Friday, 5 May 2017
Monday, 17 April 2017
Over-Indulged on Chocolate This Easter? Help is at Hand!
Have you had a good Easter?
How many chocolate eggs have you consumed? You can tell us, we won’t tell
anyone!
Many of us over-indulge at
Easter (as we also tend to do at Christmas) which can be demoralising if one is
trying to lose weight. Have you been on a calorie-controlled diet with the
daily battle to try and lose a pound or two a week? If so, you may recognise
that, at the end of the week, you step on to the scales, possibly with some
trepidation, to discover you have lost a couple of pounds. Great! Then you
decide to ‘treat’ yourself to that chocolate bar (or Easter egg) that’s been
tempting you all week or that brightly coloured cake that’s been winking at you
from the baker’s shop window every day when you go to work. Thus, all your hard
work is undone….
Many
of us enjoy a wee indulgence occasionally. However, for many, snacking
can evolve from a wee indulgence to a regular way of managing emotional
problems. How often have you said, ‘I know I shouldn’t but it’s been a tough
week/I need some comfort/just one won’t hurt me?’
Or
how often have you phoned your partner on the way home from work on a Friday
evening after a tough week and said, ‘do you fancy a chippy tea?’ as you really
can’t be bothered to go to the effort of cooking anything? Aye, I’ve got the
tee-shirt (previously XL but now Medium)
This
psychological drive to consume unhealthy, sugar coated food such as chocolate, biscuits,
cakes etc. or fried food such as chips can be worsened by the addictive aspect
of such foods; thus, begins a vicious circle where you eat because you feel
stressed – subsequently you put on weight – therefore your stress increases….
Does
this sound familiar?
If
it does, don’t worry - you’re not alone. It’s part of our culture to ‘reward’
ourselves with food and even to mark celebrations such as Easter, Christmas, birthdays,
anniversaries etc. When this is done on moderation it’s perfectly fine. If
you’re a member of a gym, going out for a meal on a Friday night can be
balanced by an hour or so at the gym on a Saturday morning. It becomes a
problem when this behaviour becomes excessive and/or regular and you begin to
‘reward’ yourself with food more often than is healthy for you. Then it becomes
more difficult to keep your weight under control.
So,
okay, smart-Alec, I hear you ask. What’s the solution? Well, it’s worth
considering that everyone is different and what works well for one person may
not work at all for someone else. What you need to consider from a personal
point of view is the deep-rooted reasons for you snacking as this works in
cahoots with your subconscious mind. And this is where hypnotherapy can help.
Perhaps
your snacking habits developed as a child. Did your family ‘reward’ you with a
bag of sweets for doing well at school or learning to ride a bicycle or learn
to swim? Did your grandparents always ‘treat’ you to some sweets when they saw
you? As a grandfather to four little brats young
people, I stand guilty as charged over this – my two daughters lecture me about
how I should take round some fruit for the wee ones rather than chocolate,
cakes etc. And, of course, they are quite right.
So,
how can hypnotherapy work to help you stop snacking?
Rather
than attempting to work with your will power – which may be a losing battle -
hypnotherapy will work with the main cause of your snacking habit and
re-educate your brain with different, positive thoughts.
A
hypnotic approach helps people shed unwanted weight and stay slim for the
foreseeable future. This is done by using the power of positive suggestion. You
will be in a conscious, yet deep state of relaxation. No, you’re not put to
sleep and made to dance like a chicken around the room like some stage
hypnotists. You are awake, aware and in control at all times. I can help embed
new strategies to replace the old, habitual snacking process which has
developed over the years.
After
a few sessions, your aim will be to decrease your wish to have snacks, meaning
that healthy diet plans are much simpler to sustain.
I have had great success with
clients who have come to see me with weight management issues. One client has
lost nearly three stones in five months.
Interested?
Contact me at Mind Generating Success today I can start helping you to re-educate your brain and make
snacking history.
Weekend and evening
appointments available. Home visits by arrangement. If you’re a public sector
employee and a member of Premium Benefits, you’ll get 20% off each session.
Phone me on 07521353787 (24
hours)
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
How Was Your Day?
How
has your day been at work? Tough? Do you feel unable to cope with the demands
being placed on you? Stress, including work related stress, can be a
significant cause of illness and is known to be linked with high levels of
sickness absence, staff turnover and other issues such as a lack of confidence
and self-esteem.
Stress
can hit anyone at any level of the business and recent research shows that work
related stress is widespread and is not confined to any particular sector, job
or industry.
If
you are fed up with your lot, you may be looking to change jobs or even change
your career. With application forms and CVs submitted, the first hurdle is
getting short-listed. When you get that email or letter inviting you to attend
an interview you get an adrenalin rush and are on a high. But then you read
that, as part of the interview, you have to give a presentation. Perhaps you
revel in this. Or perhaps – like many people – you panic at the thought.
You
really want this job. And to have a chance of beating off the undoubtedly stiff
competition, you know you will have to give a good presentation. But if you’re
someone who is lacking in self-confidence, you may be in self-defeating mode
even before the interview begins.
I’ve
had clients tell me ‘I’m no good at presentations. I know what I want to say
but it just doesn’t come out right’. Or
‘I hate talking to a group of people, particularly people I’ve never met
before’. Or ‘I know I can do the job but I’m not sure I can talk the talk’.
Self-doubt
takes over. Self-confidence dips. This can affect not only your presentation
but your interview particularly if the presentation is at the end of the
competency based questions – and the presentation has been on your mind so much
you haven’t been able to fully concentrate on the rest of the interview.
So,
what can you do to overcome this dilemma?
Hypnotherapy
can help. I have been asked to help clients who dread having to give
presentations, whether as part of a job interview or in their existing role.
Hypnotherapy can increase self-confidence and self-esteem – and it has worked
for clients who have approached me in the last year.
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Monday, 27 March 2017
How Was Your Day?
How has your day been at work? Tough? Do you feel unable to cope with the demands being placed on you? Stress, including work related stress, can be a significant cause of illness and is known to be linked with high levels of sickness absence, staff turnover and other issues such as a lack of confidence and self-esteem.
Stress can hit anyone at any level of the business and recent research shows that work related stress is widespread and is not confined to particular sectors, jobs or industries. That is why a population-wide approach is necessary to tackle it.
Hypnotherapy is one area which is proving successful at alleviating not only work-related stress but stress in general.
If you're experiencing stress, work-related or not, and are interested in finding out what hypnotherapy can do for you, contact me by email at mike.smith@mgs-hypnotherapy-services.co.uk or by phone on 07521 353 787.
Monday, 20 February 2017
The Life-Changing Benefits of Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy is one of the most successful ways to stop smoking safely and easily. I had a recent
client who has stopped smoking after ten years. The recent feedback he gave me
was that he is now a non-smoker and feels proud to tell me people he no longer
smokes. Hypnotherapy can help you stop smoking after just one session. A
smoking cessation session costs £95. If you smoke 20 cigarettes a day you spend
close to £3,000 a year on tobacco. Think what you could do with that money.
If you want to reduce your weight without dieting and feelings of
deprival, hypnotherapy is a proven way of changing your eating habits. Hypnotherapy
removes unwanted habits by addressing emotional eating, negative thoughts and
feelings about your body and desire for unhealthy snacks. The power of your
mind can help increase the desire for eating nourishing foods, water and
exercise.
One
of my clients has lost nearly two stones in just four months. To quote he said ‘Hypnotherapy has changed my outlook on
food. I no longer have an inclination to eat chocolate just because it’s there.
If you’re like me and are serious about losing weight – and nothing else has
worked – try hypnotherapy. It really does work’
Like a drink but are wanting to cut back or even stop? Hypnotherapy is a successful way to address
this. Hypnosis is the most effective way of removing habits, unwanted behaviours and addictions that no longer serve you and is a
quick, safe and natural method.
Struggling to cope with stress in your
life? Stress can be a good thing but too much stress can have a serious impact
on your life. Stress reduction with hypnosis is one of the
easiest ways to achieve deep relaxation. It is a very effective way to enhance
your health and well-being, leaving you feeling calmer, more positive and very
refreshed.
Re-programme your mind to achieve success in your life whether
at work or in relationships. If you are lacking the motivation, hypnotherapy can help improve your
confidence and self-esteem and
help you envisage your best possible future.
Fears and phobias can hold us back and
restrict our lives. Our unconscious mind’s primary function is to protect us
from emotional pain and physical harm which is why these problems arise. By
taking you back to find the event, cause or experience that has caused this
issue we can then resolve, release, and rewrite the past. One of my clients had
an irrational fear of spiders. After a few sessions of hypnotherapy, she views
the little creatures differently and they no longer frighten her.
Hypnotherapy is a powerful way of resolving the negative effects
of IBS - so much so that it is now
recommended by the NHS.
Anxiety and depression can be caused or exacerbated
by harsh critical words we say to ourselves. We all have negative thoughts but
when these take over our lives these can have a damaging effect. Hypnotherapy
can help reframe negative thought patterns that keep us stuck where we don’t
want to be and move us towards positive, empowering and life affirming thoughts
and behaviours.
Hypnotherapy has been a proven success in fertility,
doubling the chances of success when used with IVF. For women struggling with
conceiving, this is a positive and effective way of removing any blocks that
are unconsciously stopping you having a baby.
Every thought you think has a physical reaction in your body. Start
using the power of your mind and heal your body. Hypnotherapy can change the way you feel
and the way you view things that have a negative impact on your life. We have
just one life – why not make the most of it?
The article above is based
on a piece by Elaine Marsh, clinical hypnotherapist and psychotherapist.
So,
if you are someone who wants to lose some weight, stop smoking, cut
back on alcohol – but find your willpower evaporates after a few weeks – or if
you are someone who has a phobia (for example, fear of spiders, rodents,
flying) - contact me today to arrange an appointment for a
consultation.
The
cost of a consultation is just £10 and this is deducted from the cost of your
first session. Sessions are £60; for smoking cessation, it’s £95.
My
website and email address is below - you can leave a message on my mobile phone
at any time, day or night.
If you would
prefer a home visit, I would be happy to arrange this.
Take
the first step to changing your life!
Mike Smith Cert Hyp CS
tel: 0752 135 3787 (24 hours)
email: mike.smith@mgs-hypnotherapy-services.co.uk
twitter: @smith_mgs
Monday, 13 February 2017
Your Existence is a Priority
Do you want to lose weight or stop smoking? Looking to overcome a phobia or increase your self-confidence?
Hypnotherapy can help with all of these things as well as stress, depression and anxiety.
Visit Mind Generating Success for further information.
Interested in arranging a consultation meeting?
Email me: mike.smith@mgs-hypnotherapy-services.co.uk
Tel: 0752 1353 787 (24 hours)
Evening and weekend appointments available. Home visits by arrangement
Thursday, 9 February 2017
Do You Find it Difficult to Accept Criticism?
I was trying to
instigate a conversation with someone the other day. With this particular
individual most of the time the conversation is free-flowing, amiable and not without
banter (aka her taking the proverbial Michael from Michael)
However, this time,
the conversation was strained. Her replies were limited to one word answers
accompanied by sighs and a clear inference she just didn’t want to talk to me.
Being a hypnotherapist, I wanted to see if I could ascertain if there was
anything troubling her and if I could help in any way.
Eventually she told
me she was going through the trauma of a bad week. You know the sort of thing
that can affect all of us. A difficult time at work, people having a go for no
apparent reason, family arguments. Oh, and the final demand for paying the
gas/electric/phone/council tax bill is screaming at you from the shelf you
stack all red letters on (it’s not just me is it?)
The common thread in
her bad week was criticism. Her line manager at work had been on at her several
times that week regarding this that and the other. She felt under a lot of
pressure because there was so much work to do and there just wasn’t enough time
in the day. And she felt her manager was wholly unjustified in her criticism.
When she arrived at
what she believed was the sanctuary of home, she was on the receiving end of
her grown up daughter having a go at her all because she was unable to look
after her grandson on Friday evening,
When she looked to
her husband for support, he was occupied with other things. ‘Ach, ye need to
get a grip’ was her husband’s less than supportive remark which merely added to
the weight of criticism she felt she was under.
I told her that
hypnotherapy could help her. She gave me a puzzled look. She said she was aware
that hypnotherapy can help with things such as weight loss, smoking cessation
and phobias but she wanted to know how it could help her deal with the
veritable mountain of criticism that engulfed her that week.
I explained that when
someone gives criticism it doesn't mean to say that they're rejecting that you –
in fact, often, it can be quite the opposite. If they were rejecting you as
someone who is worthless, they probably wouldn't even bother with their
unwarranted, unwanted criticism. Their criticism could be because they value
your work so highly that they want to let you know what you’ve done or what you
have said wasn’t as effective as it might be.
And a loved one’s
assertion to ‘get a grip!’ might be a back-handed compliment in that ‘but
you’re such a strong character you don’t usually let criticism affect you’.
It depends on how
you view criticism. Hypnotherapy can help you look at criticism differently. By
encouraging your subconscious mind to look at criticism a different way it can
help you cope with it more constructively. And constructive criticism can be a
positive experience. Sometimes we need to change the way we think about things
or the way we say things. It can help you develop as an individual.
Think about using
cricket as a metaphor. The bowler launches a ball of criticism at you. Do you
cower or try to avoid this delivery? You could do. Or you could take aim and
bat it away for six. Not only have you dealt with this delivery of criticism
you’ve turned it into a positive spin (that’s enough cricketing metaphors)
If you feel the
criticism isn’t deserved, then question the person who's criticising you - put
your own view across and then listen - to whatever is said. Or if you feel you
are unable to verbalise this then say it to yourself, in your own mind.
You can’t control
whatever criticism comes your way – but you can control the way you feel about
it. You are the only person who can decide if this will affect you in any way.
Only you have this power. And because you’re in control you can decide to use
any criticism to help you build the necessary skills and abilities to develop
your career and/or relationships.
This is where
hypnotherapy can help you. By using the power of your mind, you can turn
criticism into something that can actually be a positive thing.
That said, no one
likes to receive criticism. We are all different and it can affect some people
more than others. If you are someone who feels they can’t deal with criticism
and would like some support, please contact me by:
Phone
or text me on 07521353787
(24 hours) to arrange a date and time for an initial consultation or email me
at: mike.smith@mgs-hypnotherapy-services.co.uk
Home visits are available by
arrangement.
Whether you wish to stop
smoking, lose weight, increase self-confidence or overcome a phobia why don't
you contact me to arrange a consultation and take the first step to overcoming
this by natural methods - the strength and power of your mind - by contacting
me for further information.
We have but one life – so why
not try and change your life for the better?
Mike Smith Hyp CS
National Hypnotherapy
Society Membership No: HYP14-01935
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