I have a Phobia… I don’t know when it started, but most likely started when I lost my hearing twenty years ago. My phobia is weird, it’s not the usual fear of spiders, I love spiders! And I love air travel! It’s not a fear of flying, heights, social phobia, claustrophobia, or any of the […]
Sugar Cane or Cocaine? Sweet Tooth or No Tooth? Sugar Addiction is now being recognised as similar to drug addiction. Scientists have found that sugar is addictive and stimulates the same pleasure centres of the brain as cocaine or morphine. Just like those hard-core drugs, getting off sweets leads to withdrawal and cravings, which can […]
We’ve all done it. Arrived home after a busy day at work and want nothing but to sit down and relax. And what better way to do it than with a bottle of your favourite red wine. Afterall, you’ve earned it, right? You tell yourself only one glass, but isn’t amazing how quickly one becomes […]
Just how effective is Hypnosis? Being a statistics fan, having worked in Market Research in the past, I wanted to look at some data to find out statistically, if I went for help with a certified hypnotist, just what were my chances of success with hypnosis. I was really very surprised, although I shouldn’t have […]
Trying to Lose weight? Consider Virtual Gastric Banding (VGB.) The New Zealand Health Survey 2016/17 found that: around 1 in 3 adults (aged 15 years and over) were obese (32%) a further 34% of adults were overweight but not obese. 50% of Māori adults were obese. For all those striving to lose weight, Blenheim clinical […]
There’s never been a better time to give up smoking. Research just released has found that smoking is much more dangerous than commonly thought. Researchers have found that just one cigarette a day can still raise the risk of a heart attack or stroke to about half the risk from smoking 20 a day. The […]
Self Esteem is how we value or perceive ourselves. If you have a low self-esteem you may feel like you hate or dislike yourself, you may feel worthless or feel you aren’t good enough. You may not be able to make decisions or assert yourself. You will probably blame yourself for things that aren’t your […]
Legend has it that Androcles was a runaway Roman slave, who, on entering a cave in the North African desert, found a lion that was dying of hunger. He soon realised it could no longer hunt due to a large thorn embedded in its paw. Taking his life in his hands, Androcles plucked the thorn […]
I have a relative in Ireland, who has a doctorate is some weird realm of science (hydrography – or some such.) Recently, he stayed with us for a few days. When he asked, I tried to explain to him the function of my clinic. I say ‘tried to explain,’ because, initially at any rate, his […]
People often claim that Kiwis are sports mad. Excelling in sport is as much, or even more, a question of mind as it is of physical fitness and ability. It is no surprise then that sport induced problems and ambitions are often raised with clinical hypnotherapists throughout NZ. The most common requests fall generally into […]
