Ever since I trained as a hypnotherapist back in 2011 I have been fascinated by hypnosis.  I think it was one of the most useful and practical training courses that I have ever undertaken. How about you – do you understand and use self-hypnosis for your own benefit?  In this article I am going to explain my own experience using hypnosis and also introduce a video which explains what hypnosis is and how it works.

Weight loss

I have experienced the magic of hypnosis in my own life.  At one time I struggled with my weight to the point that I had given up in frustration on losing weight.  I simply could not control myself eating and ballooned to 113kgs!  When I undertook training on hypnosis I got my weight down to 86Kgs without much effort.  I actually enjoyed losing weight and lost weight so fast that people thought I was sick!  I felt great about myself and was full of energy and was so happy with my new slim build.

PhD

I also used self -hypnosis to help me attain my PhD in 2012.  Up to that point I had struggled in attaining my PhD.  However hypnosis again saved the day.  I visualised my own graduation day very vividly and captured the scene in vivid detail in a self -hypnosis audio I recorded.  From then on my graduation was inevitable.  When the big day finally came around it was as I had visualised it right down to the sights, sounds and smells.

Challenges to using self-hypnosis

I know what hypnosis is and how it works and I know that it is a very powerful tool for personal growth and change.  However I know that don’t use it enough in my own life.  I often ask myself why I don’t use self-hypnosis more.  I think it is because it takes time and effort to sit down and think about what it is that I actually want, visualise it in detail and then to record my own self-hypnosis audio.  The next challenge is to create the time to listen to the audio daily until the suggestions become absorbed by my sub-conscious mind.  Self-hypnosis is no quick fix.  It takes effort and self-knowledge and in today’s world we all want everything at the click of a button or to pop a pill to solve our problems instantly.  I need to resolve now to create more space in my day for my own self-hypnosis practice.

Learn more about Hypnosis

I hope that I have convinced you just how powerful and useful hypnosis is.  Would you like to learn more about what hypnosis is and how it works?  Please have a look at the above video which is a lecture taken from my course ‘Revinvent yourself – 30 Experiments in Personal Change’.  I hope you find the lecture helpful in explaining hypnosis.  Please feel free to share your comments/questions on the video.

Best wishes,

Tom