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Video: Healthy Choices Hypnotherapy – Weight Loss

Hello!  Here is a video of me talking about using hypnotherapy and NLP to update the habits and patterns that affect our health and weight. I’d love to hear more about what has worked for you, too.

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Are children doomed by their parents’ weight issues?

Where did you learn about how to take care of yourself?  What’s good to eat?  How often you need to get active?  Your value as a person?  All these ideas were transferred into our subconscious minds before the formation of the conscious mind.  In our early years, we assign meaning to emotionally charged experiences, and […]

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What are you afraid of? Brain Scans Reveal Math Anxiety

We are living in a phenomenal time with all the technology available to shed light on the mysteries of the brain. That being said, I often cringe while reading articles like this one that make it easy to believe that fear is a biological problem to be possibly solved with a medical solution.  Below the […]

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Video: Ready for an update? I’d love to say Hello!

Here’s a two minute introduction from me in my office recently, giving a general overview of the kinds of things I can help people with.  It all comes down to the patterns of thinking, feeling and believing that have been installed in our subconscious minds.  The good news is they are easy to change! I […]

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Research Reveals Meditation Changes Brain

Your mind can be a powerful ally for healing, insight, motivation, and creativity.  When are we taught how to consciously access these amazing qualities?  For those who seek this kind of training and commit to it, the benefits are well worth the investment.  Einstein is credited for giving us the quote about using only 10% […]

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Shock Therapy works better than Anti-Depressants for Depression

We all know that spending time and energy focusing on what makes us unhappy affects our outlook, mood, and what we believe is possible.  Researchers have found out why Electro-Shock Therapy is effective because it diminishes stimulation in the parts of the brain having to do with thought and emotion. As a meditation teacher and […]

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Exercise: the Other Antidepressant

It is very common for clients who come to me for help to be on some sort of medication.  Many of them have been prescribed anti-depressants or anti-anxiety drugs when they went for help with mental or emotional problems.  I am all in support for medical solutions to medical problems, but the problem with drugs […]

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Time doesn’t make you old, sitting around does!

“It’s never too late to be a superhero”… This is one of the taglines I like when I think about setting up my Fitness Training business.  Who told you that you were too old to have fun, feel great and be healthy?  Research is confirming that no matter what your age increased physical activity IS […]

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5 Habits of Highly Effective Dieters

It’s always great to study what successful people are doing and copy that.  In fact, a whole area of NLP is dedicated to understanding and adopting the habits of others. One way to understand the nature of habits is to recognized them as patterns or programs.  We program ourselves all the time with the thoughts […]

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SF Giants’ Manager Bochy kicked habit after hypnosis

Athletes have long been front runners in the areas of using the mind to help the body, and this year is no exception.  Last week the San Francisco Chronicle published an article about the manager of the San Francisco Giants using hypnotherapy to easily leave behind a 36-year addiction to chewing tobacco.  After decades of […]

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