Hi, Hypno-Friends!<\/p>\n
It’s a landmark. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42 \u00a0Five years!! \u00a0It’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. \u00a0I’ve shared articles I’ve written, stories, client successes, videos I’ve created, event notices, musings, and more. \u00a0All original content. My thoughts, my voice, my stories.<\/p>\n
I hope you’ve enjoyed reading, watching, learning, and thinking about the things that I have shared here. \u00a0I love what I do, and I love when someone realizes “yes, I can” and creates a better life. \u00a0Empowerment, that’s hypnosis. \u00a0Thanks 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! \u00a0It’s located on the upper right column, midway down. \u00a0“Archives.” \u00a0Five years worth of reading pleasure.<\/p>\n
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. \u00a0Here’s one of my earliest posts from October 2009.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s cold and flu season (but not for me!)<\/strong><\/p>\n Hi, guys! Who watches television? (Raising my own hand, but only half way.) \ud83d\ude42 I hardly watch at all any more, because the quality of \u201cwhat\u2019s on\u201d is going down, down, down, and my time for leisure is going down as well. That\u2019s a good thing, but that\u2019s also another topic. This one is:<\/strong><\/p>\n Dramatic pause. Negative suggestions.<\/strong><\/p>\n Watching TV this past week, I can\u2019t help but notice the BOMBARDMENT of ads right now, commercials for cold & flu medicines and paraphernalia. Here\u2019s the message: \u201cIt\u2019s cold and flu season.\u201d and that means \u201cYou\u2019re going to get sick., you can expect to get sick.\u201d I also notice that the stores are stocking the aisles with cold and flu medicines and products\u2013prominent and in-your-face, on the end caps and special displays, with alarming banners warning that cold and flu season is here! Same message: \u201cIt\u2019s time for you to get sick now! You\u2019re going to get sick now.\u201d It\u2019s not a warning, per se, it\u2019s a directive! It\u2019s a negative suggestion. And our minds seem quite willing to embrace it without question!<\/strong><\/p>\n 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\u2019d only have one was because she\u2019d prepare for it, and take massive doses of vitamins. She knew that she\u2019d only get sick once! Her vitamins would protect her from further illness! And yes, it did transpire that she\u2019d only get sick once per winter\/season. BUT\u2026one winter she got so busy and forgot to prepare with her vitamins, didn\u2019t think about it at all. Guess what? She didn\u2019t get sick that winter. Not once. Not at all. She forgot to get sick!!<\/strong><\/p>\n Here\u2019s a personal story about my personal experiences. This is NOT medical advice, because\u2026I\u2019m not medical. I\u2019m a hypnotist. And here\u2019s one positive side effect I enjoy from my hypnosis. Your mileage may vary.<\/strong><\/p>\n I don\u2019t get sick, either. Ever. Because I\u2019ve 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\u2019t 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\u2019t get sick because my unconscious mind rejects the idea, and does what it needs to do to make sure I stay well\u2013strengthening 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\u2019t care how. I just know it\u2019s 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\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Hypnosis is incredibly powerful. And our understanding is just a miniscule slice of that giant cake. There\u2019s 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!<\/strong><\/p>\n What do you suppose would happen if you decided to stay well this winter?<\/strong><\/p>\n