You would like to stop smoking

You say you enjoy smoking, but you know most of the time you don't. You hate the stale smell you can taste and others can smell. Each time you have a cigarette, you are reminded on some conscious or unconscious level, that it is harming you. You are self harming. You became addicted for one reason or another, and easily got into it, but are not finding it so easy to stop.

You don't like the idea that smoking controls you, and makes you do what it says you should do. You would like to be free from it. Released from it's clutches. It's a relationship that you find difficult to end.

There will come a day when enough is enough. You will pack its bags, tell it you are finished with it for good, never to darken your door again, and then throw it out the door and slam it shut.

That's when you might find someone like me who can help to to stop and stay stopped for good. It's your decision. What you waiting for?

Mindfulness

Is mindfulness  just an altered state of awareness? Does it mean that we just become more area of what we do and how we do it? If so, then mindfulness is just another way of promoting hypnosis because that is exactly what hypnosis does.

Random acts of kindness

As an antidote to necknominate drinks online, a man has come up with a better idea for us all to get into. This man nominates someone to perform random acts of kindness and see how many you can achieve in a day.

Something as simple as paying for someones coffee, car park fee, or giving a trolley with the coin still in. Its sounds a really nice way to making other people feel better and yourself at the same time. Win situation.

We could all be kinder to each other. It could be a great competition to see how kind you could be. I have read about big gestures, but it could be the simple things.I think I might give the Big Issue seller, especially the nice ones who say have a nice day even when you don't buy, some extra for him/her to have a coffee and cake

No smoking day

I just noticed that yesterday was No Smoking Day. Are you getting anti smoking fatigue? If so ...

How can you trust a hypnotherapist?

One way you can trust a hypnotherapist is to make sure they have the correct training. Anything less than what is termed as the 'Gold' standard in training is what you would initially look for. The Hypnotherapy Practitioner Diploma is the Gold standard in training. A properly recognised UK certification from the National Council for Hypnotherapy will offer this. It is vital you do receive the best, is anything less worth it.

Look out for those therapists who display this kind of certification. A therapist who is also certified properly to use NLP will be best for you too. Some therapists think they have received accredited NLP training, but to be properly qualified, a therapist should have undergone correct training from an accredited trainer. Some trainers do not have the qualifications in NLP but train it anyway. To make an investment in therapy, you want the best because it pays off in the long run.

For more information, call me on 01603 712704 or go to my website www.joygower.co.uk

Extra strength non- deceptive placebo

Hypnosis has often been referred to as the placebo effect. Horizon programme featured hypnosis as the placebo effect, and demonstrated tooth extraction without any drugs.

Hypnosis is the ultimate placebo as the client is aware of what changes need to happen. Medical intervention using placebos rely on deceiving the patient, which is fine if it works. The reason is does work is that the Dopamines in our brain are activated and produce our own bodies natural pain relievers.

One thing the Horizon programme revealed is that the placebo works better if the GP or consultant is kindly towards the patient, and gives time to them. What a great world it would be if the NHS took this on board, and taught it to doctors and nurses. How to actually talk to a patient, say the right words, which could take less than a minute.

How would you prefer to be spoken to?

' Here are the drugs you need to take'

' I would like you to take this medication. I am sure it is going to be of great benefit to you, and that you will get better really quickly'

Stopping smoking reduces stress (Daily Mail)

Stopping smoking does reduce stress. Smoking causes depression and anxiety. The vicious circle though is when you try to stop smoking, you become anxious because you are addicted to smoking. The news is that smoking can cause breast cancer. Have we become immune to all these scares? You mig be saying that you will take your chances on life. That's an option, but if you do want to live longer and not have a smoking related disease which are nasty to say the least, then you will want to stop smoking as easily as you can.

Try hypnosis, make sure you have enou sessions if you need them, and stop smoking once and for all.