Why Hypnosis Is Better Than An Energy Drink

Most of us hate and love energy drinks in equal measure. You see commercials for them everywhere. Grocery stores feature endless varieties of those beverages on their shelves. When you aren’t able to get enough rest at night, you might see them as being part of your salvation.

Unfortunately, you may dread the crash you’ll feel after the effects of the caffeine, ginseng and other chemicals wear off. Many of those beverages taste nasty. But, you gulp them down because they give you the energy you need to work (and party).

The good news is that there is an alternative to swallowing power drinks that taste like vitamins. You can go into hypnosis for ten minutes with this video (aff link) and see for yourself that:

Hypnosis will help you feel instantly refreshed upon waking.

Hypnosis will not make you hyper.

Hypnosis will not cause you to experience a sudden crash.

After you are hypnotized for a few minutes, you will feel a little energized. If you are put into a trance for several hours, you will feel even better. If you are sleepy as you enter one, you will wake up able to function well for the next several hours.

While hypnosis videos are great for giving your energy a boost, being put under at a show will make you feel even better (aff link). When you are working in a small group with a professional, he can help you to go much deeper into a trance than a video ever could. That will make you feel very energized when you wake up!

Put down that energy drink and focus only on the lights.

Why Being Hypnotized Is Exactly Like Training For The Olympics

It’s secret time again…are you ready??

Being hypnotized is not easy.

It’s tough. Everyone who is hypnotized feels the burn.

Everyone who is put into a trance has to work hard to concentrate on his hypnotist. Fully relaxing into a trance takes a lot of practice and effort.

This is a huge shock to many people.

Since we all go into states of hypnosis every day of our lives, it does not make sense that it would take effort to go into a trance. The first time you try to do it, you may be dismayed if you are not able to fully relax.

This might lead you to wonder if you are doing something wrong…

You’re not! You’re just inexperienced. The good news is that you can improve your ability to go into a trance. You can train for it just like Olympic athletes work to be able to lift heavy weights and run dozens of miles. You can strengthen your “trance muscles” just like you do your arms and legs.

You can train your mind with hypnosis just like you train your legs with a bicycle!

How to exercise your mental abilities

People who are training for the Olympics do the same actions over and over until their bodies are tough enough to easily do their motions. Those exercises work in two different ways. First, each time an athlete completes an action, it becomes easier for his muscles to finish it the next time. The second benefit you can get from working out is that you become familiar with how to do a given motion. That increase in memory will help you to do it better and better each time you attempt it.

How does this apply to hypnosis?

Each time you go into a trance, your mind gets used to slowing down its functions. Specifically, you feel more and more comfortable with the reality of your neurons firing at a very slow rate. After being put under several times, your conscious mind will become accustomed to dropping into that very relaxed state. Just like an athlete gets used to performing a given motion the more often he practices, your brain will become used to falling into a deep hypnotic sleep the more often you let yourself be hypnotized.

Want to practice that skill with a live hypnotist?

Come to a Jnspire Hypnosis  show in Cleveland or Columbus OH this summer! You can keep track of all the latest tour details on the Jnspire Facebook page. (aff link)

Have you found that being hypnotized gets easier over time? Chat with me about your experience in the comments!

The Three Essential Characteristics Of A Good Hypnotic Subject

This is a question I see pop up A LOT in searches for my blog: Who makes a good hypnotic subject? Many people are convinced that such a person is weak or dim-witted. YouTube is loaded with images of such (scantily dressed, ugh, why can’t they put on some clothes) people being lulled into trances by flashing lights, swinging pendulums and other such devices. Those images make you want to watch the videos. They are not good portrayals of excellent trance subjects.

In truth, the best volunteers for a hypnotist show are ones who have the following characteristics:

Good hypnotic subjects are of average to above average intelligence.

It is important for a volunteer to have a good understanding of the language employed in a typical induction. If you do not understand what is being said to you, you’re going to have a hard time going into a trance. This is not to say that folks who are mentally retarded cannot be hypnotized. They might have a harder time going under than others would.

Good hypnotic subjects have excellent imaginations.

Many hypnotists ask you to picture yourself in a given setting, such as a forest or beach location (aff link). If you have a hard time imagining yourself in those settings, you will be less likely to go into a trance. A good imagination, not a weak mind, is an excellent tool with which a hypnotist can work.

Good hypnotic subjects are willing to cooperate.

This is the only characteristic that is always accurately portrayed in hypnosis show videos. It is the reason why audience members at a stage show are always unaffected by a hypnotist, even though they can clearly see and hear him.

Notice that the observers stay wide awake in this Jnspire video. (aff link)

If you don’t want to be hypnotized, you’re not going to be. This holds true no matter how smart you are or how vivid your imagination is.

Want to prove me wrong? Come to a Jnspire show this summer! You can get the facts here first (aff link).

How MaLinda Lost Her Weight In Two Easy Steps

This month’s blog post is a vlog, wherein I divulge the truth about my dramatic weight loss and share with you guys and gals all the details about how you can do it too. Enjoy! Feel free to ask me questions in the comments.

Please note that it was not only the weight loss hypnosis downloads (not an aff link) I listened to that made the difference, but also the motivation suggestions (aff link) that made it easier for my mind to follow the appetite suppressing ideas.

How To Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions In 3 Easy Steps

Most folks make New Year’s resolutions that get broken within a month (a testament to this is the large number of folks who only exercise from January 1st through February 1st).  To give your intentions a chance of surviving for longer than 2 more weeks, rock these tips!

1: Set reasonable goals.

If you are paralyzed from the waist down, you might never be able to climb Mt. Everest. If you set a goal only because it sounds good, you might never get there. Your desires for yourself should be a stretch, but not a high jump, over your head.

2: Forget about will power.

Will power is crap. Will power is a sham. You do not need the conscious ability to overcome your own mental inertia. You can work with your subconscious mind to push your conscious mind forward into action.

3: Use self hypnosis to plant your resolutions in your mind.

Using these steps, put your goals into your subconscious brain as suggestions. (aff link) Tell yourself your goals in positive terms each time you put yourself into a trance. If a man can forget his name and the number 7, you can make yourself exercise more, eat only when you are hungry or be more productive in your work activities. (aff link)

The Top Four Reasons Why (I Got) You Should Get A Tattoo

Not My Actual Chest.

The decision of whether or not to get your body inked is, and should be, a private and well thought out one. Many folks have asked why a sweetheart good girl would ever want to do that to her body. It is worth mentioning that I am also a marketer and a writer (link to a page on this blog). We tend to be a bit of a kooky bunch as a general rule. (not an aff link)

However, the reasons why I wanted to have a butterfly made out of a pink ribbon needled onto to my left boob are, I think, fairly universal to most folks who choose to be inked. They are:

Because you want to cover an ugly scar. Mine was a biopsy scar.

Because you want to feel better about yourself. Having an unsightly scar made me feel a bit disfigured.

Because you want to honor one or more persons. Wearing a lovely pink ribbon reminds me of my friend who died of breast cancer and my best female friend and mother who are both survivors. (Shout outs to Heidi and Sharon!)

Because you would not want to live without it. If my new ink washed off tomorrow, I would run back to Kory at Tried and True Tattoo (another shout out ’cause he’s an awesome professional artist). Most of the folks I’ve spoken with who truly gave their tats a lot of thought feel the same way.

If you want a tattoo but find that none of the above apply to your situation, I would strongly advise against it. If you regret your ink the day after you get it, there is no easy or cheap way to remove it.

The Fine Print: Depending on where you get it, a much desired tattoo will feel like anything from a moderate scratch to a searing burn. I experienced the full gamut as my breast, armpit and scar had ink applied to them. If you want to hurt less, you must listen to this before you get a tat. (aff link)

A Ten Minute Argument In Favor Of Alternative Medicine

Why the heck would anyone choose alternative medicine? Why not just shut up and take the damn drug? Those are valid questions that are brought up again and again by almost all health professionals. They are taught that when a patient has an ache, they need to take a drug. Those chemicals work almost the same way for everybody.

So why should you choose to refuse pain, sleep or tranquilizing medication in favor of hypnosis or another complimentary therapy technique? (link to a post on this blog) While it is true that these treatments do work slightly differently for each person who uses them, they hold one huge advantage over most of the traditional therapies on the market.

In two words…

Side Effects

When you take a narcotic for pain, you experience a stomach ache. After you eat a tranquilizer, you feel off balance for several days afterward. A sleeping pill can make you groggy for hours longer than you want to be.

What if instead of having side effects, you could experience…

Side Benefits

You can feel good instead of bad after you complete a treatment for a primary condition. It’s true! Individuals who use hypnosis to relax before they go in for surgery report a lesser need for pain medication after they awaken from anesthesia. (not an aff link) After you come out of trance, you will feel comfortable, not sick to your stomach.

Do not be afraid to refuse a drug if you know you will not need it. Your brain and body will thank you.

Why Hypnosis Puts You To Sleep

This blog post is coming your way via special request from the Jnspire facebook page! I need your hypnosis questions! Leave your own suggestion here (aff link).

Why Hypnosis Can Put You To Sleep

It is well known that a good hypnotist can quickly cure your insomnia. Hypnosis is one of the best cures for this common, irritating and hazardous condition. It encourages your mind to fall into an early sleep state.

Hypnosis is a brain wave state. Normally, as you relax in bed at night, your mind drifts into a state in which you imagine yourself in a comfortable place. You might find yourself more aware of creaking attic boards or a dripping bathroom faucet. These are all normal characteristics of a light trance state. (You reenter that state as you wake up. This is why you might hum the tune from your alarm clock for the entire day.)

When you suffer from insomnia, your conscious mind blocks the ability of your subconscious brain to enter that state. In more clinical terms, your involuntary brain functions are overridden by the activity in your frontal lobes. However you phrase it, you temporarily lose the ability to drift into a sleep state.

A hypnotist can help you drop into a bedtime trance state.

He can encourage your mind to purposely drop into that state, assisting it in its natural effort to do so. This is one of the most common hypnosis session requests on YouTube. Thousands of folks turn to hypnotists to put them to sleep every night which begs the question:

Do I Need To Listen To A Hypnosis For Sleep Session To Beat My Insomnia?

No. But do not get me wrong. Videos like this one (not an aff link) are awesome for helping you get your rest. Do you absolutely need to hear one every time you have too much caffeine before bed? Not necessarily.

You can put yourself to sleep anytime you need to using self hypnosis. Lots of people use this simple technique to lull themselves to dreamland. If you have ever napped (or daydreamed) while listening to a plane or car motor humming, you have experienced this simple but effective phenomena.

You can learn a self hypnosis technique with which to purposely put yourself to sleep in this Jnspire video. (aff link)

PS. If you fall asleep during a hypnosis video that is not designed to put you to sleep, you will not get the full benefit. Despite the “sleep” suggestions you are often given while being induced (hypnotized), you should not actually go to sleep.

Ask me questions in the comments about how hypnosis and sleep work together. I love questions and constructive comments! Thank you so much to Facebook fan Tracie W. for suggesting the topic for this post.  :)

Five Critical Truths About Post Hypnotic Suggestions

This is the most important post in the entire hypnosis basics series. Post hypnotic suggestions are the end goal of a trance. They are the whole reason why you agree to be hypnotized.

They are also the most misunderstood part of the process. When people say they do not believe in the power of hypnosis, usually they really mean they don’t believe that suggestions can radically change their behavior.

The truth is that we are all susceptible to the power of post hypnotic suggestions to a certain degree.

Here are 4 more truths about post hypnotic suggestions.

They slowly fade away if not regularly reinforced.

It is almost impossible to get a suggestion stuck in your brain. The few incidents of this occurring are few and far between. The right notion can make you cluck like a chicken for a few hours after it is given if not immediately removed. You need not worry about repeating that behavior for several weeks or months if you only hear it once.

A hypnotist cannot make you do things you’d never do if you were conscious.

No one can force you to perform actions you are not willing to do. Your subconscious mind will reject a suggestion if you are opposed to it. You won’t love an orange highlighter (not an aff  link) against your will.

Post hypnotic suggestions can make you forget the most basic facts.

A talented hypnotist can help you loosen all of your mental barriers. Your mind can be opened so far that you will accept anything as fact to the greatest extent that you are willing. This includes the reality of forgetting your name. (not an aff link)

Post hypnotic suggestions can make you relax when you’d normally be restless.

This is not a myth. If you are willing to calm down and enter a trance  in response to an idea, you will be able to do so whenever the time is right.  (aff link) Depending on the suggestion, that right time might be in a dentist chair, on an airplane or even while you are delivering your child. With the right hypnotist helping you, you can be superhuman.

Ask me questions about the power of post hypnotic suggestions in the comments! I love hearing from my readers.

Why Hypnosis Is Like A Beauty School Haircut

This month, I am taking a break from the basics of hypnosis to tell you two stories.

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The client sits in the chair with hair that needs a trim. The student coming at her with the scissors is friendly. And new. She’s got the parts correct but is having trouble cutting the bottom. “Your hair is kinda curly back here. It runs away from my scissors when I try to trim  it.”

She steps away for a minute to get her educator.  He calmly inspects the student’s work and begins to take a bit more off with her tools. The client can feel a different approach as the instructor combs and trims. He is faster and more confident than the student.

“Why can’t I cut hair like that?” she says.

“It is hard to do it this way. You need to know exactly how to get the angle you want.” he reassures her.

The client realizes that she is, at last, going to look better.

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The client has a mind that is anxious. The symptom comes from a childhood that was full of harassment. She has attempted to change her behaviors by brute force. She wants to pluck the anxiety out of her brain but has failed numerous times.

She thinks “I want to change. My mind squirms away from me when I try to do it.”

Eventually, she realizes she needs therapy and listens to  a hypnotist to help her.  He uses an approach that is different from her own. His voice is calm, steady. It is more confident than hers is. She listens to it everyday.

The words “You are ok.” come gently and insistently through the headphones.  She realizes that she is, at last, going to feel better.

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Click here for relief from your overwhelming anxiety and stress. (aff link)

Do you have questions about hypnotherapy and haircuts? Post them in the comments!