I've been thinking a lot about what makes a hypnosis practice work and one thing I think is extremely important is being a decent manager of money. The truth is if you can't handle money, you’ll fail in any business.
Being able to budget, putting money aside to save up for things, saying no to something you know you don’t need right now, even when you have a strong desire for it, shopping around for the best prices, and knowing what you are willing to lose are some of the things common to those… Continue
Good Morning..... I am sitting In BEAUTIFUL Mammoth Lakes... looking out a condo window at the morning sunrise.. What a LONG all night drive that was. Gave me some time contemplate some "stuff"
We are all users of language.. and as PROFESSIONAL language users... we should all make sure that we say it the way that we WANT it.. Say it the way that we want to convey the message that we are putting forth....
SO...
I would like to wish ALL of you .. A HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY.... Because the 4th o… Continue
Posted by Richard Rumble on July 4, 2008 at 9:17am —
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It turns out (well, I just found out!) that Scott Adams, Dilbert creator, took some hypnosis training and is well informed on the subject. See here for a some amusing Dilbert videos and links to a couple of excellent Scott Adams Articles:
Simon de Lides' Scott Adams Hypnosis PageContinue
Posted by Simon de Lides on July 4, 2008 at 8:24am —
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So today I got my DBA and set up my business bank account. As I was getting the money out to pay the county clerk for my DBA, my hand slid to the part of my wallet where I keep my business cards, and I pulled one out. I just had a feeling I need to give one to the county clerk. So, she took my notarized application and said, "Harmony Hypnosis. So can you help with weight loss? I need to lose a few pounds, but my sister really needs help."
I smiled. "Do I help with weight loss?" I said. "Why, ye… Continue
So... while in a heated discussion on one of the lists here on Hypnothoughts, the UK Hypnosis Act of 1952 was mentioned several times by one of the participants. Being Unfamiliar with the the actual verbiage of the UK LAW on how you MUST do a hypnosis show in the UK.. I thought it would be good to take a look at it.
The way that it was used in the posting, I was expecting this HUGE list of DO NOT DO THIS.. DO NOT DO THAT.... and what I imagined was a difficult list of requirements and a bunch o… Continue
Hello!
I have decided to have my office work for me when I am not there....so I am opening it up to other practitioners. If you or someone you know is interested....please let me know. Thanx!
Here's the info ~
Katt Lowe is a Certified Hypnotherapist, graduate and instructor at the Hypnosis Motivation Institute. She has a beautiful, cozy, office to share in the heart of Beverly Hills.
The office has very warm and hypnotic atmosphere. The perfect relax a back recliner, surround sound and a bea… Continue
Posted by Katt Lowe on July 1, 2008 at 10:26pm —
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Hi everyone,
I'm doing a survey. What is your greatest challenge regarding your hypnosis business? Please tell me, tell me do! We will discuss this on my FREE online seminar Wednesday.
Thanks everyone who participates.
Susan Fox Continue
A few years ago I went with a couple of friends to Peru. My friend, Lynn, took a bunch of photos with a digital camera while there. He took the photos and then left to go back home a week ahead of us. When we got back to the US we met up for lunch and he showed me all the pics he had printed out. He had them in an album. These were his last ones.
He said, " I took these pics of you when you were meditating above the Incan wall that day. I took them one right after another with no waiting. There… Continue
Two-time Olympic silver medal winner, U.S. shotputter Adam Nelson has begun using hypnosis as a means to prepare himself for the gold this time around . . .
Dirk Treusch (web) has taken the sticky hypnosis challenge (web) to heart and ventured to the streets of Heidelberg where he put the concept of stickiness and hypnosis to the test . . .
Derren Brown has had to back down from some of his very critical statements about Neruolinguistic Programming (NLP) and - more specifically - about Richard Bandler, one of the founders of NLP. In his book, Trick of the Mind, Brown called NLP a bit of a pyramid scheme rather than a legitimate approach to the mind and therapeutic change. He also took a swipe at Bandler, equating him to a con man.
Bandler and friends took umbrage and hit Brown with a suit. Brown has backed down a…
So he came back in stating that he felt incredible for about 3 days, then at work when he had to meet a big client for a sales lunch, he began to feel very nervous again and it is so bad he is stil feeling it big time in his stomach. HE says he's been eating rolaids all day. In fact, he is BACK to eating them like candy like when I met him three weeks ago. We had done regression in the last session and I thought everything was cleared up. What do you do when something like that happens?
Well, i… Continue
I like to keep my finger on the pulse of what is going in marketing & business in the Hypnosis profession.
And one of the things I do is keep up on press releases. I look for good examples to show my the students who have taken my How To Get $10,000 Worth Of FREE Publicity training.
I use Google Alerts to do this (see my videos on this site for how to set up Google Alerts). Sometimes, I also find really good examples of what NOT to do.
My wife is reading a book called _Eat, Pray, Love_, and she is enjoying it so much that she reads various passages to me. (This is one of the many things I love about my wife.) Anyway, one of them has a wonderful case for the "Be Careful What You Ask For and How You Phrase It" file; here's the quick version:
A man who had faced many struggles in his life decided that being open and loving towards all was a good approach, so he prayed repeatedly, saying, "Dear Lord, please open my heart. Dear Lo… Continue
Posted by James Hazlerig on June 30, 2008 at 10:09am —
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In my experience some people who would benefit from working with a Hypnotist can feel uneasy about selecting a professional to work with the first time if they do not have a personal referral. There are a range of variables (experience, training, fees, etc. to name a few) that someone unfamiliar with our world is not sure how to interpret.
To help potenital clients new to hypnosis with these issues I have prepared a brief free report on the subject that is available from my site; www.ask-the-hy… Continue
Posted by Stephen Gruber on June 30, 2008 at 5:24am —
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This has been an exciting week, culminating in an unexpected hour-long telephone call with Dr. Michael Preston, author of "Medicine of the Mind". I studied extensively with Dr. Preston in the early 1990's and haven't seen or spoken with him in many years. Since he was in his 70's when I studied with him, I wasn't even sure if he was still of this world. An interesting twist of fate that included someone "borrowing" my cherished signed copy of "Medicine of The Mind" about 2 years ago and never re… Continue
She called and said she was doing some sort of paper for her class and could she come by and meet me? My schedule is full so I said she could if she got here at 7:30am. So I am up, showered, dressed and ready. I even vacuumed already. Coffee is brewing and I'll be having a cup of that asap.
I have been getting about 2-3 of these sorts of requests per year here in Dallas. Normally, they don't show up. I wonder if she will. One did ask me a bunch of questions over the phone one time. That was gre… Continue
Whew!
I've spent pretty much all day whittling away at my marketing and development to-do list. I'm posting wherever it's free and a few places it isn't, and I've approached several local organizations about giving presentations and demonstrations. I contacted a local charity about donating a session to their raffle, and I designed the gift certificate. I've ordered door magnets for my truck (after discovering that my wife's car doors are not magnetic) and looked into getting a hat with my logo… Continue
Hi,
As some of you know, I am from Belgium and when buying a service there, let's say a haircut from a barber at a salon, or a waiter's service in a restaurant, tip for a taxi cab driver, or a bell hop, etc., the tips are all included. Even the VAT (Value Added Tax) is shown for products on the shelves of super market stores. When I moved to the US, as was defined in the life's programming of my soul, I did not realize there was such a thing as giving tips for services. Quickly I learned that i… Continue
Posted by Victor Sturm on June 25, 2008 at 10:30pm —
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I finally did it. I made my first one. Inspired by this YouTube video.
Half way through I was panicking that I wouldn't have enough pictures, but I think it turned out OK. I took a picture of it, so I'll probably laminate that later so I have a "mobile" version! I know a few people on here use the PC version, but I prefer "hands on" - I can really get into the creative process in a tactile way that digital pictures don't do for me, but at… Continue
Lets see, we have rising fuel prices which are sending out shockwaves throughout the rest of the global economy.
There have floods of biblical proportions in the Midwest and record foreclosures brought about by the predatory behavior of the lending industry.
And talented yet troubled British R&B singer Amy Winehouse has somehow given herself emphysema at the ripe old age of 24. These are all forms of stress, right?
Well, actually no. To be precise the news stories listed above are actuall… Continue
Posted by James Malone on June 25, 2008 at 7:51am —
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The TRANCE WIZARD (http://briandavidphillips.typepad.com/brian/2008/05/trance-wizard-p.html) Supernatural Hypnosis Show on June 22 at the Live Comedy Club Taipei was a blast. This was not your run-of-the-mill typical stage hypnosis performance, instead of a row of chairs on stage to fill with volunteers, we had a simple table with two chairs and various genuine occ…
While recently engaging in a little self-exploration, I revisited the topic of Sexual Confidence. I knew that sexual confidence was not exclusively reserved for the super beautiful or for the ultra skilled. I also knew that beauty and skill did not guarantee sexual confidence.
So where does this elusive power live, and how do we get our hands on it? What is sexual confidence and how does it differ from confidence in general? Can we be confident in life and not in the bedroom?
These are the que… Continue
Posted by Elaina McMillan on June 23, 2008 at 6:38pm —
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Okay everyone who says, "I have the public speaking fear! Help!"
Here's something that might be useful for you. If you shy away from prospecting for sales or doing public presenations, it is because your left brain is attempting to dominate your right brain.
The left brain is the task-oriented brain hemisphere. That means it feels fulfilled doing tasks. The left brain thinks in closed-minded and narrow-minded thought patterns.
Prospecting or doing public speaking are right hemisphere activiti… Continue
Posted by SUSAN FOX on June 23, 2008 at 10:50am —
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Hi Everyone,
Did you know that one of the greatest untapped markets for hypnotist is sleep? According to a 1998 National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research report...
40 million Americans are chronically ill with various sleep disorders and an additional 20 to 30 million experience intermittent sleep-related problems. The consequences of sleep disorders are diverse, serious, and often catastrophic.
Additionally, 95% of patients with sleep disorders remain undiagnosed largely because health… Continue
I think this is officially the GREATEST suggestions I will see today....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080622/ap_on_re_us/out_of_control
If the writer of this article was sitting next to me, I may actually become violent. These people are sick and it upsets me that so many people become victims of this trash! We live in the greatest times of history and they turn this crap out to the masses and sadly, many people accept these suggestions.
Geoff Continue
Rather than trying to develop a thick emotional skin toward beating off fear; a more effective (and emotionally healthy) approach is to seek an understanding why positive emotions are eaten into by fear.
Our imaginations often and easily amplify our fears and can spring up from an immediate stimulus.
A young mother is excited and displays strong positive emotions about her young daughter attending her first day in kinderga…
Sean Michael Andrews has a theory about hypnosis and he tests it in this video . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB4M4aB5Qmk . . . Sean is a wellknown extreme street hypnotist. He was right there front and center at the last Los Angeles class I taught on Wal…
I'm not sure who said this first, but it is the best short description of marketing I have found. And for most business owners, they don't do either part of this formula. Bad Thing!
Today we will take a look at a very important part of the psychology... the buying process. Or more correctly, what is going on in the mind of the person based on…
Every FridayI do a Web TV show with Cal Banyan and we post it on the internet. I hope you'll give it a listen. It's called Cal Banyan's Hypnosis Etc with Celeste Hackett. We just posted a new one. Right now we are doing a series called The Ten Keys to Doing a Successful Hypnosis Practice on a Budget. I'd love to hear what you found helped you keep costs down. Check it out at www.calbanyan.com will ya? Make my day! ha ha.
Just having coffee and reflecting back on recent business ac… Continue
I'm so excited about this website.
Thank you to all who put in a ton of time to create it and to all who post so generously. I'm so grateful for the folks who have taken the time write their stories, share a piece of their heart.
The quality of websites that I have explored is astounding. Up until finding this site, most websites I found through google for hypnotists were boring/generic/no educational component. People really need to know that hypnosis is not just about fear of public speaking… Continue
Posted by Jamie Johnson on June 20, 2008 at 9:53am —
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Today's client was no different from dozens of others in some ways. She and her husband have been going to a psychotherapist for over 6 months and she has seen absolutely no change except that she has now become disgusted with psychotherapy. The therapist told her that since she was a control freak that she couldn't be hypnotized. I told her I LOVED to get control freaks in because they can control how deeply and how quickly they relax. I started with a progressive relaxation induction and she h… Continue
1. The Internet is the New Yellow Pages, but waaaay more powerful. Dare I use that overworked cliche "on steroids!" If you are not using the Internet as a part of your marketing, you are at risk.
2. You'll be the first to know about the next big trends in online marketing such as Twitter,FriendFeed, Seesmic so you won't think people are speaking Martian… Continue
It still amazes me after 16 years in the business. I go to at least 4 conferences each year and it still amazes me how many professional Hypnotists espouse the "belief" that you can't, or shouldn't, or better not use the word "Hypnosis" when you are out in the community giving talks. I can't imagine (and don't want to) a more limiting belief for a Hypnotherapist to hold.
When I was first Certified in 1992, that was what I was told. "People are afraid of hypnosis, so use other words", was the me… Continue
So, you'll have to forgive me, I'm kind of an intruder. I'm not a hypnotist, but dating one for the last little while has exposed me to a new way to see the world. I'm an engineer by training, which means that I'm about as analytical as it gets. It's not that I don't see or appreciate gray areas, but I understand the black and white more. It was a very different kind of experience to hear someone tell me the ways that they can, in many ways very precisely and deliberately, help people change the… Continue
I bought a couple of domain names about a month ago, but I wasn't 100% happy with them (they weren't really what I wanted, but was prepared to settle for at the time). Then, recently Craig Eubanks posted a great article about web presence - you can read it here
It prompted me to go and look to see if my name was available (I don't know why I hadn't l… Continue
Now this is a fun and rewarding and delightful bit of hypnotic news . . . Coldplay's newest album Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends was written in part with the help of hypnosis.
Three years ago, front man Chris Martin (Gwyneth Paltrow's husband) made some ripples when he anounced that their fourth album would be "the greatest piec…
This was supposed to go on my blog, not under comments. Oops, again.
At 9:08pm on June 15th, 2008, Melissa J. Roth said…
I've spent the entire weekend writing 2 articles about hypnosis topics and I don't like either of them well enough to post anywhere. I finally did post the last one on IBS and Fibromyalgia on Self Growth after I read some of the other articles there. Wish I had made a little more effort in English composition class years ago. But, back then I didn't have anything I thought wa… Continue
So.. My Video cams are filling up the hard drives... so I took a few moments to clear off the drives by uploading some clips to our site here.. AND a BUNCH to my youtube spot... on youtube you can find me at hypno2u or Mister Hypnosis...
Take a look at the different kinds of areas that you need to be able to work in when doing hypnosis shows... FLEXIBILITY is a good thing to have because you never know what to expect when you get there... Continue
WELL... THAT was wildly successful.. Helping Scott and Hypnothoughts get to 1000 members. But it seems that many people have contacted me off the list asking about getting a copy of the Show DVD's that I offered as a Prize... ( by the way... CONGRATULATIONS to New Member Tina Clark who will be receiving a copy of all of the DVD's I have to date of all of the shows I have recorded) Since it was her HUSBAND who referred her... and they really don't need TWO copies of the set... I am going to give… Continue
Congratulations to Tina Clark for being the 1000th member of HypnoThoughts.com. Welcome to the site Tina, you have just become a local celebrity. :)
She, and the person who referred her to the site, will both be recieving a complete set of (mister hypnosis himself) Richard Rumble's Stage Hypnosis DVDs. Thanks to Richard Rumble for making such a great donation.
Congratulations also go out to all of you for creating such an amazing network of people. Over 600 people have visited the site every d… Continue
The number is Climbing.... 963 as of this morning. I am betting that TODAY is the day we go over 1000. Scotty... get the champagne and the IT people ready... hehehehe
ummmm I will use my powers of cognition... at 8:23pm will be the 1000th person joining. AND I will then contact the 1000th joiner and they will get a copy of my entire set of hypnosis show DVD's. I have added 3 since I first made the offer.. and tonight.. one more... So Make sure YOU are the person who referred the 1000th person,… Continue
Why is it that some people can seem to attract money with ease and others have to go through hell and back to just get by?
Is it just luck? Or is there a difference between the two types of people, the poor and the rich?
Why does 10% of the population earn 90% of the money in the world?
Well, more and more research is being undertaken on how our beliefs and attitudes affect how we attract money into our lives.... It sounds absurd, so stay with me for a moment, but if we take a closer look, th… Continue
Today, I did my first smoking cessation session, which was also the first session I did for someone who wasn't a close friend or volunteer.
Of course, I did not tell my client that it was my first smoking cessation. :-)
The really interesting challenge was that her primary sense is smell . . .
Still, when we finished, she said, "Wow! If I wasn't out of my body then, I never have been!" She also mentioned seeing colors flash behind her eyes, something she'd never experienced. Continue
Sometimes I take for granted everyone thinks about this, but then someone like Scott Sandland reminds me not everyone knows the things that those of us steeped in marketing ( and Internet Marketing ) accept as common knowledge.
So here are a few domain names every entrepreneur should own, even if you never use them.
Note: Whenever possible use .com domains. It is still the first place people look.
1. YOUR NAME
If you don't have this, go right now and… Continue
If you are looking for advice on which shopping carts to use to sell Hypnosis products or services on the Internet, then you'll want to be sure to read a post I made on the Internet Marketing for Hypnotists forum.
If you do any stop smoking hypnosis or offer any stop smoking hypnosis programs I would run, don't walk over to here:
http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/djn124/DC1
Download the "Supplementary Figures 1-10".
You may also want to read any of the accompanying text. It is a brand new study on smoking that is VERY comprehensive and provided in easy to read chart form. Take a minute to read it, it is very eye opening. You may also want to use this in your business or presentations.
Ge… Continue
I am constantly researching the psychological and physiological aspects of weight gain and the brains effects on the body and visa versa. Not only do I look at my client’s reasons to loose weight but also what are their reasons for gaining the weight. Of course, any physical imbalance must be checked out as well with a qualified MD.
With that being said, I have found the more knowledge that I have regarding the long term effects of being over weight the more motivation I can instill in my clien… Continue
Well, I've only been here two days and already I've made connections with some truly outstanding individuals in the field of hypnosis! There is so much potential with this site, and with it's members. I'm looking forward to meeting more of you and further enriching my hypnosis knowledge and experiences.
Stay curious!
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I was recently asked about a technique that I taught in one of my US courses in February . . . the use of a Pendulum and Answer Card for ideomotor effect based autoquestioning. As many know, I have special cards printed up that I use with clients or on the street and have a number of purple crystal pendulums that I use for the purpose.
Pendulum Autoquestioning is fascinating to many. It is based upon t…