Seattle Area Clinical Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapist & Licensed Trainer of NLP ™ shares the truth about hypnosis, NLP and the unconscious mind to create powerful, positive, and lasting life changes. Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP
People come to my Bellevue hypnosis office because they want something different. Something different to do, or something different NOT to do. To get over negative emotions, to create a desired outcome, success, of all varieties. NLP, Neuro Linguistic Programming, is my number one go-to tool to help.
After I explain hypnosis and hypnotherapy, I’m often asked: “What IS NLP?” Here’s a video where I explain:
As I say in the description of this video on my Youtube channel: “This methodology and mindset helps us take control of our experience of life! How we feel, how we think, what we DO…it’s all movable furniture and we, each of us, is the movin’ man! We can get the life we want.”
A hypnotherapy session in my office is really two sessions in one, in that it also includes a full NLP session as well as traditional hypnosis. I call what I do “Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapy™.” What I do is very different from other therapies and even from other hypnotherapists. 🙂 The approach is different from other therapies in that it is one of empowerment. NLP is my favorite thing, as well as my expertise. It’s the difference which makes the difference.
What is NLP? Another tool for unconscious communication. It’s been called “hypnosis on steroids.” That’s because it works so amazingly well and fast when the practitioner is skilled and creative. I am a Licensed Trainer of NLP ® through the Society of NLP ™ which is a source of great pride for me. There are only a few dozen such trainers in the entirety of the US, licensed through Dr. Richard Bandler, the co-originator of NLP. My husband, Michael, (also one of those Licensed Trainers of NLP ® ) and I operate a Licensed Private Career School here in Washington State, Mindworks NLP, and we teach and offer NLP certifications. NLP is cool. NLP is fun. NLP is amazing. My students get so excited by it that they have been known to start chanting in class: “NLP! NLP! NLP!”
It’s actually pretty rare that a Licensed Trainer ® is also doing one on one client work as well as teaching groups. I see private clients because this is my passion and my fun. You can learn more here, anytime, at my client website, and here, my school website. I do hope you will discover the power of NLP at some point in your life. It’s worth knowing.
When a person is passionate about what they do, it shows. It shines. Because they learn and practice and get good at it. They take joy and pride in it. They don’t settle for “just ok.” They want more. This man has practiced with his cards. 🙂
This is a mindset I like, because it’s also mine. It shows in the work I do as Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP.
In one of my earliest hypnosis trainings, the instructor referred to hypnotherapy as a “Matchbook Profession.” That’s not a compliment. It means you learn it for a buck and it’s a by the numbers affair, involving reading purchased scripts at people. No way, Jose. Perhaps some hypnotherapists are of that mindset and modus operandi, not me. This is an art, and endlessly creative, and there’s always more to learn, which is why I’m drawn to it.
My goal is and always has been, client successes. When a client “wins” (successfully gets his goal), I win. And I’m passionate about winning.
If you’ve tried some other therapies and even some other hypnotherapist or purported NLP practitioner and were not impressed with the results, go for someone more creative, skilled and passionate. You may be awesomely surprised at how quickly life improves for you.
Another happy, successful client joins the ranks of “nonsmoker.” He smoked for 40 years, and quit in one Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapy™ session with me.
He sent a follow up report, which he is allowing me to share:
“Hi Connie, Hey, first of all, let me say Thank You! Haven’t had a cigarette since our session on 8/26 at 12:30pm PDT. So, that’s a record for me. What’s it been now… 6 weeks! After ~40 years of smoking, that’s the longest abstinence to date. So far so good. Thanks again.” – Wishes-to-Remain-Anonymous, Seattle, WA.
Yay! More success. The world needs to know that skilled hypnosis kicks smoking’s butt. If you’ve tried other things, and those “didn’t work,” try something new. Something that does work. NLP is “hypnosis on steroids.” Skilled NLP is “magic” according to a recent client of mine. It might seem like magic, but really it’s just the power of understanding how the mind works and how to make rapid changes as useful and as desired. When you think differently, you do differently. Change really IS that easy.
Quitting smoking is just the tip of the iceberg of possibility with hypnosis. Michael and I have a saying at Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP: “If it involves the mind, hypnosis helps improve performance.” From weight management to sports performance, to removing fears and phobias, to physical changes such as accelerated healing, to ending “addictions” of all varieties, hypnosis is the real deal. Find a practitioner of these arts who is the real deal as well. http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net
I get fab email every day. Here is a happy report from hypnosis client, Antonio, of Seattle, Washington. “I´m doing better thanks to you. 😀 I’m having less stress and anxiety and my mind is more clear.”
Good job, Antonio! Feeling good changes everything! Hypnosis and Neuro Linguistic Programming NLP help create new feelings, thoughts, and responses.
Antonio also put in that “emoticon” of a big grin in his email. I guarantee you he wasn’t smiling when he came in with the problems. He’s smiling now.
It’s a landmark. 🙂 Five years!! It’s been five years this month that I’ve been sharing my thoughts, insights, and passion for hypnosis and NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and the power of the mind here on this blog. I’ve shared articles I’ve written, stories, client successes, videos I’ve created, event notices, musings, and more. All original content. My thoughts, my voice, my stories.
I hope you’ve enjoyed reading, watching, learning, and thinking about the things that I have shared here. I love what I do, and I love when someone realizes “yes, I can” and creates a better life. Empowerment, that’s hypnosis. Thanks for joining me on this ride into the power of personal change! If you’re new to my blog, I invite you to check out the full archive! It’s located on the upper right column, midway down. “Archives.” Five years worth of reading pleasure.
To celebrate this landmark, I’ll be pulling out some vintage articles and stories from my blog that I’ve written and share them again. Here’s one of my earliest posts from October 2009.
It’s cold and flu season (but not for me!)
Hi, guys! Who watches television? (Raising my own hand, but only half way.) 🙂 I hardly watch at all any more, because the quality of “what’s on” is going down, down, down, and my time for leisure is going down as well. That’s a good thing, but that’s also another topic. This one is:
Dramatic pause. Negative suggestions.
Watching TV this past week, I can’t help but notice the BOMBARDMENT of ads right now, commercials for cold & flu medicines and paraphernalia. Here’s the message: “It’s cold and flu season.” and that means “You’re going to get sick., you can expect to get sick.” I also notice that the stores are stocking the aisles with cold and flu medicines and products–prominent and in-your-face, on the end caps and special displays, with alarming banners warning that cold and flu season is here! Same message: “It’s time for you to get sick now! You’re going to get sick now.” It’s not a warning, per se, it’s a directive! It’s a negative suggestion. And our minds seem quite willing to embrace it without question!
Michael has a story he likes. He was in a work training with a woman. She told this story: She knew that every year she would have one bout of illness per cold and flu season, one only. The reason she’d only have one was because she’d prepare for it, and take massive doses of vitamins. She knew that she’d only get sick once! Her vitamins would protect her from further illness! And yes, it did transpire that she’d only get sick once per winter/season. BUT…one winter she got so busy and forgot to prepare with her vitamins, didn’t think about it at all. Guess what? She didn’t get sick that winter. Not once. Not at all. She forgot to get sick!!
Here’s a personal story about my personal experiences. This is NOT medical advice, because…I’m not medical. I’m a hypnotist. And here’s one positive side effect I enjoy from my hypnosis. Your mileage may vary.
I don’t get sick, either. Ever. Because I’ve decided not to. I USED to get sick, just like everyone else. Two major colds a year. At LEAST two. Until I discovered hypnosis and how the mind processes ideas and suggestions. Three years, (as of this writing, October 2009) and I haven’t been sick. Not a sniffle. I did have food poisoning for one day (some bad shrimp on a Vegas buffet), but it ended quite quickly. I don’t get sick because my unconscious mind rejects the idea, and does what it needs to do to make sure I stay well–strengthening my immune system, or whatever it wants to do. I can happily trust my unconscious to keep me well, and ignore those nitty gritty details as well. I don’t care how. I just know it’s in place. Wellness. I can hang around sick people, avoid hand sanitizer, ignore those commercials and product displays, no flu shot for me, and stay well. Three years and counting…
Hypnosis is incredibly powerful. And our understanding is just a miniscule slice of that giant cake. There’s so much more to know and learn. The unconscious mind knows how to keep us healthy. I talk to the mind in ways it likes, to do just that!
What do you suppose would happen if you decided to stay well this winter?
Hello, October! It’s the perfect time for positive life changes, with success-driven NLP and hypnosis. Fall into change with Seattle area’s Mindworks Hypnosis and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. We have the passion, the know-how and the proven results for your positive changes, whether it be quitting smoking, losing weight, ending phobias, or improved well-being in any number of ways… Find out more. 425-564-8608 The time is right.
What’s your weight loss goal? Is it a number on a scale, or is it an improved way of being, a new mindset, a new healthy outlook, a new energy? This reminder on the scale was created by a brilliant young mind, age 13. And, as I know to be true, feeling better about yourself leads to the numbers on the scale going down, down, down.
Here’s the message, which I think is massively inspirational and should be taken to heart.
“It’s just a number…REALLY.
This number on this scale will NOT tell you:
* What a great person you are * how many people love you and how much * That you are kind, smart, funny, and amazing in ways numbers cannot define * That you have power to choose happiness. * Your own self-worth * how beautiful you are
You are more than a number.”
When you’re ready for a healthy change, hypnotherapy helps. I did hypnotize this little girl for healthy eating awhile ago. She’s in the right mindset for success. You can join her there anytime.
It’s time for back to school, isn’t it? And that means time to learn. Accelerated and enhanced learning is another category under the heading: hypnosis helps! Yes, it does! I love helping clients create useful states of mind for any activity, including learning, with hypnosis and NLP.
Please watch this charming video, below. The boy is FIVE YEARS OLD!! 🙂 His father says the key element to his son’s learning to read is his “curiosity.” That’s high up on my list of useful resources for self and clients, as well. If you don’t have it, we can create it. For learning states, I like to create a blend of attention (focus), curiosity, confidence, and “I love it” (a sense of passion and fun).
Learning, studying, absorbing information, test-taking, giving presentations. Hypnosis helps with all of that. Here’s how it works. We create a new way to feel in the context, and that loops with a new way to think, and that loops with a new way to act. New behaviors. And it’s all good, and all designed for your success and goals. Like the little boy in the video, the right state of mind for learning to read (curiosity) leads to a wonderful outcome.
Just an FYI, I do work with kids. I’ve done hypnotherapy with as young as six years old. Young people make the best hypnotic clients!
You can’t learn well if you’re in the wrong state of mind. For some, “back to school” is a time of happy. If it’s a time of stress or anxiety or overwhelm for you or your child, that affects learning. Know that it can be different. FAST. My Neuro Linguistic Hypnotherapy sessions are super brief therapies. Call me anytime for a free consultation in my office to learn more about hypnosis and NLP. (425) 564-8608.
Here’s an event notice regarding the teaching side of what we do. Through our Washington State licensed private career school, Mindworks NLP, Michael and I are offering a LIVE hypnosis training this month. It’s 4 days of fun and power for those who want to learn how to do this work and unleash the problem-solving abilities of the mind for themselves or clients.
Discover the magic of hypnosis. It’s for the beginner and professional hypnotherapist alike. Learn and hone existing skills through live experiential hands-on trainings with the best–Connie and Michael–both are master hypnotists!
You’ll learn the fundamentals of hypnosis. Powerful hypnotherapeutic processes. What is hypnosis, how to hypnotize, how to influence the unconscious mind. You’ll learn how to make lasting and powerful suggestions. You’ll learn how to connect people’s motivations to their goals in irresistible ways. You’ll learn how to create change that is easy, immediate and positive.
You’ll learn:
–how to hypnotize
–formal trance inductions
–instant inductions
–the art of dynamic sugestions
–direct suggestions that pack a whallop
–indirect suggestions (Ericksonian language)
–what is hypnosis, & how to recognize it
–the art of the “pretalk”
–guiding clients through well formed outcomes
–and more!
Sign Up Now! Hypnotherapy Training 4 days
Call Connie at 425-564-8608 to enroll now for our amazing life-changing hypnotherapy program. Get the life you want through the transformational power of hypnosis.
Warm Regards,
Connie
Connie Brannan, CHt.
Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist
Licensed Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming ®
Design Human Engineer ™
Persuasion Engineer ™
Professional Conversational Hypnotherapist
Managing Partner, Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP
(425) 564-8608
I love my email box. I get so much good news from current and previous clients. Here is a report from Victor Rodriguez, of Seattle, Washington, who had one Hypnosis – NLP session to quit smoking last month. That’s all it took. He quit! He says: “Smoking is behind me.”
Yay, Victor! 🙂 Here is Victor’s report:
“Hi Connie, Thanks for following up with me about my stop smoking session with you. Since that session I am happy to report that I no longer smoke. It hasn’t quite been a month yet but smoking is behind me… Since then I haven’t purchased any cigarettes. It has been a success. I will definitely direct anyone interested to your practice. Take care, Victor.” — Victor Rodriguez, Seattle, WA.
Now, some people quit smoking instantly. One Neuro Linguistic Hypnotherapy ™ session! And some people ease into the change called “happy and healthy permanent nonsmoker” over approximately three to four sessions. Everyone is different and every session is different, and personalized. We work it until you get what you want — to be done with cigarettes, or any other change. That’s the bottom line. Compared to other methods of changing habits and removing unwanted behaviors, these are super fast therapies.
If you’re ready for some personal change, we can do that! I do offer a free in office consultation to explain the unique collaboration of minds which is my work.
All the Best,
Connie
Connie Brannan, CHt.
Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapist
Licensed Trainer of Neuro Linguistic Programming®
Professional Conversational Hypnotherapist
Here is another happy camper in the Seattle area testifying for Mindworks Hypnosis’ Neuro Linguistic Programming and hypnotherapy services. Shelly F. came in with “severe anxiety.” She reports after two sessions: “I have absolutely no anxiety now!” Could this be possible? YES! Her comments:
“I came in a couple weeks ago with severe anxiety, and (after two sessions)… I am HAPPY! And I am in love with Connie because she has made my life change for the better so much. I have absolutely no anxiety now, and I’m excited to start working on some of the other things I have to fix. I would recommend her highly to anybody who is looking to feel better and live a better life.” Shelly F., Seattle, WA
Is it magic? Or is it the power of your mind, unleashed? I opt for the latter. You have more brain power to make changes than you currently use. I’m happy to help you use your mind for healthy and happy changes.
Anytime of year is a good time of year to find your healthy. I think “Summer Resolutions” are just as important as “New Year’s Resolutions.” R. E., of Seattle, WA used hypnosis and NLP, my blend of Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapy™ to lose weight, and she’s reporting she’s reached her mid-way mark.
“Hi Connie, I’m happy to report that I am down 15 pounds, half of my wt loss goal…I can see for certain that I will accomplish it. Thank you and take good care.” R.E., Seattle, WA
She can see her goal. And that’s what it takes. Plus, the right blend of power, energy, and determined motivation. Hypnosis brings that clarity of vision, and the right energy to GO GET IT. Find out anytime how easy it is to change your thinking and change your behaviors, and attain your goals. Call me for your free consultation. 425-564-8608.
Here is ANOTHER Seattle area hypnosis client testimonial of success for Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP. Goodbye to fear of flying, goodbye to panic and anxiety. I just posted one success story about the end to fear of flying on my blog here, and boom! Here’s another which showed up in my inbox this week.
Kristen Halley had one Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapy ™ session with me in May–I offer intensive two hour sessions combining hypnotherapy with NLP. Here is what she wrote to me about her results from that one session:
“Dear Connie, my flight to Chicago and back was literally the best flight of my life! I cannot thank you enough for the magic you’ve done! I feel so liberated and free! I cannot wait to fly again!” –Kristen Halley, Greater Seattle Area
When fear leaves, the door to adventure and wonderful, positive experiences opens. Yay, Kristen! I’m happy to share her success, as a notice given that irrational fear can be removed. Easily, with the right tools.
I dropped a friend off at Seattle Tacoma International Airport today, and man, that place is busy! Summertime is traveling time! Here in the Pacific Northwest, we love to fly, and it shows.
Some, however, do not (love to fly). They have fear and panic around it, and that prevents them from the joys of travel. Fear of flying. A serious phobia, until hypnosis and Neuro Linguistic Programming quickly gets it gone. I helped a lady with fear of flying a few weeks ago, and just got an email update from her. Here is her report of success and positive changes:
“Hi Connie, my husband and I flew from Seattle to Chicago, Chicago to Quebec, and Boston to Seattle – all within 2 weeks. I found that I felt much less stressed so that when we did board the plane I was able to just sit back, relax and enjoy the flight…. All the flights had turbulence and one flight was diverted due to bad weather in the Midwest and I handled the news without any fear or anxiety. Am actually looking forward to flying again soon. Thanks so much!” — Susan Wiseman, Greater Seattle Area
Yay, Susan! You are now free to discover the world.
Michael and I would like to wish all of our hypnosis blog reading friends a safe and happy Fourth of July.
Hypnosis is all about freedom and independence. It’s all about creating and celebrating independence from bad habits, unwanted responses, and negative thinking of all varieties. For any of my fellow Star Trek fans (Trekkies), who remembers the episode where Kirk is speaking to Spock about “freedom” and the alien says: “Freedom?? You speak the holy word.” Well, that’s how I feel about the work I do as well. 🙂
Feeling stuck? Lacking energy or motivation? Nothing getting done at work or at home? That’s called procrastination, and it’s an easy fix with NLP and hypnosis. What would it be like if it were different in your world? How would you rather feel, and what would you rather do?
Maggie of Edmonds, WA found out.
She came in and described her state of mind and procrastinating behaviors. She was feeling overwhelmed. She was feeling like “a deer in the headlights” with a glaring lack of productivity in her creative work and in her home life. After a couple Neuro-Linguistic Programming and hypnotherapy sessions, here is her report:
“It’s ALL good! I’m really amazed. I’m overloaded with positive behaviors.”– Maggie, Edmonds, WA. Her work, which is creative in nature, is flowing. Goodbye, stuck. Her enthusiasm and energy for home projects has soared, as well. Goodbye, procrastination. She’s feeling more calm and powerful overall, which is impacting everything in a positive way, her health, her relationships, her day to day experience of life. “It’s ALL good!” Yep! 🙂
Stuck is a temporary state of mind, and we can accelerate your kicking it to the curb. Hypnosis is amazing, and hypnosis works. Maggie is more proof of the pudding.
I was reading this great article on the internet today–all about the millionaire mindset, the necessary mindset of success used by the very wealthy.
Hypnosis is a tool to create this mindset. The mindset is what creates action, bottom line. As it says in the article:
“Mindset is really about disrupting and rearchitecting your beliefs around wealth and your ability to create it. You have to rid yourself of all of the beliefs that are compromising wealth in order to change your behavior to build wealth. Your beliefs inform your behavior. It’s about seeing opportunity where others see obstacles and knowing that there’s always a solution.”
Right on! The discussion HERE is so compatible with the hypnotherapy work I do. I absolutely help people develop this success mindset–for wealth building and all arenas of life success. What’s cool about NLP, Neuro Linguistic Programming, is the ability to model and install new thinking. If you don’t have the millionaire (success) mindset, you can get it via hypnosis and NLP.
Again, the article talks about “determination and self discipline.” If you don’t have it, you can acquire it. The ability to take risks–a reasoned “go for it” way of thinking. The ability to climb up from a downfall, taking the wisdom from the experience and moving forward. The ability to notice money-making opportunities. If you don’t have these, you can acquire them through strategic change via skilled NLP & hypnosis.
I love this work. And I love helping people become successful. I have worked with a variety of business people from solo-preneurs, to large corporation CEO’s to stock investment day traders, etc., and all of them have moved closer to the mindset that leads to millions. “Why not me?” indeed. We rip out any limiting beliefs in the mind that stand in the way of wealth-building. One of the key pieces is “I deserve success.” Yes, you do.
If you need a push in the fanny towards “Yes, I can” (and the motivation to do what it takes to achieve the wealth), I can help! I can help In the realm of wealth-building, and pretty much any endeavor, from quitting smoking to weight loss. The mind is a powerful tool. If you’re not using yours to capacity, let me help!
Carmen of Redmond, WA is happy with her weight loss results after three hypnotherapy sessions, at Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP. She came in for her health, her weight and her blood pressure–and is noticing the successful changes.
Here’s what this lovely lady has to say about how skeptical turned into joy.
“Connie has been a Godsend! I have seen improvement in my clothes, my blood pressure, my weight is coming down…” and more:
Yay, Carmen! It IS amazing, and it is you. This work utilizes your inherent resourcefulness to make positive changes in your lifestyle and habits and choices. And everyone can do it!
Find out more anytime with a free in-office consultation. I’m happy to share more info. about what I do and what I love.
Can hypnosis help with…? The short answer is: YES! If it involves the mind and how we respond to life, hypnosis helps!
Prepare to delve into a world of power—your own.
Hypnosis unlocks positive change, and unleashes potential, changes habits, changes minds, changes bodies, changes your experience of life itself! Hypnosis creates a world more in line with your goals and desires.
Here’s my definition of hypnosis: “Hypnosis is a state of accelerated learning.” It’s super powerful and super positive.
When I’m teaching self hypnosis for Bellevue College Continuing Education, I’m often asked by students: What is hypnosis good for? What can it be used for? Can hypnosis help with this, that, and the other thing? Yes!
A problem is only a perspective, and perspectives are subject to change. So hypnosis can be used to develop a more resourceful perspective on ANY problem. When you think differently about something, you feel differently, and your responses and choices in the world are different. Here is a list of problems that hypnosis helps with, though it is by no means an exhaustive list:
• agoraphobia • anxiety – anxiety state • confidence boosting • creativity • depression • embarrassment • emotional pain – guilt • exam nerves • fear of flying • insomnia – sleep improvement • interview nerves • migraine • motivation • memory and learning • nail and finger biting • nervous problems • nightmares • panic state, panic attacks • pain control • performance anxiety • phobias (all kinds) – irrational fears • procrastination • public speaking • relationship problems • shyness • smoking • social anxiety • sports performance • stage fright • stress and related problems • weight loss & weight management
When you’re ready for some positive changes, whether you live in the Seattle area or beyond, call us at (425) 564-8608. www.mindworkshypnosis.net Hypnosis works!
Hi, Hypnosis Friends, in the beautiful Pacific Northwest and Seattle area and beyond!
I’m often asked, what is hypnosis good for? Just about anything! Michael and I have a saying: “If it involves the mind, hypnosis helps!” Here is another success story. Deb came in with sleep issues, with insomnia. Here is her report after experiencing hypnosis and NLP:
“Hi Connie. Thanks so much… I am sleeping better now and I do believe my anxiety has lessened.” — Deb McKinney, Seattle
That’s right. Short and sweet and to the point. Results. That’s what it’s all about. In the course of helping Deb with sleep, we also helped Deb with anxiety. Two for one!
When you have sleep issues, life is difficult. There is something that helps, and it’s not pill-shaped, and it’s not unhealthy. Before you reach for the bottle to drug yourself to sleep, call us and find out what the au naturel power of your own mind can do to help, that power unlocked by skilled hypnotherapy.
Call us anytime for a free in office consultation. 425-564-8608. http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net It takes a good half hour to explain our services, because hardly anyone on the planet knows what hypnosis REALLY is, or what Neuro Linguistic Programming is. It’s not what you think. It’s infinitely better. I invite you to find out.
All the Best,
Connie
Connie Brannan, CHt.
Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist
Licensed Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming®
Design Human Engineer™
Persuasion Engineer ™
Professional Conversational Hypnotherapist
Managing Partner, Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP
Here’s a short but sweet blog post about the power of hypnosis and NLP to stop smoking.
Another non-smoker is made. I received this email from one of my Seattle hypnosis clients:
“I’ve been feeling really great and have not smoked since our session back in January.” — Ray Meek, Seattle.
Yay, Ray! 🙂 That’s what it’s about. I love it when I get those emails and phone calls. Your success is my success, and I am ALL about success. I want it. For you.
One of your own has spoken! Storm Hofferbert of Redmond, WA has begun her hypnosis weight loss journey. And unlike previous attempts to lose weight: “It’s effortless!”
Here’s her progress report after two sessions, and the healthy changes she is noticing. “I don’t have to try, or try harder…I just don’t think about it.” Not interested in sweets. More energy. No emotional eating. And other nice changes.
When you change your thinking, you change habits, they become new healthy habits. This isn’t a diet. This is life change. She’s excited with the changes. So can you be.
We do offer a free in office consultation. We’re happy to meet with you and explain our “Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapy.” This is not your run-of-the-mine hypnosis offered elsewhere in Seattle, it’s something unique. And in my opinion, and in the opinions of the 160+ testimonials shared on our website, it’s more successful. Find out anytime!
Warm Regards,
Connie
Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP
4-time winner of the “Best of Bellevue” Weight Loss and Control Program award.
I’m excited to announce that I have been chosen to be a featured presenter at the Oregon Hypnotherapy Association’s spring educational conference this month. I’m giving a talk on the topic of aversion therapy—that’s the art of using hypnosis to attach “a big fat no!” to the habits and behaviors that people want to stop doing. That runs the gamut of things like stopping smoking, drinking, overeating, fingernail biting, procrastination, and more.
In the field of hypnosis, there’s harmful negative aversion (suggesting illness and death–which I would NEVER do to a client), and there’s positive aversion. The “aversion” aspect of any work I do is all positive aversion. Here’s more about my talk for those interested in the nitty gritty of hypnotherapy, who may read my blog.
The Power of Positive Aversion
Connie Brannan, CHt., Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapist and Licensed Trainer of NLP®
What would you never do? “I’d never kill anyone.” Sure, you would. If the situation was such that the killing became an imperative and appropriate response. That’s not a felt response, that’s an intellectual response. What makes your skin crawl? What is it that you would REALLY never do, such that the thought of it is so repellant and disgusting and fearful to you that it turns your stomach and your brain says about it: “That’s a big fat NO!” Eat live worms? Kiss your grandmother? Jump out of an airplane for fun?
Aversion in hypnotherapy is the art of attaching a “big fat NO” to an unwanted behavior such as smoking or eating sweets, in the mind AND the body. In this talk, I demonstrate a potent NLP technique to achieve this.
Finding and attaching the most potent multi-sensual aversion connection is very much an art form. Hypnotherapy itself is a creative art, and the more you successfully tailor ideas and associations for the person in front of you and what moves them, the more successful results you will achieve for them. Everybody is different, and their “big fat nos” are different.
In this talk we discuss aversion. Unwise, harmful aversion (you’re going to die a horrible corrosive death with illness, pain and suffering if you continue the behavior) vs. creative positive aversion. For a long time I avoided aversion suggestions altogether, because it seemed to me to be only negative and hurtful. It doesn’t have to be. Also in this talk we discuss how useful aversion is in a propulsion system to change, combined with the positive attraction of desired outcome.
Connie Brannan, CHt, is a Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapist, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Licensed Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming™, Professional Conversational Hypnotherapist, Design Human Engineer™, Persuasion Engineer™, Timeline Coach & Regression Specialist, Usui Reiki Master Teacher, and Matrix Energetics Practitioner. She operates a clinical NLP and hypnotherapy practice out of Bellevue, WA, called Mindworks Hypnosis as well as training NLP with her husband, Michael Brannan, in their private career school, Mindworks NLP, through the Society of Neuro-Linguistic Programming™. She is a published author and creator of several hypnosis self-help audio CD products. She conducts a series of self-hypnosis workshops and teaches hypnosis for adult continuing education programs in the Seattle area.
I got another nice email feedback from one of my successful smoking cessation NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and hypnotherapy clients. His name is Robert Stack, from Seattle, and he said today:
“I never thought freeing myself from smoking could be so much fun!” — Robert Stack, Seattle, WA 5/17/14.
I hear that a lot–surprise at how easy and how much fun this work is. Some people have an expectation that change should be unpleasant, grueling, gut-wrenching even. No! Not in my office. They think change takes a long time. No! Not with what I do. Here’s the truth: this work is fast and fascinating and FUN.
Hypnosis itself feels great, it’s a “close your eyes and relax” comfort and clarity of mind. I guide a client to this state of mind and then I create a customized flow of direct and indirect suggestions, words, ideas, stories, and images that inspire change. It’s a super pleasant, creative space. We spend about 30 to 40 minutes out of a session doing the hypnotherapy portion.
In the same session, we’ll spend a good solid hour or more doing NLP. NLP, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, is my primary tool, and my expertise, as a Licensed Trainer of NLP™ through the originator of NLP . NLP involves playing mind games, following my step-by-step processes manipulating images, sounds, feelings, and beliefs, which have the effect of creating amazing instant change on an unconscious level. And yes, it’s SO MUCH FUN.
Some people come into my office thinking the experience is going to be boo hoo into the kleenex — telling sad stories, like “talk therapies” they may have experienced. No way in h-e-double-toothpicks. Never. We don’t do that. My office is filled with laughter. We play with the STRUCTURE of thinking, not the content. It’s a completely different focus and approach. And, obviously, it works. Check out the over 160+ testimonials I have on http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net helping with everything under the sun.
People want results. And so do I. And how much better to achieve that success in a quick and fun manner with hypnosis and NLP. Robert has learned what I do and it’s power for change, and what the experience itself is like. You can, too.
Marcela Kenevan of Gig Harbor, WA came to me in a state of anxiety, fear and uncertainty over recent and unfolding events in her life. Those unpleasant states of mind and body are over. She’s feeling like herself again, confident and powerful, and happy.
What does NLP and hypnosis do? It gets you in touch with your own resourcefulness (good feelings). When you feel good, you think differently, and you make different and better choices for your life. NLP updates the programming in your mind so that this new resourcefulness sticks and becomes the automatic you in the places where un-resourcefulness (bad feelings) used to live. Change is amazingly fast. NLP has been called “hypnosis on steroids.” I think that’s accurate. 🙂
Here is Marcela, feeling good and sharing her new state of mind. Hold on to your power state, Marcela. It looks good on you.
Check out the positive power of hypnosis & NLP anytime. We offer a free in-office consult, when you’d like to learn more.
Hello, to my Hypnosis Blog readers! In Seattle and beyond. 🙂 Here is another in my new video series designed to give a flavor of the utility and joy of hypnosis. This one features the idea (and it’s been WELL documented) of that inner peaceful calm that lives in hypnosis. It’s like a meditative state, one that is easy to enter and maintain.
While the unconscious mind is busily working on wonderful life changes, the experience of hypnosis itself is one of deep physical relaxation, clear-thinking, almost bliss. Several of my clients come out of trance and say: “I’ve never been that relaxed in my life.” One lady said it was like going to the spa, feeling so refreshed and rejuvenated. Yes, it is. A spa for the mind.
Are you ready for a vacation from your life’s problems? How about a permanent vacation from them? Come experience hypnosis. It’s not what you think it is. It’s infinitely better. And it’s cheaper than a trip to Maui, let me tell you! 🙂
Here is another in my hypnotic video collage series. This one is called Fit or Fat?
I like this. Here’s how best to view it. You’ve really got to watch it in full screen mode to fully appreciate the interplay of movement and color. Stare in the dead center and let your eyes un-focus and view the whole thing as a single thing. Next, enjoy the individual pieces.
The message is funny, bright, and articulate. Dog on a treadmill, guy working out on the bed in a very creative way, neon fruit flashing to get your attention. It’s simple, yet wonderful. On the one hand we have unhealthy overindulgence, masses of macaroni & cheese, nachos, hash brown, pancakes, hoagies, on the other we have fitness, fruit, and drinking water, self hypnosis, and a happy dance at the gym.
Hypnosis is a methodology to focus on your goals and activate new behaviors that move you towards those goals. So, decide what you would like. Fat or fit? We can do it!
Just for fun, I’m sharing some experimentation I’m doing with video collages. Video is a very hypnotic medium, whether it’s movies or television, or the tiny art forms I’ve created here.
In the first video I’m sharing, the topic is anger management. Yes, hypnosis works for releasing any unwanted and non-useful emotions, including anger. The second video is purely for hypnotic fun–my inaugural attempt at video collage-making. Enjoy!
Laurie Adams of SeaTac, WA. A real client, a real success story.
This is the story of Laurie Adams. 40 years a smoker. A consistent smoker. Now, that’s a “habit.” Fortunately, hypnosis is stronger and more powerful than any habit.
Two years ago, in April of 2012, Laurie came into my office at the prompting and personal recommendation of her physician. She wanted to quit smoking. She did just that. It took all of two Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapy sessions. Two sessions! To break a 40-year habit!
That’s power. That’s success. What’s even more “proof of the pudding,” it’s been two years now, and Laurie is STILL a non-smoker. Going strong, and healthy.
If you think you’re beyond help, think again. Think of something you haven’t tried. Yet. That’s skilled hypnotherapy. The power of the mind is greater than you think, and when these tools and techniques are artfully applied, well, magic happens. I know it to be true. And so does Laurie.
Here’s her video testimonial:
Good job, Laurie! Here’s to the next 20 years and beyond, also as a non-smoker.
I’d like to share this great healthy eating article I found on the internet. It’s a set of weight loss tips. Now, it’s my belief that people in the “weight loss struggle” really DO know how to lose weight. They know the formula: eat less, choose healthy, and be more active. They just don’t activate them.
That’s where hypnosis comes in. Hypnosis turns ideas into action.
Here is a link to the article. These tips are good advice for weight loss. However, rarely is advice alone enough to make it happen. You need the mindset of success. You need the focus, and drive, the determination and motivation. You need the “go for it.” You need the tenacity. “Stay with it.” Re-shaping your body can be a lengthy process, and you need to be in it to win it for the long haul. That’s where hypnosis shines. You need the “no way” automated response attached to unhealthy foods and overeating. That’s where hypnosis is magic. You need the “I’m making time for me” directed choice to become more active physically. That’s where hypnosis helps.
Hypnosis does help!
Having a plan (advice and tips and understanding food choices and nutrition), that’s all well and good. Making those choices reality on an ongoing daily basis, that’s a REAL plan for success. Call me and we’ll talk about the power of your mind to do just that.
Some people are scared, they think hypnosis is dark and mysterious, when really, it is super relaxing and pleasant and even, “wow!” I posted some photos the other day of my hypnotherapy office in Bellevue, so people can see the setting where this empowerment happens, and perhaps get a better feel for what it really is.
It seems synchronous that leaving the supermarket the other day, the checkout machine generated a coupon for me for a free photo book from Shutterfly. So, I made a book with more info and pictures about Mindworks Hypnosis.
Here’s the result, captured as video. This is my work space. I have included pictures of the grounds of the Bellefield Office Park, where my office is located, which I think is amazingly beautiful.
Thanks for visiting my office, in this virtual photographic realm. The real thing is available anytime. Call for a free consultation and I’m happy to explain more about what I do.
For the fourth consecutive year, Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP is being honored by the US Commerce Association. We are pleased to announce that we have won “Best of Bellevue 2014,” in the category of “Weight Loss & Control Programs.”
Here is a photo of our award, which will soon be on display in our Bellevue hypnosis clinic next to our similar awards for 2011, 2012, and 2013.
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Mindworks Hypnosis Receives 2014 Best of Bellevue Award
BELLEVUE May 1, 2014 — For the 4th consecutive year, Mindworks Hypnosis of Bellevue, WA, has been selected for the 2014 “Best of Bellevue” Award in the Weight Loss & Control Programs category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).
Each year, the USCA “Best of Local Business” Award Program identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional success in their local community and business category. These are companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community. These are companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate long-term value. Mindworks Hypnosis is so recognized.
Co-owner of Mindworks Hypnosis, Connie Brannan, CHt, & Licensed Trainer of NLP says: “Hypnotherapy is an art form, and we appreciate your honoring our art. We love what we do! Michael and I have been helping improve lives for 8 years now with our unique blend of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) and formal clinical hypnosis. We help in the realm of weight loss and beyond, with all manner of positive changes from smoking cessation to stress release to sports enhancement.”
It’s turning green out there. Which I happen to love, as green is my favorite color. Here is a pic of my inner office space, where the transformations happen.
The hypno-chair is waiting for you!
Abundant life, energy, and freshness. Nice things in a view, and nice things in a life.
Not all hypnotherapists maintain a professional office space, because they’re not successful enough at the work to warrant it. Not all hypnotherapists that have an office create a peaceful and inviting environment, I’ve seen others that are windowless and bland, shabby even. You can tell a lot about a person by how they keep their personal and professional spaces.
Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP is a warm place, full of beautiful art (my Mom’s paintings and drawings), color, and positive energy. You’re welcome to come experience some positive changes in my space, any time!
Warm Regards,
Connie
Here’s another photo from in the office. This is the “Alter to Happy.” Which is what I want for you, as well. 🙂
Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP is an Accredited Business with the Better Business Bureau of Washington State. I’m happy to announce that they’ve raised our rating from an A to an A+. That’s as good as it gets! Our accreditation is your assurance of professionalism and ethical business practices. You can read about us on the BBB website.
Let’s face it. This industry does tend to attract some fly-by-night, unskilled and less than reputable people. They’re out to make a buck, as opposed to our focus, which is to make a difference and help people to live more successful, joy-filled lives. Beyond the fact of no complaints, our Better Business Bureau A+ also indicates longevity and stability in the marketplace. 🙂
Whether or not a hypnotherapist is an Accredited Business is another piece of information that is appropriate to consider when looking for services. When I was a kid in school, I always loved getting an A+. I still do. 🙂
The answer is: “yes!” Michael and I have a saying: “If it involves the mind, hypnosis can help.”
I’m continuously asked whether I’ve worked successfully with clients on something very specific, like: Have you worked successfully with clients who pick at their face, have you worked with clients who play soccer, have you worked with teenagers who smoke, have you worked with diabetics with sugar “addictions,” have you worked with someone with a fear of dinosaurs, have you worked with a person wearing pink socks, on a Tuesday? At this point in my career, yes to all.
That’s like asking a painter: have you ever painted a portrait where the man has a mole on his left cheek? Has he? Maybe yes, maybe no. But could he? Absolutely yes. It’s like asking a master carpenter if he could build a birdhouse? Has he? Maybe yes, maybe no. But could he? Absolutely yes.
Once you understand the nuts and bolts of your craft, you can create anything. NLP and hypnosis are about changing the thinking, feeling, and responses in the moments and situations of your life, as it’s useful to do so. The details of those situations are irrelevant, once you understand how the mind works and how we create change in our minds and lives. I do have that understanding.
I can help anybody do anything. These mind tools that I use, primarily NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) are less about the content of a problem, and more about the structure of a person’s thinking. When you change the latter, the former dissolves. And fast!
This idea is so counter to what’s understood in our culture about the nature of personal change, and I understand that. I read a post on Facebook yesterday which I find repulsive (and wrong) on so many levels. Here’s what it said:
“Until you heal the wounds of your past, you are going to bleed. You can bandage the bleeding with food, with alcohol, with drugs, with work, with cigarettes, with sex; But eventually, it will all ooze through and stain your life. You must find the strength to open the wounds, stick your hands inside, and pull out the core of the pain that is holding you in your past, the memories and make peace with them.”
What if that idea is ugly ridiculousness? What if change were easier than that and pain free? In the work I do, we heal the life by re-arranging the structure of thinking, the internal mind strategies that create a problem, and we don’t even have to delve into content. So no, there’s no sticking your hands inside wounds and wallowing in misery. Not in my office!! No blood. I don’t want that on my carpet. Perhaps the above is what counselors or talk therapists do. That’s not what I do. Nor would I ever.
Skilled NLP is more powerful and successful for change than that. The proof is in the pudding. Feel free to visit my website and see all the pudding. Or, come to my office and have a taste yourself.
What is hypnosis and NLP good for? What can it help with? Anything and everything.
The UN declares, and of course I agree: “The pursuit of happiness is a fundamental human goal.” Yesterday, the world celebrated happy, with the 2014 International Day of Happiness. If you want to hear some uber-catchy happy music and see some happy faces and bodies dancing to it, look on Youtube.com under the search term hashtag happy, #HAPPY.
Here’s one:
I think we should do more of that. 🙂 I think happiness is too big to contain within a single calendar day, and should be welcomed and celebrated and lived every day. What kind of a world would it be if people were HAPPY every day? A different world, a better world. Because…
In the words of my favorite teacher, Dr. Richard Bandler: “Good feelings, good decisions. Bad feelings, bad decisions.” My work is all about good feelings, and making them unconsciously automated. That’s hypnosis and NLP. When you feel good, you think differently, and you act differently in ways that are useful.
Learn more anytime about the power of hypnosis and how easy it really is to find your happy. Here: http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net
Here’s another musing on hypnosis and the nature of personal changes.
I was thinking about my dad this morning. He was very handy around the house, and could fix anything. He was a Lowes kind of guy–loved going in those home improvement and hardware type stores. As I was brushing my teeth this morning and staring at the water running in the sink, a vision from my childhood popped into my brain.
I could see my dad, lying on the bathroom floor with a “snake” type cable doing things to clear obstructions in the drain and pipes in the bathtub and sink. He fixed it! My dad was a wonderful problem solver.
Last week I had poured Draino in my own bathroom sink, and today I noticed that yes, the drain is running faster. And that reminded me of hypnosis.
Everything is a hypnotic metaphor. Everything.
My clients always want to know this: how fast? How long will it take to achieve x change with hypnosis? It absolutely varies. Sometimes it’s instant! Like my dad and his Roto-Rooter type pipe snake clearing a clog instantly. The brain says: “Oh, that blockage is unnecessary! Goodbye!”
Sometimes change needs to work it’s way through the mind and body and habits, like Draino’s chemical reactions through pipes. You pour it in and you let it sit, and yet it’s working. Dissolving those clogs over time. Hypnotic suggestions keep “workin’ it” over time, as well.
Brain and drain. Very similar words. Mere coincidence? 🙂 Bottom line, hypnosis is absolutely wonderful to flush troubles out of your life. The evidence is here: http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net.
Here’s my Tuesday musing, atop a swathe of color from a photo I took at the Tulip Festival last spring. 🙂 This was my summary advice to a friend on how to deal with negative people’s influence:
I also gave her explicit instructions on how to accomplish said directive. In essence, that’s what hypnosis does, help you make useful distinctions in your mind. What’s valuable, and what’s true.
Happy Tuesday!
Warm Regards,
Connie
PS: This pic makes me eager for Spring. Darn groundhog, promising us more winter. 🙂
Here’s my morning musing. 🙂 My teacher, Dr. Richard Bandler, says this: “The truth is that reality is built out of consciousness not the inverse. Our imaginations determine what will be real next.”
This is a difficult concept for many. Yet, day after day, year after year, doing this work, I absolutely know it’s true. What we focus our minds on we create in our lives, whether that be success or misery. What we’re thinking about in this moment creates our tomorrows. So, my advice? Think about what you WANT. 🙂 Not what you don’t want.
What are hypnosis and NLP? They’re express tickets into the playground called “the unconscious mind” where we can focus this imagination in ways to create a better, desired reality. I use the word “playground” very intentionally, because doing this(targeted reality making) is so much FUN and such a pleasant experience for all involved.
I’ve come up with a new description for what I do. Hypnotist = Targeted Reality Engineer ™.
There are so many myths and misunderstandings out and about in the universe. One that I find particularly WRONG is this: “change is slow and difficult.” What if that idea were utter baloney? What if that were only true for people who don’t have the right tools and training to make change happen fast and easily?
What if it was even worse than mere ignorance keeping people stuck in problem states? What if the idea “change is difficult” were being actively perpetuated to keep people from living full, successful and empowered lives? How would drug companies make their billions in profits and how would counselors be able to milk a client for years on end if change were easy?
Change IS easy, with the right tools skillfully wielded. Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapy(tm) is amazingly fast for successful positive changes of all varieties. Behavioral changes. Belief changes. Feeling changes. Here is another live testimonial of quick success. Roberta Greenwood of Bellevue, WA had one session with me, and when she came in for her second session a week later, she gave her report:
“I had one session with Connie at Mindworks Hypnosis and what I’ve noticed is I have the ability to make better choices.I have the ability to NOT go in and buy the cupcakes and the chocolate cake that I normally did.And I have a belief system that tells me I don’t need that to be happy.And that is a remarkable change for me.I’m already feeling the shifts after one session.”
Her words are wonderful, however there is more to her message in her face and voice. Awe and relief. Watch:
Yes, one session and noticeable results. When you’re serious about personal change, you’re not interested in a therapist who will milk you for years. You want someone like me with a different business model. My business model is: be good, be quick, be efficient, help people ASAP to have what they want, and then they will tell their friends and family. That’s how my business grows. From success.
Find what works. Michael and I are Licensed Trainers of NLP ™. NLP has been rightly called “the magic of instant change.” When you’re ready for “remarkable change” in your life, like Roberta here, give us a call.
Like many, many of you I watched the SuperBowl yesterday. And, as the world knows by now, our Seattle Seahawks won. Crushed them! Happy dance time!
It’s a wonderful achievement! How do you win a SuperBowl? Well, there’s conscious knowledge of the game and strategies for play needed. There’s a power state of body, a strength and physicality needed. I believe even more importantly, there’s a power state of mind needed. A winning state of mind.
By the way, meditation IS hypnosis. It’s a kind of self hypnosis. This state of slower brainwaves, this state of quiet mind, with a narrowing of focus, and an inner sense of well-being, that’s absolutely hypnosis. When this state is created and the mind directed to specific goals, creative problem solving comes alive. Success happens! That sounds very much like what the Seahawks did and that’s what I do with my clients, sports clients and otherwise. It’s all hypnosis.
Po-tay-to, po-tah-to. Perhaps “meditation” is a more socially acceptable word for some than “hypnosis.” I’ve noticed that lots of very successful programs and modalities for change actually utilize hypnosis but don’t want to call it hypnosis. Perhaps that’s due to pejorative weirdness and misconceptions still floating around left over from crazy Hollywood movies and popular culture. They’re scared of the word.
Hypnosis is something wonderful. Hypnotherapy is a guided use of this inner-focused state of mind for very specific goal achievement. As the Seahawks have shown us, using your mind in this way leads to success.
Discover more about this power of mind for yourself. Anytime. My office is in Bellevue, WA, and I’m happy to show you. I love working with athletes, and I’m so happy for our Hawks! http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net
I hope your New Year’s Resolutions are happening for you. The most common one I’ve been hearing and helping with is “I’ve got to lose weight!” My weight loss clients tell me: “I want to get moving! I need to get moving!”
Beyond food choice and portion control, motivation to exercise is high up on the list of changes desired for weight management. “Let’s get physical, physical! I wanna get physical …” That song with its driving beat makes me think of movement. Working out. Active life. Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapy is a way to make it happen.
Patterns and habits are learned. And, if they don’t serve us, they can be re-learned differently, in ways that help.
The “magic” of NLP is, simply put: We can attach new feelings to any activity. What would it be like to be full of energy and motivation to exercise? What if exercise became something wonderful and pleasurable and eagerly anticipated? What if your mind simply said: “This is who I am and this is what I do”? Do you suppose it would be easier to increase your physical activity level?
Here’s one unwanted pattern that I often see with clients: couch potato. Are you one? That’s a person who has developed a habit of sitting around, watching TV or surfing the web, with a body at rest for hours at a stretch. Oftentimes, this is coupled with mindless eating. That’s a sure fire formula for obesity.
With hypnosis and NLP, we can change “I’m too lazy” and couch-potato habits into a new mindset about exercise. A new mindset leads to new behaviors. In our work, we create and install new, useful mindsets for exercise. Here are some examples:
–I love it. It’s fun.
Or…
–It’s my routine. It’s just who I am and what I do.
Or…
–I have to. (a sense of urgency and necessity)
Or…
A combination of any of the above.
New beliefs go with the new mindset:
–I’m an active person. I’m a healthy person. I have energy. I make the time to be physically active, as this is something wonderful for me. This is “me” time. I deserve healthy.
And new behaviors emerge:
I go to the gym. I go for walks. I find the time. I look for opportunities for movement, taking the stairs rather than the elevator, parking a little further from the store front, and so on.
Hypnosis (and in that word I include NLP) is a way to change your thinking and feeling and behaviors and beliefs to become who you want to be. It really is endlessly fascinating work as every person is different and their desires , beliefs and motivations are different. The game and the fun is finding what will work with each individual and installing those changes. This is why I often say hypnosis is an art form as much as it is a science.
Everyone on the planet knows how to lose weight. It’s a very simple and well-documented formula. Eat less, make healthy choices, and be more active. What stops you? We find out and we address those things and create new habits. The power of hypnosis and NLP is that they are tools that encourage new healthy behaviors, and help people automate those choices.
Motivation to be active physically is just one piece of this puzzle, within a larger framework of healthy changes. Whatever needs tweaking, we go for it! For more insight into the power of Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapy for weight loss, here are two previous essays I’ve written for this series, one on food choice, and one on portion control.
You can also find out more general information of the successes to be had with these mind technologies of hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming here:
When I meet new people they often ask the following question about hypnosis and NLP: “Sounds cool! But, does it really work?” I answer with a resounding: “YES!” Here’s more proof of the pudding.
A recent client came in to my Bellevue hypnosis office to end her fear and anxiety around speaking, in public and also in smaller groups, primarily in a business context. She did that! She ended her debilitating fear, successfully. Replaced it with calm, and even a sense of fun. Here is her report after 3 sessions of Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapy.
C.O. of Woodinville, WA. writes:
“I’m doing great! I can’t believe how relaxed I am when I speak, I’m having a lot more fun. You really changed my life. It seems like it’s getting better all the time. I’ve told a few people to go to you for their weight problems. Happy 2014! Thanks!”
Yay! “You really changed my life.” To be more accurate, we did it together. This work is collaborative. HER brain made the positive changes, and my tools and ingenuity to be creative with those tools sparked that change. And yes, we put in suggestions to continue the flow of success, like a snowball rolling down the side of a snow-covered hill. She noticed that as well: “It’s getting better all the time.”
If you have positive changes in mind for yourself, and your life, we can do that! Anytime. Now is good. Hypnosis works. You can make 2014 your happiest and healthiest year ever. Wouldn’t you also like to be able to say this about your life? “It’s getting better all the time.”
Learn Self Hypnosis with Connie at Bellevue College.
How would you like to learn and experience self-hypnosis for weight loss from a Master Hypnotist & Licensed Trainer of NLP? You can! You’re in luck. I’m teaching a class for Bellevue College Continuing Education in Jan/Feb 2014.
The course featured here focuses hypnotic tools to enhance healthy body and healthy eating, but really, these tools can be applied to so many things in your life: motivation, stopping bad habits, quitting smoking, releasing fears, and more!
Self Hypnosis for Healthy Eating and Weight Loss
January 29 & February 5, 2014, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm both nights.
Bellevue College North Campus Cost: $99.00
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!
If your New Year’s resolutions are weakening, this course is your pump up of power! I do hope you’ll join me. This course is lively and fun and participatory. That means, you get to experience hypnosis as well as learn more about the power of your mind.
Greetings from Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP for a Happy New Year! Here’s wishing you all a healthy and happy 2014. Yay! And remember, if you’ve got some New Years Resolutions, hypnotherapy will turbo charge their success and accomplishment.
It’s a good time for change. Now. 2014–the year of your fabulous success!
This is a very busy time of year for hypnotherapists. New Year’s Resolutions spur visits for weight loss, quitting smoking, and other positive changes. I know that any time you’re motivated for change is a good time to get started, whether that’s January 1st or any other date. Hypnosis “turbo-charges” the actualization of your goals.
I love helping people with weight loss. People come into my office and itemize their issues: what they eat, when they eat, why they eat (when they’re not hungry), how fast they eat, and all the accompanying aspects of self image and internal dialog, limiting beliefs, and so on. Many things need tweaking for success.
The topic of the moment is: Portion Control. When to say when. How to become attuned to the right amount of food for your body and energy needs. How to eat less and enjoy it more. Here is part two of my continuing essays on the various aspects of the “Weighty Issue” of weight loss and weight management, and the successes to be had through Neuro Linguistic Hypnotherapy.
Our mind has unconscious strategies for everything we do. How we act, how we think, what we choose, what we perceive as real. We acquire these strategies through learning. They become embedded in us like programs running on a computer, which we then call “habits.” Habits are learned, and they can be unlearned.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP–a conversational hypnosis) studies successful unconscious strategies, and we can grab, install, and live those strategies in ourselves. In studies of naturally slender people, we have successfully gathered naturally slender food strategies. Via NLP and hypnosis, we can install these into people who would benefit from them. This is a necessary piece of the work I do with clients! A client can adopt an unconscious new strategy and find themselves engaging in new behaviors without any mental effort.
We get clients in tune with physical hunger vs. emotional hunger. The mind can notice the difference. Emotional hunger is “fed” in new non-caloric ways. Physical hunger leads to a healthy choice strategy in the mind, meaning you’re more likely to reach for an apple rather than a cookie, a salad rather than a cheeseburger and fries. We implant a speed strategy, how fast to eat. Slowing it down is usually helpful. We implant a beverage of choice strategy: water! And then most importantly, we implant an exit strategy. When to STOP EATING. This is set at the point of satisfaction, when the body’s nutritional and energy needs are met in accordance with achieving and maintaining a healthy weight.
There are, sadly, desperate people out in the world who don’t realize the control they have over their own minds and bodies, and they go to bizarre extremes like surgeries that attempt to PHYSICALLY limit food intake. That’s not necessary! Installing new unconscious strategies with hypnosis creates better success, without the expense or health risks.
When it’s all said and done, the weight loss client finds themselves engaging in:
–Less emotional eating
–Healthier choices
–Smaller portions
–More satisfaction.
It’s all good.
If your unconscious strategies (habits around food) need adjustment, it’s so much easier than you think to make healthy changes. You can discover it for yourself any time. After January 1st or before.
Here is another success testimonial. Seeing a hypnotherapist is a personal matter. Not all of my successful clients want to share their names publicly. Mr. D. R. of Sammamish, Washington, has opted to share his happy results, with initials only.
D. R. says: “Hi Connie, Just thought I would give you an update one month later. At 202, almost at my target weight! I am much more comfortable. I use my self hypnosis nearly every day. Thanks soooo much, you have really helped me.”
Yay, D.R. Good job!
If weight loss and healthy eating are on your New Year’s Resolutions list, why wait? Give me a call at (425) 564-8608 and let’s get started now. Today is a good day to get serious about healthy.
What if your life were like a hunk of modeling clay and you had the power to grab it and form it and shape it to match your desires? Wouldn’t that be cool?
Well…It is cool, and it is also truth! The power of your mind is what hypnosis is all about. With hypnosis, you tap into your subconscious mind, your creative mind, the part of you that turns ideas into reality.
Let’s do it!
Imagination is key. A sculptor looks at a block of stone and sees something alive within it. And he releases that vision. The unimaginative might look at that same block of stone, and say: “There’s nothing there. It’s just a block of stone.” No potential to be anything else. And they (the unimaginative) would be wrong. Hypnosis unlocks the sculptor in you.
If you’re ready to understand the control and choices you have in your life, call us! (425) 564-8608. Hypnosis is empowerment to stop smoking, lose weight, end fear, and more. Create the shape of success for yourself.
I woke up this morning thinking about motivation. Have you ever said to yourself: “I WANT to do this!”? Did that alone move you to do it? For the people that come into my Bellevue hypnotherapy office for help in such things as losing weight or quitting smoking, the answer is typically “no.” They want to. They haven’t. (Yet.)
Have you ever said to yourself: “I NEED to do this!”? Did that move you more or less to actually accomplish it?
Want vs. need. Those two words create different feelings inside us, that are often in conflict. Here is a classic example I hear from my weight loss clients: I want to sit on the couch, watch TV and eat donuts, however I need to go to the gym and get on the elliptical machine.
Want is desire, an attraction, a pull. I want that new car. Need is necessity, and can be a push away from something we don’t want. I need to do the dishes, or I won’t have any clean ones to eat off of. Either one alone, want or need, might move us to action. Or not.
Here’s my insight! What if we combine these motivations?
How much more likely are you to DO the thing you both want to do and need to do? What if you wanted to go to the gym as well as needed to? Would you be sitting on the couch with donuts? No way, Jose!
A combo of want and need generates massive power for forward action! You’re moving away from what you don’t want and don’t need and towards what you do want and do need at the same time. This is something I help people create in themselves through hypnosis and NLP Neuro Linguistic Programming. I have found it to be very, very useful for helping clients achieve their goals.
The meaning and utility of words is my business. And because one of my personal goals (NEED and WANT) is to become the best at what I do, I spend every waking minute, including this Sunday morning, musing on the power of words. If you need or want some changes in your life and they aren’t happening, give us a call. We’ll get you moving in the right direction.
Goodbye, Willpower. And that's a good thing for weight loss.
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The holidays are looming, and all those over-indulgence opportunities: holiday sweets and treats in the office, family parties, Turkey Day where the turkey isn’t the only thing getting “stuffed,” and so on are looming as well.
During the months of November and December, it’s easy to get wild and shelve healthy eating. It doesn’t have to be that way. At this very appropriate time, I’m offering a series of essays on weight management. Here’s number one!
It’s a Weighty Issue – Part I: Food Choice
It seems that a large percentage of the population is thinking about their weight at any given moment, reading about this new diet, that new food plan, purchasing diet products, and/or in the midst of dieting. Our weight truly is a national obsession.
So, why do diets and food plans fail so miserably to help people achieve a healthy weight and stay there? A “diet” is a conscious (thinking) endeavor. It involves analysis, logic, and willpower. That can’t cut it long term.
There’s more power in the mind beyond thinking.
Unconscious Drivers
We THINK we know why we do what we do. And we’d be wrong. Weight management and issues therein are a complex web beyond conscious choices. They involve unconscious patterns of behaviors, and embedded beliefs about ourselves and the world that can limit us. These unconscious drivers are just that, unconscious, beyond our awareness. They get embedded in us and like a program installed on a computer they run and run and run.
What is the benefit of hypnotherapy for weight loss? We can actually get in there and address and change these patterns of unconscious behaviors and limiting beliefs. Update the programs running in us. Change how we feel and what we do. These changes lead to long-term sustained weight loss success and weight management.
Weight loss is a weighty issue. Yes, it is. There’s a lot involved. In my office working with clients we address a variety of changes that may be useful. I’m planning a series of essays which I intend to share here on my blog, dealing with the issues hypnosis helps with, such as food choice, portion control, emotional eating, motivation to exercise, self image, negative self talk, limiting beliefs, time management and priorities, and more aspects of the weight management puzzle.
The number one change needed on everybody’s list is food choice — is there a predilection toward sugars and sweets? And/or too many carbs such as pasta, pizza, and potatoes? Not enough vegies? Drinking enough water? I’ve heard it all, uncontrollable attraction to unhealthy choices, such as cookies, chocolate, candy, cake, donuts, sugary sodas, French fries, chips, etc. And the gamut of ho-hum all the way to aversion responses to healthy choices.
Why Willpower Sucks
What is willpower? It activates during the “I want it” vs. “No, I’m not going to have it.” struggle. We’re torn between two competing desires. Willpower is the conscious mind taking control and activating a conscious decision. Usually, it’s the “no.” Willpower is weak. Willpower is difficult to maintain long term (yo-yo dieting proves this).
With skilled hypnosis, we erase the need for willpower altogether. Let me say that again. We get rid of any need for willpower. Willpower is forced to the surface when there’s a struggle. What if there were no struggle? What if your brain just said “no” automatically? There’d be no use for willpower and it wouldn’t even come into play. You’d just be doing something different because it feels right.
For example: I have no interest or desire to jump out of an airplane for sport. NONE. In fact, it’s not going to happen. It’s on my “no way” list. Do I obsess about jumping out of an airplane? Of course not. It never enters my mind. Do I struggle to force myself not to jump? Of course not. Do I jump? No. It’s not what I do. What if eating unhealthy became a “no” rather than a struggle? That’s what skilled hypnotherapy achieves. Will power goes back on the shelf. Don’t need it!
Beyond the Willpower Struggle
Here are some of my client results/comments regarding activation of this change:
“Hi Connie, Just had to send along this spread of the party I was at last night. All of the things I find the hardest to resist! Meats, cheeses, bread, crackers, nuts. It was so nothing to me! I didn’t have ONE THING! And the best part was I didn’t WANT one thing!
It’s just so amazing to me. I am sure it’s “another day at the office” for you but, for me…oh my goodness it was so awesome to not obsess over having it or not…wow. Thank you!!!” – Lori H., Mercer Island, WA
Is her willpower in play? No. The craving for these particular food choices is gone.
“I’ve lost 40# in 4 months… My sweet tooth and chip obsession disappeared overnight. My self esteem skyrocketed. It’s been months since I’ve seen you and yet I’m still right on track with my goals.” E. – Seattle. Is her willpower in play? No.
“I don’t crave ice cream at all now! Or chocolate. I am in shock!!!” — Saliha B., Issaquah, WA. Is her willpower in play? No.
I hope you get the picture here. These people are not “dieting” to avoid sweets and “temptations” and they’re not struggling, they’re just automatically choosing different in ways that serve their weight management success. That’s what skilled hypnosis can do. Hypnosis creates the positive changes that move people by addressing and changing the unconscious patterns. No diet can do that.
Keep reading here for continuing essays on the various aspects of the Weighty Issue of weight loss and weight management, and the successes to be had through Neuro Linguistic Hypnotherapy.
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The answer is: “yes!” Michael and I have a saying: “If it involves the mind, hypnosis can help.”
Here’s my morning musing. 🙂 My teacher, Dr. Richard Bandler, says this: “The truth is that reality is built out of consciousness not the inverse. Our imaginations determine what will be real next.”
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