The Dangers of Facebook!

I think over recent months we have all been made aware of the dangers of the social network. Once published, whatever you say is out there forever, apparently just waiting for an opportunity to come back and bite you in the proverbial..?

So, most of us are careful.  But today, I witnessed a fairly innocuous comment posted by one friend in a stream, in which she asked: “Why do some people insist on being so negative about everything?”  (It is summer on Martha’s Vineyard, and unless you have experienced Main Street in Vineyard Haven on ‘, you may not know exactly what she means)  In general, she felt that positivity could be practiced by most people, if they only chose to do so.

Her comment was completely misunderstood by someone else in the stream, who by demonstrating the depth of his distain in a public forum,  revealed his own vulnerability. The exchange that ensued resulted in the unnecessary blocking of one by the other on Facebook, in an over reaction which stunned everyone.

It highlighted for me how some people truly are locked into a victim-ology, where they experience some kind of secondary gain from living life as a victim.  Depression is a very serious thing, and can be caused by a slew if issues resulting in a chemical imbalance and should not be confused with the ‘negativity’ referred to in this case. I am talking about the individual who sees everything that happens to them as some kind of catastrophe levelled at them personally by some unseen cosmic dealer.  Like the person I heard screaming at a local man on a cross walk, from her car window in Edgartown, because he wasn’t walking fast enough in her opinion.  I know the man personally, he works at the town hall, a really nice guy…? he just turned and smiled and she carried on hurling abuse.  What a way to start her day?   By the time she gets to work her stress levels are already through the roof. Colleagues will be rattled by hearing  her nightmarish account of her drive to work all morning.  (Edgartown, mind you, not NYC).

In physics, the law of attraction means that if you actively display negativity ( a frequency) then that is all that the universe can return to you. It is possible to choose to see the cup as being ‘half- full’, instead of  a ‘cup half-empty. It may take practice, but you will see how things improve in your everyday life if you choose to act this way.  And you will see for yourself that the old adage: “Smile and the world smiles with you”, has some truth.

In the meantime, if you can’t seem to manage this adjustment in behavior yourself, come and see me!  www.healingandhypnotherapy.com

 

 

Kids from Hell?

Are you having unbelievable problems with your teenage kids or, heaven for bid, those in their early 20s?
It seems more people are coming to my office these days with horror stories about the behavior of their troubled youth. 
I can say I have some experience in this department myself.  The question is, is this new?  Teens have always been troubled – except, it seems in the 1940s-50s, when the word ‘teenager’ didn’t really exist.
What seems new to me is the depth of anger in teens whose lives simply don’t reflect the need for so much rebellion.  The phrase: ‘Rebel without a cause’ comes to mind, but the accounts of some of this behavior exceeds anything that used to shock us back in the early 60s; and seems to be more and more prevalent in what we would normally consider to be good, loving and supportive homes.

How much are we expected to tolerate from our youngsters?

We bring them into the world – granted, there is usually some kicking and screaming involved – then we stay awake nights worrying about how to stop them hurting themselves and thinking up different ways to make sure we give them all the things we didn’t have, and as soon as they decide we are not cool or intelligent, or experienced enough to be worthy, we tolerate all manner of abuse.  Why? Because somewhere it says, Thou Shalt not eat thy kids? 

Media is feeding this madness with adverts about young kids sitting in the backs of cars apparently tortured by the fact it’s not the latest model with interactive flat screen tv in the back.  This is reason enough to brand your parents lame.

They use language that is ‘bleeped’ out of prime time television, in an attempt to protect them from hearing it in the first place, and then they look at you with the disgust of someone who just scraped something nasty off their boots! At what age is one entitled to say: “Enough! Go live somewhere else!”  No, seriously, what age? Thirteen? Sixteen? Twenty-two??

Hypnotherapy can sometimes help. It certainly does, in the short-term, but if the source of the issue is not addressed, the same trigger is re-stimulated time and time again. Sadly, that can be as simple as a tone in a mother’s voice, or the look on a father’s face.

A better strategy is for the primary carer, whoever that might be, mother or father, be desensitized under hypnosis, so they don’t experience the heart stopping reaction from this behavior, the spiralling anxiety that leads to sleepless nights and depression. They are the ones who experience the real abuse. They are the ones whose spirits are truly being crushed.  Have you noticed have quickly a kid bounces back just after he/she has levelled you with some emotional grenade.  A text from a friend and mins later they have forgotten everything. YOU on the other hand, need a drink!

 

 

Past Life Regression Hypnosis Talk/Workshop

Thank you to everyone who attended the Past Life Regression Hypnosis talk at West Tisbury Library last Monday.

We followed with a group hypnosis taking people down to get a glimpse of a past life. Some of you had some splendid revelations as a result!  One woman said that during the death transition, when I asked: “What have you learned from this life?” She heard, clearly: “You did this! Once you were fearless!”

Later she said it would help her to be more like that in this life. Others saw clear glimpses of Guides on the way down.  I hope it encourages you to explore more.

I have recorded the session and it will be available on CD and MP3, which means you can replay it over and over, and visit many more lifetimes out of time and space.

The talk raised issues for many of you and I plan to do a series of talks to expand on the subjects we discussed.  Once you have been aware of past lives, it allows you to open up to a range of spiritual truths.  My aim is to provide the bridge for you to connect with the universe in a way which will support you as never before and diminish fear and anxiety.

Anyone who would like to read more about the mysteries of the unseen world, can visit my blog: www.metaphysicalbeing.wordpress.com

 

 

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Past Life Regression Hypnosis Workshop

I will be taking a group down into hypnosis for a ‘glimpse’ of a past life experience, during a talk at the West Tisbury Library, Martha’s Vineyard, on Monday June 20th, between 7pm and 9pm.

All are welcome who can make it. We will also be discussing past lives, the evolution of the soul,  soul contracts, soul groups and karma.

Hypno-epidural for pain free labor

More and more young mums-to-be are turning away from conventional drugs during childbirth, because they want to be alert and present at the birth of the baby and they are afraid of using pain medications and soporific drugs which may enter the baby’s system.

Hypno-epidural is a method by which the mother can learn under hypnosis how to numb her body from below the waist to the tops of the thighs just by relaxation, breathing and post hypnotic suggestions. It is safe and chemical free!

Contact: healingandhypnotherapy@gmail.com to learn more!

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Hypnotherapy for Anorexia and Bulimia

Eating disorders such as Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa can be successfully treated with hypnotherapy. Over recent years, the number of deaths caused by Anorexia has been reduced from 21% to as low as 5%.

Anorexia is rooted in a distorted belief system, arising from poor self image, usually in girls and young woman, but sometimes in men for whom physical appearance is of upper most importance.

More prevalent in young girls raised in white upper-class families, where there is a greater pressure to be successful, an unbroken cycle of Anorexia can result in multiorgan failure or even heart attack.  In those cases where a successful outcome is reached, damage to the body is such that a woman may never be able to have her own biological child.

75% of Bulimic sufferers experience depression and find relief in binge eating followed by purging. They are overwhelmed by mounting everyday tasks, and seek emotional solace in eating large quantities of food in a short time. Guilt and revulsion overcomes them and they induce vomiting. This causes damage to the esophagus and the digestive tract which is constantly bathed in stomach acid and if perforates, causes instant death.

Over time hypnotherapy, incorporating techniques such as Paris Window, Corrective Therapy and Desensitization can break associations and alter the client’s view of themselves and their relationship with food, equipping them with new coping skills and positive reinforcement of self love and self appreciation.

Past Life Regression – Murder and left to drown.

Below is a video I found quite similar to a session I had with a client a few months ago. It’s surprising how your past life experiences manifest in the present.

YouTube – Past Life Regression – Murder and left to drown.

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Missing breakfast? You shouldn’t

Missing Breakfast Can Cause Depression.

Primitive man really had only one thing to worry about; the saber tooth tiger. Only two responses were available to him whenever threatened; to stay and fight, or run like hell- take flight!

This innate ‘fight/flight’ mechanism has evolved as man has over time.  Saber tooth tigers may not be stalking Main Street today, but there are other things that trigger our fight/flight response, it’s just that we experience that response now as: anxiety and depression.

Things that worry us today include: mortgages, job security, health, marriage, teenagers!  We become anxious, and when our anxiety isn’t relieved we are overwhelmed and our mind escapes (takes flight) into depression.

Depression will always follow prolonged anxiety. But did you know that feelings of anxiety can be caused by something as simple as low blood sugar?

As much as 50% of the population suffers from blood sugar problems. You may say: “That’s not me, I don’t eat sugar!”  You don’t have to.

You may feel your anxiety, or feelings of hopelessness, frustration and futility or that ‘black cloud’ descend on you at particular times of the day, such as when you first wake- up, or between 3pm and 5pm in the afternoon.

Breakfast is intended to do just that, break-the-fast.  If you miss breakfast you risk falling sugar levels in the brain, which sends a message to the pancreas to produce insulin, driving sugar levels down even further. The chemical response to that creates feelings of anxiety. The same is true in mid-to-late afternoon. Just look at the coffee station around 4pm.

Wherever you are, or whatever you are doing when this anxiety kicks in – let’s say; at work – will become associated with this physiological reaction.  When that activity is repeated you will experience what is called anticipatory anxiety.  The mind begins to associate work with those anxious feelings and anticipates that you will experience them again.

Prolonged anxiety (fight) leaves the mind only one option, to escape (flight) into depression.

Confirmation Therapy, under hypnosis, can help break this cycle of behavior, desensitize the mind to anticipatory anxiety and combined with a minor tweak in eating habits, life is good again!

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Have you been hypnotised and not known it? Think about it….

Ask you self if you have ever set out on a car journey and when you arrived at your destination, could remember it’s beginning and end, but not much about what happened in the middle.  You just sort of ‘automatically’ drove and responded as needed.  That is because you were hypnotized.  If you have ever been scared, surprised or shocked while watching a movie, it is because you were hypnotized.

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What sort of suggestible are you?

The difference in how the two types of suggestibility work lies in how a person receives information. A hyper suggestive state is created when an individual is overloaded with information, or message units.  A physical suggestible person will take in information literally, and directly.  An emotional suggestible takes in inferred suggestions only.

If you say to a Physical Suggestible; “Your hair looks nice today”, he will probably say; “Thank you”. 

If you said the same thing to an Emotional Suggestible they would automatically think, ‘Why? What was wrong with it yesterday?”

 

As long as the hypnotherapist could identify the difference and tailor the approach to suit the individual, no one is immune.

 

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