Monday, June 16, 2014

Be the Author of Your Life!


 (This blog was originally posted on December 23, 2013)

 
 

 

At birth, the mind is essentially a blank slate.  As a newborn, it was hard-wired with only two reactions:  fear of loud noises and fear of falling. Everything you experienced during the first eight years of life is particularly influential on how you perceive and interact with the world.  The puppy that licked your face when you were three inspired your love for small animals; you still remember getting burned when you touched a hot stove while your mom was cooking dinner, and prefer to use the microwave if you have to prepare food.

Every behavior or belief that you learn during those formative years becomes rooted in your subconscious mind, and each of those experiences helps to create the “mental script” you will likely follow all of your life—or, until you decide to rewrite that script. For example, perhaps your decision as a teen-ager to “try out” smoking cigarettes in order to be like (or fit in with) your friends became a lifelong, pack-a-day habit.  But you can decide, today, to become a permanent non-smoker—or overcome a fear of flying, resolve fears/phobias, increase self-confidence, lose weight, manage chronic pain or whatever behavior you want to change. Hypnotherapy can help you do it.

Hypnosis is an effective, drug-free therapeutic tool that works by accessing the subconscious mind, which resists changing familiar or known behavior, and replacing behaviors that no longer work with those that will enable you to achieve your new goals.  It has been used as a therapeutic tool for centuries, and contrary to some popular beliefs, hypnosis is not a vehicle of remote mind-control.  During hypnosis, the body is very comfortable and completely relaxed.  You are conscious, alert and very aware of what is going on around you, perhaps more so than during your normal “waking” state.  You can hear and respond to everything.  You cannot be made to say or do anything that conflict with your personal, ethical standards and desires.

As a certified hypnotherapist and master in therapeutic guided imagery, I am dedicated to helping you achieve your therapeutic goals through the process of hypnosis.  All therapy is conducted in a safe, comfortable environment, and I follow the standards for complete confidentiality as outlined in the ethical guidelines of the American Counseling Association for the conduct of counseling therapists are observed at all times.  For more information and to make an appointment, call me at (661) 433-9430 or send e-mail to calminsensehypnosis@yahoo.com. 

 



 

 Sara R. Fogan, C.Ht. is a certified hypnotherapist based in Southern California. She graduated with honors from the Hypnosis Motivation Institute in 2005. For more information about Calminsense Hypnotherapy®, please visit http://www.calminsensehypnotherapy.com/.

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