So yesterday after my morning clients I went up to HMI and did a quick interview for their Hot Topics program (I'll update you guys with a link when it's available). It was a lot of fun to just chat about Hypnosis, HypnoThoughts, and the HypnoSummit in front of a studio audience. What added to the fun was that the host interviewing me was a longtime member of HypnoThoughts, Wendi Eckstein. I then got to hang out with George Kappas for a bit and discuss all sorts of fun th… Continue

Some of you saw my other blog post about a few people threatening to sue HypnoThoughts (for no real good reason, it was actually pretty funny). I want to share with you how small 3 offenses really is though, and to compare it to the overwhelming support this community is creating.

Below are the statistics for this site over the last couple of months. They are incredible, and trending up. Anyone familiar with Google Analytics is going to love this.

… Continue

I hate to be a downer, but I've got to get this out there.

In the last five days I've had three people threaten to sue HypnoThoughts (or me personally) because of actions of other members. This has graduated from silly to annoying.

The other moderators and I get reports of spam, abusive behavior, and inappropriate comments on a weekly basis and I'm totally fine with that. We are here to help keep things o… Continue

Recently I was invited to teach a module to first year med students on Complimentary and Alternative Medicine at UC Irvine. This is a school known for having a great science department, including its medical school and integrative medicine research. Obviously, I was very excited to be given the opportunity to present there.

The class is an elective for first year med students, and has been growing in content over the last few years. It started with only acupuncture, and has since grown. This is… Continue

The first message ever posted on this site was a note of remembrance I posted for one of my great friends and teachers, Janet Macy. Today I find myself in a similar place as I did just over a year ago. One of my greatest teachers in life, and a man who has had a profound impact on the person I am and hope to be, is gone.

Dr. Don Hunter passed away today at the age of 92. His wife of almost seventy years and two of his three children were by his side in his hospital room. For those of us who lov… Continue