To minimize risk of
exposure to and spread of the COVID-19 virus and COVID-19 variants, I am
continuing to suspend in-person hypnotherapy sessions with me in my office.
Meanwhile, phone and Zoom consultations ARE and WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE!
(This blog was originally posted on February 3, 2015)
After
the New Year I typically do an early “Spring Cleaning” in which I donate
clothes or other items that I no longer use to make room for new items I
received as gifts over the holidays. When I started sorting this year I came
across some old bottles of perfume that I hadn’t worn in ages. Curious, I
spritzed one of my favorites into the air and inhaled deeply. Of course the
composition of those scents had degraded by now; in their less pure form they
were actually more intense. Equally intense was the power of my memories of the
emotions I felt back when I used to wear that brand of perfume.
Good
days, not-so-good days—it all came flooding back in a rush. I remembered the
friend who introduced me to my former signature scent. Then that recollection
reminded me where I was at that time: I was living in a suburb of London and
had just started working on my post-graduate degree. In January, it would have
been much colder and wetter in London than the current weather in Southern
California. In fact, around that time thirty years ago, snow fell in
Southeast London and blanketed the rooftops and pavements in neighborhood for
several days….
That
unexpected trek down memory lane served as a powerful reminder of why I do not
wear perfume or use scented candles or incense when I work with hypnotherapy
clients. Olfaction (sense of smell) is one of the most powerful triggers of
memory and strong, pervasive emotional associations. As I explained in my
previous blog titled Anchors,
the mind creates a subconscious link or “anchor” between the scent a person
perceives and whatever is going on in his or her life at that moment. Even
though the details of a specific event will likely fade from the conscious mind
over time, exposure to a scent or odor can trigger an unexpected memory that
the subconscious mind associates with that moment in time.
Part
of my work as their hypnotherapist entails helping my clients to create new,
positive associations that will facilitate the achievement of their
self-improvement goals. Therefore, it is important that minimize the
possibility that something about me will unintentionally
create or trigger a subconscious association between me and a previous,
unwanted behavior that could impede the therapeutic process.
Sara R. Fogan,
C.Ht. is a certified hypnotherapist based in Southern California.
She graduated with honors from the Hypnosis Motivation Institute in 2005. In July 2019 and
in September 2020 she was voted the Best Hypnotherapist in Santa Clarita,
California. For more information about Calminsense Hypnotherapy® and to set up
an appointment, please visit http://www.calminsensehypnotherapy.com/.
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Hi, there. I am Tom Neil and I want to describe how life had been for my younger brother living with schizophrenia and how he had been permanently able to overcome this debilitating ailment via a naturopathic, herbal method.
ReplyDeleteMaicon - my kid brother was twenty years old when he was brought to the emergency room by the campus police of the college from which he had been suspended several months ago. A professor had called and reported that he had walked into his classroom, accused him of taking his tuition money, and refused to leave.
Although he had much academic success as a teenager, his behavior had become increasingly odd during the past year. He quit seeing his friends and no longer seemed to care about his appearance or social pursuits. He began wearing the same clothes each day and seldom bathed. He lived with several family members but rarely spoke to any of them. When he did talk to them, he said he had found clues that his college was just a front for an organized crime operation. He had been suspended from college because of missing many classes. My sister said that she had often seen him mumbling quietly to himself and at times he seemed to be talking to people who were not there. He would emerge from my room and ask my family to be quiet even when they were not making any noise.
My father and sister told the staff that Maicon's great-grandmother had had a serious illness and had lived for 30 years in a state hospital, which they believed was a mental hospital. Our mother left the family when Maicon was very young. She has been out of touch with us, and they thought she might have been treated for mental health problems.
Maicon agreed to sign himself into the psychiatric unit for treatment. The whole family except I had agreed to have Maicon transferred to a mental asylum. I knew inwardly there was still some plausible means by which my kid brother could overcome this condition. I knew botanical means of treatment will be more favorable than any other type of treatment, and as such, I had taken a keen interest in the research of naturopathic alternative measures suitable for the treatment of schizophrenia. I had pleaded for some little patience from the family in the delay of the transfer, I was looking forward to proving a point to the entire family, of a positive botanical remedy for this condition.
It was during my ceaseless search on the internet I had been fortunate enough to come across Dr. Utu Herbal Cure: an African herbalist and witch doctor whose professional works had majored on the eradication of certain viral conditions, especially schizophrenia, ( improving the memory capacity positively), via a traditional, naturopathic process and distinguished diet plan. It was by the administration of this herbal specialist that my brother had been able to improve his condition for better.
Before the naturopathic remedy - Maicon's story had reflected a common case, in which a high-functioning young adult goes through a major decline in day-to-day skills. Although family and friends may feel this is a loss of the person they knew, the illness can be treated and a good outcome is possible.
My brother Maicon is just like many other patients out there suffering from this disease. Although he was able to overcome this condition via a naturopathic herbal remedy administered by this African herbal physician and saved completely thus, rekindling the lost joy which had been experienced by the family members.
I wish to use this opportunity to reach across to anyone who may happen to be diagnosed with this disastrous condition to spread the hope of an everlasting herbal remedy that is capable of imposing a permanent end to this disease.
For more information concerning this naturopathic herbal remedy, feel free to contact this African herbal practitioner via email:
drutuherbalcure@gmail.com