A woman giving birth shunned conventional pain relief in favour of being hypnotised
When Louise Walker, 30, went into labour with baby Harrison she employed Paul Hazell, hypnotherapist, to put her into a trance. Mrs Walker, of Hull, East Yorks., said: “I am the biggest sceptic. I thought I would need all the pain relief going but I was gobsmacked when I didn’t have any at all.
“I was crying with the pain, but as soon as he started, I felt really relaxed. When the contractions came, there was hardly anything.”
Hypnosis involves …

Subliminal advertising really does work, claim scientists who found that people subconsciously respond to flashed messages – especially if they are negative.
By Richard Alleyne
Researchers found that briefly displaying words and images so quickly that people do not even consciously notice, does nevertheless change their thinking.
They found it was particularly effective with negative images and words which could alter a person’s mood.
The phrase subliminal advertising was coined in 1957 by the US market researcher James Vicary, who said he could get moviegoers to “drink Coca-Cola” and “eat popcorn” by flashing those …

Who cares if money can’t buy you love? It can still be your BFF.
That’s one of the surprising findings in a new Chinese-American academic research paper, “The Symbolic Power of Money,” published in the journal Psychological Science.
Like any best friend forever, money demonstrated to researchers its ability to soothe us, reduce our sense of social exclusion and even lessen …

Did you ever hide something important – not to lose it, just to forget where you hid it? Well, could using hypnosis help you recall the location of that item? The power of hypnosis can certainly increase focus but, how could it help you remember? The answer to that question rests in the mechanisms of memory, hypnosis and the skill of the hypnotist.
Over the years many clients have come to me asking for hypnosis to find lost jewelry, valuable papers, or items that were simply misplaced. Most of the time …

There some very effective Mind Power Techniques you can use to improve your life. By tapping into your subconscious power you can become happier, healthier, more successful, smarter and less stress. I you want to experience this as other amazing experiences you should really try to train your mind and increase your mind power. You can try the following techniques:
• Practice Meditation. Meditation is a great way to develop your mind power. Meditation is a way to talk to your inner mind and utilize your subconscious power. The more you …

Why can’t I cure my own bad habit?
If you have a bad habit – such as comfort eating, smoking or an addiction to gambling or alcohol, for example, then you can probably answer the question for yourself. A lot of us simply can’t kick a bad habit on our own – we tend to say that it’s because we don’t have the willpower to actually carry it through.
The fact is that any kind of bad habit takes hold of you both psychologically and physically. So, when you try to kick …

As with any skill, the more you practice, the better you become. It’s the same with hypnosis. If done incorrectly, hypnosis will not work. You must become skilled in the art of hypnosis before you can hope to put anyone in a relaxed enough state to actually communicate with their subconscious.
Aside from learning hypnosis techniques, you must practice hypnosis if you ever hope to become an expert in the art of hypnosis. The best hypnosis training is done on your friends and family. This way, you can practice what you’ve …

Even the greatest creative minds experience blocks at one time or another.The well just seems to dry up, making work tiresome, slow and difficult. Here is a great little technique that can help ideas literally flow from your mind, almost like they are coming from somewhere else. This technique is called automatic writing.
Automatic writing is switching off the conscious part of the mind and writing from the subconscious part. It requires no conscious though whatsoever, indeed conscious thought only hamper the process. You must write in a totally non judgmental, …

Many individuals these days, male or female, young or old, are struggling with weight management. Concerns with rising cases obesity are no longer based upon a Hollywood conception of what is the appropriate body size. Instead of doctors wanting their patients to be “thinner”, they want them to be healthier. The patients, however, are not necessarily discerning the difference.
What Has This Lead To?
Both women and men alike are becoming hooked on yo-yo diets. What is a yo-yo diet? Yo-yo dieting describes the process of going on a diet, losing a …

Turn Off Your Television – By L. Wolfe
The subconscious is powerful. It is aware of every particle and detail around you. But it doesn’t know the difference between fact or fiction and acts on all information passing through the conscious mind as fact, and responds to it. So what do you think happens when you watch silly, moron, goofy commercials and television programs? They are training your thought processes.
Hey buddy, I’m talking to you. Yes, you, the guy sitting in front of the television. Turn down the sound a bit, …