Nicholas Pollak

Here is useful information for those interested in wanting to learn about hypnotherapy, what it is and what it is not. Can I get stuck...

A new client contacted me with an unusual problem bothering her since high school, blushing. She blushes all the time. No reason. As it...

I woke up cranky and depressed this morning, and in pain. I wallowed in negativity for five minutes. I was growing grouchier. I decided...

A good friend of my wife’s will be staying with us for the next three days while he helps her with a video shoot. An...

I have begun to experience a continuous pain in my right foot. A foot doctor told me I had planter fasciitis, a tightening of...

Hypnosis has been around since humans first evolved. Illustrations of hypnosis are shown throughout history. The vestal virgins of ancient Greece, the Oracle of Delphi,...

When it comes to hypnotherapy, every day is unique. I never know what is going to happen with my clients from the  issues they...

Bicycling along Washington Boulevard recently, I was pulled over by a motorcycle policeman because I was on the sidewalk in a commercial area. The policeman told me this was illegal and gave me a minor infraction ticket. The first thing I did when he pulled me over was to ask the officer. After accepting that what I had done was wrong, I ...

My brother recently told me his wife had a tooth pulled three weeks ago and still is experiencing pain. She also had a bone graft in preparation for an implant in six months. Dental visits are not pleasant for most of us. We approach with a concern about how much his work will hurt. Even though a patient may be ...

Quitting smoking may be the most difficult addiction to break. Harder than quitting heroin, some believe. If stopping cigarettes was a New Year’s resolution, did you succeed? Why not? Every smoker I have questioned describes the first experience identically: With the first puff, all reported they became lightheaded, dizzy, sweaty, short of breath. Many coughed. The taste of cigarettes was ...