Teaching Erickson in America It has been a long time since I have been on the faculty of the National Guild of Hypnotists’ annual convention. It has been a great experience seeing old friends and making a few new ones … Continue reading →
Birthday Thoughts As today is my birthday, I thought I would share some random thoughts about how birthdays can effect our mental health. For many, indeed most, birthdays are a time to celebrate the anniversary of them coming to life. … Continue reading →
Random Kindness Whilst having breakfast today, I noticed something interesting. A man who was finding it difficult to get around to the buffet was engaged in a conversation with a person at an adjoining table. The chap at the adjoining … Continue reading →
The Importance of Education This evening I was afforded what I believe to be a great honour. I was asked to address both the Convention Faculty and the Certified Instructors of the National Guild of Hypnotists during the pre-convention programme. … Continue reading →
The Largest and Friendliest Hypnosis Convention This has always been a special time of year for me. For many of the 28 years I have been in practice this has been the beginning of the 10 days of the largest … Continue reading →
Sport Society and Mental Health On Saturday this week I spent an enjoyable day at the England versus South Africa test cricket match. When I was a younger man, I used to love going to baseball or football games and … Continue reading →
The Importance of REAL Friendship With so much discussed about things like Facebook friends and Twitter followers, I think there are times when we could be forgiven for forgetting really friendships. What do I mean by real friendship, I mean … Continue reading →
Anti Professionalism I was online yesterday and came across a rant from an owner of a hypnotherapy school. This owner was bemoaning the professionalisation of hypnotherapy, knocking national standards and being rather insulting to those who are trying to make … Continue reading →
Normalising Nasty I have written a bit about this in the past, but feel the need to return to it as the situation seems to be getting worse rather than better. Though I will use the recent events regarding Anthony Scaramucci, … Continue reading →
The Importance of Self Renewal I thought I would write about the importance of self renewal today after a conversation I had with an old friend and colleague. We, as therapists, are in the renewal business. One of our most … Continue reading →
