Hello, Hypnotic Friends!
Michael and I would like to wish you a happy holiday season and an ever increasing sense of joy for 2013.
Life is a beautiful adventure, and this is the perfect time of year for reflection on the joys you have and the joys you would like more of. Go get ’em!
Warm Regards,
Connie & Michael
There’s an article in the news today about forensic hypnosis in Seattle. In a legal proceeding, a defendant will have hypnosis to retrieve information he cannot consciously access.
Per the L.A. Times: “SEATTLE — A military judge has ruled that defense examiners can utilize hypnosis to help Army Sgt. John Russell penetrate the haze of amnesia”…regarding alleged criminal actions.
What I see as positive about this statement is the acknowledgement of the utility and power of hypnosis for memory enhancement and information retrieval. Yes, it is. Hypnosis is the real deal in accessing the mind and tapping into its storehouse of information.
I’ve used hypnosis for memory retrieval in my work at Mindworks Hypnosis as well. These were not involvements with legal issues, but rather personal desires. Finding things. Lost, and then found– via hypnosis. 🙂 I’ve helped people recover lost items that they put somewhere then forgot where. Consciously, it’s lost, yet the information remains in the mind, in the unconscious.
We found it. Variously, for clients in Seattle, I’ve used hypnosis to recover a lost photo album, lost jewelry, lost money, lost deeds and legal documents, lost savings bonds, and also a lost rebate check (that last mentioned mind-memory work was actually for me, it was a Costco rebate check for over $300). I had NO idea where it might be, and yet I did remember it said on the check: will not be replaced if lost or stolen. Michael hypnotized me, and soon thereafter, I went straight to the check and retrieved it.
I told that story here:
Yes, Seattle, hypnosis works! For so many things. Information retrieval is one of them. I’m happy to see hypnosis recognized as a valuable tool by our legal system, because, yes, it is!
Warm Regards,
Connie
One of the concerns and worries often expressed by potential clients is the question: Do the changes last? If we end the habit (or the fear, or the urge or what have you) will it stay gone long term? YES!!! Once you upgrade the program in your mind, it stays upgraded, unless you change it again.
Here’s more evidence. Kristen Oulten of Renton, WA came in for help with a cola addiction. That was MONTHS ago. Here’s her current report:
“Hello again Connie, Well, it’s December and I haven’t had any Coke or Pepsi since my session with you last February (woo hoo!). My first experience with hypnosis and NLP was a success! Thank you!”
— Kristen Oulton, Renton, WA
Yay, Kristen!
I know it works myself. As I’ve often spoken about, I had a SEVERE spider phobia for most of my life–we’re talking decades. In one brief NLP session, fear and panic was changed to calm and clear-minded. And it’s been six years now. Six years and the calm is still in place. NLP works! Hypnosis works.
Find out for yourself. I know it’s a leap of faith to believe change can happen so easily and permanently. Hypnosis when skillfully wielded (that’s the clincher–based on the skill set of the hypnotist helper) is AMAZING. I like to share outcomes that people have experienced with me and my work. Because I love hypnosis and I know its power and I’m good at it.
Someone told me, you know, people don’t usually talk that way. Confident, she meant. Yes, I’m confident. I know what I know and the proof is in the pudding. Kristen, above, is more pudding.
I hope you’re all having some happy holidays, and when you’re ready to see some positive changes in your life, well, we can do it!
Warm Regards,
Connie
http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net/
Hi, Hypno-Friends!
Why wait for New Year’s to begin making your life better? Now is good.
The idea has been presented to us: “New Year’s Resolutions” begin on January 1st. So, I’m going to eat that pumpkin pie right now, and start my diet later!! Well, January 1st is an arbitrary marker–life is day to day and today is just as important and you are just as important in your life today and tomorrow and the next day as you are on January 1st.
This is a fantastic time to start that new food and fitness plan. Right now! Why not get past the holiday tables and feasting with a healthy mindset that leads to lean instead of December weight gain? Wouldn’t that put you WAYYYY ahead of the curve come January 1st?
Hypnosis works for weight management. And motivation to exercise. And quitting smoking, and releasing stress, and the oomph to begin new projects, and so much more to improve the quality of your life in so many ways. Discover it! It’s your mind, harnessing your inner resources and power, to move you in any direction you want. That’s hypnosis! It’s super cool, and it’s for everyone.
If you’re ready to begin the journey to healthy changes, I’m ready to help. Call me at (425) 564-8608 and we’ll get going. Now is good!
Warm Regards,
Connie
It’s a good time to pause and reflect on all the wonderful and positive people and things and happy events in our lives. Remember, what you focus on expands, so here’s to MORE of that (the good things) for you in the days and weeks and months to come!
Warm Regards,
Connie & Michael
When I was six years old, in my first grade class, we were doing an art project. They asked us to draw a rabbit. Now, we didn’t have a live rabbit to look at, so they taped a photograph of a rabbit to the front board. We sat with our crayons and went at it!
Something different happened during that art project, which I noticed at the time but didn’t understand. I drew that rabbit perfectly. REALLY, really well. As I was drawing, I was looking at the photo at the front of the room, and concentrating. Really concentrating. Inner focused concentration, connecting with the photo and following the curves.
When we were done, I was astonished at how perfect my rabbit drawing looked. Amazingly life-like. The teacher was walking around the room, looking at our work and made a big fuss over my rabbit, complimenting me. She held it up it to the entire class, and asked me if she could keep it as an example of good work for future classes.
I let her, which I’m sort of regretful about, because I wish I could look at that rabbit drawing again right now! (Actually, I could see it again, using hypnotic regression, but that’s another story for another time.)
All well and good, the teacher kept my picture. Now, here’s the interesting part of the story. A string of students then came up to me afterwards asking “show me how to draw a rabbit.” Apparently, I was now the rabbit-drawing-expert. And I couldn’t do it.
I remember taking a piece of paper and CONSCIOUSLY trying to replicate my rabbit for the first kid in line. No way. It was a pathetic squiggle. And the student took it, and walked away looking like he held a treasure.
I drew more pictures for my fellow students, and they were nothing like a rabbit, non realistic and just bad caricatures.
I understand this scenario now. I used self hypnosis to draw the rabbit. Like that book, “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain,” I tapped into my unconscious mind, my creative mind power using a focused attention. I had no idea what I was doing at the time, however I did recognize that I had a different state of mind while drawing my rabbit initially, and when asked to show how. No way could I just “draw a rabbit” quickly on command. That activity involved my six year old conscious mind.
Our conscious minds are linear, logical, limited. We can and do astonish ourselves with our own abilities when we utilize our creative mind. Not just a tiny part of our mind. That’s hypnosis–a doorway into more power! Who knew? I was already a hypnotist in first grade! 🙂
Warm Regards,
Connie
Hi, Hypno-Friends!
I’m offering a special event through Bellevue College Continuing Education next week. An experiential evening called “A Chance to Trance.” It’s hypnosis. About hypnosis, and experiencing hypnosis as well.
If you’d like to learn more about what this thing that I love so well and talk about endlessly on this blog–hypnosis–is, well, here’s an inexpensive opportunity! C’mon, sign up, and get hypnotized! Registration is through Bellevue College here:
Everyone can be hypnotized and learn to focus their own unconscious minds in powerful ways to achieve their goals. If you’ve ever wondered what trance is like, here’s your chance to experience hypnosis first hand and be guided through an ingenious process of goal manifestation by Master Hypnotist & Licensed Trainer of NLP, Connie Brannan. Bring a pillow, if you like, and bring a goal for your life success!
A Chance to Trance: Discover Hypnosis for Goal Achievement
Item: F8969
Connie Brannan
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
North Campus
Sessions: 1 Tu
Address: 14673 NE 29th Place Bellevue, WA 98007
11/13/2012 – 11/13/2012
Fee: $39.00
Hope to see you there!
Warm Regards,
Connie
Hi, Hypno-Friends.
This is a funny story. Yesterday, Michael and I were browsing books in Barnes & Noble Bookstore. Michael grabbed a book off the shelf, looked at it for a moment and informed me he was buying it. It was another book on unconscious communications. We have a LOT of those books at home. I asked him: “Does it look good?” He said: “Yes! I’m buying it. There’s something about it, I noticed it right away.” I said: “Perhaps it’s that brilliant green cover.” 🙂
So, we browse more, and eventually end up at the checkout register.
As the book is sitting on the counter, I notice that there are some words on the cover that I had not seen before, secret words: “Hey, there, Sexy! Yes, you. Buy this book now. You know you want it!” The words are invisible unless the book catches the light just so, and then creates a momentary silvery shine based on a difference in paper surface. We laughed uproariously.
Looking further, we also noticed that along the spine were the secret words: BUY, BUY, BUY, and on the back in HUGE letters BUY, BUY, BUY and also on the inside jacket flaps. I asked Michael if he had noticed the words while looking at the book. Nope! But of course, he had! With his UNconscious mind. The unconscious notices everything–taking in billions of pieces of information in any given moment.
Too funny! 🙂 The proof is in the behaviors. This purchase supports the premise of the book itself — unconscious communications affect our choices. Michael wanted the book, and bought the book! Why? Was it just his innate interest in the topic? Or did those invisible words add a motivational pull? I think both.
This drives home the idea that drives my work. Unconscious communications (things we are not aware of) have massive power over us. This is my realm, this is my playground, to notice and change these things, and create more behavioral choices for people.
I’m reading this book that Michael bought, too. Will take me all of five minutes. But that’s another story–Michael and I are just now returning from a multi-day training on hypnotic reading. Absorbing massive amounts of written information quickly using self hypnosis. 🙂
Think for a moment about what you don’t notice. It’s noticing you. And moving you.
Warm Regards,
Connie
Goodbye, sugar cravings. This is a tempting time of year, isn’t it? Halloween treats, holiday parties, family baking… If you’d like to take control of your sweets cravings and evaporate them, there is a good way. It’s called HYPNOSIS!
I helped Brian with just this thing, and here’s his results:
“Hello Mind Transforming Wizard!
Connie, You’re again amazing. The small tune up was just want I needed. …after a while I just didn’t ever crave sweets and frankly I just ignore them all together. It’s crazy, I just pass them by.
Cheers! and here’s to the good life.”
-Brian
Yay, for success! That’s what it’s all about. This isn’t touchy feely counseling talk talk talk about your problems, this is CHANGE THEM. Now. We can and we do. If you want skilled help, just ask!
Warm Regards,
Connie
http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net/
Happy Halloween!! Yay, we love this holiday. Where imagination soars, and we get to live our fantasies. Don’t get spooked by hypnosis. The real treat is true and lasting positive life change. If you’re ready for a bushell-full of that goodie, well, I know where you can get it. http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net
Have a safe and fun holiday!
Warm Regards,
Connie & Michael
Fall into Change
Here is a timely reminder that change is easy, and change is natural. Look around! Look at the Seattle autumn color, change is happening everywhere right now. Fall into change, positive changes for your life and health and happiness. Hypnosis blended with Neuro Lingiustic Programming (NLP) is a streamlined avenue direct to your goals.
Call me and/or Michael to find out more. We’re happy to share our passion with you. Our office number is (425) 564-8608.
Warm Regards,
Connie
http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net/
You know, “Dear Abby” died. And that’s a sad thing. I grew up reading her advice column, and it was always pretty sound common sense type answers for all of life’s dilemmas. I loved Dear Abby. Her daughter has now taken over the pen name, and is writing that same advice column. However, she is NO Dear Abby.
I was reading the column today, and her advice was wayyyyy off the mark. Bad advice. Stupid advice.
She was promoting GUILT. A woman wrote in about her massive guilt over past relationship mistakes, and the answer was: “You appear to be carrying a large burden of guilt. And that’s a good thing.”
In polite parlance, I beg to differ. What really went through my mind in reading that answer: “Puritanical bullshit nonsense!”
I help clients release guilt all the time. It’s one of those corrosive, self destructive emotions that doesn’t need to hang on for years, decades, life times. We let that go. We grab onto the learning and wisdom from the past experiences (so we don’t repeat the mistakes), and move on in a new direction with new better feelings and concomitant new better choices and behaviors.
As my teacher, Dr. Richard Bandler, says: “Good feelings, good decisions. Bad feelings, bad decisions.” Right on, Richard! I agree wholeheartedly!
Holding guilt would lead to more guilt-inducing behaviors. Bad, bad advice, Dear Abby 2nd generation. I miss your mom and her common sense.
Another wisdom I’ve learned from my many teachers: “What you focus on expands.” When you focus your mind backwards and wrap yourself tighter and tighter into mistakes and the negative emotions there, that does not create positive change. That creates more mistakes and more negative emotion. When you focus somewhere else, you get something else. That’s what hypnosis helps with: a new focus. And new feelings. And new choices that lead to happy and successful and healthy.
Warm Regards,
Connie
Hi, Hypnosis Blog Readers: Here’s another happy client reporting on happy life changes:
“Initially I went to Connie feeling like I needed help with drinking too much alcohol and smoking. I was kind of skeptical because of what I had heard others say in the past about hypnosis but after meeting Connie on our consultation I felt like I would like to try it anyway.
I knew that self-esteem and confidence was the real issue all my life, but Prozac can only do so much for you…I’ve had 25+ years of depression and eating issues and drinking issues. After working with Connie for 4 sessions I say proudly that I actually have that self-confidence and motivation to take charge and make changes in my life. It was the best gift I ever gave myself!
I recommend Connie to anyone struggling with similar issues that they want help with, she is very skilled and she personalizes things to work best for you.”
Anonymous, Renton, WA.
I’ll say it again. When you change your mind, you change your life. Bravo to “A” of Renton, WA. “A” is taking control of life. And that’s a good thing! Goodbye to 25+ years of “depression” and unhealthy drinking behaviors. Hypnosis works!
Warm Regards,
Connie
http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net
SUCCESS! Great word, fabulous idea. Seeing the word in print should spur positive feelings, should it not?
I saw a picture the other day. A beach, with “success” scratched in the sand near the surf’s edge. A friend shared this on Facebook, as an inspirational thing. No, it isn’t! I delve daily into the world of unconscious communications. I find and study (and change when useful) what is being communicated under the surface, which absolutely does affect us. A facet of my job is that I have trained myself to look for and listen in particular for “limiting beliefs,” ideas which stop us from success.
This picture has a very limiting belief embedded within. It’s an unconscous communication, and it’s quite negative.
Imagine this picture. The tide is out, and the sand is fairly dry but still moist. What’s about to happen? Soon, that word will be washed away, vanish, be obliterated. You know it’s going to happen, it’s a function of the location of the word and the ephemeral manner in which it is written in the sand and the inevitability of the tide. Messages in the sand do not remain. They go away.
“Success does not last.”
NOT a message I like for my unconscious mind!
I’d rather believe success is something we control and keep for as long as we want it. Not subject to the whims of nature. I’d rather have a message of empowerment (I create success) rather than disempowerment (you’re going to lose it soon and there’s nothing you can do).
Beliefs are not just ideas. They are movement operators. They create action and activity in us. Or they stop us. This picture is a stopper! Something to muse upon!
Warm Regards,
Connie
Lots of people want to know: Does hypnosis work? Do the positive changes last? Yes, and yes! Here is a another testimonial of success for Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP.
John M. of Seattle came into my office in July and had a single session of Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapy ™. At that time, he felt so sure he was done with smoking, he literally crushed the cigarettes he had. Smooshed the pack in his fist. That was his last pack. We documented it:
John crushed the smoking habit!
Now, three months later, I have John’s follow up report. It’s good news:
“Hi Connie,
It was definitely a pleasure meeting you! Since our meeting, I have not had any cravings nor desires to smoke! I feel much better and my blood pressure is down significantly. I also have been eating healthier and started to work out!
I definitely will send any friends over to you. Thank you for helping me!”
— John M. of Seattle, Washington
Yes, it lasts. The positive changes last. For John, it’s three months now–WITHOUT CRAVINGS. When you upgrade a program (new way of thinking and feeling) in your mind, it stays upgraded. And your behaviors in the world change. There’s no going back to cigarettes for John. Why would he? He’s a nonsmoker!! That’s how he sees himself, and that’s who he is. A healthy person taking care of himself. Yay, John!
If you need to dump the tobacco habit, well, it’s so much easier than you think.
Warm Regards,
Connie
Hello, Hypno-Friends!
Change doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It happens in a LIFE. And any particular aspect of life has fingers that stretch, and touch, and intertwine into all aspects of life. In short, when one positive change happens, more positive changes happen in other areas, it just tends to roll that way!
Ask Karel Creason of Bellevue, WA. She’s had life improvements all across the board through her Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapy sessions with me. “Depression.” Excess weight. Negative emotional responses to situations. GONE! I got her success report today:
“Hello, Connie,
I want to give you an update on the changes in my life since I saw you in February 2012.
I have continued to benefit from my freedom from depression.
I have been able to pursue and complete a good, healthy diet program that allowed me to lose 21 pounds…Without your help, I would still not have been able to get on this particular bandwagon. Thank you so much.
I also have been able to handle a number of emotionally difficult situations which, in the past, would have had me reeling. What a great improvement. I no longer become paralyzed with grief, fear, or anger when I learn of family illness, marital problems, self-esteem issues, etc.
These changes are because you told my subconscious what to do to make me live the way I want to. I have always held to your phrase that if something I think or believe isn’t useful in my life, get rid of it. What a concept!
In addition to letting you know how I’m doing myself, I wanted to let you know that I referred 2 of my friends to you, and they both have reported great happiness with what you did for them.”
— Karel Creason, Bellevue, WA”
Yay, Karel! Here’s another unconscious mind that deserves a series of hi-fives!!
Warm Regards,
Connie
PS: Remember, your life can change, too, whenever you’re ready to make it happen. Call me. Karel’s is not an unusual result. You know on those ridiculous “take my diet pill” weight loss ads they have small print which says: “results not typical.” Well, with my brand of Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapy, results like Karel’s ARE typical. Check out the many testimonials I’ve earned at http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net.
Hi, Hypno-Friends!
Want to sleep with strangers? Well, there’s an opportunity to do just that, in a way that’s both safe and sensible. In fact, it’s a good thing, a terrific thing. To be 100% accurate, it’s not sleep, it just looks like it from the outside. It’s HYPNOSIS. Who wants to learn how to use their own mind to create success? Me! Me! Me! Me! Maybe you, too?
I’m teaching a continuing education course at Bellevue College for their Personal Enrichment Program. It’s called “Building Confidence & Self Esteem Through Self Hypnosis.” Here is a pretty inexpensive way to taste and learn hypnosis. I guide you (the students) to trance, and we set an instant trigger to return to that state. When YOU want, on YOUR terms, for YOUR purposes. It’s powerful. It’s pleasant. It’s amazing. Come and learn! We also learn well-forming goals so that they make sense for your life, and are attainable, truly attainable, and how to talk to the unconscious part of your mind. Persuasive talk. So cool!!!
More info. is here:
http://www.campusce.net/BC/course/course.aspx?C=11562&pc=1066&mc=1387&sc
It’s spread over two evenings. 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. October 10 & 17, 2012
Right now, there are a few seats still available. Bring a friend. Bring a pillow. Bring some goals. This skill, self-hypnosis, can change your life.
Building Confidence and Self-Esteem Through Self-Hypnosis
Do you fear public speaking, presentations, or approaching an attractive member of the opposite sex? Do you have an overall feeling of low self-esteem? Learn how to feel confident, comfortable and competent with a high level of self-esteem through self-hypnosis. Success is just a trance away! This experiential workshop is conducted by Connie Brannan, CHt, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Professional Conversational Hypnotherapist and Licensed Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming ™.
Building Confidence and Self-Esteem Through Self-Hypnosis
http://www.campusce.net/BC/course/course.aspx?C=11562&pc=1066&mc=1387&sc
C’mon down and experience this for yourself!
Warm Regards,
Connie
http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net
Need a new life direction? It’s easier than you think! Here is another testimonial of success from the Seattle area for Connie Brannan’s work & Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP. Here’s what Brian Dawson reports after 3 sessions, just a few hours of hypnosis and neuro linguistic programming with Connie.
“Good morning Connie,
I thought I would give you a quick update. I feel great, refreshed, and full of life. I really want to thank you for the sessions, it was truly mind changing. You moved me back into my life’s direction. I really don’t get frustrated or angry at myself anymore mainly due to a positive direction in my own self talk. You are an artist of a person’s mind and soul. I am sure that I will utilize you in the future and won’t hesitate to call when the need arises.
Thank you!!!”
-Brian Dawson, Woodinville, WA
Woo hoo! Yay, Brian. If you live in the Seattle area or beyond, why not seek out the most skilled and successful helper you can find? Don’t settle for maybe or mediocrity, go for quality. Go for artistry. That’s me and Michael. We are Licensed Trainers of NLP (registered trademark), and we have a higher level of hypnotic success expertise than anyone else in the Pacific Northwest. And…we love what we do.
Hi, there, Hypno-Friends!
I got a lovely client update this morning, that I will be adding to the testimonial pile on the website shortly. I helped a man dump anxiety, anger, and feelings of low self worth. He wrote to me that he feels “great, refreshed, full of life.”
He goes on to say to me: “You are an artist of a person’s mind and soul.”
That email made my morning!
The keyword here is artist. Yes, Hypnotherapy is absolutely an art form. Today I want to talk about a misunderstanding that’s out there in the world. An erroneous idea. Here it is: “Hypnosis is a can of peas.”
Peas are peas are peas. When you open one can it’s pretty much identical to the contents of another can in another brand. They’re green, they’re round, they’re in a liquid. They taste like canned peas. You can buy them at QFC, you can buy them at Safeway, you can buy them at a drugstore. The price might differ by a few pennies. You can choose the cheapest peas from the nearest store. It doesn’t much matter.
A lot of people think hypnosis services are like that. A commodity that’s all the same. Might as well pick up those services close to home, or find where it’s cheaper. Here’s my answer to that. “If you’re looking for successful change, that’s the wrong approach.”
In Washington State, practicing hypnotherapists are required to get registered with the state in order to do business. Registration. Pay a fee, get on the list with the State Department of Health. There is no “credentialing” done. No requirement of education or skill set. The state cares not. Someone could take an online course or read a book, and put out a shingle and say: “I’m a hypnotist.” And so they are. Just not a good one. Not a skilled or knowledgeable one. Not an effective one.
The truth is, as my successful client noticed, hypnosis is a creative art. And people’s artistic skills vary. Lots of people paint, but their work is not necessarily worthy of hanging in fine galleries. Hypnosis and change-work skill sets vary as well. Skill is based on the quality and quantity of training in which they have participated and absorbed information, of course. Skill is also directly influenced by a person’s individual qualities, traits, personality, and life experience. Some people are more creative than others. Some people are just plain smarter than others. Some people are more passionate to learn and excel and “be the best” than others. Some people have a powerful, unshakable belief in the power of hypnosis because they’ve lived that success. Other people get hired by the chain store, have a couple days “training,” and can read a script at a client. That chain store, called “Positive Changes” went out of business last year. Why? Because they approached this work as something to be mechanized and one-size-fits-all, and they failed to be creative, effective and do the good work.
One of my most successful clients (weight loss) came back to me yesterday after about a year. She still looks beautiful, and has maintained her weight loss, wanted to work on some other things. She mentioned that she had gone to Seattle and had hired and worked briefly with two other hypnotists in that interim, figuring that there would be other hypnotists out there “as good as Connie” closer to home. I asked her how that worked out for her. Obviously, it hadn’t. She said: “I’m back.” Of course you are, if you want success.
Hypnosis is not a can of peas, and every hypnotherapist has a different skill set. Michael and I are working to upgrade that skill set in our marketplace. We created our Private Licensed Vocational School: Mindworks NLP. We’re teaching local therapists to be better. http://www.seattlenlptraining.com. NLP in particular is a conversational, high powered hypnosis, been called “hypnosis on steroids.” We teach NLP.
I recommend to all potential hypnotherapy clients: Do your homework. Ask questions. Check out any potential hypnotist. Check out the organizations which they claim certifications from. Check out their “proof” of success. Meet them. Trust your vibe as to finding the real deal, an artist to help you.
All the Best,
Connie
Connie Brannan, CHt.
Clinical Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapist
Licensed Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming®
Originator of Designer Feelings®
Originator of Designer Beliefs®
Design Human Engineer™
Persuasion Engineer™
Professional Conversational Hypnotherapist
Managing Partner, Mindworks Hypnosis
http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net
http://www.seattlenlptraining.com
Another unconscious mind deserves another High Five!!
Tessa Mercer of Maple Valley, WA has lost 13 pounds in two weeks. Yay! She’s done this after a single (that’s right ONE) session of Mindworks’ blend of hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming expertise.
Watch, listen, and feel free to emulate:
When you focus your mind, magic happens. Find out for yourself. The proof of weight loss and other success is in the pudding. Hypnosis has gotten a “bum rap” in the universe which is so ridiculous and so unwarranted. It’s you, your mind, your power, your focus on positive changes, that’s what hypnosis is. Let’s go!
Warm Regards,
Connie
Here’s an announcement and an invitation to an exciting event this Saturday, Sept 29th. Michael and I are presenting a full day’s hypnotic adventure-an EXPERIENTIAL adventure. A self-hypnosis seminar aptly entitled “Self Hypnosis for Life Success.” It’s hands on. Body on. Mind on.
You can learn more here: http://www.seattlenlptraining.com/Power-of-Mind-Hypnosis-and-NLP-Seminars.html
Our “early bird” special price ends midnight tomorrow. 9/25/12. Sign up now and get this training for $49. Thereafter, it’s $97.
| It’s all about hypnosis – the truth, not the myths.
It’s all about hypnosis, experiencing it, and learning more: how the mind works, the mind-body connection, about the language of influence and how to talk effectively to your unconscious mind (and get it to do things you want for yourself), well-formed goals, how to hypnotize yourself on an ongoing basis, a full process for putting it all together for successful life changes! Whatever your goal(s), weight loss, or motivation, or habit changes, or enhanced learning and creativity, the uses are as limitless as your own mind. Clients come into my office and pay a lot more to learn what I’m offering here for this incredibly low investment. Why? I want the world to know about hypnosis as a force for good and as a tool for self change. I know it! I live it! It’s powerful. It’s natural. It’s the best thing since sliced bread! It predates sliced bread. It’s changed my life in so many ways: weight loss and more. I’ve used these tools to empower myself with confidence and motivation and enhanced learning to the point of becoming an entrepreneur and starting my own business. I’m creating success. Now. You can, too. Amaze yourself, you are capable of so much more. Here’s a door for you to open. And once you do, life will become so much more. http://www.seattlenlptraining.com/Power-of-Mind-Hypnosis-and-NLP-Seminars.html Here’s why you want to experience this magic live! Imagine describing the taste of chocolate to someone who has never tasted it. Imagine describing making love to someone who has never experienced it. You can read and learn ABOUT bike-riding, but what’s missing is that physical and emotional experience, the surge of exhilaration, the wind in your hair, the motion of moving through space, the balance. You need to experience certain things to really UNDERSTAND them. Hypnosis is like that! Come and experience it this Saturday! This state of mind is a power, a force for positive change. You’ll walk out of the seminar room on Saturday evening with tools for success. Tool which you can use NOW. Immediately. To feel and be a different person, in ways you choose to become different. A self-enhanced person. You are in control. It’s a spa for your mind! Who wants stress release? If for no other reason, come and experience hypnosis for that like-no-other feeling of mental and physical relaxation. When my clients and students emerge from trance, they are “blissed out.” They’re looking at me like “I had no idea. Thank you! Thank you!” Here are some actual client comments about the experience of hypnosis: Gene from Mercer Island: “That was delightful.” Andy from Seattle: “Better than sex!” Jacqueline from Redmond: “I’ve never been that relaxed before in my entire life!” Hypnosis is good stuff! You can get in on this opportunity to learn more now and attend our event at http://www.seattlenlptraining.com/Power-of-Mind-Hypnosis-and-NLP-Seminars.html You can sign up online or call us at (425) 564-8608 to get registered with the investment of just $49 if you act fast! Seats are limited, so act now if you want in! Hope to see you this Saturday! Warm Regards, http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net http://www.stopsmokingseattle.com (425) 564-8608 |
Hi, Hypnosis Friends!
Mindworks Hypnosis has received another glorious testimonial of client success! G. E. of Mill Creek, WA. (using her initials only, by request) used to have low self esteem and she lacked confidence and it was negatively impacting her work and her interactions with coworkers and managers. Not any more!
Things are changing. Read all about it, below. Life success changes for G.E. Less “nervous” and more “confidence” resulting in more “responsiblility, visibility and creativity.” That’s what a powerful blend of the best of Seattle hypnotherapy services and the artistry of Neuro Linguistic Programming can do for a person. G. E. sent two letters detailing her success with improved confidence after our sessions.
“Hi Connie, I promised you that I would get back to you about the results of a big meeting I was due to have with my manager: it went well. I felt free to speak and wasn’t fearful in any way. Perhaps more telling is that my heart wasn’t pounding before the meeting. When this happened (in the past), I was so nervous that all my prep work went out the door and I wound up looking like I don’t know what I was talking about. But it didn’t happen in this case. I felt comfortable standing my ground and speaking up for my needs.
… I’m also finding myself speaking up more in meetings. When I don’t know what something is, I’m not afraid to ask the speaker for clarification. In the past, I was too scared to look like a dummy.
So, all in all, some very positive changes are afoot. 🙂 Thank you for help with all this. I’m going to keep utilizing my newfound confidence.”
Regards, G. E., Mill Creek, WA.
And I received a follow up email:
“Since my last email, the proposal I was discussing with my manager during the meeting I referenced was subsequently approved by her superiors, giving me more responsibility, visibility and allowing me to be more creative. 🙂 If I hadn’t taken that first step of broaching the topic with her first, which I very likely wouldn’t have if I continued along my spiral of low-self esteem and lack of confidence, things wouldn’t be where they are today.”
Way to go, G. E.! I love a success story. G. E. is one!
This is what I do every day. Work with people to become who they want to be, doing what they want to do, feeling the way they want to feel. Life should be a positive adventure, not a negative experience. How wonderful that these tools exists to change lives like G. E. She had three sessions, and reversed that downward spiral she had found herself in previously. Three weeks to a new life. Are you ready?
Warm Regards,
Connie
Candi of Mercer Island was seeking sales and business success! She’s finding it. In herself–with a new state of mind. She attended our NLP for Sales one day seminar last week and began her education on the power of NLP to change how you think, feel, and what you can do. She created her ideal sales state of mind, and guess what? It works.
Here’s what Candi wrote:
“Hi Connie!!! I had my best selling day yesterday! Got congratulations from my boss and my whole team! Thank you! I am calm, confident, articulate, tenacious…THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!” –Candi of Mercer Island
If you are feeling limited or unsuccessful, well, that problem is no problem. There are tools for change. Wonderful tools. My primary tool is NLP, Neuro Linguistic Programming (I’m a Licensed Trainer of NLP through Dr. Richard Bandler–the co-originator of NLP) and it’s amazingly powerful.
Michael and I are currently offering these “taster” one day seminars. Obviously, to Candi, the taste was delicious. We have another one happening this Saturday. It’s called: NLP for Personal Change and Life Success. As of this typing, there are only five seats still available. You can sign up here if you’d like a taste of success. http://www.seattlenlptraining.com.
As always, if you’d prefer expert guidance to your goals, I also offer one on one NLP blended with hypnotherapy sessions as well. http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net.
Hope to see you in a class of Mindworks NLP – Seattle NLP Training, or in my hypno chair one on one.
Warm Regards,
Connie
Hi, Hypnosis Friends!
I was on a hypnosis forum this morning, and a hypnotist-wanna-be (he’s not there yet) was espousing on the evils of the unconscious mind. He called it “sad” and “destructive” and didn’t think it should be involved in decision making. Wrong! Wrong and double that for more wrong!
Wow, this guy doesn’t know what hypnosis is, and he doesn’t know how the mind works. All decisions come from the unconscious mind. All of them. Contrary to what we “think,” all our behaviors and decisions are driven by unconscious processing. That’s why we “think” we want to change something (like quit smoking), and yet we don’t do it. You have to get into the level of the unconscious mind to make changes, and there’s where hypnosis and Neuro Linguistic Programming NLP come into play.
Here’s what I believe: the unconscious mind is pure positive energy and it’s ALWAYS moving toward what it perceives as the best way to achieve positive goals. When new (more useful) choices are introduced, via our work–hypnotists & Nelpers–the unconscious mind says: “YES, yes, yes, that’s better and I’m going for it.” Fear becomes calm. Bored becomes motivated. Depressed becomes joy…and so on. And new behaviors flow from there.
I LOVE unconscious minds, and it’s such a joy and privilege to communicate with them. High-Five to the unconscious mind!
Warm Regards,
Connie
Live… like someone left the gate open.
Enthusiasm for life, passion, joy, freedom. Fun!
Hi, Hypno-Friends.
Earlier today Michael and I put on a funtastic seminar at the Coast Hotel offering hands on NLP tips, tidbits and communication tools for improving business. We had a great turnout and a great time.
So much fun, we’re doing another. Two weeks from now, we share more NLP insider secrets of how to get the life you want. This seminar is focused on Personal Development and Life Success. There are still a few seats, and our “early bird” price of $49 is still here (for now). Sign up here: http://www.seattlenlptraining.com.
More details below! 🙂
Here’s an exciting event we’re offering! Michael and I are putting on a 1-day Seminar on NLP for Personal Change & Success this month, on Saturday, September 22nd, in Bellevue, WA. We’d love for you to join us! In this full day seminar, you’ll learn to use amazing NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming, which is a “high tech conversational hypnosis”) techniques to improve your life more than you ever thought possible!
Special NLP Event – 1 Day Seminar NLP for Personal Change & Success
NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) can be defined as: the study of human excellence. If it weren’t already taken, the slogan for NLP could be: “Be all that you can be.” Yes, you can. We’ll help you get there, with the transformational secrets you’ll learn in this amazing 1-day event.
Now is the time to improve your life!! Learn and experience incredible subconscious communication tools for personal (& business) success, and pumping up your joy and fulfillment. It’s all about crafting your own experience of life, “driving your own bus,” as co-creator of NLP, Richard Bandler, says.
Learn simple techniques you can use immediately to increase personal satisfaction, self confidence, influence and power. Eliminate undesirable habits! Program in more useful ones. Control your emotional states and more!
This seminar/workshop is hands on, with class demonstrations and exercises as well as lecture. So you can expect a very interactive and experiential training event. You will learn with not one, but TWO Licensed Trainers of Neuro-Linguistic Programming ™, Connie & Michael Brannan.
Our regular price for this seminar is $97 for the general public, but we are offering an “early bird special” for $49 for the full day’s event. Wow! We must be insane to share this much for so little, but we love these tools so much we want the world to know them, too. Ample free parking available. We’ll be providing coffee, decaf, tea, and pastries in the training room. There are numerous restaurant choices nearby for lunch.
You can sign up online here: http://www.seattlenlptraining.com.
For more details, call Connie at (425) 564-8608 or email connie@seattlenlptraining.com. Space is limited, so sign up now to guarantee yours!
Website: http://www.seattlenlptraining.com
Location: Bellevue, WA (venue TBD, directions emailed to participants).
NLP for Personal Change & Success
Saturday, September 22nd, 2012
9:30 AM – 5:00 PM.
Bellevue, Washington
Tell your friends. Call me, Connie, at (425) 564-8608 for any info or questions or sign up now at http://www.seattlenlptraining.com. Buy now button is on right hand column. Michael and I hope to see you there.
Now is the time to enjoy life more!! Learn incredible NLP subconscious communication tools for personal enhancement, self development, and success.
Sincerely,
Connie & Michael Brannan
Licensed Trainers of Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Mindworks NLP http://www.seattlenlptraining.com
I’m working with a girl right now whose father told her at a ripe impressionable age: “you don’t deserve anything.” One of the things her mind decided she didn’t deserve was health. In her adult mind, she knows what her father MEANT for her to learn by that statement: “you won’t be offered things on a silver platter, you have to work hard to achieve success.” BUT…what he said and what she heard, literally was: YOU DON’T DESERVE ANYTHING.
Wow! Her unconscious mind took that on board. Absolutely literally. What a terrible and damaging message–coming from someone who should be loving and nurturing. I asked her yesterday if she deserved to breathe the air in the room, and I could see her internal struggle because she knew it should logically be “yes” yet she felt and believed it was “no.” This blog entry is called: “Does your hand deserve your thumb?”
I posed that question to my client yesterday, in trance. “Does your hand deserve your thumb?” We let her powerful unconscious mind percolate on what is natural, what is a part of us, and what is “deserved.” I also asked her if a flower deserves sunshine, and to be nourished by rain and the nutrients in soil? Does a flower deserve to bloom? I sure think so!! This lady is a flower who thinks she has no right to bloom. I’m helping her to change her thinking–and her health!
Language is so much more powerful than people know. One of the tragedies (and so unnecessary) of human life seems to be this parental business of installing negative and limiting and damaging beliefs in children. The young mind has no conscious filter to block damaging ideas, like adults have.
A huge piece of my NLP and hypnotherapy work involves un-installing negative beliefs and re-installing power and possibility into lives. I’m so happy this technology exists which creates healthy change so quickly and seamlessly. I’m also so happy that I’ve been privileged to learn it, really learn it from the source of NLP himself, Dr. Richard Bandler, the best of the best of the best.
Unfortunately, I’m continually finding that other Seattle area hypnotists don’t have the skill set or the mind set for this work–and clients who have escaped their ineptitude come to me and tell me horror stories of non-helping and “hypnotists” even installing more limitations in them. These unskilled ones are playing at being hypnotists, as a part time “I know enough to get by” kind of gig. Luckily, they won’t be around for long, because they can’t deliver the results.
Go for quality. Someone well trained and imaginative enough to understand the power of words to help and heal.
Warm Regards,
Connie
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Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP/Seattle NLP Training Last Chance for our $49 Early Bird Special NLP for Sales & Biz Success 9/8/12
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| Hi, Hypno-Friends!
Heads up! Our early bird special pricing for this Saturday’s NLP for Sales & Business Success Seminar ends tonight. It’s now just $49, but after midnight tonight, it reverts to our regular full price of $97. This amazing seminar is only offered once or twice a year, so the time to enroll is now. By buying NOW you save yourself almost $50 off our regular price. And remember, in this course you will learn fabulous tools for your business and personal success. Check out the points below! |
| Special NLP Event – 1 Day
Seminar NLP for Business Success this Saturday, Sept 8th, 2012 NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) is a amazingly powerful set of tools that will enhance your rapport with clients and sales prospects, and employees, increase your persuasive abilities and influence, and skyrocket your bottom line. We’re talking SALES, we’re talking about positive influence, and motivation. This powerful seminar/workshop will focus on the language of influence, both verbal, and nonverbal, gestures, body language, tonality, physical space, and how language connects with behavior. You’ll learn quick techniques you can use right now, this minute, to enhance your business–and, indeed, your positive persuasive abilities in all aspects of your life. Now is the time to build your wealth!! Learn incredible subconscious communication tools for business (and personal) success, and pumping up your bottom line: SALES. Learn some simple techniques you can use immediately to increase rapport and influence and power. Close those deals, so easily, and develop business relationshipsthat will endure. Taught by Licensed Trainers of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Connie & Michael Brannan. Invest in your success! In business, and in life. Enjoy the FULL day’s experience for $97. Free parking. Refreshments provided. For more details, call Connie at (425) 564-8608 or email connie@seattlenlptraining.com or log onto http://www.seattlenlptraining.com to sign up now online! Website: http://www.seattlenlptraining.com Location: Bellevue, WA Hotel meeting room When: This Saturday, September 8th, 2012, 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM.Tell your friends. We love these tools so much we want the world to know them, too. Call me, Connie, (425) 564-8608 for any info or questions or to sign up now! This is a really nice opportunity to learn something amazing! Seats are limited, so I suggest you hop on board now to guarantee your spot. (That’s only a suggestion, and I’m only a hypnotist!) |
| Sincerely,
Connie & Michael Brannan Master Hypnotists Licensed Trainers of Neuro-Linguistic Programming Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP |
She’s Joy-Riding Now. And Joy-Driving!!
http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net More evidence in support of NLP and Hypnosis success as offered up by Seattle’s Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP. Joy Epstein, of Sun City, AZ had a paralyzing fear of driving, with panic attacks. That’s over. She shares her emotion over the positive changes in her life through her work with Connie Brannan of Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP. She’s Joy-Riding now, and Joy-Driving. Mindworks is the most effective results-oriented hypnotherapy in Seattle for your life success. Call us to learn more: (425) 564-8608. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNsF6-gfOiQ
Hi, Hypno-Friends!
Michael and I are excited to announce 3 special events we are offering next month. Experience and learn the NLP and hypnosis tools we use and love. We are offering three 1-day hands on seminars:
NLP for Sales and Business Success — Saturday, Sept. 8th
NLP for Personal Development & Life Success — Saturday, Sept. 22nd
Self Hypnosis (the power within) Workshop — Saturday, Sept 29th.
We’d love for you to join us for any and all! The venue is located in Bellevue, Washington. Right now we are offering a very special “Early Bird” price. $49 bucks each full day seminar! Wow!
In our e-newsletter, The Monthly Trance, and on our “blog,” you’ve read about NLP techniques and hypnosis and powerful methods of change. NOW, you have an opportunity to experience this transformational methodology live and in person.
You can sign up with a “buy now” button here: http://www.seattlenlptraining.com
Special NLP Event – 1 Day Seminar NLP for Sales & Business Success – Saturday 9/8/12
This powerful seminar/workshop will focus on the language of influence, both verbal, and nonverbal, gestures, body language, tonality, physical space, and how language connects with behavior. You’ll learn quick techniques you can use right now, this minute, to enhance your business–and, indeed, your positive persuasive abilities in all aspects of your life.
http://www.seattlenlptraining.com
Special NLP Event – 1 Day Seminar NLP for Personal Change & Success – Saturday 9/22/12
This powerful seminar/workshop focuses on using NLP for self development and life success. NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) can be described as an amalgam of linguistics and hypnosis, and is based on the study of human excellence. If it weren’t already taken, the slogan for NLP could be: “Be all that you can be.” Yes, you can. We’ll help you, as you learn and experience powerful subconscious communication tools and techniques you can use immediately to increase personal satisfaction, self confidence, influence and power. Eliminate undesirable habits! Program in more useful ones. Control your emotional states and more!
http://www.seattlenlptraining.com
Special Event – 1 Day Seminar Self Hypnosis Workshop – Saturday 9/29/12
You’ll learn incredible subconscious communication tools for personal (& business) success, and pumping up your joy and fulfillment. In this seminar you’ll learn a simple process from A to Z for going into trance and effecting positive changes. These are techniques you can use immediately to change habits, to increase personal satisfaction, self confidence, motivation and more!
http://www.seattlenlptraining.com
Now is the time to find your power!! Learn incredible subconscious communication tools for business and personal success. These workshops are experiential, hands on as well as minds on lectures and demonstrations. Come prepared to “do” hypnosis and/or NLP with us and each other. Whether its for your personal enrichment or to add to your helping toolkit as a practitioner, these events are for you! If you have any questions, please call us!
Sincerely,
Connie & Michael
Connie & Michael Brannan, CHts.
Licensed Trainers of Neuro-Linguistic Programming ™
Mindworks NLP
Mindworks Hypnosis
http://www.seattlenlptraining.com
(425) 564-8608
Hi, Hypno Friends!
Obesity! That’s an ugly word! What is it? The dictionary says it means “excessively fat or fleshy”, originating from latin words meaning “intensive eating.” Good news: It’s really NOT an immovable monolithic THING, it’s a cumulated effect of choices, patterns, behaviors and actions–which are moveable objects, not monoliths.
Obesity is a huge problem in Seattle and the world. I was musing today on the mindset of healthy eating, healthy movement and exercise, and reshaping the body, and how easy those things are to create and sustain through hypnotherapy. It really comes down to focus and frame of mind. When you successfully change those, you change everything.
“Habits” don’t control us, it’s the UNconscious drivers of habits that are important. With hypnosis, those things can be located and changed. And I mean EASILY. With skilled hypnosis and NLP – supercharged powerful conversational hypnosis – ideas, feelings, and habits that lead to “obesity” can change in a heartbeat.
If you do emotional eating, binge eating, have tried fad diets and worse in a fail after fail attempt at weight control of obesity, well….there’s a new kid in town. Only she isn’t new. She’s been there all along, you just haven’t noticed her. Her name is HYPNOSIS. She’s starting to flex her muscles. Yay!
Hypnosis is a powerful, powerful tool in the battle with obesity. How do I know this? I’m living it, baby! And I help people in the Seattle area and beyond with my hypnotherapy and Neuro Linguistic Programming work and hear and see their weight loss results.
Cut through all the gimmicky crap (like, eat grapefruit for a week), artificial diets that don’t sustain any real changes, or radical and RIDICULOUS ideas like body surgery for obesity, pills to alter your chemistry with who knows what awful side effects, and think for a moment about what really has the power over you and your choices. (dramatic pause) NOTHING! You have the power, only you aren’t currently connected to it. Hypnosis and NLP (done well by someone creative and skilled) can do that, connect you to your power. Goodbye, Obesity!
There’s a reason Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP has been awarded “Best of Bellevue 2011” and “Best of Bellevue 2012” for WEIGHT LOSS AND CONTROL PROGRAMS. Because hypnosis works best for obesity. Obesity isn’t a body state (as medicos keeps insisting), it’s a mind state. And you can change your mind anytime. Now is good.
Find out more here about how to beat obesity: http://www.loseweightseattle.com/. And I invite you to read and SEE some very nice testimonials of success with Seattle area’s Mindworks Hypnosis here: Seattle, there’s help for obesity.
When you’re ready to change your thinking and your feeling and your doing around your weight, call me! (425) 564-8608. I AM the Best in Bellevue and Seattle, too, for that matter. Discover hypnosis for helping with obesity!
Warm Regards,
Connie
DOES HYPNOTHERAPY WORK? YES! CHECK OUT OUR SEATTLE AREA CLIENTS’ SUCCESS STORIES!!!
“The proof is in the pudding!” I say that a lot!! On my website you will find enough “pudding” to feed an army. You want results!! Here are some Seattle area hypnotherapy clients, people just like you who report wonderful life changes since experiencing the power of hypnosis with me and Michael.
I know…there are SO many testimonials of hypnotherapy success on my website that they are becoming unwieldy. The sheer number of them should tell you something useful– however I know it could also be useful to you to find direct success examples on YOUR issue or issues.
So, I’ve created this handy index! If you’re in Seattle, or anywhere in the Greater Puget Sound area, and are looking for evidence of the best results in hypnotherapy, I invite you to click the links below. Here is proof of success, from up close and personal video testimonials (clients so thrilled they want to share their names & faces), to written reports of successful habit changes of every variety. Check out these testimonials of successful Seattle hypnotherapy work with Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP!
— MINDWORKS HYPNOSIS CLIENT VIDEO TESTIMONIALS
— WEIGHT LOSS HYPNOSIS SUCCESS TESTIMONIALS
— STOP SMOKING HYPNOSIS SUCCESS TESTIMONIALS
— RELEASE OF FEAR AND PHOBIA HYPNOSIS TESTIMONIALS
— PAIN MANAGEMENT WITH HYPNOSIS SUCCESS TESTIMONIALS
— STRESS MANAGEMENT WITH HYPNOSIS SUCCESS TESTIMONIALS
— SLEEP IMPROVEMENT HYPNOSIS SUCCESS TESTIMONIALS
— SPORTS ENHANCEMENT HYPNOSIS SUCCESS TESTIMONIALS
— MORE MISCELLANEOUS HYPNOSIS & NLP TESTIMONIALS
What’s your desired success? Call me. (425) 564-8608. Michael and I are the best in Seattle hypnotherapy.
Warm Regards,
Connie
“How do I find a good Seattle Hypnotherapist?” I’m a Team Member representing the professions of hypnosis and NLP Neuro Linguistic Programming on a popular internet forum board. I’m often asked for advice on finding and choosing a hypnotist. Someone who’s “the real deal,” and not an unskilled fly by night.
Yes, the true, skilled, passionate “this is my life” successful hypnotists are out there. This is how you find them. Word of mouth is great, but failing that, you’re going to be looking at the internet.
Focus on the focus. It’s all comes down to a person in my profession’s focus and primary goal. Is it about marketing ploys and making money, or is about the joy of developing a skill set and making client successes? When you look at a person’s web presence, and/or meet them face to face, you’ll be able to notice the difference. I call it puff vs. passion.
Here’s a direct quote from a hypnotist visiting my forum board who said his goal was marketing himself for “truckloads of clients”: “I WANT MONEY AND LOTS OF IT. I WILL TRADE MY WIFE FOR MONEY. I WILL BETRAY GOD FOR MONEY. I WILL SELL MY KIDS. I HATE CLIENTS AND I DON’T CARE ABOUT ANY OF THEM. I WOULD EVEN GIVE MY MOTHER A PHOBIA AND CHARGE HER A “TRUCKLOAD OF MONEY” TO GET RID OF IT. I DON’T CARE.”
This attitude disturbs me greatly. Hypnosis is a helping profession, and people with such a money grubbing focus shouldn’t be in it. It’s not about the “dough re mi” for me. It’s about doing something worthwhile, and making a difference in people’s lives. I figure that the financial rewards are a given, if I devote myself to the pursuit of excellence and helping people achieve their goals and their potential.
This guy quoted above: I’m sure he’s hired a good SEO (search engine optimization) person to help him get ranked high on Google–because that’s what it’s about for him. Or he’s paying for Google ads.
Here’s a tip: Ignore those paid ads. In my opinion, many times those listings at the top of the google pages which are highlighted as “paid ads” tell me the person is either brand new and/or not very good. The real deal people rise in those listings as an “organic search” because of the substance and quality and CONTENT of their website. My listing is organic.
Here are a few more clues to find a serious professional hypnotist vs. an unskilled hypnotist.
Certifications. I know it’s difficult for the lay person to know the difference between “printed this in my basement” certificates from newly created fake “professional orgs” vs. the real trainings that a professional would have from respected sources. Here’s a clue, the number and dates of certification. A dedicated professional keeps learning, and would have a variety of trainings under their belt. Studying a website, do your research on the hypnotist’s credentials.
Check out the organizations listed. How long have they been around and continuously active? Are they national? International? How many members, tens vs. thousands? I’m a member of the NGH (National Guild of Hypnotists). We have been around since the 1950’s–it’s the oldest and most well respected professional organization for hypnotists in the US. If they are hyping an NLP certification, find out if it’s through Dr. Richard Bandler or John Grinder or Steve Andreas. Those are the originators of NLP. Other “schools” (some legitimate, some a joke) offer far lesser versions of this power. The real deal people have paid the training bucks and spent the time honing their craft. And continue to do so.
Testimonials. How many, and in what form? Do they ring true? Do they contain details? Real clients don’t sing praises in generics, they tell stories.
Does the hypnotist share their passion and their interest in hypnosis on their website through a “blog?” Does it seem to be a real blog or a fake blog? Does it have any original content, or just recycled stale articles written by somebody else that may or may not be on topic but have some keywords in them for the search engines? Do they create it themselves, or do they just pay some outsourcer $5 for silly entries like “What is a hug?” How frequently do they post? A blog (like mine here) is another indicator of passion. I LOVE hypnosis, I LOVE my blog, and I love writing and sharing my passion with you.
More things to examine to find the perfect Seattle hypnotist. How long has a hypnotist been in business. If you can’t find any history, that’s a red flag.
Are they registered with Washington State Dept. of Health as a professional hypnotherapist? To do business in our state, that’s a legal requirement.
Are they an Accredited Business with the Better Business Bureau? This shows a dedication and commitment and adherence to ethical business practices. If they are with the BBB, what is their ranking? Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP is an accredited business with the BBB, with an “A” ranking.
In any profession from auto mechanic to teacher to doctor to hypnotherapist, there are the “real deal” professionals and the also-rans. “How do I find a good Seattle Hypnotherapist?” Here’s one last tidbit to help you. TRUST YOUR UNCONSCIOUS MIND. I recommend meeting your prospective hypnotist face to face. Intelligence shines. Passion shines. Trust your gut as to whether or not this person can help you. If anything feels “off,” run for the door.
Hypnosis works. Best in the hands of a skilled and passionate and professional practitioner. They’re out there. Me, for example. My husband, Michael, for another. Call us and meet us, check out our credentials, judge for yourself, and find the best hypnotherapists in the Seattle area.
Warm Regards,
Connie
Have you ever stewed over a problem situation, looping negative thoughts again and again in your mind? Maybe it was about family, maybe about work, maybe it was health related. I know we all have those “stew times!!” Some call it worry, or obsessing. I call it unnecessary.
What if a problem that has been looming large in your mind could be minimized to the point of trivial? What if this problem / situation / icky-ness was absolutely OVER as far as you’re concerned and didn’t affect you negatively anymore? That would be great, wouldn’t it?
Here’s a super simple (and massively powerful) NLP technique to do just that – to put thoughts of a problem behind you.
When we think about our life, we have a mental construct that’s called a “timeline.” We have NOW. We’re in it. There’s also a sense of past. And a future. These things actually have directionality in our minds. We “see” our life around us in space. For most people I discuss this with, the future is ahead of them, in a direct line moving out into space in front of the body. Tomorrow is close in front, and next week is further out in front, and next year is further out than that, moving along a line stretching from your body out into infinity in front of you. The past is often behind, directly behind us, and similarly, the further back in space behind the body is the further back in time in our minds. PS: Everyone’s different and there’s no right or wrong timeline. MY future is out to my right hand side, and the past goes off to my left.
Sit for a moment and think about your life, and identify your personal sense of time, your timeline. Got it? Good!
Now, for a moment, focus on the problem you’ve been stewing about, the thing you’d like to STOP giving your mental energy. Perhaps it’s something outside of your control and there’s no point in generating endless bad feelings about it. Or something that belongs in the past and you haven’t put it there. Yet.
Let’s do that now! Make an image in your mind that represents the “problem.” Any image will do. Whatever pops into your mind’s eye is fine. Now look at that picture, pretend it’s a picture on a canvas or screen. Notice in particular the size of the image and where it seems to loom in space. Is it right in front of you? Off to the side? Close? Far away? Is it life size? Notice what you can notice about the qualities of the picture, size and location.
Now, imagine that the picture begins to change. It’s getting smaller. Smaller, it’s collapsing in on itself, like a resizing in photo-shop. Same image, just smaller. Keep shrinking it. More. Until the picture’s canvas or screen is the size of a postage stamp. Now, shrink it to half that size! Good! Now, check in with yourself and notice if you feel better in some way about the “problem.”
Next step. Imagine that the tiny picture sprouts wings and the image begins to fly through space, like a moth. And it takes off into the directionality of your past. If that is behind you (your past), see the image moving away from you in space behind you. Further and further behind you. Until you can’t even see it. Now, the wings fall off and the picture plops down and stays, planted where it fell. Into the past. Where it belongs.
Check in again with yourself, and see if the “problem” feels different to you. Perhaps it’s not even there. A problem is only a problem if you think it is, and this process changes your thinking. Go for it, and discover for yourself how you can reframe your thoughts so quickly and powerfully. You’re amazing beyond your own knowing, and this process is a super easy way to tell your brain: it’s over!
Go for it and let me know your results!
Warm Regards,
Connie
PS: Michael and I have 1-day seminar events coming up in September. You can learn more ways to use pictures, feelings, sounds, to change your thinking and change your life. More info is here: http://www.seattlenlptraining.com
Hi, Hypnosis Friends! Here is a video testimonial. 18 year old Alana of Seattle, Washington came in for stress relief and positive changes. She found them. Now, she’s feeling different, more resourceful.
She is going back to school happier! Confident. Successful. More “put together.” That’s what hypnosis can do for you!
Young people make the BEST hypnotic subjects. Alana is beautiful (that’s obvious), and now her mind is on board to create a beautiful life. Thank you, Alana, for sharing your success with us.
Warm Regards,
Connie
Hi, Hypno-Friends!
The other day I was re-reading parts of Alice in Wonderland, for pleasure. Lewis Carroll was a master of wordplay, which I enjoy. He was also a wise man.
I read this:
Alice: This is Impossible
Mad Hatter: Only if you believe it is.
Absolutely, yes. What we believe to be true is or becomes true for us. This is a large piece of what I do with clients — we find new, better, more useful truths, and create and install them in the mind. The unconscious mind, with a truth in place, gives your life direction to achieving that, with nudges, pushes, noticing of opportunities, and forward momentum.
For example: if a person believes that they can’t lose weight–they’re quite likely to achieve precisely that–NOT losing weight. If a person believes they are “not good enough,” they will engage in unconscious self sabotage to make sure they don’t succeed. If a person believes “nicotine is an addiction,” that makes it harder to quit smoking. Beliefs may be useful. “I can do it! This is easy!” Or they may not: “I’m lazy.” If there’s some belief in your life which should NOT be true, it can absolutely be changed. Let me help you to change it. If there’s something which should be more true, let’s do that. It’s all moveable furniture.
Here’s to new ways of thinking in your life becoming the new realities of your life!
Warm Regards,
Connie
http://www.seattlehypnosisworks.com/
Hi, Hypno-Friends!
Here is another story. 🙂 A client came in to enhance her business success. Her problem? A feeling of not being “good enough” or “smart enough” — in a nutshell, a lack of confidence. She found herself feeling anxious and unable to speak up during business meetings–even when she had valuable things to say.
I found out what she wanted instead. We began the work. Suddenly, she burst out angrily at me:
“Why are you laughing? You’re trivializing my problem.”
I answered her: “That’s right. I am. And so will you. It IS trivial. Ridiculous, in fact.”
That’s what we want to create! A “problem” so small and trivial that you can’t even see it or experience it. When she feels more confident and “good enough,” in fact, there is no problem. It dissolves.
What she didn’t yet realize is that the work was already unfolding and being successful…we were working on confidence building. The presenting problem: she was unable to speak her mind. Yet, suddenly, here she was speaking her mind, to me. Loud and clear. Yay!
I’m remembering an episode of Star Trek. (I LOVED that show.) In it there was an alien creature which fed on negative emotion. The more angry and violent negative emotions it could generate in the people around it, the stronger it got. When Kirk & Spock et. al. started laughing (with the help of Dr. McCoy and his “laughing gas”) well the monster weakened and decided to leave.
Here’s what clients begin to understand via my work with them: A problem is not REAL. It is conjured in the mind and body. It is merely a frame of mind, a way of thinking. And that is very, very subject to change. A problem can be reframed to the point it is un-conjured. That’s what we do in my office.
When the woman left, she commented that her breathing felt easier. We tested her new responses. She thought the previously “anxious-making” thoughts, and anxiety was a no-show. Her body language had changed, as well. She was speaking louder and sitting taller. Her eye contact was more direct. I notice these things. Confidence seeds sprouting all over. I guess it really was a trivial non-problem after all, wasn’t it?
Warm Regards,
Connie
http://www.seattlehypnosisforconfidence.com
Hi, Hypnosis Friends!
Does hypnosis work? Yes! Here’s more evidence. Lucy C. of Seattle, WA used to have a paralyzing fear of needles and innoculations. To the point of “hyperventillation” and needing to be restrained or medicated when visiting a doctor’s office. She worked with me, and here’s her report:
“Hi Connie,
I have been waiting until I have needed to do something needle related so I could let you know how it went. Since working with you I noticed I have not been as nervous when thinking or talking about needles, to the point where my husband was really “freaked out” the day I came from your office because he was shocked at my complete turnaround. I even challenged him to try to get me to react to anything needle related and he was unsuccessful.
Today was the ultimate test. I had a doctor’s appointment and they asked if I wanted the TDAP shot. Normally I decline this immediately, but today I thought let’s give it a shot, so I did. I used your technique that will help bring the calm feeling back. The fact that I went through with it shows that the hypnosis was successful! This was the first time in my life I have voluntarily had a shot without hyperventilating or without being restrained or medicated.
Thank you so much for everything, you have opened up many doors in my life
that I would not have had with my needle phobia. I have told everyone that
knows about my needle fear about you and have recommended they call you if
they need to work on anything!
Thanks again! — Lucy”
Michael laughed when he read this. He noticed her language, her “unconscious pop” (that’s hypnosis jargon for revealing words showing what’s truly going on inside the unconscious mind) of saying she wanted to “give it a shot.” Problem gone! Yay, Lucy. Good job.
I love this work, and I love success stories like Lucy. Who’s next? 🙂
Warm Regards,
Connie
Hi, Hypno-Friends!
Another story. John came into my office the other day. He was READY to quit smoking. I mean, really ready. He wanted to. For some reason, he just couldn’t. Until he could. Hypnosis is a tool to sharpen focus, motivation, and bring resourcefulness. TO ANYTHING! It brought John the resourcefulness to quit smoking.
We had a Neuro Linguistic Hypnotherapy session. It went fantastically well. Now: John is done with cigarettes. He was so sure, he pulled out his last pack of cigarettes and gave them to me. (I stick them in my desk and use them for testing purposes.) Then he said: “Wait. No. I want to CRUSH them. I want to take the pack in my hand and I want to crush it.” I gave them back, and he did. Squeeze/crush that pack into oblivion. Then he tossed it into the trash can. We both photographed the event! 🙂
Fini! He’s done with smoking and cigarettes. Isn’t that like a breath of fresh air? I like John and I’m so happy for him. Here’s to his continuing power. He didn’t even know that he had this massive resourcefulness inside himself to quit smoking instantly, I wonder what other wonderful things he can accomplish in his life? That he hasn’t discovered? Yet.
Hypnosis has gotten such a bum rap in the world, via ridiculous movies and “Hollyweird” presenting it so wrongly. I’m glad that’s changing. One life success at a time. Yay, John!
Warm Regards,
Connie
Michael and I are so pleased to have earned accreditation with the Better Business Bureau of Western Washington. Let’s face it. Some hypnotists approach this work as a “matchbook profession,” and are basically untrained, unskilled and unmotivated. As in any business, some are unethical, as well.
BBB Accreditation shows you, the consumer, that Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP is the real deal for professionalism and ethics.
Very much so! Here is how we do business, and what we have promised the Better Business Bureau, and YOU! Check out the BBB Code of Business Practices (BBB Accreditation Standards).
1. Build Trust — Establish and maintain a positive track record in the marketplace.
2. Advertise Honestly — Adhere to established standards of advertising and selling.
3. Tell the Truth — Honestly represent products and services, including clear and adequate disclosures of all material terms.
4. Be Transparent — Openly identify the nature, location, and ownership of the business, and clearly disclose all policies, guarantees and procedures that bear on a customer’s decision to buy.
5. Honor Promises — Abide by all written agreements and verbal representations.
6. Be Responsive — Address marketplace disputes quickly, professionally, and in
good faith.
7. Safeguard Privacy — Protect any data collected against mishandling and fraud, collect personal information only as needed, and respect the preferences of customers regarding the use of their information.
8. Embody Integrity — Approach all business dealings, marketplace transactions and
commitments with integrity.
This accreditation is new. Our business ethical practices are not. We have been in business since 2007, offering excellence and professionalism and will continue to do so.
Warm Regards,
Connie
Hi, Guys!
Another success story. This one isn’t about any client in particular, losing weight, quitting smoking, releasing fear, etc. This good news today is about Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP itself and our continuing success! Yay! Michael and I have been awarded with the highest possible ranking in ethical business practices by the Better Business Bureau of Western Washington. We are thrilled to have earned this accreditation with the BBB.
We have always held to a code of ethics through our professional membership in the National Guild of Hypnotists, now we are being recognized as an ethical business in a larger framework. We’re very excited about this. Below is our press release.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Press Release) – Jul 22, 2012 –
Today, western Washington’s Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP announces its commitment to marketplace ethics by earning an A rating with Better Business Bureau. As a BBB Accredited Business, Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP has met BBB’s Code of Business Practices and has agreed to maintain honest and reliable business practices.
“Michael and I are pleased to have earned the highest possible rating from the Better Business Bureau. We have always maintained the highest standards of ethical practices in our business and work,” says Connie Brannan, Neuro Linguistic Hypnotherapist and Owner of Seattle area’s Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP. “We are members in good standing of the National Guild of Hypnotists, which also has a code of ethics and a commitment to continuing education. Michael is past President of the Washington State Chapter of the NGH.”
“Better Business Bureau sets and upholds the highest standards of ethics in business,” said Robert W.G. Andrew, CEO of BBB serving Alaska, Oregon, and Western Washington. “BBB rates both BBB Accredited and non accredited businesses on a letter grade rating scale of “A – F” to help consumers make educated decisions before they do business.”
For More Information Contact:
Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP
PO Box 6506, Bellevue, WA 98008
(425) 564-8608
connie@mindworkshypnosis.net
www.mindworkshypnosis.net
Hi! What if getting rid of fear were this easy? (That golf ball is GONE!!) Guess what? It is! With skilled hypnotherapy & Neuro Linguistic Programming expertise, it is! Name your fear. Fear of flying. Fear of public speaking. Fear of spiders. Fear of heights. Fear of driving. Fear of tight spaces. Now give it a new name: GONE. After your time with Mindworks Hypnosis, that is. 🙂 We’ll take care of it!
Hypnosis works to stop fear. To banish phobias to the realm of nonexistant. Goodbye, fear. NLP works to stop fear. We have the fast phobia cure, as well as other power tools for success. Is it time? Michael and I can help.
Warm Regards,
Connie
http://www.seattlehypnosisforphobias.com/
Hi, Hypno-Friends!
Your conscious mind is your thinking mind, your awareness of the moment. It’s reason. It’s rationality. It’s logic. We love our conscious minds, and in our culture we worship our conscious minds. If only I could think clearly enough through a problem, that would change everything. WRONG. Thinking is only about 2% of your brain power. It’s limited!
You’ve got more going on for you than you know! You’ve got an unconscious mind. That’s 98% of your brain function. It takes in billions of pieces of information from your environment in any given moment, and processes it all for you. (Your conscious mind can only handle about 7-9 pieces of information in any given moment.) It’s running your body, breathing, blood flow, healing, growth, digestion, etc. It’s storing your life learning– understanding language and the ability to speak (you don’t think about the mechanics of speech once you’ve learned how), skills such as walking (you had to learn this), riding a bike, driving a car, typing. These and myriads more processes and skills become automatic and outside of conscious thought — moving into the realm of unconscious competence.
Your unconsious mind is power. It’s your intution. Your problem solving creativity. It’s resourceful, beyond thought. It’s limit-less! Hypnosis is the act of tapping into your unconscious mind. Hypnotherapy is directing that power to the attainment of specific goals.
Here in this video, which is also on my main web page, I explain this power differential. Watch! 🙂
Warm Regards,
Connie
Michael is performing for your pleasure above. Happy Fourth of July!! Let FREEDOM ring. Freedom from bad habits, unwanted feelings, and nonuseful beliefs. 🙂 Declare your independence from tobacco, excess weight, stress, and fear. We can do that! 🙂
Warm Regards,
Connie & Michael
When you focus your mind on what you want, you get it.
Susan Pfeifer of Redmond, WA is here to share her comments and thoughts about working with me on weight management. Hypnosis and NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) are tools that make success happen. Susan has lost 9 pounds as of this filming, which took place yesterday. You go, girl!
Discover your own success. Call me at (425) 564-8608. I do offer a free in-office personal consultation to explain more about what I do and how WELL it works!
Warm Regards,
Connie
Hi, Hypno-Friends!
I love when happy clients allow me to share their success. Here is another. Susan Paulen, of Seattle, WA was a fingernail biter “for 50 years.” That’s over. Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapy kicks nail-biting butt. Behavioral change is easy, with the right tools used well. Yay, Susan! Beautiful nails, beautiful lady.
Here’s Susan’s video testimonial.
Warm Regards,
Connie
Here’s another promotional video. They’re fun to make and fun to share! 🙂 Gaze no further than Mindworks Hypnosis and NLP for your positive life changes.
Check out the testimonials here: http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net/ (scroll down the center column, it goes on and on and on and on) to see what I’m talking about. Take it a step further, come in and feel the difference in your life for yourself!
Warm Regards,
Connie
Two evenings: July 17, 2012 & July 24, 2012
I’ve lost a lot of weight…you know how? I use a tool to keep my habits healthy, my thoughts successful, and my body metabolizing at peak efficiency. It’s called “self hypnosis.” This quarter at Bellevue College I share my secrets to weight loss via self hypnosis. And not only that, you get to LEARN the how to and EXPERIENCE the power of trance for yourself. Hypnosis. It’s very, very cool. And it’s for everyone.
Here are the details:
http://www.campusce.net/BC/course/course.aspx?C=11559&pc=1066&mc=1387&sc=
Healthy Hypnosis: Let Go of Weight
Imagine yourself in your “skinny jeans.” Hear the compliments of your family and friends. Like what you see when you look in the mirror! Feel the energy! The hypnosis skills taught in this workshop can help you unleash the infinite power within you to achieve all this! You’ll learn to reprogram your own mind to act in ways you desire: healthy choices, healthy eating, motivation to exercise. It won’t be a struggle, and it’s not a “diet,” it’s simply doing what you want to do. Your mind and your body will be working together–for your health!! Healthy Hypnosis: Let Go of Weight Fee: $89.00
For more information about me, my credentials, my expertise, google: Connie Brannan, CHt, Master Hypnotist & Owner of Mindworks Hypnosis & Licensed Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming ™ or check this out:
http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net
http://www.loseweightseattle.com
http://www.seattlenlptraining.com
http://www.stopsmokingseattle.com
This is sure to be a smoking exciting class. Experiential. C’mon down and get hypnotized. A mere $89 for 2 evenings of training. I teach self hypnosis to my clients one on one as well, but there, you’d pay a lot more. This is a DEAL not to be missed. If you’ve ever wondered about hypnosis, hop onto this extraordinary opportunity.
Warm Regards,
Connie
“You is amazing!” — says Lucky Larry, an animated character of my acquaintance. He waves his arms, a beautiful chorus sings behind his words, and he congratulates the winner: “YOU is Amayyyyzing!” Hey, I take wisdom anywhere I find it, even if it’s grammatically incorrect. Today I told a client about Larry and his words: “You is amazing!” Yes, she is.
Client had a limiting (and ridiculous) belief: “I’m not smart enough.” Sound familiar to any of you out there? Well, with Neuro Linguistic Hypnosis processes, we healed her of that notion, past present & future. Ripped every shred of it out of her life. She also had held a secret fear of future dementia, which runs in her family. Goodbye to that idea. In our work, we innoculated her brain against future dementia, as well.
Reconnecting someone to their own brilliance and power. Safeguarding a brain! Sounds like a worthy way to spend a rainy Saturday afternoon.
“Limiting beliefs.” That’s hypnosis jargon for any thought, idea, sensation which makes a person feel bad and holds them back from their goals. “I’m not smart enough.” “I’m not good enough.” “I can’t do it.” “It’s too difficult.” “I’m not worthy.” Limiting beliefs suck. If you’d like yours to be removed and replaced with more useful beliefs, we can do that!
I love my work.
Warm Regards,
Connie
There was an ice cream parlor of my childhood. It was called “Farrell’s.” Their song, their jingle which I still remember: “Farrell’s is fabulous fun for everyone.” Well, I’m borrowing that tune. Hypnosis is fabulous fun for everyone! Yes, it is! 🙂 It’s pleasant. And it’s useful. It’s a method to move you into your power.
All the positive changes that happen in hypnosis. Quitting smoking, losing weight, ending fear, and etc. That’s your power, not the hypnotist’s power. I help you find your power and change your thinking, feeling, doing. That changes everything!
When you find your power, that’s like moving from a cramped basement studio apartment into a palatial penthouse suite. Or a mansion. It’s bigger, and nicer. More fun! Go for it!
http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net/
Warm Regards,
Connie
