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Are You a Coffee Addict?
Geoff had come to see me for help with depression, anxiety, and insomnia. Toward the end of the session, he casually mentioned: "Yeah, I love coffee; I drink twenty cups a day!"
“I can't be hypnotized - I'm too strong-willed!”
One thing I have noticed from my experience is that people who are able to direct powerful concentration are often better hypnotic subjects.
What You Need to Know About Panic Attacks and Anxiety
To treat anxiety, we align it rather than get rid of it altogether. We evolved to panic and feel fear, and these states are not 'diseases' - but we only need to have them when they are actually useful.
How to Stop Teeth Grinding
Teeth grinding used to really bug a pal of mine. He'd wake in the morning with an aching jaw, he'd catch himself grinding absentmindedly during the day, and pretty soon his teeth started to look like crumbling tombstones in a bad western movie.
How to Go Back to Sleep
Deep sleep is something we all need for physical and mental health. Here I want to discuss specific ideas to help you drift back off to sleep after night time awakening.
The Soul of a Shoe
A touching tale about truly understanding what life is like for others.
How Environmental Triggers Age You, Make You Dumber and Change How You See Other People
Environmental triggers influence people's behaviours and responses to a much greater extent than we realize.
7 Techniques for Overcoming Social Phobia
"I'm okay in a work context or when things are a bit more formal and organized, because I know what to talk about. But as soon as it's kind of unregulated - you know, just mixing with other people - I go to pieces. It's like I need a well-defined focus or I panic!"
Why Do We Dream?
The ground-breaking research of the eminent psychologist Joseph Griffin shows us, with the 'expectation fulfilment' understanding of dreams, what the brain is really doing while we sleep.
