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Stop Smoking
Smoking is a habit and an addiction. The addiction to nicotine is strong, but the habitual behavior associated with smoking is far stronger. If the addiction to nicotine was very strong then I would have clients with an addiction to nicotine gum or patches. The smoker has linked all the pleasures… [more]
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Hypnosis
There are numerous misconceptions and half truths regarding hypnosis. Hypnosis occurs in the alpha/theta brainwaves. We all have these brain waves and therefore we can be hypnotized if we are willing. Anyone who has ever arrived at their destination without remembering the drive has been in hypnosis. Similarly… [more]
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Weight Loss
Tired of dieting? We all know that diets don’t work long term. Dieting will not result in permanent weight loss without permanent behavior change. A new life style has to replace the old. Obesity is a huge problem and according to the latest statistics if we continue on the path we are on all… [more]
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Improving Golf Performance
Shoemaker, a noted golf coach and the author of Extraordinary Putting, explains why most thinking is bad for your game. "It's easy for people to accept the fact that negative thinking can be a source of interference. I've found that the real challenge is to have people see for themselves… [more]
Hypnosis
Ending Test Anxiety with Hypnosis
Test Anxiety makes something already difficult-it is after all called a test- into a horrific experience. When someone has test Anxiety, be it for physician boards, bar exam, financial advisor testing or perhaps a school age child with fear of taking the SAT’s, it feels overwhelming. The heart pounds, hands sweat and the mind goes [...]
The Up Side of Rejection
Many people have a fear of rejection. As normal as this may be it is important to note that rejection has an upside. Back in the 80’s during my years as a recruiter both in my own firm and also at a large search firm, I learned a few things about rejection that have proved [...]
Get Healthy Habits Now!
Holidays are supposed to be about love, family and togetherness, instead they are all about parties, alcohol and food and that’s OK. Whoa… did I actually say that’s OK?? Yes I did. Why, you might ask would a person who most of the year coaches, councils and holds her clients accountable to change bad habits [...]
Creating Healthy Habits
In the book “The Power of Habit” the author talks about habits that can change your life, so called keystone habits. You might not want to lose weight or even think that you need to improve your nutrition but chances are that you do. Or perhaps you would like to develop an exercise habit or [...]
Sales as a Positive Profession
Selling has become a negative term to many people. However, the fact is that everyone sells. It may not be their job to sell but everyone attempts to influence, persuade or convince in their daily lives. If you are in sales or an entrepreneur and think of selling as a dirty word it will definitely [...]
Health & Weight Loss
Stop Binge Eating
Binge eating is now estimated by behavioral experts to be the most common eating disorder. Almost 30% of those who are seriously seeking help to lose weight are binge eaters.
What defines a binge eater?
Eating an unusually large amount of food in a short period of time.
Frequent binges- at least weekly.
A feeling of being in a [...]
Get Healthy Habits Now!
Holidays are supposed to be about love, family and togetherness, instead they are all about parties, alcohol and food and that’s OK. Whoa… did I actually say that’s OK?? Yes I did. Why, you might ask would a person who most of the year coaches, councils and holds her clients accountable to change bad habits [...]
Weight Loss Techniques that Work
There are so many choices for diet and weight loss today. But did you know that there have always been numerous choices. Anybody remember the grapefruit diet or how about cabbage soup diet from the 60′s? Then in the 70′s we had “diet pills” and other deprivation style diets and the list goes on and [...]