It's the Holiday season, and many people (especially women) will start worrying about what the weight they will pack on during this time. Worrying about what to eat and what not to eat is only going to cause you stress...and as we all probably know, stress keeps weight on.
Over the holidays, THINK before you indulge. Be aware of the foods you are reaching for and know when to STOP eating. If you allow yourself to have a few tasty candies and cookies, you may find that you are not so ready to over eat because you are limiting yourself.
I once read an article that said that women fail at diets because we worry too much. It said that men have an easier time losing weight because they don't worry as much.
Do you worry over what you eat and drink?
Are you afraid you will be out of control over the holidays?
Are you already thinking to yourself "My New Year's Resolution will be to lose the weight I packed on during the holidays"?
If you answered YES to any of the above, here are some tips to help you through the holidays.
1. Be CONSCIOUS of what you are putting into your mouth. When you start eating that cookie or candy, say to yourself, "I'm going to enjoy each and every bite. When it is gone, I am done." If you find yourself reaching for another, and another, ask yourself "WHY?" Are you REALLY hungry and does it provide nourishing fuel for your body? Are you going to regret eating it? LISTEN to your body and trust that you will make the right decision.
2. Don't overly stress about the holidays. Enjoy this time of year!
3. Don't go too long without eating. If you skip meals or wait too long, your blood sugar will drop. Your hand will reach out to whatever it can find to get your blood sugar back up...and most likely you will do this without thinking consciously.
4. Use Hypnosis to help you stay in control of your eating over the holidays. Make an appointment with a Hypnotist ASAP.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Weight Release, Part I
It's hard to believe that September is here once again. The weather has been absolutely gorgeous, and I have been spending some time recently thinking about the Fall. When it starts getting cooler outside, it makes me want to knit some warm things to wear, and it also makes me think about what I want to do for myself and others.
I have been mostly thinking about weight loss lately. I need to lose about 8 lbs., and I talk to so many people who want to lose more than that.
It makes you wonder, why do we have such a weight issue here in the US? Well, I'm sure you could come up with at least 5 reasons right now off the top of your head.
We are so consumed here in America to "LOSE WEIGHT". We are in a constant battle with ourselves and those extra pounds. You can't really love yourself if you are constantly in battle.
When approaching the idea of losing weight, we even need to reconsider how we think of the issue. We do not want to "lose" weight, because that implies that we will find it once again. We want to think in terms of "releasing" the excess weight. We want it to leave and never come back, right? RIGHT!
So first step, reframing how we think, so that we can put our thoughts into action. aka HYPNOSIS!
We choose to release the excess weight from our bodies and make the conscious decision to be good to ourselves.
The next step is to love ourself first. If you can't truly say "I love myself," then what hope do you have for taking care of yourself and releasing that excess weight?? Think about it. If you eat to punish yourself, or eat due to emotional reasons, you are not helping yourself at all.
You have to accept yourself right now, how you are mind, body, and spirit. If you approach weight release with that mindset, you will succeed.
Look at yourself in a mirror, and write down on a piece of paper what you see. Take a few minutes doing this and then, go through your list.
How many negative statements are on that sheet of paper? How many positive statements? How do you feel about yourself right now?
If you wrote down mostly negative statements about yourself, then you need to spend some time writing a list of positive things about yourself. What DO you like about yourself? What do you LOVE about yourself?
If you have a difficult time with this exercise, you may want to consider doing some hypnosis work to get to the heart of why you do not love yourself. If you do well with this exercise, then GREAT! You are on your way to releasing the excess weight!
Stay tuned for Part II! :)
I have been mostly thinking about weight loss lately. I need to lose about 8 lbs., and I talk to so many people who want to lose more than that.
It makes you wonder, why do we have such a weight issue here in the US? Well, I'm sure you could come up with at least 5 reasons right now off the top of your head.
We are so consumed here in America to "LOSE WEIGHT". We are in a constant battle with ourselves and those extra pounds. You can't really love yourself if you are constantly in battle.
When approaching the idea of losing weight, we even need to reconsider how we think of the issue. We do not want to "lose" weight, because that implies that we will find it once again. We want to think in terms of "releasing" the excess weight. We want it to leave and never come back, right? RIGHT!
So first step, reframing how we think, so that we can put our thoughts into action. aka HYPNOSIS!
We choose to release the excess weight from our bodies and make the conscious decision to be good to ourselves.
The next step is to love ourself first. If you can't truly say "I love myself," then what hope do you have for taking care of yourself and releasing that excess weight?? Think about it. If you eat to punish yourself, or eat due to emotional reasons, you are not helping yourself at all.
You have to accept yourself right now, how you are mind, body, and spirit. If you approach weight release with that mindset, you will succeed.
Look at yourself in a mirror, and write down on a piece of paper what you see. Take a few minutes doing this and then, go through your list.
How many negative statements are on that sheet of paper? How many positive statements? How do you feel about yourself right now?
If you wrote down mostly negative statements about yourself, then you need to spend some time writing a list of positive things about yourself. What DO you like about yourself? What do you LOVE about yourself?
If you have a difficult time with this exercise, you may want to consider doing some hypnosis work to get to the heart of why you do not love yourself. If you do well with this exercise, then GREAT! You are on your way to releasing the excess weight!
Stay tuned for Part II! :)
Friday, August 3, 2007
How I became a Hypnotist
A lot of people ask me how I became interested in hypnosis. Here's my story.
In high school and college, I wanted to be an acupuncturist. I dreamed of one day sticking needles into my clients and helping them with all kinds of physical, emotional, and mental issues. I even created my own major in college to be "Studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine."
However, something that a lot of people didn't know at the time, was that I was suffering with chronic social anxiety. It was very hard for me to be in groups, even when the other people were my friends. I was fine when it was just my boyfriend, but add others in the mix, and it was very stressful.
During college, I went to a therapist to see if that would help. It didn't. I tried herbal medications, acupuncture, Chinese herbs, biofeedback...everything except drugs. I did not want to deal with possible side effects of drugs and I thought that I could find an alternative way to help ease my anxiety.
While in acupuncture school, I realized that acupuncture couldn't help me. It was a very upsetting coming to that realization after numerous acupuncture visits with different Chinese doctors. While living in NY for the first year, in a tiny basement apartment in the Bronx, my anxiety became so overwhelming that I didn't even want to leave my apartment to go grocery shopping. It was that bad!
I started researching online something that would help me....anything. I was even psyching myself up to go to see a psychiatrist and get drugs.
One night, I came across a website talking about how hypnosis can help ease anxiety. I figured, I had nothing to lose at this point and might as well try it out. I found a hypnotist and scheduled an appointment.
Unfortunately, the first hypnotist I went to was also a therapist, and she would rather talk then hypnotize me. I went to her for two sessions, and decided she was not a good match. After looking online for another hypnotist, I found one that was kind enough to chat with me over email first (I was too afraid to call anyone).
My first session was amazing. I felt very at ease with my hypnotist and felt like I could trust her. Her office was small, but very cozy. We spent some time talking about my anxiety and then we went right into the hypnosis portion of the session. AMAZING!!! I walked out of there feeling like I was on cloud 9! I was SO relaxed! When I got home after my first session, my husband noticed the change in me right away. He couldn't believe how relaxed I was about everything. I was so excited about my upcoming sessions (I had scheduled 4 in advance).
Those four sessions changed my life. I completely eliminated my social anxiety, something that had plagued me since I was 10 years old. Hypnosis was so easy, relaxing, profound...I could go on and on. It was so amazing, that I left acupuncture school to become a Certified Hypnotist.
Three years ago, if someone had told me that I would be doing this as my career, I would have laughed at them. Life is funny like that.
In high school and college, I wanted to be an acupuncturist. I dreamed of one day sticking needles into my clients and helping them with all kinds of physical, emotional, and mental issues. I even created my own major in college to be "Studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine."
However, something that a lot of people didn't know at the time, was that I was suffering with chronic social anxiety. It was very hard for me to be in groups, even when the other people were my friends. I was fine when it was just my boyfriend, but add others in the mix, and it was very stressful.
During college, I went to a therapist to see if that would help. It didn't. I tried herbal medications, acupuncture, Chinese herbs, biofeedback...everything except drugs. I did not want to deal with possible side effects of drugs and I thought that I could find an alternative way to help ease my anxiety.
While in acupuncture school, I realized that acupuncture couldn't help me. It was a very upsetting coming to that realization after numerous acupuncture visits with different Chinese doctors. While living in NY for the first year, in a tiny basement apartment in the Bronx, my anxiety became so overwhelming that I didn't even want to leave my apartment to go grocery shopping. It was that bad!
I started researching online something that would help me....anything. I was even psyching myself up to go to see a psychiatrist and get drugs.
One night, I came across a website talking about how hypnosis can help ease anxiety. I figured, I had nothing to lose at this point and might as well try it out. I found a hypnotist and scheduled an appointment.
Unfortunately, the first hypnotist I went to was also a therapist, and she would rather talk then hypnotize me. I went to her for two sessions, and decided she was not a good match. After looking online for another hypnotist, I found one that was kind enough to chat with me over email first (I was too afraid to call anyone).
My first session was amazing. I felt very at ease with my hypnotist and felt like I could trust her. Her office was small, but very cozy. We spent some time talking about my anxiety and then we went right into the hypnosis portion of the session. AMAZING!!! I walked out of there feeling like I was on cloud 9! I was SO relaxed! When I got home after my first session, my husband noticed the change in me right away. He couldn't believe how relaxed I was about everything. I was so excited about my upcoming sessions (I had scheduled 4 in advance).
Those four sessions changed my life. I completely eliminated my social anxiety, something that had plagued me since I was 10 years old. Hypnosis was so easy, relaxing, profound...I could go on and on. It was so amazing, that I left acupuncture school to become a Certified Hypnotist.
Three years ago, if someone had told me that I would be doing this as my career, I would have laughed at them. Life is funny like that.
Now I help others change their life by using their power of their mind to create a new reality. I no longer fear being with others, I LOVE IT!
Thursday, August 2, 2007
On Hormonal Birth Control? READ THIS!!!
I am going to share something very personal with you. I was on hormonal birth control (pill then Nuvaring) for 8 years. I originally went on to it for acne in high school, then it became a necessity for, well, you know.
Over the last few years, I have had a decreasing libido which has been hard on my relationship with my husband. I was beginning to think I had mental issues causing me to be this way, and even did some hypnosis for it. It wasn't mental.
I finally had suffered too long, and decided it was time to see a specialist.
I went to a clinic that specializes in female sexual issues, and had some tests done to determine if this was a physical issue or mental issue, or even both.
The blood work results came back, and I found out that my testosterone levels were so low, that they couldn't even measure it! If you didn't know already, women do have testosterone and it affects our libido. Mine was so low that it was causing me to not have a libido.
Why was it so low? Hormonal Birth Control.
Hormonal birth control can lower your testosterone levels. Women are not told this when they go on to hormonal birth control methods...but they SHOULD be told!
I was told by my doctor that I would need to go on Androgen (testosterone) for a while to bring up my levels to normal. I was warned of the possible side effects, and decided that since my levels were so low, that I would do this for a few months and see what happened.
So far, no side effects and I'm feeling very good about my decision to go off of hormonal birth control. I have switched to the Fertility Awareness Method and a diaphragm. I do not want to be on androgen for longer than I have to, but I am willing to do it to help my body recover from being abused for so long.
If you are on hormonal birth control, PLEASE get your blood levels checked to make sure your birth control is not depleting your "natural resources".
Over the last few years, I have had a decreasing libido which has been hard on my relationship with my husband. I was beginning to think I had mental issues causing me to be this way, and even did some hypnosis for it. It wasn't mental.
I finally had suffered too long, and decided it was time to see a specialist.
I went to a clinic that specializes in female sexual issues, and had some tests done to determine if this was a physical issue or mental issue, or even both.
The blood work results came back, and I found out that my testosterone levels were so low, that they couldn't even measure it! If you didn't know already, women do have testosterone and it affects our libido. Mine was so low that it was causing me to not have a libido.
Why was it so low? Hormonal Birth Control.
Hormonal birth control can lower your testosterone levels. Women are not told this when they go on to hormonal birth control methods...but they SHOULD be told!
I was told by my doctor that I would need to go on Androgen (testosterone) for a while to bring up my levels to normal. I was warned of the possible side effects, and decided that since my levels were so low, that I would do this for a few months and see what happened.
So far, no side effects and I'm feeling very good about my decision to go off of hormonal birth control. I have switched to the Fertility Awareness Method and a diaphragm. I do not want to be on androgen for longer than I have to, but I am willing to do it to help my body recover from being abused for so long.
If you are on hormonal birth control, PLEASE get your blood levels checked to make sure your birth control is not depleting your "natural resources".
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Restless Mind Syndrome
I was reading an email the other day that mentioned the "restless mind syndrome". This phrase caught my eye, and I started think about this title, and how it is different, yet similar to ADD, and then I began thinking about how I needed to write something about this, but needed to go cook some dinner and organize some things from work, and then it hit me....I HAVE THIS! :)
My mind is, indeed, restless. It bounces from one thought to the next and I find myself writing TO DO lists that don't get completed because I'm too busy thinking of more things that need to be done. I get started on a project and before I know it, I'm doing something completely different.
I'm sure many of you can relate.
Why are our minds so restless?
One thing that is causing this is the amount of fast paced media we have at our fingertips. I get on my computer, and I can look up 10 things on the internet, check my email, upload a few photos, and check the weather report all in 5 min or less. Our minds are bombarded with TV, computers, phones, text messages, emails, iPods, etc. Our poor minds have to work so quickly to keep up with the fast paced technology around us, that our minds become addicted to SPEED. We sit down to read a book, and our mind says "STOP!!! We could be doing SO many things right now!"
Ever stop and think about how much time you are plugged in to technology in one week? One day? One hour? Think about it. IT'S SCARY!!!
We need to find ways to rest our minds. Be it meditation, self-hypnosis, sitting down to read a single book for a few hours, sitting and doing nothing for an hour, anything to unplug and unwind.
How do I rest my mind? I love to knit, do self-hypnosis, self-Reiki, or even just playing a board game with my husband. Ok, my mind is going when I'm playing a game, but it allows me to focus on one single task until it is completed.
Could you go one day with being plugged in? I challenge you to pick one day this week to unplug and unwind. Give your mind the rest it deserves and see what happens.
My mind is, indeed, restless. It bounces from one thought to the next and I find myself writing TO DO lists that don't get completed because I'm too busy thinking of more things that need to be done. I get started on a project and before I know it, I'm doing something completely different.
I'm sure many of you can relate.
Why are our minds so restless?
One thing that is causing this is the amount of fast paced media we have at our fingertips. I get on my computer, and I can look up 10 things on the internet, check my email, upload a few photos, and check the weather report all in 5 min or less. Our minds are bombarded with TV, computers, phones, text messages, emails, iPods, etc. Our poor minds have to work so quickly to keep up with the fast paced technology around us, that our minds become addicted to SPEED. We sit down to read a book, and our mind says "STOP!!! We could be doing SO many things right now!"
Ever stop and think about how much time you are plugged in to technology in one week? One day? One hour? Think about it. IT'S SCARY!!!
We need to find ways to rest our minds. Be it meditation, self-hypnosis, sitting down to read a single book for a few hours, sitting and doing nothing for an hour, anything to unplug and unwind.
How do I rest my mind? I love to knit, do self-hypnosis, self-Reiki, or even just playing a board game with my husband. Ok, my mind is going when I'm playing a game, but it allows me to focus on one single task until it is completed.
Could you go one day with being plugged in? I challenge you to pick one day this week to unplug and unwind. Give your mind the rest it deserves and see what happens.
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