Some things just click. Alone they are great, together they are fantastic. Hypnosis and EFT, the Emotional Freedom Technique are like that.
One practitioner called it weed whacking, and then mowing to make things smooth. My approach is bit more gentle, I think of it like pulling weeds, so you are free to grow whatever you want or need.
For the past year I have been experimenting with the format of the Breakthrough Sessions. I like doing groups. Everyone benefits and it is cost effective.
The last Breakthrough Session was really powerful. I have discovered that after I have everyone check in, I allow my intuition to start somewhere with someone. I tap on myself and the person I am working with mirrors me, while I talk. I don’t know where the words come from, but things slip out of my mouth and I just keep going. Everyone taps along. What I find is that the repetition puts everyone in a bit of a trance, including me, and we get results.
On Monday, we tapped on the fact that Carol had a new kitchen, a new juicer, as well as fruits and vegetables that were going to rot if she didn’t use them soon. But they were more like props for the life she wanted and couldn’t get herself to live. She said, “I don’t deserve to feel good”. We tapped on all of the reasons why, and this came up as another aspect from being sexually abused, and then not being believed as a child.
Letting go of that kind of emotion is powerful.
As we went around the room, one person’s relief seemed to feed the fire of the next person’s ah!ah! The next participant, who has made real strides, surprised me when I saw tears streaming down her beautifully round face. She sighed and said, “I gave up on myself at eighteen years old”.
I hope you enjoy Nina Simone, and this song, as much as I do. Sugar, more often than not, is a euphemism in music. This is one of my favorites. Her artistry is incredible.
In the past Letting Go of Sugar Hypnosis Hour, attended by “newbies” and “old timers” I was reminded that it is a journey, and not a destination. It is certainly not about never having sugar again, but It is about changing your relationship. Sugar happens to be a drug, which some of us have or have had a harder time with than others.
I began by explaining my own love of sugar. Sometimes people don’t hear that so I give details, “Back in the day, I would treat myself to a pound of Dilettante chocolate, way too many Snickers bars, and if you want to hear about my love of frosting and cake, pull up a chair”.
I had gone to Simply Desserts in Fremont because a new client waxed poetic about their cakes, and I wanted something very tempting for class. As soon as I walked in the door, I was nearly knocked down by the smell of sweetness and then I was in the Dreamland:picture perfect red-headed girls, a beautiful mom, wide planked wooden floors, and cakes from fairy tales. Yes, a real drug den. I left without a piece of cake. I had to go somewhere less intoxicating.
The first time Catherine came to my one of my Sugar Workshops she confessed that it was either a sugar day or not a sugar day. On a sugar day, she would eat pretty much only sugar. I would like to say she immediately took the cure after that one class, years ago, but she did not.
Catherine is a good example of determination. She came back several times. With the combination of EFT, hypnosis, counseling and her own very stubborn spirit, she changed her mind and has turned her behavior around.
My spirit soared when she said, “I just take care of myself. I eat what I want”
Next up was Patty. She said, “I can’t believe how far I have come. I used to say, “I am going to be bad and have this.” Now it makes me laugh and I cringe a bit when others say it. If I really don’t want something and I feel tempted, I just imagine pickle juice. It is kind of fun and I am almost fifty pounds down, yeah me!”
Did it take each of us some time? Yes. Was it worth it? You betcha!
A newer client talked about how she loves to go out and treat herself. Her affection wanders but is consistent in that all sweets are special, and especially when shared.
As we used EFT on her desire for the beautiful and sexy piece of cake I did bring to class, her craving waned and she made the comment, “If you are going to mess with me, I don’t want it.”
We did a couple of EFT rounds of tapping and I slipped in some statements about entitlement.
When I finally ask her if I could throw her piece of the cake in the garbage, she did not flinch, but I could feel that going through her mind was, “I can go buy my own piece of cake.”
We saw each other the next day and this is what she said:
“When I left class I thought, I can go buy a piece of cake. But then I thought, I am kind of hungry, I want some protein. For some reason I drove by Red Lobster and I wanted to go in. I have never even been to a Red Lobster before. Then I wanted deep fried prawns. I haven’t had deep fried prawns since I was a little kid. It used to be my favorite. I stopped eating them after I ordered prawns a restaurant that was a little more expensive than usual for my family. When I bit into one it was runny, but I knew if I said I didn’t like it, I would get into trouble, so I said it didn’t taste right, because that was the safer thing to say. My step dad immediately said, “You ordered it you have to eat it.” My mom reached over and took a small taste and she said, “They don’t taste right.” My step dad thought she was just siding with me and insisted I eat them. Well, my mom bless her, ate half, and we both got really sick. He never admitted there was anything wrong with those prawns. We were just sticking together. “
At home her step dad was allowed sweets, but she wasn’t.
That Hypnosis Happy Hour for Sugar was in July. I ran into her yesterday and she said, Yes, I still have my favorite bakeries, but my approach is different, I don’t feel so compelled and sometimes I can take a few bites and leave the rest.
I also spoke to Claire today; she said she made a pumpkin pie, ate one piece, felt satisfied, and someone else ate the rest.
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The Dow is doing what?…. Bailout?…. Angry campaign rallies……US fiscal fiasco dominoes into world economies.
Stop it. Enough already.
How about a Happy Hour for every man, woman, and child?
My favorite philosophy professor used to accomplish this by wearing headphones for an hour each day. Picture him, bearded in his seventies, with a DO NOT DISTURB sign around his neck.
My happy hour is in a hammock with a warm fresh breeze, pleasantly scented, with the feel of a good book on my belly, as my eyes have grown tired, and I am happy to just be.
All this brings up the point, to let you know that I changed the Hypnosis and EFT Hour’s name. The new name is Happy Hour, Hypnosis Happy Hour, Happy Hypnosis Hour.
We will see which one sticks. I just know that you leave in a lot better mood than when you came in, and there is no fear of being pulled over on the way home because you feel, well, too happy.
Shedding emotions is an amazing things that we humans can do. I am rich beyond belief by the changes I am witnessing around me. I have great faith in the human spirit.
Happy Hour has a topic. People share where they would like a little help. We go to work as a group tapping, and then usually end with a relaxing hypnosis that I can send to you as a downloadable file. Just in case you want to reinforce, feeling better.
Another way to feel better is to get the dominoes moving in the right direction. The lovely and talented people person, Sandy Jones-Kaminski offers her sage advice in her new book, How to have a Pay It Forward Party. Proceeds go to breast cancer awareness.
Did you happen to see the dreamy Australian Olympian,Steve Hooker, win the Gold Medal in pole vaulting?
I didn’t either. Below is a link for you to check out some incredible photographs of pole vaulting.
This is not a sissy sport.
Apparently this Seth was throwing tantrums a few years back because he could not make himself do what he wanted to do, which was jump. He had been injured and was afraid.
Who can’t relate to that?
Hooker told the Australian daily, “ I was in a miserable bad mood. Your whole life, it really brings it down when it’s really what you want to do and you can’t do it just because it’s not clicking in your brain. A lot of people’s careers end with this sort of thing but I just really worked hard. I tried a million different things to try and get around it.”
What finally did it……. hypnosis. And as I read the various interviews, I was fascinated but how he repeatedly describes relaxing and being in the moment.
He says, “One of the big changes I have made, is that I don’t think about consequences of missing or clearing. I didn’t think about the interviews I would have to do if I missed and came fifth in the Olympics, none of that stuff.”
Of his big night he says, “I was pushing too hard on the runway and I just really needed to let it go,” he says. “My whole focus at the moment is about relaxing. I jump much better when I relax. But I wasn’t that relaxed at the start of the competition.”
Going from throwing tantrums to relaxing into the moment is clearly changing your mind. We can thank Steve Hooker for giving us a great example of how it can be done.
I have successfully worked with many athletes.
My first experience was when Alex, a dear friend of ours, asked me to help her get over her fear of high jumping. She and my daughter braved the track field their Freshman year, and while my daughter took to the High Jump immediately, Alex was afraid, but did not want to be left behind. I worked with her for about twenty minutes. And to her credit, not only was she jumping the next day, she went on to set the school record in High Jump as a Freshman. This got me into a bit of trouble with my daughter, but all was forgiven when she went on to Place at state (yes, she had a little hypnotic help).
Most kids access their imagination quickly and can often make changes very quickly.
For instance,this past week I worked with an adorable young girl who was afraid to fall asleep. EFT is a fun effective way to help kids get over fears and together we sang, “I am going to wipe (her particular scary image) right out of my head…. one.. two…… three… four.. five..and then with the flair of a girl who knew all about Hermine in Harry Potter she said, “Disappear”. Pure magic.
I can not personally speak for her method because I am asleep before I can think about it. However, when I do the little routine:sing “I am going to wipe (chosen message) out of head. One..two..three..four…five…Disappear. My mood improves immeasurably.
Somehow US magazine showed up in our mailbox this summer. If you are not familiar, think of Parade magazine and go down ten notches.
At first I was appalled. Each week they feature famous women caught wearing the same dress and then they are judged on who looks best. This is the magazine to read if you want to know everything about nothing.
And we all read it! It was every bit as bonding as The Little Engine That Could.
I want to capture the moment at the table as the young ones were doing battle with the voter’s pamphlet. I announce that Brooke Shield’s husband was instrumental in the Paris Hilton FunnyorDie retort to John McCain’s commercial. She memorized her lines and they only had to do four takes.
“How do you know that, MOM?”
“US”
Now picture the college girls watching Sex and the City on DVD. The college boyfriend comes into the room a little too quickly and asks, “Is this the one where Sarah Jessica Parker wears gladiator sandals?”
“How do you know that, JOOORDON?”
“US
addressed to A.K.A Lisa Crunick.”
Now it is time for Crime and Punishment.
Actually Boomsday was my favorite read this summer. A young woman’s anger blogs her generation into outrage over how much the Baby Boomers are costing them in taxes. She gets hooked up with a want-to-be-president, whose platform becomes giving boomers incentives for euthanization to balance the budget. Watch for this to become a movie. I laughed so hard, my “kids” gave me the eye on the ferry. Oh, what it is fun to be the one acting out.
And while we are on favorites, my favorite hike of the summer was a ten miler in Level 1 wilderness with family members, on the occasion of a fiftieth wedding anniversary. My favorite present came in a little green bag. One of my favorite moments was hearing the ten year old boy cousins call my eighteen year old, old!
I hope your summer has a favorite book, kiss, and lots of laughter.
And while I do not want to be known for this kind of information, if you are inclined to have some chocolate ice cream, I am suggesting you go to Full Tilt in White Center, and have a scoop of Mexican chocolate in a biodegradable bowl. They make their own ice cream every Sunday.
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