different ways of creating rapport.   And as we all know when first meeting someone, whether it is social or business creating rapport is important. There is unconscious communication that goes on between people all the time.  Learning about this underlying component to communication is an exciting

We were talking about using NLP and combining it with hypnosis to increase the effectiveness of any hypnotic exercise.  I went off track just a bit, so I want to bring us back to the reason I started talking about the use of words, and the power of using another persons lead system. When you

So many times client’s will  come for help after they have been told that they “couldn’t be hypnotized.”  What I have found after more than 30 years in practice is that anyone who is of at least average to above in intelligence, and who wants to, can go into a trance state. The following is

Many clients are concerned  about whether or not they can be hypnotized. Begin to deal with this fear by  explaining that trance occurs naturally. We all experience trance  many times in our lives, whether we were consciously aware of it or not. There are many common day experiences where we are in an altered (or

I believe it is important to know how to stop stress on using all the parts of the mind, conscious and unconscious. Most of my research and work is on showing people how to change programs and limits that are rooted in the unconscious part of the mind. Yet, there are many times I teach