Category: Hypnosis

Posted in: Hypnosis, Musings

Body Image Reality Check

Written by Connie

Hi, Hypno-Friends!

There’s an expression:  the camera doesn’t lie.  I maintain that, yes, it does!  I found this video being shared on the internet the other day.  It shows a model’s before and after pic.  Before, how she really looks in her photo shoot, and after photoshop digital manipulation of the image.

This video from 2012 has recently gone “viral” as they say, with millions of new views.  A mom showed it to her daughter to make her aware that the glamour and fashion industry’s images we are bombarded with daily are not REAL bodies.  And she shared it on the internet.

Wow.  Longer hair, mouth enlarged, eyes enlarged, legs, arms, neck lengthened, sizes removed, butt contoured, skin color changed…I guess the photo-shopper found NOTHING attractive about this woman to begin with?

This is part of the battle we face in weight management hypnotherapy work as well.  So many women come in my door toting a sense of “not good enough” and a very negative self image and inner barrage of negative self talk.  This originates from a skewed view of what is “beautiful” and “normal” based on, well… lies.  Images such as this create an impossible unattainable “perfection” that no human body can meet.

Part of the client weight loss work I do deals with the nitty gritty of portions, food choice, emotional eating, motivation to exercise and so on.  An equally important item that needs addressing is self image, and the release of crazy unrealistic inadequacies that may have been implanted by the fashion industry.

I invite you to take a look at this video and ask yourself a question.  Which woman do you find more appealing?  More normal?  The real woman, or the digital creation?  I opt for the real woman.

Warm Regards,
Connie

Posted in: Hypnosis

Hypnosis! It’s so fun and effective, it’s spooky!

Written by Connie
Hypno Pumpkin
Happy Hypno Halloween!

Hypnosis! It’s so fun and effective, it’s spooky!

Best Halloween wishes for a safe and fun holiday from Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP.  And Moms, if you find yourself dipping a little too much into the kids’ Halloween candy this week, remember, hypnosis can help turn off sugar.

Warm Regards,
Connie & Michael

Posted in: Events, Hypnosis, Seattle Hypnosis

Great American Smokeout Event 11/21/13

Written by Connie
Great American Smokeout event
Goodbye, cigarettes! 11/21/13

Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP is happy to announce a special 1-time event:

“Great American Smokeout” Group Hypnosis Session to Quit Smoking

If you’re looking to quit smoking or know someone who wants to quit, here’s a wonderful opportunity.  The American Cancer Society has declared Thursday, November 21 as the “Great American Smokeout.”  A day to quit smoking.  We agree!  And we’re doing something to help!

Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP is offering a special event in conjunction with the Great American Smokeout.  We are offering a group hypnosis smoking cessation session in Belleve, WA the evening of Nov 21.  Connie & Michael will lead the group into comfortable trance and then guide participants to healthy changes.  It’s 2 hours that could change your life!

Did you know that hypnosis is described by a prominent scientific journal as: “The most effective way of giving up smoking” (New Scientist, issue #1845, October 31, 1992, p 6)?  We know this is true, because we live this success with our Mindworks Hypnosis clients daily.

If you’re ready to quit the smoking habit, we invite you to join us!  Please share this notice, as well, with your soon-to-be-nonsmoking friends.

When
THURSDAY
NOV. 21, 2013
From 7pm to 9pm

 Where
BELLEVUE, WA
Near the interchange of I405 & I90.

For more info & to register:
http://www.stopsmokingseattle.com/smokeout.html

GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT GROUP HYPNOSIS SESSION OFFERED BY MINDWORKS HYPNOSIS

November 21, 7-9 pm, Bellevue, WA.

Experience the power of hypnosis to help you focus your mind and achieve your goal of becoming smoke-free.

Posted in: Events, Hypnosis, NLP, Seattle Hypnosis

Hypnosis: The Most Effective Therapy of All

Written by Connie
Stop Smoking, Seattle!
Stop Smoking, Seattle!

Written by guest blogger, Michael Brannan.  🙂

Did you know that hypnosis is described by a prominent scientific journal as: “The most effective way of giving up smoking” (New Scientist, issue #1845, October 31, 1992, p 6). This was the conclusion reached after reviewing some 600 studies totaling nearly 72,000 people.

To find the most effective way to give up smoking, researchers carried out a meta-analysis, statistically combining the results of more than 600 smoking cessation studies covering almost 72,000 people from across the globe.  By combining the results from so many separate studies, the meta-analysis enables the real effectiveness of each technique to be seen. The results are clear:  the use of clinical hypnosis for smoking cessation is the most effective approach to becoming smoke-free in existence!  And, one of the least expensive!

The results are in.  According to the extensive research, here are the relative
effectiveness of various therapies:

Nicotine Replacement Therapy/Patches and gum, 7%

Will power alone (“cold turkey”), 6 – 11%

Herbal remedies, Lozenges, Nasal sprays,   2 – 5%

Herbal cigarettes, Inhalers, 2 – 5%

Prescription drugs, 20%

Acupuncture, 24%

HYPNOSIS!, 60%

We’re Connie and Michael Brannan, owners and operators of Mindworks Hypnosis, and we’ve been helping people end the smoking habit for over 7 years. We use a unique and powerful blend of hypnosis and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) to stop smoking dead in it’s tracks.

You may not have heard of NLP, but it is the most advanced and powerful form of hypnosis there is. It has been called “hypnosis on steroids.” Knowing that hypnosis is already the most effective way to stop smoking, just imagine your results when you put it on steroids! Cool, huh?

You can quit, and we can help using this powerful, proven and safe method. And, unlike drugs, hypnosis has no negative side effects. It does, of course, have positive side effects–you’ll start feeling happy, energized, joyous, much better than you have in a long, long time. Call us and get on the path to healthy now: 425-564-8608.

Warm Regards,
Michael

The Great American Smokeout 2013 (On November 21st) is looming. We’re planning a special event at a special price to help more smokers become non-smokers. Keep your eyes here for more details.

Posted in: Hypnosis, NLP, Seattle Hypnosis

Fear of Flying Flies the Coop!

Written by Connie

I love results!  Another happy client reports on her success.  Susan Wiseman used to have a fear of flying.  She doesn’t anymore.  After hypnosis and NLP Neuro Linguistic Programming, that fear flew the coop.  Adios!!

““Hi Connie! You asked about positive changes. I did fine with no pre-flying anticipation or fear…I was calm and looking forward to the trip. The only time I felt an iota of nerves was finding out one of our connections was on a small commuter plane but once I found out there was a bathroom on the plane I was fine. I was much more concerned about my bladder than flying in a 24 seat plane!!! Thanks again for your help!”  –Susan Wiseman, Seattle Metro area

That’s right!  When we decide that we’re done being limited in our choices, and that fear does not serve us, we can give it the old heave ho!  Susan did.  You can, too.  The power of your mind is greater than you think.  Call me and find out more:  (425) 564-8608.

Warm Regards,
Connie

Posted in: Hypnosis, NLP, Seattle Hypnosis

Client Testimonial of Healthy Changes Unfolding

Written by Connie
Happy client success
Happy hypnosis client success

This beautiful lady, Stephanie Meade, of Renton, WA is noticing some positive changes after beginning Neuro Linguistic Hypnotherapy with Mindworks Hypnosis.  The changes are in her eating habits, her activity level, and her positive self image and sense of her own choices.

She’s losing desire for foods that are unhealthy, and finding a new focus.  Healthy!   Good job, Stephanie!   And, best of all, she knows she deserves success and can achieve success.

In her own words:

“Hi, my name is Stephanie.   I have been seeing Connie for a couple weeks now and I’m already noticing some really fabulous changes.

Ice cream has always been a big issue for me.  The other night my brother wanted to go to Dairy Queen, and I could not even go through the drive-thru because I just couldn’t even stand the thought of touching the ice cream.  So, I made him go in to get it and hide it from me.

And, pizza has always been my very favorite thing to eat.  I’ve never gone, I think,  longer than a week without pizza.  I haven’t had any for, I think, three weeks now, maybe four.   I also don’t have any desire for the pizza, which is a crazy thing. 

And, I’m starting to feel better about myself.   I’ve always struggled with feelings of not feeling good enough.   I’m starting to feel like I AM good enough, like I’m a good person, and I deserve to succeed.  And so, I can’t wait to see what other wonderful changes happen as I progress with Connie.”  — Stephanie Meade, Renton, WA

That’s right. Stephanie is making changes. Changes in eating habits, changes in motivation to exercise, changes in self image. She’s moving towards her goal, step by step. Hypnosis is the tool to activate this journey successfully. Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP. Find what works!

Warm Regards,
Connie

Posted in: Hypnosis, Seattle Hypnosis

Change is Easy

Written by Connie
Time to change.
It's time to change, and change is easy.

I like this picture! It’s the current view out my office window. Green life! The trees are changing.  Look how easily they make radical changes.  Those old leaves used to be attached.  Now the trees have said:  “I’m done with that!”  And whooooosh, they’re gone.

That’s how hypnosis works, too.  A decision is made.  Change happens.  And life gets better.  And when it’s time to do it, you know.  What you might not know is that change is as easy as what you see in this picture.

Trees are my metaphor for life.  I love trees.  It helps that I was born and raised in the Seattle area.  We got trees!!  I lived in Arizona for about a decade, and let me tell you, those cactus and palms were pretty, but can’t compete with our Pacific Northwest TREES.  I’m loving the green.  And the ideas they spark about how change can be fast, easy, and natural.

When you open your mind to new resourcefulness and new choices (that’s what hypnosis does), you’ll see that for yourself.  Call me if you’d like to set up a free in-person consult to learn more about what your life can be, successful, happy, and powerful.  (425) 564-8608.

Warm Regards,
Connie

Posted in: Hypnosis, Seattle Hypnosis

Motivation to Exercise – An Important Part of Your Weight Loss Plan

Written by Connie
Hypnosis for motivation.
Hypnosis for motivation.

Hi, Hypno-Friends!

Here is another of my fun “anthropomorphism” videos. 🙂

What if your elliptical machine could talk? What would it say to you? Would it feel fulfilled in it’s purpose in life? Or would it feel unused and unnecessary? Here is the tale of a lonely elliptical machine.

When it’s time to get moving, you know what to do. Call Mindworks Hypnosis and NLP.  (425) 564-8608.  We’ll get your blood flowing and your motivation flying and your body moving.  If you want activity and energy on the menu, we can help put it there.  And as everyone on the planet knows, this is key to weight loss and weight management.

To your health!

Warm Regards,
Connie

Posted in: Hypnosis, Seattle Hypnosis

Another Testimonial of Hypnosis & NLP Success for Mindworks Hypnosis.

Written by Connie

“I was at a proverbial crossroads in my life and knew it was time to make some changes, examine my ambitions & goals and move bravely forward into my future – perhaps an entirely new future. However, before I could do that, I needed to release some patterns & beliefs that had been holding me back.

When I discovered Mindworks, I suspected it could be ideal for my needs. One consultation with Connie and I knew I had found the perfect place and the perfect person to help me. I was immediately at ease with Connie. Her ability to compassionately and skillfully blend techniques of NLP and hypnosis allow the client to discover solutions to their own issues and problems. I trust her. I believe in her and the tools that she passionately & masterfully uses to guide you to your own truth.”  Kerry D., Kent, WA.

I’m happy when my clients “get it.”  It being an understanding of their own power and what this process called hypnosis really is.  Hypnosis is not my power over a client, it’s a client becoming empowered in his/her own life and choices.  And that is absolutely under their control.

People aren’t really stuck.  They just think they are.  Until they realize otherwise.  Hypnosis helps in that realization.  I love this work, and I love how powerful people are, when they decide to tap into the riches inside their own minds.

Warm Regards,
Connie

 

Posted in: Hypnosis, NLP, Seattle Hypnosis

Is it Time to Quit Smoking, Seattle? Hypnosis Works!

Written by Connie
Happy Lungs of a Nonsmoker
Quit Smoking Hypnosis - Your lungs will thank you!

I helped a nice young man to quit smoking yesterday.  He’d been at it for 15 years, since the ripe old age of 13 when he picked up his first cigarette.  After our 2-hour session, he said cigarettes were “nothing” to him.  He couldn’t dredge up any interest or desire to smoke, whatsoever.  None.

Yes, it can be that easy.  When you’re ready to quit, focusing your mind with hypnosis and skilled Neuro Linguistic Programming helps make it happen.

Michael and I are always taking a variety of trainings to keep our skills sharp and our creativity flowing.  Right now, we’re taking an improvisational acting course.  One of the games we learned there is called “narrative collage.”  We see a story from a variety of different vantage points, including ones you don’t normally think about.  I’ve created this 3-perspective story here about smoking cessation.  From the viewpoint of an ashtray, your lungs, and your wallet.  Enjoy their story:

We do offer a free in office personal consultation if you’d like to hear more about what we do and how we can help. Call us at (425) 564-8608 and we’ll be happy to set that meeting up for you.

You CAN be smokefree. Quicker and easier than you imagine.

Warm Regards,
Connie

Posted in: Events, Hypnosis, NLP, Seattle Hypnosis

NLP is Empowerment – 1 Day Seminars NLP for Sales & NLP for Personal Development

Written by Connie

 

Society of Neuro Linguistic Programming
The Society of NLP - Go for Quality!

Hi, Hypno-Friends and Enthusiasts!

NLP is a conversational hypnosis.  It’s super powerful.  It’s been called “hypnosis on steroids.”  Yes, it is!  🙂  It’s the prime tool I use in my clinical work — and one of the main reasons I have over 140 testimonials of success on my website.

NLP is magic in action and Michael and I LOVE it.  We are both Licensed Trainers of NLP ™ through the co-creator of NLP, Dr. Richard Bandler.

In addition to the clinical work we do using NLP, Michael and I own and operate a Washington-State licensed private vocational school:  Mindworks NLP.  We TEACH hypnosis and NLP, to empower others to create their own success.

Through our school, we are offering two “taster” NLP one-day seminars this month.  On Sept 21 (Saturday) we offer “NLP for Sales and Business Success.”  On Sept 28 (Saturday) we offer “NLP for Personal Development and Life Success.”  More info is here, NLP One Day Seminars!  We sell these hands-on, live, experiential courses for $97.  However, right now, we are offering an “Early Bird” special of just $67.

NLP Neuro Linguistic Programming is an amazing methodology to control your emotional states, create motivation, calm, happy, persuasion, anything else you like where it’s useful to be that.  It’s about communication, and reading and understanding people through language and body.  It’s about influence, and effective communications.  We play with these tools.  Live and in person.  We show you, we guide you, we critique you to make sure you “get it.”  This isn’t some impersonal online nonsense or literature.  This is the real deal.  Live NLP demonstrations and exercises from two Licensed Trainers.

If you’d like to learn these tools, the opportunity is NOW.  This month.  We have sign up buttons on our webpage:  http://www.seattlenlptraining.com/.  If you’d like to join us and partake of more success in life, we’re happy to have you.  We only offer this a couple times a year, so now is a good time to improve business communications and sales techniques and enrich your life with our personal development NLP as well.

Hope to see you soon!

Warm Regards,
Connie & Michael

Posted in: Hypnosis, NLP, Seattle Hypnosis

Are You a Couch Potato?

Written by Connie
Are you a couch potato?
Hypnosis to get motivated and get moving!

Are you a couch potato?  If so, you can choose something different for yourself anytime you want to.  Try on some motivation to exercise!  Try on some healthy changes in your eating habits.  Try on getting fit!!  What would it be like if you felt a joy AND a motivation to exercise?

It’s doable.  Michael and I can help!  We’ve been awarded “Best of Bellevue 2013” (following similar awards for 2011 and 2012) for Weight Loss and Control Program.  There’s a reason for this.  Scores of reasons, and you can see them here— Seattle area people who have used our services and been successful with weight loss.

Here’s our fun couch potato video.  Check it out!  🙂

When you’re ready to discover a new level of fitness and health for yourself, call us.  We’re happy to offer you a free in office meeting to explain what hypnosis really is, and what NLP is and how well they work.

Warm Regards,
Connie

Posted in: Hypnosis, NLP, Seattle Hypnosis

Ending Sugar Addiction with Hypnosis – As Told by Chocolate

Written by Connie

I’m having fun with my “narrative collage” videos.  Here’s another.  This is how I imagine a box of chocolates would feel after discovering that her people have a new and powerful focus on healthy eating.

Truth be told, hypnosis is a fantastic methodology to end the sugar cravings, the sugar urges, the sugar “addiction.”  How would you rather feel about sweets?  We can enact those changes.  That’s where NLP shines!

I offer free consults to those that are serious and interested.  If sugar has you by the throat, we can loosen it’s hold.  Find out more:  http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net

Warm Regards,
Connie

Posted in: Hypnosis, Musings

Healthy Eating Hypnosis – From the Perspective of one Happy Donut!

Written by Connie

Hi, Hypno-Friends!

Here is another fun video from the mind of Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP. Michael and I have had numerous trainings, including a current go-round of improvisational comedy/acting classes. We’re stretching our quick-mindedness and creativity, useful tools for a hypnotist (and anyone). One exercise in improv class is called “narrative collage.” You take on various viewpoints of different players in a scene to tell a story.

Here is the story of healthy eating, as seen by Ms. Donut.

Enjoy!

Warm Regards,
Connie

http://www.loseweightseattle.com

Posted in: Hypnosis, Seattle Hypnosis

The Wise Choice in Hypnosis Services, Seattle!

Written by Connie

Hi, Hypno-Friends!

Anyone who knows me or has visited my clinical office, knows I have an affinity with owls.  Live owls like to show up outside my office window.  Now, I collect owls.  Art and objects.  And toys.  These two cuties joined my owl collection today.

Hypnosis - the wise choice.
Hypnosis - the wise choice!

I decided to feature them in a new promotional video.

Enjoy. It’s short, and cute.

Warm Regards & Owl the Best to you,
Connie

Posted in: Hypnosis, NLP, Seattle Hypnosis

Client Video Testimonial of Success for Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP / Seattle Hypnotherapy

Written by Connie

Kerry D. of the Greater Seattle area came into Mindworks Hypnosis for some personal development, and life changes. She found them. Here’s her comments after two sessions with me.

“I was very hesitant to seek help or counseling, for all of  my life, because I didn’t want to talk about my problems. I know what my problems are. I just wanted to fix them.

And then I found Connie. And after one session I felt remarkably better. Like a  completely different person. Connie is amazing! I trust her and I feel like she  is somewhat of a kindred spirit.

Don’t think twice. Trust your instincts. Come and see Connie. She’s amazing.
Truly, truly amazing.”  — Kerry D., Seattle, WA.

Happy Hypnotherapy Client
Kerry D. - the Face of Happy

Skilled, and creative hypnosis (which is actually a rare commodity in the Pacific Northwest) is amazingly successful for positive changes in outlook and behaviors. Call us for a free in-office consult.  (425) 564-8608.  Also, more info on our protocol and credentialing is on our website:   http://www.seattlehypnotherapy.net/ and http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net

Warm Regards,
Connie

 

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Self Hypnosis for Ongoing Success — Client Testimonial for Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP

Written by Connie

sleep improvement with hypnosisHello, Hypno-Friends!

I received another nice testimonial this week.  I taught a lady with insomnia issues how to work with self hypnosis.  She wrote:

“Connie,  I’ve noticed some significant changes. I frequently use the self-hypnosis techniques to fall asleep, and I have been having very restful sleep. I’ve recommended you to my friend.   Best, Deborah C.” —  Greater Seattle area.

That’s right.  Hypnosis works for sleep improvement.  And more!

Have you ever heard this expression:  “Give a man a fish, he has dinner for one night.  Teach a man to fish, and he has the ability to feed himself forever.”  The idea here is the same.  I do lead people through guided hypnotherapy to positive changes one on one in my office in Bellevue.  I ALSO frequently teach clients self hypnosis as a tool for ongoing success and goal achievement.  I love to do this!

Self hypnosis is an amazing tool.  I also teach this methodology at Bellevue College Continuing Education.  We set an instant trigger for trance states and include lessons in goal setting and mind-focusing language.  Next self hypnosis course offering in Bellevue is Fall Quarter, on November 13 & 20.  Bellevue College is updating their website, however the enrollment link for my course should be up soon at:

http://www.campusce.net/BC/course/course.aspx?C=11559&pc=1817&mc=1893&sc=

If you don’t find the details of this online, please give Bellevue College a call directly and they will help get you enrolled.  I do hope you’ll join me.

Warm Regards,
Connie

 

Posted in: Hypnosis, NLP, Seattle Hypnosis

“20+ Years of Severe Depression” Ended with Hypnosis – Seattle Client Testimonial

Written by Connie

A calm and peaceful woman holding a flowerI often get asked about hypnosis.  Is it real?  Does it generate change?  Do the changes last?  Yes, yes, and yes.  🙂  When a client  successfully updates a program in their mind, it stays updated.  I got a wonderful testimonial of ongoing success from Karel Creason, of Bellevue, WA, about a year after our work.

“Connie Brannan has helped me change the way I think about myself and my life.  I saw her primarily for help with weight loss, but I ended up realizing many other positive changes at the same time. I was surprised and so pleased with the lasting results of my sessions: ability to concentrate on the way I wanted to eat, improvement in my personal relationships, and a completely rejuvenated interest in life.

After 20+ years of severe depression, I was amazed to find that I was free of it after just a single session.  I am so grateful that I had the good sense to see Connie, and I recommend her services to anyone who wants similar improvements in their life.”  — Karel Creason, Bellevue, WA.

In general, people have no clue about the power of their own minds to effect positive changes.  Hypnosis is a tool to unlock that power.  It’s not mind control, (as some erroneously believe) it’s empowerment.  Karel created these changes in herself.  Good job!

When you focus your mind on a goal or goals using the tools of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and hypnotherapy, your mind creates the pathway to those goals, the strategies, new thinking, new behaviors, and forward movement required.  Massive success and change is possible, as this client success story attests.

I think I’m in love with hypnosis.  And when the uninformed dismiss it, it’s very, very, very sad.

Warm Regards,
Connie

Posted in: Hypnosis, Seattle Hypnosis

End Smoking with Mindworks Hypnosis

Written by Connie

Is this you??

Quit Smoking with Mindworks Hypnosis.
Hypnosis helps with quitting smoking. Discover it!

When you NEED to do something, and yet you aren’t, there’s help. It’s hypnosis. We can help you change how you’re thinking, and quitting smoking can be something streamlined and natural. We fill in the blanks with new healthy behaviors so nothing is lost and nothing is missing. You feel whole.

Remember that old song: “Oz never did bring nothing to the Tin Man, that he didn’t, didn’t already have.” You’ve got what smoking brings you, already. We can update the mind’s programming to know this and use this.

Hypnosis is very effective help for stopping smoking. Discover this for yourself.

Warm Regards,
Connie

Graphic Image, copyright Mindworks Hypnosis and NLP, 2013.

Posted in: Hypnosis

Dance for Trance – Another Promotional Video for Mindworks Hypnosis

Written by Connie
Seattle's Mindworks Hypnosis - You'll Dance for Joy
Seattle's Mindworks Hypnosis - You'll Dance for Joy

Love my videos.  This one is super cool.  Something I had not heard of, “tutting.”  Sort of a conglomerate of “Walk like an Egyptian” and a geometry lecture.  Mindworks Hypnosis is the “King” Tut of Seattle area hypnosis.  (Michael made that up.)

Enjoy this amazing video.

 

Warm Regards,
Connie

Posted in: Hypnosis, Seattle Hypnosis

Seattle Hypnotherapy

Written by Connie

www.seattlehypnotherapy.net  Seattle hypnotherapy dot net, check it out!  It’s one of our new web presences.  🙂

The positive and dramatic changes you get with hypnotherapy may seem like magic, however, it’s au naturel, it’s the power of the mind that we all have. Hypnosis is an empowerment process that connects us to our ability to choose. New behaviors, new feelings, new thoughts, new life.  Discover it, Seattle!

Posted in: Hypnosis, Musings, NLP

Start With Trust – We are an Accredited Business with the BBB

Written by Connie

“Start with Trust.”  That’s the slogan of the Western Washington Better Business Bureau.  And it’s also an essential beginning of any hypnosis work.

We are an Accredited Business with the Seattle area Better Business Bureau
We are an Accredited Business with the Seattle area Better Business Bureau.

Our status as an Accredited Business is your guarantee of ethical business practices. We have achieved an “A” Rating, which is the highest available for our business. After we’ve been in business for seven years (which happens in a few months), we will be awarded the “A+” rating, I’m sure.  That’s as high as it goes.  🙂

“Start with Trust.”  Why is this accredited status and “A” ranking good news for you?  Unfortunately, the “hypnosis industry” does attract some questionable people, un-trust-worthy people.  Many lack skill.  Some lack ethics.  Accreditation by the BBB is your guarantee of professionalism and ethics.  Match that with true, solid, bona fide credentialing in the arts of hypnotism and NLP, and now you’ve got a business to do business with!

Who wants a horrible story?!!  Here is the other side of the coin, wayyyyy other side, on the topic of hypnosis and professionalism.  I went to a hypnosis demonstration once upon a time and the (evil) hypnotist said to someone who wasn’t cooperating:  “Do what I say or your head will explode.”  Yikes!!  This is utterly appalling to me.

I know for a fact that some people practicing hypnotism in the Seattle area have a similar mindset.  They don’t care about people, and they want shortcuts rather than learning, and they don’t care about anything other than money!

There are also people in the world who approach the practice of hypnosis as a serious profession and as a passionate joy!  Me!  And my Michael!  We are doing our utmost to be good at it, so our clients get what they came for.  That’s success, and that’s what I strive for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Success for my clients!  And my students.  To improve the quality of hypnosis skill in the Greater Seattle area, Michael and I teach as well.

When you’re looking for hypnosis services, there are telltale signs of who’s bogus and who’s the real deal.  Accreditation with the Better Business Bureau and an “A” Rating indicate the real deal.  That logo, the BBB and flame SHOULD inspire trust.

I hope when you’re looking for hypnosis services, you find someone trust-worthy!

Warm Regards,
Connie

Posted in: Hypnosis, Seattle Hypnosis

Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP Wins “Best of Bellevue” for 2013.

Written by Connie
Mindworks Hypnosis is Best of Bellevue for 2013
Mindworks Hypnosis is Best of Bellevue for 2013

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Mindworks Hypnosis Receives 2013  Best of Bellevue Award

BELLEVUE, WA, July 15, 2013 — For the  third consecutive year, Mindworks Hypnosis of Bellevue, WA, has been selected for the 2013 Best of Bellevue Award in the Weight Loss & Control Programs  category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).

The USCA “Best of Local Business” Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout  the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional success in their local community and business category.  These are local companies which enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

Co-owner of Mindworks Hypnosis, Connie Brannan, CHt, & Licensed Trainer of NLP says: “We love what we do! Michael and I have been entrancing and enhancing lives for 7 years now with a 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.”

Nationwide, only 1 in 120 (less than 1%) of 2013 Award recipients qualified as Three-Time Award Winners. Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2013 USCA Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USCA and data provided by third parties.

The USCA was established to recognize the best of local businesses in their community.  Their organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations, chambers of commerce and other business advertising and marketing groups. Their mission is to be an advocate for small and medium size businesses and business entrepreneurs across America.

SOURCE: Mindworks Hypnosis
CONTACT:  Connie Brannan, CHt. Mindworks Hypnosis
URL: http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net
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Self Hypnosis to Quit Smoking – Another Offering at Bellevue College July 30 & Aug 6

Written by Connie

Hello, Hypno-Enthusiasts!

Here is another slam-dunk learning opportunity at Bellevue College.  Hypnosis for Smoking Cessation.  I teach you a tool called self hypnosis, and we do some work in class on helping you quit smoking as well.

Info:  http://www.campusce.net/BC/course/course.aspx?C=12481&pc=1066&mc=1387&sc=

This event is hypnosis hands on.  Experiential.  You get hypnotized, for your healthy changes.  Not only do you learn ABOUT hypnosis, you DO hypnosis.  I guide you, and then you play with hypnosis yourself, on an ongoing basis.  It’s like the old saying:  give a man a fish and he has dinner, teach him how to fish, and he can feed himself for a lifetime.  Hypnosis will feed your well-being for a lifetime.

The school location is Bellevue, through Bellevue College’s continuing education department, however, I’m hoping we attract learners from every corner of Seattle and beyond.  Hypnosis is too big and wonderful to be contained geographically.

Learn more here:

http://www.campusce.net/BC/course/course.aspx?C=12481&pc=1066&mc=1387&sc=

These courses are a lot of fun.  I do hope you’ll join me.  Learn self hypnosis to quit smoking for the low low price of $89.  When you think about the costs of smoking to your pocketbook and your health, this is an amazing opportunity.

Warm Regards,
Connie

 

 

Posted in: Events, Hypnosis, Seattle Hypnosis

A Chance To Trance – At Bellevue College July 23rd

Written by Connie
Self Hypnosis at Bellevue College
A Chance to Trance, July 23rd 7:00 pm

Hi, Guys!

For those of you curious about hypnosis and the power of your own mind to create success, here’s something exciting and easy to do.  Attend my one evening course on goal setting and hypnosis.

It’s July 23rd for two hours, at Bellevue College’s North Campus in Bellevue.  It’s an experiential evening.  By that I mean:  you get hypnotized.  And you get to participate in one of my “hypnotic interventions” that I use in my office work, to set a goal into your life such that your mind works overtime to make it happen.  All this fun and learning for $39.  Wow, as they say!

This offering is through the Adult Continuing Ed Department of Bellevue College, and if you’d like to attend you must sign up through them.  Here is their web link:  http://www.campusce.net/BC/course/course.aspx?C=12634&pc=1066&mc=1387&sc=

More info:

A Chance to Trance: Discover Hypnosis for Goal Achievement  

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!

I hope to see you there!

Warm Regards,
Connie

Posted in: Hypnosis, NLP, Seattle Hypnosis

Fear of Flying Ended with Hypnosis – Seattle Client Testimonial

Written by Connie

Hi, Hypno-Friends!

I received another happy success email from one of my Seattle area Neuro Linguistic Hypnotherapy clients this week.  We had worked on his fear of flying, using hypnosis and NLP.  Chris Gibson, of Seattle, reports:

“I really enjoy flying now and the freedom that is bringing me. 

I have been very successful since having hypnosis/NLP sessions with you.  In fact, in the past year, I have flown 7 times and am about to take my 8th flight!  I even took a trip to Atlanta and back by myself.  The work I did with you helped tremendously.

Prior to working with you, I had tried several different methods for controlling my fear of flying but none of them seemed to work.  They all seemed like “tricks” or “Band-Aids” and didn’t truly help me to think differently about flying.

During my sessions with you, we went through all of the feelings I wanted to feel on a plane, such as happiness, calm, safety, etc.  Through our sessions you helped to plant those thoughts into my subconscious and, for the first time, it worked!  On my first flight and each subsequent one those “good” feelings now fill my head and the negative ones have been pushed out.  I really wanted to thank you for all of your help.  I feel so much more free now!  P.S.  We are off to Vegas, my third time this year.  🙂  — Chris Gibson, Seattle.

Yay!  Another success story.  Goodbye, fear of flying. This is the best part of my work, hearing how the tools I use help to unlock power and change lives.

Fear is such a ridiculous waste of energy.  When you’re ready to end that, give me and Michael a call.  Our tools are stronger than fear.

Warm Regards,
Connie

http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net/

 

Posted in: Hypnosis, NLP, Seattle Hypnosis

There’s Easier Ways to Self Esteem

Written by Connie

Hi, Hypnosis Friends!

I just came across a ridiculous news story on the internet.  A woman with a history of eating disorders and lack of confidence and self esteem decided not to look at herself in the mirror for a year.  As in, NEVER.  Not to put on makeup, not to brush her teeth, not to adjust her skirt.

She avoided seeing her image in the rear view mirror while driving and looked away from plate glass windows and reflective surfaces.

She trusted others to give their opinions of how she looked rather than trust herself.  “Do I have mascara on my nose?”

Her objective?  To feel better about herself.  I find this story extremely sad.  Because there’s such easier and quicker ways to feel good about yourself.  And stay feeling good.  As in a few hours with a skilled and Licensed Neuro Linguistic Programmer.  Rather than endure a year of peculiar-ness (I’ve made up a new word!).  The extremes that people go to to try to feel different are crazy.  If only they knew!

I help people achieve this every day of the week, feeling more confident and boosting self esteem.  It’s so easy, with the right tools.  That’s skilled NLP.  And I help them access these new feelings frequently, when useful, and when they choose to.

One of the actual triggers I install in people is to feel good WHEN they look in the mirror.  Positive self talk happens BECAUSE they are looking in a mirror.  Energy and confidence happens.  Happy happens.  And this good feeling flies in spontaneously and automatically.  I love to do this.

The lady in the mirror story is so extreme, and it’s such an unnecessary waste of time and energy.  It’s like wanting to walk to your neighborhood grocer and hopping a plane to Alaska instead, and then walking back to the grocer from there.

The triggers in this woman for negative thinking are still there, avoidance behavior didn’t change HER or her unconscious patterns.  You change unconscious patterns by getting in there and changing unconscious patterns.  Skilled NLP works gangbusters for that.

One of these days people in general are going to discover the real power of their minds to change:  hypnosis and Neuro Linguistic Programming.  Right now, I’m spreading the word on this success, one client at a time.

Warm Regards,
Connie

Posted in: Hypnosis, Musings, Seattle Hypnosis

Happy Summer Seattle Hypnosis Friends!

Written by Connie

 

Happy First Day of Summer!

It’s here!  And that means diving into life.  Experience it.  Get your feet wet.

Remember being a kid?  And the joy and excitement and endless pleasures of summertime?  Fun.  Freedom.  Relaxation.  All that positive feeling is still in you and can be extracted and utilized any day of the week and any season of the year.  Even if you’re far from that kid you once were and life seems stressful and hectic, you can bring a lightness and warmth to your days.

Hypnosis and NLP work to bring you any good feeling any time it’s useful.  Turn this into a summer of joy.  I double dog dare you.

Warm Regards,
Connie

Posted in: Hypnosis, NLP, Seattle Hypnosis

The Food Obsessing is Over – Testimonial of Success for Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP

Written by Connie
Kicking the food temptations.
Kicking the food temptations.

Hi, Seattle area hypnosis friends!

I got another fabulous, happy client email the other day.  Lori H. of Mercer Island was reporting her progress after two hypnosis and NLP sessions with me.  She sent me the accompanying photo and story.

“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

That’s right.  Positive changes afoot.  Yay!  After only one session Lori also commented that she was “shocked.”  In a good way, the best way, with the easy-feeling behavioral changes she was seeing in herself.  That’s the power of skilled hypnotherapy.

As always, the opportunity to discover this success for yourself exists.  It’s a phone call away.  Connie & Michael Brannan, Mindworks Hypnosis @ (425) 564-8608.

Warm Regards,
Connie

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My June Hypnosis CD Sale! Get ’em while the gettin’s good!

Written by Connie

Hi, Hypno-Friends!

I’m offering a June special.  All my CDs that I created and sell on my website are approximately half price!!–for this month only.  Normally $37 per CD, right now they’re only $20.  What a deal!  Transformational hypnosis sessions in a box for only $20!  Here’s where you can get them:

http://kunaki.com/MSales.asp?PublisherId=116793

Here’s what I’m offering:

Weight Loss

Smoking Cessation

Stress Release

Bellevue's Best Hypnosis for Your Stress Release

Confidence

Memory and Concentration

Pain Control

Bellevue's Best Hypnosis for Pain Management

Banish Insomnia

More info. about my products is here:  http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net/products.html 

I’ve been told people enjoy my hypnotic voice.  Discover that for yourselves.  🙂  Enjoy!  (And please send me emails detailing your success.)

Warm Regards,
Connie

 

Posted in: Hypnosis, Seattle Hypnosis

Learn Self Hypnosis at Bellevue College June 5 & 12

Written by Connie
Bellevue College Personal Enrichment
Bellevue College Personal Enrichment

It’s that time again.  Swimsuit season, vacations, holidays.  Time to get in shape.  Here’s help, via my offering at Bellevue College next month.  It’s always time for healthy hypnosis.

Healthy Hypnosis: Let Go of Weight   — Join a master hypnotist & hypnotherapist for an experiential, hands on learning experience.  2 Evenings:  June 5th & June 12th.

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!!

More about your instructor:

Connie Brannan, a Seattle native, is a CHt., Clinical Hypnotherapist and Licensed Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, who blends hypnosis, NLP, timeline work, parts therapy, reiki & other healing tools to help clients achieve life changes. In addition to teaching NLP, Connie also operates her own business, Mindworks Hypnosis and NLP and is a published author and creator of several self-help audio hypnosis products.  http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net. http://www.loseweightseattle.com.  http://www.stopsmokingseattle.com.  http://www.seattlenlptraining.com.  Call for more info:  425-564-8608.

I’d love it if you’d join me.

Warm Regards,
Connie

Posted in: Hypnosis, Seattle Hypnosis

How to Succeed in Business!

Written by Connie

Be good at what you do!

Hi, Seattle hypnosis friends!

When I first was starting out in my hypnosis/NLP biz, I got some REALLY BAD advice.  Some limiting, lousy advice.  A supposed hypnosis marketing guru in the Seattle area told me to pick one thing that I use hypnosis for and make that my “specialty.”  To hype myself and market myself only as that one thing.

WHY minimize my skillset and limit myself in such a way?  I never did, nor do I now.  HYPNOSIS and NLP are my specialty, and they are power tools deluxe.

I’m not interested in hiding my light and talent and VERSATILITY under a barrel, so why should I hide hypnosis’s?  If the mind is involved in the activity, hypnosis is a tool for positive change and achieving successful outcomes. That’s pretty much everything under the sun, from weight loss to quitting smoking to sports excellence, to anxiety relief, to accelerated healing, to improving relationships, and more…

Hypnosis, when skillfully and creatively wielded, can do ANYTHING.  That’s my belief, and I’m sticking with it.  And that’s what the tons of real and varied testimonials on my website prove.

So, I’ve created this marketing piece today, to showcase hypnosis’s versatility.  I think it’s cute.  By the way, that weight loss success picture is me.  I KNOW hypnosis works.

Warm Regards,
Connie
http://www.seattlehypnosisforsuccess.com/

 

Posted in: Hypnosis, NLP, Seattle Hypnosis

Taking Control: Weight Loss Success Testimonial

Written by Connie

Pam Fox of Gig Harbor has taken control of her habits. After two hypnosis and NLP sessions with Mindworks Hypnosis devoted to healthy eating and weight management, she reports positive changes.  Goodbye overeating and late night eating. Hello portion control and an automatic adjustment in how much and when she eats or even thinks about food. Yay! Good job, Pam.

This is the power of the unconscious mind to help.  A “diet” is a conscious minded thing and very limited and difficult to sustain long term.  With skilled hypnotherapy, changing your mind and your habits feels so easy and natural.  Because it is.

Pam says she’s “thrilled.”  So am I.  With hypnosis.

Warm Regards,
Connie
http://www.loseweightseattle.com

Posted in: Hypnosis, Seattle Hypnosis

You Can Do It, Seattle! – Hypnosis for the Success Mindset

Written by Connie

Hi, Seattle area hypnosis friends!

You know what the biggest challenge in my hypnotherapy work is? It’s not helping people with nicotine or alcohol or sex “addiction,” or “genetic obesity” or a prevailing sense of anxiety, or “chronic” insomnia, or twitching or nail biting, or any number of problems which SEEM insurmountable.

It’s DOUBT. It’s a mindset that keeps problems in place. It’s the “I can’t.”

What if you could?

Why do I slather this blog and my websites with client testimonials of success? It’s to challenge doubt.

However, doubt doesn’t have to be a negative thing. What if we could flip doubt on its head and begin to doubt the problem? Doubt the staying power of the problem. Doubt the potency of the problem. Doubt your own mental limitations on having the life you want. When you change your thinking in this way, you change everything.

Hypnosis helps you adopt useful beliefs. Like “I can! And it’s easy.”  Did you know that what you believe becomes true?

I successfully install the RIGHT doubt, the one that moves you to success. If you would like to stop doubting yourself and your capabilities and begin to doubt the problems in your life, and thus end them, creative hypnosis works!

Warm Regards,
Connie
Clinical Neuro Linguistic Hypnotherapist
Licensed Trainer of Neuro Linguistic Programming®

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Albert Einstein Was One Smart Cookie!

Written by Connie

Albert Einstein said:  “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”  This idea is the core and essence of hypnotherapy.

Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life!

When you think you cannot do or achieve something, that is what I call a LIMITING BELIEF.  You know those little monsters that get chomped up in PacMan?  Well, that’s how I approach limiting beliefs in my Neuro Linguistic Hypnotherapy work.  They’ve got to go!  “I can’t do it.”  “I’m not good enough.”   “I’m not smart enough.”  “I don’t deserve it.”  What if all that was absolute baloney, and yes, you can, and yes, you do?

Another truism of my life, and my work:  what you think, you become.

Hypnosis (when done right by creative people) helps you see beyond and imagine success.  That change in thinking, leads to change in doing and being.  Trust me!  It works!  Who are you not, that’s happy and successful?  Let me help you become that person.

Warm Regards,
Connie

Connie Brannan, CHt. & Licensed Trainer of NLP®
Professional Conversational Hypnotherapist
Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP
Accredited Member of the Better Business Bureau
“Best of Bellevue” 2011 and 2012

Posted in: Hypnosis, Seattle Hypnosis

“I Have More Courage!” Goodbye, Performance Anxiety – Hypnosis Works!

Written by Connie
Hypnosis for Performance Anxiety

Performance anxiety happens.  Only, it doesn’t have to.  With skilled hypnosis, kiss it goodbye!  We can choose to be different, feel different, respond differently in those presentation or performance moments.

Today, I’ve received another happy client report, this one from a Seattle area performance artist who had suffered (past tense!) with anxiety around performing.  Here’s the report on positive changes after one hypnosis session:

“I notice I am feeling less anxious about what others think and I am able to relax and have fun! I have more courage! I am so happy I met you!”  — A. N., Seattle, WA.

Not all of my clients who send me hypnosis success stories and testimonials want to put their faces or names out there, and that’s OK.  I’ve noticed that several athletes I’ve worked with and also high profile executives who are high on the totem pole in local Seattle business don’t want to advertise their “SECRET WEAPON” for success.  That’s Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP.  And our success-making Neuro Linguistic Hypnotherapy.

Where ever fear of performance happens, whether it’s the meeting room, the boardroom, the bedroom, a presentation or a live performance onstage…I can help!  Call me to find out more!

Warm Regards,
Connie

Connie Brannan, CHt. & Licensed Trainer of NLP®
Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP
An Accredited Business with the Better Business Bureau

 

Posted in: Hypnosis, NLP, Seattle Hypnosis

One Session, Seattle: Hypnosis Smoking Cessation Success with Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP

Written by Connie
Quit Smoking, Seattle!

D. Butrick of Seattle, WA reports his quit smoking with hypnosis success with our Neuro Linguistic Hypnotherapy.  He had smoked for 30 years, and had tried unsuccessfully to quit numerous times.  Then he found what does work!  Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP for effective smoking cessation.

One hypnosis session was all it took for D to achieve his goal. Yay, D!!!  He gave us a report:

“Since I’ve seen you on April 5th, I have NOT smoked. Wow! What a  difference!  I’ve smoked for over 30 years…this is great not to be chained to that bad habit any more! Thank you, Connie!!”

When skilled hypnotists guide your mind and help you reach your power, well, you can achieve anything!  D. found out.  You can, too.  We’re happy to help you anytime, whether it’s stopping smoking with hypnosis or any other positive changes.  Again, we service all of the Seattle metropolitan area and beyond.  Our office is conveniently located in Bellevue, WA in the beautiful Bellefield Office Park.

Warm Regards,
Connie
http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net
Accredited Member of the Better Business Bureau:  Rating:  A

 

Posted in: Events, Hypnosis, NLP, Seattle Hypnosis

Hypnotic April! Learn Hypnosis & NLP

Written by Connie

 

Society of NLP - Your Guarantee of Quality
Society of NLP - Your Guarantee of Quality

Hello to all our NLP and Hypnosis-loving friends and interested parties.  Happy spring!

Mindworks NLP is gearing up for more adventures in learning.  Join us!  Heard of chocolate and peanut butter, two great things that go great together?  Well, this month we offer hypnosis and NLP, also two great things that go great together.

Our hypnotic April includes our live 4-day hypnotherapy training, and also begins our 8-day Licensed Practitioner of NLP® certification training.  Hands on, mind on.  All powerful and all fun!  http://www.seattlenlptraining.com

Connie and I are excited to share these events with you!

What’s Happening?

Hypnotherapy Certification Program:  “Discover the Magic of Hypnosis”  4 days, April 18 thru April 21, 3013

Our Licensed Practitioner Certification Program.   Discover our unique Residence Program Format, 8 full days over 4 full weekends:
April 27, & 28, 2013
May 4, & 5, 2013
May 11, & 12, 2013
May 18, & 19, 2013

These promise to be fabulous, life-changing events.  As they say, today is the start of the rest of your life.  Start it off on the right foot.  Our live training is a great way for you to do just that!  Immediately see your success in using these tools for your own life, your business , your interactions and/or as part of your successful therapy practice.  It’s a great way to begin creating a magical life!

The Hypnosis Course covers the fundamentals of successful hypnotherapy, including how to hypnotize, well-forming goals, a variety of methods including instant inductions, and what you say and DO once you have someone in this state to guide them to positive changes.  You earn the following status: “Certified Hypnotist.”

Learn from trainers who actually do the work, on a daily basis, and are massively successful at client transformations.  Connie and I share some of our “secret skillset” which sets us apart and above other hypnosis practices in the Pacific Northwest.  We own and operate Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP.  Mindworks Hypnosis

The Neuro Linuistic Programming Practitioner Course teaches a wide range of complementary skills you can use, such as:

Rapport
Calibration
Anchoring
Meta Model
Milton Model
New Behavior Generator
Swish Pattern
Change Personal History

And many more change patterns that will have you living life on your own terms and getting the results you want in no time!  Or, go into business as a practitioner.  Make other therapists using other modalities drool with envy at your amazing results, helping people faster and easier.

Visit our website at http://www.seattlenlptraining.com/ for more information, on us, the courses, and the many, many powerful applications of this amazing technology.

Call us if you have questions, and we’ll be happy to tell you more!

Warm Regards,
Michael and Connie Brannan, CHts.
Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapists
Professional Conversational Hypnotherapists
Design Human Engineers™
Persuasion Engineers™
Licensed Trainers of Neuro-Linguistic Programming ™
http://www.seattlenlptraining.com
(425) 564-8608

PS:  Cool thing to remember, our NLP training gets you formal certification as a Licensed Practitioner of NLP® through Dr. Richard Bandler’s Society of Neuro-Linguistic Programming®.  You want the best, you get the best!

Your Trainers, Connie & Michael Brannan
Michael and Connie Brannan, Clinical Hypnotherapists, Licensed Trainers, Design Human Engineers, and more.
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Dateline, Seattle: Hypnosis works for Fear of Travel. Vivenne Reports: Fear has Flown!

Written by Connie

Vivienne Dixon of Bellevue, WA has found a new freedom in life. A new confidence. A new assurance.  How?

Neuro Linguistic Hypnotherapy with Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP.

Fear of flying and fear of travel has flown the coop.  Yes, Seattle, hypnosis works!  Here is more proof of the pudding.  Dwelling, worrying, anxiety, putting off has vanished, to be replaced with excitement and “go for it.”  Vivienne Dixon is so pleased with the work we have done that she is willing to put her name and face and words out there.  Check out her video testimonial.  In her own words:  she has her life back!

Yay, to Vivienne!  I hope she sends me a postcard from her world travels.  🙂  It’s never too late to make the changes you would like to improve quality of life.  When you’re fed up with fear, we’ll help you kick it to the curb with the Seattle area’s most successful hypnosis and NLP services.

Warm Regards,
Connie

Connie Brannan, CHt.
Connie Brannan, CHt.

http://www.seattlehypnosisforfearofflying.com/

 

Posted in: Hypnosis, NLP

The Power of Hypnosis is the Power of You!

Written by Connie

Hi, Hypno-Friends!

I love Facebook.  And I often see photos from my Seattle friends, hypnosis friends and others, shared on my home page which I “like.”  I see beautiful nature pics, cutesy animals, inspirational words, etc.  I noticed one picture today I really like.  It’s words of wisdom from Glinda:

Hypnosis is Your Power.

“You had the power all along, my dear.” Glinda tells Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. YES!

And so do you.

What is hypnosis?  It’s the power of your mind to be creative and solve problems.  What does a hypnotherapist do?  A hypnotherapist does not solve your problems for you.  A hypnotherapist leads you into this cache of power inside YOU and helps you activate that power.  You become resourceful and solve your own “problems.”  Only, you come to realize that they were not problems at all, just choices.  And you find the power to make different and more useful choices.

My favorite teacher is named Dr. Richard Bandler.  He’s the co-originator of NLP, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and as far as I’m concerned, the “King” of hypnosis.  I’m very fond of Dr. Bandler.  After lecture one day in Orlando, I approached him and asked him to autograph one of his books for me.  I have many, many of his books, but my prize is a “first edition” of Frogs Into Princes.  He was kind enough to sign my book.

Dr. Bandler has a very distinctive handwriting and it took me a second or two to decipher his message for me.  “Connie, find your power!”

Right on!  Yes.  And I do.  Everyday.  I copied that page of the book, and cut out those words and they are now residing on my desk at my Bellevue hypnotherapy clinic.  “Find your power.”  I look at them every day, consciously and unconsciously.  “Find your power.”  Yes!  I activate that suggestion.

As Glinda knows, the power is in us.  When you’re ready to activate your power, consider hypnosis–it’s absolutely the doorway in.  Every day I help Seattle area people do just that!

Warm Regards,
Connie

http://www.seattlehypnosisworks.com/
http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net/
http://www.seattlenlptraining.com/

 

 

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Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP has a new Bellevue Office Space!

Written by Connie

We’re loving our new space in the Bellefield Office Park. We are still conveniently located in the heart of the Seattle Metropolitan Area, in Bellevue, right off of I-90 and I-405.  It’s green, it’s fresh, it’s like stepping into a nature reserve of water, trees, ducks, and geese, squirrels, and wild owls.

Check out the pictures.  We are now in the Careage Building, upstairs in Suite #210.

The Careage Building
The Careage Building
Find us in the Beautiful Bellefield Office Park
Find us in the Beautiful Bellefield Office Park

One of the nice things about this property is the abundance of onsite free parking.  You’ll never have a problem or fee there, unlike parking in Downtown Seattle or even Downtown Bellevue.

Connie Brannan & C. Michael Brannan
Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP
Bellefield Office Park
Careage Building, #210
1400 112th Avenue SE, #210
Bellevue, WA  98004.
Phone:  (425) 564-8608

Hypnosis is a very beautiful and calming experience, and how nice to have a setting that matches!

Warm Regards,
Connie

 

 

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Hypnotherapy, Seattle! Change Your Mind and Change Your Life

Written by Connie
Hypnosis Ends Fear

Why not do that? Begin now! Here’s what happens when you  choose Mindworks Hypnosis, Seattle’s best hypnotherapy.  You change how you THINK (which hypnosis excels at helping you do), you change how you FEEL (into more positive, pleasant, resourceful feelings), and you change what you DO (live life more successfully and fully). Sounds good to me! This is the work I do every day, helping Seattle area folks refocus energies and change thinking. When you’re ready, come on in and we’ll do some fabulous work to improve your life!

Warm Regards,
Connie
(425) 564-8608

http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net
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Posted in: Hypnosis, NLP, Seattle Hypnosis

So, Buddha was a Hypnotist?

Written by Connie

Buddha was another smart cookie.  He obviously shared the hypnotic mindset.  What you think, you become. Change begins in your mind.

In a nutshell, that’s the work Michael and I do at Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP here in the Seattle area.  We help people change their thinking, become more resourceful in the world, and see life differently, and those differences in thinking lead to differences in living.  It’s that easy.

And that difficult.  Because skilled hypnotism and Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP: that’s a high tech hypnosis) in the Seattle area is not as common as you might think.  If you find a hypnotist who is GOOD, passionate, creative, skilled, and shares Buddha’s thinking on this, well, magic can happen.  And does!

Call us to learn more about the mind and personal growth and personal development and habit change.  That’s our expertise!  We can help you reshape your thinking in ways that serve your goals.  And your life success!  As a reminder that, yes, hypnosis works, check out the scores of happy hypnosis client testimonials on our website!

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
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Freshly Minted: A New Non-Smoker

Written by Connie
Find your healthy, with Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP.

Hi, Hypnosis-Friends!

I love hearing from my clients and former clients regarding their success after our hypnosis work.  Makes me happy!  🙂  Today’s email included this note from newly minted nonsmoker, Jenny Rivera, of the Greater Seattle area.

“Hi Connie, I am doing well and continue to be smoke free. I prevailed! I have been bragging about your services to everyone.  Thanks again!”  — Jenny Rivera

Yay!  Congrats on quitting smoking, Jenny.  After just one Neuro Linguistic Hypnotherapy ® session, you’ve added some years to your life and quality into those years.  Good job!

Remember that old ad?  “A mind is a terrible thing to waste.”  I agree.  You have more mind power than you know.  Don’t waste it, discover skilled hypnotherapy as an avenue to tapping into that power and effecting your own positive changes.

Warm Regards,
Connie

http://www.stopsmokingseattle.com/

 

Posted in: Hypnosis, NLP, Seattle Hypnosis

Dateline Seattle: Hypnosis for Golf Improvement Success

Written by Connie
Seattle: Discover Mindworks Hypnosis for Golf

The mind is fascinating.  Virtually ANY activity where the brain is involved can be enhanced and improved with skilled hypnosis & NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).  This is very apparent in sports activities.  There’s the physicality of the sport, and equally important, there’s “the mental game.”

By utilizing hypnosis with a skilled “mind coach,” an athlete can truly get an edge and move themselves to another level.  One of my Seattle area sports clients has given me some wonderful feedback and a testimonial for our hypnosis work.  Amanda of Federal Way is improving her golf game.  She reports:

“Hi Connie!!  I actually have made improvements, I have dropped 5 shots off my scoring average which has allowed me to play on the varsity team and travel to the tournaments for both of our first two this spring! 🙂 The work we did has completely changed my attitude and I’m very grateful you helped 🙂 ”  — Amanda Beyke, Federal Way, WA.

Everyone nowadays knows hypnosis works for quitting smoking and losing weight.  However, there’s so much more the mind can do, when tweaked by expert mind coaches.  If your sport is important to you, you can be more successful and better at it than you currently imagine.  Use all of your mind and find your power.

Warm Regards,
Connie

Posted in: Hypnosis, NLP, Seattle Hypnosis

Healthy Habits and Healthy Choices – With Hypnosis

Written by Connie
Hypnosis for healthy eating & weight loss.

This pic is funny, but so so true! 🙂 A banana, or a twinkie? We all KNOW what healthy eating is, it’s the implementation that people find difficult. That’s where hypnosis comes in.  Call us to find out more about the power of your mind for positive changes.  Seattle area’s Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP are the weight management specialists!  Our office is located in the Beautiful Bellefield Office Park in Bellevue.  (425) 564-8608.

Warm Regards,
Connie

Posted in: Hypnosis, NLP

Seattle and Beyond: Weight Loss Success with Mindworks Hypnosis & NLP

Written by Connie
Lose Weight and Feel Great!

Not all of my hypnosis clients are in the Seattle metropolitan area.  Some know it’s worth the jaunt, because when you find what works, you go for it.  Success. Results, and in the case of Caryn from Portland, a slimmer body.

We have received another testimonial of ongoing success for Mindworks Hypnosis and NLP.  Not all therapists are created equal.  Here is more proof of a positive outcome, more “pudding” as I call it for our brand of creative therapy blending hypnosis and Neuro Linguistic Programming:

“My body and I are working together.  I am down almost 30 pounds and feel great.  Hypnotherapy is a very easy way to remove obstacles in your life…  Connie is the Master at helping.”  –  Caryn Lilley, Portland, OR.

Skilled hypnotherapy and Neuro Linguistic Programming help with weight management.  What have you got to lose?

Warm Regards,
Connie

http://www.loseweightseattle.com/

 

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