I am going to tell you a powerful secret. I am about to give you a powerful all-purpose tool for taming your mind, your emotional states and your compulsions. I give it in various forms to all my clients. In fact, I had just given it to a client the day before I went to a local chain store for some sundries . . .
Author Archives: Jack Elias
What can we do when we feel stuck? I am amazed at how easy it is for me to forget that my mind is creating my “stuckness” not the world.
"A single Mom brought her 3-year-old daughter to me because she was having severe asthma attacks in the middle of the night. She had been rushing her little girl to the emergency room in an ambulance every night until the hospital decided to put their equipment in her home so she wouldn't have to do that anymore. That was all they had to offer! Her daughter's attacks continued. When the woman brought her daughter in to see me, I immediately started playing with the little girl, saying silly things and just generally being goofy, which has always come naturally to me. After some silly talk and game-playing the little girl was up on my lap, and I shifted to a focused deeper, though still friendly and playful voice, and I showed her a scar on my thumb. . . .
Someone asked recently about the difference between hypnosis and guided imagery. Many counselors say they use “guided imagery” which they may or may not consider related to hypnosis or hypnotherapy.
As a practicing Buddhist since the 60s, my orientation towards my hypnotherapy practice has always been within the context of the extraordinary insights about how the mind works – insights that are readily available in the Buddhist teachings.
Anxious thinking can become such a familiar part of our inner dialogue, that we can end up believing it’s natural. “What’s going to happen to me?”
My wife recently showed me a quote by Seth Godin: “Anxiety is nothing but repeatedly re-experiencing failure in advance. What a waste.” Well said, Seth. It can be very helpful to recognize more precisely how anxiety is accomplished.
"There is nothing that will not reveal its secrets if you love it enough." ~George Washington Carver When someone asks you, "How are you doing?" Do you (out of habit or intant reflex) say, "Fine"? That could be all right if it's the grocery cashier asking the question, but if it's a friend, you might want to go a bit deeper. New research shows a link between our personal happiness and the number of substantial conversations we engage in.
I admit it. I love eating chocolate. My wife teases me about it, but I don't care. According to the history books, if not science, chocolate's happiness factor comes comes not only from its being addictively delicious but also because it may be an aphrodisiac. Sounds fine to me. Of course, chocolate isn't going to be the source of the true, unchanging happiness that makes you oblivious to dips in the economy or a hair in your spaghetti. But it can sure give you a lift on the path to ultimate bliss. So I suggest a composite approach . . .
Last week I made an error in judgment that I thought would have a significant negative impact our my finances. Right away the stress started: I got annoyed with myself and my inner dialogue became very strident. Ironically I discovered my mistake while researching some of my own past Finding True Magic Hypno Tips newsletters. In the midst of gnashing my teeth (not good for you) I kept trying to work. So I opened one of my old newsletters and read the following: