Hypnotherapy Leicester

noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:26:00 +0000

We all make Judgments?

Alexia Elliott is a leading clinical hypnotherapist & Master Practitioner of NLP & Timeline Therapy. Empowerment Hypnotherapy is based in Leicester, Leicestershire. Visit www.alexia-elliott-hypnotherapy.co.uk for details on how you can make a appointment today for a free Hypnotherapy consultation

I’m currently rewriting a mindfulness meditation course. As I was editing the class worksheets and handouts on Judgments, I thought, I would use some of the material to share with you.

How many judgements do you make a day? It’s a really interesting experiment, to count how many times a day you make a judgment. When I first started practising Mindful based Meditation, Hypnosis- Hypnotherapy, I decided I had to take some time to see how many judgments I made in a day, I have to admit, I was surprised.

Often these judgments are automatic, Many of the judgments we make, we do not always agree with them, but let them go without challenging them. To change my automatic "thinking judging" mind, I practised daily and still do, pausing, whenever my minds passes judgment and questioning it.

Judgment is the habit of an active mind, which imposes opinions, values, and beliefs on the self and on others. Although morals and ethics are important for social order, many judgments can be a form of violence attacking the people being judged. What I observe mostly as a Therapist is people being being judgmental and unkind mostly to themselves. 99.9% of these people were totally unaware of this.

As long as the ability to pass judgment on others exists, so will the ability to pass judgment on the self. Both lead to suffering. Imagine how things would be if you could cultivate a mind which can, observes in silence with peace and respect.

Visit our website and see how Hypnotherapy, Hypnosis and NLP help you discover more happiness, balance and wellbeing in your life.

Contact Alexia Elliott alexia@alexiaelliott.co.uk
or call or text Alexia on 07966412209
for more information or to make an appointment for a FREE consultation.

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Hypnotherapy in Leicester Leicestershire with hypnotherapist Alexia Elliott. Free hypnotherapy consultation session at Empowerment hypnotherapy Leicester, Leicestershire.

noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:43:00 +0000

Hypnotherapists can make you happy

Well Alexia Elliott can, alexia Elliott is a leading clinical hypnotherapist& Master Practitioner of NLP and Timeline therapy. Empowerment Hypnotherapy is based in Leicester Leicestershire visit www.alexia-elliott-hypnotherapy.co.uk for details on how you can make a appointment today for a free Hypnotherapy consultationAre you at peace?

Do you feel loving?

Are you happy?

are you feeling no judgemental?

When I’m feeling balanced, and in flow with life, I feel at my happiest. When I’m feeling happy, I feel at peace, and feel loving towards myself and others, and it just seems to comes easily.

What is different to the days, when I feel happy, peaceful and loving, to the days, when I’m not?

My thoughts

When I first discovered that I was in charge of my thoughts, or that I am the one responsible for how I respond to my thoughts, my life changed dramatically. Until this realisation, I was at the mercy of my thoughts and believe me back then; they tended to be, dark, destructive and occasionally amusing.

Understanding how we think about events in our life determines our choices, how we think about things is the result of our beliefs, assumptions and agreements, which we hold about ourselves, others and the world.

We create a model of reality, a world view, an internal map of the world, or your can imagine it like a filter system.

Here is a quick illustration of how its works

Consider just for a moment, What might you be missing out on?

Our beliefs, assumptions and agreements, provide safety and stability and some very useful. I have seen many people over the years, trapped by their filter systems, many people really struggle to let go of old beliefs and assumptions despite them knowing, it is these beliefs and assumptions that are imitatively linked with their suffering. Maybe the need to be right, is stronger than the need to be happy.

How can Empowerment Hypnotherapy help you develop a new model of reality?

While they sit at the level of the unconscious unexplored or unexamined, they have greater power. We can take various approaches, that will enable you to let them go and create new ones which will allow you to have a different expereince.

We take these beliefs, agreements and assumptions, as being truths, as real facts, which of course through awareness you will realise that they are not truths, or facts, just things which you have acted as if, they are.

During a therapy session at Our Leicester Hypnotherapy practice, we will explore what you really want to experience in your life, and how you can achieve it in a way which feels right for you.

Ask yourself
What would your life be like if you could do anything, be anyone and live anywhere?

What would you do if you had all the money you could possible what or need?

With awareness, understanding patience and a loving attitude towards yourself, you can regain the ability to choose what you believe, how you are going to live your life.

This of course allows you to step into a path of personal freedom allowing you to be in a place of positive change.

Visit our website and see how Hypnotherapy, Hypnosis and NLP help you discover your happiness, or what it means to you.

Contact Alexia Elliottalexia@alexia-elliott-hypnotherapy.co.uk

or call or text Alexia on 07966412209

for more information or to make an appointment for a FREE consultation.

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Hypnotherapy in Leicester with hypnotherapist Alexia Elliott. Free consultation session at Empowerment hypnotherapy Leicester.Over the years I have developed an adept sensitivity to disempowering beliefs and agreements. I like to describe myself as a belief super sleuth. During therapy sessions at our Leicester, Leicestershire based Hypnotherapy practice, we will talk and listen. I’m a curious listener, so ill ask you lots of questions with the intention to guide your awareness to a greater self understanding which will lead you into a more resourceful state of mind.

Beliefs, agreements and assumptions, which limit you, will pop up during our discussions, allowing us to explore them further, as soon as you become conscious of the beliefs, agreements and assumptions; they begin to lose their power. -An event happens

-We observe it and attempt to understand it

-We have an emotional reaction to the event based on our a limited understanding

-We make generalisations’ and assumptions about it

-The assumptions we make influences our decisions and choices

-We make agreements with ourselves and the world

-We now have a pre determined way of reacting in any similar situation

Our model of the world, our internal filter system, shows us how life is; we no longer have to think, we project the past onto the present, and react instead making a choice of how to react. We see the world and ourselves through our filter system, which only really gives us a snapshot of reality.

noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:02:00 +0000

Are you depressed?

Alexia Elliott is a Leicestershire based Clinical Hypnotherapist. If you would like further information, please contact Alexia on Tel:07966412209 or email alexia@alexiaelliott.co.uk You can arrange a free consultation in Leicester

What is depression?

It is described by WHO “World Health Organisation” as “ a common mental disorder that presents with depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure, feelings of guilt or low self-worth, disturbed sleep or appetite, low energy, and poor concentration. These problems can become chronic or recurrent and lead to substantial impairments in an individual's ability to take care of his or her everyday responsibilities.”

People who have been diagnosed or “labelled” with depression, say that depression feels like a black curtain of despair coming down over their lives, or that they have no, or little energy, that they cannot concentrate, others feel irritable for no apparent reason, and othersdescribe extreme difficulties in sleeping.
Whilst the symptoms of depression may vary from person to person, one thing is clear; it is one of the most debilitating conditions of modern times, but can be treated, and you can overcome it.

Maybe the feeling of misery and depression started gradually, are you still functioning, but doing just what is necessary to survive? Is there a lack of enjoyment in social activities, or maybe you are avoiding social activities?

Do you identify with any of the following?
• Sleeping more? Sleeping less? Sleep disturbed?
• Feeling exhausted?
• Are you less able to focus on tasks?
• Do simple tasks feel like hard work?
• Are you crying excessively?
• Can’t eat?
Can’t stop eating?
• Are you finding making simple decisions really difficult, or that life feels meaningless, nothing seems fun anymore?

The first step to overcoming depression, is knowing that you can. It is also useful to understand what depression really is, knowledge is power.People who have worked with me, at my Hypnotherapy practice in Leicester - Leicestershire. Have found that understanding the insidious process, by which depression works, opens an enlightening alternative perspective, which can feel very empowering.

Doctors suggest nine specific symptoms, when they make a diagnosis of depression
• Depressed mood
• Loss of pleasure or interest in usual activities
• Disturbance in appetite
• Sleep disturbance
• Feeling lethargic/agitated
• Loss of energy
• Guilt feelings of unworthy
• Thoughts of death suicide

If someone is complaining of a low mood, with four of the other symptoms for longer than two weeks, they may be diagnosed with major depression. The term major depression is really of academic importance. The word major, makes it sounds quite scary doesn’t it?

If you are experiencing any of the above, you might consider looking for some kind of help. Many seek help from their GP, who will offer some form of medication and hopefully offer some counselling; this can often be enough to help you get through the experience of depression, and help you feel more able to make the right changes in your life. More people are turning to alternative medicine for help, and are finding it actually works.

Depression is not a biological illness It’s a shocking statement I know, but there isnt any evidence to prove that depression is, a biological illness or that it’s caused by genetics. Despite this evidence, or the lack of evidence, the usage of medication continues to be the leading treatment for depression. Depression is rising dramatically in the western world. In traditional societies often referred to as primitive societies, depression is minimal, interestingly when these societies have become more westernised their rates of depression have increase rapidly.
What I have observed, as a Clinical Hypnotherapist working with people to overcome depression, is several common causes.

• Loneliness and/or a feeling of being disconnected from the world
• A lack of purpose in life
• Overwhelmed by choice, or the feeling of not having choice, or sometimes both at the same time.
• Feelings or fears of uncertainly
• Feeling out of control
• Feeling like you have little personal power

Depression is a sign, to let you know somewhere your needs are not being met, depression is always secondary to another problem”

Every organism, from a simplistic single celled creature, to a beautiful flower, has needs which have to be met or fulfilled, if it is to thrive. Our needs as humans are often complex, in order for us to live happily, feeling balanced, and emotionally in flow, we need to ensure our needs are being met. When we are unaware of our needs, or feel that we lack the resources required to fulfil these needs, we can spiral into a depression.

So what do you need to do?

I would highly recommend this book “How to lift depression” The human givens approach by Joe Griffin & Ivan Tyrell. It’s excellent.

Interested in learning how Hypnotherapy can help you overcome depression?

The reasons why hypnotherapy and NLP are so effective at relieving the symptoms and often the causes of depression, lie in the fact that the route of depression, resides in the unconscious mind. The unconscious mind is the part of us that controls our beliefs, feelings, emotions and behaviours.

Hypnosis bypasses the conscious mind, creating an alternative state of consciousness, in which our attention can be focused away from the present reality. Rather like day dreaming, our attention can then, be focused towards particular images, thoughts, perceptions, feelings, motivations and behaviours which will help change our habitual responses and learnt behaviours, as well as help create new perspectives over past experiences.

Because Hypnotherapy and NLP focus on effecting change at an unconscious level, this enables you to retrain you’re thinking, creating noticeable changes within your mind, leaving you feeling resourceful and positive. Hypnosis is proven to be a fast and effective means, of teaching people new ways of thinking. It’s also an enjoyable route for accessing new possibilities in our lives, in a quick and integrated manner

You may want to take advantage of a FREE consultation The free consultation usually lasts for 30-45 minutes and there is no obligation - it is simply a chance for us to meet and work through any questions you may have.

The consultation takes place at Empowerment's Hypnotherapy custom built, Therapy Room, The therapy room is located in the tranquil setting of Desford in Leicestershire.If you would like to come and see me for a free hypnotherapy consultation, then please get in touch me to make an appointment for a free hypnotherapy consultation in Leicester.

You may want to email me, call or text me, which ever feels more comfortable for you.
During the FREE consultation, we can discuss what it is you no longer want to experience and find out what it is, that you want to have instead, and how Hypnotherapy and the skills and expertise of Empowerment Hypnotherapy can help you.
I wish you well in your search!

Take advantage of a free Hypnotherapy Hypnosis, NLP, Consultation With Alexia Elliott in Leicester Leicestershire call Alexia Elliott today on Tel:07966412209 or visit this website

http://www.alexiaelliott.co.uk/ Empowerment Hypnotherapy Leicester

Hypnotherapy in Leicester with hypnotherapist Alexia Elliott. Free consultation session at Empowerment hypnotherapy Leicester.

Contact Alexia Elliott for a free Hypnotherapy consultation Free Hypnotherapy consultations available in Leicester, Desford, Leicestershire

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Hypnotherapy in Leicester with hypnotherapist Alexia Elliott. Free consultation session at Empowerment hypnotherapy Leicester.

noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:28:00 +0000

Are you affected by stress? well your not alone? Did you know Hypnotherapy is one of the leading therapies in helping people overcome stress and stress related issues. Alexia Elliott is a leading Clinical Hypnotherapist who has helped thousands of people develop skills which have enabled them to take control and let go of stress.

Find out how you can make that change using NLP and Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Alexia Elliott explains how: Alexia Elliott is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Lecturer and Master Practitioner of NLP FREE consultations in Leicester are available upon request.Leicester Hypnotherapy with leading Leicester Hypnotherapist Alexia Elliott. Hypnosis and hypnotherapy programmes in Leicestershire, get help today!

Im aware that some people may stumble upon my site and like my approach or what I do, but for some reason may not be able to work with me at my leicester based Clinic. If you click on the link at the bottom of this blog you can access a range of available Hypnotherapists.

Having said that, for those of you who live outside the leicestershire area, fear not, as Empowerment Hypnotherapy is easy to access from the M1. We see people from all over the Uk.

This post was kindly sent to me from the www.hypnotherapy-directory.org.uk

Stress can affect anyone, at any stage of their life. Are you one of the thousands of people suffering with stress? You may find help through Hypnotherapy.

Hypnotherapy has helped people deal with stress, whether it is work related, problems with your home life or your personal life has taken a turn for the worse. The aim of stress management through Hypnotherapy is not to remove stress completely, it is to help you find a way to mange and deal with stress and maybe use it to your advantage.

Hypnotherapy to deal with stress works by helping individuals understand why they are stressed and help them understand why you have these thoughts, the hypnotherapist then helps them to change these thoughts into positives that can help the individual deal with their stress. It is not a situation, or person that causes stress, it is an individuals reaction to them that causes the stress. Hypnosis can alter reactions so we no longer become stressed with certain situations or people, the feelings about said situations can then be altered to be positive ones.

If you want to be able to deal with your stress in a positive manor, maybe you should try Hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy Directory is a free and confidential service that helps you find a Hypnotherapist in your area. All the hypnotherapists on hypnotherapy directory have provided proof of qualifications and their insurance details, or proof of their membership with a professional body before they have been listed. You can find details of their experience, training, any areas of expertise such as stress, their fees and contact details. You can also find more information on stress management on the site.

To find a Hypnotherapist in your area visit www.hypnotherapy-directory.org.uk

To find out more information about how hypnotherapy and NLP can help you, contact Alexia, I welcome you questions. You may want to take advantage of a FREE consultation The free consultation usually lasts for 30-45 minutes and there is no obligation - it is simply a chance for us to meet and work through any questions you may have.

The consultation takes place at Empowerment's Hypnotherapy custom built, Therapy Room, The therapy room is located in the tranquil setting of Desford in Leicestershire.

If you would like to come and see me for a FREE hypnotherapy consultation, then please get in touch me to make an appointment for a FREE hypnotherapy consultation in Leicester.

You may want to email me, call or text me, which ever feels more comfortable for you.

During the FREE consultation we can discuss what it is you no longer want to experience and find out what it is, that you want to have instead, and how Hypnotherapy and the skills and expertise of Empowerment Hypnotherapy can help you. This takes place, in a comfortable private office, during this FREE consultation, you can make you own opinion, to see if I am the right Hypnotherapist for you. I wish you well in your search!

Take advantage of a free Hypnotherapy Hypnosis, NLP, Consultation With Alexia Elliott in Leicester Leicestershire call Alexia Elliott today on Tel:07966412209 or visit this website www.alexiaelliott.co.uk

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Hypnotherapy in Leicester with hypnotherapist Alexia Elliott. Free consultation session at Empowerment hypnotherapy Leicester.

noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:53:00 +0000

Want to lose weight? Considering a gastric band? or wanting to find the right Hypnotherapist for a virtual gastic band, have you tried every weight loss diet on the planet?

Contact Alexia Elliott at Empowerment Hypnotherapy based in Leicester Leicestershire. Easy access from the M1.

Alexia Elliott is a leading Clinical Hypnotherapist, and can help you immediately. No waiting lists. Virtual gastric bands available, in Leicester Leicestershire, FREE consultations available at our, Leicester based Clinic. Alexia Elliott is a leading specialist in area of weight with Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy and NLP. The Hypnotherapy Clinic is based in Leicester, Leicestershire and Alexia sees people from all over the UK.

I am seeing more and more people, who are seriously considering the gastric band, why are they making this decision? Often through desperation, as they have tried every weight loss diet on the planet, and are still overweight, or in many cases, have increased their body size, as a result of endless weight loss diets.

The dieting industry angers me, as I was sitting this morning pondering about writing this blog, an advert sauntered onto TV all bright and sparkly filled with hope and glamour advertising another fad diet, “celebrity slim” it’s called, what complete and utter nonsense. The dieting industry is a multi billion pound industry. its bigs business!

We all know faddy weight loss diets don’t work, the experts know faddy weight loss diets don’t work, I can see how tough it ism for a nation of people obsessed with their bodies to believe that even sensible dieting is futile. I have listened to many people over the years sharing with me, that for years they have really been hooked into the big weight loss dieting myth “the diet hope” this one will work.

I’m hearing from more people, from all over the country and all walks of life, asking me for advice regarding their decision to go ahead with the gastric band operation. They see the gastric band as their last option, a deep fear for them is, if they don’t do it, they might die. On the flipside, if they do go for the gastric band, they have other serious concerns, about undergoing such an invasive surgery. There are various risks involved with gastric band surgery, but also the concerns stretch beyond the surgery to the long term, how it will affect their life after the gastric band surgery.

People call me and email me daily, requesting help, they are concerned that they might still struggle or suffer despite having the gastric band. As a leading weight loss Hypnotherapist, I have every intention to help them in any way possible.

Do I do a virtual gastric band? yes, but I will want to ensure we have addressed any pyschological issues prior to performing the virtual gastric band.

Here is my take on gastric band, having a gastric band is treating the symptom, it’s not dealing with the cause of the weight related issue. If you knew someone who was a heavy smoker, who suffered from persistence chest infections, would you continue to advise them to take more cough mixture or antibiotics? They would be advised to stop smoking. This would possibly be addressing the cause.

Weight loss Diets, gastric bands, are only treating the symptoms, they do not address the psychological issues which lead you to overeat binge, starve, binge-vomit, overeat, etc.

Some people use food to stuff down emotions, or to deal with emotions, having a gastric band does not address how and why someone does this or, provide them new alternatives to managing their emotions.Gastric bands are not bad, nor are sensible diets, they have helped many people. However I would strongly advised you to seriously consider gaining psychological help with your relationship with food prior to taking this route.

Food isn’t the enemy; the way you think and respond to food is what needs to change, and yes it possible.

Contact Alexia for a free consultation at Empowerment Hypnotherapy’s Clinic in Leicester Leicestershire. Easy access from the M1.

I wish you well in whatever you decision you make, you can do it, I’m seeing people transform every day and losing weight as a result of it.Be wellAlexia ElliottClinical Hypnotherapist NCH MPNLP MGHR Leicester

Alexia Elliott is a Clinical Hypnotherapist based in Leicester Leicestershire UK,, she is a leading specialist in weight loss and weight related issues, Alexia Elliott offers free Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy & NLP consultation in Leicester. Call today to make an appointment.Tel:07966412209Weight Loss Leicester

Weight loss in Leicester with hypnosis techniques and hypnotherapy weight loss programmes. Take control of your eating and lose weight in Leicester by hypnosis non diet personal sessions. Please visit my site http://www.weightlossleciester.co.uk/

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Hypnotherapy in Leicester with hypnotherapist Alexia Elliott. Free consultation session at Empowerment hypnotherapy Leicester.

noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:27:00 +0000

Can’t stop eating? Want a gastric band? Alexia Elliott, A Leicestershire based leading Clinical Hypnotherapist, can help you immediately. No waiting lists. Virtual gastric bands available, in Leicester FREE consultations available at our, Leicester based Practice

Alexia Elliott is a leading specialist in area of weight with Hypnosis, Hypmotherapy and NLP. The Hypnotherapy Practice is based in leicester, leicestershire and she sees people from all over the UK.

A Gastric bands Is the current fashion in weight loss, people are finally realising that diet's dont work and are seriously considering, invasive Gastric band surgery to help them stop over eating and lose weight. I can understand why people are making this choice, with recent media awareness of celebrities such as Fern Britton, admitting she had a gastric band and looking significantly slimmer as a result.

What many people do not consider is that the gastric band might not result, in the weight loss they desire. The gastric band will make it very difficult for you to eat, in the same way that you did, but the reasons which have led you to gaining the weight will remain the same, if they are not dealt with.

People who have issues with weight, or issues with losing weight, generally do not overeat because they are constantly hungry or greedy as many seem to assume. People with weight loss issues, use food for a variety of reasons, it is quite typical for overeaters to use food to manage emotions such as stress and anxiety. (Stuffing emotions down)

In order to get long term result with weight loss, we need to make changes in our lifestyle; even those who go for the gastric band, will still need to make changes to their lifestyle. This is why Fern Britton's claim that healthy eating and exercise, helped her lose weight have elements of truth.

Many people are turning to surgery through sheer desperation, hoping it will be a quick fix to weight loss. When I speak to people who have been considering this as an option, appear to have very little information about what really the gastric band entails or how it will really affect them or what the side effects might be.

The Gastric band apparently works best with people who are ‘volume eaters' - in other words, if you get fat by eating very large meals. If a patient has psychological problems that are causing some of the weight gain, they are usually offered a gastric bypass operation - known as stomach stapling.

All surgery has the risk of infection, blood clots and heart attack and this is higher if you are obese. According to the British Obesity Surgery Patient Association, 1 in 2000 people die when having a gastric band fitted and 1 in 10 need further surgery as the gastric band slips.

Many Hypnotherapists and NLP trained Practitioners are advertising Virtual Gastric bands. After years of working in the field of weight loss and hypnotherapy at my leicestershire based practice, it’s pleasing to see more people are developing an interest in this complex but fascinating specialism. Using Hypnotherapy to have a virtual gastric band has many benefits, it is of course a safer, less invasive, no waiting list, no risks with having an anaesthetic.

what I would advise you to do is: ensure the therapist you chose to work with, is willing to help you explore the underlying reasons behind the issues with food and weight loss, and to ensure that they help you, identify new ways of thinking feeling and being, which are in line with what you want.

A recent article you might find interesting.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5357013/Woman-lost-4st-after-hypnotist-convinced-her-of-gastric-band-fitting.html

I wish you well in whatever you decision you make, you can do it, I’m seeing people transform every day and losing weight as a result of it.

Be well

Alexia Elliott

Clinical Hypnotherapist

leicester

Alexia Elliott is a Clinical Hypnotherapist based in Leicester Leicestershire UK,, she is a leading specialist in weight loss and weight related issues, Alexia Elliott offers free Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy & NLP consultation in Leicester.Call today to make an appointment.Tel:07966412209Weight Loss Leicester

Weight loss in Leicester with hypnosis techniques and hypnotherapy weight loss programmes. Take control of your eating and lose weight in Leicester by hypnosis non diet personal sessions.Please visit my site http://www.weightlossleciester.co.uk/

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Hypnotherapy in Leicester with hypnotherapist Alexia Elliott. Free consultation session at Empowerment hypnotherapy Leicester.

noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:17:00 +0000

Help with anxiety in leicester, How can I get help now with Anxiety?

Alexia Elliott talks about how Hypnotherapy and NLP can help you overcome anxiety.

Find out how you can make that change using NLP and Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Alexia Elliott explains how: Alexia Elliott is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Lecturer and Master Practitioner of NLP FREE consultations in Leicester are available upon request.

Leicester Hypnotherapy with leading Leicester Hypnotherapist Alexia Elliott. Hypnosis and hypnotherapy programmes in Leicestershire, get help today!

You need help wih anxiety? Empowerment Hypnotherapy is a leading specialist in anxiety related issues. We are based in leicester leicestershire and we offer free consultation.

What is anxiety?

Anxiety is a normal response to stress or danger and is often called the 'flight or fight' syndrome. This process involves adrenalin being quickly pumped through the body enabling you to cope with whatever catastrophe may come your way. The problems arise when this response is out of proportion to the actual danger of the situation, or indeed is generated when there is no danger present.

The physical symptoms of anxiety are;

• Racing heartbeat

• Shortness of breath

• Chest tightness

• Dry mouth

• Butterflies in stomach

• Nausea

• Urge to pass urine/empty bowels

• Tremor

• Sweating

• Pins and needles

The psychological symptoms of anxiety are

· Inner Tension

· Agitation

· Fear of losing control

· Dread that something catastrophic is going to happen (such as blackout, seizure, heart attack or death)

· Irritability

· Feelings of detachment

Making changes with NLP and Hypnosis

Empowerment Hypnotherapy is committed to help you do what is necessary to overcome anxiety, during a typical session with Empowerment Hypnotherapy

We will find out exactly how you experience anxiety and discover the patterns of the anxiety.

We will focus on your beliefs and use NLP to challenge these beliefs, which will help you to change your thinking when it comes to anxiety.

We will use hypnosis to access your unconscious mind, which enables you to tap into your inner resources that deal with stress and anxiety, and “erase the old patterns” so to speak. In their place we create and suggest kinder, positive and empowering thoughts which lead your thinking to discover positive and powerful inner resources this will help you change how you think about and handle anxiety.

I can’t tell you how useful practising this breathing technique will be for you, however if you try and continue to practice you will experience many benefits.

How to do the 7/11 breathing techniques

· Be comfortable (sit or lie down) and in a place where you won't be disturbed.

· Close your eyes if you wish

· Become aware of the sensations in your body, any sounds and images which are in your awareness Just let your body soften and relax, soften your jaw and shoulders.

· You could repeat the word "soften" in your mind like a mantra.

· Take a deep breath in, it's often helpful to place your hands on your stomach and notice your stomach inflating like a balloon when you inhale, your stomach will flatten when you exhale, if this happens you know you are doing it right. (This can take a little practise).

· Make each out-breath last longer than your in-breathe (the out breathe stimulates the body natural relaxation response) by changing your breathing in this way your body automatically begins to relax.

· Once you have got used to breathing from your stomach and expanding your stomach like a balloon and you can begin to count your breathe

· You breathe in for 7 seconds and breathe out slowly and gently for 11 seconds, if this doesn't feel right try breathing to other timings, you could start with breathing in for 3 seconds and exhaling for 5 seconds or inhaling for 5 and exhaling for 7 seconds, you will notice with practise, that you gradually increase the duration and your ability to relax easily get quicker and more powerful.

If you were to practise this everyday for 10 to 20 times, can

you imagine the positive impact it would have upon your body/Mind/spirit?

To find out more information about how hypnotherapy and NLP can help you, contact Alexia, I welcome you questions. You may want to take advantage of a FREE consultation The free consultation usually lasts for 30-45 minutes and there is no obligation - it is simply a chance for us to meet and work through any questions you may have.

The consultation takes place at Empowerment's Hypnotherapy custom built, Therapy Room, The therapy room is located in the tranquil setting of Desford in Leicestershire. If you would like to come and see me for a FREE hypnotherapy consultation, then please get in touch me to make an appointment for a FREE hypnotherapy consultation in Leicester.

You may want to email me, call or text me, which ever feels more comfortable for you.

During the FREE consultation we can discuss what it is you no longer want to experience and find out what it is, that you want to have instead, and how Hypnotherapy and the skills and expertise of Empowerment Hypnotherapy can help you, this takes place, in a comfortable private office, during this FREE consultation, you can make you own opinion, to see if I am the right Hypnotherapist for you.

I wish you well in your search!

Take advantage of a free Hypnotherapy Hypnosis, NLP, Consultation With Alexia Elliott in Leicester Leicestershire call Alexia Elliott today on Tel:07966412209 or visit this website http://www.leicestershirehypnotherapy.co.uk/ for further details

noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:57:00 +0000

what do you want in life?

Empowerment Hypnotherapy based in Leicester Leicestershire, has helped literally thousands of people identify what they want in life; define clear goals and practical steps towards achieving the goals.

Leicestershire Hypnotherapy

Leicestershire Hypnotherapy with leading Leicestershire hypnotherapist Alexia Elliott. Hypnosis and hypnotherapy programmes in Leicestershire, get help today!

When I work with clients at my Leicester based Hypnotherapy practice, a good place to start is find out what people want to experience as a result of us working in partnership. My two favourite questions from the field of NLP are

What do you want?

How will you know you have got it?

These questions are great for helping direct our attention to what we want in life and can begin the process of setting a new goal or target in life.

I would guess that most of us have had the experience of setting goals and then not achieving them. The way to ensure that you get there is to maintain your drive and determination to succeed. Here are some ways to keep you motivated.

Think a lot about what you really, really want

I'm always curious when working with people, at my Leicester based Hypnotherapy practice, I often ask questions such as, why do you want to achieve this goal or these goals,

what motivates you?

What will it give to you or do for you?

Why I want to achieve my goal, my reasons for wanting it:

How will it positively impact my life, consider all areas of your life, such as, health, work, relationships, self image etc

What is compelling and exciting about reaching it?

What is the single most important thing about achieving it?

Keep the list on a card or in your journal and look at it morning and night. It will inspire you and help motivate you to keep the changes you need to in order to get where you want to be.

Hypnotherapy and NLP excel at helping people make clear achievable goals, hypnotherapy is highly recommend to make all of the outcomes highly desirable to the unconscious which helps you, just do what you need to do without having to think too much about it.

Would'nt that be great if you just found yourself doing everything you needed to do, which took you in the direction of what you want in life?

Contact Empowerment Hypnotherapy we are based in Leicester, Leicestershire, contact us today for more information on how we can help you discover what you want in life and how Hypnotherapy, NLP can help you

Empowerment Hypnotherapy are based Leicester Leicestershire, visit our website for further information. Empowerments Hypnotherapy services are accessed by people throughout the UK .

Leicestershire Hypnotherapy TEL: 07966412209 E:alexia@alexia-elliott-hypnothreapy.co.uk

Leicestershire Hypnotherapy with leading Leicestershire hypnotherapist Alexia Elliott. Hypnosis and hypnotherapy programmes in Leicestershire, get help today!

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Hypnotherapy in Leicester with Leading Clinical Hypnotherapist and Lecturer Alexia Elliott

noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:38:00 +0000

Why choose Hypnotherapy over other therapies?

Hypnotherapy and Hypnosis offer a long term solution which incorporates happiness. So says Alexia Elliott, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Master Practitioner of NLP &Time Line Therapy at Empowerment Hypnotherapy Leicester. www.alexia-elliott-hypnotherapy.co.uk

I wouldn't say Hypnotherapy is better, than other therapies, what I would say is, suspend any doubt and explore any misconception's you might have. I'm guessing that you might well be surprised what you discover.

At my Leicester based Hypnotherapy practice, many clients arrive for their free consultation with a multitude of questions, a typical one being will you turn me into a chicken?

Here are some of the questions and answers clients ask me before deciding to work with me.
Q) Can you turn me into a chicken?
A) NO its not physically possibly, our genetics make up doesn't allow it ..:)

Q) Can you hypnotise me to cluck like a chicken?
A) Only if you want me to. :)

Q) Will I lose control of myself during Hypnotherapy?
A) No, in truth you gain greater control over your thoughts and life, as a result of having Hypnotherapy, and during the Hypnotherapy session, you will always be in control

Q) What if I can't be hypnotised?
A) Anyone can enter a hypnotic state, it is a myth that some people can't be hypnotised. We drift into altered states of awareness all the time; Hypnosis is an altered state of awareness which is completely natural.

Q) Is it safe?
A) Yes, no pills no gimmicks, all natural, just ensure you work with someone appropriately qualified.

Q) What experience do you have?
A) I worked in Psychiatry for 10 years, in various areas of Mental Ill Health; I also worked in a wide range of specialist areas: Forensics, liaison psychiatry, Post Natal Depression, Elderly, and Eating Disorders. Amongst all of these specialist areas, I develop a sensitive understanding of a whole range of mental health issues such as depression, anxiety & Panic, Psychosis (schizophrenia), Obsessive compulsive depression self harm, to name a few.

I decided to study Psychology after 8yrs of working for the NHS, in the hope, it would provide more solutions for people, other than medication. After my studies in Psychology, i went on to teach this subject to people with Mental Health difficulties in the hope that given the opportunity to gain an understanding into their problem would help them become more resourceful and make change in their life. I now know, that understanding why we experience difficulties in life helps it doesn't always provide us with resources and skills to change. I discovered Hypnotherapy and NLP, which led to me studying many other modalities and spiritual traditions.

Other FAQs you may want to ask a potential Hypnotherapist.

Are you insured?
How many sessions will i require?
Payment? How much? How to pay?
What will the approach be towards helping you?

It's advisable to go with a therapy that resonates with you, also to look around for a therapist who you feel comfortable with. This is why I offer a free consultation.

Why did I choose Hypnotherapy?
I thought, I would find the answers to making life easier, through psychology. I did gain a fascinating insight, into human consciousness, behaviour and our psyche, but I was disappointed. I have a greater insight and understanding to why we encounter problems in living. Psychology didn't tell me in simple terms how to change, Psychology very much focused on the why someone had a problem, this was frustrating. Richard Bandler, one of the developers of NLP famously said, knowing why we have a problem is second prize. Letting go of the problem is first prize.

This is how Hypnotherapy and NLP caught my curiosity, I found it fascinating that, Hypnotherapy and NLP could help people change so quick, I actually did not believe it, and I was quite dismissive and very sceptical of Hypnotherapy and NLP initially. Looking back I can see how the media had unknowingly influenced my views on Hypnotherapy and NLP. I had formed opinions about Hypnotherapy and NLP, without really exploring what Hypnotherapy and NLP were capable off. I didn't at that point, realise the power of Hypnotherapy and NLP.

I made it my goal to discover more about Hypnotherapy, and from that point, Hypnotherapy and NLP become a massive part of my life. I searched for a reputable and established clinical Hypnotherapy training school.

Since that first training course, I have invested a great deal on training in Hypnotherapy and NLP. Since then, I have worked with literally thousands of people from all over the country, and helped them overcome a wide range of different problems.

What is fantastic about Hypnotherapy and NLP is they approach problems from a more solution focused approach, what do you want instead of what you have? More attention is paid to what you want in life, instead of why you have the problem.

Visit our website and see how Hypnotherapy, Hypnosis and NLP help you discover your happiness, or what it means to you. Contact Alexia Elliott

alexia@alexiaelliott.co.uk or call or text Alexia on TEL: 07966412209 for more information or to make an appointment for a FREE hypnotherapy consultation.

Alexia Elliott Empowerment Hypnotherapy Leicester
Hypnotherapy in Leicester with hypnotherapist Alexia Elliott. Free consultation session at Empowerment Hypnotherapy Leicester

How Hypnotherapy can help you find happiness, By Alexia Elliott Leicestershire’s Leading Clinical Hypnotherapist

noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:36:00 +0000

Happiness is it an illusion?

Empowerment Hypnotherapy is the leading Hypnotherapy Practice, based in Leicester. On a regular basis, at my Hypnotherapy Practice, in Leicester. Many of the clients respond to one of my early question's "What do you want, as a result of us working in partnership?"

During the free Consultation," The most common response to this question is, "I just want to be happy" Sounds simple and fair enough, who wouldn't want to be happy? It's something we all strive for isn't it? What I have noticed, from working for literally thousands of people, that many people are chasing happiness, and feel disappointed, as it seems unreal or illusionary. What I believe, is they haven't fully considered the following questions:

How they you know when you have got this experience of happiness?
How will you know, you are happy?
How much happiness do you want?
Do they want to be happy all the time?

When I ask clients these questions, they often struggle to give me an answer. I believe, we all deserve to be happy, feeling happy is wonderful, we can be busy doing something quite mundane and suddenly, we feel happiness, if we stopped just for a moment and asked ourselves "why do I feel happy now?" The answer might be, that we are doing something which gives us a sense of being connected; something which is meaningful to us, maybe we feel a part of everything that exists, or maybe it's a feeling of significance.

What I find fascinating is despite many people chasing the feeling or the experience of happiness; very few understand what it means to them. At my Leicester based Hypnotherapy Practice, myself and my client, will explore what happiness really means to them, and create a deeper and richer understanding of happiness. This allows the individual to create a tangible approach, towards achieving it or experiencing it. I'll give you a free tip; it's not something you buy or something which is outside of you.

How does Hypnotherapy & NLP help increase Happiness?

I have studied Hypnotherapy, NLP, Psychology, CBT, and various systems and theories in Psychotherapy. Despite being a teacher in spirituality, I really see myself to be a keen student of the ancient ways of living/being, eg Shamanism, Toltec Wisdom and Buddhism. I integrate these systems and ideas into the sessions, which assist in me in helping my clients, to create a new world view which is in line with they want. Changing your own inner world enables you to see the world differently and feel different.

Hypnotherapy is incredibly powerful, as it works with the unconscious mind, which is like the power house to all of your experiences, habitual ways of thinking, feeling, and being. Working with the unconscious mind we can create deep and meaningful changes, in our thinking, feeling and being, allowing us to notice things in a new way. It's almost as though Hypnotherapy and NLP helps you clean you internal lens in which you see the world.

Visit our website and see how Hypnotherapy, Hypnosis and NLP help you discover your happiness, or what it means to you. Contact Alexia Elliott

alexia@alexia-elliott-hypnotherapy.co.uk or call or text Alexia on 07966412209 for more information or to make an appointment for a FREE consultation.

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Hypnotherapy in Leicester with hypnotherapist Alexia Elliott. Free consultation session at Empowerment Hypnotherapy Leicester

noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:03:00 +0000

Hypnotherapy is the leading therapy for IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Empowerment Hypnotherapy have helped many people overcome the painful symptoms of IBS and discover the cause of the IBS Irritable bowel syndrome, and find new ways to manage stress. Empowerment Hypnotherapy, offers effective treatment in IBS irritable bowel syndrome, in Leicester Leicestershire.

Intensive research has been carried out by Peter Whorwell, Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterology in the School of Medicine and Director of the South Manchester Functional Bowel Service, has discovered a way to treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) using hypnotherapy.

Up to eight million people in Britain suffer from IBS, with symptoms including diarrhoea, pain and bloating. The condition can seriously affect sufferers' quality of life and finding effective treatment can be very difficult.

Professor Whorwell has been researching the use of gut-directed hypnosis for over 20 years. Most recently, 250 patients who have suffered from IBS for over two years were given twelve one-hour sessions, during which they were given an explanation of how the gut works and what causes their symptoms.

"IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) is ideal for treatment with Hypnotherapy & hypnosis, as there is no structural damage to the body," Professor Whorwell explained. "During the hypnotherapy Hypnosis session the sufferers learn how to influence and gain control of their gut function, and then seem to be able to change the way the brain modulates their gut activity."

The treatment has a success rate of about 70%, and Professor Whorwell believes that hypnotherapy, although it's labour-intensive, could be an extremely effective treatment for the condition; and a less expensive alternative to new, costly drugs coming onto the market.

"We've found it to help all the symptoms, whereas some of the drugs available reduce only a few," he said. "As IBS can be a life-long condition it could clearly be a very valuable option for patients;

Source http://www.medicine.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/ibs

Contact Empowerment Hypnotherapy we are based in Leicestershire, contact us today for more information on how we can help you overcome IBS irritable bowel syndrome. We offer a FREE consultation. You might be amazed how quickly you can reduce the symptoms with Hypnotherapy Hypnosis and NLP.

Empowerment Hypnotherapy are based Leicestershire, visit our website for further information.

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noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:38:00 +0000

Does the addictive gene exist?

At Empowerment Hypnotherapy based in Leicester Leicestershire, we will show you how to overcome that addiction, we believe withdrawal doesn't have to painful. We will teach you how to make craving painless and get rid of them permanently.

We will show you how to

-See through the illusion of addiction

-How to enjoy natural highs

-How to avoid switching from addiction to another

I really believed there must an addictive gene, being a woman who has overcome many addictions in the past, and is now free of the trap of addictive behaviour. I observed my mother move from addictive behaviour to only develop another. As I developed my one, and followed my mother's teachings moving from one addiction to another addiction.

I truly believed I had got my mother's addictive gene. While I believed this to be true, I had little power to change; I felt I had no choice but to continue being addicted to something. I had change my personal theory on addiction and decide that the addictive gene does not exist in order for me to gain freedom from addictive behaviour.

Ask yourself what do you believe about your behaviour? Do you believe you have the addictive gene? Does this belief or this theory help you change and stop doing the addiction? I can take a guess and say it's a big NO IT DOESNT. I would suggest that if you take this theory as a truth, you are seriously limiting yourself.

We are all aware that addictions run in families, this isn't sufficient evidence to prove the existence of an addictive gene. We learn from the behaviour we see around us. Those who grow up with alcoholic parents, who become alcoholics themselves, have learnt alcohol is the way to cope with the difficulties in life.

Equally there are many people who are very against drinking alcohol, because of the misery they have experienced growing up with alcoholic parents. Different people can be exposed to the same kind of experiences, but take on different messages. If there is an addictive gene, that can influence our behaviours, it doesn't stop people choosing a different path, if they are shown how to do so.

Visit our website and see how Hypnotherapy, Hypnosis and NLP help you overcome this addiction, Contact Alexia Elliott @ alexia@alexiaelliott.co.uk or call or text Alexia on 07966412209 for more information or to make an appointment for a FREE consultation.

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Hypnotherapy in Leicester with hypnotherapist Alexia Elliott. Free consultation session at Empowerment Hypnotherapy Leicester.

noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:23:00 +0000

A waist is a terrible thing to mind

Alexia Elliott explains how self acceptance is key, to successful weight loss

Hypnotherapy and Hypnosis offer a long term solution which incorporates happiness. So says Alexia Elliott, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Master practitioner of NLP and Timeline Therapy at Empowerment Hypnotherapy Leicester: weight loss Leicester Leicestershire

Many of my past clients were experts in self criticism and self hatred; many have told me much they hate their bodies. When I mention the word acceptance and how useful it might be to accept how they are right now, they often looked shocked at me for daring to mention such an idea, the idea of acceptance can be initially be misunderstand. They often interpret acceptance, as giving up, and giving up would be the ultimate dieting failure; at least there is an honour and dignity in continuing to fight. A general fear is that, if they did accept their bodies, it might lead to complacency or getting bigger in size.

What I mean by acceptance is, accepting how you are right now. If you can accept how you are right now, then it can put you in a more resourceful position to change. If you cannot accept yourself, as you are right now, of course you are still in a position to change, but you also, have many negative thoughts and feelings about yourself, and your body, which can make it hard work, and tiresome, when working towards weight loss. I prefer to use the term, "creating a healthy relationship with food".

I remember working with a lady once that held a limiting belief, that she was unlovable. Can you imagine how hard it was for her after years of trying to lose weight, after embarking on every weight loss diet, all the money she has spent on weight loss diets, doing something which she believed would make her feel good, when really, she believed deep down, she believed she was unlovable.

After years of weight loss diets, which had not been successful in her getting the results of weight loss she desired, despite a part of her really wanting to be slimmer and healthier, another part of her felt she wasn't lovable so why bother. She was well aware she had thoughts, which made each interaction with food an inner battle.

Examples: why don't you just eat those crisps you will always be fat" " why bother you have failed every other time" when she became aware of these unconscious thought of being unlovable, she was amazed and for the first time she understood, why she has been sabotaging her weight loss diets. We worked on these limiting beliefs and she practiced acceptance and respect towards her body, she began to create a healthy relationship with food and herself which led to successful weight loss.

Making the change to being respectful and accepting your body isn't always easy, but it's possible and requires mindfulness, persistence and practice and it's very worthwhile and liberating. So when I introduce the concept of acceptance to my clients they often, look surprised as the reason they sought help was because they do not accept their body and want to change it. The strange paradox with this is, in my experience as a specialist in weight loss, in order for people to get to their natural body weight they need to accept their bodies and treat their body with respect.

In NLP there is a term "if what you are doing doesn't work, do something else", if repeated weight loss diets and a negative attitude towards your body has been part of your past or current strategies to weight loss, and you have not got the result you want then, maybe it's time to try a new attitude towards yourself. When people get stuck in the "I hate my body mindset" and delaying kindness towards oneself, putting it off what you really want to do, till that day comes when you have lost the weight .E.g. I'll get my hair done when I have lost 1 stone in weight, I'll start going out with friend when I have lost some weight. Effectively you have put off treating yourself kindly, and the empty promises go and life becomes more and more empty. Judith Rodin in her book Body Traps says "you don't need to lose weight first in order to take care of yourself, in fact, the process actually happen quirt in the reverse"

Imagine making weight loss a secondary goal, and respecting your body the primary goal, it will help you move forward. What I mean by this is to treat your body with respect and kindness, taking care of your health, putting an end to weight loss diets and finding healthy solutions which lead to happiness. I would like to add, that by respecting your body doesn't mean you have like every part of your body to respect it. Respecting your body means treating it with dignity.

Respecting your body is integral to developing a healthy relationship with food.
Every time you catch a negative body thought, replace it with a positive thought. For many years I hated my thighs, in the process of developing respect and acceptance towards my body, I had to change this, too I have strong thighs.
Replace all the negative statement with something positive.

ExamplesI hate my double chin........I have lovely shiny hair
I can't stand the cellulite on my legs.........I'm lucky to have legs that can move my body
My body is horrible........My body is the body that allows me to experience lifePractice: Random daily acts of kindnessEach day do one thing, which is kind and respectful

Some examples

I offer FREE consultations if you have questions please feel free to contact me via email or telephone.

I wish you well
Alexia Elliott
Clinical Hypnotherapist
Leicester leicestershire UK

Alexia Elliott is a Clinical Hypnotherapist based in Leicester Leicestershire UK,, she is a leading specialist in weight loss and weight related issues, Alexia Elliott offers free Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy & NLP consultation in Leicester.

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Drinking water or eating healthy life giving food
Bathing in oils by candlelight
Or speaking kindly to yourself
Buying new underwear
Going to bed early
Walking in nature

I appreciate this may require some help and assistance, as to become an expert in self hatred, it has possibly taken years of negative programming, I would recommend working with a professional Hypnotherapist, to help you develop a respectful relationship with your body

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Who are the food police?

noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:13:00 +0000

Alexia Elliott explains who the food police are, and how they play a part in you, not getting the weight loss results you desire.

Hypnotherapy and Hypnosis offer a long term solution which incorporates happiness. Alexia Elliott, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Master practitioner of NLP &TLT at Empowerment Hypnotherapy Leicester: weight loss Leicester

After working with literally thousands of people, helping these people to overcome weight loss issues or other weight or food related issues. I have become very familiar with the rules of the food police.

Here are a few examples of statements from the food police

-Bread is bad

-You must eat breakfast

-Do not eat after 6pom

-You should avoid dairy products

-You didn't exercise today don't eat dinner tonight

-It's not time to eat yet

-You should eat this and do eat that, "it is bad food"

-you should not eat that

Who are the food police?
Often well-meaning friends and family members, they make unsolicited comments on your eating habits and also some health professionals and " weight loss companies". In the world of weight loss, these rules become part of our world view or beliefs system, which work against us.

Food thoughts and food judgments run rampant through our minds, they are often very habitual and have been around for such a long time they go unnoticed and unchallenged, but hold a great power over our actions and feelings. The food police take up residency, within our minds and have great power over how we struggle with obsessions about food and body shape.

These beliefs (food police) make judgements if you are doing good or bad. The food police are the sum of all weight loss diets and food rules; and these rules constantly being reinforced by the media, weight loss dieting companies and some professionals, and of course our friends and family member and strangers.

At empowerment Hypnotherapy in Leicester, Leicestershire, we say make peace with food and end the constant battle with food, battling with food does not work! You know that.

Imagine if you could create you own rules that work for you. You can, and it does work and this incorporates happiness and contentment from within.

A close ally of the food police in the nutritional informant, the nutritional informant provides you with evidence to keep you in line with a weight loss diet and stop you falling off the wagon, or being bad. The nutritional informant will ensure you fastidiously count calories and fat grams and ensure you keep buying fat free foods or weight loss products.

So imagine if the food police and the nutritional informant disappeared from you world, imagine just for a moment they had no power over you, and a food anthropologist moved in. The food anthropologist would simply observe without judgement. It's the food anthropologist that would take you in the direction of having a healthy relationship with yourself, and food.

How would it happen?

for example

- Noticing when you're physiologically hungry

-When you're satisfied

-Noting you feel guilty for eating chocolate.

How do you do this?

Easy keep a food diary, when Clients come to work with Empowerment Hypnotherapy in leicester Leicestershire, for the free initial consultation, at our Leicester based clinic. As a part of the preparation for the 1^st session they are required to complete a food diary.

This diary isn't like a typical food diary, that you may have completed for a weight loss diet, what we are looking for is evidence of triggers, emotions, thoughts which lead to psychological eating or "bad eating" the food diary is a learning tool. This will lead to you being an intuitive, conscious eater. You were born with the skills to be an intuitive eater, the intuitive eater is aware and is responsive your needs. It operates, from your rules and rules which work for you, rules which make you feel good.

I appreciate this may require some help and assistance, the impact of the rules from the food police have possibly resulted in years of negative programming, I would recommend working with a professional Hypnotherapist, to help you develop a respectful relationship with your body

I offer FREE consultations if you have questions please feel free to contact me via email or telephone or text.

I wish you well

Alexia Elliott

Clinical Hypnotherapist

Leicester UK

Call today to make an appointment.Tel:07966412209

Please visit my site http://www.weightlossleicester.co.uk/

Limiting beliefs, Sacred cows, Soul contracts, A Geis, what does all this mean, and how might these terms be playing a part in your life? Alexia Elliott Clinical Hypnotherapist from Leicester explains

noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:15:00 +0000

Does it feel that no matter how hard you try, things just don't seem right for you or work out they way you want them? It might be endless weight loss diets with short term results in weight loss, or a persistent cycle of low moods, or a general feeling of self dislike. These are just a few examples of what many people experience, which often results in them contacting me for help, at my Hypnotherapy practice in Leicester. I recently ran a workshop based in Leicester on "life Purpose", It was such an interesting and inspiring afternoon. I thought I would write an article about some of the ideas and concepts.

It can often be the case, for many people, that no matter how hard they try, everything they do, to overcome their problem, something stops them. Past clients or students have described this as a block, they have described it as, and it's like something is within them is resisting or stopping that change. The frustrating part is logically and intellectually we know the change will be good for us, and it might well transform our life's and let you experience many new possibilities.

In NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) we talk about "limiting beliefs" Limiting beliefs hold us back, in Shamanism we talk about soul contracts, in Celtic mythology they refer to a term call the talk The Geis, which is rather like a curse or spell which has placed upon you. Alberto Villolodo PhD, in his book "Mending the past and healing the future with soul retrieval" discusses sacred cows, all these terms result in the same thing, allow me to explain. (Throughout the article ill refer to the above concepts as limiting beliefs for reading ease)

Our thoughts and beliefs shape our perception of the world. They determine our actions or inactions. Thoughts affect feelings. Feelings affect behaviour. Our behaviour produces results (or the lack of them). It all begins with our thoughts, since we have to accept a thought for it to become a belief.
It's been said that whatever you believe becomes your reality. You do not believe what you see; rather you see what you already believe. For this reason, two people facing the same situation may interpret it differently, act according to their different beliefs and experience different outcomes.

Examples of these limiting beliefs, sacred cows, soul contracts or Geis's, are "I'm not good enough" "ill result to nothing" "I'll never be slim" "ill amount to nothing" "people like us dont go to university" "I'm not clever" "when I do X then I'll do Y" "I don't deserve any better" "I'm not loveable".

I remember working with a lady who had been violent relationship for many years her Geis was "you're a shit for brains" her ex partner had cruelly told her this every day for 8yrs and she had taken it to be true, and her perception of herself shifted to illustrate this as a truth.

In many cases people have held these beliefs for a long time and they seem to provide safety or security, we like familiarity, but in truth they stop us from achieving what we want in life.

Consider Galileo he was brought before the inquisition in the 17^th century, as a heretic for supporting the Copernicus and his theory that the earth orbits around the sun this was in direct conflict with the teachings of the time. Galileo abandoned his investigations after being reprimanded buy the church. He returned to these studies and defended the theory before the pope. Galileo had to the sacrifice the limiting beliefs that claimed our planet was the centre of the universe, with the sun and the stars spinning around it nightly. He was kept in confinement for challenging this beliefs, he stayed true to his purpose despite the dangers of doing so and he made discoveries that have changed the course of science and our know universally accepted.

Imagine for a moment the benefits of letting go of your limiting beliefs or soul contracts, there are various ways to release limiting beliefs using Hypnotherapy, NLP or Shamanic practices can assist you in this.

Limiting beliefs act like brakes on our progress. Have you had the experience that each time you try to take action to make change something brings you back? These limiting beliefs act like a thermostat bring you back to familiarity. Your thoughts and beliefs are your programming.

What can I do about them?
You can release limiting beliefs. But first you have to identify them. They could be lurking in the unconscious part of our minds out of our conscious awareness.
Once you have identified them, these limiting beliefs must be challenged, every time they rear their heads.

For great results many people suggest consciously examining any thoughts that are limiting you in any way. When limiting thoughts are raised into our conscious awareness they tend to lose their power, often they need to be challenged this is when its useful to work with a Hypnotherapist, NLP Master Practitioner, or a Shamanic practitioner, who is trained to identify limiting beliefs and will challenge them and assist you in releasing them.

One of the benefits of working with a qualified Hypnotherapist is that they are trained to listen out for limiting beliefs, soul contracts; they are more able to challenge. Contact Alexia Elliott for a FREE consultation or to find out more information on training with her.

Empowerment Hypnotherapy Leicester www.alexia-elliott-hypnotherapy.co.uk Hypnotherapy in Leicester with hypnotherapist Alexia Elliott. Free consultation session at Empowerment Hypnotherapy Leicester

Before you visit our site see,
how can Hypnotherapy & NLP help me?
Hypnotherapy and NLP can help you in many ways Because Hypnotherapy and NLP focus on effecting change in our unconscious mind or at an unconscious level; it is extremely helpful in relieving problems in our thoughts behaviour and attitudes towards ourselves and our lives.

The reasons why hypnotherapy and NLP are so effective at helping us change, as the problems or issues we are experiencing, reside at an unconscious level. It is the unconscious part of our mind that is responsible for our beliefs, feelings, emotions and behaviours. It's our unconscious mind that is responsible getting us deeply absorbed in the erroneous or negative patterns of thinking, behaving and relating to others that are often the primary symptoms of our problems

Hypnosis bypasses the conscious mind and creates an alternative state of consciousness, in which attention can be focused away from the present reality. Rather like day dreaming, attention can then be focused towards particular images, thoughts, perceptions, feelings, motivations and behaviours which will help change our habitual responses and learnt behaviours, as well as help create new perspectives over past experiences.

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Make an appointment today for a FREE hypnotherapy consultation in Leicester or the Leicester area with hypnotherapist Alexia Elliott at Empowerment Hypnotherapy to discuss any of your problems and find out how Empowerment Hypnotherapy can help you. Empowerment Hypnotherapy appreciates how important it is the find the right therapist which is why they offer a free consultation for new clients to find out more about their approach to hypnotherapy and if Alexia is the right hypnotherapist for each client. Alexia Elliott and Empowerment Hypnotherapy Leicester are fully insured and UKCHO registered.

noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:06:00 +0000

Have you considered they way you talk to yourself, may play a part in the difficulties you experience with weight and dieting?

Language and neurology
In the field of Hypnosis, we use many different labels for different patterns of language; one which is really interesting is Negation. It is easier to give you an example of a Negation first before explaining it, as it's totally impossible to process a negative (Negation) in your neurology. For example don't whatever you do, please don't think of a dancing dog. What is in your mind? Yes a dancing dog, as you have to think about the dancing dog in order not to think about it. We do this all the time, consider parents advising their young child "don't touch the paint" what does the child do they do touch the paint.

Whether we want to admit it or not, we all talk to ourselves, you know that little voice in your head. We often don't really pay too much attention to what we say to ourselves, as this inner commentary is running on autopilot most of the time. However it can be quite shocking when we do pay attention, as it is usually unpleasant.

Can you imagine, if you spoke to friends or family in the same way? You are probably thinking that you wouldn't have any friends. How many of the thousands of things you say to yourself every day, is positive and how many are about how bad, rubbish or what a failure you are? That voice in your head could actually be responsible or certainly play a part in your successes or lack of successes or dare I say it failures in any area of your life. But it is YOUR voice, which places you in a great position to change it doesn't it?

If we put this into the context of weight loss, you are on another weight loss diet, you have to follow the rules of the weight loss diet, you must eat this and not eat that, let's say on this weight loss diet, chocolate is forbidden, its bad food. So you say to yourself" I won't eat chocolate" I don't want to eat it, its bad food. Think of the term negation, the unconscious will process your words as this "eat chocolate", and then you find yourself craving for the chocolate, and you feel so weak for having the craving, wouldn't it be better if you really didn't want to eat the chocolate to say yourself simply " I'm ok"

You could also think of other examples of how our inner dialogue can impact upon our results, lets continue with in the context of weight loss, you wake in the morning you are on your weight loss diet, what are your initial thoughts? Previous clients have told me they have thought "Oh god how will I get through today" "this is so hard" " I can't do it" within your mind you have to picture all of the statements in order to make sense of them, within your mind you will create an internal representation of today being hard and possibly thinking back to times in the past when you have been on weight loss diet and really struggled, how motivating is that to start the day?
Of course you could chose to believe that you have no control over what you think or say to yourself, which is an excellent belief to hold onto, if you want to continue to talk to yourself in a negative way.

DON'T Try this exercise whatever you do. Sorry I could not help it..

Allow yourself to feel silly just for a moment Say aloud..
"I'm pissed off" ok, now say "I'm peed off" and now say "I'm weeded off" and finally "I'm tinkled off"
What did you notice during that exercise? Interesting isn't it? This can emphasise how the words we use have a profound effect upon our neurology. Here is another exercise imagine now putting a lemon into your mouth, I bet your mouth reacted, produced more saliva, your body reacted as if it was true, that you were actually putting a lemon into your mouth. Words do not just reflect reality, they can create reality. The job of the unconscious mind is to follow them not to question them.

What would happen if you made yourself accountable for your own internal chatter and external dialogue what you say to others? A huge percentage of emotions come from how you talk yourself. How much benefit would you get from spending some time monitoring, what you say to yourself in your head? What would you do if someone came up to on the street and said this stuff to you? I know if someone had said the stuff I used to say to myself in past if would have been really insulted and hurt by what they said. It's profound how we seem to think its ok to speak unkindly to ourselves. In truth it's not ok its can be quite damaging.

How many times do you say?
"I can't" when you really mean you won't
Or" I'll try" when really, your choosing not to
There is not try, you either do it or not do it
Remember you become, what you think and talk about most of the time, now strictly speaking, that would mean my teenage daughters would in fact become boys, however the point I'm making is successful people talk about what they want and yes unsuccessful people talk about and think about what they don't want.
You become what you focus on, that is why your entire life until now, is a reflection of the quality of questions you ask yourself, decide from today to ask the right questions, which lead you to what you do want. Of course I'm not suggesting this will be easy, just possible.

If you would like further information on how Hypnotherapy Hypnosis and NLP can help you lose weight, or change your relationship with food

Contact Alexia Elliott Empowerment Hypnotherapy Tel:07966412209 or email alexia@alexiaelliott.co.uk
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Alexia Elliott a Leicestershire based Clinical Hypnotherapist, Master Practitioner of NLP & TLT, explains how the words we use affect our body and motivation to weight loss.

The rules of Cause and effect in weight loss Explained by Alexia Elliott Clinical Hypnotherapist based in Leicester

noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:57:00 +0000

End the struggle with weight loss, Hypnotherapy and Hypnosis offer a long term solution which incorporates happiness. So says Alexia Elliott,Clinical Hypnotherapist, Master practitioner of NLP and Timeline Therapy at Empowerment Hypnotherapy Leicester: weight loss leicester

"You can either get results or great reasons (or excuses) for not getting results you want" if you really want true personal Empowerment consider, when things happen (as they will happen), how you decide to view the situation has a direct impact on how the situation is recorded in your memory.

According to psychology each person receives about 2 million bytes of information per second (bps) at an unconscious level, of that 2 million bps, we can only pay attention to 5 7 or 9 things at one time which is on a conscious level. So if you really think about it, more information is being presented than we can really process.

Cause and effectWhen you decide consciously what information you pay attention to, and how you allow that information to impact you, you allow yourself to be on the cause side of the equation. I know that this might be a different way of thinking. It takes an open mind for this to work.

A question for you

Are you getting the results that you want?

If you were to consider in any context, what side of the equation are you on?

What would happen if you changed your thinking, would this change your world?

So you can focus on getting results, or you can focus on the reasons or great excuses for not achieving what it is you really want to achieve, it's vital to take responsibility for where you are right now

Being at cause puts you in the driver's seat; it allows you to take control and to be responsible for your actions.

Many people who put themselves at the effect side of the spectrum, feel that their emotions just happen to them, or they are caused by other people, listen to how you speak to yourself and to others, pay attention to how others speak, you will pick up lots of clues for example

she made me angry
A bad driver ruined my day
He really annoys me

Imagine yourself getting onto the motorway as soon as you make the turn to get on the motorway, you notice there is heavy traffic. At that moment, you make a choice in how you react.

There are always other choices you could make about the traffic, one choice is to become frustrated, and allow all of the reasons you need to be somewhere else begin to frustrate you. You might allow that time in the car to literally impact your whole day negatively. You are choosing to sit in the traffic, feeling angry and bitter. Possibly arriving at work feeling angry or upset and in turn you will affect the first person you come into contact with. This trickles throughout the day until the end of the day when you're right back in traffic.

You might be asking "How I can be at cause with an event, I did not cause?" It's your belief about the event that changes the event itself. Your belief can reframe the event in a more empowering light.

If we took this same scenario and approached it from the cause side of the event, once you got onto the motorway and you saw the traffic, you would have immediately taken a deep breath and began to determine how you could make the best out of the situation knowing you can decide your response.

It's all in how you look at each particular situation. Every second of the day, you make a choice. You can choose to be happy, or you can choose to be sad, angry, frustrated, or upset. What choice are you making and how are they affecting your life right now?

Experiment

When you encounter a situation today that begins to upset, annoy, or irritate you etc

Ask yourself

Exactly what is going on here?

What can I do to change this?

What is it I want to happen instead?

Just for one day, resist the urge to make excuses, to others and to yourself.

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What you might find is that being at cause, things begin to seriously change, you are more likely to believe in the principle that any problem can be solved, which leads you to focus on what you want, as opposed to what you don't want.

Hypnotherapy and NLP can help you lose weight, says leicester based Hypnotherapist

noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:33:00 +0000

Does it feel like, however hard you try to lose weight you just can't? Or do you get so far with weight loss and it all goes wrong?

Alexia Elliott leading Hypnotherapist and Specialist in weight loss will try and shed some light on a rather murky subject.

Hypnotherapy and Hypnosis offer a long term solution which incorporates happiness. So says Alexia Elliott, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Master practitioner of NLP &TLT at Empowerment Hypnotherapy Leicester: weight loss Leicester

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Some call it falling of the wagon, others say "I've been bad" why does something which is good for us seem like such hard work?
What I hear time and time again is people saying “I start off really well and then I just stop, it’s as thought something is blocking me” The inevitable human resistance to change, when you start to do well, you might feel a strong explicable urge to stop practising positive health, this does generally occur just as you are beginning to see changes in a noticeably positive way.

Stay calm and read on
Everyone of us resists change at some level, no matter whether it’s for the worse or the better, our body, brain and behaviour have a built in tendency to stay the same within rather narrow limits and to snap back, it’s a good thing if you were to consider your body temperature to move up or down by 10% you would be in trouble.

This state of maintaining an equilibrium, which results in a resistance to change, is called homeostasis and its characterised by all self regulatory systems. From bacteria to humans to families to whole organisations, it applies to psychological states behavioural and physical functioning.

Consider the central heating system in your house, the thermostat on the wall senses the room temperature, when the temperature on a cold day drops below the set level; the thermostat sets an electrical signal that turns the central heating on. The heating completes the loop by sending heat to the room in which the thermostat is located; when the temperature reaches the set level the thermostat sends an electrical signal back to the heater to turn it off.

Thus maintaining homeostasis keeping a room at the right temperature takes just one feedback look, if you were consider the maintenance of a human body in a state of homeostasis it take trillions of interweaving electrochemical signal to course through the blood stream.

The problem is homeostasis works to keep things as they are, even if they are not very good, for example you might take up jogging and really enjoy it until you experience an uncomfortable emotion or feel dizzy or strange maybe feel like you are going to die, at some level your unconscious that this exercise is dangerous and homeostasis kicks in sending alarm bells and signalling that a significant change in the system has occurred change in heart rate, respiration metabolism, you will need to stop immediately, remember homeostasis is an unconscious process it doesn’t know the difference between positive and negative change. it resists all change after x amount of years doing what you are doing your body thinks “hey I survived until now” at the beginning of change for the better is interpreted as a threat.

Resistance is generally proportionality to the size and speed of change, not whether the change is favourable or unfavourable.

So the Question you might be asking is
How do I change for the better, and make it last?

Change is inevitable we are changing all the time, so we are already know how to deal with homoeostasis. This may let you know how much potential you have within you.You may feel as though you are sabotaging your best efforts, you may get resistance from your family members, friends, colleagues, but ultimately it’s your choice how you want to spend your time and effort staying on the right path for you.

Here are some guidelines to mastering resistance
1) Understand homeostasis
2) Be willing to negotiate with you internal blocks or resistance
3) Build up a circle of support
4) Create stability
5) Dedicate yourself to continual self learning.

Hypnotherapy and NLP can help you overcome resistance and internal blocks to sucessful weight loss allwing you to lose weight for life and be happy.

Why not take advantage of a FREE consultation with Empowerment Hypnotherapy in leicester to discuss your weight loss solutions, with Alexia Elliott.

Tel 07966412209 or visit our website www.weightlossleicester.co.uk

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noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:03:00 +0000

Why Hypnosis or Hypnotherapy for weight loss solutions? You might be asking

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When we think about dieting or weight loss, we think diets and gruelling fitness regimes, and of course both of these approaches will lead to weight loss if one is focused and determined and remains “good” the downside to this approach is you have to out your life on hold whilst you’re doing it.

Empowerment Hypnotherapy in Leicester, takes a different approach to weight loss; dieting solutions; we look at the underlying issues, which are causing the weight gain or the overeating. When you resolve the underlying issues, the process of changing your relationship with food becomes easy and effortless in fact quite liberating as you can do it without the battle and feeling deprived.

Why not take advantage of a free weight loss Consultation with a leading Clinical Hypnotherapist in Leicester Today?

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Want 2009 to be different, NLP can help set goals to maintain your focus

noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:23:00 +0000

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So how does NLP & Hypnosis help us, set clear goals in a way that will motivate us to feel compelled to complete them?

Putting it into words

Words and pictures are the building materials of our thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. Words are the basis of our self-talk—the way we mentally speak to ourselves. The quality of your self-talk can influence your success. Positive, self-talk evokes positive emotions and motivation. By putting what you want into words, you are formulating an outcome—a statement of what you intend to accomplish. Words are the primary tools we use to program our emotions and behaviours, so it's important to select powerful, words when formulating an outcome.

Why is this important?

A poorly formed outcome directs your brain in the wrong direction and keeps you stuck. A well-formed outcome, on the other hand, boosts your motivation and focuses your mind towards real results and solutions.

In the popular best-seller The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (Simon and Schuster, 1989), author Stephen Covey advised readers to "begin with the end

In mind." Any endeavour starts with a clearly stated objective. You won't get anywhere unless you know where you are going.

Here are seven guidelines for creating empowering outcomes that will strengthen your commitment to making the changes you desire

1. State Your Outcome in the Positive

Start with what you want, not what you don't want. Instead of, "I want to stop being anxious," say, "I want to feel calm." If you create outcomes around what you do not want, you continue to focus on the problem, rather than directing your thoughts toward the solution.

If you are thinking of what you don't want, your unconscious mind is creating an image of the very thing you want to avoid, and you will be unconsciously drawn toward it. For example, if someone says to you, "Do not think about a purple elephant," what is the first thing that comes to your mind? —A purple elephant, of course! Start directing your mind towards what you want.

Once you've formulated the outcome you choose, stop thinking about it as something you want. Instead, start thinking about it as something you have now or are creating now. The unconscious mind can be very literal. When you say "I want …" your subconscious mind hears "I lack …" To want something is to lack that thing. To create your outcome, speak of it as though you have it now, you choose to have it now, and you are creating it now.

2. State Your Outcome in the Present Tense

Your outcomes are about what you are doing now and into future, regardless of what has happened in the past. Although it makes perfect sense that outcomes are about now and the future, some people continue to dwell on the past when thinking about what they want. Statements like, "I wish I studied harder at school" or "I should have learned how to manage my finances by now" are not well-formed outcomes. You can't change the past, so put your attention and energies on what you can accomplish today, tomorrow, and from now on.

State your outcomes in the present tense, not the future tense. If you say "I will practice being calm" your subconscious mind hears "I will" and assumes the new behaviour will occur sometime later, in the future, rather than now. By putting your outcome in the present tense, you notify your subconscious mind that your outcomes and new behaviours are taking place NOW!

3. Create Your Goals around Your Own Behaviours and Feelings

Only you can create your future. No one else can do it for you. Make certain that your outcomes are about changing your own emotions and behaviours, not about what someone else wants you to do, or what you want someone else to do. Make your outcomes self-initiated and about you.

4. State Your Outcomes in Specific Terms

Our minds code outcomes as accomplishable when those outcomes are stated (and visualized) specifically. Specific outcomes are about observable, measurable behaviours and clearly defined emotional states. Make your outcomes specific by stating when, where, and how often you want them.

5. Make Your Outcomes Realistic and Achievable

Be careful about overblown or exaggerated outcomes. If they inspire you, that's fine. But if they lead to disappointment, procrastination, and frustration, then set your sights on something more realistic and achievable. Maybe it's better to channel your energies into simply reaching a realistic and achievable goal, learning about the process as you go along Give you sufficient time to make adjustments which let you integrate the learning at a deeper level making it habitual and effortless.

6. State Your Outcomes without Equivocation

Equivocation is a hedge—it says "I'm willing to fail" or "I Hope I can do it" these half-hearted statements are not motivating; a well-formed outcome is stated affirmatively.

7) Ecology: how does this impact on your wider system

An "ecological" outcome is safe and realistic for your situation, and doesn't conflict with your needs or values. If you choose an outcome that isn't ecological,

It won't feel right. You won't stick with it, or you'll engage in self-sabotage. Don't commit to any outcome until you've checked in with yourself—consulted your inner wisdom, so to speak—about whether you can truly commit to this course of action. If you feel vaguely uncomfortable about some outcome you've decided on, then there is probably some issue you need to resolve—or you may need to modify the outcome. Ask yourself, "Am I willing to do what it takes?" and "Is it worth it?" Every significant life choice carries a cost. Each new commitment you make means you will forfeit other choices and opportunities.

How big is your goal?

This is an important motivation factor in how you define an outcome. If you perceive that your outcome seems too large to undertake, too small to be significant or just right so that it seems doable and worthwhile. If your outcome is well-formed but seems daunting or overwhelming, you are thinking too big. Break your outcome down to doable steps.

What will you lose as a result of this
change?

Any worthwhile goal entails some difficulty, sustained effort, You might call these sacrifices, is really giving up a short-term satisfaction in favour of something else that is more valuable, enduring, and ultimately more fulfilling.

Put It in Writing

Now that you've defined your outcomes, write them out

Now close your eyes, step into each of these outcomes, and live it in your mind. Imagine doing it. Anticipate your thoughts and feelings. Imagine the satisfaction you feel as you fulfil each one. See the short-term and long-term rewards.

Put these outcomes on index cards and carry them with you during the day, so that you can read them and remind yourself where you are going. Place your outcomes around your home or workplace (if appropriate) so that you see them often and keep them in the forefront of your mind. Put them in your PDA or keep them handy on your computer desktop.

Next Steps

Now that you have well-formed outcomes, you can advance into the planning stages by asking additional questions:

• How am I going to do it?

What are the steps and the timetable for completion?

• What questions do I have?

Do I need more information? Where will I find it?

• What are my action steps?

How often will I engage in these actions?

• Who else will be involved, and what do I want them to do?

• How will I know I am making progress?

• Once I have the result I want, how do I maintain it, make it even better, or decide when it's time to go on to another outcome?

Do it

Now that you know how to create well-formed outcomes, go for it! Don't let negative, depressing, or pessimistic thoughts talk you out of it.

Decide that you are going to have your chosen outcome, don't take no for an answer, and commit to the outcome with passion, drive, and motivation. Think positively and optimistically. Be ready to meet challenges with courage and creativity, difficulties are opportunities for you to learn as you develop yourself.

Take advantage of a free Hypnotherapy Hypnosis, NLP, Consultation With Alexia Elliott in Leicester Leicestershire call Alexia Elliott today on Tel:07966412209 or visit this website www.leicestershirehypnotherapy.co.uk for further details

noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:36:00 +0000

Newsflash
Dieting makes you fatRead this article now to discover why & how

The dieter’s dilemma

Chronic dieting for weight loss has been shown to.

Teach your body how to retain more fat when you start eating again, in a form of biological compensation which helps the body store more energy or fat after dieting.

Slow the rate of weight loss after each successive attempt to diet, this has been shown to be true in both rats and human studies.

Decrease metabolism, (dieting triggers the body to become more efficient at utilising calories by lowering the bodies need for energy)

Increase binges (research has shown that humans and rats overeat after a chronic food restriction, food restriction stimulates the brain to start a cascade of cravings, to eat more after a substantial weight loss, and studies have shown that rats prefer eating more fat when people have shown a preference to foods high in fat and sugar.)

Causes your body shape to change from yo-yo dieting, the lost weight tends to regain weight in the abdominal area, and this fat storage increases the risk of heart disease.
Willpower and diets

Forget will power!! Why? You might ask, a doctor would not ask you to use your willpower to reduce your blood pressure this appears to be a prevailing attitude, that all we need is willpower and self control. In the 1993 gallop poll, the most common obstacle to losing weight citied was, willpower or the lack of it.

The world of dieting crosses many personal boundaries, for example
What you should eat?
When you should eat?
How much will satisfy you?
How can a diet know what triggers of your hunger? Or what will please your palate?

These decisions should be about preference and choice with respect to an individual’s anatomy and body signals, good guidance is important and useful but ultimately you have to be responsible for when and how much you eat don’t you?

These well intended suggestions that “you should eat less”, or “you shouldn’t of eaten that ice-cream” (food police) can set of an inner food rebellion where you use food as a weapon, sometimes referred to as forget you eating or F**k you eating.

In physics resistance occurs as a reaction to force, this principle can be seen in society, riots for example, they erupt due to the force of authority, often the simple act of being told what to do, can trigger rebellion (even if it’s something we want to do)
Rebellion is a normal act of self preservation, it’s your space and your boundaries, if you were to consider a personal boundary as a large brick wall surrounding you with only one gate, only you can open the gate if you choose to – no one else is allowed inside, unless you invite them in, within the wall resides your feelings thoughts and biological signals. People often assume they know what you need and tell you what to do; in one sense they are attempting to pick the lock to your gate or invading your personal boundaries.

You may be wondering, so if dieting doesn’t work, if dieting makes you fat then what do I do? I ask people who are embarking on yet another diet if they can do it for the rest of their life? The most common response is no. if you want to lose weight, feel good and enjoy your life at the same time, you could experiment with being a conscious eater and make small changes which you can get really good at doing for life.

Some suggestionsStart with simple changes drinking water daily, start with three glasses a day.
Eat your meal at the table (not watching TV)
Before you eat take a few deep breathes and eat slowly incorporating all of your senses, so you can really enjoy and taste the food.
Eat when you’re hungry stop when you are full

Enjoying changing your relationship with food it is a liberating process I wish you well.

Alexia Elliott
Clinical Hypnotherapist
Leicester UK

Alexia Elliott is a Clinical Hypnotherapist based in Leicester Leicestershire UK,, she is a leading specialist in weight loss and weight related issues, Alexia Elliott offers free Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy & NLP consultation in Leicester.
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noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:19:00 +0000

End the struggle with weight loss,

Hypnotherapy and Hypnosis offer a long term solution which incorporates happiness. So says Alexia Elliott,Clinical Hypnotherapist, Master practitioner of NLP &TLT at Empowerment Hypnotherapy Leicester: weight loss leicester

I would be rich, if I was given a pound for every client who walked into my office and said "I have tried every diet, I've seen every weightless expert, I know about dieting & weightless I know what to eat and what not to eat, but I just can't seem to lose weight, , Alexia you're my last hope."Have you considered why so many diets fail? Statistics show that 95% of diets don'twork and people don't lose weight; ironically we blame ourselves for the weight loss diet not working and not the process of dieting itself. Diets are a multi billion pound industry, I wonder if diets really were a successful weight loss technique if it would be such a lucrative market.

Diets are short term solutions to weight loss, there are based on deprivation, rules and regulations. Dieting is another word for short term starvation. Each time you eat something which isn't "good" you have broken one of the rules, which often gets interpreted into "I have no willpower" which can lead to every eating situation, every violation to the rules of the diet, you begin to feel more and more out of control, you may say to yourself "I'll try harder next time" "tomorrow I'll start again" for many people tomorrow is about self punishment for being bad, maybe it will be the latest fad diet that is endorsed by a airbrushed celebrity in one of the a glossy magazines, with the hope this will lead to successful weight loss.Weight loss isn't about willpower, despite many dieting companies fostering this lie. If your body has been starved you will be obsess about food.

The real issue here is that you are fighting Biology, your body needs nourishment.So if long term weight loss isn't, a symptom of dieting what is?- The feeling of knowing you are going on a diet can bring on urges and craving for "bad food"- At the end of a weight loss diet there is the celebratory "end of a diet binge" followed with large portions of guilt. A study showed the 49% of people who end a diet will binge.- Having little trust in self, weight loss dieting teaches us to not trust the body-Feeling you don't deserve to eat because your overweight- The last supper: every weigh loss diet is preceded by consuming the foods you won't be allowed to eat- Social withdrawal since it's hard to stay on a weight loss diet and go out for meals or to parties it's easier to just not go-

Sluggish metabolism: each weight loss diet teaches the body to adapt the next self imposed famine (another diet)How does Empowerment Hypnotherapy's weight loss system work?Empowerment Hypnotherapy's, philosophy on weight loss is about not only changing your relationship with food, but changing your relationship with yourself. What I have noticed consistently when working with past clients, is that despite them perusing endless weight loss diets they don't like themselves anyway.
I asked them has the self loathing helped?
Has dwelling on your imperfections made you slimmer?
Do you think it would easier to look and feel good if you actually liked yourself?

Focusing on your body in such a negative way isn't helpful. The worse you feel about yourself, the more the mental torture continues, ending this battle is a starting point Judith Rodin a body image expert points out " you don't need to lose weight first in order to take care of yourself, in fact the process actually happens quite in the reverse"Empowerment Hypnotherapy's approach is about making long term change, which in turn gives you a positive relationship with yourself and food, which creates a freedom within for you to enjoy and live your life and lose weight.

How does Hypnotherapy work?Hypnotherapy enables direct access to the unconscious mind, to enable a change to the old eating habits and to resolve any emotional reasons for over-eating. Hypnotherapy and NLP can allow you to have a change of attitude towards the food that you eat. So that you no longer want to snack on crisps or chocolates, or finish everything on your plate even if you are not hungry. This enables you to enjoy eating healthily and at the same time lose weight in a safe and natural way.

The four golden rules to changing your relationship with food- Eat when you are hungry- Eat consciously- Eat what you want- Stop when you feel you feel full. why not indulge yourself just for a day, each time before you begin to eat ask yourself "what does my body want?" it might be a glass of water a pear or a cake whatever it is enjoy it by being aware and conscious.

Of course if this feels good you might want to do it for more than a dayAlexia Elliott Empowerment HypnotherapyFor further details on Empowerment Hypnotherapy's weight loss system please visitAlexia Elliott Empowerment Hypnotherapy Leicester Hypnotherapy in Leicester with hypnotherapist Alexia Elliott. Free consultation session at Empowerment Hypnotherapy

Leicester http://www.weightlossleicester.co.uk/ "Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey" Alex noble

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noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:27:00 +0000

Part 2

food for thought

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I began to think about the idea of being consciously aware when you eat, I realised I wasn’t, I could eat a full meal and maybe I would taste the first few bites, the rest of the meal would disappear in a flash. I would stop when I had cleared the plate, the empty plate was the signal for me to finish eating.

Now I practise conscious eating, I take great delight in discreetly observing people eat in public places, what I observe consistently is people go into a trance like zombie state when they eat, they switch off. I recommend all of the fast food restaurants. Fast being the operative word as this does not just apply to the service.

The idea of being a conscious eater was a real starting point for me, I embarked on a journey of observation and self study, to develop awareness, of my relationship with food and to begin to make changes in my relationship with food. I realised a large portion of the times (pun intended) that I had been eating it wasn’t due to hunger, it was a response to a different need, feeling upset hurt or angry, or that it was 12 o’clock which meant it was lunchtime.

As a Hypnotherapist specialising in weight loss and weight/food related issues, I know this is an extremely common phenomena. My starting point was to keep a food diary, with the aim to raise my consciousness and awareness around food and eating but also to discover, the deeper issues which lead to my psychological eating.

The food dairy recorded what the time is
Where I was?
What a rating scale of hunger before eating
If there were any emotions present?
What I ate?
Hunger scale after eating

This was albeit a little annoying, having to analyse every thought about food, and every time I ate and recording it. It proved to be a crucial step in freeing myself from the trap of food obsession, This diary keeping provided me with an understanding that the times when in the past I would eat without thinking, or that I was eating due to emotions, I had to question if I really needed food or that if the food would resolve the underlying issue. This gave me greater control over my decisions.

What I began to notice was several of my eating patterns or the things which triggered cravings for food were not just driven by emotions but also by external forces, what I mean by this, is the time, what others say or do, I wasn’t always connected to my body when making choices related to food. "Its 6pm I have to cook a meal for us all," "we must eat", of course this is quite a good habit to have, cooking for one's family in the evening, but it’s not good if you had eaten a large meal earlier in the afternoon at 3pm and in truth if you’re not hungry, the feeling of having to carry out this rule was very powerful, I remember doing many meditations to overcome this illusion.

A good place to start changing this is by asking yourself “am I really hungry?” And if you’re not hungry ask yourself “what do I really want? Sometimes it might be a simple physiological need such as a drink or that you are tired or you need to rest, it might be something such as telling your colleague you won’t do their job anymore.

I will outline a simple exercise which you can follow to gain awareness consciousness and understanding which will lead to you developing a positive relationship with food which works for you at the end of this blog.

How do we develop negative relationships with food?
I revisted my past and considered Was I born with not having the knowledge of knowing what my body needed?

I meditated back to when my daughters were toddlers and I was feeding them, I remember having a bowl of food which I had prepared for them, I would present the food to my daughter mouth while making funny sounds and actions to encourage them to enjoy the process, they would gratefully take each spoonful that I offered them. At some point they would refuse the spoon of food, I would be disgruntled I thought they were being stubborn and not doing as mummy wanted “of course I knew best didn’t I?” was it at this point I was teaching my daughters that I knew more about how there body’s or the bowl of food being empty was the trigger for them to stop eating? it’s quite possible.

You could consider some of the other food rules, or associations we create throughout our lives, were you ever rewarded with food for being good? Or denied food for being bad? Celebratory meals, ordering a Chinese takeaway as you have had a bad week at work. When you start to peel the layers of associations and rules which govern our everyday behaviours, it can become quite fascinating and liberating.

Here is a simple exercise, you can practise to increase your awareness and consciousness to make changes to your relationship with food. What I mean by being consciously aware is being in a state of being awareness.

It is a process of observation and attention, in the flow of changing stimuli and perceptions. Mindfulness is ‘in the moment’, present, engaged awareness. An important characteristic of a mindful state is that it is free of judgment. Also, mindfulness is not a passive state; we apply intention when we are mindful. The intention of this exercise it to bring greater awareness to your experience and behaviours which is crucial in my view if you really want to gain understanding and make change

Exercise

Please only do this if you want to change

Spiritual traditions recommend that examining the feelings of cravings, so the next time you feel a craving for a some type of food see this as an opportunity to explore carefully and to identify what is beneath the craving. STOP whatever you are doing and explore the experience see if you can identify the underlying emotions and sensations in your body, thoughts, feelings and tensions, in and around you body. There may be a cluster of emotions they can often feel like they are burning or crushing you mind, it may feel like anxiety or fear if you don’t satisfy this cravings.

Your mind might become agitated at this point and some self destructive thoughts might kick in if you don’t eat this feeling won’t go” or “why stop this you will always be fat” these are only thoughts and they will only have power if you let them. We have millions of thoughts a day which we don’t respond to, I can think back to times when I have been really angry with one of my daughters and the thought of “I’ll kill them when I get hold of them” of course I didn’t carry it out, if you experience these self destructive thoughts, simply observe and experience the craving as this will help you to gain understanding of the structure and process and what is driving the craving. Recognise the cravings painful effects through awareness can leads to healing bringing awareness to a craving can begin to weaken it and examining a craving is an essential step in understanding healing.

Of course if you want a quick short term fix to weight loss, keep buying into the multi billion pound industry of dieting, but before you do, ask yourself, can I do this diet for the rest of my life? If you can’t, then why not try the above exercise, which might well lead you in the direction of liberation and freedom from diet mentality.

Love, Blessings & Respect
Alexia Elliott

Please contact me if you would like further information on weight loss weight control and how you can develop a heathly relationship with food

Alexia Elliott is a leading Hypnotherapist in leicester and a specialist in weight related issues.

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Food for thought..Weight loss leicester with Hypnotherapy

noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:22:00 +0000

Food for thought
By Alexia Elliott
www.weightlossleicester.co.uk
Part one

Until 2002, I had a destructive relationship with food, I felt controlled by it, I loved it and hated it at the same time. The compulsion to eat was incredibly powerful, the compulsion would usually win. I would try and ignore the compulsion and avoid eating, depriving my body of food.

Which more often than not lead to overeating later in the day a (binging) session, leaving me feeling over full, stuffed, and hateful towards myself. To get some release from these stuffed feelings I would make myself sick. As a little girl I was often sick for “no apparent reason”. With hindsight I know it was a maladaptive coping strategy, which would appear during times of high emotion or distress.

There was a general pattern,

· I would feel upset about something,
· I would have a feeling in my stomach, it felt like it was a bottomless pit, I would feel starving hungry. (This wasn’t always immediate to the above it might be a few days after the initial upset)
· I would feel intoxicating insatiable cravings and powerful desires to cram food into my mouth
· An inner voice would appear saying E.g. “go and eat something you’re fat anyway it will make you feel better”
· I would search for sweet stuff, chocolate or carbohydrates (white bread)
· I would eat so much could not get anything else into my body
· My Inner tyrant would appear in my mind saying “ stop it you idiot you have no self control”
· I would then feel terrible, bloated and fat
· And have to get rid of the food I have consumed.
· Make myself vomit
· Feel guilty and angry with myself at my lack of control.

This was a secretive process I didn’t share it with others, In many ways it was a secret from myself, as it took place at an unconscious level out of my conscious awareness, it happened in seconds. The cycle is often described as being similar to falling out of a tree as we’re falling through the branches, we don’t notice we’re getting cut and bruised. Its only when we hit the ground that we realize we are hurt.

Despite feeling guilty and angry, there was a part of me that felt cleansed and better for vomiting and it seemed to discharge some of those uncomfortable emotions which started the initial binge. Looking back I can see how and why this coping strategy ran for so long, it worked, it gave me the result of getting rid of the some of the horrible feelings. I didn’t know what they were, I just didn’t like them and needed to get rid of them, and food helped me do this.

I remember being on Hypnotherapy training we were discussing weight related issues and how powerful hypnotherapy is, in helping people lose weight or overcome weight & food related issues. Many people do not consider Hypnosis as an option for weight loss, like me, people think how can changing your thinking, change your body or make you lose weight? I remember feeling annoyed by the suggestion that it was something in my head, that made me feel and act so bad towards food and my body, I was screaming out “surely you have stop eating or go on a diet to lose weight or to be happy”

As the lecturer continued to talk, something began resonate with me, (maybe I woke up) I realised my thoughts did make a difference, if my thoughts were different, I would respond differently to food. I considered what makes me different to others who don’t have these issues? I realised it is their thoughts, a simple but profound realisation. Milton Erickson MD worked had great success with people who wanted to lose weight or change old and destructive patterns with food;

he gave his clients some very basic rules:
· Eat when you’re hungry
· Stop when you’re full, I prefer comfortably satisfied
· Eat like a gourmet (have you notice the majority of gourmets are slim? They are conscious eaters)
· Be conscious and aware when you eat, incorporate all of the sense this is vital for developing a healthy relationship with food.

Please read the following Blog for more on this article and how you can lose weight be healthy and happy without the pain of dieting.

Alexia Elliott is leading Hypnotherapist in the area of weight loss based in Leicester feel free to visit her website or to contact her for further information

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noreply@blogger.com (Alexia Elliott) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:45:00 +0000

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