I wrote an article last year about how hypnosis was helping a lady who had suffered a stroke seven years before. Since then I have received numerous emails and phone calls regarding hypnosis and strokes.

A neighbor recently asked if I could help him quit drinking.

I said I could.

A new client called to set an appointment for losing weight. Ten years ago he had been hypnotized to quit smoking, to end a four-pack-a-day habit. That hypnosis, in his native New York, had worked so well that he had not smoked since the first session.

A new client called with an unusual request. Recently in Las Vegas, he met a young lady. Drinking and having a good time together, she asked him if he would help her with something.

A neighbor told me what he thought would be shocking news. He was surprised when I said I knew it was going to happen.

I received a phone call awhile ago from a new client who had found me during her research on the internet. She wanted me to help her remember her childhood, because she was having difficulty recalling, and she was forgetting events that had occurred recently. .

What a world we live in. It gets faster and faster. So much to see and to learn just to keep up with what we already know. Technology is advancing so swiftly we almost have to relearn what used to be simple.

I am amazed how many clients tell me they want to be better. They may want to be better, but they want me to make them better without taking any responsibility for their actions.

Every day presents its own new challenges. We never know what will happen. We only think we do. We have in mind what we want to accomplish. We make plans. Go to work, cook dinner, pick up dry cleaning, go to the grocery store, and watch that favorite TV show.

Twenty years ago, when I bent down to pick up my 2-year-old daughter, so I felt a huge pain in my lower back, fell to the floor and ended up in the ER.