I Love Sarah Jane . . . young love and zombie apocalypse . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XMBGYsU1lI . . . Jimbo is 13. All he can think about is one girl, Sarah Jane. And no matter what stands in his way – bullies, violence, chaos, zombies - nothing is going to stop him from finding...
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When working with folks for weight loss, it is important to work on ideal weight goals within healthy ranges. Courtney Love is certainly known for extremes . . . she has had weight problems for some time with a tendency to balloon up and then purge and diet and then balloon again. Her recent...
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This is a big deal . . . a new study by Dr Simon Duff of the University of Liverpool shows that patients who undergo hypnosis as part of their treatment for dementia show a real improvement with lower decline rates while those who undergo more conventional therapies over the same time period show...
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Dr. Stefan Friedrichsdorf knows about pain . . . he knows more about it than most and his specialty is working with kids who are in pain . . . now, read what he says carefully . . . "Most children who die in this country still die in pain," Friedrichsdorf says. "While adults...
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Readers of this blog know that I know more than a little about creating the little death . . . the big o . . . orgasmic responses via hypnosis . . . more than a lot, actually (web) . . . what with all the courses I teach and materials I write and...
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Twenty years ago, Mark Ransom swam the English Channel competitively and enjoyed some success at it.  It’s been two decades since he tried again but the thirty-eight-year-old paramedic has swum the channel again and feels very good about the experience.  Ransom underwent hypnotherapy to overcome a phobia of sharks and found the hypnosis to...
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Mark Smith gives an account of what it was like for him to be a volunteer in a hypnosis show presented by Shane St. James . . . http://www.whittlesealeader.com.au/article/2008/07/22/39666_wpv_news.html . . . Shane’s father is one of Australia’s greatest living stage hypnotists and Shane has been learning from him his entire life.  Martin St....
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Watch the video first . . . http://defamer.com/5029401/kelsey-grammer-brings-the-tonight-show-house-down . . . the whole thing.  Then think about your week.
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As we have been getting a flurry of last minute queries on this . . . here is some clarification on last February’s Atlanta and LA certification programs . . .   A number of folks are doing last minute bits to fulfill their requirements for the video-based exam for Certified Hypnotist Member of...
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By popular demand, we have put our heads together and put together a package deal for the complete COMPREHENSIVE COURSE IN CORE SKILLS BASIC HYPNOSIS with all four parts of the DVD-based program and a bonus audio CD of the Ultratrance CD.  Each of the course components can be purchased separately . . ....
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Hypnosurgery Live is a program from British television . . . http://http//www.channel4.com/more4/event/H/hypnosurgery/hypnosurgerylive.html . . . see the video online at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6246151609103284389 . . . some description from the video page: Hypnosurgery Live. A live television broadcast in Britain (April 2006) demonstrates the latent power and potential of the human mind. A man has a...
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As many of you know . . . I am teaching a seminar in RECREATIONAL HYPNOSIS – http://www.briandavidphillips.com/training/recreationalhyp.html – in August.  Well, if you were a hypnotist, what do you think you would do on Spring Break? Yep, that’s what I thought you would do.  Youtube page at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvgHRn3SpKM for your viewing pleasure. See...
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There is hope for kids who are nervous or frightened of sitting in the dentist’s chair or won’t open their mouths . . . hypnosis . . . Children Learn to Open Wide Without Fear (web) . . . of course, it helps adults too. Working with kids can be very rewarding and they...
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Close your eyes and imagine yourself floating . . . . . . floating in the ocean, listening to the waves and swimming with the dolphins . . . just letting go and . . . enjoying . . . the moment of peace, tranquility . . . and deep . . .  deeper...
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There’s an interesting feature from a reporter’s perspective of a past life hypnosis session from the Ann Arbor News that is well worth the read . . . Past Life or Trick of Hypnosis (web).  The process sounds pretty standard for such sessions – visualization and guided imagery followed by regression.  The use of...
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