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Permalink Reply by bruce on January 30, 2009 at 4:13am

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Permalink Reply by Michael Ellner on January 30, 2009 at 5:32pm

When I met Emmy award winning actor Michael Zaslow - ALS had laid waste to his body. He wrote me note saying that he wished that he had AIDS... I wrote back: "???" He wrote that he had heard that I was helping people survive AIDS and NO ONE SURVIVES ALS!!! I looked him in the eye and wrote back: "Perhaps you will be the first" It brought a tear to his eye and we discussed how I could help him help himself.

I helped him to focus on what he could do and what he still could enjoy instead of focusing on what he lost or the horror that he was facing... I taught him how to move into resource states and we created a state where he could appreciate what he lost from the point of view that he could still appreciate all that he had had.

Michael lived a full, active, pleasurable and satisfying life -- even though his physical condition continued to deteriorate daily during the last year of his life... Several weeks after Zaz's death - I got a call and was told I was mentioned in his last interview (Soap Opera Weekly) - Asked how he dealt with the intense fear and stress he answered: "I have a secret weapon - Michael Ellner and QUANTUM FOCUSING"

My advice is keep hope alive -- Joy, pleasure and satisfaction promote healing and survival and play up the benefits and advantages of the program that you are offering as a first class self-healing protocol -- Reducing fear, tension and discomfort reduces stress and reducing stress slows down the progression of all health challenges. Explain that our bodies are not able to heal or restore metabolic balance when we are in stressed states and our inner doctors do so automatically when we are in "rest and digest states"

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Permalink Reply by Lynn Whitmire on January 30, 2009 at 6:17pm

Hi Michael, I think the most important thing to start is exactly what you have stated That our bodies are not able to heal or RESTORE as the client so desires, until we are feeling calm and relaxed. I received another very good comment from Cynthia Cameron a clinical hypnotherapist and diagnosed with ALS herself. She sugggested that we also focus on blood circulation. As a person who has managed to slow progression she is now focusing on regeneration. The other point she made was the very imporant element of dealing with the shock of diagnosis and the neurologists "energy projection" of a limited life span. I think this is a great place to start. I now am just looking for basic physiological effects of the disease so I can better enable my client to form healing imagery and self suggestions.It is my hope, that since not a lot of information is out there regarding ALS, my discussions will become a beginning of a resource. My Mom has post-polio syndrome another syndrome that involves neurological degeneration. I would really like to see more attention paid to addressing some of these issues with hypnosis. I became involved with hypnosis because my Father-in-law had phantom limb pain and hypnosis was the one way to mitigate the discomfort.
I love your "quantum focusing" I purchased the original publication and have used many of the techniques with many of my clients on varied issues. I also very much appreciate your participation on the IMDHA forum. Your individual perspective and support is valued. Warm Regards, Lynn

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Permalink Reply by Michael Ellner on January 30, 2009 at 8:07pm

Thanks for the kind words Lynn-

Cynthia's advice reminded that I forget to mention that I guided Michael Z. through a "hypnotic de-briefing" with the suggestion that doing so would neutralize all of the negative input that he recieved from his neurologist when he got his diagnosis/prognosis -- We did a modified emotional detox --

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Permalink Reply by Chris Witherspoon on January 31, 2009 at 1:33pm

Michael,

I really enjoy all your post. I was wondering if you have any books published. If you do, what would you recommend. Do you have a site that list any publications and give a synopsis of what is contained in each book?

Chris

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Permalink Reply by Lynn Whitmire on January 31, 2009 at 6:09pm

Hi Chris, sorry no books.I do belong to the IMDHA, which is a great resource. You may consider joining thier mentorship group to ascertain new hypnosis information on many topics. Best Regards, Lynn

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Permalink Reply by Michael Ellner on January 31, 2009 at 6:24pm

Thanks Chris-

I have 3 books and several DVDs of one and/or Two day Workshops on Medical Hypnosis -- Peak Performance -- Personal Empowerment

Check out: www.quantumfocusing.com
My free CAM Blog on Therapy Times may be of interest: www.therapytimes.com

For more info contact me off-group revdocnyc@aol.com

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