I am now a certified Bariatric Hypnotherapist and have an exciting new program to introduce to Atlantic Canada. This program was developed in the US in consultation with experts in Bariatric Surgery and follows the same protocols.
THE “BARIATRIC SURGERY FOR THE MIND”™ PROGRAM
Created BY
Rosemarie Schulman RN, BA, CH, CI & Life Coach
Elizabeth Marian Kilkenny, CH, Life Coach, Post Bariatric Patient
A Comprehensive Program for the Obese
As well as the Pre/Post & Failing and Non-Qualifying Bariatric Surgery Patient
Bariatric Hypnosis For The Mind?
What is Bariatric Hypnosis?
Bariatric Surgery For The Mind – is the missing link in the long term success of bariatric surgery. We all know the amazing job done by the bariatric surgeons when it comes to changing the anatomy. Thanks to their amazing skills many, many obese people have had the opportunity to re-enter normal society and live a somewhat normal life. However, in order to accomplish complete success with the surgical process, we need to make major changes in the mindset of the obese client.
As recently as 10 years ago bariatric surgery was reserved for the select few who were in danger of losing their life due to the severity of their obesity or to the few select patients who could afford to pay for it out of pocket. Now, many more surgeries are being performed on a daily basis. One would think that this is a wonderful opportunity for the morbidly obese person to change his or her life permanently. It is, but it only solves half the problem…the anatomy. The other half of the problem, the mind, has been left virtually unresolved. It is unfortunate but there are many failures from the surgery due to the inadequate preparation of the mindset.
If you have experienced a weight issue in your life, this program is for you. This 8 part program takes you step-by-step through the emotional, physical and mental effects of shedding the massive amounts of weight that are so common with this surgery.
Learning to live with the changes that will occur as a result of losing massive amounts of weight, is equally as important as learning to make those changes. The trained Bariatric Hypnotist can complete the missing link in this equation.
This extensive 8 Session Program, developed by medical professionals, follows the same protocols as a “real” gastric surgery track.
This program is most beneficial for people with a BMI (Body Mass Index – a number derived from your weight and height) of 38+. It can also be suitable for people with a lower BMI upon consultation with the Hypnotherapist.
You can find your BMI by linking to this website on your internet browser:
http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/
Note: We also offer a Virtual Gastric Band “Lite” Program consisting of 4 sessions for those with a BMI lower than 38 and who want to use this discipline to rigorously change their eating habits.
What is a Bariatric Hypnotherapist?
I am Certified by the National Guild of Hypnotists as a Bariatric Hypnotherapist.
A Bariatric Hypnotherapist is one who is trained in working with all ranges of Weight Management clients and who is a specialist in working with the near or morbidly obese client who may be one of the following:
Pre Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Surgery
Failing Post Surgery client who has had the procedure but has not achieved their goals or relapsed
The non-qualifying client who does not qualify or does not want the actual surgery for various reasons.
How Does The Program Work?
Congratulations…Your life is about to change in ways you can only imagine.
You are about to embark on one of the most exciting, yet fearful journeys of your lifetime.
Most people who set out on this trip consider it to be all about the eating; however this is a journey that will be guided by your emotional compass. This is where hypnosis will come in. Your mind controls everything within you. Your thought process, is what got you into this obesity lifestyle in the first place. Now, your powerful subconscious mind is going to be the driving force to get you on track and keep you on track. Unlike the short term effects of willpower, you will be changing negative thoughts into strong, positive thoughts that will reinforce your determination for the rest of your life.
Whether you have made or are contemplating the commitment to enter into this eight step program for the Obese and the Pre/Post Bariatric Surgical Patient, it will, if followed completely, empower you with the mental control necessary for a lifetime of successful weight management.
This method is different than any other you may have embarked upon because it puts you in the driver’s seat.
You are in total control. The role of the hypnotist can be compared to that of the tour guide.
However, you will be given a map, the map to success, and all you have to do is want to reach your destination and you will succeed. You owe it to yourself.
Detoxification/ Eliminating contaminates of the past (Session one)
Welcome to the most amazing plan available for the Bariatric patient.
This is a very important session because this is where we get to know each other.
You will have to be willing to share details about yourself and your relationship with food.
As the hypnotist, we need to know all we can about your eating habits in order that we can help you
change your old habits and prepare you for your journey towards surgery.
It is very likely that you will be asked to lose some weight in order to qualify for surgery.
If so, we will help you. We will want to know what kinds of food you are having difficulty with.
We will need to know the amounts you eat, the times you eat, which vitamins you will need to take and how they will affect you. We will discuss the new “Bariatric” rules of eating versus your current rules and the importance of these changes. There are many forms to be completed and we will take care of the financial contract.
During the hypnotic portion of this session, you will experience a magnificent connection with your
subconscious mind and you will come to the realization that you are in charge of your own life and your own future. You will emerge knowing that anything is possible and your relationship with food is no longer as important as you believed it once was. You see yourself as a success and you will be so excited and ready to proceed with your preparation for surgery.
You will be “Changing Your Life by Changing Your Mind”.
During this session ,you will learn the powers of Self Hypnosis .
Performance / Reclaiming Ownership Of Self (Session Two)
This could very likely be the most important part of this whole program, particularly if you are looking for a reason to succeed. All past attempts have resulted in failure because you have been looking for success for all the wrong reasons.
This session is an amazingly powerful way in which to return something that was taken from you so many years ago, the power of self. From the time you were born, you were programmed by outside influences.
Your parents were the first ones to program you, followed by your siblings, friends, teachers, religion, government and your partner or spouse. You never really got a chance to program yourself.
Well now you will understand how to look at your life in a whole different way.
You will be given back power over your own life.
Bariatric Surgery For The Mind (Session Three)
Whether you have had the Gastric Bypass, the Lap band, or you wish to mimic the effects of bariatric surgery, you will have to make some major adjustments in your mind set.
During this session, you will experience Bariatric Surgery without a scalpel.
A Unique – one of a kind – bariatric experience that will introduce your mind to the concept of lap band surgery leaving you with the mental effects of a stomach restriction.
We refer to this as “Bariatric Surgery for the Mind”.
If you have already experienced actual surgery, we use a different but equally effective REINFORCEMENT script for that too.
Follow Up (Session Four)
His session we will go over diagrams of post operative digestive track. You will understand how your anatomy has changed and how those changes affect you. You should understand the concept of the minimized stomach in order to understand what you have experienced during the last session.
(a display of post-operative bypass, lap-band & sleeve diagrams will be available for viewing)
During this visit, we will review your understanding and compliancy.
We will guide you gently through the transference process and help eliminate any fears or anxiety you may have.
During the hypnotic portion of this session, you will be given the power of a positive outlook to the future.
You will be given the power to heal yourself more rapidly and understand that your mind controls your body.
You will leave confident with the decision you have made for the future.
Shedding Your Shield Of Protection (Session five)
Like the newborn child, you must learn many life lessons from scratch.
In this session, you will come to terms with how to deal with life as you shed your fat.
For years, you have successfully lived behind this layer of artificial protection which, as sad as
it made you feel, gave you a sense of security and a feeling of power against the world outside of you.
Now, as that shield melts away, you will learn how to empower yourself.
You will, maybe for the first time in your life, feel and believe that you are as important as
everyone around you. You will let go of the past and focus on the future.
Your feelings of vulnerability will diminish. You will become strong in yourself.
Living With The Emerging You (Session six)
As you go through this process of weight loss, you will find that there will be changes in your
relationship with those around you. As you get thinner, your self confidence will build. Your role as
a “second class citizen” will gradually diminish and others will notice the differences in you.
This may lead to stress within these relationships.
During this session, you will come to terms with the changes in yourself and those around you and learn how to handle them before they become problematic.
You will accept that you are #1 in this equation.
You will understand why you must love yourself before you can have true and happy relationships with others.
You will learn how to teach those around you what to expect and allow them to accompany you on this journey.
This approach takes the stress out of change that could, and has been known to, compromise your success.
Eating To Live (Session Seven)
Throughout your dieting life, you have come to look at food as the enemy.
Your relationship with food has become distorted and therefore your obsession with it has increased.
You have used food as an emotional pacifier. When you were lonely, you ate.
When you were sad, you ate. When you were stressed, you ate. You ate for any reason because in your old world, food was comfort and could help you through any and all situations.
During this powerful session, you will develop a new relationship with food.
Your subconscious mind will cancel out those food connections and you will learn how to deal with
those emotions directly. After this portion of the program, you will understand that food is not to be feared.
Your relationship with food is the key to your success; therefore, this step is an extremely important element in your life changing program. Like the newborn, you will learn to eat all over again.
You have to educate your body and your mind in the art of healthy eating You will emerge from this session, understanding that your love for yourself is much greater than your love for food.
DECLARE YOUR SPACE IN THE WORLD (Session eight)
This may well be the most important step to your success. For too long, your opinion of yourself has
been that of a “second class citizen”. As the fat piled on to your body, you became less and less sure
of your own importance. You not only lost faith in yourself, but you’re ability to obtain long term success. You are important and you will emerge from this session reassured in that knowledge. The difference in saying it and understanding it through hypnosis must be experienced to be understood. Your life responds to your thought patterns and once those patterns are changed, your life changes. You will learn how to regain your power. You will understand why you can do anything you put your mind to. Self praise and respect will become your new “comfort foods”. With self hypnosis, you will reinforce this knowledge every day and over time you will become a true force to be reckoned with. Your self-respect and pride will make you realize that you can in fact do anything you set your mind to do. You will declare your rightful space in this world of which you are such an important link.
ESTABLISHING A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE
By the time you get to this point, you will have lost so much girth yet gained so much worth that it is
imperative that you devise a plan to keep you motivated right into the future.
Anything worth having is worth fighting for and this is about the most important thing you have given yourself in a long time.
You have learned so many important things about yourself and your power over that self.
You are in the driver’s seat and there is where you must stay for the rest of your life.
Remember, your mind is the most powerful asset you own. Once you decide that you want something and you notify your subconscious mind of that decision..nothing nor no one will have any power over it.
You are the only one in charge of you.
About Me:
I'm a Hypnotherapist Certified by the National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH), the largest professional hypnosis accrediting organization in the world. I’m also an NLP, Reiki
and Levels 1, 2 and 3 Emotional Freedom Technique Practitioner.
I am the only certified practitioner of Sheila Granger’s Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis Program in
Atlantic Canada.
I am also an NGH Certified Bariatric Hypnotherapist. I’m one of the few Hypnotherapists in Canada
(and the only one in Atlantic Canada) certified to work with clients who are pre or post bariatric
surgery patients as well as clients who have had the surgery previously and failed to reach their
goals or clients who do not qualify for the procedure for other reasons.
Call or email to learn more or schedule a no cost consultation
Halifax Hypnosis
(902) 789-2846
HalifaxHypnosis@aol.com
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
12 Laws of Life
The following was written by Tom Hoobyar who founded StreetSmartCEO.com
Tom made his transition in the autumn of 2011. He pretty much nailed it.
12 Laws of Life
These are non-negotiable and there are no escape clauses. No excuses are accepted.
Ignore them at your own risk.
I got this information over decades of living, but many people never learn these rules at all. And so they live in"quiet desperation." You don't have to settle for that. If you consider these Facts and test them against your experience (NOT your conditioning!), I predict you'll adopt them, and you'll be on your way to a life of freedom and accomplishment.
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1. SELF-MANAGEMENT AND PEOPLE SKILLS ARE THE KEYS TO YOUR
SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS.
This is a MAJOR fact of life. And it took me a long time to get this. If you want to be smarter than me you'll give this first principle serious consideration.
Your skill level in these two areas will determine the quality of your whole life. Every champion and high achiever knows this. These simple skills are the clear difference between winners in life, and losers.
If you learn to manage yourself you can accomplish anything you can dream up. You can deal with negative experiences wisely and you can add skills as you need them. You can become unstoppable. Self management puts you on the launching pad to all the success you desire.
Most people limit themselves by their unwillingness to consider personal change. They won't learn new things and they won't change their behaviors even when they discover they've been wrong.
The funny thing is, self-change is EASY. You are the one person that you can get to anytime you want. You don't need permission or an appointment, and no one can stop you from learning and changing whenever you decide to. The only obstacle is you!
Self-management is actually the first step to building people skills.
Once you commit to changing yourself into who you can be, you will notice the people around you in a different way. Now you see them as fellow beings with their own fears and drives. And they will see you with new respect and attractiveness.
You are surrounded by people who can help or harm you, based on how you treat them. Learning how people work is a skill, just like learning how you work. These people can multiply your efforts and supercharge your success
It takes leadership and persuasion skills - people skills.
People skills are like a booster rocket propelling you to your dreams. And the process of succeeding with others can be learned just like you learn to make toast. If you follow directions and practice, you can develop the skills that will make you very happy and prosperous.
2. YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF YOUR UNIVERSE. STAY THERE!
As a young sailor I learned the hard way that when I was in a foreign port I needed to take my corners wide and keep my hands out of my pockets. In other words, I had to stay balanced, alert and ready to react to surprises. I've found that a lot of life's situations are like "foreign ports." They range from the bedroom to the boardroom, and you will encounter them throughout your life.
Keep your balance. Stay centered. Expect surprises.
Being centered has two sides; inner and outer.
Begin within.
Inner centeredness comes first; look there for your best self. It is how you will find peace of mind. There is a place in you that's connected to something beyond you.
Spending time there will keep your mind clear and your spirit refreshed. That "doorway" is your center.
Until you're connected to your core you won't be very good at handling the rest of the world. Few people really get this. It is the single most important and least understood fact of life
Your center is easy to find. Every spiritual tradition in history teaches prayer and meditation -- it's the most important thing you can do for the quality of your life. Just take a little break a couple of times a day, and learn to be still and RELAX.
If you give yourself this little time each day you will become calmer, stronger and your physical and mental health will improve. You will begin to focus more on what you think of yourself than what others may think of you.
For outer centeredness, you need to gain awareness of your personal boundaries. This is critical. Pay close attention to where you stop and others start.
Protect your personal prerogatives and respect those of others. Allowing others to invade your boundaries will destroy your personal freedom and subject you to their tyranny.
If you cross the boundaries of others you become codependent with them, caring more about how they live their lives than how you live yours. You can care about others without having to run their lives. Let them go and feel the relief, once you get used to living only your own life.
3. WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT MOST IS WHAT YOU GET.
There is a Law of Attraction in human nature. What is in your mind is reflected "out there," in what you experience as your reality.
Afraid? Then all the goblins that you fear will be attracted to you. The only useful purpose of fear is to remind you to plan. Plan so that you protect yourself from harm, but don't become timid. If you play it TOO safe you'll freeze in place and trade your life away for nothing.
Angry? Then you'll get a lot of angry people to tussle with. Your life will fill up with honking horns and people pushing you around, and you'll spend all your time pushing back.
It's a good idea to choose your habitual thought patterns carefully.
Love, optimism and gratitude are good choices. These states of mind inspire you to explore, to create, to grow and to give. People and opportunities will become attracted to you. And the goblins and angry people will get smaller and less important, and finally they'll fade and go away.
The point of choice comes up when you have to deal with a challenging situation. Do you call it a "bad break" - some S.O.B. was out to get you? Or was it just something that happened, leaving it up to you to interpret in the most nourishing way?
You might as well be positive. Bottom line -- it works better. It makes you easier to be around and more creative and good-natured. And your immune system will be strengthened.
Events are just events until our thoughts and reactions turn them into experience. What the experience means, how useful it might be, those are the choices that we make -- they're the stories we tell ourselves about our lives.
We're taught that it's not 'reasonable' to expect to win all the time. Nonsense! That kind of thinking numbs ambition and smothers greatness. Even worse it leads to reasonable excuses. Excuses don't accomplish anything so do NOT be reasonable.
Actually, achieving the impossible is quite normal -- you've done it thousands of times.
EVERYTHING you do now was impossible for you before you did it the first time, from feeding yourself to balancing your checkbook.
Try this for a week. Focus on what you want instead of what you don't want. Practice the skills of optimism, gratitude, generosity and forgiveness and your life will expand.
Yes, that's right. PRACTICE.
Good attitudes are skills that you develop through repetition, just like swimming or math. And skills become second nature through practice. You will become stronger and more relaxed when you decide that you might as well thrive.
Your commitment to expectancy is another skill, and it's decisive and magnetic. It attracts luck and creates focus. People and opportunities will be drawn to you. Life starts to get easier. And more fun.
Go ahead and test it. What have you got to lose? The only way you can fail at anything is to quit trying!
4. YOU MAKE YOUR HABITS AND THEN YOUR HABITS MAKE YOU.
You've probably heard the saying, "As you sow, so shall you reap."
It means that our lives are created by what we do, not by what we intend. It means that we can harvest only what we plant. And every day you're planting something, so choose wisely.
The biggest and most important influences in your life are created by small daily acts. For example -- Meditate, Study, Set Goals, Save Money, Exercise, Floss, Smile, and Say Thank You.
When you do the right thing at the right time it makes more difference than if you make a big dramatic effort too late. Cramming may work in school, but not in real life. The school term is over in a few months; life lasts longer. Days turn into years and those years become your life.
The most important qualities in life -- Spirituality, Health, Relationships, Wealth, and Your Personal Character -- are developed by regular acts done on a daily basis. They're called "practices."
Daily practices -- done on schedule. What? Just "can't do anything on a schedule?"
Baloney. You can do anything you want on a schedule, unless you've never gotten to a plane on time. It's a matter of priorities. And your priorities create your quality of life.
Choose the practices of your life as if you were a farmer. You can't skip spring planting if you want a fall harvest. Master this principle and you will live your life to its fullest.
Changing your life doesn't take a lot of work -- just repeat a single positive act daily for three weeks and it will become a habit. Good. Now add another one. Then another one. The force of good habits will automatically generate power and "good luck," and your life will blossom.
5. GUILT ENSLAVES YOU. RESPONSIBILITY LIBERATES YOU.
Here's a secret about "Original sin". It's guilt, and you get it from your parents.
Are you self-conscious? Most people are. They're worried that they're "unzipped." They're walking around thinking that people will notice their missing button, their bad hairdo, their poor credit and personal shortcomings.
These feelings are universal -- we all got them while we were being taught how to behave as infants ("No!" "Bad!" "Don't!").
When we become adults we are supposed to leave these feelings of inadequacy in childhood where they were needed.
The way to do this is to forgive your parents for their shortcomings, whether they were minor or major. And then forgive yourself for all your sins, real and imagined.
Forgiving doesn't mean that you think what happened was okay. It just means that you free yourself from the work of remembering it and getting mad at people that are not even around anymore. Including the younger "you."
You MU ST do this if you want to be free.
6. "OBLIGATIONS" ARE A FRAUD.
Okay, take a deep breath here. This one gets a lot of people, because most of us have been brainwashed all of our lives to believe a huge lie. We've all been taught that we "owe" other people all sorts of obligations, and that we should expect lots of things from them in return.
That idea, in one word, is bullshit.
We waste an incredible amount of time either doing things we don't want and don't have to do, or feeling guilty because we didn't do something we "should" have done. We also waste a lot of time and emotion being disappointed when we don't get what we expect from others.
Freedom lies in the other direction.
The truth is, you don't owe anyone anything and they don't owe anything to you. This is all part of the "guilt" thing. It's good for us to give to others, but ONLY when and how we choose.
The difference between free people who master their lives and those who are slaves is easy to spot.
Who sets their priorities?
Free people set their own priorities, while "slaves" allow them to be set by outsiders. Your life belongs to you and you alone -- and not anyone else.
Want a formula for unhappiness? Make your welfare dependent upon someone else's choices. Do you need "support" from those you love? Or approval from a parent or friend? Or permission from anybody to pursue your own path?
That's not living -- that's slavery!
Don't look to anyone else for your success or happiness. That's your job and yours alone. You must tend to your own welfare. No one else will, nor should they.
7. EXPECT LESS FROM OTHERS AND MORE FROM YOURSELF.
Most people expect way too much from others while they themselves actually get very little done. Inertia and distraction are insidious and damn near universal -- expect it in others but guard against it in your own behavior.
Everyone listens to his or her favorite mental radio station -- W.I.I.F.M., which stands for, "What's In It For Me?" So don't take it personally when you're overlooked, your call goes un-returned, and you go un-thanked.
Most of your fellow humans are so distracted and disorganized that they only get around to the most essential, familiar or urgent things in their lives. They're on "autopilot" most of the time -- aren't we all on occasion?
This self-interest is natural and healthy. Use this knowledge of other's desires in your plans and proposals.
Here's the big principle. If you want something to happen, take control and do it yourself. Don't get bitter if perhaps someone else didn't keep a commitment to help you.
It is a waste of time to criticize others, and a bigger waste to pay attention to anyone's criticism of you. Just know that you can get better at doing things on your own. It's a LOT easier than trying to get someone else to change.
8. NOBODY WAKES UP IN THE MORNING CHOOSING TO BE THE VILLAIN.
Everyone alive thinks that they're the "good guy." He or she is the hero in their version of the story. They have a reason for what they do -- even if it's impractical or unworkable or has evil consequences.
People who are troublesome aren't worth changing. Don't even waste time complaining about them.
If someone hurts you, it's not about you and you shouldn't act like it was. People do what they do because of their own inner reality. Learn what you can do differently the next time, then forgive them and move on.
Really. Forgive them completely. And then, figure out how to manage, tolerate or avoid them in the future.
By the way, forgiving doesn't mean that you think whatever they did is okay. It's NOT okay. But here's the thing -- if you don't forgive someone you can't ever let it go. Then you have to go around with this burden of anger and sourness.
Wasn't the original hurt enough for you? Why would you want to preserve it and remember it? Or them?
Carrying grudges ties up brain cells that you could use to make life sweeter for yourself and those you love. So, after you forgive them, forgive yourself for getting hurt -- and then LET IT GO!
9. THERE IS NO "HAPPILY EVER AFTER" IN THE REAL WORLD.
Friends and mates may change or leave, luck comes and goes, and there are no guarantees. The only certainty is that someday your life will be over, and only you can decide how it will be lived. If you want a happy ending you need to create it. Think about it. When would "Happily Ever After" start?
After you win the lottery? -- Most lottery winners are broke within three years. When the wedding bells ring? -- Over half of all marriages fail. When you retire? -- 95% of those over 65 live from check to check.
Stories have to have happy endings, because the story ends before their characters do.
Real life is different. You're going to live until you die, so you need to have a plan for every day of it.
Choose your goals, write them down, and track them daily. Your life will happen by accident unless you have a plan for it. Either way things will happen to you. On every day of your life, after every climax, every tragedy and every triumph, the sun will rise again.
You get a new day every morning of your life. And as long as you're alive you'll have to prepare for that next day and the one after that.
So respect reality.
Think as if you have a future, because that's where you're going to spend the rest of your life.
10. THERE IS A HELL, AND IT STARTS EARLY.
People create their own personal hell with moral shortcuts, regrets about lost opportunities, resentment, and guilt. Then they add jealousy and envy, and they've paid the toll to enter Hell's suburbs.
What toll do they pay? They give up their peace of mind, and sometimes their self-respect.
They trade it for short-term pleasure.
Those who avoid doing anything that requires effort -- physical exercise or forgiving or doing something for someone else -- grow more narrow and less flexible day by day. Stunted ambition strangles their dreams and their enthusiasm dies.
By the time they enter "downtown Hell" they've got a bad attitude about most things in life. They complain and criticize because "life has let them down." The truth is life didn't let them down -- they quit trying.
Pretty soon their immune system gets the message and then their physical afflictions begin -- their relationships are desolate and life becomes an ordeal. They start looking and acting older than they really are.
When these people look ahead, the future looks just like the past. Stretching on and on, day after unhappy day.
And that is truly Hell.
11. YOU CAN CREATE PARADISE ON EARTH. MANY PEOPLE DO.
You can make your life sweeter bit by bit. It doesn't take much, just some daily practice. Spend some time in solitude each day renewing your peace of mind.
Invest in good memories by managing your behavior so that you enjoy looking back on your life.
You create your Heaven by small acts of generosity to others, making them smile and feel better.
You create it by little acts of courage -- doing the right thing when no one but you will ever know you did it.
By making promises to yourself and keeping them, which builds your self-respect. You create it by telling the truth even if it's inconvenient or embarrassing. It makes you careful about what you do, or what you commit to doing. And that brings credibility and trust. And most important, you will know you're liked for who you are instead of for some lie you're living.
You're in Heaven's neighborhood when you notice the amazing number of things in life there are to be grateful for, especially as your gratitude becomes a constant part of your being.
Humans are the most flexible beings on this planet, and you build Heaven by stretching sometimes to try something new or a little scary.
Your reward is learning that you are more than you thought.
And you can always stretch more.
As you become older your personal Heaven becomes a bigger influence on those around you. Your life will expand faster than your physical abilities contract.
You will laugh a lot more than most people, and enjoy more contentment and peace than you ever thought possible. And it just keeps getting better and better
If you choose to follow this path, you'll be in Paradise long before you leave this life.
12. IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO CHANGE.
Everyone alive gets the same amount of time. 1440 minutes a day. 168 hours in each week. As long as you live. The only difference is in how you spend those hours.
You decide how to spend your time and you make that choice each minute.
You can begin to turn your life around in a second.
The only thing you need to do is decide to make it better. You can start to change immediately, beginning with a simple act and letting the acts pile up on each other, creating the change almost effortlessly.
You know the scriptural quote, "By their deeds you shall know them?"
It was talking about us. It doesn't really matter much what we think or what we intend, until the thought is expressed as action.
The quality of our lives comes from what we actually do.
Experience comes in moments -- and the moments will keep coming for you until they finally stop. Each moment is a gift, and the chance to make your life different comes to you during each one of them.
Each of these "Facts" boils down to a single principle. Decide.
You can decide how your life will go during any moment you choose. This may be that moment.
It's okay to dream big. Where do you want to go from here? How do you want your next moments to be? It's up to you.
IN CLOSING
I'd like to leave you with a personal note.
Odds are I'm older than you and I'll confess something. I wasn't born knowing these Facts of Life. I got them one by one, over decades that would have gone better if I had known all of these rules earlier. But the bottom line is I eventually got them, and with each new breakthrough every area of my life (health, wealth, relationships and happiness) has gotten better and better.
The very few regrets I have are mostly not about the "sins" I may have committed. No, they are about the things I didn't do when the opportunity arose.
I invite you to avoid creating regrets in your future by embracing opportunities for growth as they appear.
This article may be one of those opportunities. And who knows?
You could decide to use these rules as guidelines, and spend your life turning your dreams into reality.
If you try it, I think you'll like it.
Seeya,
Tom Hoobyar
StreetSmartCEO.com
(Tom Hoobyar made his transition in the autumn of 2011.)
Tom made his transition in the autumn of 2011. He pretty much nailed it.
12 Laws of Life
These are non-negotiable and there are no escape clauses. No excuses are accepted.
Ignore them at your own risk.
I got this information over decades of living, but many people never learn these rules at all. And so they live in"quiet desperation." You don't have to settle for that. If you consider these Facts and test them against your experience (NOT your conditioning!), I predict you'll adopt them, and you'll be on your way to a life of freedom and accomplishment.
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1. SELF-MANAGEMENT AND PEOPLE SKILLS ARE THE KEYS TO YOUR
SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS.
This is a MAJOR fact of life. And it took me a long time to get this. If you want to be smarter than me you'll give this first principle serious consideration.
Your skill level in these two areas will determine the quality of your whole life. Every champion and high achiever knows this. These simple skills are the clear difference between winners in life, and losers.
If you learn to manage yourself you can accomplish anything you can dream up. You can deal with negative experiences wisely and you can add skills as you need them. You can become unstoppable. Self management puts you on the launching pad to all the success you desire.
Most people limit themselves by their unwillingness to consider personal change. They won't learn new things and they won't change their behaviors even when they discover they've been wrong.
The funny thing is, self-change is EASY. You are the one person that you can get to anytime you want. You don't need permission or an appointment, and no one can stop you from learning and changing whenever you decide to. The only obstacle is you!
Self-management is actually the first step to building people skills.
Once you commit to changing yourself into who you can be, you will notice the people around you in a different way. Now you see them as fellow beings with their own fears and drives. And they will see you with new respect and attractiveness.
You are surrounded by people who can help or harm you, based on how you treat them. Learning how people work is a skill, just like learning how you work. These people can multiply your efforts and supercharge your success
It takes leadership and persuasion skills - people skills.
People skills are like a booster rocket propelling you to your dreams. And the process of succeeding with others can be learned just like you learn to make toast. If you follow directions and practice, you can develop the skills that will make you very happy and prosperous.
2. YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF YOUR UNIVERSE. STAY THERE!
As a young sailor I learned the hard way that when I was in a foreign port I needed to take my corners wide and keep my hands out of my pockets. In other words, I had to stay balanced, alert and ready to react to surprises. I've found that a lot of life's situations are like "foreign ports." They range from the bedroom to the boardroom, and you will encounter them throughout your life.
Keep your balance. Stay centered. Expect surprises.
Being centered has two sides; inner and outer.
Begin within.
Inner centeredness comes first; look there for your best self. It is how you will find peace of mind. There is a place in you that's connected to something beyond you.
Spending time there will keep your mind clear and your spirit refreshed. That "doorway" is your center.
Until you're connected to your core you won't be very good at handling the rest of the world. Few people really get this. It is the single most important and least understood fact of life
Your center is easy to find. Every spiritual tradition in history teaches prayer and meditation -- it's the most important thing you can do for the quality of your life. Just take a little break a couple of times a day, and learn to be still and RELAX.
If you give yourself this little time each day you will become calmer, stronger and your physical and mental health will improve. You will begin to focus more on what you think of yourself than what others may think of you.
For outer centeredness, you need to gain awareness of your personal boundaries. This is critical. Pay close attention to where you stop and others start.
Protect your personal prerogatives and respect those of others. Allowing others to invade your boundaries will destroy your personal freedom and subject you to their tyranny.
If you cross the boundaries of others you become codependent with them, caring more about how they live their lives than how you live yours. You can care about others without having to run their lives. Let them go and feel the relief, once you get used to living only your own life.
3. WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT MOST IS WHAT YOU GET.
There is a Law of Attraction in human nature. What is in your mind is reflected "out there," in what you experience as your reality.
Afraid? Then all the goblins that you fear will be attracted to you. The only useful purpose of fear is to remind you to plan. Plan so that you protect yourself from harm, but don't become timid. If you play it TOO safe you'll freeze in place and trade your life away for nothing.
Angry? Then you'll get a lot of angry people to tussle with. Your life will fill up with honking horns and people pushing you around, and you'll spend all your time pushing back.
It's a good idea to choose your habitual thought patterns carefully.
Love, optimism and gratitude are good choices. These states of mind inspire you to explore, to create, to grow and to give. People and opportunities will become attracted to you. And the goblins and angry people will get smaller and less important, and finally they'll fade and go away.
The point of choice comes up when you have to deal with a challenging situation. Do you call it a "bad break" - some S.O.B. was out to get you? Or was it just something that happened, leaving it up to you to interpret in the most nourishing way?
You might as well be positive. Bottom line -- it works better. It makes you easier to be around and more creative and good-natured. And your immune system will be strengthened.
Events are just events until our thoughts and reactions turn them into experience. What the experience means, how useful it might be, those are the choices that we make -- they're the stories we tell ourselves about our lives.
We're taught that it's not 'reasonable' to expect to win all the time. Nonsense! That kind of thinking numbs ambition and smothers greatness. Even worse it leads to reasonable excuses. Excuses don't accomplish anything so do NOT be reasonable.
Actually, achieving the impossible is quite normal -- you've done it thousands of times.
EVERYTHING you do now was impossible for you before you did it the first time, from feeding yourself to balancing your checkbook.
Try this for a week. Focus on what you want instead of what you don't want. Practice the skills of optimism, gratitude, generosity and forgiveness and your life will expand.
Yes, that's right. PRACTICE.
Good attitudes are skills that you develop through repetition, just like swimming or math. And skills become second nature through practice. You will become stronger and more relaxed when you decide that you might as well thrive.
Your commitment to expectancy is another skill, and it's decisive and magnetic. It attracts luck and creates focus. People and opportunities will be drawn to you. Life starts to get easier. And more fun.
Go ahead and test it. What have you got to lose? The only way you can fail at anything is to quit trying!
4. YOU MAKE YOUR HABITS AND THEN YOUR HABITS MAKE YOU.
You've probably heard the saying, "As you sow, so shall you reap."
It means that our lives are created by what we do, not by what we intend. It means that we can harvest only what we plant. And every day you're planting something, so choose wisely.
The biggest and most important influences in your life are created by small daily acts. For example -- Meditate, Study, Set Goals, Save Money, Exercise, Floss, Smile, and Say Thank You.
When you do the right thing at the right time it makes more difference than if you make a big dramatic effort too late. Cramming may work in school, but not in real life. The school term is over in a few months; life lasts longer. Days turn into years and those years become your life.
The most important qualities in life -- Spirituality, Health, Relationships, Wealth, and Your Personal Character -- are developed by regular acts done on a daily basis. They're called "practices."
Daily practices -- done on schedule. What? Just "can't do anything on a schedule?"
Baloney. You can do anything you want on a schedule, unless you've never gotten to a plane on time. It's a matter of priorities. And your priorities create your quality of life.
Choose the practices of your life as if you were a farmer. You can't skip spring planting if you want a fall harvest. Master this principle and you will live your life to its fullest.
Changing your life doesn't take a lot of work -- just repeat a single positive act daily for three weeks and it will become a habit. Good. Now add another one. Then another one. The force of good habits will automatically generate power and "good luck," and your life will blossom.
5. GUILT ENSLAVES YOU. RESPONSIBILITY LIBERATES YOU.
Here's a secret about "Original sin". It's guilt, and you get it from your parents.
Are you self-conscious? Most people are. They're worried that they're "unzipped." They're walking around thinking that people will notice their missing button, their bad hairdo, their poor credit and personal shortcomings.
These feelings are universal -- we all got them while we were being taught how to behave as infants ("No!" "Bad!" "Don't!").
When we become adults we are supposed to leave these feelings of inadequacy in childhood where they were needed.
The way to do this is to forgive your parents for their shortcomings, whether they were minor or major. And then forgive yourself for all your sins, real and imagined.
Forgiving doesn't mean that you think what happened was okay. It just means that you free yourself from the work of remembering it and getting mad at people that are not even around anymore. Including the younger "you."
You MU ST do this if you want to be free.
6. "OBLIGATIONS" ARE A FRAUD.
Okay, take a deep breath here. This one gets a lot of people, because most of us have been brainwashed all of our lives to believe a huge lie. We've all been taught that we "owe" other people all sorts of obligations, and that we should expect lots of things from them in return.
That idea, in one word, is bullshit.
We waste an incredible amount of time either doing things we don't want and don't have to do, or feeling guilty because we didn't do something we "should" have done. We also waste a lot of time and emotion being disappointed when we don't get what we expect from others.
Freedom lies in the other direction.
The truth is, you don't owe anyone anything and they don't owe anything to you. This is all part of the "guilt" thing. It's good for us to give to others, but ONLY when and how we choose.
The difference between free people who master their lives and those who are slaves is easy to spot.
Who sets their priorities?
Free people set their own priorities, while "slaves" allow them to be set by outsiders. Your life belongs to you and you alone -- and not anyone else.
Want a formula for unhappiness? Make your welfare dependent upon someone else's choices. Do you need "support" from those you love? Or approval from a parent or friend? Or permission from anybody to pursue your own path?
That's not living -- that's slavery!
Don't look to anyone else for your success or happiness. That's your job and yours alone. You must tend to your own welfare. No one else will, nor should they.
7. EXPECT LESS FROM OTHERS AND MORE FROM YOURSELF.
Most people expect way too much from others while they themselves actually get very little done. Inertia and distraction are insidious and damn near universal -- expect it in others but guard against it in your own behavior.
Everyone listens to his or her favorite mental radio station -- W.I.I.F.M., which stands for, "What's In It For Me?" So don't take it personally when you're overlooked, your call goes un-returned, and you go un-thanked.
Most of your fellow humans are so distracted and disorganized that they only get around to the most essential, familiar or urgent things in their lives. They're on "autopilot" most of the time -- aren't we all on occasion?
This self-interest is natural and healthy. Use this knowledge of other's desires in your plans and proposals.
Here's the big principle. If you want something to happen, take control and do it yourself. Don't get bitter if perhaps someone else didn't keep a commitment to help you.
It is a waste of time to criticize others, and a bigger waste to pay attention to anyone's criticism of you. Just know that you can get better at doing things on your own. It's a LOT easier than trying to get someone else to change.
8. NOBODY WAKES UP IN THE MORNING CHOOSING TO BE THE VILLAIN.
Everyone alive thinks that they're the "good guy." He or she is the hero in their version of the story. They have a reason for what they do -- even if it's impractical or unworkable or has evil consequences.
People who are troublesome aren't worth changing. Don't even waste time complaining about them.
If someone hurts you, it's not about you and you shouldn't act like it was. People do what they do because of their own inner reality. Learn what you can do differently the next time, then forgive them and move on.
Really. Forgive them completely. And then, figure out how to manage, tolerate or avoid them in the future.
By the way, forgiving doesn't mean that you think whatever they did is okay. It's NOT okay. But here's the thing -- if you don't forgive someone you can't ever let it go. Then you have to go around with this burden of anger and sourness.
Wasn't the original hurt enough for you? Why would you want to preserve it and remember it? Or them?
Carrying grudges ties up brain cells that you could use to make life sweeter for yourself and those you love. So, after you forgive them, forgive yourself for getting hurt -- and then LET IT GO!
9. THERE IS NO "HAPPILY EVER AFTER" IN THE REAL WORLD.
Friends and mates may change or leave, luck comes and goes, and there are no guarantees. The only certainty is that someday your life will be over, and only you can decide how it will be lived. If you want a happy ending you need to create it. Think about it. When would "Happily Ever After" start?
After you win the lottery? -- Most lottery winners are broke within three years. When the wedding bells ring? -- Over half of all marriages fail. When you retire? -- 95% of those over 65 live from check to check.
Stories have to have happy endings, because the story ends before their characters do.
Real life is different. You're going to live until you die, so you need to have a plan for every day of it.
Choose your goals, write them down, and track them daily. Your life will happen by accident unless you have a plan for it. Either way things will happen to you. On every day of your life, after every climax, every tragedy and every triumph, the sun will rise again.
You get a new day every morning of your life. And as long as you're alive you'll have to prepare for that next day and the one after that.
So respect reality.
Think as if you have a future, because that's where you're going to spend the rest of your life.
10. THERE IS A HELL, AND IT STARTS EARLY.
People create their own personal hell with moral shortcuts, regrets about lost opportunities, resentment, and guilt. Then they add jealousy and envy, and they've paid the toll to enter Hell's suburbs.
What toll do they pay? They give up their peace of mind, and sometimes their self-respect.
They trade it for short-term pleasure.
Those who avoid doing anything that requires effort -- physical exercise or forgiving or doing something for someone else -- grow more narrow and less flexible day by day. Stunted ambition strangles their dreams and their enthusiasm dies.
By the time they enter "downtown Hell" they've got a bad attitude about most things in life. They complain and criticize because "life has let them down." The truth is life didn't let them down -- they quit trying.
Pretty soon their immune system gets the message and then their physical afflictions begin -- their relationships are desolate and life becomes an ordeal. They start looking and acting older than they really are.
When these people look ahead, the future looks just like the past. Stretching on and on, day after unhappy day.
And that is truly Hell.
11. YOU CAN CREATE PARADISE ON EARTH. MANY PEOPLE DO.
You can make your life sweeter bit by bit. It doesn't take much, just some daily practice. Spend some time in solitude each day renewing your peace of mind.
Invest in good memories by managing your behavior so that you enjoy looking back on your life.
You create your Heaven by small acts of generosity to others, making them smile and feel better.
You create it by little acts of courage -- doing the right thing when no one but you will ever know you did it.
By making promises to yourself and keeping them, which builds your self-respect. You create it by telling the truth even if it's inconvenient or embarrassing. It makes you careful about what you do, or what you commit to doing. And that brings credibility and trust. And most important, you will know you're liked for who you are instead of for some lie you're living.
You're in Heaven's neighborhood when you notice the amazing number of things in life there are to be grateful for, especially as your gratitude becomes a constant part of your being.
Humans are the most flexible beings on this planet, and you build Heaven by stretching sometimes to try something new or a little scary.
Your reward is learning that you are more than you thought.
And you can always stretch more.
As you become older your personal Heaven becomes a bigger influence on those around you. Your life will expand faster than your physical abilities contract.
You will laugh a lot more than most people, and enjoy more contentment and peace than you ever thought possible. And it just keeps getting better and better
If you choose to follow this path, you'll be in Paradise long before you leave this life.
12. IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO CHANGE.
Everyone alive gets the same amount of time. 1440 minutes a day. 168 hours in each week. As long as you live. The only difference is in how you spend those hours.
You decide how to spend your time and you make that choice each minute.
You can begin to turn your life around in a second.
The only thing you need to do is decide to make it better. You can start to change immediately, beginning with a simple act and letting the acts pile up on each other, creating the change almost effortlessly.
You know the scriptural quote, "By their deeds you shall know them?"
It was talking about us. It doesn't really matter much what we think or what we intend, until the thought is expressed as action.
The quality of our lives comes from what we actually do.
Experience comes in moments -- and the moments will keep coming for you until they finally stop. Each moment is a gift, and the chance to make your life different comes to you during each one of them.
Each of these "Facts" boils down to a single principle. Decide.
You can decide how your life will go during any moment you choose. This may be that moment.
It's okay to dream big. Where do you want to go from here? How do you want your next moments to be? It's up to you.
IN CLOSING
I'd like to leave you with a personal note.
Odds are I'm older than you and I'll confess something. I wasn't born knowing these Facts of Life. I got them one by one, over decades that would have gone better if I had known all of these rules earlier. But the bottom line is I eventually got them, and with each new breakthrough every area of my life (health, wealth, relationships and happiness) has gotten better and better.
The very few regrets I have are mostly not about the "sins" I may have committed. No, they are about the things I didn't do when the opportunity arose.
I invite you to avoid creating regrets in your future by embracing opportunities for growth as they appear.
This article may be one of those opportunities. And who knows?
You could decide to use these rules as guidelines, and spend your life turning your dreams into reality.
If you try it, I think you'll like it.
Seeya,
Tom Hoobyar
StreetSmartCEO.com
(Tom Hoobyar made his transition in the autumn of 2011.)
Friday, August 19, 2011
New Hypnosis for Diabetes Management Program for Atlantic Canada
New Hypnosis for Diabetes Management Program - Available Now
Halifax Hypnosis is now launching an innovative new Hypnosis for Diabetes Management program, the first of its kind in Atlantic Canada.
Pre and Type 2 Diabetes can be reversed or slowed by adopting healthier physical and mental habits and attitudes...the solution is not always at the bottom of a pill bottle or the end of an insulin syringe, it is also at the end of your fork, in the shoes on your feet and in your attitude!
The Hypnosis for Diabetes Management Program is designed to help people of all ages diagnosed with Diabetes or Prediabetes change their inner motivations, manage the stress of living with the condition, decrease their desire for unhealthy food, change bad eating habits and actually increase their desire for healthier foods, better eating habits and a positive attitude.
The American founder of the program is a former diabetic who developed this program personally to completely reverse his own Diabetes. He has been developing and refining this program ever since and sharing it with qualified Hypnotherapists worldwide.
The Hypnosis for Diabetes Management Program is easy to follow.
What’s required of you:
• A sincere desire to stop or reverse the effects of Diabetes
• Able to take an enjoyable and relaxing Hypnosis session for one hour, once a week, for four consecutive weeks
• Willing to listen to a short CD once or twice a day
• Agree to observe easy to follow instructions
Hypnosis has been medically recognized for well over four decades. In 1955, the British Medical Association passed a formal resolution approving hypnosis. Three years later, the American Medical Association and the American Dental Association recognized hypnosis as an accepted form of complementary treatment in medicine and dentistry.
It is important to realize that Hypnosis is not meant to replace standard medical treatment. In fact, hypnosis is most effective when used in conjunction with traditional health care. It is also important to note that Hypnotists are not licensed as medical practitioners. Always consult with your medical practitioner before starting any new program.
For more information on this program or a free personal initial consultation, please contact Ray MacDonald by email - halifaxhypnosis@aol.com
Ray MacDonald is a Consulting Hypnotherapist with Medical Hypnosis training. He is a member of the National Guild of Hypnotists and The International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association.
Visit the Halifax Hypnosis website at www.halifaxhypnosis.ca
Halifax Hypnosis is now launching an innovative new Hypnosis for Diabetes Management program, the first of its kind in Atlantic Canada.
Pre and Type 2 Diabetes can be reversed or slowed by adopting healthier physical and mental habits and attitudes...the solution is not always at the bottom of a pill bottle or the end of an insulin syringe, it is also at the end of your fork, in the shoes on your feet and in your attitude!
The Hypnosis for Diabetes Management Program is designed to help people of all ages diagnosed with Diabetes or Prediabetes change their inner motivations, manage the stress of living with the condition, decrease their desire for unhealthy food, change bad eating habits and actually increase their desire for healthier foods, better eating habits and a positive attitude.
The American founder of the program is a former diabetic who developed this program personally to completely reverse his own Diabetes. He has been developing and refining this program ever since and sharing it with qualified Hypnotherapists worldwide.
The Hypnosis for Diabetes Management Program is easy to follow.
What’s required of you:
• A sincere desire to stop or reverse the effects of Diabetes
• Able to take an enjoyable and relaxing Hypnosis session for one hour, once a week, for four consecutive weeks
• Willing to listen to a short CD once or twice a day
• Agree to observe easy to follow instructions
Hypnosis has been medically recognized for well over four decades. In 1955, the British Medical Association passed a formal resolution approving hypnosis. Three years later, the American Medical Association and the American Dental Association recognized hypnosis as an accepted form of complementary treatment in medicine and dentistry.
It is important to realize that Hypnosis is not meant to replace standard medical treatment. In fact, hypnosis is most effective when used in conjunction with traditional health care. It is also important to note that Hypnotists are not licensed as medical practitioners. Always consult with your medical practitioner before starting any new program.
For more information on this program or a free personal initial consultation, please contact Ray MacDonald by email - halifaxhypnosis@aol.com
Ray MacDonald is a Consulting Hypnotherapist with Medical Hypnosis training. He is a member of the National Guild of Hypnotists and The International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association.
Visit the Halifax Hypnosis website at www.halifaxhypnosis.ca
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Hypnosis and Diabetes - New Program coming this summer.
As most of you know, Diabetes is a serious problem in North America.
From http://www.diabetes.ca/ ( I urge you to have a look at this site):
Today, nearly 1 in 4 Canadians either has diabetes or prediabetes
• More than 20 people are diagnosed with the disease every hour of every day
• By 2020, it is expected that 9.9% of the population will be living with diabetes
The cost of diabetes
Not only is diabetes a personal crisis for people with the disease, it is also a tremendous financial burden for the Canadian healthcare system and society as a whole. The Canadian Diabetes Cost Model finds that:
• The economic burden of diabetes is currently $12.2 billion annually (I heard about $230 Million for NS alone!)
• The cost of the disease is expected to rise to $16.9 billion by 2020 (Up to $500 Million for NS!)
The cost, in human suffering and dollars, is staggering.
In August, I will be launching a new Hypnosis for Diabetes program. The based will be based on training I will be taking in the US and taught by an outstanding Hypnosis professional and Diabetic.
It's my hope that this program benefit a great many people with Diabetes and prediabetes here in Atlantic Canada. I will also be offering this program via Skype for those not local to Halifax.
Contact me at halifaxhypnosis@aol.com ro call me at 902-497-2332 if you would like to be on the mailing list for information on this as it gets closer to launch.
From http://www.diabetes.ca/ ( I urge you to have a look at this site):
Today, nearly 1 in 4 Canadians either has diabetes or prediabetes
• More than 20 people are diagnosed with the disease every hour of every day
• By 2020, it is expected that 9.9% of the population will be living with diabetes
The cost of diabetes
Not only is diabetes a personal crisis for people with the disease, it is also a tremendous financial burden for the Canadian healthcare system and society as a whole. The Canadian Diabetes Cost Model finds that:
• The economic burden of diabetes is currently $12.2 billion annually (I heard about $230 Million for NS alone!)
• The cost of the disease is expected to rise to $16.9 billion by 2020 (Up to $500 Million for NS!)
The cost, in human suffering and dollars, is staggering.
In August, I will be launching a new Hypnosis for Diabetes program. The based will be based on training I will be taking in the US and taught by an outstanding Hypnosis professional and Diabetic.
It's my hope that this program benefit a great many people with Diabetes and prediabetes here in Atlantic Canada. I will also be offering this program via Skype for those not local to Halifax.
Contact me at halifaxhypnosis@aol.com ro call me at 902-497-2332 if you would like to be on the mailing list for information on this as it gets closer to launch.
Vitamin D: Setting the Record Straight « NaturalHealthSherpa.com
Vitamin D plays an essential role in our overall health. Most of us don't get enough says this article.
Read and research..check your daily intake.
Vitamin D: Setting the Record Straight « NaturalHealthSherpa.com
Read and research..check your daily intake.
Vitamin D: Setting the Record Straight « NaturalHealthSherpa.com
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis now available in Atlantic Canada
I'm really excited to report that I have received training and certification in Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis for weight management. The course was taught by Sheila Granger who made the trip from the UK to New York to introduce her technique to Hypnotherapists from the US and Canada. This technique was developed in England and is just starting to catch on in the US.
I am the only Hypnotherapist this side of Montreal trained and certified in Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis.
Gastric Band Hypnosis has recently gotten a lot of attention in the US media including ABC's Good Morning America and The View. Click on the link below to see an ABC segment on Gastric Band Hypnosis.
Here is the link to the ABC show.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/gastric-mind-band-weight-loss-hypnosis-11743607?&clipId=11743607&cid=embedded
I plan to launch the Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis program in November 2010 after I have completed trials with a group of volunteers.
Contact me if you would like to know more.
Ray MacDonald
902-497-2332
halifaxhypnosis@aol.com
www.halifaxhypnosis.ca
Virtual Gastric Band Hypnotherapy
Gastric Band Hypnosis is directed at people with serious weight issues committed to doing whatever it takes to shed significant pounds.
60% of Canadians are overweight, with a high percentage classed as obese and suffering type II diabetes. If you fall into either, or both, of these categories then you know the health risks you live with each day, and this may just be the program for you.
This therapy uses hypnosis, NLP and powerful imagery, along with behavioral modifications, to convince your unconscious mind that you’ve had Gastric Band surgery.
Sheila Granger, a U.K. Clinical Hypnotherapist, developed her own Virtual Gastric Band technique. Over 2 trials, Granger has quoted a 95 percent rate of success with those who have used her weight loss technique.
Virtual Gastric Band Hypnotherapy uses the power of clinical hypnosis to convince the human mind that a gastric band has been fitted into the stomach. This leads to is a feeling of fullness that will happen much faster than in the past while consuming food. This is exactly what happens when gastric band surgery is done for real.
Advantages of virtual gastric band hypnosis are:
• it’s much much less expensive than the real surgery
• doesn’t involve an invasive surgical procedure
• there are no risks connected to having a general anesthetic as none is administered
• there is no danger of post operative complications
• the Virtual Gastric Band can be adjusted or even removed at a later time
As described earlier the “surgery” is performed only in the subconscious where your desire to eat (and over consume) lives. This technique, as previously mentioned, is non-surgical in nature and uses the power inherent in hypnosis to train both the mind as well as the body to take in a lesser amount of food at each sitting. It works by conveying a message to the brain that the stomach is satiated and does not require any more food.
If “adjustments” need to be made to the virtual gastric band then they can be done relatively easily. Best of all, there is no pain and no recovery time required. There is also no ongoing medical treatment required and the therapy can be done privately, comfortably and best of all – rapidly!
According to Granger, the majority of her clients have benefited from the virtual gastric band treatment. She pioneered this therapy in the United Kingdom as a component of her weight loss hypnotherapy program. Granger visited New York in mid-October 2010 to teach her techniques with other Hypnotherapists from across North America.
Halifax Hypnosis is the only hypnotherapy practice in Eastern Canada to offer this Virtual Gastric Band Hypnotherapy technique.
The process consists of 4 hypnosis sessions typically spaced 1 week or 10 days apart as well as training in self hypnosis using CDs for use at home.
There is a 3, 6, 9 and 12 month followup schedule and “adjustment” hypnosis sessions when and if required.
I am the only Hypnotherapist this side of Montreal trained and certified in Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis.
Gastric Band Hypnosis has recently gotten a lot of attention in the US media including ABC's Good Morning America and The View. Click on the link below to see an ABC segment on Gastric Band Hypnosis.
Here is the link to the ABC show.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/gastric-mind-band-weight-loss-hypnosis-11743607?&clipId=11743607&cid=embedded
I plan to launch the Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis program in November 2010 after I have completed trials with a group of volunteers.
Contact me if you would like to know more.
Ray MacDonald
902-497-2332
halifaxhypnosis@aol.com
www.halifaxhypnosis.ca
Virtual Gastric Band Hypnotherapy
Gastric Band Hypnosis is directed at people with serious weight issues committed to doing whatever it takes to shed significant pounds.
60% of Canadians are overweight, with a high percentage classed as obese and suffering type II diabetes. If you fall into either, or both, of these categories then you know the health risks you live with each day, and this may just be the program for you.
This therapy uses hypnosis, NLP and powerful imagery, along with behavioral modifications, to convince your unconscious mind that you’ve had Gastric Band surgery.
Sheila Granger, a U.K. Clinical Hypnotherapist, developed her own Virtual Gastric Band technique. Over 2 trials, Granger has quoted a 95 percent rate of success with those who have used her weight loss technique.
Virtual Gastric Band Hypnotherapy uses the power of clinical hypnosis to convince the human mind that a gastric band has been fitted into the stomach. This leads to is a feeling of fullness that will happen much faster than in the past while consuming food. This is exactly what happens when gastric band surgery is done for real.
Advantages of virtual gastric band hypnosis are:
• it’s much much less expensive than the real surgery
• doesn’t involve an invasive surgical procedure
• there are no risks connected to having a general anesthetic as none is administered
• there is no danger of post operative complications
• the Virtual Gastric Band can be adjusted or even removed at a later time
As described earlier the “surgery” is performed only in the subconscious where your desire to eat (and over consume) lives. This technique, as previously mentioned, is non-surgical in nature and uses the power inherent in hypnosis to train both the mind as well as the body to take in a lesser amount of food at each sitting. It works by conveying a message to the brain that the stomach is satiated and does not require any more food.
If “adjustments” need to be made to the virtual gastric band then they can be done relatively easily. Best of all, there is no pain and no recovery time required. There is also no ongoing medical treatment required and the therapy can be done privately, comfortably and best of all – rapidly!
According to Granger, the majority of her clients have benefited from the virtual gastric band treatment. She pioneered this therapy in the United Kingdom as a component of her weight loss hypnotherapy program. Granger visited New York in mid-October 2010 to teach her techniques with other Hypnotherapists from across North America.
Halifax Hypnosis is the only hypnotherapy practice in Eastern Canada to offer this Virtual Gastric Band Hypnotherapy technique.
The process consists of 4 hypnosis sessions typically spaced 1 week or 10 days apart as well as training in self hypnosis using CDs for use at home.
There is a 3, 6, 9 and 12 month followup schedule and “adjustment” hypnosis sessions when and if required.
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