Make Decisions Quickly and Easily
One of the major barriers that can hold people back in life is the inability to make decisions quickly. People can so easily get stuck when making a decision that…
Read MoreMake yourself indispensible
Let’s face some facts. We’re in tough times, for most of us the toughest in our living memory. You only have to pick up the newspaper to read about redundancies…
Read MoreMore Hypnosis Facts
In last week’s column I started to answer some common questions people ask me about hypnosis including “What is hypnosis, am I under your control and is it dangerous?” I…
Read MoreHypnosis Fact or Fiction
When I’m out and about and meet new people, the inevitable question comes up of “What do you do for a living?” When I tell them that I’m a Clinical…
Read MoreHow a 1920’s discovery can help you today
This weekend I’ll be travelling to London to present the Miss England Final. I’ll be combining presenting on stage with keeping the contestants calm and confident backstage. Part of the…
Read MoreConfidence in your genes? I’m not so certain
I read this week that Professor Robert Plomin of King’s College, London suggested that psychiatric tests show that whether we have self confidence or not is in our genes. You…
Read MoreHave a Mind M.O.T.
Taking your car into the garage for a service or M.O.T. is routine but when did you last have yourself “checked out”? I recently took my car to be serviced….
Read MoreUnderstanding Phobias
I was interested to hear that ITV’s “This Morning” programme were using a hypnotherapist every day last week to cure phobias. I recorded the shows as I was interested to…
Read MoreAre you OK?
How are you feeling? Are you OK? If you’ve been paying attention to the media, watching what’s going on in the political world, keeping an eye on global as well…
Read MoreUnderstanding Anxiety
Everyone has anxiety sometimes. Anxiety is a normal and helpful part of being human. If you struggle with anxiety you may be surprised to hear me use the term “helpful”….
Read MoreEffortless Information Recall
Today’s tip will help students to effortlessly recall information they may need during an exam. It goes without saying that in order for these techniques to work you must have…
Read MoreHow to beat Self-Sabotage
Have you ever had the experience of knowing what you want, knowing all the benefits and great feelings it will bring you, knowing exactly what you need to do to…
Read MoreMove your "but" for success
When people I meet for the first time find out find out what I do for a living I feel lucky that a lot of them find it interesting and…
Read MoreBe your own best friend
I work with a lot of people who are struggling with something in their lives. This might be low self-esteem, confidence issues or they may just be stuck and frustrated…
Read MoreDo I need therapy?
I recently gave a talk to a group of people to help raise money for charity; I try to attend speaking engagements as often as possible. It’s a great way…
Read MoreBreak through your invisible boundaries
We recently adopted a rabbit (Freddie) from an Animal Rescue. He’s a beautiful, 8 month old, brown male Lionhead. When we brought him home we made him a sleeping area…
Read MoreDealing with Redundancy
In the current economic climate more and more people are being affected by the threat of redundancy or have been made redundant. For some people it can seem the end…
Read MoreFlying without Fear
As the Easter holidays approach, families’ thoughts turn to jetting off to sun and sand. A great opportunity to relax, have fun and recharge those bodily batteries. However, not everyone…
Read MoreHow to get someone to open up
We’ve all had experiences of suspecting that all is not well with someone we care about. We desperately want to help them, but whenever we try to talk to them…
Read MoreWhat one person can do
Today is “World Storytelling Day”. Adults and children all across the globe will be celebrating the art of storytelling by telling and listening to stories. I thought I would share…
Read MoreDo it NOW!
Have you noticed how as we get older, life seems to speed up? I remember feeling as a child that the summer holidays seemed to go on forever and Christmas…
Read MoreDon’t Think of Chocolate Cake
If one of your New Year Resolutions was to lose weight through denying yourself treats like chocolate or cakes, you may be doing more harm than good. Researchers at the…
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