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New Scientist Event - Consciousness and the Mind-Body Connection

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 Yesterday I spent the day in London at an event put on by the New Scientist  entitled Consciousness and the Mind-Body Connection. It was well worth getting up early for the 6:33 train, what an amazing day it was. We were treated to six fabulous speakers, all experts in various fields of brain science, much of which is directly related to my work as a CBT-Hypnotherapist. By the time I left my head was spinning! When I meet potential new clients, often one of the first things they tell me is how sceptical they are about hypnotherapy, but they're so desperate for help that they're willing to give it a go. Yesterday's sessions would hopefully have helped them see that they have nothing to be worried about, in fact, quite the contrary. Recent developments in brain science and our ability to see inside the brain through imaging, allow us to understand how the techniques I use with my clients are so effective. Brain science is catching up with hypnotherapy, which has been around ...

Hypnosis for Healthy Eating Workshop

Want to lose weight, know what you should and shouldn't be eating, but can't help reach out for the bad stuff? And try as you might, find it impossible to muster enthusiasm for the food you know you should be eating? There are many weight-loss plans out there that give excellent advice on healthy eating and how to lose weight, and they work, if you follow them. And that is the problem. Most attempts at losing weight fail because people don’t stick to the plans - no matter how much they want to, or need to, time and time again, people fail because they can’t keep their minds focussed enough for long enough. This workshop is designed to help people with exactly that. If you’re already found yourself a weight-loss plan, this workshop is the perfect partner: it will help you with the psychology side of the weight-loss coin. Learn how to control the part of your brain that's driven by habit and the search for high-calorie foods, and instead use the part that KNOWS what you SHOU...