"the power to change is within you"

According to New Scientist article (vol 136, issue 1845) “How One in Five Have Given Up Smoking” by Robert Matthews, researchers Frank Schmidt and student Chockalingam Viswesvaran of the University of Iowa “carried out a meta-analysis, statistically combining the results of more than 600 studies covering almost 72,000 people” and found that “hypnosis is the most effective way of giving up smoking“.

And if you need any more reason to quit: the article also states that the Institute of Actuaries found (from a study they had commissioned) that “the mortaility rate for smokers is twice as high as for nonsmokers and that, on average, a smoker dies 6 years earlier than a nonsmoker”.

If you are ready to stop smoking then maybe hypnosis will be most effective for you too.

Does that scare you?  If it does, then think about why?  How are your goals going for this year?  Are you on track to complete all/some/any?  If not, why not?  How are those New Year’s resolutions going?  Fallen by the wayside?  Or just never got off the ground?  One of the first things that it is important to think about when  you are considering your goal is why do you want to achieve it?  Without this insight you may find yourself never really committing properly to achieving it which could become a very considerable barrier to actually achieving it.  The why question is extremely important.

For an example, we could think about someone who has made a goal to stop smoking.  If that is you then ask yourself why did  you make that goal?  Was it because someone else wants you to stop or is it because you think you ‘should’?  What do you mean by ‘should’? – be honest with yourself, do you really want to?  If you decide that you do really want to stop smoking then define your goal – the more defined the better.  What is your definition of stopping?  Do you want to stop completely or is the occasional social smoke okay by you?   What about timeframes?  When do you want to achieve this?  Is there any particular reason why you choose that timeframe?  You could say: “I do want to stop but I will make it next month because this month I have a few parties I want to attend and I just want to enjoy these parties without having to think about the stop smoking thing” – if you are saying that then look back at your original answers to the question as to why you want to stop smoking – have you made a definite decision yet? and if not then why not?  Perhaps you are not quite ready yet or perhaps you need to redefine your goal.

Did you make any New Years resolutions this year?  Its already mid-February – how are you getting on with that resolution?  Common ones are to lose weight or to give up smoking.  Perhaps you have made a resolution to get a better job or a promotion, maybe to improve a relationship with someone or maybe you just want to find someone to have a relationship with?

Whatever your goals for this year, I can help you to fulfil them.  If you haven’t got started towards your goals then start today – send me an email and tell me what it is you would like to change.

If you have made a definite decision to stop smoking, then giving up is as easy as 1, 2, 3.  It is important that you have made a definite decision to stop – hypnotherapy works best when this is the case.  It has alot less chance of working if you are only trying to stop because someone wants you to or because you think you ‘should’.  Also, smoking can be a symptom of some other issues in your life that you are coping with – these things need to be addressed first, and once they have been, then stopping smoking becomes relatively easy because it is just the habit that remains.  With suggestions given to you in the hypnotic state, then you will never reach for a cigarette and ‘light up’ without thinking.  Every time you reach for a cigarette, then your subconscious mind will alert your conscious mind that you want to stop smoking – it then becomes a conscious decision to put that cigarette down.  If you live local to me, and you are ready to stop smoking, have made a definite decision to stop smoking (because you no longer want smoking in your life), then I am able to assist you with that goal.

1.       You get in contact with me and let me know your address details.  I then send you a ‘stop smoking’ pack.  This pack will include tips to stop smoking with the use of hypnotherapy – including a relaxation exercise on cd with instructions and a cutting down method.  Once you have used the cd and cut down for a week then you are ready for step 2.

2.       You contact me to make an appointment.  This appointment takes approximately one hour.  We explore the reasons of why you want to give up smoking and I check with you that you have made a definite decision that this will be your quitting day.  Hypnosis is fully explained and then you are given suggestions during a hypnosis session.

3.      Four days later you come back for your final appointment.  Your progress is assessed, your future is discussed, and you are given more suggestions to your subconscious in a hypnosis session.  You take home the suggestions on cd for you to use at home.

If you have made a definite decision to stop smoking then I can assist you in achieving this goal.