I am almost never late. This is a fact I often take for granted in myself. I need to be on time, have always been a high energy person with lots on my plate. In my final year of university, for example, I was the artistic director for the student run dance company and its main choreographer, I ... Views: 2032
We spend a great deal of our time working for a living and many of us have “dream jobs” that we wish we could afford to do. Sometimes we try something out and find that in spite of all our anticipation, years spent training and educating ourselves that our dream job is anything but! Others work ... Views: 1793
Weight is most often perceived to be a problem in and of itself, whether one is overweight or underweight. You have a problem with food, you eat too much or too little, you're too fat, you're out of control, you're a pig, and you're starving yourself. It's my belief that weight issues don't just ... Views: 1676
As a certified practitioner of hypnotherapy, I am often asked if I will be able to “put someone under” which speaks to the misconceptions that many people still hold with regard to hypnosis and hypnotherapy. Some people fear the idea that I might have total control over their minds and bodies ... Views: 2133
Smoking is considered both a habit and an addiction. The good news is that if you can go for three days without a cigarette you have beaten the addiction to nicotine. The nicotine takes approximately seventy two hours to leave your body no matter how long you have been smoking or how many ... Views: 2052
Living Well in a Volatile Economy
An interesting thing happens to our brains and bodies when we panic or when we see others in panic mode. Based on the perception that there is danger, our primitive brain takes over from the advanced reasoning centre located in the prefrontal cortex and sends ... Views: 1682
Taking Responsibility for Your Healing Journey
Too often my clients who seek help through hypnotherapy for their issues and problems expect me to provide a magic bullet. All I have to do, apparently, is reprogram their faulty brains and they will magically find that they are slimmer, ... Views: 1650
Ten Questions Measuring Guilt
Guilt issues occupy a great deal of our time, some of us have grown up with guilt as the motivating factor in almost every choice or decision we have ever made. We have guilt-trips, guilt inducing foods, guilty verdicts, social guilt, religious guilt, moral guilt ... Views: 4537
Ten Tips for Embracing Health After A Cancer Diagnosis
I have a friend who is currently having a cancer experience. She’s young, only 39 and it’s in her breast. In spite of having been caught very early and a full course of chemotherapy, the cancer has returned. Only yesterday this friend ... Views: 1638