Tri-State Hypnosis Center

Many times when clients walk into my office they say: "I've tried everything, affirmations, meditation, CDs, and nothing works." For most of their life they have been taught that repetition is the best way to learn. Even though repetition works well as a learning tool it is by definition a tedious process. The number one reason that people choose to use hypnosis to make changes in their life is speed.

It is easily understood that the faster you change a habit the faster the new habit can become a natural part of your life. The difference between repetition and most hypnotic processes is that hypnosis engages both parts of the mind - the conscious and the subconscious - simultaneously, as well as the left and right hemisphere of the brain, which is commonly overlooked. The findings of modern research indicate that each hemisphere of the brain tends to specialize in and preside over different functions, processes different kinds of information, and deals with different kinds of problems.

An example of these differences is that the left hemisphere uses logic and reason, the right uses intuition and emotion. The left thinks in words and the right thinks in pictures. The left thinks sequentially and the right things holistically. The left is controlled and orderly and the right is spontaneous and free. Although we are born with a natural ability to operate simultaneously out of both sides of the brain, our life experiences often trigger dominance of one side over the other when we are responding to specific situations. The more emotionally charged (traumatic) the experience is, the more likely the conclusion of that event will be stored in one or the other hemisphere for future reference and the more likely you will automatically over-identify with that one hemisphere of the brain when faced with similar life experiences in the future.

By now you're probably saying, "So what". What does that have to do with me changing my habits? My answer to this is that here lies the magic of hypnosis. In order to change a habit it is imperative that you address the belief assigned to that habit. A common belief that a smoker holds is that smoking relaxes them. We know from all studies that the effects of nicotine and the other chemicals associated with smoking are not relaxing. In fact in most cases those chemicals do just the opposite. But because the smoker has this belief the results are a mental experience of relaxation even though the physical body is in turmoil. This is commonly described as the placebo effect.

By learning to directly access the subconscious mind, negative beliefs that sabotage behaviors and wellness can be changed into beliefs that support them. If smokers establish a new belief that every time they breathe in the smoke from a cigarette, they are poisoning their bodies they will begin to feel all the ill effects of that action. As most smokers will attest when they first tried to start smoking they felt those ill effects. Because it was their desire to become a smoker, for what ever reason, they established beliefs that would support that desire.

So when you engage the whole brain, left and right, you address all aspects pertaining to the beliefs associated with the habit. You address the belief or the reason for smoking in the left hemisphere and you address the belief about how it makes you feel in the right hemisphere. This creates a balance, so you no longer have conflicting beliefs that sabotage your desire for change. These principles are not limited to just physical habits. Hypnosis is also used to change habits of thought that create stress, fears, guilt, jealousy, and the list goes on and on. Intentionally engaging and modifying your beliefs gives you more choices, having more choices will release you from being trapped in a singular response to any event.

All too often you will, while attempting to change a negative habit, become more focused on what you don't want to happen. It is often said that if you don't know where you're going, how will you know when you arrive? This is also true when you're giving directions to your subconscious mind. Most processes simply focus on getting rid of a problem. That is like hiring a painter to paint the walls in your house and then telling him what color you don't want. Think of the amount of time that you would have to spend telling that painter all the colors that you don't want just to get to the one color that you do want. You can easily see that it would be much simpler to tell the painter the one color that you do want, first. That is exactly what the hypnotherapeutic process called "The Hall Thoughts ™" does. This revolutionary process not only gives precise directions for change, but also addresses any beliefs stored in the subconscious mind contrary to the desired change.

It doesn't end there. There has been much research done on the physical consequences of our thoughts. A brilliant cell biologist by the name of Dr. Bruce H. Lipton has been studying and providing scientific proof that all the cells of your body are affected by your thoughts. To better understand this process, I would recommend reading his book "The Biology of Belief". If you truly want your life to change and you want those changes to be fast and permanent then there's no better way than to learn how to correctly communicate with you subconscious mind through hypnosis.

About the author: William L Molitor BCH, CI, is a Board Certified Hypnotist, Hypnosis Instructor, Hypnotherapist, and the Director of the Tri-State Hypnosis Center an Ohio State Registered School for Hypnosis and Advanced Hypnotherapy Training located in Cincinnati Ohio. He is certified by and is a member of the National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH). For more information or to contact William Molitor call (513)943-1444 or email william@tri-statehypnosis.com

The title of this article may suggest that hypnosis is magic. Depending on your definition of magic, it could be. However, most definitions of magic include the word "supernatural" or imply that magic is "supernatural"; the fact that Hypnosis is 100% natural, however, rules out the suggestion of magic, entirely. You could, with some imagination, compare a hypnotic script to a spell that was used in the Harry Potter movies. The spell I am referring to was a simple charm requiring the person casting it to visualize his or her worst fear in an amusing form while reciting the incantation "Riddikulus" (ridiculous). The results were that their minds did not create any fear as long as they were thinking and visualizing something amusing.

Fear covers a wide variety of issues that I personally find rewarding to work with for the simple reason that when someone is able to release a life long fear in just a matter of a couple of hypnosis sessions it has a profound effect on many areas of their life.

Often, during the course of a pre-interview a client will say that the feeling of fear that he/she describes as panic attacks or anxiety attacks makes him/her feel as if their feelings have taken control over their rational thinking mind as well as their physical body. In some ways this is true. When the mind creates a thought that results in the belief that there is a threat it will leap into action. This action will quickly override the rational thinking process and, if left unchecked, can create havoc in ones' life.

I have seen what has been described by many as miraculous changes in fear responses with the proper use of hypnosis. When someone who has been dealing with a specific fear that has plagued him/her for most or all of their life, such as a fear of spiders, can with one or two hypnosis sessions remove all ill reaction to a spider crawling on their arm, he/she would call that miraculous. To be able to fly in an airplane after suffering from a debilitative "fear of flying" for years, this also would be called miraculous. I could continue, but the truth is that nearly anyone suffering from fears or phobias can change that suffering with the proper use of hypnosis.

Imagine being able to go anywhere that you want, be around anything, anytime free of the feelings of unexplainable fear. For many this would be a dream come true. Scientific research has proven beyond a doubt that stress created by fear can have many detrimental effects on your health. So let’s look at some of the things that you can do to improve your life using the power of your own mind.

Many fears are the results of habitual thoughts. Habits are thoughts that have been repeated enough times to become automatic. Imagine if you were able to change any thought that created an unwanted habit. You could change the way you eat, you could alleviate fears and phobias, decrease stress, even improve your sports performance. These are just some of the every day issues that people use hypnosis for.

One way that you can improve your life quickly is to learn about your self talk. This is, in my opinion, the most critical skill that you should focus on. It is not difficult to master and has immediate positive results. All professional hypnotists know the strength of self talk and apply this knowledge in what is commonly known as hypnotic scripts. The real difference between a good hypnotist and a great hypnotist is the ability to introduce strong positive self talk to the subconscious mind of his/her clients.

Self talk is a program that you are running about yourself, and it comes primarily from the subconscious part of your mind. Some fears are adopted or inherited. They can come from your family, friends or even social groups such as schools and churches. You may have been told about how scary a snake is or witnessed someone else’s response to seeing a snake and accepted that response and began to use it automatically. This adopted response was not based on your own logic but simply based on an observation. The more times that you respond in this automatic way, the stronger the habitual response becomes. Many of these automatically learned responses are learned at a subconscious level - meaning you may not have any conscious recollection of receiving the information or of formulating a course of action.

This can be the same with a professional hypnosis session. You naturally go in out of the various hypnotic states or levels throughout your entire life. While in these natural hypnotic states the conscious mind is “by-passed”; this is part of the definition of Hypnosis: “the by-passing of the critical faculty of the conscious mind”, and is why hypnosis is so successful in dealing with fears.

Other fear responses are the results of personal experiences. This is where hypnosis can help with what is commonly referred to as panic or anxiety attacks. I will use a common example of a fear of driving to help explain this. The first time that you experience the physical feelings of unexplained fear and or anxiety you may have been driving on a highway. The thoughts that created the fear could have absolutely nothing to do with what you where actually doing but the conscious mind not knowing that the fear response was coming from the subconscious at the time of the experience may assume that it had to do with driving or highways or both. A new fear is born that has no conscious logical explanation.

Learning to consciously choose your thoughts and create positive self talk is vital in overcoming fears that are not based in logic. You don't need a magic wand or magic potions. You already have everything you need and hypnosis is 100% natural.

Some time it seems as if the music in your life is just not playing the songs you want to hear. The good news is the music that you want to hear is always playing; you need only to be tuned into the right frequency (frame of mind) to hear it.

I can already here you asking the question “how do I do that?” The answer is: You look for the things in your life that create the music you want to hear. To often things that are unwanted in your life have your full attention resulting in sad songs that bring you down. If you where to make a conscious effort to find the good things in and around your life the music would change and you will find yourself singing along with a tune that uplifts and inspires you.

Again with the question “how do I do that?” Well, let me give you a few ways that are easy and that you can do right away. Let’s start with what you are watching on TV for entertainment. Take a few minutes and ask yourself if the programs that you watch make you feel happy or sad. Do they create mental stress such as worry, fear or sadness and focus on the bad in people or do the make you smile and inspire you to see the goodness in people.

Let me give you an example. I had just finished a day of work, I was feeling really good, I had a great meal with my wife and two teenage daughters and thought I would relax and enjoy something on TV. As I was surfing through the channels I came across what is called a reality TV show. It was new to me so I decided to check it out. The show was about a group of people living and interacting together in a large house somewhere in southern California. After about ten minutes of watching these young adults I noticed that I felt totally frustrated. They where verbally stabbing each other in the back, plotting to break up each others relationships and constantly complaining about how they were being miss-treated by someone else in the group. I turned off the Television and sat there for a moment evaluating how I was feeling. I discovered is that great feeling that I had sat down with just ten minutes earlier was gone. It was replaced with a feeling of anger, sadness, and stress. I felt worn out.

So what happened? I knew that this was a group of people being paid to do the things that they where doing to create this show, but that did not change the fact that my mind became engaged in what was going on at a subconscious level. As these actors did these hatful things my mind would associate their actions to memories that are stored in my subconscious mind of other events or information that I had gathered throughout my life. This association would trigger the emotion appropriate to the thought. That emotion in turn would create a physical response that changed my whole self, physically, mentally as well as emotionally. In just a short time I had transformed a healthy happy body and mind into one that was stressed and sad.

I am not making a judgment about the show. I know it is simply about the network ratings and everyone knows that emotions are the biggest hook for ratings. What I am pointing out is that when you choose to put your attention onto something that creates negative feelings you will experience those negative feelings both mentally and physically. This is not limited to what you are watching but what you are listening to and thinking about, as well.

So the fastest and easiest way to feel healthy and happy is to consciously tune into the thoughts that provide those feelings. As you do this you will find that you will begin to choose to do other things that promote those happy feelings.

So don't let this spring pass you by with a sad song. Change the channel. Tune into the thoughts that are playing the music that is happy, energetic and exciting to you. Then sing along, dance along, get into your music and experience the health and happiness that is just waiting inside of your thoughts.

Mind control is what Tri-StateHypnosisCenterin CincinnatiOhiois all about. Learning how you can control your thoughts through the use of hypnosis enables rapid and permanent changes in your life.

As a Board Certified Hypnotist and Hypnosis Instructor, I use hypnosis in my practice as well as teach hypnosis and self hypnosis to my clients and students. I teach a very specific type of "mind control". It is a self empowering process in that you, the individual, are in complete control of your thoughts. When you learn to control your thoughts through hypnosis, you become "self" empowered not under the control of anyone or thing but rather in control. Fears, phobias and anxiety can disappear and be replaced with confidence, high self-esteem and self motivation. Old self defeating habits such as poor eating habits, smoking and nail biting can be modified or released completely, quickly and safely.

This type of mind control is not a demanding or commanding approach but rather a practice of free will. By becoming self empowered and choosing the thoughts that promote health and happiness you begin to make the choices and the changes in your life that reflect those thoughts. You begin to discover the true strength and the meaning of "will power" or even the over used term "law of attraction".

The hypnotic mind control that you can learn through the use of hypnosis and self-hypnosis is a drug free, non intrusive method that inspires you to be in control of your life, beginning with your own thoughts. The use of hypnosis has been documented for many years without a single case where hypnosis has been found to be harmful. Hypnosis, however, has been found to be very effective for weight control, pain management, smoking cessations, releasing fears and the relief from stress and anxiety, just to name a few.

At our Ohio State Registered School for Hypnosis we teach other professionals all around the country such as Psychotherapists, Licensed Social Workers, Psychologists and Doctors (PhD) how to utilize this self-empowered mind control called hypnosis in their private practices. I also teach a hypnosis certification course for those individuals who wish to learn how to use hypnosis for themselves or to start a business of their own. The understanding and the ability to use this safe and naturally occurring trance state to encourage productive changes within any individual has been shown to be quite astounding. Life long habits have disappeared in as little as one hypnosis session; fears have been dissolved just as quickly. Medical reports have shown that with the proper use of hypnosis patient recovery times from surgical procedures are shorter and with less pain experienced.

The idea that a hypnotist is somehow using a controlling type of mind control on their clients has always been a concern for people who consider using hypnosis. This comes mainly from the Hollywood versions of hypnosis that most people are familiar with. The truth is that being in a hypnotic trance state is considered a heightened state of awareness and therefore affords the individual in this state access to increased personal vigilance. Now, we all know this would never sell movies, but in reality hypnosis sells personal success and achievement.

Learning how to control your mind to reach your goals successfully is priceless. Everyone who has ever accomplished anything with high achievements has mastered this type of mind control on some level. Pro-athletes, top salespersons, lawyers, doctors, Moms, Dads and students can all benefit from understanding the influence of hypnosis as a self-empowering mind control technique that anyone can use.

As the last icy reminders of winter melt away and the warmth of the spring sun begins to turn your thoughts to new beginnings and fresh starts, make it a goal of yours to be in control.

Just as spring brings new life and energy to the earth, it is also a great time to refresh your self image; it is the right time to energize your life with a positive feeling of self worth.

Your self image is an important part of any change that you desire to make. Whether you want to lose weight, stop smoking, or improve your mental or physical wellbeing, how you picture yourself at the subconscious level is very important.

To fully understand the concept of self image you must first understand what self image is. Many people believe that self image is how they see themselves if they close their eyes and imagine looking at themselves in a mirror. What is reflected back to them is believed to be their self image. In a very small part this is true. In the larger picture self image is much more.

Your self image includes how you see your physical self, and how you feel emotionally about what you see. It also includes your beliefs about who you are and how you perceive how others see you. The sum total of all these things is your “self image”. It is important to note here that self image is a judgment not a fact.
Because self image is a judgment it can be molded into what ever you want. You are actually in control of how you perceive yourself. There are many circumstances that contribute to how you perceive yourself, but they do not change the fact that you still get to chose how you feel about yourself. The choices that you make about your self image will directly affect your life.

Let’s explore some ways to refresh and energize your self image. First, you can begin by practicing positive self talk. Make it a goal to say something positive about your self at least three times a day. This can be something as simple as saying; I am happy, healthy, smart, beautiful, or any other positive thoughts. As you say these things to yourself you are planting a seed of self-love in your subconscious mind. This seed will be nourished and grow each time it is reinforced with another positive thought. This self–love seed that you plant and nourish will grow and spread into every part of your life. This love plant will create a beautiful, calm and peaceful energy within you. Write these positive phrases down and stick them on your refrigerator, bathroom mirror, car or anywhere that will remind you throughout the day to say them.

Another way to refresh and energize your self image is to look into a mirror and while gazing into your eyes smile and say “I love you”. We look at our reflection in a mirror everyday at some point. This is a great opportunity to stop, smile and improve our self image. It takes only a moment but it can create a lifetime of improvement.

Other ways to improve self image is to pamper yourself, or treat yourself to something you desire. This sends the signal that you are important and lovable. It could be a spa treatment, a movie, special dinner or even a walk through your favorite park. Anything that you do with the intent to feel good will improve your self image, therefore improving how you feel.

To make this process work correctly you must make a point to be clear in your mind that you are doing this for you. Do not do things such as take a walk in your favorite park because your dog needs to go out, or have a special dinner because someone asked you out and you said yes. Make this time special for you and you alone. That doesn’t mean you can not share this time with another person, it means to be clear in your mind, this event is your time. This will help insure that the place in your mind where you plant the fertile seed of wellbeing is receptive.
As you begin to do these special little things for yourself you will begin to create a fresh new self image. You will begin to notice things such as a higher energy level; you will become more relaxed, less easily agitated or upset. This occurs naturally because you will be sending the signal to yourself that all is well. When you notice these positive things, take a moment and say “I feel great” this will ensure that the roots of your self-love will grow deep and strong.

A good Self hypnosis program such as 7th PATH will greatly increase the probability of your success in making any change that you desire become a reality.
So create that garden of happiness in yourself right now. Take a deep breath and as you exhale smile and say “I feel great!”

About the author: William L Molitor. is a Certified Professional Hypnosis Instructor (CPHI) as well as a Certified Hypnotherapist, Inspirational Speaker, Author, and director of the East-West Holistic Institute in Cincinnati Ohio. He is certified by and is a member of the National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH). For more information about his services contact: 513.943-1444

Once again it is that time of year that you find yourself looking forward to what summer represents to millions of people world wide. It is a time to shake off the winter blues and enjoy the relaxing and healthy summer days.

A summer 2002 survey of 1000 Americans by the Gallup organization found that most people return from vacation more stressed then when they left. According to the American Institute of Stress, stress is the number one health problem in America. It is estimated that between 75 and 90 percent of visits to primary care doctors are because of stress related issues.

It can be hard to define exactly what stress feels or looks like, because it can have different symptoms in different people. Some of the typical symptoms of stress are anxiety, insomnia, stomach problems, pain, headaches, high blood pressure, relationship problems, shortness of breath, stiff neck and weight gain or weight loss.

The management of the symptoms that stress causes is often the common response or treatment given for stress. This is definitely not a complete stress management program and can in itself be a cause for increased stress levels. Hypnosis on the other hand deals with the subconscious reasons for why you are stressed and can help you rapidly change your reactions to the stressors in your life. Not only can hypnosis help you better deal with stress mentally but you will also benefit from increased physical relaxation created by this mental change. Hypnosis helps you develop new ways to manage the naturally occurring physical responses to stress, and can help in maintaining healthy levels of stress in the future.

The first step in managing your stress is to realize when you are feeling stressed. For many people stress is such a regular part of your life that you don't even realize it. Feeling pain or tension, or any of the other symptoms of stress becomes something you don't even question, normally because it has become so common of a feeling and has built up gradually over time.

The second step in managing stress is doing something about your stress. It is often not an option to completely avoid the situations that cause you stress, but you can always choose to change how you think about the situations. This is where hypnosis can play an enormous part in managing your stress.

Stress management hypnosis works by changing how you mentally and physically react to certain situations, this helps you deal with stress in a healthier way. With hypnosis you can re-program your subconscious mind and teach yourself new and improved responses to every day stressors. These new ways to respond to any given stressful situation will soon become as natural to you as your old unhealthy responses were, however the new responses will be creating better health.

Stress management hypnosis can help you get your stress under control quickly and effectively. Nobody's life is completely stress free, but you can learn to deal with stress inducing situates in more a constructive way so that it no longer deteriorates the quality your of life.

One benefit of using hypnosis in stress management comes from being able to achieve a deeper condition of physically relaxation that is self induced. Most of my clients report that after their first session they feel more relaxed than they have at any other time in their life. Relaxation is a byproduct of being in the hypnotic state. For most people learning that they can in fact create this wonderfully relaxed condition on their own is a powerful stress management tool in itself.

Other benefits come from the suggestions given during the hypnosis session by the Hypnotherapist. Depending on your circumstances, needs, and types of stress, you and your hypnotherapist will address the necessary issues during the pre-hypnosis interview. The new way of mentally dealing with the stress producing events in your life are given as a hypnotic suggestion. These suggestions will allow you to rapidly change the way the events affect you now and in the future.

If you've never used hypnosis before, I would strongly suggest starting with the help of a professional Hypnotherapist. Being able to effectively use self-hypnosis takes time and practice. A professional Hypnotherapist should not only perform hypnosis, but also be willing to teach you how to successfully use self-hypnosis in the future.

Self-hypnosis and Hypnotherapy are drug free and non-intrusive ways to balance stress. No matter where you are or what you are doing you can benefit from use of hypnosis to assist in controlling your level of stress. The results of using hypnosis can have a lasting effect on how stress will impact your health now and in the future. So this summer give yourself the gift of mental and physical tranquility. Call the Tri-State Hypnosis Center at (513) 943-1444 for more information about how hypnosis can help you.

About the author: William L Molitor CI, C.H is a Certified Hypnotherapist, Professional Hypnosis Instructor for the National Guild of Hypnotist, and Director of the Ohio State Registered School for Hypnosis and Advanced Hypnotherapy Training "Tri-State Hypnosis Center located in Cincinnati Ohio. He is certified by and is a member of the National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH).

Summer is the time for relaxing and enjoying all the great things that good weather brings. It is time to be with family or friends as well as by yourself. Whether you are hiking, swimming or just hanging out in the park, how much you are enjoying yourself will depend on how you feel about what you are thinking.

All too often when you take time to relax physically you overlook the most important aspect of true relaxation, and that would be your thoughts. I have written many articles on the benefits of hypnosis and self-hypnosis when dealing with issues such as stress, weight control and even pain management just to mention a few. All of the fore mentioned topics have one thing in common, and that is that nothing can or will improve without first improving how you feel about those issues.

Over the last couple of years you have been flooded by an enormous amount of information about getting what you want by changing how you think. Unfortunately, the majority of that information is cryptic in nature and has been put to the public more as a way to sell a product or service. Now, there is nothing wrong with advertising or selling products and services. I make a living by doing all of the above. I hope this article will clear up some of the "instant manifestation" confusion and point you in the direction to create a habit of choosing good feeling thoughts.

It has been said that if you think about something long and hard enough it will come to you like asking a magical Genie for one of your three wishes. This is only one part of the equation. The other part includes your feelings, or better stated your emotions, which are the real fuel to making positive changes in your life. You have to feel good about what you are thinking about.

Some of the old programming from your youth or even from today's social influences may be keeping you from feeling good about what you wish for. These old programs run in the part of your mind that you are not consciously aware of. That part of your mind is commonly referred to as the sub-conscious mind. By using hypnosis or learning self-hypnosis techniques you can access that part of your mind and literally re-program yourself for success. This can be even more effectively accomplished with the help of a certified Hypnotherapist.

The next time you are relaxing spend a few minutes and pay attention to how you feel about what you are thinking. You may be trying to solve a new problem or unresolved issues. You may find you thoughts going back to an argument that you had with someone. You may be planning an upcoming event and your mind keeps going to all the problems that may occur with this event. By the time you are done thinking about it you feel depleted and discouraged. This is normally the cyclic thinking that keeps you from truly enjoying a good relaxing moment.

So how you can change your habitual thinking in a way that promotes a healthy mind and body? By spending a little effort to become aware of which thoughts are motivating you and which are not. The thoughts that feel the best to you are the healthiest. Thoughts that are most agonizing keep you locked in a pattern of re-thinking them over and over and are unhealthy.

This pattern of unhealthy thinking keeps you stuck in the negative feelings that are associated with the problem. These feelings could be anger, depression, boredom, loneliness, and even frustration. None of these feeling are favorable to your physical relaxation. Therefore you should attempt to change from this way of habitual thinking as often as possible. By learning self-hypnosis you begin to be more selective about your thoughts. When you repeatedly choose thoughts that feel better when you think them you create a new thinking habit. When that occurs you will truly discover the real meaning of the "Law of Attraction": you will find out how it feels to relax both mentally and physically. Solutions to difficult issues seem to miraculously come to you. Physical issues that where stress related begin to diminish and can even disappear altogether.

So this summer give yourself the gift of true relaxation. Start by paying attention to what you are thinking when you want to relax. If you discover that your thoughts are not relaxing then purposely change them to another topic. You can do this by using your imagination. Begin to imagine things the way you want them to be i.e. the way you prefer to feel about them.

For more information about Hypnosis and Self Hypnosis visit our website tri-statehypnosis.com or call and speak to a certified Hypnotherapist at (513) 943-1444

About the author: William L Molitor CPHI, C.H is a Certified Hypnotherapist, Professional Hypnosis Instructor for the National Guild of Hypnotist, and Director of the Ohio State Registered School for Hypnosis Certification, "Tri-State Hypnosis Center" located in Cincinnati Ohio. He is certified by and is a member of the National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH).

Everyone regresses naturally as they think back to an event that happened in their past, i.e. a past vacation, wedding or graduation or simply recalling a phone number or address. These naturally occurring regressions are the results of the conscious mind scanning for information that is stored in your mental data bank. These scans are done everyday by everyone on the planet. It is normal to regress - it is called 'remembering'.

All of the information, including any event and the emotional charge associated with that event that you have ever encountered is stored in your memory, often referred to as the subconscious mind. That is why dwelling on a past event can either bring you down and affect your health in a negative manner or energize you and have a positive affect on your health. The world famous Biologist Bruce H. Lipton, PhD, formally of Stanford University, describes this as "cellular memory". There are some past events in your life that are not so easily recalled while you are in a normal waking state. These events are buried below your conscious awareness and stored deeply in the subconscious part of your mind.

When a person has an issue that they cannot solve through ordinary means they will often say, "I know the answer is buried deep inside of me, but I just cannot seem to bring it up". This is when Hypnosis becomes a very useful tool. Because of the nature of hypnotic intervention it is imperative that the Hypnotist be well trained in all of the dimensions of Hypnotic Regression.

Clients, during a hypnotic regression, which is often referred to as "age regression", will go into their mental data banks to events in this life time - somewhere between conception and the present to find the source of the issue that they wish to deal with, generally referred to as an initial sensitizing event (ISE). Hypnotic age regression is a method whereas a hypnotist assists a person into a deep hypnotic trance state for the purpose of self-discovery, transformation, behavioral or emotional change. This hypnotic process promotes an understanding and meaningful change in matters that affect a person's daily life. It is by far the best way to effect permanent change and free oneself from old warn-out ideas, beliefs, and patterns. Further benefits are that the clients have the opportunity to own the experience of the changes and can decide what may need to be done in their live to let go of any negative emotions that are connected with past event(s). They are then free to decide how to live their life differently from that moment on. It can also be an important tool for spiritual awakening.

Other clients go back even further in their soul's journey. This is commonly referred to as "Past-Life Regression". Past-life regression often stimulates memories and emotions connected with previous lives that continue to influence the current life. It is totally in the unconscious part of the mind. In bringing these hidden influences into awareness it is once again possible to free one self from old warn-out ideas, beliefs, and patterns. Again, freedom of choice is the outcome.

Life-Between-Life Regression is a journey following death into the realm where the sacred-self travels once it is free of the human body. It is a place of renewal and learning for the soul. It is where the soul decides what lessons are needed to work on the next time it incarnates into a new body. This is fascinating work; because it often tells the client why a particular set of circumstances is happening in their current life. Again it is a very freeing experience once the understanding and healing has happened.

When the time in your life comes to seek out a Hypnotist, remember to enquire whether or not the hypnotist that you choose is professionally trained in hypnotic age regression. Regression is a normal part of everyday life and when enhanced by professional hypnosis can become a powerful tool for self-improvement at any level.

About the author: William L Molitor BCH, CI, CH, is a Board Certified Hypnotist, Hypnosis Instructor, Hypnotherapist, and the Director of the Tri-State Hypnosis Center an Ohio State Registered School for Hypnosis and Advanced Hypnotherapy Training located in Cincinnati Ohio. He is certified by and is a member of the National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH). For more information or to contact William Molitor call (513)943-1444 or email william@tri-statehypnosis.com

[i]Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D. Hay House, 2005.

It Doesn't Matter What You Say...

...... It matters how you say it

Many people, like you, are thinking about making personal changes this time of year. Some of you will try to make the changes that you want in your life by doing the same old thing that failed last year. That is because you are trying to use your conscious mind to change something that is really in the subconscious part of the mind. Others will look for and find new ways to attempt to make permanent changes.

For those of you that have read my articles in the past or other articles written by those who make a living teaching people how to be successful in creating positive life changes easily would have noticed that the above paragraph is loaded with “failure words”. Often these failure words are very common in your everyday way of speaking and you are unaware of the negative effects that they have. You are always listening. You listen to others but more importantly you listen to yourselves.

One of the first things that I do with any new client is listen to what words they are speaking. No one ever walks into my office, sits in the chair and starts with hypnosis. This is because without knowing what they are saying to me I would not know what they are saying to themselves. If they are saying that they TRIED to, or CAN'T lose weight or stop smoking they are hearing an acknowledgment of a truth about themselves. These truths are not in line with what they want nor are they necessarily true. The subconscious mind does not care about truth, it simple responds with information regarding the thought that you are having. If you say you can not do something, your subconscious mind will gather the information stored that will support that thought. If you say that you can do something, the exact same thing will occur. Your mind will supply you with the information available to support that idea.

By now you are asking "So what?", or maybe you are saying "But it is true, I have tried and the result was failure". I would reply that you tried but you did not "do it". Not wanting to sound like a Nike commercial, there is an enormous difference between trying to do something and doing it. Everything that you do begins with a thought. Picking the best thoughts that support what you want will make the difference between changing easily and failing miserably.

I can not explain in detail in one article exactly how hypnosis greatly improves your ability to make positive changes but let me give you an easy example.

Let's say you have decided that you wished to change a habit like smoking. Most of you will say that on a certain date you will stop smoking. If you say you will stop smoking your mind will begin to bring forth all the information that surrounds that idea of "stop smoking". That information will have all your past failures (if there are any) or even information that you have obtained from hearing about other peoples failures. This includes all the feelings that you have experienced when you tried to quit in the past, as well as all the nonsense that you have learned by listening to others such as being addicted, hooked, having withdrawals, gaining weight and on and on. However, if you deliberately create a new thought by using hypnosis, which bypasses the critical thinking of the conscious mind and allows new thoughts to be recorded with out all the negative information being attached, you now have a new thought that will cause the subconscious mind to bring forth all the thoughts that support the change you want, as opposed to the thoughts that support failure of that change.

Now keep in mind that this is a simplified explanation of why hypnosis has been proven to be a very successful method to create positive habits that replace old bad habits. The same process is often used for removing fears, relieving anxiety, controlling pain, changing eating habits, improving sleep, increasing motivation and even enhancing sports performance.

The bottom line is: It is important to listen to what you are saying to yourself because your subconscious mind is always listening and responding to what it hears. In order to make the changes in your life that you want you would be wise to change the way you are asking for those changes.

To learn more about the many ways hypnosis can help change your life or to discover how you can learn to become a hypnotist feel free to visit my website at www.tri-statehypnosis.com or call me at (513) 943-1444.

Uncovering the infinite source of personal drive that you call motivation may be only a thought away. Hypnosis is a tested and proven successful approach for tapping into that source of power for centuries.

In all areas of your life, be it sports, business, careers, etc, the most successful people are often the most motivated. There are many theories of how we can develop self motivation, but one theory that seems beyond doubt is that first we need goals. A person with well thought out goals is like a coiled spring, ready for action. Having no established goals or weak goals generally means that the actions that are taken towards the positive changes that you desire are counterproductive, unsustainable, and normally this will translates into failure.

If you feel you need to constantly find ways to motivate yourself then it's likely that your goals are not well enough defined. A goal of becoming more motivated is not good enough. If you have a goal of achieving something specific in your life that has a perceived rewarding outcome then the motivation to do the actions necessary will be there. It is essential that the end product of any goal be rewarding on a personal level.

Hypnosis has helped many people to overcome procrastination, mental blocks and to develop strong self-motivation skills. It helps on a very deep level by assisting you in redefining the way you think about yourself and what you believe you can achieve.

With student motivation, hypnosis is used to discover thoughts that promote a suitable outcome and focus on studies and exams in a way that promotes a rewarding outcome rather than a painful process. This is how naturally successful students are able to virtually breeze through their studies. Using hypnosis to discover and set positive and rewarding study goals leads to more motivation as well as more productivity.

Weight management hypnosis is geared to modifying the thoughts influencing a person’s eating and exercise habits. Rather than focusing on the loss of weight or pounds, the Hypnotist assists you to learn to naturally focus on what you want and know why you want it, in other words discover the deeper goals. Lots of people set their goals as "weight loss" but what they are really wishing for is to look and feel better, in plain English they want to be happy and healthy. By defining and helping establish the proper desire behind each goal, hypnotists consistently have been able to see their clients achieve astounding results in weight management.

Hypnotism has seen a huge growth in sports both in the professional and lower competitive levels. Most sport psychologists use traditional hypnosis techniques in their sports motivation programs but sometimes they don't call it hypnosis. Many athletes have learned how to compete against more gifted competitors by learning to "wanting it more" and thereby taking the steps necessary to achieve their goals. Hypnosis has been used with Olympic athletes for quite some time; the Russian Olympic team had eleven full time hypnotherapists on their 1956 team.

Hypnosis is a great tool with teams or groups that share a common goal. There is nothing quite like a group of focused people working towards a shared goal. As stated earlier, if there are no goals or goals with a poorly defined reward then not much happens. Hypnosis is highly effective in group or teambuilding situations. It can help to clarify and formulate shared outcomes. In other words, it can help to create a vision

Remember, hypnosis is not about making you do something; it is more about helping you discover in your own mind a rewarding reason to do the things you want to do. Trying to physically force yourself to do something may create a subconscious resentment toward the very thing you are trying to achieve. With hypnosis you can not only discover any of the thoughts that may have been holding you back but you have the opportunity to quickly change them to beneficial and rewarding thoughts that create motivation. Willpower is not forceful; it is a thought process that everyone can tap into. Hypnosis can help you make changes in your thinking that creates positive motivation for your actions. Hypnosis is self-empowering and teaches you how to build on your own internal resources.

So this summer whether you wish to lose weight, improve you golf game, or simply feel good about doing the things that you have chosen to do, remember you will take no action without first thinking about it. If you are serious about what you are doing and you want to do it easier or better call your local hypnosis expert and tap into your unlimited resources. Reaching your goals could be only a thought away.

Do you feel like you are moving through your life in a daze, lacking motivation and enthusiasm? Have you ever looked back at the end of the day and realized that nothing you did inspired or motivated you? Have you ever become angry with someone or some event and then later wondered why you felt the way you did? If you have answered yes to any of these questions, then this article may be just what you're looking for to help you create a life that is more fulfilling, inspirational, or stimulating.

Very few people are truly aware of the thoughts that they have in their own minds. Most thinking is habitual, automatic and unconscious. When these habitual and unconscious thoughts are positive in nature the outcome is good. But if your habitual thoughts are negative, this can cause problems.

You can imagine your unchecked mind being like a small child who accepts and takes for granted everything he/she sees and hears without any critical thought. If you continue to allow your mind to work this way you will quickly become a slave to your reactions instead of a master of your actions.

Your subconscious mind is constantly flooded with ideas and information that come through all of your senses. This information can come from newspapers, TV as well as other people, and occurs whether you are aware of the process or not. If left unchecked this flood of information can easily become your way of thinking.

The information that is stored in your subconscious mind has a direct influence on your behavior in the form of actions and reactions. It influences your choices, as well as your likes and dislikes. In short, this means that you could actually be allowing outside influences to control you.

If you are like most people, you believe that your thoughts originate from your own mind. Have you ever considered how you determined your desires, likes and dislikes? Have you ever wondered why you like a certain car? Was it because someone told you it was fast, reliable and a good buy and you believed them? Or was it because you checked it out, drove it, or you compared its cost to other cars? Much of the information at the subconscious level is recorded and unconsciously accepted as your own. When you have made a decision that you trust someone or a certain source of information, then much of what you receive from that person or source will bypass the critical factor of your conscious mind and be recorded as fact. This is very much like what occurs in hypnosis: a competent professional hypnotist will introduce new information in the form of hypnotic suggestions. If these suggestions meet the criteria of safe and believable they will be recorded in the subconscious mind as fact and immediately begin to gather more information to support the new way of thinking creating rapid and often permanent changes.

An example of a common thought that creates problems in so many people is the thought that you have no "willpower". In nearly every case this thought was learned from someone or a source other than yourself. If the thought, that you have no willpower, goes unchecked it begins to wreak havoc in your life. The more your mind repeats this thought, the stronger it becomes until it quickly becomes a belief. Regardless of whether it is true or not, it will have no effect on the results that you experience. You then become enslaved to miss-information.

So by now you may have begun to see how your own thoughts could be enslaving you. When you allow other people's opinions and ideas, judgments and beliefs to enter your mind unchecked you are literally turning over the control of your life experience to other people.

Everyone has ambitions, desires and dreams that have been fostered from childhood. They may have come from a book that you read, a story that you heard, or even from a parent, a teacher or friend. The exact same source of influences can create fears, disabilities and self restrictions if accepted uncritically.

To reduce the power of outside influences and thoughts on your life you only need to become more aware, or conscious, of the thoughts and desires that you allow to become a fact in your mind. Begin to analyze your motives and actions and you will be surprised to find that many of them are actually controlled by outside influences.

The good news is that you do not have to accept each and every thought and idea that you receive. You can easily learn to check or analyze your motives and actions simply by conscious thinking. This means you take the time and think on purpose. You ask yourself whether you entertain certain thoughts and act and react a certain way because you decided to do so or because you automatically accepted outside influences.

Learn to be free, do not accept every thought that you encounter as true. Ask yourself first whether it is for your own good to follow that thought. This may be difficult to do on your own because of the many beliefs that will block the information necessary to support this change. This difficulty would explain why many people that chose to use hypnosis to make positive changes in their life have reported that it was unbelievably easy.

If you want to be the master of your mind and life, you should not let other people's thoughts, desires and motives rule your life, unless you consciously choose so.