Vonda J. Sines discusses current research showing benefits of treating IBS with hypnosis . . . findings of a thesis prepared by Swedish scientists suggest that hypnotherapy can reduce the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The researchers propose treating those suffering from severe IBS with hypnosis to gain lasting relief from the ailment. The…
Hypnosis in the News
Hypnosis in the News
Marines learn Mindful Meditation Techniques
by Brian David Phillips •
Now this is a fascinating development . . . marines are now learning mindful meditation techniques before deployment. The Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training (“M-Fit”), a fledgling military initiative that teaches service members the secular meditative practice of mindfulness in order to bolster their emotional health and improve their mental performance under the stress and strain…
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Kate Middleton and Hypnosis
by Brian David Phillips •
A few news outlets have picked up on a story from the Examiner that Kate Middleton may be turning to hypnosis to help with her severe case of Hyperemesis Gravidarum, an extreme form of morning sickness that can lead to very serious health issues. Quite a few hypnosis blogs have started reporting the Middleton-Hypnosis link…
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New Studies Show that Hypnosis for Anxiety and Pain is Rapidly Growing
by Brian David Phillips •
Hypnosis is a rapidly growing practice that is used in different types of therapy sessions. New studies from the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis are showing that Hypnosis for Anxiety is also a rapidly growing trend among those who seek healthy behavior correction and non-drug treatments for anxiety and pain. It’s safe to assume that…
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Hypnosis can improve a Horse Rider’s Confidence according to Study
by Brian David Phillips •
Flora Watkins at Horse and Hound reports that new research suggests that a rider’s confidence can be significantly improved by just one session of hypnosis. Sherree Russell Ginger, a clinical hypnotherapist and qualified BHSAI, conducted the research as part of her BSc in clinical hypnosis at St Mary’s University College, Twickenham, earlier this year. “The…
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“Street Hypnotists” in Hawaii conning Elderly out of Life Savings
by Brian David Phillips •
Evidently, a gang of female street hypnotists are roaming Chinatown in Honolulu and bilking elderly women out of their life savings . . . or at least that’s how some of their victims are describing it. I’m going to go ahead and call BS on this one right off the bat. While the crimes are…
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Sexbots will give you Longevity Orgasms
by Brian David Phillips •
Given that recent research . . . a LOT of recent research . . . shows that the more orgasms you have, the better your immune system and the longer your lifespan and that orgasms have a dosage effect in that the more orgasms you have in a year, the better the effect upon life…
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Hypnotic Meditation and War Trauma
by Brian David Phillips •
Joseph Bobrow has a worthwhile piece on the Huffington Post regarding the use of Meditation and War Trauma. A number of his points transfer very easily into the use of hypnosis for trauma from war or other issues. See http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-bobrow/war-veterans-meditation_b_2109757.html for his piece. If you’re in Taipei and interested in hypnosis, check the services page…
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Great American Smoke Out and Hypnosis
by Brian David Phillips •
Thursday marks the 37th Great American Smoke Out, where folks in the US focus on becoming smoke free. The American Cancer Society says it’s a day created to encourage smokers to quit and seek a healthier, tobacco-free lifestyle. Hypnosis can help you stop in a way that nicotine gum or patches cannot. “In hypnosis, what…
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Research Shows More Orgasms Equals Longer Life
by Brian David Phillips •
Good news! A number of recent scientific research studies have shown a very strong correlation between the more orgasms a person has and the longer they live! And even better news! The correlation seems to show a powerful Dose-Response Curve so that the more sex and the more orgasms folks have the healthier they are…
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Guess What? Anti-Smoking Laws DO Lower Disease
by Brian David Phillips •
Not too long ago, we were out with friends . . . in the car driving somewhere and we saw a guy standing next to a kid and a pregnant woman smoking and I made the comment that the guy was breaking the law as it’s actually illegal in Taiwan for adults to smoke near…
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Hypnosis in the ER
by Brian David Phillips •
Dr. Kenneth Iserson’s patient not only has a bad cough, but she also has a tuberculosis scar on her neck. Dr. Iserson is stumped when his patient says she cant remember anything for the past 20 years, including whether she was treated for TB. He resorts to hypnosis despite the objections of his head nurse.…
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Hypnosis Improves Sleep Quality in Postmenopausal Women
by Brian David Phillips •
According to Aimee K. Johnson, one of four recipients of the new investigator award at the North American Menopause Society 23rd Annual Meeting, findings from a randomized trial on clinical hypnosis demonstrate it as an effective therapy to improve sleep in postmenopausal women. “It’s estimated that 40% to 64% of all peri- or postmenopausal women…
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Hypnosis relieves Hot Flashes in Women
by Brian David Phillips •
Hypnosis can help cut hot flashes by as much as 74 per cent, according to a new study. This is the first controlled, randomized study of the technique to manage hot flashes, which affect as much as 80 per cent of women who go through menopause. The researchers at the Mind-Body Medicine Research Laboratory at…
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When the Doctor says it won’t hurt and it actually doesn’t!
by Brian David Phillips •
Rachel Zimmerman writes an absolutely wonderful piece on taking her daughter in for stitches and meeting an emergency room doctor who not only said things wouldn’t hurt, they don’t. Actually, after leaving the hospital the little girl told her mother how happy she was she didn’t need to get stiches and shocked mother told her…
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Hypnotic Susceptibility and Neural Networks
by Brian David Phillips •
A controversial new study may or may not shed some light on the nature of hypnotic susceptibility (or hypnotic suggestibility, depending upon the vocabulary you prefer). As reviewed by Dr. Robert Jasmer, the new study from Dr. David Spiegel and colleagues out of the clinical hypnosis lab at Stanford may demonstrate one’s ability to enter…
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Hypnoherapy used succesfully in Hospital
by Brian David Phillips •
The Austrian Independent features news (here) of the use of hypnotherapy at Graz Hospital: Doctors in a Graz hospital have highlighted the success of using hypnosis to fight smoking, nerves, pain and weight issues over a ten year period. Medical hypnosis is also used in fighting phobies such as a fear of heights or animals.…
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Using Hypnosis as a Tool for Psychological Health
by Brian David Phillips •
Joanna Yap at the Borneo Online discusses the use of hypnosis for therapeutic change with a bit on her own personal experience (that’s her pictured above, undergoing hypnotherapy): JUST saying the word ‘hypnosis’ can evoke a sense of excitement. For most people, the first image that comes to mind is that of a swinging pocket…
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Neuroscience of Deep Pleasure shows Similarity of Sex and Meditation
by Brian David Phillips •
A new study suggests that your brain reacts the same way to meditation as it does to sex. Both dissolve our sense of self-awareness, separating ourselves from our ego. The lead researcher, Gemma O’Brien found that people meditating and having an orgasm both experience “diminution of self-awareness” and “alterations in bodily perception.” When you meditate,…
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Too Many Orgasms?
by Brian David Phillips •
There is a very real condition and it can be very unsettling to a person’s life . . . too many orgasms . . . the slightest thing can set one off at random times and disrupt a person’s life big time. A lot of the material I have developed deals with a very different…
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Sometimes Positive Thinking has Negative Results
by Brian David Phillips •
Oliver Burkeman at the NYT writes about the debacle that is the Tony Robbins firewalking fiasco when two dozen people ended up needing to be treated for severe burns (see for his piece). Obviously, the power of positive thinking alone isn’t enough to protect one from burns. Well, actually, if the pit is prepared properly…
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Hypnotist helps Team USA shoot straight at Olympics
by Brian David Phillips •
J. Brady McCollough or the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette discusses Olympic hypnosis in a recent piece. The secret to USA Shooting’s success at the Olympics sat in a small office in Pittsburgh’s North Hills two weeks ago, awaiting transport across the pond. The object in question would be picked up just off Perry Highway in Warrendale, lifted…
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Stress may cause Women’s Brains to Age Prematurely
by Brian David Phillips •
Despite the fact that women live longer than men, their brains seems to age faster. The reason? Possibly a more stressful life. When people age, some genes become more active while others become less so. In the human brain, these changes can be observed through the “transcriptome” – a set of RNA molecules that indicate…
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Marina Abramović – The Artist Is Present
by Brian David Phillips •
During the Soul Gazing webinar on Seeing into the Eyes of the Spirit (eXperiential Soul Gazing for Lovers and Beyond) (see here), part of the discussion came around to whether or not one needed to signpost the act of soul gazing or if the methods could be used without overt suggestion. In that discussion, I…
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Hypnosis 911 as Second Hypnotist Rescues Students Stuck in Trance
by Brian David Phillips •
First off, while the story of Maxime Nadeau and his problematic hypnosis show in which he failed to emerge a few girls from hypnosis at the end of the show and had to call in an expert hypnotist for backup is fascinating, it’s also to impress upon folks that this is not a typical event…
