Sleep - Why Bother?
Part One - Sleep and Weight Management. Shakespeare was correct when he called sleep "Nature's soft nurse." There is definitely a healing...
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD): SHOULD WE BE TREATING MORE THAN THE COMPULSIONS AND OBSESSIONS?
The following is a case history of a client with OCD. Full permission from the client has been given to publish her story. Jane (not her...
ASK NOT WHAT THE NHS CAN DO FOR YOU – ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THE NHS!
Everyday in the press and on TV we are bombarded with news of the imminent closure of hospital wards, reductions in NHS services or...
THE GUT / BRAIN CONNECTION.
Ever had butterflies in your stomach? Have you been so nervous you’ve had to run for the bathroom? The brain and gut are so intimately...
DO HYPNOTHERAPISTS HAVE SPECIAL POWERS?
Of course, being a hypnotherapist I’d love to say yes. Fortunately, I’m not that arrogant. Unfortunately, there are a few unethical...
FOUR WAYS TO BOOST YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM THIS AUTUMN.
With the cold and flu season upon us it is wise to consider how you can take precautions and really support your immune system to take on...
SELF HYPNOSIS – A BRIEF GUIDE ON BECOMING YOUR OWN THERAPIST.
The majority of Hypnotherapists are in agreement that all hypnosis is self hypnosis as it’s really not possible to force another person...
TO CONFORM OR NOT TO CONFORM? THAT IS THE (HIDDEN) QUESTION.
When I was about 16 I saw a book in a bookshop by the writer Alan Watts called ” The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are ” I...
SOMETIMES WE ASK THE WRONG QUESTIONS.
Not all questions, which we ask ourselves or others, are necessarily valid. We’ve all been asked questions which the questioner sees as...
HABITS ARE NOT YOU. YOU ARE NOT YOUR HABITS.
Smoking, overeating, nail biting …… The list could go on for pages. Someone told me just today that he’d read that the biggest habit that...