Paul McKenna, hypnosis, NLP, and meridian tapping

Have you seen Paul McKenna and his weight loss techniques? It is hard not to with all the buzz he has been generating. All this positive new interest and information about hypnosis is a good thing, even though he has the same training as most practicing hypnotists.

I like his style. He is positive and empathetic. The only thing I don't do in my work is the food aversion part. I really like his FRIENDLY MIRROR Technique in the section called Your Perfect Body. Click on his name above to go to the page on his web site.


Here are Paul's Four Golden Rules (Follow link to Paul's web page.)

When you are hungry, eat.

Eat only what you want, never what you think you ‘should’.

Eat consciously and enjoy every mouthful.

When you think you are full, STOP eating.

"Eat whatever you want and still lose weight
"NO calorie counting, low carb or low fat
"Powerful motivation to exercise
"Overcome cravings
"No need to diet anymore
"Feel happy about the way you look
"Freedom from thinking about food all the time

"The natural design of the human body is to eat when we’re hungry and stop when we’re satisfied, but many of us are conditioned to eat until we think we’re full - or even worse, until whatever food we put on our plate is gone. When you’ve eaten enough, your stomach sends a signal – a sensation that says “I’m satisfied – that’s enough.” Most people experience this gentle, clear, satisfied sensation in their solar plexus (the area below your rib cage but above your stomach).

Of course, if you miss this warm feeling of satisfaction when it first occurs, you’ll notice that each subsequent bite of food becomes a little less enjoyable than the one before. The more you pay attention to it, the more obvious it becomes. If you are not sure whether you are full or not, just guess. You will soon find it becomes easier to tell."

I am never going to smoke again. Isn’t that wonderful?

Hypnosis is very effective for helping you to be free of smoking. Hypnosis develops and focuses our ability to visualize or imagine. With hypnosis, relaxation, visualization and powerful suggestion, change happens easily and effortlessly.

Now……Open your mind. In the correct frame of mind you will find it amazingly easy. Start right now and say, I am never going to smoke again. Isn’t that wonderful?

Smoking is a form of hypnosis that you used to practice. Now we will break the spell smoking used to have on you.

It is only the doubting and waiting and fear of failure that may make it difficult to quit. Begin to experience the different things you will begin to give yourself instead of having a smoke. You will focus on coming up with three things for each of the times you smoke and replacing cigarettes with new ways to give yourself those things.

Hypnosis can be a powerful tool to strengthen your motivation and dissolve the hold that your current "smoking triggers" have over you, in addition to dissolving cravings, and making the whole process easier and much more likely to succeed.

At least two sessions are recommended when you are becoming a non-smoker for life. You become a "non-smoker" after the first session. You don't have to worry about "cold turkey" because you will not have the desire to smoke after your session.

If you do run into a situation where you have the desire to smoke, we will use it to do specific work on that particular situation where you were "triggered". The follow up sessions work on dissolving the habits attached to smoking to be sure the emotional and physical "triggers" for smoking are all gone.

Most people do not smoke after one session. The first session is about experiencing the different things you will begin to give yourself instead of having a smoke. This isn’t about will power or character. This is about finding what works for you.

Out of the Trap, Alan Watts

An integrated person is one who feels all his emotions including guilt, anxiety, and fear and has no recrimination against himself for feeling them.

Richard Rorty

"A talent for speaking differently rather than arguing well is the chief instrument of change."