Generally the perception is that positive thinking is good for you. How telling yourself ‘I can do this’ is enables you to achieve things that perhaps you thought you couldn’t. I have been using this with toddler with some great results. However some new research demonstrates that this may not be the best approach. Daniel [...]
I believe insomnia is on the increase. This study indicates more and more women are turning to sleeping pills. More and more clients I see at my Cornwall hypnotherapy practice have a problem sleeping whether they have come to see me specifically for insomnia or not. We are living life at such a pace our [...]
Do you ever say things to yourself like: ‘You stupid idiot- you should have known that would happen’ ‘Oh no, I can’t believe I’ve done it again. I am so useless’ ‘I should do more exercise’ or ‘I really should stop smoking’ Why is this voice so powerful and how does it have such a [...]
Hiding how you truly feel.. And attempting to make everyone happy.. Doesn’t “really” make you nice.. It just makes you a liar.
The Mirror has published six surprising reasons to give up smoking which range from improving your eyes-sight, make you look younger and making your children happier. Working with clients to help them quit smoking they are usually surprised at the benefits they find they didn’t expect over and above the obvious one like short and [...]
It was the end of the weekend and I had to hand a pack out to each of the attendees of the weekend course we had been running. I was standing in the middle of the group looking at the name on the top pack…I had to now pass it to the person…I had just [...]
A new study by the University of Exeter shows how a short walk can cut your snacking at work by a half: ScienceDaily (Dec. 7, 2011) — A 15-minute walk can cut snacking on chocolate at work by half, according to research by the University of Exeter. The study showed that, even in stressful situations, [...]
The season of Advent has begun…yes it means Christmas is getting closer which for many is a time when the stress levels increase. Although advent calendars begin on 1st December the season of Advent actually begins four Sundays before Christmas. For the church calendar Advent is all about expectation, looking forward to what is coming, [...]
I love being a life coach however sometimes I find my thoughts can be my worst life coach! I often find myself telling myself stories. Playing out a movie of my future life in my head. Often this can be a disaster movie waiting for the hero to come and save me, however I am [...]
I love this video of Dr Bruce Lipton explaining how our thoughts can affect us physcially and how the nocebo affect works. The noecbo affect is the same as the placebo affect except that the thoughts are of a negative nature. What we don’t talk about is how a negative thought is as powerful as a [...]
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