Welcome! Amelia :)

(Diaphragmatic Breathing, Belly Breathing)

 

Anxiety is a physiological reaction to not enough oxygen in your system.

It’s as simple as that.

 

Anxiety is a “flight or fight response”.  Sometimes this response is left over from some past experience, and it has then generalized this experience to other things. Things technically not related to that fearful experience, but that may have been…

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I made the decision this year that working for a high profile hospital position is not all it's made up to be...

I choose to have a less stressful and more peaceful life in private practice and can say it's one of the best decisions I have made.

I choose my health rather than compromise it doing much too much with much too little help and needed resources. Unfortunately that is the way of the world with hospitals today. They are refusing to cut from the top, and are cutting…

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And so ends another season... This one was particularly challenging. It started with the 50 mile, Ore-2-Shore mountain bike race in Marquette, MI. I experineced excrutiating inner thigh leg cramps, which started just 19 miles into the race. I found my self hypnosis skills put to the test. I was NOT going to walk off this race course! ("Pain is temporary, quitting is forever" - Tyler Hamilton.) I geared down and began to talk to my muscles, telling them to relax. (Who cares what the other riders… Continue

Hello All:



I just completed a sailing class on the Boardman Lake through Traverse Area Community Sailing (TACS).



Wow!!! What a blast!! It was zen to be on the water. Peaceful and absorbing. I finished class each night pleasantly exhausted both mentally and physically in a very de-stressing way. I thoroughly enjoyed the instructor Ben and the other sailor/classmates.

I'm planning to include sailing practice to the rest of my summer fun.



Peace and Light,… Continue

Hello Everyone:



Please take the time to listen to my visit to "Mary in the Morning" radio broadcast from Traverse City, MI. Listed on "My Music". (On my hypnothoughts page, Left side of my blogs, under "My Music") I had a lot of fun visiting the show and was asked unexpectedly (Expect the Unexpected !!) to work with the show host while I was there. It proved to be a very nice endorsment of hypnotherapy, and I hope, adding even more respect to our profession.



Best wishes… Continue