The Transparent Hypnotist

With a past week where most of the hypnosis email pinging in was about Abba’s Bjorn Ulvaeus losing his memory (hypnosis apparently did not help restore it), it was a wonder that anything else found its way to my notice. A side note though - the fact that the Bjorn Ulvaeus press releases made it into the papers is an interesting look at the PR that is going into the new feature film Mama Mia! Good for them for keeping it in our consciousness in creative ways.

The Good
Think back for a moment - going back to your earliest memory of visiting a dentist. Were you scared? Was it traumatic? Oddly, all I remember about mine was the nasty flavor of an orange fluoride treatment (it makes my teeth hurt just thinking about it). But what if dentists started doing it right - soothing offices, nice dentists, calm receptionists, cartoons playing, and add a side of child-hypnosis, you might have the makings for a non-harrowing first time dental experience. This is what www.toothbeary.co.uk does to help children through their first time. Kirsty Robinson wrote about taking her son there for the Daily Mail.

In the Shields Gazette there was a lovely article about hypnotist Michael Laybourn and why he switched from nursing to hypnosis.

The Bad (so cool)
Hypnosis as a fountain of youth. I love it. I am so there. LOL. Well, hypnosis as a physical body fountain of youth is what hypnotist Janice Taylor suggests for avoiding wrinkles. Apparently Doris Day, MD at the New York University Medical School has found hypnosis may just be useful in fighting the aging battle.

The Unsatisfying
Ah, finally…past life regression pops up in an article in the Ann Arbor News. I am not sure who authored the article - it is not easy to find. Anyway, it is almost even a satisfying article - almost. The end veers off like a pebble that randomly gets thrown off an embankment. I say this because it almost culminates with my point of view - that past life regression is an excellent doorway into the subconscious. I think this is the important part of this sort of experience. To me, the least important thing in past life regression is if it is real or not. And that is where the article ends, with the author showing doubt about the reality of it. Very unsatisfying.

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