The Importance of Self Confidence This morning I was reading an article interviewing Alexandra Burke titled Alexandra Burke: UK has ‘massive problem’ with confident women. The root of the piece is that the UK has an issue with condifent women. Whilst, … Continue reading →
Is Hypnotherapy A Business? This is actually a question that gets asked a lot within the profession as well as by students training to be hypnotherapists. The answer is yes, of course hypnotherapy is a business, but it is not … Continue reading →
What We Can Learn From Death By now most people know that the great Professor Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76, several decades after he was given a couple of years to live after contracting a rare … Continue reading →
National Stop Smoking Day and Hypnotherapy It is almost that time again. The time that smokers across the UK either attempt to stop smoking or at least consider the option of becoming a non-smoker. This is a very important decision … Continue reading →
Is Empathy Genetic? In a recent study of 46000 people scientists have been able to trace empathy to genetics for the first time. Additionally, this same study found that women were more empathetic than men. This genetic factor was shown … Continue reading →
Be Mindful of Media Commentating For many years I have been very vocal about the trend where various professional as quoted making comments or offering opinions which fall outside of their scope of expertise. This frustration is now manifesting itself … Continue reading →
Make Time to Live The world has become a busier and busier place, work for many people has become all consuming and there seems little time to do the things that nurture our soul. Be that spiritual, intellectual or emotional … Continue reading →
Amalgamating Hypno-Psychotherapy into a Trauma Counselling Protocol Today’s title may seem a bit wordy, but it is the title of the presentation that I am speaking on at the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy’s ‘Working effectively with trauma in healthcare … Continue reading →
On Death and Dying I have been giving a lot of thought lately to the stresses and strains placed on people when it comes to death and dying. For may people this is a taboo subject that is seldom discussed … Continue reading →
Is Hypnotherapy Alternative Medicine? This is a very common question which has been the subject of much debate both within and outside of the profession for many years. Hypnotherapy is recognised by many organisations which align themselves with “alternative medicine”, … Continue reading →
