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The
first time I ever heard the words “blog” and “blogging” was from a former
client. I admit that I initially didn’t really get what blogging was about or
what it could do—let alone why someone
would do it in the first place. All that changed when I saw the film Julie and Julia, which starred Amy Adams
and Meryl Streep. Computer blogging was the cornerstone of the movie in which
Adams’ character (Julie Powell) wrote a blog each day for one year about her
experiences cooking and eating food that she had prepared from a Julia Child
cookbook. She also included other details about her life in these essays and
provided background information about the late chef’s personal and culinary
challenges and triumphs. Ultimately, Powell’s online journal was not only a chronicle
of her own culinary adventures that year, but it also provided a cornucopia of
life experiences and philosophies that she had learned in the process.
I
often think about this film when I sit down to write my own blogs. I think
about Powell’s passion about recreating each of Julia Child’s recipes exactly
how the chef wrote them. I think about the author’s dedication to sharing each
aspect of these culinary projects with anyone and everyone who was interested
or curious in what she was trying to do. Unlike Powell, I do not have a general
or generic book of hypnosis recipes that I can replicate and will share with
you each night. In fact, each one of the hypnotic scripts that I create for my
clients is as individual and specific as the person for whom I have created it.
Also, for ethical reasons I would not and could not share this information in
order to preserve client/therapist confidentiality.
However, I am like Julie Powell in that I do have a
lot of information, skills and experience in my own area of expertise that can
help and motivate you to achieve your own goals. I can share the theoretical
premises behind hypnosis and hypnotherapy, and human behavior/motivation. I can
explain how and why hypnosis works. I can tell you how and why the subconscious
mind responds to the negative (or positive!) “chatter” that you have been telling
yourself so that you continue to practice a behavior or habit that no longer
works for you. I can share information about the many and various hypnotherapeutic
techniques that I have learned and mastered since I first started working as a
hypnotherapist. I can write blogs about all of these things to inspire you to give
hypnotherapy and therapeutic guided imagery a try so you can also achieve your
own vocational and avocational self-improvement goals.
Hypnotherapy
worked for me…I know it will work for you, too!
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® and to set up an appointment, please visit http://www.calminsensehypnotherapy.com/.
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