Sarah Gillet writes a longish piece on hypnosis for controlling chronic pain . . . Mind Power Can Beat The Pain . . . which profiles a few hypnotists through the eyes of their clients who have been helped greatly through the use of hypnosis in a way that allows them to deal with their…

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Mostly a PR type piece for a local hypnotherapist, but this piece does have some straightforward descriptions of the effects of stress upon the body’s systems and how hypnosis helps in that regard. Of course, stress is not the only area where hypnosis is helpful for medical type issues but it is certainly one of…

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This article from New Zealand on how hypnosis underpins the medical mix has some solid information and some right-minded thinking. However, it is also mixed-up. The doctor interviewed is all for hypnosis being used for medical issues, frustrated at the negative impressions many people have of hypnosis. However, at the same time, he reinforces negative…

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We’ve noted articles on this in the past but here it is from the BBC in a new guise in a new study that once again that . . . smoking accounts for health gap . . . studies have shown that smoking accounts for half of the health problems and, most significantly, lower life…

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More coverage on the benefits of Hypnosis and Pregnancy and Childbirth . . . more and more is coming out about the benefits of hypnosis for 1. getting pregnant, 2. being pregnant, and 3. having a baby. Hypnosis has been shown to be highly beneficial for the whole kit’n’kaboodle. See this article and others in…

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So . . . Paul McKenna has sued the Mirror because he felt ridiculed when the paper called him a fraud for claiming to have a PhD when his degree comes from a diploma mill . . . McKenna ‘ridiculed’ by PhD claim . . . the university he "didn’t attend" is a well known…

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Dr. Rong Seng Chang uses "scientific hypnosis" to help student in the engineering program boost their creativity in order to solve engineering and other problems . . . hypnosis to boost student creativity . . . this reminds me of how a number of "big name" hypnotists got inspired by hypnosis.  One example was an…

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It turns out what we assumed all along is really true . . . music CAN reduce chronic pain . . . Research has confirmed listening to music can have a significant positive impact on perception of chronic pain. . . . . . . US researchers tested the effect of music on 60 patients…

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Regular readers here know that I am big on hypnosis and fertility issues (I actually have a special rate for the work) . . so . . . this just in . . . I’ve seen it posted on a few sites related to hypnosis and hadn’t gotten around to posting it here quite yet…

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Kids in Spain are evidently becoming afflicted with an illness that is an excellent example of the power of suggestion . . . Teens suffer soap opera virus . . . An illness that medical officials are calling the “Strawberries with Sugar Virus” is sweeping Portuguese schools as children complain of symptoms similar to those…

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Trance murder? A woman who shot and killed her husband while she was in a trance state with no memory of the action has had her acquital upheld . . . acquittal upheld for woman who killed husband in trance state . . . Acquittal upheld for woman who killed husband in trance state .…

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Good news for folks with chest pains. A few sources are reported on this . . . Hypnotherapy for Chest Pain . . . Hypnotherapy may be the latest way to treat non-cardiac chest pain, severe chest pain not caused by a heart condition. A new, small study divided 28 patients with non-cardiac chest pain…

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Gary Craig and his EFT are in the news . . . New Method for Treating Anxiety Works When Conventional Treatments Fail . . . more and more hypnotists are making this process a standard part of their work. Personally, I think it’s more suggestion than actual meridian work but I’ve seen enough positive response…

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Note that I have added a bit of an addendum to an archive artile on a news piece on how Hypnosis aids Fertility. Sonja Parker, the hypnotist discussed in the article, tells me that she did indeed refer a number of research articles on fertility and hypnosis to the physician (note that sometimes these are…

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Georgette Braun recounts her personal positive experience in hypnosis cures reporter of rodent fear, sweet tooth . . . Just the thought of prickly little rodent feet crawling up my arm creeped me out for years. It stemmed from my dislike of the hamsters my daughters had when they were young. The critters were noisy…

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The Rockford Register Star has a piece on they’ll put a spell on you: hypnotists use technique for self-improvement, entertainment which details various uses for hypnosis. While I think the whole stage hypnosis skit of someone being given a suggestion that he can feel his face bleeding to be extremely poor taste, the other points…

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Benedict Carey reports on an interesting study that demonstrates something we’ve been saying for some time but which is clarified while presenting more questions for inquiry . . . The Unconscious Mind: A Great Decision Maker . . . when decisions had more confusing data points to consider, better decisions tended to be made by…

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A lot of folks have this idea that childbirth has to suck . . . that it has to be a negative experience of pain, pain, and more pain . . . this is far from the case. When we had our child, the nurses were amazed at how Lorraine didn’t seem to be the…

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Sheesh. It’s bad enough people think hypnosis is supernatural without the police falling into slippery sloppy thinking. The Gulf Daily News falls for it and plays the sensationalist angle in reporting on new cases of trance thefts . . . TWO more victims of a group of trance thieves have reported their cases to police…

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The BBC carries a bit on sports hypnosis in the news . . . Hypnotism spells results for team . . . A Devon football club is thanking a hypnotist for its run of good results. Torquay United held Premiership club Birmingham City to a draw in the FA Cup last weekend and has been…

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