Hypnosis Cds & Mp3 Downloads - Self Help with a Hypnosis

Quit Alcohol Abuse and Binge Drinking

2011-01-05T14:12:00.003+00:00

Qutting alcohol is a popular New Year's resolution and 2011 is no different. After the christmas festivites and over-indulgence many people want to lead healthier lives. Stopping alcohol abuse and getting out of the habit of drinking wine, beer, lager or other alcoholic drinks every evening is a common theme. What was once a "one off" drink to help relaxation has now become an essential need. Unfortunately excess and repeated use of alcohol leads to new problems.

Duncan McColl, a scot, new about these issues and with this in mind authored his powerful hypnosis cd and mp3 to help anyone quit drinking alcohol. It's available here Alcohol Abuse Help

5 Path Hypnosis Training California - Cal Banyan

2008-10-03T07:57:00.001+00:00

An advanced form of hypnotherapy training for hypnotists who have completed their hypnosis training and want additional skills and understanding.

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Hypnotherapists Directory Helps During Credit Crunch

2008-09-22T15:42:00.001+00:00

All businesses no matter what size or long established are vulnerable during these financially worrying times called the credit crunch. The expansion by 15 counties of a hypnotherapy directory will help hypnotherapists attract more clients.

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Quit Smoking - Because You Want To

2008-06-30T13:31:00.003+00:00

Many more smokers in the UK have quit in this last year because of the smoking ban it seems. Smokers may have seen this law as being the final straw that convinced them that they needed to stop smoking.

Deciding to quit smoking is one thing, being able to stick to your decision to stop is another. There are choices of quit smoking support. Steven Harold a Hypnotherapist in London and Essex helps many smokers become ex-smokers. He just insists on one thing from the people he sees. You must want to stop smoking for your reasons and not because anyone else is persuading you to quit.

Hypnosis Hypnotherapy and Help for Cancer

2008-06-17T08:50:00.002+00:00

Even the word "cancer" can send someone into shock or give them a panic attack. It is considered that the body needs rest and a calm state to be able to heal itself optimally. Stress, anxiety and adrenalyn do not provide that calm or relaxed state.

Hypnotherapy and particularly using a regular relaxation process such as self hypnosis can help you cope with cancer. By helping you feel more relaxed it may promote the healing process just when you need it most.

Patrick Browning a London Hypnotherapist discusses how hypnosis may help you during a difficult time when cancer has been diagnosed.

Insomnia Help Tips

2008-05-22T07:27:00.002+00:00

Do you find it difficult to get to sleep? Do you think you may be suffering from insomnia?

Sleep is vital to our healthy existance. If you are going through a period of disturbed or broken sleep patterns these insomnia help tips may just make the difference and allow you to enjoy your regular sleep pattern again.

Smoking - Is it an Addiction or a Habit?

2008-03-13T10:18:00.001+00:00

I am having a little debate with other hypnotherapist colleagues about this age old question. What exactly is smoking as far as its hold on a smoker is concerned. Is it an addiction or habit. The answer could make quitting smoking easier or harder.

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Hypnosis Cds & Hypnotic Mp3 Downloads - Positive Life Living

2008-03-11T12:43:00.003+00:00

This is a website about using hypnosis cds and mp3 downloads. It lists many different hypnotic titles that help with issues such as alcohol, public speaking, weight, smoking, confidence, life success, anorexia and much more. It describes how to get the most from hypnosis audio recordings.

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Hypnosis Cds & Hypnotic Mp3 Downloads - Positive Life Living

2008-03-11T12:43:00.001+00:00

Hypnosis Cds & Hypnotic Mp3 Downloads - Positive Life Living

2008-03-11T12:38:00.001+00:00

Hypnosis Help for Children

2008-01-23T12:36:00.000+00:00

It is in the formative years that out character and personailty are shaped. Parents, siblings, peers and teachers all have a big influence on a how child views themselves and their self-worth.

Small events can seem like a big deal to a child who has only limited understanding of the world. Upsetting or confusing events can stay with a child and be carried into adulthood. The adult of course tries to cope but more often than not doesn't realise that the fears and anxieties or low self esteem they have stems from those early childhood experiences.

Duncan McColl realised this and mastered a set of hypnosis recordings specifically aimed at children. Through the power of story telling Duncan guides the young listener towards a better understanding of their world and more importantly themselves.

These hypnosis cds and mp3 downloads will be available soon

Hypnosis Mp3 Downloads have arrived

2007-10-10T10:51:00.000+00:00

Following the availability of Duncan McColl's amazing hypnosis recordings on Cd, I am pleased to announce that these same recordings are now available in the downloadable mp3 format.

Now you can get your hypnosis recordings within minutes and be listening to them straightaway.

These mp3 downloads are then easily transferable to your ipod or mp3 player and are ready to be used at a time and a place where you are comfortable.

Hypnosis Cd Titles Now Available

2007-02-06T14:06:00.000+00:00

The list of self hypnosis cd titles authored by hypnotherapist Duncan McColl that are now available on cd have expanded to the following:-

Allergies help for hayfever and more

Alcohol - p abuse, addiction and binge drinking

Bulimia - laxative and purging abuse

Cancer - help during this frightening time>

Self Confidence gain your natural self confidence

Depression - regain motivation and happiness

Dream Power - enjoy your dreams

Fears... Phobias - release fears and phobias of all kinds

Good Heart - aids hypertension

Infertility - help for fertility

Impotence - and for erectile dysfunction

Insomnia - sleep better

Love -p find the right relationship

Menopause - ease this life transition

Nail Biting - stop biting your nails and fingers

Prostate - ease prostate gland problems

Public Speaking - including a best man's speech

Relaxation -release your stress

Relieve Pain - let go of pain

Sales Power - get more sales

Skin Problems - for eczema, psroriasis, rashes

Stop Smoking and enjoy good health

Study...Pass Exams - you can do well

Success - enjoy super life success

Weight - forget the diets

Many of these self hypnosis cds include a second bonus track.

Hypnosis Cds - Don't They Just Repeat On You?

2006-06-21T13:31:00.000+00:00

Some people think that listening to a self hypnosis cd might be useful for the first or second time but after that they would become much less effective.

This at first glance would seem to be a logical conclusion to come to. After all, if the idea of a suggestion, is to have an impact on the listener, often the most powerful impact is when you hear something for the first time. This impact may be a new way of thinking about an old idea or maybe just some new information that has led to a change in perception.

Ordinarily, you might consider that hearing that same new piece of information over and over again would lead to it losing its’ impact. In reality the opposite is true.

Although we may become bored with consciously hearing the same suggestion or words, subconsciously something much more powerful is happening.

One of the ways the subconscious mind learns and accepts a lesson about life is through repetition. If we are told that we are useless at something often enough we may begin to believe it. This same way of accepting and learning something new, is utilised in repeatedly listening to any self hypnosis cd.

Even though consciously you can become bored and switch off, this is perfectly okay and is indeed a useful phenomenon because the subconscious mind will still tune into those repeated suggestions. Very soon those suggestions are accepted and then acted upon.

It is through making the conscious mind switch off through boredom that allows the subconscious mind to accept the beneficial suggestions of the self hypnosis cd.

In summary then the impact of a self hypnosis cd can increase through repeated playing and this aspect is certainly utilised in whisper subliminal cds.

Self Hypnosis Cds - More About Their Effectiveness

2006-03-08T14:23:00.000+00:00

I am often asked the question, "How exactly does hypnosis help someone to change?". I hope the following will bring a better understanding of hypnosis and the use of self hypnosis cds to bring about positive change.

The Power Of Suggestion in Self Hypnosis Cds
When you hear a suggestion from someone or from listening to a self hypnosis cd, what your mind does very quickly is analyse what that suggestion means and how you perceive that suggestion in relation to your understanding of yourself and the world.

Let me explain a bit further with some examples.

If someone says "The sky is green" you are highly likely to do one of two things :-

1) Reject the suggestion immediately

2) Take a look at the sky because you doubt the correctness of the suggestion and when you have confirmed that the sky is not green, reject the suggestion.

Yes, I know there is another choice of accepting the suggestion on face value but because a green sky would be highly improbable, this is highly unlikely.

If on the other hand someone says "You know, you really are good at cooking" you are likely to do one of three things :-

1) Reject the suggestion immediately

2) Accept the suggestion immediately

3) Analyse the suggestion a period of time, try it on for size by checking the suggestion against:-

    (a) your view of yourself

    (b) your view of your cooking skills

    (c) your view of the person making the suggestion and based on your perception of all that accept or reject it

Now there are many aspects of how a person views themselves. In other words how a person perceives themselves. Often big influences on a person’s self perception are historical experiences from school, home, work and play. The main people who influence our view of ourselves are parents, siblings, teachers, friends and colleagues.

For instance if someone has low self esteem, has little belief in their own ability and therefore lacks confidence then they have probably had repetitive experiences of their value being undermined. Examples are :-

1) Another sibling being favoured over them

2) Always being labelled as useless, no good, untrustworthy, etc

3) Their opinion is undermined or belittled

4) They have been bullied, psychologically and/or physically

5) They have felt unloved, unwanted or rejected at crucial times in their life

6) And many more experiences of not being accepted

If someone had had repeated episodes of the above, then for many people their self esteem would be low. This would occur because all the external evidence they have being given about themselves by people of influence has been negative.

If a child at school has been labelled as 'useless' and if that label is constantly used about them, then there is a good possibility that that child will consider themselves as 'useless'. Once that label has been accepted, that child's future actions and behaviour will be based on how they now view themselves. It becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.

So the suggestion of being 'useless', if it is repeated often enough, will become
accepted as 'who they are'.

Do you see the power of suggestion?

Now just like many dual options in this world, on and off, up and down, in and out, negative and positive, if someone can accept negative suggestions and suffer low self esteem, so the opposite must be true too must it not?

In a similar way that repetition of a negative label has altered the self perception of someone, so it must be true that the repetition of positive suggestion must help a person to view themselves in a more positive light.

When using a self hypnosis cd, because the listener experiences trance and relaxation, they are more likely to accept positive suggestions made on that recording. These positive suggestions are repeated in differing ways and through that repetition a change in self-perception results.

Now even if a small change occurs, the person experiencing that change, will behave slightly differently. They may have a more optimistic outlook or positive attitude and with a change of behaviour, no matter how small, they will experience differences in their life.

These differences in behaviour might be :-

1) Feeling more relaxed in stressful situations

2) Introducing a something new in their life like joining a gym or going to an evening class

3) Their relationships change and improve

4) They say ‘yes’ to opportunities more often rather than ‘no’

In experiencing these changes they will notice that their world is becoming brighter and this in turn feeds back in a more positive view of themselves. It in effect becomes a positive feedback loop.

With the self hypnosis cd’s suggestions leading to changes in perceptions and behaviour, which lead into more positive changes in self perception leading to more changes in behaviour.

The suggestions on a s self hypnosis cd can be viewed a bit like an acorn. First the acorn seems small but once it is planted in soil it germinates. It then soon becomes a seedling. The seedling grows into a small sapling and before long becomes a giant oak tree. Strong and sturdy.

Hypnosis Cd - For help with Fertility for those who seem to suffer Infertility

2006-02-21T15:15:00.000+00:00

The body and mind really are one. We only call them by separate titles because it makes it easier to distinguish what we want to talk about.

We might describe an issue as being psychological (mental) or physical. When you consider that the mind directly affects the body and vice versa, you might then also accept the idea that they operate as one. After all who can say where the body stops and the mind begins?

When it comes to falling pregnant which is considered a physical development, the mind can play a major role between fertility and infertility.

Going back to a well used metaphor about stone-age times, we often describe the flight or fight syndrome that the body and mind react to in a given situation as coming from our ancestors who needed to survive in harsh conditions. The example suggests that when man was confronted with a life-threatening situation (an animal of some sort) that the man would experience stress through increased adrenalin levels and he would either stop and fight or run.

In taking the above example again, it can be useful to explain an, other than, physical infertility issue.

Woman, in Stone Age times, is aware that the family dwelling or home is not safe. She is aware of a constant threat of danger and because of this she has more adrenalin flowing through her body. As a result, a certain level of stress is experienced.

Under these conditions it would not be safe for the woman to become pregnant. The mind's awareness of constant danger increases certain stress related chemicals in the body, which may render the woman infertile, unable to conceive, as long as that level of stress remains.

So higher psychological stress leads to increased chemicals in the body which can act as a natural contraceptive.

In today's society, the same experience can result in an otherwise healthy woman being unable to conceive. Her stress levels are high and until something changes, pregnancy is unlikely.

Even the experience and upset of not falling pregnant quickly enough can cause enough anxiety to ensure psychological infertility.

However, an example of how this is relieved, is when the couple decide to stop trying for a child of their own and instead, to adopt. In frequent cases, the woman will then successfully become pregnant after the adoption. The releasing of the desire to become pregnant because she now has a child seems to be enough to reduce stress levels, making her fertile and as a result, successfully conceiving.

So unnecessary high stress levels can prevent pregnancy in some women. Therefore learning some form of relaxation procedure, such as self hypnosis or meditation or listening to a specific Fertility Hypnosis Cd can help.

Another help can be to look at possible stress causes in the women's daily routine and take practical steps to reduce them.

Of course, high levels of stress and psychological infertility can apply equally to a man. A similar solution of listening to a self hypnosis cd can be the answer.

Self Hypnosis Cds - For Faster and Effective Results

2006-01-16T09:40:00.000+00:00

You know it is said that there is a correlation between the energy and effort we put into something and what we get out of it. I am sure that many people can relate to this rule if life.

Although some people seem to find some things easy, and are often called a 'natural' at some skill, most people have to make some effort in order to achieve the results they want.

If you want to achieve a better body, whether that is a slimmer body or a more defined body you might decide to go to a gym to achieve this. You know and accept that you will only achieve your goal if you make the effort. Some people have to put in more effort than others but everyone has to take action to achieve in order to get that slimmer or more defined body.

Now some people will make the effort of attending the gym but unfortunately will then not give the necessary attention and focus to what they are doing when they are there. They may lift a few weights, they may go on the stationary bicycle but then cut down on the number of repetitions they know they should do. They may perform the exercises half-heartedly. They eventually realise that what they are doing is not having any affect on their body and they decide to stop altogether.

So here is an example of how minimal effort will lead to minimal results and disappointment.

The same can be true of using any self hypnosis cd. Although you can relax when listening to your hypnosis cd, there will be suggestions for you to think about the issues you want to resolve. You might call these suggestions 'mental exercises'. Once again the rule of what you put in as far as effort is concerned can equal what you get out of it.

Although you can achieve and release various blocks to your success by just allowing the suggestions to flow over you, it can be a good idea to do more. So listen to your chosen hypnosis cd and for the first few playings of it, let the words wash over you. On subsequent playings of your hypnosis cd decide to participate more.

In other words listen to the suggestions and particularly where you are encouraged to think about past events and how you would like to be in the future and actively do the exercises.

Now with any effective hypnosis cd there will be a number of suggested mental exercises. You don't have to do all of them during one sitting. You can choose to make the effort for different exercises every time you listen to the hypnosis cd. This way you will get the most out of hypnosis.

Remember always that the effort you put in is really going to be proportional to what you get out of anything... including your hypnosis cd.

Self Hypnosis Cds for Public Speaking

2006-01-04T08:04:00.000+00:00

One of the most popular issues than anyone can have is the fear of speaking in public. In fact surveys have revealed that in the US this is the biggest fear of Americans.

Public speaking as such can refer to many differing events in which a person has to speak to more than one person. So anytime someone speaks to a group of two or more people this can be considered to be public speaking. This is also when, for many people, their fear or phobia is at its worse.

Now as with any phobia or fear, there are different aspects to it for different people. One person might relish a work meeting when everyone is seated around a table but as soon as they need to stand up and address the same group of people their fear can materialise. For another person used to training groups of people, and there fore standing up in front of them, their public speaking fear might be having to give that best man's speech.

Generally though the symptoms most often experienced by someone who has a fear of public speaking are: -

1) Rapid heart beat
2) Shallow breathing
3) Dry mouth
4) Shaking hands
5) Tension in the jaw muscles
6) Loss of memory about what they wanted to say
7) Their voice becomes strained and has a higher pitch
8) Nausea
9) Wanting to run away
10) Loss of sleep

Any or all of the above can happen to a person. They may also have gone through various avoidance strategies beforehand in order to find a way out of having to speak.

Often the biggest problem is the person's ability to think and imagine the worse possible outcome of their speech. In imagining that their speech is going to be a disaster they naturally become tense and stressed and do not have a good time.

Where a good public speaking hypnosis cd can help is in using the power of the imagination for and not against, the person. The imagination is used to see themselves succeeding and giving a great speech.

Interestingly enough, most people who do deliver their speech will get feelings of euphoria mixed with relief at the end of it. They most often feel confident and may even decide that they could do that speech again.

Here is the secret to feeling calm and relaxed with public speaking then. Using your imagination for you and not against you and practise. You more you do something, the more it becomes second nature and the more confident you will feel.

Stop Smoking and Self Hypnosis Cds

2005-12-16T12:47:00.000+00:00

People stop smoking through many different means. Some use will power alone, others use patches, gum, zyban, lozenges and other means.

There is no doubt that people do succeed with these methods. All have their success stories. As a hypnotherapist I see many clients for stop smoking hypnosis sessions. The vast majority of these clients have had a number of attempts at stopping smoking in the past and for a variety of reasons they have started again.

Hypnotherapy has an excellent success rate in helping smokers quit smoking. Your will power is still an important element of successful quitting and even more so is your decision that you really do want to stop.

An excellent way of helping to quit smoking with the aid of hypnosis but without having to visit a hypnotherapist is to use a stop smoking hypnosis cd.

There are many quit smoking hypnosis cds available on the market. One of the most effective is Duncan McColl's Stop smoking cd. It includes 2 tracks one of which is self hypnosis and the other track is a whisper subliminal. Together they provide a powerful aid to finally quitting the old habit for good.

With any self hypnosis cd it is important to listen to the regularly and often. Part of the power of the self hypnosis cd is in hearing the same suggestions over and over again. This repetition of suggestions, referred to by hypnotherapists as compounding, is an essential part of the successful use of hypnosis. I am sure you must have heard of the expression "if you hear something often enough, you begin to believe it".

So when you get your stop smoking hypnosis cd play it often. Try to at least play it everyday for the first 30 days. After this time you can tune in to the suggestions less frequently and you will know when you no longer need to listen to it as often. You may just want to play it occasionally as a booster to your resolve to remain a non-smoker.

Self Hypnosis Cds - Success in Life

2005-11-25T12:13:00.000+00:00

One of the most important drivers of anyone's life is the idea of succeeding or being a success. Everyone strives to be something, someone or to get somewhere. We are always judging others and ourselves as to whether success has been achieved or not. Our idea of success matters, particularly as our perceptions of it can help us to feel good or feel otherwise.

But what does success really mean? What does success mean to you? Is it about always being first or the top of any and everything you strive for, everything you put effort into? Is it your success that you seek or are you attempting to succeed at something for someone else's idea of what success is? Owning your own life and owning what is important to you is the first step to being a success at what is right for you.

Some people unwittingly fall into the trap of doing things for other people. I don't mean helping other people, what I mean is doing something that will please another person. For instance you no doubt have heard more than one person say something like: -

"I am studying to be an accountant... for my Dad"

"I am training to be a runner because my Mum was a champion runner and she would love to see me be as good as her"

Have you got a similar example of a thought or even a reason that you started out on a particular course in life? If so, you may have found out later on, particularly when you struggled, that actually you weren’t going after your own goals, but were trying to succeed at someone else's idea of what should be your goals and ambitions in life.

Now all your network of well-balanced friends, family and colleagues will want you to succeed. Being well balanced they will want you to succeed at what you want from your life. Anything else will just lead you to feel unhappy and even frustrated especially if you work at achieving success in something that is not your choice. Ultimately you may lose your way and find yourself never finishing anything you start. Procrastination may be a big issue for you too.

The good news is that it is never too late to go after what you want. The time to start is now and not tomorrow. The Success Self Hypnosis cd helps you to understand more about success and what it means to you. After all no one can live your life but you and being a carbon copy of someone else is not worthy of you. You really do deserve more.

Self Hypnosis Cds - Tips for choosing Hypnosis Cds

2005-11-17T13:43:00.000+00:00

People are so different. In fact we are all unique. Even identical twins have physical differences and differing personality characteristics. Not only are we all different in physical and personality aspects, we can also have different reactions to different stimuli.

Listening to self hypnosis cds is no different. For you a particular self hypnosis cd, produced by a particular hypnotherapist on a specific theme will have the desired effect... relief from the issue. Yet, for others, the very same self hypnosis cdwill have little or no effect.

In being a mature and responsible adult, this is something that you have to accept. There is no one universal cure all that will help every single person who has that same issue.

With a self hypnosis cd, the difference might just be a few words that are uttered by the hypnotherapist. Those few words, uttered at that particular time, might just be all that was needed to help release you from your issue. Yet, for another person those same words might have no impact whatsoever.

Additionally, the hypnotherapist's voice itself might be the difference between success and failure. You may wonder whether it is best to pick a male or female hypnotherapist's hypnosis cd. Even though you may hear the exact same words from a hypnotherapist of both sexes, because of a difference in perception, you may find that you more readily accept suggestions from one sex over another.

Even more, is the difference between same sex hypnotherapist hypnosis cds. You might find one male hypnotherapist's voice pleasant and effective whilst another male hypnothertaist's voice may grate on your nerves. Once again for someone else the opposite might be true.

So just like attending a consultation with a live therapist, part of your role as the client is to decide whether you can work with the therapist. The same can apply to any hypnotherapist's range of self hypnosis cds.

Lastly, don't forget that variety is also useful. You may find initially that one set of self hypnosis cds are useful and then after a while you may choose a different set of self hypnosis cds.

Self Hypnosis Cds - How Often Should I Listen to them?

2005-11-09T15:24:00.000+00:00

One of the questions that is frequently asked of any hypnotherapist by a client is often should I listen to a self hypnosis cd recording.

The answer is generally one of 'play it as often as you need to' which is some guidance but maybe not enough. You see that if you take this advice literally it means that you would only listen to the hypnosis cd as long as you currently felt you had the issue. This is a bit like fire fighting as opposed to fire prevention.

Let me illustrate this point with an example. Now the most popular issue for anyone is stress. So it goes without saying that the 'Relief from Stress' hypnosis cd is one of the most popular.

Now it is much better to play the stress hypnosis cd and listen it regularly even if you are not currently feeling overly stressed. This is because when one of life's events comes along which you might find anxiety provoking, because you had built up your ability to relax through listening to the hypnosis cd you would be in a much better position and resourceful state to handle that life event.

If on the other hand you had waited until some event stressed you and then listened to the 'Relief from Stress' hypnosis cd, you are doing something similar to fire fighting. You have waited for a problem to occur before taking action rather than taking preventative action.

Everyone handles life's events in different ways and therefore not everyone would need to turn to using a hypnosis cd during a time of anxiety... although it certainly would help. However if you are the type of person that seems to have continual bouts of stress then listening regularly to a relaxation hypnosis cd would enable you to handle matters much more competently and easily.

Ordinarily, for anyone who wants to enjoy the life enhancing benefits of a hypnosis cd, the best approach is to listen to the cd recording every day for up to 30 days and then reduce the frequency t o every other day and then to suit your needs.

Like device or habit that we can benefit from, only in using or doing it will you feel the benefits. The more you listen to your hypnosis cd the quicker the benefits can come through for you.

Leading a Happier Life - help from Self Hypnosis Cds

2005-11-07T10:33:00.000+00:00

All of us want to lead a happy and as much as possible anxiety free life. Yet, anxiety is a natural and necessary part of our life and in some ways can be a positive element of healthy living.

Anxiety tells us that something is wrong. It starts a physical reaction of pumping adrenalin around the body. It gets the body ready for action. In primitive times it was a defence signal that we either needed to fight or run.

In today's society although there will be times when we still need to fight or run, anxiety can be experienced for other reasons.

Our perceptions of how the world is and how we think it should be can give use anxiety. What for one person is an anxiety provoking thought or perception, for another person the same stimulus will cause the same reaction at all.

If you accept that our perceptions, the way we think about matters, can cause us anxiety, then you might also agree that we do not necessarily have to become anxious particularly when we know another person would not have the anxiety.

So our perceptions and way of thinking about a situation can help or hinder us. If we freeze through anxiety, then it certainly will be a hindrance. If we lose sleep because of anxiety again it is not helping.

The great news is that we can change our thinking and in doing so change our perceptions. Actually that might even be the other way round. That is, in changing how we perceive matters, we think about them differently and then experience a completely different reaction to them.

How many times have you heard someone say, "oh, I didn't think of it like that" or "I got hold of the wrong end of the stick". Those phases are saying that now that the person has had some more information that has enabled them to change how they thought about the original situation, that they are now viewing or perceiving that same situation differently too.

So it is often our perceptions that can enable us to live happy or sad lives and the whole gamut in between.

Now our perceptions of life have developed over time and been influenced by parents, teachers, siblings, friends, colleagues and others. They are not fixed in tablets of stone and over time can change. We can also help that change too.

Hypnosis, in communicating with the subconscious mind can aid that change of perception through relaxation and positive suggestion. A good self hypnosis cd such as the double Lifelines recording can help perceptions and life understanding evne while you sleep at night

Quick Tips to Resolving Depression with Hypnosis Cds

2005-10-28T11:57:00.000+00:00

Depression is often a sign that something is wrong in our lives. This being the case it can also be a call to action, which for one reason or another you are unable or unwilling to take.

Gaining perspective and reducing stress and anxiety can put you in a better and more resourceful state to resolve the problem(s) in your life that previously may have seemed overwhelming.

Managing your life by utilising the following quick tips :-

1) Talk to a friend, family member or other help body about how you feel and the problems in your life.
2) Don't be afraid to let others know that you are finding things difficult at the moment. Keeping matters to yourself only adds to your burden.
3) Tell people how they can help you. Often people will give help but it is not what you really need. Tell them and their offers of assistance will be more appropriate.
4) It is best not to make life-changing decisions such as changing jobs or moving home while you are feeling depressed. If you can, put them off... unless delaying them adds to your depression. Of course for some people moving jobs or home may be the resolution to the depression.
5) If you have any anger, bitterness, resentment or frustration towards anyone, the only person that these emotions are hurting is you. If you can, decide to let them go.
6) Engage others in conversation. Shop assistants, bank clerks, meter readers are all human and it can make their day if you ask how they are and it will also help you.
7) Find some volunteer work to do. It does not have to be much. It can be just helping the elderly neighbour mow their lawn or giving them some plants for their garden. Their happiness and joy at receiving your help will come back to you.
8) Wear brighter clothes. Surround yourself with vibrant colours. Colour has the power to change our moods so use them.
9) Keep a diary of how you have felt each day and particularly write down your successes no matter how minor they might seem to be.
10) Forgive yourself. Don't beat yourself up with negative self talk or put yourself down in front of others. Remember that you are doing the best you can with what you have.
11) Use humour in a positive way. Don't put yourself or others down through humour. Use humour to help and not to be an underhand way to harm.
12) Allow yourself to cry. Give yourself permission to have a good cry. It will release much more than you realise.
13) Draw up a plan of action and cross off each action point as you do it. It will give you a great feeling of getting something and help your motivation.
14) Get into new healthy habits and routines. Decide which days to exercise on or do some other activity and stick to it.
15) Introduce something new into your life. This might be a new hobby or joining an evening class to learn a new skill.
16) When someone praises you or gives you a compliment just say 'thank you'. You will then allow your self esteem to accept a useful boost.
17) Listen to some uplifting music when you want to feel more energetic and choose some relaxing music when you want to unwind.
18) Take a break. Get away from your home even if it is for a few days. You can make an excuse to visit a distant friend if you cannot afford to pay for accommodation.
19) Sing or hum a favourite song of yours. Do it out loud when you are doing some activity.
20) Tidy one part of your home that has been neglected for some time like that draw fill of papers of that cupboard.
21) Pull the curtains back more and clean your windows to allow as much light as possible into your home.

These tips can help you feel better and more in control.

For anything other than mild temporary depression please seek your doctor's advice.

Depression - Practical Suggestions for Positive Change

2005-10-14T12:05:00.000+00:00

Having discussed the types of depression and the possible cause, in the previous article, it now seems appropriate to discuss how sufferers can help themselves. Remembering that help for chronic, clinical and manic depression should be sought from your doctor. Indeed it is your doctor who would diagnose these types of depression and so even if you feel you have mild depression it is still important to seek your doctor's help first.

Causes and Solutions to Depression
Some of the possible causes of depression have already been listed. The list is not definitive but it is a useful start. If you know the cause of something then at least you have a target for your energies and focus. So if the cause of your depression is work related, then this should be the focus of your energies with the aim of reducing or completely eliminating the cause.

In very few instances do matters change through inaction. If you do nothing about something than that also tends to be the result, nothing. Taking positive action can produce benefits on a number of fronts such as: -

1) You feel better because you are doing something as opposed to just accepting your situation.
2) Doing something or taking action means that it is more likely that there will be a change in the situation.
3) Your options automatically increase if you take action because in doing so you are looking at what choices you have. Looking for something, whether that is your options or something else, means you will discover more than if you just did nothing.
4) The feeling of being trapped starts to dissolve as you realise the only person keeping you trapped is you.

Even if the action you take is to discuss the situation with a close friend, partner or relative at least you get a chance to let it out. Often this by itself will help you feel better.

Changing the Feeling of being Overwhelmed or Unable to Cope
People with depression talk about feeling overwhelmed or unable to cope with what has happened in their life. Often this occurs when more than one of the major areas in a person's life produces a problem.

You might say that there are 5 major areas in a person's life: -

1) Health and well-being
2) Work (or anything that occupies your time)
3) The personal relationship with another person (wife, husband, partner)
4) The home (rented or bought)
5) Anything else (wider family, friends, social aspects etc).

If you get a problem in one area of your life then you can probably cope. If you get another problem at the same time as the first issue and both of these last for some time then this is when a person may start to feel overwhelmed, unable to cope and therefore depressed.

A change of how you view your situation when you have more than one problem is the first thing to do if you feel overwhelmed. Often the feeling of being overwhelmed happens because you are viewing the two (or more) problems as one. You then may start to think and say that everything is wrong with your life and even good news may be turned into negative news.

So start by keeping the problems (unless they are genuinely connected) separately. A way of doing this is to think of each problem as having a separate box in your mind that you keep them in. Then decide to only tackle or think about opening one box at a time in order to tackle them one at a time.

Now this does not mean that you have to see through one problem to completion until you tackle the other problem. It means that you think about and take action on one problem, take it as far as you can and then start on the other problem. You may have to take a number of bites at a problem before it is dealt with. Some problems may involve waiting for others to do something and come back to you before you can do the next step in resolving it.

It can help to have a separate notepad for each problem. Then write down the main points of the problem. Write down the realistic outcome you would like. Then write down the steps you need to tale for that outcome to be realised. Again keeping a note of any dates and interactions you have with anyone. You may need to combine your notepad with a diary to remind you have a future date for further action.

Keeping unrelated problems separate in your mind by thinking of them as being stored in separate boxes can ease the sense of being unable to cope. Then tackling them one at a time can boost your confidence as you start to take manageable bites out of each.

No one eats a piazza in one bite. Now one goes from one floor to the next floor in one step. Each bite or step you take are small enough to be manageable and yet you know with each one that you are getting closer to finishing.

If you need professional help then seek it out. You cannot know how to do everything and an expert might know how to resolve easily what for you has seemed complex.

To summarise: -
1) Focus your energies on the cause
2) If you need to unload, tell a good friend about it
3) Keep different problems separate from each other in your mind
4) Write down the steps you need to take to resolve the problems
5) Remember one step at a time
6) Don't be too proud to seek professional help with any steps you have to take.

Exercise of any sort is a useful addition to getting back control of your life. Whether it is swimming, running or even line dancing, do make sure your physical body gets exercised. For when we exercise the body a number of positive things happen: -

1) The 'feel good' hormones are released lighting our mood
2) Any stress or tension is released from the muscles
3) Our sleep is likely to be improved
4) Energy levels will increase
5) You will feel healthier
6) Your motivation levels will increase.

Lastly, but by no means least, find a relaxation regime that works for you and you enjoy. This might be meditation, yoga, self hypnosis or any practice that helps with stress release will be more than helpful. You can learn meditation from books or cds. Likewise self hypnosis can be easy to enjoy from an appropriately titled self hypnosis cd.

Above all else, be kind to yourself. You’re doing the best you can and who could ask for more than that!