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<title>Study Habits For Concentration, Retention, And Remembering Information</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ If you are a person who is trying to bring up your grades, there are a list of tricks that will help you to improve your capability to sharpen your attentiveness, absorb the data that you study, and bring it back to consciousness during a test without being tormented by mental blocks or test anxiety. This is a list of how to go about instituting good study behaviors: 

(1) Set up an environment for study and only study in that place! Locate a peaceful room that will facilitate a focusing of attention without distractions. Some usual examples would be a library, a vacant classroom, or your office. You want to generate the routine of studying when you are in this place. So it is best to not use this place for other activities like daydreaming, socializing, or playing games, etc. 

MAKE SURE THAT YOUR STUDY PLACE HAS: 

(a) A comfortable chair, but not too comfy 

(b) A desk 

(c) Excellent illumination 

(d) Good air flow 

 MAKE SURE THAT YOUR STUDY PLACE DOES NOT HAVE: 

(a) Distracting views of other activities 

(b) A phone 

(c) Loud music 

(d) A big screen television 

(e) Another person who talks a lot 

(f) A refrigerator filled with sweets 

(2) Break up your study periods into small, short-range goals. 

(a) Set up small highly specific goals like, "I am going to study my history from 3 PM to 4 PM. Otherwise you will set yourself up to fall short. 

(b) Set a doable work goal for the quantity of time you have allocated. For example: finish reading chapter twelve in my math text book, or complete a draft of my biology paper, etc. Set your goal at the specific time that you are ready to sit down and study, just before you begin. Set reachable goals. You might do more than reach your goal, but set a reasonable goal even if it seems much too easy. 

(3) Test Anxiety & Phobias 

(a) Some people mostly experience physical symptoms, like feeling hot or cold, nausea, or faintness, etc. 

(b) Other people experience emotional symptoms for the most part, like feeling frustrated, irritable, or crying easily. 

(c) The main trouble with anxiousness is that it can trigger one to have a memory block. Or it could trigger thoughts that are racing out of control. 

(d) Although you may currently experience some level of anxiousness when taking exams, you can learn to significantly diminish that anxiety, or even completely eliminate it! 

(e) Anxiousness and the resultant stress are usually the main causes of a lack of ability to focus concentration. Stress can also cause a mental block when you try to recall information. 

(f) Hypnosis CD's can be utilized to relax your mind and focus your concentration. As your mind calms down, your ability to stay focused will increase. Similarly, a calm mind enhances your ability to retain information, and recall it when it is needed. 

(g) Hypnosis and NLP CD's can be used to program your mind for the positive expectation of peace and the ability to bring back to mind the information during a test. This is valuable for reducing or getting rid of test anxiety. 

(h) There are a number of hypnotherapy methods that can promptly eliminate a test phobia! ]]></description>
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<title>Quit Smoking NLP CDs - They Can Work Well</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The average person tries to quit smoking between four to six times before they beat the addiction. If you have tried gum, patches, prescriptions or willpower alone without success, make your final attempt successful with stop smoking hypnosis. 

Of all of the ways to quit smoking, hypnosis is literally the most trouble-free and has the most successful track record. If you are willing to consistently watch and listen to DVDs and CDs specifically created to curb your cravings to smoke, then quit smoking hypnosis will work for you. 

Many smokers think that they are unable to quit smoking because of their nicotine addiction, but that simply is not true. Medical experts agree that after seven to ten days - even as soon as three days - all nicotine has been eliminated from the body, which leaves smokers to focus on the more difficult and far reaching psychological and emotional addiction to smoking cigarettes. 

There are countless ways to quit smoking, but just one method can address both the cravings and the emotional compulsion: quit smoking hypnosis. Many people who want to quit still end up asking themselves, "Why can't I simply stop smoking?"

The answer is clear to hypnotherapists. The part of you that won't let you quit smoking is your unconscious. You can't change your unconscious mind by force of will or with a prescription, patch or gum. You need the right kind of help.

To quit smoking, support is imperative, but many people do not understand that the best support comes from within their own unconscious. Hypnosis is the most effective technique to ensure that your entire psyche is working to help you stop smoking. That's because hypnosis provides a persuasive method of communicating with your unconscious mind. 

Quit smoking hypnosis helps you get rid of the urge to smoke by removing the impulse to light up. When the urge and compulsion to smoke are removed, quitting becomes painless choice that you can make without difficulty. The best stop smoking hypnosis programs are successful because they address the most powerful elements of the smoking addiction.

The first part of an effective stop smoking hypnosis program addresses the craving to smoke for pleasure and relaxation.  This precedent was actually established when you were a baby. Likely, when you were cranky, your parents put a bottle in your mouth.  Then your attention got diverted; you relaxed and likely went to sleep. Smokers get the same calming effect from a cigarette. 

With quit smoking hypnosis, the unconscious is reprogrammed to receive pleasure and relaxation by automatically replacing stress-inducing thoughts with calming thoughts instead, all via the use of the very same triggers that previously made you anxious. This makes the tension almost magically disappear. In addition, the very essence of hypnosis is relaxation. So by listening to a soothing hypnotherapy CD daily, stress levels will quickly fade.

The second part of an effective stop smoking hypnosis program will help you tackle the habituation, or the "Habit."  Habituation occurs when the unconscious forms an association between smoking and other behaviors, such as driving or watching television. Perhaps the second that you turn on the TV you are fighting with a craving to smoke. 

An effective stop smoking hypnosis CD or DVD will reprogram your unconscious associations so that driving, for example, actually makes you want to REJECT smoking!  This is known as, no pun intended, extinguishing a conditioned response. 

Here is a news flash! The physical nicotine addiction is only about ten percent of the addiction. Ninety percent of the addiction to cigarettes is comprised of the emotional and mental components that we've discussed so far. And as stated earlier in this article, medical professionals maintain that the body is clear of nicotine in as little as three days.

People who use Neuro-Linguistic Programming and quit smoking hypnosis CDs and DVDs recognize that when their smoking associations and reliance on cigarettes to unwind have undergone reprogramming, the physical addiction is in fact such a diminutive part of their smoking habit, that it has no effect on their capability to quit smoking without suffering from withdrawal. 

Now, I must tell you that despite the unparalleled success that clients have had with stop smoking hypnosis and NLP CDs and DVDs, you must hold the desire to quit smoking prior to undertaking a program.  And as well as the desire to stop smoking, you must make an honest decision to quit. That means that you must be ready and willing to throw your cigarettes away.

Hypnosis CDs and DVDs cannot be used to force you to do something you don't desire to do, so no program can coerce you to stop smoking. But if you have the desire to quit smoking, and you make a decision to quit smoking, hypnosis will help you to remain relaxed and not experience tension, cravings, or withdrawal symptoms. Let hypnosis and NLP give you the support you need. ]]></description>
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<title>Motivation Is Yours With Weight Loss Self Hypnosis</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ With bitter, winter days ahead for many of us, the thought of braving the weather to get to the gym or go for a jog doesn't sound very attractive. Keeping the motivation to stick to your weight loss goals when everyone else wants to hibernate is simple with self hypnosis for weight loss.

A lot of people who are trying to lose weight agree that motivation is especially challenging when the weather changes, so what if you could stay dedicated to your exercise plan and diet just by viewing a hypnotherapy weight loss DVD or listening to a CD? Better yet, a hypnotherapy weight loss program can diminish your cravings too. 

Hypnotherapy for weight loss works simply, but effectively, by guiding you to a deeply relaxed state during which your unconscious can more effortlessly receive suggestions, such as the ones that will keep you motivated to stick to your fitness track, even in the midst of winter.

It is a fact that if a person exercises, it will speed up their metabolism and increase the rate that weight is dropped. Some of the most successful hypnotherapy for exercise motivation techniques comes from Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP. With NLP, the unconscious mind is programmed to use the same thought processes that are producing a problem, to get rid of it. Said another way, the same thought processes that the unconscious mind utilizes to create cravings and oral compulsions could help to completely stop them! And similarly, the same processes can be used to increase your motivation to exercise.

Anchoring is an NLP practice that can be practiced to give you a "switch" for sparking behaviors and feelings. Creating a hypnosis appetite suppression anchor works simply and effectively like this: A qualified hypnotherapy weight loss practitioner will safely direct you into a tranquil hypnotic state. Then the hypnotherapist will ask you to recall a time when you were happy and excited about anything in your life.

The goal of this exercise is to remember and re-experience as many sensations as you possibly can from numerous times in your life when you felt eager and motivated to do anything you wanted to. Then, the weight loss hypnosis therapist will ask you to anchor those feelings by simply touching two fingers together.

Next, you will be asked to visualize yourself exercising and enjoying it. As you make this mental image, you'll trigger your anchor by touching those two fingers together again. When you do that, your unconscious will connect the feeling of excitement and eagerness from the other memory to the thought of exercising.

From this point on, whenever you wish to feel motivated to exercise, you can simply trigger your anchor and re-experience those same affirmative feelings that will motivate you to workout. NLP and weight loss hypnosis can even be used to discourage behaviors, so you can easily beat cravings. That sounds much easier and encouraging than beating yourself up for missing a workout or giving into temptation, doesn't it?

A successful weight loss hypnosis program will also address the root cause of weight gain for many of us, namely a lack of self-esteem. In a relaxed state, you can accept post-hypnotic suggestions that will develop your self-esteem as you lose more weight. The lack of self-esteem is a big factor in being overweight.

Many people wonder if, after attempting every new diet and buying every exercise implement on the market, something as straight forward as weight loss hypnosis can work for them. The good news is that it has been found that all normal people are hypnotizable to a greater or lesser extent. However, it should be noted that people who have less than a 70 I.Q. or those who are in an active state of psychosis or with senility generally are not hypnotizable. 

But for the rest of us, self hypnosis for weight loss can actually make us look forward to exercising and eating healthily. That said, the major proponent for victory in any fitness routine, whether it embraces weight loss hypnosis or not, is wanting to achieve your weight loss goals.

On a related note, that is exactly why you can't force someone to undergo weight loss self hypnosis just by giving them suggestions. If someone is against an idea, no amount of weight loss hypnosis they hear or see will take hold. In reference to the NLP explanation above, if someone does not have a memory of feeling positive or motivated, they can still be successful with NLP and hypnotherapy because they can envision what it would feel like if they did feel that way, and anchor the imagined feelings. 

So, if you are like many of us and find your enthusiasm diminishing as the temperatures drop and the days get darker, weight loss hypnosis can assist you to regain (or maintain) your interest for carrying out and finally hitting your fitness aspirations. ]]></description>
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<title>Hypnotherapy for Self Confidence-Taking Charge of Your Recovery From Social</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Many people are uncomfortable or experience a minor sense of anxiousness when thrust into a new situation or a group of unfamiliar people.  However, for about ten percent of Americans, anxiety about social situations can become so severe as to be disabling.  Researchers now believe that an even larger group of people may have to deal with more mild forms of social anxieties that can lead to significant problems in daily social interactions.

The term for this type of anxiety is "social phobia".  It usually takes place when someone experiences fears and worries that usually are due to being in a social event.  Someone with a social phobia might also have trouble with stopping themselves from thinking too much about how others are passing judgment on or evaluating them.

For those who suffer from social phobia, anxious feelings can occur in many types of situations, such as going to the store, attending parties, public speaking, being in front of an audience, or being interviewed.  These kinds of socially related anxieties can also make themselves visible physically; for many people with social anxiety, sweating, flushing, shaking hands, or stomach problems can occur when facing these types of stressful situations.

Leading experts now think that social phobia consists of problems with self-confidence.  Self-confidence is the ability to feel that we are able to make the right decisions, be independent, and take control over our lives.  People who lack self-confidence -- an all-too common issue in today's high-stress world -- might worry too much about how they are perceived by others, to the point of not wanting to take part in social events or of beginning to feel a loss of control.

Fortunately, however, there are some basic actions a person who suffer from self-confidence problems can undertake in order to get back this sense of control.  One possible action a person with self-confidence problems can undertake is to use an anxiety and phobia workbook.  You can consider the anxiety and phobia workbook as simply a method to get insight into the problems you are having trouble with by maintaining a record of triggers and mood symptoms; there are also activities to do that will aid you to gain better introspection about your self-confidence problems.

When you have come to the point at which you have started to have insight about your problems with self-confidence, and have made the decision that it is now time to start developing self-confidence, then it makes sense to investigate a type of treatment that has been demonstrated to be immensely successful in social phobia.  As with the anxiety and phobia workbook, this specific kind of therapy is characterized by being centered on assisting you to become pro-active and gain power over your life.  What this means is that you will be curing your own problems.

This form of therapy, called hypnosis, works by taking control of the secret power of your unconscious mind to aid you to become more confident, assured, relaxed, and comfortable with yourself.  You may have a hard time believing that we are all born with these abilities, but due to traumatic life events, learned disempowerment, and troubled social interactions, we often lose sight of our native abilities to seize these powers.  Hypnotherapy has been scientifically demonstrated to work for people with self-confidence and anxiety problems.

Many people who suffer from self-confidence and other anxiety related problems often look for a quick fix solution, such as medicines, natural products, and short-term traditional therapy.  Although these strategies can assist some individuals, they don't actually attack the cause of our self-confidence problems - our unconscious mind.  In order to deal with self-confidence problems, you have to be in charge of your own cure.

If you make the decision to check out hypnosis therapy to aid you to acquire self-confidence, you will receive a course of sessions with a hypnotherapist who will help you to enter a deep state of relaxation.  When you are in this deep state of relaxation, your unconscious mind is open and available to be reached by suggestive techniques.  Your hypnotherapist will then work with you while in this open state to use repeated suggestion to elicit your realization that you are an able, strong, and independent person.  

Some other possibilities for those who struggle with self-confidence are to participate in hypnosis through video or audio recordings, which can be viewed or listened to in the comfortable space of your own house.  Many people also find that learning self hypnosis, a specific relaxation technique in which it is possible for you to open up to your innermost desires and needs, with only minimal guidance, can be very helpful.  Whatever form of hypnotherapy for anxiety you decide upon, you can be certain that you are taking an important step in creating your own treatment and recovery. ]]></description>
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<title>The Psychology Of Breaking The Chewing Tobacco Addiction</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ For many people around the world, smokeless tobacco is at least something they have tried, if not something indulged in regularly.  Most people associate smokeless tobacco with sports stars, and falsely believe that it is a safe alternative to smoking.  Unfortunately for them, this can all too often prove dead wrong.

All different types of people use this highly addictive substance and no one is safe, dependent on social status, race, or gender.  The reasons for using smokeless tobacco vary widely from appetite control to generalized stress reduction.  And this epidemic is hurting the world.  Targeting the world's future with the primary users being only teens and sometimes preteens, it is a debilitating substance.

The truth of the matter is that teens and smokeless tobacco are getting to be excessively close to each other and creating lifelong habits and health risks that are just too great to be overlooked and too dangerous to be ignored. Adolescent use of smokeless tobacco is on the constant rise, with some users starting when they are only nine or ten years old.

Rural Caucasian teens have the highest risk of using smokeless tobacco products, and if the teens live in a household with an adult user, their chances of following the trend rises dramatically.  Approximately 9.3% of all high school students in the United States use smokeless tobacco products.  Among the white male student body, the average is approximately 1 user in 5 students. 
 
But what are the effects of smokeless tobacco and what are the advantages and disadvantages of using it?  On the plus side of course is "looking cool," and fitting in.  It also causes an odd sensation in users by first calming them, by the release of dopamine in the brain, and then exciting them with a release of adrenaline. Also the appetite is suppressed.

On the down side are consequences that make the reasons to chew look completely insubstantial.  Use of smokeless tobacco causes a number of diseases, along with dental problems, bad breath, and of course the financial spending of the user to obtain smokeless tobacco.  Most tobacco users with a can a day habit, over three decades at current prices will spend up to $50,000 on chewing tobacco in their lifetime, assuming they survive their addiction long enough.  

There are no known cures for either the gastrointestinal or the oral cancers smokeless tobacco brings, and this may cost a fortune in medical treatment and sadly, perhaps funeral expenses.

Quitting smokeless tobacco is widely thought to be much harder than kicking the smoking habit. A part of the addiction is the tremendous amount of nicotine absorbed by the body when dipping or chewing.  This amount is two times as much as that received from smoking a cigarette.  

But how can one beat their smokeless tobacco addiction?  Various products are on the market to help people quit using snuff and chew, such as a product that uses the spearmint plant to mimic the tobacco without supplying the nicotine.  And some success has come from receiving same shot that inhibits receptors in the body for smoking.  But the best way to quit forever without withdrawal symptoms, stress, and weight gain is through hypnotherapy.  

Hypnosis offers a two-fold attack to the ritualistic dipping or chewing reflex built up by your prior habits and lifestyle choices.  It first works to eliminate the psychological motivation for why you desire a dipp, and then it attacks the mental habit itself.

First you'll want to consider the emotional reasons.  Dopamine is a "feel good" chemical produced in your body and released by your brain to create a feeling of pleasure.  In times of stress, the dopamine produces a general feeling of well being.  Some common occurrences of natural release include eating a large meal, or sexual relief. In other words, putting some chew into the mouth gives a sense pleasure and relaxation. The very essence of hypnosis is relaxation, and hypnotherapy is excellent for promoting stress relief and relaxation. 

Hypnotherapy also works to break the cycle of expectation that your mind creates.  When you put in a chew after dinner, your mind begins to tell your body that you need a chew after every dinner.  By inhibiting or eliminating this thought process, you won't feel the need to habitually use smokeless tobacco.

By extinguishing these two root causes of chewing tobacco use, hypnotherapy programs can eliminate the urge to chew or dipp, stopping your physical need for the extra dopamine release. Thus hypnotherapy works in freeing you from this harmful addiction and allows a stress free method of stopping. ]]></description>
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<title>Cigarette Side Effects A Cause For Worry? Kill The Urges with Quit Smoking</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ How many inner conversations have you had with yourself about your smoking habit? How many times have you mentioned to family and friends that you want to stop but seem to continue to smoke away despite the risks and the wasted money? And how many programs have you tried that just failed? If you are like most people struggling with smoking, you will remember such inner dramas and may have felt nothing will really succeed for you. Unless you tried hypnosis to stop smoking, you may have been on target.

If you fervently want to stop smoking, neurolinguistic therapy with hypnosis is the rational choice for reliable success. Smoking cessation hypnotherapy can zone in on the main reasons that keep you smoking as well as equipping you with resources and guidance to be successful for good. This is not stage entertainment that is good for laughs and tricks, but a real medical therapy approved by the AMA since 1958, and one with established credentials and strict rules of conduct.

Treatment with hypnosis does not change your moral values and a responsible practitioner will honor your privacy and protect your rights just the same as any other medical professional. You do want one who is approved by the National Guild of Hypnotists and who supports their stringent code of ethics and professional conduct. Included in their code is putting the mental and physical welfare of clients uppermost. They also defend clients from verbal, mental or physical, and make outside referrals as needed.

A well trained practitioner has the skills to address problem behavior, and hypnotherapy to quit smoking is the second most regular type they practice. Using the most current methods which may include the precision of NLP enriched hypnosis and the ongoing extra support of CDs for stop smoking hypnosis as well as any prescription measures a PCP might also suggest for a patient. Using hypnotherapy does not mean other measures are excluded, but they may not be needed at all.

The reason that professionally used stop smoking hypnosis is the most effective method to ensure success is that it addresses the three basic concerns in smoking. No method can truly work that does not address each issue totally and correct the problems each causes. Most people feel that the physical addiction to nicotine is the most important factor and the most predominant problem, but this is simply not true. If the addiction to the compound called nicotine were the sole reason for failure, most smokers would not fail so many times in their efforts to end smoking for good.

Yes, nicotine is a powerfully addictive substance and for most smokers the physical dependence is very real and there are withdrawal physical responses that are also real. But did you understand these last only a very few days? In fact, every bit of nicotine is flushed out of the system in just 72 hours or less! For many smokers, it is the fear of withdrawal physical symptoms and not the reality that causes the most dread and which may prevent even attempting to quit. Yet quitting without specific training has an average 5% success rate! Stop smoking hypnosis reduces fear of withdrawal distresses and mitigates the effect of any that do occur.

Another attribute of smoking cigarettes is that it provides calming and comfort, just as using a pacifier tranquilizes an infant. Many people treat stress and anxiety with some form of oral soothing like smoking cigarettes or eating. Hypnotic relaxation can substitute for the comfort factor derived from smoking cigarettes, which reduces the insistent urges and produces the benefits of quitting instead. The mind can be trained to substitute the same perceptions from other activities that are beneficial, not harmful. Neurolinguistic techniques can teach the brain to remove any connection between smoking cigarettes and comfort. 

Finally, part of the smoking addiction is plain old Pavlovian habit formation to stimuli. Smokers learn to link smoking with certain activities, from the movie cliche of smoking immediately after physical relations to having a cigarette while consuming alcohol or viewing TV or chatting on the phone. Here hypnosis to stop smoking can permanently delete the association, and when the link is no longer there, there will be no cue to have a smoke when the coffee is poured or the cocktail is presented. The mind is trained to associate good things with the former triggers, or to recall the helpful effects of quitting or the bad things about the smoke. 

A highly qualified hypnotist will use both positive and negative associations to replace conditioned associations with smoking, selecting those most meaningful for an individual client. Quit smoking hypnosis is the only treatment modality that can fine tune the treatment to each of the three factors in smoking and eliminate them. Virtually everyone quitting requires support, but only stop smoking hypnosis programs effectively make you your own instant and always available support system. ]]></description>
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<title>Are Cigarette Side Effects A Reason For Concern? Kill The Urge by Quitting Smoking</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ How many inner dialogs have you had with yourself about your smoking addiction? How many times have you complained to family and friends that you want to end the habit but seem to continue to smoke away despite the health risks and the cost? And how many methods have you tried that just flopped? If you are like most people struggling with smoking, you will remember such shattered hopes and may have felt nothing will really come through for you. Unless you tried hypnosis to stop smoking, you may have been right.

If you sincerely want to stop smoking, hypnosis is the sensible choice for true cures. Hypnotherapy to quit smoking can address the most significant reasons that keep you smoking as well as giving you the tools and guidance to be successful once and for all. This is not a mere parlor trick, but a proven treatment approved by the AMA since 1958, and one with accreditation and a strong code of ethics.

Hypnosis does not change your moral values and a certified professional hypnotherapist will respect your privacy and rights like any other medical professional. You do want one who is verified by the National Guild of Hypnotists and who supports their stringent ethical and professional standards. Included in their code is putting the mental and physical welfare of clients uppermost. They also defend clients from mental, physical or verbal abuse, and refer any client as appropriate.

A trained hypnotherapist has the skills to address problem behavior, and hypnotherapy to stop smoking is the second most frequent type they practice. Using methods that are considered state of the art, which may include the precision of NLP, hypnosis and the ongoing extra support of self-hypnosis stop smoking CD's as well as any prescription modalities a PCP might also dictate for a patient. Using hypnosis does not mean other measures are prohibited, but they may not be needed at all.

The reason that professionally used hypnosis to quit smoking is the most effective method to attain success is that it addresses the three basic issues in smoking. No method can truly work that does not address each issue totally and correct the problems each causes. Most people think that the physical addiction to nicotine is the most important aspect and the most predominant problem, but this is simply not true. If the addiction to the chemical called nicotine were the only reason for failure, most smokers would not fail multiple times in their efforts to end smoking for good.

Yes, nicotine is a terribly addictive substance and for most smokers the physical need is very real and there are withdrawal sensations that are also real. But did you understand these last only a short time? In fact, every bit of nicotine is metabolized out of the system in just three days or less! For many smokers, it is the fear of withdrawal discomforts and not the reality that causes the most distress and which may prevent even trying. Yet quitting without training has an average 5% rate of success! Stop smoking hypnosis reduces fear of withdrawal problems and blunts the effect of any that do occur.

Another component of smoking cigarettes is that it provides relaxation; just as using a pacifier tranquilizes babies. Many people treat anxiety and stress with some form of oral soothing like smoking cigarettes or eating. Hypnotic relaxation can replace the comfort factor received from smoking cigarettes, which reduces the insistent urges and produces the benefits of quitting instead. The mind can be trained to substitute the same perceptions from other activities that are beneficial, not harmful. Neurolinguistic techniques can teach the brain to remove any linkage between smoking cigarettes and comfort. 

Lastly, part of the smoking habit is plain old Pavlovian habit formation to stimuli. Smokers learn to link smoking with certain activities, from the movie cliche of smoking immediately after physical relations to automatically lighting a cigarette while consuming alcohol or viewing television or chatting on the phone. Here hypnosis to stop smoking can permanently delete the association, and when the link is no longer there, there will be no stimulus to light up when the coffee is poured or the cocktail is served. The mind is conditioned to associate good things with the former triggers, or to recall the helpful effects of quitting or the created by having the smoke. 

A highly qualified hypnotherapist will use both positive and negative associations to replace conditioned associations with smoking, selecting those most compelling for an individual client. Hypnosis to quit smoking cigarettes is the only technique that can custom fit the treatment to each of the three reasons for smoking and eliminate them. Anyone knows quitting requires support, but only smoking cessation programs using hypnotherapy effectively make you equipped to support yourself at any time. ]]></description>
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<title>How To Get Rid Of Social Phobias And Build Self Confidence</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Self confidence is a psychological and emotional state of mind that responds to an individual's need for recognition and self-acceptance. It's one of the oldest and most studied concepts in psychology. It describes a positive but also realistic perception somebody has of himself or herself and of his or her abilities. Thus, people with self confidence usually have a better idea of what they are able to achieve and will be more likely to be successful in what they attempt. They are able to more easily admit and learn from their failures.

On the contrary, a lack of confidence may deter you from believing your actions or decisions will later work out the way you had planned. It can hence prevent the improvement of executive skills, strategic and management capacities all of which are necessary and mandatory things in today's business world. The pre-occupation with how others will judge your work can also make you become excessively self-critical, which can distract you from tasks you would have otherwise been perfectly able to do.

Low self confidence will also affect your social life, as people with low self confidence tend to stay in their "comfort zone" and fear the risk of being rejected. This is called social phobia and presents a high degree of co-morbidity with low self confidence, but also other psychological diseases such as depression. People with low self confidence are scared of the judgment of others and will avoid meeting new people, which can result in isolation and even less self confidence. Low self confidence is a vicious circle that is difficult to break. 

To the contrary, because they have faith in their own abilities, people with self confidence are able to do what they feel is right and don't feel the need for the approval of their peers. They are also able to inspire confidence: your boss, employees, customers, friends or relatives are more likely to trust you or what you are telling them if you appear self-confident. 

Many experiences can contribute to low self confidence. New research indicates that parenting style has a major impact on the development of the self confidence of a child. Corporal and mental abuses in childhood are for instance the worse for somebody's self confidence, as well as family conflicts and divorce. Overprotective parents may also contribute to a child's social phobia and hamper the independence necessary to develop self confidence. Failures and successes, for instance at school or in one's professional life, also play an important role: losing a job or failing a class are among the numerous experiences that will negatively affect your self confidence.

There are however methods to overcome these bad experiences and increase self confidence. The first step to develop self confidence would be to learn to know yourself and your strengths. Acknowledging the fact that you are allowed not to be perfect and cannot be the best in everything you do will help you gain self confidence. Accepting yourself as you are is the key to gaining self confidence. But improving self confidence also requires that you start taking risks and giving yourself credit for your achievements. This is very simple advice which will help you build self confidence. You might also find several books which will claim they can help you gain self confidence, however not all of them are reliable. 

Many people have low self confidence or are only capable of gaining self confidence in one or a certain number of areas of their lives because they constantly try to get other people's approval and are afraid that they could fail. Many factors, such as childhood traumas, can explain why some people cannot have the wholesome life of a self confident person. Such persons also do not always know how to gain self confidence. But improving self confidence can now easily and effectively be done thanks to hypnosis and NLP.

As we have seen social phobia and low self confidence can be triggered by bad experiences or unconscious fears that may be difficult to overcome through self persuasion only. Confidence hypnosis and NLP on the other hand are able to get to the unconscious part of our mind and alter belief systems to boost self confidence. They are powerful tools that will help you address your fears and trust yourself to develop self confidence.

Self-Hypnosis for building self-confidence has been used for a few decades and has shown significant results in building self confidence. In a hypnotic state, reaching unconscious thoughts is a lot easier and, through hypnotic suggestion, you will be able to replace your negative thought patterns with positive ones to boost self confidence. ]]></description>
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<title>Propel Yourself Into Total Confidence Through Self Hypnosis</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Self-confidence can be defined as the ability to believe in oneself as well as one's gifts. This trait is essential to one's achievements throughout one's lifetime. This ability assists people to understand that they are worthwhile and that they can be successful in their undertakings. Even individuals who do not possess this strength can start to increase their self confidence.

Without this attribute, many individuals become unable to accomplish life ambitions. They frequently are unsuccessful in interpersonal interactions, academic endeavors, and job settings. They frequently acquire a social phobia, and tend to be uncomfortable in group encounters. Individuals who do not possess self-confidence frequently be reluctant to attempt to aspire or labor toward goal accomplishment; these people know that they will certainly disappoint. They become sure that they are lesser or less capable than the people around them.  They usually do not succeed because they do not trust themselves. 

On the other hand, the one who is able to gain self confidence will be able to correct this downward spiral and be able to find a cure for this social phobia. Such a person learns that building self confidence causes amazing improvements in relationships and educational endeavors. On occasion, an employment prospect may be a product of steps toward boosting self-confidence.

Individuals may have failed to build self-confidence for a number of reasons. Some had overbearing parents, or been teased often during their school years. Many struggled academically or socially. Others simply were not outgoing enough to make friends or experience the positive support of classmates, parents, or teachers. Frequently, these people struggle with a self-perception of inferiority and uselessness.

Too often, those who were unable to gain self confidence during childhood are unable to do this throughout adulthood. They have been unable to learn how to accomplish this, and usually learn only if they seek the assistance and support of peers or professional counselors. Many people do not want to admit these difficulties in their lives, and merely continue to strive throughout their lives.

Several treatments can be utilized to assist people to build self confidence. Quite a few types of counseling strategies, including behavioral therapy or group therapy, may be employed to teach clients how to build self confidence. A wide variety of self-help books have been designed to encourage clients to improve self-confidence. Therapists even provide seminars and retreats developed to allow people boost self confidence. 

Although all of these methods can be beneficial, two other treatments that can be quickly learned and incredibly successful for a majority of people who try them are confidence hypnosis and Neuro-Linguistic Programming or NLP. Specialists who practice confidence hypnosis are typically capable of coaching clients to acquire self-confidence and radically improve both their perspectives and their abilities to achieve in life. 

Traditional hypnosis (utilizing post-hypnotic suggestions) is often quite beneficial. This approach is most helpful with those who are suggestible and easily directed. This type of therapy often is not effective for people who are more methodical or are critical thinkers.

For people described by the latter group, Ericksonian hypnotherapy or NLP therapies work much better. These tools are effective for successfully communicating with the subconscious, which is the center of our thoughts and feelings. This is because the resistance typically offered by analytical persons to suggestiveness is bypassed.

An NLP strategy that clients are frequently taught to boost self-confidence is called anchoring. Anchoring is a normal experience. For instance, if you encounter an old song, and have feelings of deja vu, this is because the subconscious connected the emotions from a past time, with the notes of the song you were listening to during that time. So now when you hear the music again, the subconscious triggers the memories connected with it. In effect, the song is an anchor for those sensations.

With anchoring, clients are regressed to an instance where they did experience the feelings of confidence. As they remember and re-experience those feelings, they are taught to touch two fingers together. The subconscious then associates the emotions of confidence with this behavior. If the patient argues that they have no recollection of ever feeling confident, they can create an imaginary event in which they do see themselves being confident, and then anchor that instance of confidence.

After anchoring the emotions of confidence, when they find themselves in situations that necessitate self-confidence, touching the fingers together triggers memories of confidence that are useful in the present situation.

A very useful NLP too called the "Flash" may be utilized to instantaneously substitute stressful emotions, which are often connected with a lack of self-confidence. Because of this method, the individual diverts the visual images that create negative emotions, to trigger visual pictures to produce a constructive response.

For instance, the individual programs the subconscious to use the mental images that cause feelings of uncertainty, as triggers for mental pictures that precipitate emotions of self confidence. It is our mental images that trigger our emotions.

Everyone has goals, and desires. Some individuals are able to strive toward these to accomplish their desires. Sometimes, however, people let their lack of self-confidence to conquer them. Although NLP does not successfully treat every person, the overwhelming majority of people who try this technique tell of great success in increasing self confidence. This therapy is actually more beneficial than other approaches for the majority of people. 

Summary: Individuals who do not possess self-confidence typically do not easily succeed in the majority areas of their lives. Several elements cause individuals to develop social phobias or the feeling of incompetence. A number of treatment approaches have been developed to aid clients to build self-confidence. NLP is well-known to be highly beneficial by a large number of individuals who have used this technique. ]]></description>
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<title>Have A Phobia? - What They Are And How You Can Overcome Them Using NLP</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ A phobia can be defined as a fear not based in reality. When a person has a phobic attack, they get panicky feelings; their respiration and heart rates increase; they may experience feeling choked up like their heart is in their throat; the palms of their hands often get sweaty; they may experience a ringing in their ears; and they often find that they are unable to partake in an activity. These feelings motivate the individual to avoid the situations and environments that cause them.

Specific Examples Of Phobias:
For instance, if someone has a fear of driving, they would display these symptoms whenever they endeavor to drive, or maybe even when they just think about driving. Or a freight attack may perhaps take place only when driving in certain places like in heavy traffic. 

Stage freight is a fairly widespread phobia. The panicky feelings appear when the person tries to talk in front of a person that they are intimidated by, or they may experience fearful feelings only in front of an assembly of people. The size of the crowd may vary. This fear can be triggered by fears of inadequacy, or a lack of self-esteem.

Those who suffer from social anxiety disorder can get very worried just being around other folks, even folks that they know. It's a fear that they will be criticized or evaluated by other people. This fear can be triggered in almost any kind of social interaction. A person could be standing on line at a variety store and get panicky feelings as they think about having to talk to the cashier during checkout. 

The fear of test taking (which is frequently known as test anxiety) is quite a common phobia. Phobias to taking tests are rooted in comparing yourself to other folks, and is deeply rooted in a fear of failure.

People have experienced irrational fears to every type of situation under the sun. For example: Snakes; bugs; relationships; flying; small enclosed places; animals; high places; death; and even the great outdoors.

Agoraphobia is generally considered to be a fear of open spaces. However, this definition is quite deceptive because Agoraphobics are really afraid of having a panic attack, wherever they are. Agoraphobia develops when a person begins to avoid places or situations they have associated with anxiety. For example, they could have a panic attack at home, church, or in a gas station.

For many, once the panic attacks have started, they begin to anticipate them to occur. And this expectation actually triggers them with increasing frequency. Other folks experience fearful feelings on a continuous basis. These feelings cause an overall discomfort, rather than panic. 

Forms Of Treatment That Are Available:

Drugs:
Some physicians care for their patients with sedatives, which can make the phobia worse over extended treatment. Sedatives do not treat the underlying origin of a phobia; they only disguise some of the symptoms.

Talk Therapy:
Some counselors advocate "Talk Therapy." Talk therapy is merely talking about what is bothering you. Unfortunately, thinking about or talking about the situation or environment that triggers a phobia can trigger a phobic attack!

Hypnosis CDs:
Traditional hypnotherapy has been used to treat phobias, but with only meager success. Traditional hypnotherapy is accomplished when the hypnotist guides the subject into a relaxed state of self-hypnosis and gives him post-hypnotic commands or suggestions. Since most people of our generation question and resist direct suggestions, they also reject the belief that they will be more relaxed and at ease when they encounter the situation or environment that triggers their panic attacks.

Systematic Desensitization:
Systematic Desensitization is the practice of gradually desensitizing a phobic person to the condition or environment that triggers a phobic attack. For instance, if a person wanted to dive from a high board but fears it, she is asked to first dive from a height that she feels confident about. She dives in and realizes that she didn't get hurt and that she is secure.

The next thing she is asked to do is to dive in from the lowest step of the ladder going up to the high diving board. Again, she dives in and realizes that she was not hurt and that she is safe. 

Over a period of time the subject is asked to dive in from gradually higher and higher steps on the ladder. Each time she dives in and realizes that she didn't get hurt and that she is safe and sound, she is able to move up to the next rung of the ladder. If she experiences fear, then she's asked to move back down one rung on the ladder and dive from there until she feels complete comfort and security. In the end she makes it to the top of the ladder and is able to dive in from the high board itself. 

Systematic Desensitization While In The State Of Hypnosis:
Systematic Desensitization can be done virtually while in a hypnotic state with as good as or even better results. While in a relaxed hypnotized state, the woman would be asked to visualize herself diving in from each step on the ladder. She would be asked to see herself feeling confident as she dives in. Since she is actually disassociated while seeing herself, she is not able to experience a panic attack. 

Next she's asked to associate, in other words to put the camera inside of her head so she would see what she would see through her own eyes if she was actually diving in from each step of the ladder. She is asked to imagine feeling safe and relaxed as she dives in. 

Just as in a live (in vivo) systematic desensitization, if she feels any panic she's asked to go back to the previous lower step on the ladder and imagine diving in from there. 

The phobic might be taught to create a kinesthetic (feeling or touch) "anchor" of feelings of safety and security. She could then activate that anchor while imagining that she's diving, and the feelings of security and safety could be subjectively transferred to the act of diving.

Systematic Desensitization while in self hypnosis can be incredibly effective and totally successful, but is can also be slow and take several hypnotic sessions to bring about a cure.

NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) V/K Disassociation:
NLP is basically the study and practice of how we create our reality. The V/K stands for visual / kinesthetic. The V/K Disassociation is a method that allows a trained NLP Practitioner to guide a subject through specific visual imagery that quickly and in many cases instantly disconnects or disassociates the feelings of horror from the phobia that causes them. The V/K Disassociation is known as the "One session phobia cure" in NLP circles, and with good reason.

Conclusion:
Phobias are common in our culture. They are fears that aren't based in reality. There are many treatments for phobias, but so far in my estimation, the best treatments are Systematic Desensitization while a hypnotic state, and the NLP V/K Disassociation technique. ]]></description>
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