The Transparent Hypnotist

Good morning again. Finally got the toast setting just right, so no burned toast today. As it is another day that is off to a flying start, I fear, I really cannot speak much about scholastic hypnosis. But maybe a little latter today I will continue sloughing through forms of hypnosis.

For now, thought I would just mention another cool blogging tool I have found to help with visitation. It is called entrecard.com. You will notice it on the lower right column of this blog. What is it is an an Internet calling card, much like the calling cards of the Victorian period. When you visit a site that has one, you click “drop yours here” and it tells the owner of the site that you visited them. Then they can visit your site. Hence social networking taken to a new level. The more you “call” on others, the more advertising opps., meaning that your calling card will appear on someone else’s page.

This is what it looks like:

Please drop yours and I will visit you in return. Also, if you would like to leave your entrecard information in the comment section here, you are welcome to do so. Others may visit you.

As you may know, I do occasionally partake in paid blogging. I participate in programs that I control what I write about and how I do it.

But, there is a new resource called the frogpond. Basically what this is is a site where one can participate in reviewing sites and sources. It is not direct paid marketing, but more about true experience. The last post I posted on this blog involved one such example.

You might enjoy being involved with it, as well.

So, have you added heavy whipping cream to your coffee beverage yet? LOL. Today, I am back to tea. One can only indulge so much…Moderation.

Thank you to all the well-wishers who watched my silly video yesterday morning. It is off the topic a bit, but alas, it is part of my blogging life. Hope you enjoyed it.

With weather changes and winter months upon us in the States, I always wonder how many of our colds and flu symptoms may be caused through the act of suggestion. Could it be more than cemetery weather? I have had an influx of clients who are suddenly facing depression (sun light deprivation, maybe?) and it seems like once those sad thoughts enter into the mix, their immunity for staying well seems to decrease. It seems a common phrase around here “It’s that time of year, you know how it is.” (Hence the expectation to get sick). I would love to say, “No, I don’t,” but that would be untrue. Whether it is my own personal stress of holiday expectations (did I get the right gift for that person), more contact with people (those holiday parties) or picking up on how others feel, I do experience a little less than optimum heath opportunities. I suspect I am not alone.

I have been reading Virtual Juice Daily, a web site that offers tips and information on maintaining a healthy lifestyle. On Tuesday, they ran an article called Bah-hum that Bug that I feel is particularly poignant for all of us. It offers ideas such as drinking rosehip tea (guess that is right up my alley - how about you?) to the idea about making sure you get enough exercise and wash your hands (do not rub your eyes). My partner feels that this last idea may be a bit trickier. He believes that by carrying around hand sanitizers and using them every time you come into contact with others, this lessens your natural immunity to germs. I still find myself preferring to avoid sickness, though.

Oh, this same web site also mentioned something interesting that may helps those of us who are involved in the weight loss industry. It is a food craving chart. It talks about typical cravings and what they may be a sign of, or what it is that your body really needs.

Visit Vital Juice Daily and try a glass of rosehip tea.

Also, if you have any suggestions on keeping the body and mind healthy during the holiday season, we would love to hear your suggestions or thoughts.

With the big eating day looming before many tomorrow, and with answers on the holiday stress poll, it appears that we could all use a little help to maintain our stress and perhaps our eating habits. I recently was able to focus on the fact that when I get frustrated, I start craving the worst of the worse when it comes to junk food. With this I was able to utilize self-hypnosis to help me through some of the more pronounced frustration triggers.

But what if you need help figuring out if you are an emotional eater and you do do not have a hypnotist handy? Here are some questions to ask yourself.

• Do you find that hunger comes on quickly or urgently?
• Do you crave unhealthy food (who me)?
• Do stressful or unpleasant events cause you to want to eat?
• Do you find yourself suddenly eating and have no conscious memory of eating so much?
• Do you continue to eat even after you are full?
• Do you feel hunger anywhere other than your stomach?
• After you satisfy your hunger, do you have feelings of regret?

These are the signs of emotional eating as specified by Dr. Roger Gould, a board certified psychiatrist who is one of the world’s leading authorities on emotional eating and adult development. He is also a pioneer in online programs for weight issues. If you find that your eating fits any of these questions, you may have emotional eating issues.

So you are probably saying, “Great. Now what?” If so, he has an interactive (you answer questions) website to help you understand your emotions and eating habits in relation to holiday stress. Then he offers a free Holiday Survival Guide .

I am a big believer in every little thing helps. To those of you on the poll who mentioned stress being a part of your holidays, this may offer a little relief.

Let me know what you think.

Perfection. What a wonderfully, cruel beast it is. It creates standards and expectations. It can leave some feeling accomplished and others dissatisfied. Sometimes I feel it helps when a client is a perfectionist, but in other ways it can also create a huge let down.

What brings this to mind is my poor nephew (the one trying to buy my a decent digital recorder) and his various issues lately. He is doing well in his studies, but when he does not get an A, he is devastated beyond words. It breaks my heart. Some of you may be thinking, “Oh poor him, I’d like to have that problem?” I see your point, but it does not make it any easier for him.

He emailed me earlier and mentioned being confounded by my digital recorder needs (now I feel awful, I had thought it an easy solution). He has to get the perfect one, and I cannot convince him there is no perfect one. It just needs to be able to record for about two to three hours and have a USB (or firewire) port so it can be downloaded. But he informs me this is not so simple. He looked at the last comparison shopping site I mentioned and decided he wanted more choices. So now he is looking at Quick Shop. Though the site at the moment is what the company calls a “sneak peek” into the site, as they have yet to announce it, my nephew feels it is fairly comprehensive.

He has asked me to look at this comparison site and let him know if anything sparks my fancy. Good grief. Now I have to make the decision. The good thing about the site is that it list several options and where they can be found for various prices. At least I can be conscious of his budget (he is a student, keep in mind). But I may wait a bit, I may be getting an iPod Touch soon (more about that later) and perhaps I could just get a mic for that.

If any of you are game, if you would not mind going to the site and letting me know of any of your experiences with the digital recorders, I would be very appreciative.

While I am watching old movies on this fine Saturday, I am also trying to print out a newsletter for my weight loss hypnosis group. Normally I would send a newsletter to a printer, but I am doing less then ten copies. However, one page is full color (pictures from Halloween) and the other three are black and white. So, when this is done, I need to look at buying new ink cartridges. I use an Epsen Stylus CX5000, which means that several cartridges are needed.

So this time, I got industrious and found a few tips at www.inkjetdeals.info for ink conservation. I guess it is not an urban legend that turning off and on your printer uses ink. Interesting. It also recommends that when printing in black and white (three of my pages), that one should set the print settings to just black and white. This is just part of their Seven Steps to Saving Ink.

This site also explains in plain English the differences in generic print cartridges, refilling ink cartridges and why one might or might not want to use these products. This information can be found in their article on Generic and Remanufactured Cartridges. I have my own biases, but it is good to be a bit more educated.

Along with this information, inkjetdeals.info provides online sources for cheap inkjet cartridges and discount laser toner and coupons for these, up to 80% off retail prices. The company collects coupon codes for specific online sellers and makes them easily accessible.

So, another tool for finding the best deal for your printing needs.

Since I spent yesterday being an animator, today it is back to marketing tasks. The day away from it did me good. Social networking here I come. Internet marketing here I am.

Today I am looking at The Wright Place Business Directory. This is a member oriented directory (so, it does cost a little) based on the guests of Dr. Wright’s television show. The show is based for female entrepreneurs in Southern California, but the web is world wide, right? She offers a deal where you get membership, a listing, and are featured on her podcast. The web site also advertises events. She has several past guests that are related to the hypnosis modality. Mostly they would be what I call sister modalities, but it would mean that her audience might be more open minded towards hypnosis.

I have included her press release.

Press Release:

Dr. Letitia Wright
Wright Place TV Show
909-635-2040

info@wrightplacetv.com
http://tinyurl.com/376fo2
Wright Place Business Directory Offers Guest Spots on Podcast
Rancho Cucamonga, CA – November 9, 2007 - Finding Mentors and Business connections that can help you grow is important to all people in business. Without those connections 70% of businesses will fail. Now, The Wright Place TV Show has an online directory which can be accessed by anyone who needs to find a mentor or vendor for their business.

The Wright Place Business Directory has the contact information for guests seen on the Wright Place TV Show and can be searched by anyone who visits the site at no cost. Many of those listed in the directory are featured on the Wright Place Podcast which can be heard on ITUNES and online on any computer. “I want to help women create and grow businesses; the podcast is an extension of the Wright Place TV Show. Now we have a way to give people the information they need to grow the business they love.” Says, Dr. Wright, host of the Wright Place TV Show.

“No one can build it alone. My mentors and strategic partners have made all the difference in the world. Their direction and input has allowed me to grow personally and professionally. I want to make sure women everywhere have access to that kind of assistance.” remarks Dr Wright. The Wright Place TV Show Directory will book a podcast interview with those who list in the directory before December 15, 2007. Anyone can visit http://tinyurl.com/376fo2 for more information.

The Wright Place TV Show is a broadcast television show for women entrepreneurs seen in Southern California and hosted by Dr. Letitia Wright with guests like Mark Victor Hansen (Chicken Soup for the Soul), T. Harv Eker, DC Cordova, Robert G. Allen, John Assaraf (The Secret), and many others. You can find out more about the show at www.wrightplacetv.com
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Sedona. Land of opened mindedness, land of holistic healing. These are the things I think about when I hear the word Sedona. It is like a mecca that beckons, yet I have to actually visit there.

But one can apparently have a little piece of this pie through the Sedona Method. It is definitely a sister modality to positive change, NLP and hypnosis, and it may not be as far away as a modality. It sounds very much like an emotional freedom technique or practice (thought I do not know if tapping is involved). With it one deals primarily with releasing negative emotions and increasing positive ones. Components of it stress goal achievement (for you Secret fans out there, the Sedona Method is touted as how to use the secret in everyday life). This is through gaining higher self-esteem and confidence, increasing inner peace, freedom from emotional challenges, finding and acting with courage, and improving bad habits.

There is a Sedona method the secret guide available for your perusal (and mine). The web site is informative and gives several hints on ways to release emotion. You can also get a free insiders guide, DVD, CD, MP3 and a subscription to the Sedona Method Success and Well Being Newsletter.

I suspect there might be some ideas there that would be helpful in inductions or sessions. Maybe another tool for the skills tool box?

The other day, when I wrote about the hypnotist Peter Powers, I found information on him all over the Web. There were press releases, articles, personal web sites, and other people’s opinions about him. But the search was completely random and I had to go to several sources. Then I found him on another site - www.spock.com.

Spock is a new concept in people or information finding on the Internet. Though it is not social networking, it has elements of it in that one can add to the information and vote on whether the keywords or tags are important. Basically it combines various sources about a particular person, such as biographical pages on other social networks, news releases, and web sites, thus adding several areas of information into one location. It is a little scary though since people can express their onions through voting. If someone has a vendetta against another, it could be annoying, though it does not look like one could corrupt the actual information itself. Again another potential psychology project to see what information people do consider important.

Here is Peter’s page:

This inspired me to look up “hypnosis” in general and I found many people on the site. It is a wonderful overview of all the people who practice hypnosis or are just interested in it. Literally, there is everyone from the founding fathers to vampire-like entertainers. There are the likes of Richard Bandler, Milton H. Erickson, Ormond McGill, Dave Elman, and me, Ellie Blunt. (I could not resist). I even looked up some of you, Michael, Paul, Kathryn, Lisa, Gloria and Lee. The only one I found there is Lee Darrow. Well, I am there now. How about you? It is free and it is another way to get yourself known to the public (by the way, Paul when are you going to start the blog, you have the site up…). Anyway, once you put yourself in there, we can all link together as friends, associates, or whatever under the “related” section. So, yes, if you do join, please consider listing me as a friend (makes me feel wanted and all. LOL).

Memory is a fascinating thing. Why is it that some things are easier to remember than others. For example, I cannot recall a series of four numbers easily, even to the extent of when people hurriedly give me their phone numbers. Even in the two second attempt to write it down, the numbers are gone.

A few days ago, I posted about National Memory Screening Day. Since that time, and a party later, questions have arose about how to tell if you should get a memory screening. How do you tell if it is acute memory loss verses aging? Good question.

So according to the National Memory Screening web site (in case you have not looked for yourself), here are a few questions you should ask yourself:

• Am I becoming more forgetful?
• Do I have trouble concentrating?
• Do I have difficulty performing familiar tasks?
• Do I have trouble recalling words or names in conversation?
• Do I sometimes forget where I am?
• Have family or friends told me that I am repeating questions or saying the same thing over and over again?
• Am I misplacing things more often?
• Have I become lost when walking or driving in a familiar neighborhood?
• Have my family or friends noticed changes in my mood, behavior, personality, or desire to do things?

If you have answered “yes” to any of these questions, you might want to consider getting a screening.

Other questions that I have heard this week include “what is the memory screening process.” Again according to the same web site it is as follows:

Various types of healthcare professionals provide memory screenings, including social workers, pharmacists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and doctors.

The face-to-face screening takes place in a private setting; only the individual being tested and the clinician are present.

A screening consists of a series of questions and/or tasks designed to test memory, language skills, thinking ability, and other intellectual functions. Screening tools include a Mini-Mental Status Exam, a Seven-Minute Screen and a clock drawing.

The person who administers the screening will review the results with you, and suggest whether you should follow up with a physician or other qualified healthcare professional for more extensive testing.

Results of the memory screenings are confidential. Typically, you will receive the screening results to bring to your healthcare professional or, with your permission, the clinician at the screening will send the results to your physician.