Changing Peoples Lives
The mind holds untapped power, and many try to use this intense mental potential to control pain, fear and anxiety.
With the help of hypnosis, “Good Morning America” anchor Diane Sawyer hopes to tap into the deepest part of her mind to walk on fire. Wednesday she and other “GMA” staff members attempt to walk over hot coals that burn at more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
It’s been dismissed as a bag of tricks. Nothing more than mere entertainment, but many people seek it as a cure for a lot of different things: Chronic pain, addictions, bad habits…some athletes even use it to get out of slumps.
Fox 21′s Christina Salvo underwent several weeks of hypnosis if it could cure her of her phobia of snakes.
Is it possible to will your weight off? Hundreds of people in the Tampa Bay area are giving the power of hypnosis a try and melting off the pounds.
For more than a year now, I’ve been tracking participants of a popular group hypnotherapy program headed up by Rena Greenberg, an author and president of Wellness Seminars Inc. For 18 years, doctors and hospitals in Florida and throughout the United States have welcomed Greenberg to hold group sessions for people trying to lose weight.
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – Hypnosis isn’t the most conventional crime-solving tool, but then again, not all crimes get solved with conventional means. One Richland County deputy is using the technique.
Richland County deputy and on-call hypnotist Lewis Marshall, 66, talked to WIS News 10 about the practice. “It’s a fascinating field.”
As Americans gain girth, and yo-yo dieting or diet pills rarely have lasting effects, many are at a loss when it comes to losing weight.
The latest data from the National Center for Health Statistics show that 30 percent of U.S. adults 20 years of age and older — more than 60 million people — are obese. And kids are following suit, with the number of overweight young people tripling since 1980.
Being overweight or obese increases the risk of many diseases and health conditions, such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
Hypnosis is an age-old technique designed to speak to your subconscious mind and alter your behavior. Known to work well to quit smoking, can it re-program your eating habits?
To say I was skeptical about Hypnobirthing is an understatement.
I first heard about the technique of pregnant women using hypnosis to achieve pain-free labor two years ago. The flower child teaching our childbirth class briefly explained Hypnobirthing and showed a video on the method.
“Yeah right. That’s gonna work,” I said to The Wife while rolling my eyes.
“You’re getting sleeeeepy. Verrry sleeeepy–” I said jokingly, gently swinging my imaginary pocket watch in her face.
The Wife delivered our son without hypnosis. Several months later, she learned a friend in her book club successfully used Hypnobirthing to deliver her son. Then, I learned her instructor lives in Chicago’s Beverly community.
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