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It’s cold and flu season (but not for me!)

Written by Connie October 23, 2009June 9, 2013 2 Comments

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 ago. Three years, 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?

Warm Regards,
Connie

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Michael, Master of the Mind!

Written by Connie October 19, 2009June 9, 2013 3 Comments

Yesterday, Michael put on a comedy stage hypnosis show for hypnosis students, enthusiasts, and professionals. It was FANTASTIC. We’re talkin’ FUN! Entertaining, and fascinating! He’s GOOD! He had zombies dancing, losing body parts, finding body parts, a girl miscounting her fingers, forgetting her name, remembering her name, forgetting her name,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p22YVEZclg

a top secret agent answering her ringing shoe, magic x-ray glasses revealing people in their underwear, and all manner of good clean hypnotic fun.

If you’ve ever seen a stage hypnosis show, it’s an entertainment like no other. Volunteers are guided to trance and then led to experience all manner of hypnotic phenemona in amusing skits, such as I’ve described above. Amnesia. Hallucinations, both positive hallucinations (seeing things that aren’t there, hearing things that aren’t there, smelling things that aren’t there, and so on…) and negative hallucinations (not seeing things that ARE there). Body catalepsy. (Inability to move certain muscle groups, such as an arm or the eyes.) Post hypnotic suggestions. (Engaging in a behavior outside trance triggered by something communicated during trance.) Very cool to see AND experience! It’s performance, it’s art, and ethical performers such as Michael are respectful and never embarass anyone.

Michael and I have both been trained and certified as Professional Stage Hypnotists. Stage hypnosis is fun stuff. It ain’t therapy. Nor is it intended to be. As I said, it’s FUN! Fun that makes people smile and feel good, and laugh. Why not?

Some hypnotherapists look down on stage hypnosis as frivolous and providing a myth-filled, skewed, and erroneous view of hypnosis as mind control, and some stage hypnotists look down on hypnotherapists as unskilled with no professional standards of training and excellence. And no business sense. Both are right, and both are wrong. Personally, I LOVE stage hypnosis. It has value. It has it’s time and its place and its purpose. Entertainment is a good thing. As is education. (Think Mr. Wizard for science!)

I do both, and I love both, clinical hypnotherapy and stage hypnosis. No conflict in my mind! 🙂 As I mention in my personal story about my journey to a life and career and joy in hypnosis, stage hypnosis was my first intro. I believe it is for a lot of people!

Michael, “Master of the Mind,” and I will be putting on more shows in the future. If you’d like to join in on this unique experience, keep your eyes on this space and also on http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net for coming announcements. If you’d like to arrange a private show for your group or place of business, call us! We can do that, too! We’re also in the process of putting together a youtube video of some of the highlights from yesterday. Also keep your eyes here for that link!

Update: Here is the video link to a skit involving “amnesia dust.” 🙂

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p22YVEZclg

Here’s another video: the walk of the dreaded ZOMBIES!!

Warm Regards,
Connie

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Just say “No!” to Spam

Written by Connie October 15, 2009June 9, 2013

Hey, guys! This is in the nature of an announcement. Lately, someone is “spoofing” several of my business email addresses. That means, the email appears to come from me, and has a return address which is mine, but does not originate with me. So…if you get an email which appears to be from Mindworks Hypnosis or Seattle NLP Training with some intriguing title and you open it and inside is a sexy nurse in low cut top selling VIAGRA—IT’S NOT FROM ME! Delete! Delete! Delete!

By the way! I can and do help with some sexual dysfunction issues with the work I do, without putting drugs in your body. I’ve had good success with that, primarily with men, but with women, too–when the cause is emotional/mental and not organic. Of course the first step in anything like this is consult your medical professional. If he/she rules out physical causes, suggests that they can’t help you beyond giving you drugs, tells you “it’s all in your mind,” guess what? I can help. Of course it’s all in your mind. The mind controls the body. It’s simply another pattern of experience running in you, and patterns can be changed. Easily! For more info. on that and other services I provide, check out:

http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net/services.html. Or you can call me for a free consult! I love to help people get more enjoyment out of life, and intimacy is a huge part of that.

Warm Regards,
Connie

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Samurai Mind Training for Modern American Warriors

Written by Connie October 14, 2009June 9, 2013

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1920753,00.html

Interesting article! I notice they do not use the word “hypnosis” anywhere at all in this—but it IS hypnosis.

“The importance of the mind-body connection is being acknowledged at the highest levels of the military. The West Point-based Army Center for Enhanced Performance (ACEP), draws on performance psychology to teach soldiers how to build confidence, set goals and channel their energy…”

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The Hypnotizer – Connie’s Hypnosis Blog!

Written by Connie October 12, 2009June 9, 2013 1 Comment

Connie Brannan, CHt., Master Hypnotist

Welcome to my blog! This is the place where I’ll discuss hypnosis and NLP with you, and answer questions, and tell stories, make announcements of upcoming events and sing and dance and generally amuse myself and you (hopefully). I LOVE hypnosis. It’s my life, my passion. My six year old cousin has dubbed me “The Hypnotizer” and you know what? I like that! So, the Hypnotizer I shall be!