There’s no doubt about it, we are all products of our past. However, the past has gone; it’s over and yet so many people I work with get bogged down by what they did or didn’t do. Strong emotions like guilt. shame, anger and regret can still remain with us for a long time. I … Read more
“One of the most important functions of the mind is to transform hindsight into foresight.”
Posted by in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)The surface of the skin is replaced every couple of weeks.Skin cells regenerate four times faster after a gentle injury, like ripping the top layer with sticky tape. Liver cells turn over every 300 to 500 days.The human liver has an amazing capacity to regenerate itself. Remove up to 70 per cent of the organ and it will … Read more
I’ve been working with a client recently whose quality of thought is driving her mad. She has a bee in her bonnet about her partner’s ex’s. Whenever he mentions a previous partner she gets herself into a frenzied thought pattern. We worked out what she was saying to herself: He’s comparing her to me, how dare … Read more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiTz2i4VHFw&feature=share&list=UUC552Sd-3nyi_tk2BudLUzA This powerful video shows how the brain makes short cuts all the time and tricks us into seeing things not as they really are. Cognitive Hypnotherapy uses this trickery in the mind to achieve positive change. Problems are just your perceptions of difficult situations. The mind tricks you into believing these perceptions are true. Once … Read more
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Laugh and the world laughs with you- that is if others find what you are laughing at funny! Laughter is an instinctive thing and it is great for your health. Laughing releases endorphins, those good chemicals in to the system which make us feel good. It boosts our immune system by 40%. Laughter is critical … Read more
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It dnsoet mtaetr waht oedrr teh ltetrs aepapr yuor biarn siltl mkaes snsee of it as it rcoesiegns ptrtanes. Teh hmuan barin is a wdeoufnrl tool, so use it! So how is this helpful? Well if you had to logically process everything you encounter, you’d struggle to get out of bed in the morning! The brain has evolved to recognise patterns and these can be really helpful. Do you remember … Read more
Control is a funny thing. Sometimes we want to control everything and we can’t. Other times we believe we have no control and we have. The reality is that all that we can control is ourselves our own thoughts feelings and behaviour. Perhaps more importantly we can control how we respond to the world around … Read more
I have a problem and it might be familiar to you. There are 5 people in my house and I wash a lot of socks. On my radiator I have what I call Sockworld; lots of socks without a pair. Every time I wash, there is nothing more satisfying than pairing up socks. Things coming … Read more
When you are a teenager, you think you know everything. When you are in your 20′s, you think you know something. When you are in your 30′s you know nothing. When you are in your 40′s, you don’t care. When you are in your 50′s- ‘I’m sorry what was the question again?’ I used to … Read more
http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/11/27/want-to-get-rid-of-negative-thoughts-throw-them-away/48160.html This article evidences a technique which I use a lot for people who get caught in the reality of their thoughts. Writing them down seems to get them out so the conscious, rational mind can take a look and decide whether they are valid and what can be done with them. When they … Read more
