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Eliminating Pain and Its Fear Before Seeing the Dentist

Did you know one of the highest suicide rates of the helping professions is among dentists?

Up to You: If You Want a Merry Christmas, You Will...

Thanksgiving is over. All we have left to do now is prepare for Christmas, Kwaanza since Chanukah ended a week and a half ago.

Unfurling a Secret for Making Each Day Feel as if It...

What does a birthday mean to you?

A special day filled with surprises? Or just another day?

Fire Departments And Their Skittishness About My Profession

I made an attempt today to become affiliated with a medical insurer. This insurer provides coverage for hypnotherapy. Much to my dismay, they were not interested in a clinical hypnotherapist. Let me correct that. They were not interested in me unless I had an MA, MFCC, Psychology degree or a Ph.D.

Applying Principles Consistently Improves Chance for Success

After my client had expressed fear of failing with a planned project, I asked why would he treat it differently from projects he had successfully worked on?

How Hypnosis Can Bring You Control Over Attacks

Just recently I called an old friend, who, unbeknown to me, had just been released from a five-day hospital stay. She had awakened at 5 a.m. to find her entire right side tingling as if she had pins and needles. Fearing she may have suffered a stroke, her husband drove her to the hospital where she was almost immediately admitted for.

A Bad Taste Story: I Only Will Pay You If Treatment...

A prospective client who called me today has throat cancer and is currently undergoing chemotherapy. He is worried because he is not eating and is being fed intravenously. Not only is he losing weight at a dramatic rate, no food tastes good at all.

Just Flipping a Couple of Words Can Make Reserve Your Frustration

Many days we do not know how to accomplish the things we need to do. Let me correct that: Want, not need, to do. Often we are defeated before getting out of bed because we think of all we have to do rather than what we want to do.

Panic and Anxiety — Never Too Late to Shed

The other day I was running an errand at a Post Office where I generally do not go. As I pulled into a parking spot a woman approached and asked if I was the hypnotist. She had noticed the magnetic signs on my car.

The Mandatory Need for Practicing Humility

In my articles, I try to show a positive approach to life. I have, however, overlooked the importance of humility.