It seems that no matter where you go you will hear people telling you how stressed out they are about getting their taxes ready.  Have you ever thought about how amazing it is that we can create emotional and physical distress just with our thoughts? It is interesting that for many people what is causing

The interesting thing about Ericksonian Hypnosis and Neuro-linguistic Programming is that you don’t feel hypnotized.  You feel in complete control. The memories that come up, and the changes you make you remember, after you are no longer in trance state. The reason hypnosis works, even when you are totally awake and aware, is because of

I was reading an article on how Olympic athletes learn to achieve success in moving towards their goals.  I was delighted to read that they do just what I was  asking you to do in our online coaching workshop.  Successful people approach their goals in a very specific manner. Olympic athletes set small daily goals,

A few weeks ago I had received a question from one of my readers, about past life and panic.  I  sent her a quick reply, with a note that I would write more after I was done posting about procrastination. Here is the Question sent in by one of my readers:  Do you think there

One of the skills of moving past procrastination is to be able to access  feelings of power, security and courage whenever you desire.   There is a way to trigger powerful feeling automatically.  It’s like we “borrow” positive feeling we have within us and then use them in an area where they are needed. When

I hope you have taken the first action step and thought about and written down how you “stop” yourself from doing something you truly want to do. The next step is to start to interpret the information you wrote down in a new way. Recap: The Question Was: “How can I cause myself to get

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

Hypnosis Fact and Myth: Excerpts from a seminar given by Audrey Sussman for new practitioners of hypnosis. Continued from Hypnosis (2a): Many people are concerned with being controlled. The reality is that even while in a trance state, if a hypnotist were to ask them to do something not in alignment with their values, they

Hypnosis Fact and Myth: Excerpts from a seminar given by Audrey Sussman for new practitioners of hypnosis. Continued from Hypnosis (1a): To show people how much in control they really are I like to tell a story about a conversation I had with a woman who had been “a subject” in a stage hypnotism show. 

Hypnosis Fact and Myth: Excerpts from a seminar given by Audrey Sussman for new practitioners of hypnosis. Many times when I give a seminar I tell people of the different reactions I get when people first hear that I am a hypnotist. As I tell how some people actually put their hands in front of