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You won't find any rainbows, dolphins or bullshit here - this site is written by a hypnotherapist who trained with the very best. This article gives a few truths about hypnosis and therapy - but you'll...
View ArticleWhy Hypnosis is Real, in 1 Min
Its a question that everyone asks, because hypnosis a hard thing to understand (and most people are afraid it). Well here’s a really fascinating thing that will make you look at hypnosis in a different...
View Article“I Don’t Believe in Hypnosis… But I’m Afraid Of It”
One of the most common things I hear in conversations about hypnosis is “It’s not real though is it?” and “I don’t think I could be hypnotized”. If this sounds like you then good – because a) it means...
View ArticleHype-nosis
On most occasions, when I’ve met highly reputed hypnotists, I’ve had that realisation of “oh, they’re just people too”. What was I thinking? Many seem to become these almost mythical figures, wielding...
View ArticleThe Dark Imagination: My Theory for Hypnotic Phenomena
There are a few theories that attempt to explain hypnosis, all with their own strengths and weaknesses. I don’t particularly want to get into them all here to prove anything, but I will touch on a few...
View ArticleCompliance – is it Hypnosis, or just being nice?
Compliance vs Unconscious Response I saw a hypnosis demonstration recently in a lecture hall of professionals. The speaker asked for a volunteer, then selected one based on their prior suggestibility....
View ArticleThe exaggerated and misjudged nonsense of NLP – as shown in the words of...
I recently read Richard Bandler’s “Make Your Life Great” (2008). It reawakened my frustration with NLP as a whole, and how it preys on a crowd hungry for hope (the customers) or power (the...
View ArticleLearning from a Stage Hypnotist
So I went to a stage hypnosis show, with the eager goal of going on stage and experiencing it. I wanted to have a greater appreciation of how stagecraft, lights, audience and unpredictability affected...
View ArticleUK Hypnotherapy = Relaxotherapy
There’s a lot messed up about the UK hypnotherapy scene. Here’s the basic unfortunate pattern, and it doesn’t seem to change: 1) Someone burns out of a sales or IT job, normally in their forties. 2)...
View ArticleThe Myth of the Conscious/Subconscious Minds
Its really just a metaphor to distinguish various psychological processes and phenomena into “aware” and “not aware”. The subconscious mind isn’t really a “thing” like many hypno sorts would have you...
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