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Community has a Hypnosis Episode for Christmas
by Brian David Phillips •
The delightful series COMMUNITY is set to have an amazing stop-action claymation special episode that features hypnosis as well as Christmasie wonderland for the special – you guessed it – Christmas episode . . . of course, Community has had so many truly amazing special episodes it’s almost as if their special episodes are more…
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Katie Waissel turning to Hypnotherapy for Stage Fright
by Brian David Phillips •
A slew of news, entertainment, and gossip sources are reporting that Katie Waissel, the X-Factor star, is seeking help with hypnotherapy to help her with the stage fright that has been causing her to flub lines and make on-stage mistakes. See http://www.in2town.co.uk/News-Celebrity/X-Factor-singer-to-under-go-Hypnosis-for-stage-fright for one story on the subject. Evidently, she’s turned to her mentor Cheryl…
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Mel Gibson Hypnosis
by Brian David Phillips •
Evidently, Mel Gibson has joined a long line of celebrities who have sought hypnosis to help them deal with life’s issues. See http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/08/exclusive-interview-hypnotist-i-treated-mel-gibson-two-weeks-ago for the story. All the best, Brian
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On Tranference, Counter-Transference, the Kappas-Henderson Relationship, and Trance-Acting
by Brian David Phillips •
Some time ago on Hypnothoughts, there was a wonderful discussion on erotic hypnosis and part of that discussion morphed into a bit about the dangers of a client falling love with a hypnotist as well as the phenomena of hypnotists marrying their clients. One rather well known example of this was specifically mentioned . .…
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Hypno-Interview on CTS
by Brian David Phillips •
Here's a video clip of a bilingual (English-Chinese) interview of me (Brian David Phillips) for an English language program on the Chinese Television System (CTS) in Taiwan. Obviously, those of you seeing this via a stream that does not include video embeds need to go https://briandavidphillips.net/2010/04/hypnointerview-on-cts.html to see the video. This interview was shot on…
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Veline 2008 Hypnosis Time
by Brian David Phillips •
This Veline competition from 2008 really takes contestant challenge to the next level by adding in hypnotic responses to the talent list! Some of the contestants are hypnotized to do some classic bits from stage hypnosis. Claudia Amante Damn those invisible ants! Carmen Chiru Uh, that's not fruit. Maybe she just really likes onions .…
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Barak el Hipnotizador de Masas Hipnotiza a Paloma Fiuza
by Brian David Phillips •
Barak the Hypnotist has a bit of hypnofun on television with Paloma Fiuza. If you are reading the blog via a stream, then go to my blog entry at https://briandavidphillips.net/2010/01/barak.html to see the video. Sorry, I can't translate but hypnotists will get the gist of it from watching the method and the results. All the…
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Keanu Reeves, Unethical Hypnotist
by Brian David Phillips •
Evidently actor Keanu Reeves is not only an accomplished hypnotist, he's an unethical one at that . . . evidently . . . at least if the woman accusing him of fathering and abandoning her adult children is to be believed. Karen Sala sued Reeves for paternity of her adult children. Reeves denied that he…
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Herbert Spiegel has passed . . . pillar of hypnosis
by Brian David Phillips •
Dr. Herbert Spiegel has passed. According to this New York Times article at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/health/10spiegel.html he passed away on Dec. 15 in his sleep at the age of 95. He saw patients up until the end, just a few days before his death. Spiegel was an extremely influential hypnotist in the twentieth century, a contemporary and friend of…
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Naked Lizard Queen Guided Visualization
by Brian David Phillips •
So, even naked lizard alien invaders need a good guided visualization . . . Morena Baccarin in character during an episode of V provides an inspirational hypnotic guided meditation on living fluidly that puts most video motivational pieces to shame . . . see the video at http://io9.com/5412498/do-some-naked-yoga-and-let-the-lizard-queen-soothe-your-worries and rejoice that the evil lizard alien…
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Nonconsensual Hypnosis on Television or just poor technique or something else?
by Brian David Phillips •
Sometimes folks see part of what's happening in one thing and make assumptions about the whole thing, including judgments about an entire field without proper understanding. Recently, a Korean television program invited some controversy as it appeared that a pop star was hypnotized against his will . . . at least that's the impression the fans have…
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The Incredible Strength-Sucking Suggestion
by Brian David Phillips •
From this video, one gets a very strong impression of just how powerfully skilled a hypnotist Keith Barry is . . . he merely waves his hand and sucks the strength right out of these big strong guys . . . . . . or, not. While this effect can be accomplished with pure suggestion,…
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Scarlett Johansson considering Hypnosis to Stop Smoking
by Brian David Phillips •
Evidently Ryan Reynolds has been bugging Scarlett Johansson to stop smoking by their one year anniversary . . . http://www.limelife.com/blog-entry/Ryan-Reynolds-Begs-Scarlett-to-Quit-Smoking/10240.html . . . so, she is considering hypnosis to help her stop. Well, I've got good news and bad news. Smoking has indeed been shown to be the single most effective method to stop smoking in numerous…
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Pradeep Aggarwal on ESPN: Hypnosis and Professional Golf
by Brian David Phillips •
On 29 July 2009, my very good friend Pradeep Aggarwal (http://www.pradeepaggarwal.com) appeared on ESPN in reference to his work with Gaganjeet Bhullar, the youngest Indian golfer ever to win a nation tour title and now on his way to the British Open. This is not Pradeep's first exposure regarding his work with major golfers via…
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The TRUE LOVE Project
by Brian David Phillips •
As most regular readers of the Life of Brian blog (https://briandavidphillips.net/) know, I have an intense interest in experiential hypnosis and positive emotional flood states, particularly guiding a trance partner into such wonderfully positive emotional states as ecstasy, bliss, erotic response, and love (see my Engineering eXperiential Ecstasy DVD set - http://www.briandavidphillips.net/store - and my upcoming course…
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Fairy Dragon Variations Redux Revisited
by Brian David Phillips •
The Fairy Dragon or Magick Egg hypnosis process is one of my favorite original processes. I really get a kick out of running it with folks, particularly those who've never experienced experiential hypnosis before. It's a nice way to gauge a person's responsiveness and to delight their sensibilities. It's become quite an international technique for me…
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Hypnosis for Actors . . . Hypnosis as Method
by Brian David Phillips •
Ryan Omega writes an interesting profile of Toni Attell (http://www.attell.com) and her acting/hypnosis courses for the Examiner (http://www.examiner.com/x-12989-LA-Occult–Paranormal-Examiner~y2009m7d5-Hypnosis-as-a-method-for-actors). Toni's program covers some of the same general concepts that I cover in my own Trance-Acting courses as well as the improvisational comedy that I incorporate in my creativity for the classroom/boardroom programs. For those of you…
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Uri Geller, Michael Jackson, hypnosis, and truth or lies
by Brian David Phillips •
With the death of pop sensation Michael Jackson, a lot of folks are coming out of the woodwork to say their final farewells (excellent memorial pieces have been posted by Lisa-Marie Presley [here] and Deepak Chopra [here]) and others to capitalize on the media frenzy for their own publicity. Naturally, the pres will revisit some…
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Rafael Nadal
by Brian David Phillips •
This isn't really a news story about hypnosis, Cynthia Gorney has an excellent feature discussing tennis sensation Rafael Nadal in the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/magazine/21nadal-t.html) which I found to be an excellent read. Her vivid and entertaining description of Nadal's character and playing style made me think of ways one uses trance to model. Nadal's…
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The Haircut
by Brian David Phillips •
Edit: Since originally posting this, I have since added the Haircut Redux video to this post as per special request-slash-suggestion-slash-command from Lorraine who feels the longer video will have fewer folks reading the end credits with the pointers to the music source page which she seems to think is more important than the actual video…
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Sticky Stuck Again
by Brian David Phillips •
Regular readers of Life of Brian know that I absolutely love sticking folks to things via hypnotic suggestion. Well . . . you really can't tire of sticking folks to things. Hypnotists will note how I use language to enhance the suggestions here . . . my students will note the use of the word…
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Engineering eXperiential Erotic Ecstasy . . . EROTIC HYPNOSIS ExPERIENCE coming to the USA!
by Brian David Phillips •
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Hypnotic Water Adventures
by Brian David Phillips •
When I do the Wacky Hypnotic Bus gag, I usually tag it with a water adventure. Here is a short video of the sort of thing the volunteers get up to. Of course, if you are reading this post via a stream on the likes of Facebook or elsewhere, you need to go to the…
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Wacky Hypnotic Bus Ride
by Brian David Phillips •
One thing about performing standup comedy is that while you may know your routines (and many comics memorize every nuance of their delivery) you don't know how the audience will respond so you have to be ready to adjust to the audience reaction. With comedy stage hypnosis, you not only have to be able to…
