Harmony Hypnosis

Last Summer, I set up a booth at my local county health fair, and as chance would have it, I was placed next to the local chapter of TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly), an international weight loss support group. Several of their members came over to my table for free hypnosis samples, and they invited me to speak for their group sometime.

Well, slightly over a month ago, while I was in a freeform brainstorming trance, my unconscious bubbled up the idea that I needed to contact TOPS, not just to… Continue

A few days ago at a networking meeting, I met a woman who works for a very interesting online service.

Basically, you can go to the website and design a greeting card. "Okay," I thought, preparing to tune her out, "another e-card service . . . "

But, no, I was wrong. This company prints out the card, puts it in an envelope, and mails it to whoever you want. I can't tell you how many times I've wished that sending snail-mail was as easy as sending e-mail. And now it is.

Then my mind started ra… Continue

So today I ended up in an online conversation (away from Hypnothoughts) with someone who said, "I can't be hypnotized. Hahahaha!"

Now, I generally won't engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent, but I did briefly reply that anyone who says that doesn't really know what hypnosis is.

The other poster came back, saying, "I beg to differ. I've been in the chairs of several hypnotists, all of them doctors, and none of them could put me under. One of them, a Ph.D. in psychology, was amaze… Continue

Every year around Halloween, I dress up as a wizard and do hypnosis demos at the local municipal Halloween bashes--it's a way of participating in the local community, which is vital when you're operating in small towns. Because some of the children don't always have their parents present to sign a permission slip, I keep a few "not-magic tricks" handy to entertain them when I don't have a trancer in the chair.

So yesterday, I was demonstraing ideomotor action with a device called a tri-pendulum… Continue

So last night I had occasion to take an ambulance ride to the hospital, in part due to some worrying lower abdomenal pain and in part due to a bloody gash on my forehead. As it turns out, I'm fine, though I have seven stitches and am considering going as Frankenstein for Halloween. And I don't want to start to think about how many sessions I'll be doing to pay for my trip to the ER.

Anyway, while I was waiting for the EMTs, I used a little self-hypnosis to stay calm, feel good, and begin the he… Continue