Hypnotherapy and Insomnia: Tips for better sleep

A cartoon picture of a girl in a bed with glazed eyees looking like she has not slept. There is a cat in contrast sleeping on the bed. Above the bed there are three sheep. The picture represents insomnia.

Insomnia: Poor sleep leads to worrying. Worrying leads to poor sleep. Worrying about sleep is like your mind trying to fight itself. That’s a horrible place to be.” Mind Insomnia is a big concern in our current society, it is said that 1 in 3 people suffer from it. The demands of our modern day […]

Tips for how to get into ACTion

A picture of a book called ACT The Ultimate Personal Development Handbook. Take Action

ACT = Action Changes Things This blog is about the book “ACT The Ultimate Personal Development Handbook” and how it can support you. Supporting you to get into action. The book also beautifully contains the solution focused hypnotherapy strategy of the 3Ps (i.e. Positive Action, Positive Interaction and Positive Thought). Wanting to get into action […]

Gratitude and how to use it to be Happy!

Gratitude

The struggle ends when gratitude begins Neale Donald Walsch “Gratitude” practice is one of those therapeutic and personal development tools that is often cited in books and on trainings. So what is the underpinning theory that accounts for its effectiveness, its ability to “end struggle”? How can it make us feel happier and give us […]

Self talk, how to make it work for you!

Positive self talk

One of the simplest ways of making changes in our lives is by “flipping the script”. Change negative self talk into positive self talk. However this seemingly simple strategy does take some practice and understanding. If it was that easy then we would just say a few new positive words and our lives would be […]

Speaking in Public : How to overcome the fear

Confidence Speech

Public Speaking: You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along’. Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt Public speaking is one of our greatest fears. […]

International day of Friendship

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” — Helen Keller When you look at life and people that are resilient and happy, often there is something in their lives that makes the difference. One of the key differences is that they have a strong support network. That […]

Unleashing your Potential

A picture of a baby elephant being encouraged to enter into a river by her parent elephant. The perant elephant is nudging the baby elephant into the river with their trunk. The picture is being used as there is a story in the log about potential and how elephants are trained and controlled when young.

To celebrate my Hypnotherapy in Practice diploma (NCH) I wanted to share with you one of my favourite stories. It beautifully describes how easily we can move beyond our limitations. How we can regain our potential, once we have a perspective on what is keeping us back. Story of a Baby elephant and Potential This […]