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Hypnosis Can Help Diabetics
Hypnosis Can Help Diabetics
Hopkins, MN (PRWEB) September 15, 2005
Hypnosis. For many, the word conjures up images that make a person uncomfortable. Many fear hypnosis because they fear a loss of control, yet a person is actually more in control of their body when he or she is in a state of trance.
This fact should interest people with diabetes, because control is exactly the issue that concerns them: controlling blood sugar levels.
Hypnosis can help diabetics to dramatically improve their condition. Learn a hypnosis technique in the following article by Devin Hastings, founder of the Diabetes Research Association of American and owner of MindBody Hypnosis.
Hypnosis has been a medically recognized phenomenon for well over four decades. In 1958, the American Medical Association and the American Dental Association made resolutions recognizing hypnosis as an accepted form of treatment in medicine and dentistry.
This was three years after the British Medical Association passed a formal resolution approving hypnosis as a valid therapeutic technique for treating neuroses and for relieving pain in surgery and childbirth.
One example of hypnosis helping people with diabetes is that it can change their insulin requirements and sometimes eliminate them. This is illustrated in a case study found in the book, Mind-Body Therapy, by Ernest L. Rossi, PhD and David B. Cheek, M.D.
In this book is an amazing story about a 33-year-old patient with insulin dependent diabetes who was pregnant. She was in the hospital because she and her doctors were considering ending the pregnancy because of severe toxemia and two diabetes induced comas that had occurred in her previous pregnancy.
Dr. Cheek, talked with the patient and her husband about using hypnosis to control pain and thus control her insulin needs. Upon her agreement, the patient was then trained to use hypnosis to achieve complete abdominal anesthesia.
She was also trained to be able to awaken from trance to respond to doctors or nurses questions so that they did not think she was in a diabetic coma.
Here’s where it gets more interesting: “On admission to the hospital she was taking 180 units of insulin a day, using 60 units of protamine zinc, and filling out her requirements with Regular insulin. The response to the surgery was remarkable. She maintained a normal temperature, pulse, and respiration after a total hysterectomy under spinal anesthesia. Her blood sugar never went over 117 mg. / 100 cc. although she was eating a regular hospital diet from the day of surgery.”
But it gets even more fascinating: “No insulin was used during the hospital stay. During the next 11 months, she used only an occasional dose of insulin during periods of emotional stress.”
Please understand very clearly that this is an exceptional case that is discussed only so that the door can be opened to the possible benefits of hypnosis for diabetics.
Now, let’s look some of the ways that any person with diabetes can absolutely benefit from hypnosis.
I discovered that there are 7 ways in which hypnosis can powerfully help.
I will discuss a couple in this article by starting with this question: What are some of the areas that cause problems for diabetics?
First and foremost of course is diet and exercise. Hypnosis has a long history of helping people to attain and maintain an ideal and healthy weight.
In other words, among many benefits, hypnosis can help the diabetic to more easily comply with the recommendations of their doctor. In their book, Clinical Hypnosis: Principles and Applications, doctors Harold B. Crasilneck, PhD and James A. Hall, MD state: “Hypnotherapy can often help in treating obesity, an observation that is one of the most clinically confirmed in all the literature on hypnosis.”
This brings us to a very important point: Hypnosis is not meant to, nor could it ever, replace standard medical treatment.
In fact, hypnosis is most effective when used in conjunction with traditional health care. It is also important to note that most hypnotists are not licensed as medical practitioners.
Therefore, a hypnotist must always have a fully informed doctor’s referral before helping anyone in any manner that is medically related.
What else can a hypnotist do for you as a diabetic? Well, you know that food management is crucial in diabetes. Visit any physical therapist that is helping a diabetic amputee to rehabilitate and you’ll understand.
Many of those who have suffered amputations did so because of their out of control and indiscriminate eating habits. The results are horrifying. This is just one of the many devastating diabetes complications brought on by a destructive diet.
Can people with diabetes avoid this outcome without having to suffer a lifetime of denial?
Yes. Through the use of hypnosis, people can actually change their inner motivations thereby decreasing their desire for unhealthy food and unhealthy amounts of food.
At the same time, a hypnotist can help a person to increase their desire for better foods and to develop better eating habits.
How does this occur? The method is complex, but it can be described concisely. Hypnosis is your ability to convince yourself that something is true.
When you believe something, that belief is reflected in your thoughts, feelings and actions. So, once you use hypnosis to convince yourself that you prefer healthier foods and activities, then it becomes a habit to think and behave that way.
Think of hypnosis as a lever, a simple tool that can help people to remove blocks in their lives that were previously impossible to budge.
For each individual, the blocks are different. The mechanism by which hypnosis removes these blocks is that while in trance you have the ability to perceive things differently. When you see or think of something differently, its effect on you is changed.
Many people wonder if they have to do hypnosis on an ongoing basis. The answer is that it depends on the person and their situation.
Some people have been able to become nonsmokers after one session. For others, it takes a little while longer. Changing a belief is as personal and fickle as getting over a cold. But know this: it is absolutely proven that it can be done.
There are two reasons I am pioneering this approach to diabetes management. First, is that in 1992 I was going blind from diabetes but after using hypnosis, I regained 20/20 vision.
The second reason is that my mother has been devastated by diabetes and it is my passion to help so that another child does not have to watch their parent being taken apart piece by piece by diabetes.
Here’s one way you can use the power of hypnosis right away. The next time you are faced with a difficult food choice, such as finishing off all the food on your plate even though you are not hungry, close your eyes and take five deep, belly breaths. With each breath you inhale, tell yourself that you feel very full.
With each breath you exhale, tell yourself that it is okay to not be a member of the clean plate club. Think about the fact that, whether or not you eat the food, it ultimately ends up as waste either in the restaurant trash can or in your toilet. By realizing this, you are releasing yourself from the harmful hypnotic command that you must eat everything on your plate. Practice this technique at least 10 to 15 times and you will notice a change.
How else can hypnosis help? Another area in which hypnosis can help the person with diabetes is exercise. The hypnotist’s specialty is motivation. In fact, as defined by The National Guild of Hypnotists, a hypnotist is a stress-management consultant and a motivational coach.
Think of the benefits of being motivated to see exercise as something you want to do rather than something you have to do.
In conclusion, there is overwhelming medical evidence that hypnosis can help people with diabetes because it is a proven safe and powerful method of helping people to change.
Thank you for reading this article.
–Devin Hastings, founder of the Diabetes Research Association of America and owner of MindBody Hypnosis
“Speak well to yourself because your deep mind is always listening.”
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Drug Rehabilitation, Addiction Treatment and Transformational Counseling Part III- By Harry Henshaw, Ed. D., LMHC
Drug Rehabilitation, Addiction Treatment and Transformational Counseling Part III- By Harry Henshaw, Ed. D., LMHC
(PRWEB) September 29, 2004
The first goal of Transformational Counseling is to assist an individual in becoming present to his or her self-limiting belief, of bringing it into ones awareness. It is this distinction or awareness of ones self-limiting belief that is crucial to his or her recovery and transformation. Without such awareness ones future will be as it has been, will be what can be referred to as the Â?probable almost certain futureÂ?. Without such awareness, ones future will merely be the past and even with the constant attempt on the individualÂ?s part to fix the self-limiting belief, his or her life will merely be to continue with its fulfillment and actualization in their experiences and life. Awareness of ones self limiting belief can be gotten by the person experiencing its genesis or the originating event and with it the belief that the person invented or created about themselves at that time. An individual can also become present to the self-limiting belief by monitoring his or her spoken word. The self-limiting belief exists in our language, in the words we say or speak. Mirror work will also facilitate this type of awareness as ones self-limiting belief exists inside the feelings that one will become present as the individual observes his or her image. Regression can also be utilized to assist one in getting the genesis of his or her self-limiting belief.
Once one becomes present to his or her self-limiting belief, the opportunity then exists, possibly for the first time in the personÂ?s life, to invent a possibility for his or her life, to begin to reinvent his or her life anew. An individualÂ?s possibility is how that person will be in the present, free of the constraints or barriers of the past, a creation from nothing. Within Transformational Counseling, an individualÂ?s possibility is a new or different way of thinking about himself or herself, of who they are, of who they will be in life, to themselves and others. Like the individualÂ?s self-limiting belief, a personÂ?s possibility is a personal affirmation or declaration. Like a personÂ?s self limiting belief, an individualÂ?s possibility also exists in language, and once generated by the individual, will begin to create or invent his or her experiences and sense of reality through the power of his or her thoughts and word. Unlike a personÂ?s self limiting belief, an individualÂ?s possibility will allow him or her to create a live that they truly love and be able to live it powerfully. For the recovering client this new life will be one that is free from the use and dependency upon alcohol and drugs.
The third component of Transformational Counseling has to do with the individual learning what Landmark Education refers to as the process of enrollment. Given that a person will either live life as his or her possibility or their self-limiting belief, there will be a tendency for a person to go back to or stay in his or her self-limiting belief especially as he or she leaves formal treatment and begins to live a life of recovery. This is what is very familiar to us, that is, being our self-limiting belief in our daily life. Learning the process of enrollment will assist the individual in being able to get out of his or her self-limiting belief and back into their possibility when he or she begins to live life on lifeÂ?s terms. When we have a breakdown, we have gone back into being our self-limiting belief and as we do so will truly experience a loss of power, freedom and full expression that is from the past. It is in our breakdowns that we are being inauthentic, that the self-limiting belief becomes hidden again. The process of enrollment allows the person to become authentic about how he or she has been being inauthentic, to again become present to his or her self-limiting belief, and in the process to continue generating his or her possibility or invent a new one for themselves and their life. Enrollment is the key to having a successful life of recovery and transformation.
The implementation or practice of Transformational Counseling with a client takes place inside a conversation about integrity. Integrity is simply planning your work and working your plan. Clients are encouraged to develop a written plan, a plan for their daily life, a plan for their recovery. A written plan allows the client to take on creating or reinventing themselves and their life in a new way that will support their recovery and wellness. Implementing ones plan also allows them to confront that which has always stopped them in the past. As clients begin the process of fulfilling on their plan, of working it, of living the life that they desire, they will have a tendency to get stopped, to have a breakdown and as they do so will develop an inauthenticity, living life as they once did, from the backdrop of the self-limiting belief. It is in working with a client and his or her plan through the enrollment process that he or she has the opportunity to learn how to get out of their self-limiting belief and back into their possibility and truly transform their life and as a result to continue their recovery. For the client enrollment is the practice of continuing to experience a true sense of power, freedom and full self-expression. It is through staying in and working with ones integrity that a client will have the opportunity to stay committed to living a life of recovery, a life that they love and to live it powerfully.
The conversations that take place with my clients at the Holistic Addiction Treatment Program are conducted primarily within the language used through my personal training and development with Landmark Education. These conversations are done so by design. While it is important for a client in recovery to begin to act and behave differently, it is crucial to their recovery that they begin to think differently too. The language used in Landmark Education is unfamiliar and tends to create a space or clearing, at least initially, of confusion. This confusion acts as a pattern disruption for the client, causing him or her to start to seriously question what is being said, the meaning of the conversation. It is through this confusion and questioning by the client that they will have the opportunity to become present to their very thought process, to that which has been the true cause in the matter for them, to that which has been creating their experiences and their sense of reality, especially as it applies to how they have been thinking about themselves, the basis of how they have been being and way of life.
As the client begins to live a life of recovery and transformation it is also important that the counselor be very present to the clientÂ?s tendency to acknowledge or thank them for their assistance. As a counselor I let the client know that I can not fix or help them, that they must do this work themselves if they are to live a life of recovery, a life that they love and live it powerfully, that I only create a space or clearing for their work. In my work with clients I make a stand for the client to assume total and complete responsibility with true empowerment as the goal. To step over the client acknowledging the counselor is essentially the same as encouraging a client to use a blame pattern on someone. As with blaming, thanking another for this type of work does not allow the client to truly get it that he or she is the real cause in the matter and in both instances the client will not experience his or her true sense of power, freedom and full self expression. The client is truly responsible for being in recovery and transforming their life and it is vital to the process that they get this completely.
Transformational Counseling is an extremely powerful technique for assisting others in making a true difference in their life. For the client who is suffering from alcohol and drug dependency it is a gradual awakening to that which has truly been the cause in the matter, to that which has created and shaped their thoughts, feelings, behavior, experiences and sense of reality, to that which has been the motivating factor of their alcohol and drug use and furthermore, that there can be new and different possibilities for their life. To assist a client in being able to stand in their possibility, of being the possibility of Â?acceptance, freedom and creativityÂ?, as opposed to their self-limiting belief, of being Â?not enoughÂ?, will allow that individual to live a life that they love and live it powerfully. When used in conjunction with other alternatively oriented techniques, such as mirror work, positive affirmations, therapeutic relaxation music, self-hypnosis and NLP patterns, modalities that are utilized at the Holistic Addiction Treatment Program, a space is created for a client to begin to transform his or her life forever.
In addition to learning the fundamental distinctions and process of Transformational Counseling, it also is important for the counselor to have an experiential understanding of this technology. To truly make a stand for a client and be able to make a difference for another will necessitate that the counselor have gotten his or her self-limiting belief, have invented new possibilities for himself or herself and also to have learned the process of enrollment. Being able to assist another in the process of transformation can only is achieved when the counselor is in his or her own personal transformation. For me this journey started when I enrolled in the Landmark Forum. It was through experiencing the Forum and the curriculum that followed that the process of transformation began for me as a counselor and more importantly as a human being. Within the conversation of transformation we are merely human beings assisting other human beings to transform their lives, to live a life that they love and to live it powerfully.
Harry Henshaw, Ed. D., LMHC
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Celebrate the 3rd Annual World Hypnotism Day at the Largest Stress Reduction Event Ever
Celebrate the 3rd Annual World Hypnotism Day at the Largest Stress Reduction Event Ever
(PRWEB) November 26, 2006
January 4 2007, the Ontario Hypnosis Centre in Toronto, Canada will sponsor the largest stress reduction event ever in order to focus attention on the growing field of hypnotism.
Hosting the event is Dr. Georgina Cannon of the Ontario Hypnosis Centre. Dr. Cannon will facilitate a stress reduction session for 350 people, including politicians, entertainers, and media to educate and demonstrate the extraordinary power we all have within our mind. Anyone who wants to de-stress and be part this relaxing event is welcome.
Prizes and gift packs will be awarded.
The event takes place at the Ramada Hotel, 300 Jarvis Street in the Hotel Ballroom from 6:00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. Admission is free. Registration is essential. E-mail info@ont-hypnosis-centre.com to register or call 416.489.0333
Once a corporate leader and strategic planner for blue chip corporations, Dr. Georgina Cannon, left her $ 300,000.00 a year corporate career 10 years ago to start a hypnotism clinic and school. Cannon sold most of her worldly assets, including her home and BMW to start up a business in the centre of Toronto’s Cumberland Ave. Today she is known as one of North America’s main spokespersons for hypnotism, speaking and teaching dentists, doctors and assorted businessmen and women the applications of hypnosis and hypnotherapy. Cannon’s pragmatic approach to hypnotherapy has brought her some of the most prestigious awards in her field, including the Order of the Braid.
Georgina Cannon is one of four key world organizers of this event, and as such is leading the Canadian portion of this world event…..focusing her attention onto Canada where teams of hypnosis clinics will be holding open houses, running demonstrations, dispelling myths, and in general encouraging Canadians to discover the power of their mind.
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Hypnotherapist Phenomenon Rick Collingwood Says Most of His Clinical Patients Are Cancer Victims*
Hypnotherapist Phenomenon Rick Collingwood Says Most of His Clinical Patients Are Cancer Victims*
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 23, 2007
One of the world’s leading and most respected clinical hypnotherapist and hypnosis trainers in Australia contends much of the pain suffered by cancer patients and people who suffered from depression and insomnia can be managed and treated with hypnosis.
“A medical study by Pharmaceutical Researcher Nathan Elliot, oncologists and other doctors found significant levels of insomnia, depression and pain in cancer patients had dropped noticeably after the use of hypnosis. ‘The 2005 Quality of Life Study’ revealed significant changes over a six-week period using mind-body healing CDs,” said Australian Hypnotherapist Dr. Rick Collingwood, a pioneer in hypnotherapy, who plans to visit America in September with his first stop in Los Angeles and New York. “I want to show my unique hypnosis therapy skills that help cure everything from alcoholism to obesity.”
One of the 350,000 CDs Dr. Collingwood sells entitled, “Mind Body Healing” is formatted to create positive healing connections and to bring your body into harmony with your subconscious mind, which regulates all of the healing mechanisms of the body. “Your subconscious mind is like the hard drive on your computer, it often performs millions of functions in your body, even while you sleep,” he said.
For more than a decade Collingwood has assisted countless thousands of people in therapeutic hypnosis and is negotiating distribution outlets for upcoming DVDs that helps to motivate and build self esteem and or confidence.
Rick Collingwood is a professional hypnotist, author, counselor, public speaker, business motivator, and hypnosis trainer who practices and trains hypnosis at his Mind Motivations & The Australian Academy of Hypnosis clinics in Brisbane, Queensland, and Perth Western Australia. In 2006 Collingwood’s Lose Weight Now! Hypnosis CD earned him a gold ARIA Award with annual sales of more than 45,000 units. This is believed to be the first Gold Record ever achieved by a hypnosis CD. Between January 2002 and July 2007 The Life Improvement Series Personal Hypnotherapy CDs sold more than 350,000 copies all over the world.
Collingwood has been successful with his hypnosis CDs, too. About 60 percent of his patients noticed a difference when they played the CDs encouraging them to lay off the food intake. They play the CDs 45 minutes a day, six days a week. “We also help manage pain many of our customers are cancer victims,” said Collingwood. The Australian hypnotherapist has appeared on “ABC Good Morning America”; “A Current Affair”, KTLA Morning News show; and numerous other radio and TV talk shows.
He is the principle of The Australian Academy of Hypnosis and has trained more than 700 therapists in the correct and effective use of his unique therapeutic hypnosis styles. “You can change your life while you sleep with my newly developed neurosonic frequency,” explained Collingwood.
About Dr. Rick Collingwood Ph.D.
Australia’s foremost Mind Clinician, Dr. Rick Collingwood, Ph. D. is acknowledged as Australia’s leading clinical hypnotherapist and hypnosis trainer. He has attained many academic achievements and developed his own unique powerful hypnosis style, combining proven trance inducing frequency technology and hypnotic methods. Through his professional practice, national training programs, and hypnosis CDs, he has help thousands of people enjoy the benefits of deep relaxation and the power of the subconscious mind.
For more information about MIND MOTIVATIONS visit: http://www.mindmotivations.com.
For media interviews via phone or in studio or to schedule Dr. Collingwood on TV and Radio talk segments, please contact MAYO Communications at 818-340-5300 or 818-618-9229 or PR @ MayoCommunications.com or visit http://www.MayoCommunications.com.
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“When It’s Cancer” Self-Help Book to Take Charge of Cancer
“When It’s Cancer” Self-Help Book to Take Charge of Cancer
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) September 16, 2006
A new book “When It’s Cancer: The 10 Essential Steps to Follow After Your Diagnosis” by Toni Bernay, Ph.D., and Saar Porrath, M.D. provides readers with a practical 10-step program that empowers patients and their loved ones to take charge and be proactive about cancer treatment and care as well as a series of self-assessments, worksheets, and checklists for tracking information to make intelligent, well-reasoned choices. Below you will find an excerpt from the book.
Once your pain management team is in place, you can work together to create a plan that anticipates every level of pain and institutes measures for alleviating it. Remember, the key to effective pain management is early intervention — and that starts with you. You need to inform your team when you’re hurting, where, and how much. This is why being able to talk with them comfortably and candidly is so important. (We’ve provided tools ahead that might help with this conversation.)
As you meet with your team members, you might want to share with them the following pain management model. It establishes a continuum of care to track with pain that ranges from mild to severe.
1. Complementary and alternative therapies: We recommend CAM therapies as a starting point because they are the least toxic. Your body will be exposed to plenty of toxins during cancer treatment; it doesn’t need more. Also, with CAM therapies, you spare your body from the side effects of yet another medication. Acupuncture, chiropractic, hypnosis, massage, and meditation are among the options that have proven successful in controlling pain.
2. Psychotropic drugs: Mediated via neurotransmitters, these medications help manage emotional distresses like depression and anxiety, both of which aggravate pain. Since scientists have determined that neurotransmitters inhabit the entire body, not just the brain, psychotropics have become some of the most frequently prescribed drugs for pain management.
3. Over-the-counter medications: Among the most common OTC pain relievers are acetaminophen and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as aspirin and ibuprofen. They may be enough to alleviate mild pain.
4. Low-dose opioids: Seventy to 90 percent of cancer patients control moderate pain with oral opioids such as Darvon, Percodan, and Percocet. The long-term use of these medications has not been shown to worsen pain. If that should happen in individual cases, the patients may be advised to switch to an opioid other than the one they have been using.
5. Slow-or fast-release opioids: Perhaps the best known of the opioids is morphine, which is sold under several brand names. It’s the most commonly prescribed medication for severe pain and is available in slow-or fast-release forms. Other slow-release opioids, which tend to have longer-lasting effects, include Fentanyl, Levorphanol, methadone, MS Contin, and Oramorph. In the fast-release category are codeine, hydromorphone, and oxycodone. When taken as prescribed, opioids — though quite potent — rarely lead to addiction.
6. Invasive procedures: For acute pain and some chronic pain, a nerve block can provide temporary relief. In this procedure, the physician injects a local anesthetic into or around nerves or below the skin at the site of pain. The anesthetic interrupts the transmission of pain signals to the brain, providing relief for up to several hours. In some instances where drug therapy is ineffective, the pain pathways may be redirected or severed through surgery or controlled with implanted devices.
Reprinted from: When It’s Cancer: The 10 Essential Steps to Follow After Your Diagnosis by Toni Bernay, PhD, and Saar Porrath, MD (March 2006) © 2006 Toni Bernay, PhD Permission granted by Rodale, Inc., Emmaus, PA 18098. Available wherever books are sold or directly from the publisher by calling (800) 848-4735 or visit their website at http://www.rodalestore.com.
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Toni Bernay, Ph.D., is a nationally recognized psychologist and executive coach. She serves as president of the Porrath Foundation for Cancer Patient Advocacy and is a principal in the Leadership Equation Institute, a national consulting firm for executives and entrepreneurs. She resides in Beverly Hills.
Her husband, Saar Porrath, M.D., was a preeminent breast oncologist at the forefront of numerous advances in breast health and care. He established the nationally known Woman’s Breast Center in 1983. For his contributions to health care, he was honored by Los Angeles County, as well as the cities of Los Angeles and Santa Monica.
For more information, please visit http://www.porrathfoundation.org
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Introducing the ‘How To Talk To Republicans When You Want To Be Heard and Understood’ Workshop
Introducing the ‘How To Talk To Republicans When You Want To Be Heard and Understood’ Workshop
Denver, CO (PRWEB) October 25, 2006
Paul Sterling and Kristin Denton of the Language of Peace are pleased to announce a new, two-hour workshop designed specifically for activists: “Across the Great Divide.”
This workshop covers how to communicate effectively with people who oppose our values—to communicate in a way that models the peaceful world we would all like to live in. Learn to discuss issues like war, abortion rights, immigration, the environment and gay marriage
in a way that will change the other person’s mind at a visceral level. Yes, this is possible!
Learn how to use the 4 Steps to Social Change, based on the work of Dr. Marshall Rosenberg (http://www.cnvc.org): 1. Heal thyself, 2. Give empathy to the ‘enemy’, 3. Make a clear and present request, and 4. Give appreciation. These four steps the participants to achieve the following:
Get the other person to want to listen
Keep the conversation open and alive, instead of shut off and angry
Let the other person know you understand, even if you don’t agree
Avoid attacking or being defensive
The class is taught by dynamic communications coaches Paul Sterling and Kristin Denton of ‘The Language of Peace.’ Kristin and Paul provide compassionate coaching in communication and relationship skills with the intent of creating harmony in relationships and communities for this and generations to come.
Paul Sterling previously served as the U.S. delegate to the Soviet American citizen Summit and Peace Dialogue in Moscow. After a career as a commercial fisherman in Alaska, he has spent 20 years studying and teaching communication skills in government, business and private practice. Paul developed his method of The Language of Peace after studying the work of Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication. He blended NVC with systems theory, neuro-linguistic programming, and Ericsonian hypnosis to create an incredibly effective way to compassionately connect with oneself and others. His website is
http://www.MagicRrelationship.com .
Kristin Denton has been an instructor of language, literature and communication for the last 17 years in factory, service industry, and public school settings. She is trained in second language acquisition theory and instructional design. She is Paul’s life partner and joins him in presenting his communication method. Her website is http://www.HarmonicInteractions.com .
This workshop was presented to the Estes Park Patriots for Peace during the “Declaration of Peace” campaign. This is a national effort by dozens of religious and social justice groups to end the war in Iraq. The president of the Patriots for Peace, Mary Ellen Garrett, remarked about the workshop, “Our group has really benefited from the ‘Language of Peace’ training that Kristin and Paul gave us. At every event since this training, people are mentioning how we are using what we learned to listen and communicate with more empathy.
Kristin and Paul have a real gift for teaching skills that we need for peacemaking.” In addition, the training was a vehicle for creating dialogue around what exactly the group wanted to request from the people with whom they interacted. Did they want people to sign a petition, read a flier, vote a certain way? This discussion helps clarify the intent of the group in their activities.
The workshop was also presented at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church and Buddhist Christian Interfaith Community in Denver. This is a group of local citizens who, as Rev. Cook explains, “…gather together from differing faith perspectives (Buddhist, Christian, and various others). We remain rooted in our own traditions without the compulsion to force common ground. Without the need to defend our own turf, we are profoundly challenged by one another’s wisdom, delighting in mutual enhancement.” For more information on the Interfaith Community and Reverend Toni Cook’s work, visit http://www.St.PaulDenver.com.
For more information please contact The Language of Peace at 970-586-7734.
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NGH Convention Course for Becoming a Certified Hypnotist Offers New Career Opportunities
NGH Convention Course for Becoming a Certified Hypnotist Offers New Career Opportunities
Merrimack, NH (PRWEB) April 26, 2007
This summer, the National Guild of Hypnotists is offering a certified consulting hypnotist course as part of the NGH Summer Institute and the NGH Convention and Educational Conference. For many who will attend, learning the techniques of hypnotism offers an additional proficiency that they will add to their skills and credentials as nurses, counselors and coaches. For others, becoming a certified consulting hypnotist marks a major career transition and the promise of new opportunities to help people in meaningful ways. Some students in the NGH certified consulting hypnotist course enroll to learn hypnotism purely for themselves. They see hypnosis certification as a way to increase their self-confidence and master techniques of visualization and self-hypnosis.
Every year the NGH Convention draws nearly two thousand hypnotists, therapists, counselors and health care professionals looking to expand their training, add certifications and network with others in their profession. Also attending the convention are many newcomers to the field of hypnotism. In 1988, Patricia E. MacIsaac was one of those newcomers, enrolled in the certified consulting hypnotist course. Today Patricia MacIsaac, LPN, CMI, is certified to teach both basic and advanced NGH hypnosis courses and will co-teach the Summer Institute certified consulting hypnotist course for the National Guild of Hypnotists.
Patricia MacIsaac is the owner and operator of the South Shore Hypnosis Center in Hingham, MA and is a Board Certified Hypnotist Examiner. She is a former National Guild of Hypnotists Instructor of the Year, recipient of the Women Mean Business Award by the South Shore Women’s Business Network, Educator of the Year at the 2006 NGH Convention, and a recipient of the Hypnotism Hallmark Award. In addition to receiving the National Guild of Hypnotists Meritorious Service Award, her picture has appeared on the cover of the Journal of Hypnotism, an international publication for which she was interviewed. She serves on the National Guild of Hypnotists Advisory Board and has been inducted into the Order of Braid. Patricia MacIsaac is a frequent lecturer and facilitator of workshops and seminars and has been a guest speaker on radio and television talks show in the New England area.
Ed Morris, BS, MEd, CI, shares the teaching responsibilities of the consulting hypnotist certification class with MacIsaac. Morris has degrees in education and a professional resume that includes teacher, guidance counselor, private school headmaster and education director. He is the past superintendent for the Maine State Department of Mental Health and maintained a private practice in hypnotism for over 18 years. A past recipient of the National Guild of Hypnotists Instructor of the Year award, Ed Morris has been inducted into the Order of Braid.
Students enrolled in the National Guild of Hypnotists certified consulting hypnotist course must complete a 100-hour theory and practicum, plus selected convention seminars, workshops and a guided independent study in order to be considered for consulting hypnotist certification. The consulting hypnotist certification course will be held August 5 through 12, 2007. Enrollment in the course includes all amenities and registration for the National Guild of Hypnotists Convention, and Educational Conference, scheduled for August 10, 11 and 12 at the Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center in Marlborough, MA.
This year marks the twentieth year of the annual NGH Convention. PeachTree Professional Education, Inc., one of the nation’s oldest and largest providers of continuing education credits for professionals in the field of mental health, will provide NAADAC, NBCC and CA CNE approved credits for select NGH courses. All of the 280 seminars and workshops offered during the NGH Convention count toward NGH continuing education requirements.
To learn more about the National Guild of Hypnotists Convention and Educational Conference contact the NGH Convention registrar at (603) 429-9438. For NGH Convention hotel reservations, call (508) 460-0700. Additional information about hypnotism, a career as a hypnotist, the NGH, the Summer Institute or the 2007 NGH Convention is available at http://www.ngh.net and http://www.nghconvention.com.
The National Guild of Hypnotists, Inc. is a not-for-profit, educational corporation. Founded in Boston, MA in 1951, the Guild is a professional organization comprised of dedicated individuals committed to advancing the field of hypnotism. National Guild of Hypnotists president, Dr. Dwight F. Damon, is available for media interviews at (603) 429-9438.
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Browse Through The World’s Largest Online Astrology Dictionary
Browse Through The World’s Largest Online Astrology Dictionary
(PRWEB) April 11, 2007
MysticBoard.com is proud to officially announce the introduction of the Online Astrology Dictionary And Glossary, which is available online at http://www.mysticboard.com/astrology_dictionary_and_glossary. This online Astrology Dictionary is accompanied by a free and handy Astrology Dictionary Software which is available at http://www.mysticboard.com/mb-free-astrology-dictionary. Swetha of MysticBoard.com believes this can be a reference guide for each and every person associated to the world of astrology in some way or the other.
On the occasion of the launch of this astrology resource, Swetha Lodha, the CEO of MysticBoard.com was ecstatic that her team’s months of hard work had finally paid off and said, “This astrology dictionary will be an asset for the serious astrologers and also for the students of the esoteric subject. It covers innumerable astrological terms of both Western and Vedic Astrology (Tropical and Sidereal Astrology). This is indeed a wonderful reference guide. We plan to keep updating this dictionary and adding more words in the coming months. This dictionary has taken us months to compile after as many months to research and I sincerely hope everyone benefits from our efforts.”
On being asked what made her develop this resource, Swetha says, “I have been a keen follower of astrology related subjects. But some of the words or terms used in the explanation on different sites went over my head. This was when I felt the need to build such a resource which describes complex meanings in simple terms and that too all at one place. I don’t want people giving up learning this wonderful subject just because they cannot understand what it means.”
The online astrology Dictionary and Glossary is well organized and easy to navigate. People can search for astrological terms for which they want meanings. All words are arranged alphabetically, thus making the use of this glossary very easy. All the astrological terms have been explained very clearly and that too in a simple and understandable language thus making it a useful resource for novices as well as experts.
The editor of CNet’s Download.com found this application and gave it a 4 star rating. The CNet Editor in his review says, “This application simplifies searching the Internet for specific astrology and numerology terms. The glossary’s neatly designed search-engine-like interface primarily lists astrology terms in its left pane while displaying definitions and related information on the right. You can choose between the three search methods available: Wildcard, Exact, and Google search. The program primarily displays definitions through built-in links to specific Web pages.” He further adds, “For those wishing to discuss the subjects, the program provides easy access to online discussion. Simple enough to install and use for even the most novice user. We recommend this application to any level user looking for basic information on numerology and astrology.”
MB Free Astrology Dictionary Software ( http://www.mysticboard.com/mb-free-astrology-dictionary ) is a tool which makes this vast and comprehensive online astrology resource much easier to navigate and use. Swetha believes that this free online astrology dictionary will act as a useful guide for easy and immediate reference of astrology related words. The software has different search options for maximizing the benefit of the users. For people who have always wanted to know more about astrology meanings but don’t know where to start, you now know the right place to begin.
About http://www.MysticBoard.com :
MysticBoard.com is one of the world’s largest online New Age resource with over 7600 members and 78,000 live discussions. It has something to offer to everyone. The forum gives an opportunity for amateurs to interact with experts, to learn and perfect their skills. It also offers an excellent platform for professional exchange of ideas and new findings. Mysticboard.com is an easy and a “user friendly” site and it is a place for people of all fields to converse and share ideas and views. General people wanting to know anything related to astrology can seek advice from professionals. Some other areas that MysticBoard.com includes are Western Astrology (Tropical Astrology), Vedic Astrology (Sidereal Astrology), Chinese Astrology, Horary Astrology, Tarot, Psychic, Feng Shui, Vaastu Shastra, Chakra, I Ching, Paranormal, Everyday Predictions, Dream Interpretation, Numerology, Runes, Occult and Magick, Palmistry, Crystal Healing, Hypnosis, Graphology, Family And Parenting, Aromatherapy, Reincarnation, Symbols & Symbology, Reiki and Meditation. Registration is absolutely free. Visit http://www.mysticboard.com.
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Shocking Secrets To Be Revealed On October 5th
Shocking Secrets To Be Revealed On October 5th
Fort Smith (PRWEB) September 25, 2004
Digital Product Network announced today that on October the 5th, 2004 there will be a 90 minute webcast with Dr. Joe Vitale, where he will reveal his new Hypnotic Writing Master Formula for Free to 1250 lucky people.
This is the same formula Dr. Joe Vitale has only revealed to 10 people ever, and for that they each had to attend his Hypnotic Writing Workshop that cost $ 5,000 per seat. You can sign up for the free webcast by going to http://www.digitalproduct.net/oct5seminar.
Dr. Vitale will explain what Hypnotic Writing is all about and where he actually learned Hypnotic Writing. You will also learn how to seduce the mind of your buyer with just words, and the great Â?Intimacy SecretÂ? that will increase your sales.
Do you know the two best ways to motivate people? Can you change someone’s perception of you, your product, or even your price? (It’s not as difficult as you would think.) You will learn this and more from Dr. Joe Vitale Â? even the three never-before-revealed secrets he has kept under lock and key his entire life.
Â?We look forward to giving you the inside scoop on Hypnotic Copywriting and grilling Joe on how you can use simple words to put more cash in your pocket (plus the psychology behind it)Â?And the best part about the webcast is that it’s absolutely Free.Â? – states Kevin Wilke and Matt Gill, co-founders of Nitro Marketing. Â?You don’t even have to make a long-distance phone call.Â?
DonÂ?t blink, sneeze or pause for anything. Over 1600 people attended the last hypnotic webcast (January 2004) with Dr. Joe Vitale, and we fully expect to double those numbers this time. To register for this webcast, just point your browser to http://www.digitalproduct.net/oct5seminar.
Â?I feel that this kind of seminar (free) adds to the credibility of internet marketers. When a marketer goes out of his/her way to introduce their ideas and techniques to other internet marketers, without wanting to make a small fortune – thatÂ?s marketing power.Â? states Robert Lawless of digitalproduct.net.
This will be the second time this year Joe has a web cast of this caliber. We will all be lucky if he does anymore next year. If you are doing anything online (business wise) you should not miss this. I hope to hear you there.
Robert Lawless
Digital Product Network
http://www.digitalproduct.net
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The UK’s Best Selling Self-help Audio Author and Clinical Hypnotherapist, Glenn Herrold to be Interviewed by Jeff Garton on VoiceAmericaTM’s Business Radio Network
The UK’s Best Selling Self-help Audio Author and Clinical Hypnotherapist, Glenn Herrold to be Interviewed by Jeff Garton on VoiceAmericaTM’s Business Radio Network
Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) September 6, 2007
Broadcasting live on Thursday, September 13th at 12pm Pacific (3pm Eastern), Glenn Harrold, the UK’s best selling self-help audio author and clinical hypnotherapist, will be interviewed by VoiceAmerica.com host Jeff Garton on his internet talk radio show “Career Contentment Radio” on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel (http://www.modavox.com/voiceamericabusiness).
Glenn is a best selling author and renowned clinical hypnotherapist specialized in dealing with stress related problems and his audio recordings on topics like overcome fear, unleash your true potential, think positively, improve self-esteem, living your life to the full and how to create a more positive future are in demand around the world. His sales in the UK alone are exceeded only by J.K. Rowling and Agatha Christie. On this program, Glenn will discuss how to utilize self-hypnosis audio products to enhance your career contentment and overcome stress related to job dissatisfaction.
“Career Contentment Radio” airs live on Thursdays at 12PM PST / 2PM CST / 3PM EST on The VoiceAmerica Business Channel.
To access the show, log on at http://www.modavox.com/voiceamericabusiness. All past shows are available in the Business Channel’s Content Library on The VoiceAmericaTM Channel for on-demand and pod cast download.
The VoiceAmerica Network offers the latest conversations in a talk radio format, providing education, interaction, and advice on key issues live, on demand as well as through pod cast download. If interested in hosting a talk radio show on VoiceAmerica Network, contact Jeff Spenard, Vice President of Internet Radio at 480-294-6417 or at email protected from spam bots.
Contact Executive Producer Melissa Schmitz at 480-294-6410 for advertising / sponsorship information or other show details.
ABOUT Jeff Garton:
Jeff Garton is a career-coach, speaker and Human Resources consultant to Fortune 500 Corporations. He is author of the first books on career contentment, a topic he initiated following the 9/11 tragedy. His primary book entitled, Career Contentment: Don’t Accept Anything Less will be released in January 2008 by ASTD Press, and derivative “how to” guidebooks and audios will be released September 2007 to corporations, trainers, career coaches and individuals. (http://www.careercontentment.com). Jeff’s background includes over twenty years in HR with the Philip Morris Companies where he led the global staffing for Kraft Foods and the Miller Brewing Company.
About VoiceAmerica™Modavox:
(OTC.BB MDVX), Modavox is the leading producer and distributor of online, talk radio content, streaming approximately 250 hours of live programs and scheduled replays weekly on its Modavox VoiceAmerica™ Network (http://www.voiceamerica.com). Modavox, Inc. (http://www.modavox.com) is a pioneer in internet broadcasting, producing and syndicating online audio and video, and offering innovative, effective and comprehensive online tools for reaching targeted niche communities worldwide. Through its patented Modavox Central™ technology, Modavox “takes the search out of search,” delivering content straight to desktops and internet-enabled devices. Through its proprietary StreamSafe™, WebcastWizard™ and Stream Syndicate™ tools, Modavox provides managed access for live and on-demand internet broadcasting and syndication; content management; and online meeting, event management, enterprise communications and distance learning.
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