Ewan McGregor, movie star and international heart throb, says he is having a generally better life after quitting smoking because of the peace of just relaxing and not having to hunt for cigarettes, ashtrays and lighters. A number of news sites reports that he quit a little more than a year ago through hypnotherapy and…
Helen Reddy . . . yes that Helen Reddy . . . has been practicing hypnosis for a bit and now does quite a bit of work with pastlife regression. She is a patron of the Australian Society of Clinical Hypnotherapists. Reddy recently has released an autobiography and has been doing a public speaking tour…
Kevin Manahan has written an interesting piece that explores Tiger Woods and self-hypnosis . . . Mind games? Tiger wins those, too . . . Woods learned self-hypnosis when he was young and now routinely uses it to go into the Zone, that special place where an athlete is able to create peak performances via…
In yet another round of Beatles song coverage, contestants on American Idol all sang songs from the celebrated Beatles songbook. This time around Kristy Lee Cook sang You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away in a not very rousing rendition. While the other judges called Cook’s performance "playing it safe" Simon suggested that Kristy seek…
I’ve posted about Fergie (the singer from The Black-Eyed Peas) and her success with beating a meth addiction through hypnotherapy. She’s still very positive about her use of hypnosis and it’s effects upon her life: "I do hypnotherapy, which is a really big thing in my life. It works well with me because you go…
This post is kind of old – from last Summer anyway – but it’s new to me. Scott Adams (yes, the Dilbert guy) studied hypnosis when he was in his twenties and every once in awhile will post on hypnosis in his blog. Well, this one’s a gem . . . Dilbert Blog Hypnosis .…
What internationally famoust Canadian XXX stage hypnotist took time away from his stage to put on a goalie’s outfit to faceoff a snowman? Yes, that really is Tony Lee . . . serving a good cause for some great music. FROSTY THE SNOWMANThe Sleddogs It’s a wonderfully fun music video with some very strong and…
Lily Allen has something to smile about and all we can say is "good for her!" Take a look at the two photos to the right, both from 2007 . . . the image on the left is from June 19 in London while the one on the right is from October 4 in Paris. …
Hollywood actor Aaron Eckhart used hypnosis to kick his smoking and drinking habits. He credits hypnosis with the change and says he would use hypnosis for therapeutic change if needed . . . Aaron Eckhart is a Changed Man Thanks to Hypnosis. He is enthusiastic about his lifechange and the quality of his life has…
Yet another golfer takes swing at hypnosis to give him edge . . . New Port Ritchie, Florida – Hal Dorman pulls his putter out, rubs the face of the club, and then suspends it before his face. It’s all part of a ritual he uses to get him focused. Dorman has been looking for…
I am one of the hypnotists featured in an article on hypnosis in Today’s Taipei Times. The writer interviewed me serveral times and asked for reccommendations of other hypnotists he should approach on the subject of hypnotherapy in Taiwan. Ron was endeavoring to be as objective and as factual as he could be. Most of…
Ewan McGregor is turning to hypnosis to help him stop smoking . . . Ewan McGregor turns to hypnosis to kick the butt! . . . the article does not give further details but look in the archives on this blog for success stories.
The Dorset Echo’s Eric Randolph writes that the Christie Mystery Solved. One evening in 1926, Agathat Christie kissed her daughter goodnight and then walked out of the house . . . no note, no message, nothing . . . she effectively vanished. Her car was found near a quarry but no sign of her. She…
Not directly about hypnosis but related as Danny Glover Talks about Epilepsy on the Rosie O’Donnell Show and discusses how when he was a teenager he developed epilepsy. As a young actor, he was always at risk of having a seizure on stage but "he developed a way of concentrating so that seizures wouldn’t happen.…
Fergie’s use of hypnosis to kick drugs, smoking, and get a handle on stress is in the news again . . . FERGIE TURNS TO HYPNOTHERAPY . . . THE BLACK EYED PEAS star FERGIE undergoes regular hypnotherapy sessions in a bid to help her find balance in her life. The LONDON BRIDGE singer admits…
Check out the newspaper article about me and other Taiwan-based comedians . . . Four Foreigners walk into a Bar . . . in the Taipei Times. Koolness. All the best, Brian
My students know why I have placed that special word in all caps . . . Kevin Federline TRIES Hypnosis to Quit Smoking . . . a number of hypnotic tests are phrased to use the word "try" in a certain way "your arm is tight and rigid and unbendable the more you TRY to…
Here we go again . . . Chronicmagazine… Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie is on the cover of the August issue of Cosmopolitan and gets personal in an interview with the mag. She explains why she dropped the name Stacy, reveals what being in a group with three men has taught her about guys and…
Evidently Debra Messing has had a phobia of water for some time and that fear popped up big time when she was put in a position where she had to perform in some underwater scenes . . . since she had been successful at stopping smoking with the aid of hypnosis, she went to the…
A number of gossip news sites are reporting that . . . Ben gets strict orders from wife . . . Ben Affleck has been ordered by his wife, Jennifer Garner, to quit smoking as she doesn’t want their unborn child exposed to second-hand smoke . . . Ben Affleck is to see a hypnotist…
Singer Fergie of the song group Black Eyed Peas has been using hypnosis to help her cope with the stress and hassles or fame . . . BLACK EYED PEAS – FERGIE GOES HYPNOTIC. BLACK EYED PEAS singer FERGIE loves using hypnotherapy to cope with the trials of fame, because it is the only way…
Uri Geller is telling all about how I put Michael into a trance: it was unethical, but I had to know the truth about Jordie . . . the report makes clear a few things . . . Geller is willing to perform unethical hypnotic procedures, Geller is not a very good hypnotist in that…
Lyn Gardner writes in the Guardian Unlimited that not all right on the night. The piece discusses stage fright and how some actors have overcome it . . . of particular interest is Daryl Hannah’s success with hypnosis in overcoming her own stage anxiety. While the article does not intend to, it over simplifies some…
The latest in the celebrity hypnosis connection . . . Britney Spears To Attend Quit Smoking Classes . . . Spears has a 20-a-day cigarrette habit which she wants to quit before getting pregnant. Evidently, she really wants to become a mother and realizes smoking over twenty cigarrettes a day is just not a good…
Matt Damon is using hypnosis to quit smoking . . . Damon turns to hypnosis: Hollywood star Matt Damon is undergoing hypnotism in a bid to kick his smoking habit. The Bourne Supremacy actor is desperate to quit the 40 cigarettes-a-day habit he has struggled with for 10 years, and is resorting to extreme measures.…
