Why do some people have all the luck while others never get the breaks they deserve?
I set out to examine luck, 10 years ago. Why are some people always in the right place at the right time, while others consistently experience ill fortune? I placed advertisements in national newspapers asking for people who felt consistently lucky or unlucky to contact me.
Hundreds of extraordinary men and women volunteered for my research and over the years, have been interviewed by me. I have monitored their lives and had them take part …

Do you take time out each week, or even day, to do something that tickles your funny bone? Would you say you’re generally happy? Would people describe you as being cheerful and having a good sense of humor?
Most people don’t ask themselves these questions, but they probably should. Each year brings fresh evidence to support the idea that thoughts, moods and emotions have an impact on the body’s basic health and healing mechanisms.
Studies show the body’s healing system responds favorably to love, hope, optimism, caring, intimacy, joy, laughter, and humor, …

A healthy mind in a healthy body or mens sane in corpore sano, as Decimus Junius Juvenalis put it in his time, is a phrase that seems to imply some causal relationship between exercise and a sound mind. However, when Juvenalis (one of the great Roman satirists of his time) made himself immortal with these words, he at least seemed to care to make a causal statement. Juvenal’s complete statement is actually:
“If and only if there is anything worth praying for at all, then if you must,pray for a healthy …

What is hypnosis?
Hypnosis must be the only medical procedure ever to be featured in nightclub acts. (Can you imagine audiences applauding the Amazing Anesthesiologist or the Radiology Wizard?) Depictions of hypnosis on stage and screen, in fact, have contributed to a great deal of misunderstanding about the technique. But a closer look reveals that it can be a valuable and effective medical therapy.
Hypnosis isn’t a form of mind control, as stage acts suggest, and there’s no evidence that it can be used to make someone do anything against his or …

Medical hypnosis (also called hypnotherapy) remains one of the most controversial therapeutical methods in Psychiatry. It was coldly received after the undue criticism of Sigmund Freud, the father of Psychoanalysis. But, it came back with renewed strength after the 2nd World War , supported as a valid method by the main international medical societies.
In Brazil, hypnosis has endured serious disbelief, due to its frequent use in stage shows, by non medically qualified persons and even having jeopardized the human “guinea pigs” which were used. Fortunately its use out of the …

How Earnie created diabetes from anxiety
Fear, worry and anxiety can seriously affect your health, and in time even kill you. People can and do develop all sorts of health problems by fixating their minds on ideas that make them feel powerless.
Recently I met a man – let’s call him Ernie – who knew nothing about hypnosis, yet he had been using it unknowingly and successfully … to slowly start digging a grave for himself. While attending university, Ernie woke up one night panic stricken at the thought of forthcoming exams …

Have you ever been totally absorbed while reading a book, cooking or watching a movie? Did you zone out to the point where you didn’t notice what else was going on around you? If so, you’ve experienced a type of trance-like state or focused attention that’s similar to what happens to you during hypnosis.
Although its medical uses aren’t entirely understood, hypnosis, when provided by a certified hypnotherapist or other qualified clinician, appears to help with a variety of health conditions. These range from helping to control pain to easing the …

Playing any game has a lot to do with your mindset and confidence. The more confident you are the more chances of doing well in your chosen game. This is true in playing golf as well. So how hypnosis can help you do well in golf.
Well, in case if you didn’t know, Tiger Woods has been using golf hypnosis for his game for years as have many other top pros. Tiger Woods father himself is a Certified Hypnotherapist. This is starting to get big let me tell you. Especially for …

Quite a lot of what you fancy, apparently, does you good, scientists have claimed.
Couples who have sex at least three times a week look more than 10 years younger than the average adult who makes love twice a week, says consultant neuro-psychologist Dr David Weeks, who has made a 10-year study of the subject.
“Pleasure derived from sex is a crucial factor in preserving youth. It makes us happy and produces chemicals telling us so,” he claims.
“I would say that famous people with youthful good looks, such as Goldie Hawn, Helen …