What is the cause of your weight issue?

You know so well that if you want to lose weight, you need to address all the issues around it.

Are you willing to change your lifestyle and create a healthy body now?

What is the cause of your weight issue? …

• Emotional stress, belief systems, identities

• Poor eating habits / Not enough nutrients / Food sensitivities

• Poor metabolism

• Stress causing Endocrine/Adrenal issues such as high cortisol

• Thyroid/Hormone issues

• Blood sugar / Diabetes / insulin resistance / hyperglycemia.

• Lack of Exercise

• Toxins stored in the adipose tissue/fat

• Poor digestion/elimination

Hypnosis helps you achieve and maintain your ideal healthy weight.

Hypnosis brings your subconscious into alignment with your goals and desires, and reprograms your unconscious. Put yourself into a state of strong, clear intentions to achieve your goal to incorporate new habits and achieve and maintain being your ideal healthy weight.
Learn to do what works for you. Hypnosis changes your mind so that, of course, you begin to pay more attention, to eat better, healthy food, get healthier and be healthier, and feel full of gratitude.

This weight loss approach is quite different than anything else. It's not about will power or self control or even calories. Hypnosis gives you the suggestions that there are no hunger or food cravings, no feelings of depravation, no depression, no fatigue. When old eating habits are set loose, you have increased energy.

Hypnosis allows you to maintain motivation, change eating habits, and change how you emotionally react to eating. Review, diffuse, and dissolve critical or judgmental thoughts, anxieties, or anything you feel uncertain about. As you normalize your relationship with food, you will eat a normal amount of food and will enjoy a feeling of being totally full and satisfied.

Correcting and rebalancing and resetting your metabolism, feel healthier and maintain your ideal, slim, strong, and healthy weight for your lifetime. Nourish your soul, satisfy your stomach, control your appetite and achieve optimal health.

Hypnosis will empower you to provide for yourself a way of living and eating that nourishes and heals your body at the deepest level. Hypnosis makes connections and allows your brain, your nervous system, hormones, immune system, your gut, your fat cells, and your appetite control system to communicate and work together now.

Imagine yourself at your goal weight. Slim, fit, strong, healthy and so happy. You shed unwanted pounds and maintain that weight loss by replacing negative old eating patterns and old stress patterns with new healthy, slimming eating habits now.

Imagine yourself sometime in the near future having gotten rid of all of the excess weight you no longer want or need and having lifelong healthy eating and living habits.

Hypnosis Improves Weight Loss Results

In a 9-week study of two weight management groups (one using hypnosis for weight loss and one not using hypnosis), the hypnosis for weight loss group continued to get results in the two-year follow-up, while the non-hypnosis group showed no further results (Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1985).

This study from the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology has proven that hypnosis improves your results both immediately and over the long term. In this study, dieters were divided into two groups, one group using hypnosis, the other not. The group who used hypnosis lost an average of 17 pounds. The group that didn't, lost an average of only 1/2 of a pound in the same time period.

The study found that adding hypnosis to a standard weight loss regime increased weight loss by an average of 97% during the study, but more importantly, hypnosis increased their weight loss effectiveness AFTER treatment by over 146%. (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996).

Remember that hypnosis for weight loss can be beneficial for both maintaining motivation during your weight loss program and also for producing results that last.

Stuttering Modification Using Hypnosis: A Case Study

from HypnoGenesis: Magazine For Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy
CLICK here to see this article: by Dr David Oakley and Guy Moss

"The study reported here examines hypnosis as an anxiety-reducing and confidence- building technique for stuttering modification. The fluency of a 29-year-old man with a moderate to severe overt stutter was recorded in controlled conditions over a baseline period, twelve hypnosis sessions and three follow-up sessions, using standardised reading material.
In hypnosis the subject was taught anxiety management and self-hypnosis techniques and used self-guided hypnotic imagery to rehearse coping well in stressful situations. Fluency improved immediately during hypnosis and a steady decrease in stuttering incidents was seen over sessions on the standardised materials when tested without hypnosis.

The subject was able to transfer these marked improvements in speech production from the laboratory to everyday situations. He also reported a considerable improvement in his general mental well-being. These results support the view that hypnosis can be of assistance in the modification of stuttering and should encourage its wider use by speech therapists alongside conventional stuttering therapies.

Introduction.

Hypnosis is a state of focused attention, intense absorption and heightened imagery, usually accompanied by deep physical relaxation. Light hypnotic states, or trances, occur commonly in our everyday lives - not only during relaxation exercises and meditation, but also when we are reading a good book, watching television or listening to music. Clinical hypnosis builds on our capacity to experience these everyday hypnotic trances and uses them to facilitate a variety of psychological therapies (Gibson & Heap, 1991; Kirsch, Montgomery & Sapirstein, 1995).

In clinical hypnosis the patient is able to concentrate on the therapy itself without distracting thoughts or feelings, to achieve physical and mental calm and to experience imagined situations as though they are real. Hypnotized individuals are also more able to accept positive suggestions of well-being and of change. Self-hypnosis is an important part of most clinical hypnosis treatments and is the ability to enter at will into a state of hypnotic trance. It is most commonly taught during hypnosis induced by the therapist, who then encourages the patient to practice self-hypnosis daily between clinic visits.

Individuals vary in their hypnotic susceptibility but the majority of us are able to experience a clinically useful level of hypnosis.

The use of hypnosis in the treatment of stuttering and communication disorders is not new and reports date back to the late 19th century (for a review see Dunnet & Williams, 1988). Hypnotic techniques have been used to establish deep relaxation, with self-hypnosis being taught to enable the stutterer to benefit from the effects of relaxation in the absence of the therapist. It is commonly found that the first time that patients are hypnotized, even before any therapeutic work has been done, their fluency improves significantly, at least for the duration of the trance experience.

An early demonstration of symptom relief of this sort can serve to increase the stutterer's belief in the treatment and strengthen his or her motivation to continue with it.

In addition to relaxation, direct suggestions of well-being, confidence and increased self-esteem (so-called "ego-strengthening" suggestions) may be given. These positive feelings may be linked in hypnosis to a word, an object or a gesture which may later be used by the patient to recreate the feelings when they are needed in everyday situations.

Suggestions given in hypnosis that are intended to promote responses, feelings or behaviours later in non-hypnotized state are usually referred to as post-hypnotic suggestions. Post-hypnotic suggestions may relate to feelings of well-being or confidence in certain situations or may consist of instructions to carry out traditional speech therapy techniques (ie, smooth, calm, slow and prolonged speech) at appropriate times.

Hypnosis can be used with stutterers to assist in stress management and the building of self-esteem where this is the sole means of therapy or alongside formal speech therapy exercises. A study by Lockhart and Robertson (1977) used both approaches. They claimed improvement to the point of fluency with a group of seven stutterers with mild symptoms (less than 6% of words stuttered) using ego-strengthening and anxiety reduction techniques in hypnosis with self-hypnosis taught early in the treatment regime.

A second group of 23 stutterers with more severe symptoms had speech therapy exercises in addition to the hypnotic procedures. At the time of reporting ten of the severe group had achieved fluency with fluency stabilising within 30-40 weeks of the commencement of treatment. On the basis of their study Lockhart & Robertson recommended combined therapy in which clinical hypnosis supplements speech therapy techniques for severe stutterers.

Recognition of the potential usefulness of hypnosis in the context of disorders of communication led in the early 1980's to the foundation of the 'British Society for the Practice of Hypnosis in Speech and Language Therapy', which is recognised by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

A survey of speech therapists using hypnosis in the UK by Macfarlane and Duckworth (1990) suggested that the major use of hypnosis in fluency disorders is as a means of achieving rapid, deep relaxation, reducing physical tension and anxiety and encouraging self-esteem in the patient.

There is a general feeling then that hypnosis may be helpful for mild stutterers in conjunction with stress management and confidence building techniques and coupled with speech therapy techniques for the more severe cases. This view is based primarily on clinical studies and anecdotal reports. There is very little experimental evidence upon which to base a judgment. The present study uses a single case design to investigate the effectiveness of clinical hypnosis in the absence of specialised speech therapy techniques in the modification of fluency in an individual with a moderate to severe stutter.

The Subject:

The subject (S) was a 29-year-old post-doctoral research scientist. He had slightly above average hypnotic susceptibility, a moderate to severe overt stutter characterised by part-word and word repetitions, long prolongations and a very high stress component to his symptoms. S's most feared situations, in which his stutter was particularly severe were: public speaking, talking on the telephone and reading texts aloud.

He was not aware of the age at which he began to stutter. He believed that onset was gradual and was not triggered by any disturbing or distressing life events. He first went to a speech therapist at the age of six. This therapist concluded after a few meetings that S stuttered because he was 'lazy'. S's parents appeared to share that opinion and no therapy took place. At the age of 17 S went for three sessions to a hypnotherapist who attempted to treat him using progressive relaxation techniques. His fluency improved briefly but three week after the final session he suffered a relapse which brought the stutter back to its previous level. At the age of 22 he again visited a hypnotherapist. After one session, which worsened his stutter, he declined to return for further treatment. At the age of 26 he once more visited a speech therapist, whom he saw for several months at regular weekly intervals. The therapy concentrated on breathing and slowed, prolonged speech techniques. S felt that his fluency did not improve as a result of these sessions.

The Procedure:

The experiment was conducted in a sound attenuation chamber to facilitate audio-recording and to standardise test conditions. On the first (pre-baseline) session S read from a prepared text (Text C) consisting of 40 sentences each of ten words. This text was then split into two 20-sentence texts (Texts A and B) matched for their difficulty for S. The next three sessions were baseline sessions on each of which S read Text A once. There followed twelve hypnosis sessions (described in more detail below) on each of which S read the text three times:- once just before, once during and once immediately after hypnosis.

For the first eight hypnosis sessions Text A was used and for the final four, Text B. During the baseline and hypnosis phases sessions took place regularly twice per week. At three, six and twelve weeks after the final hypnosis session there were single follow-up sessions on each of which S read the original Text C before, during and after hypnosis.

Recordings of all readings were analysed and the number of stuttering incidents (repetitions or prolongations) noted. S's feeling towards his stutter and its characteristics were monitored by questionnaires at regular intervals. His self-reports on fluency changes as well as his mental and physical well-being were recorded on each session.

Hypnosis Intervention:

On the first hypnosis session, prior to hypnosis, S was asked to describe a 'special place' in which he would feel at his most calm and relaxed. He was then seated comfortable and closed his eyes. A hypnotic induction involving a standardised muscle relaxation and regular breathing sequence was then carried out followed by a scripted visualisation of the 'special place'. Confidence building (ego-strengthening) suggestions were also given and the positive, relaxed and confident feelings experienced in the 'special place' were linked by suggestion to a short phrase and to a gesture (clenching of the right hand to form a fist).

A post-hypnotic suggestion was given that the phrase and/or gesture could diminish anxiety and bring back the calm, confident feelings in everyday situations. S was then taught to repeat the same procedure for himself in self - hypnosis and was returned to the non-hypnotized state. He was instructed to practice self-hypnosis at least once per day. He was asked to imagine himself in self-hypnosis facing difficult and anxiety-provoking situations and succeeding in coping with them fluently using the hypnotic techniques he had been taught.

He also compiled a list of difficult situations, ones in which he was likely to stutter, and was asked to start with the least difficult one for his self- practice and to work his way through the list as he gained confidence.

The same standardised hypnosis intervention took place in all 12 hypnosis sessions and the three follow-up sessions, each of which lasted approximately one and a half hours including the three readings of the appropriate Text. At the end of the twelfth hypnosis session S was given an audio-cassette containing the hypnosis script. He was instructed to continue his self-hypnosis practice and to combine it with listening to the cassette.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS

The main results above show the total number of stuttering incidents per text reading with S not hypnotized. Text C revealed an initial level of stuttering of 20% (80 incidents from 400 words). Texts A and B, derived from Text C, had 39 and 41 incidents respectively. The level of stuttering incidents on Text A remained stable across the three baseline sessions and the pre-hypnosis reading on hypnosis session 1. Thereafter there is a steady drop in the number of incidents to session 8. The fact that Text B introduced on hypnosis session 9 immediately showed a considerable improvement compared to its pre-baseline level (taken 42 days previously) indicates that the improvement on Text A was not simply a matter of familiarity with a particular text and that the gain in fluency had become generalised.

There is a further drop in stuttering incidents on text B from session 9 to session 12. The three follow-up sessions were conducted using the combined Text C and it is clear that the gains in fluency have been maintained for at least 12 weeks (on the third follow-up session the level of stuttering on Text C was 0.5% compared to 20% at pre-baseline).

For clarity, measurements taken during and after hypnosis are not shown. However, it is worth commenting that on the first hypnosis session where the number of stuttering incidents before the hypnosis was 26, the number recorded during hypnosis was 6, and after hypnosis it was 7 - all with Text A. As the during-hypnosis reading occurred before any self-practice had been initiated it seems reasonable to conclude that this increase in fluency represents the frequently reported effect of hypnosis alone and that there is a carry-over effect to the immediate post-hypnotic period.

This pattern was repeated on all subsequent hypnosis sessions. The symptomatic improvement on the first hypnotic session provided S with a clear idea of the sort of fluency which was possible for him - in fact he went on to achieve higher levels of fluency even outside hypnosis.

S reported that he found both the gesture and the 'special place' phrase effective in diminishing anxiety and in creating a feeling of calmness and relaxation. He summarised the hypnosis intervention as "a resounding success" and commented further:-

"It has been instilled in me now that nothing I (have to) read or say can be a problem. I know that I can say it - so there is no problem. I found that the fear was soon gone ... using the techniques it had just become easier and easier. Now I don't mind reading things out - like reading people their star signs. I just know that there will be no problem and I have no problems. I am convinced of my improvement. It is working. I see the evidence of that constantly. I find that I can simply relax, use the techniques I have been shown and speak without stuttering. I am impressed with the rate of improvement. There were times when I was shocked by my own fluency - and that's nice. I'm almost home. I feel so much more confident about the future. I know inside that I've got what it takes - everything would be OK. I can do whatever I want to do!".

He also spoke about the situations in which he used the technique, such as giving a seminar in front of a research group:-

"It has always filled me with dread but I wasn't at all concerned this time. For previous seminars I prepared for hours. This time I just wrote a few key words on a piece of paper and just chatted for hours. Previously I used so many overheads - this time I only used one. I used the fist and 'special place' just prior to giving the talk and it was so easy. It just went so well - didn't stutter much at all. I don't think I did. That was excellent. It went really well".

The positive changes in S's feelings about his stutter revealed in the self-reports, such as those quoted above, were also reflected in the questionnaire data.

Despite a history of at least four unsuccessful attempts at therapy over a 23 year period, two of them involving hypnosis, the simple hypnotic intervention described in this experimental setting appears to have produced a stable improvement in fluency which has been extended to non-laboratory situations. Further follow-up sessions are planned at 6 months and one year to assess the longer-term outcome.
Clearly a great deal more experimental work is required to assess the reliability and generality of the findings reported here as well as to explore the role played by hypnosis. Nevertheless the results are consistent with the view that straightforward psychological techniques of anxiety management and confidence building delivered in a hypnotic context are effective in producing a significant and lasting modification in a long-term stuttering problem. Speech therapists and others involved in the treatment of communication disorders should perhaps be encouraged to acquire hypnotic techniques to supplement their existing clinical skills.

Acknowledgements: the authors are grateful to Professor Peter Howell for providing access to the Acoustic Laboratory's sound attenuation chamber at University College London and to S for his willingness to participate in this experiment. Dr Oakley the Director of the Hypnosis Unit at University College London, and a member of the British Society of Experimental & Clinical Hypnosis.

From Nick Ortner

The Real Deal About Food, Stress, Tapping and more…

"A meal is no longer a meal, it’s packed full of confusion, fear, guilt, stress and more. And whatever you’re actually eating is nothing compared to the poison pill of negative emotions and stress that you’re swallowing. Heavy stuff!
So let’s start with easing that burden a bit with some tapping…

Ready?

(To see tapping points, CLICK HERE)

It’s always important to measure our progress with EFT, so we know where we are and where we’re going, and even though these tapping statements are a bit more “global”, try this to measure it:

Say out loud: "I am relaxed, at peace and full of joy regarding the food I put in my body.
On a 0-10 scale, how true does that feel? 10 being 100% true, 0 being not true at all? Give it a number, it doesn’t have to be exact or perfect, and write it down.

Then let’s getting tapping!

Karate Chop: "Even though I’m really stressed out about what I should and shouldn’t be eating…I deeply and completely accept myself…

Karate Chop: "Even though I can’t stop worrying about what’s “good for me” and “bad for me”…I deeply and completely accept myself…

Karate Chop: "Even though I’ve heard to many different things about food, I’m overwhelmed and don’t know what to do …I choose to relax now…

Eyebrow: "All this stress around food…

Side of the Eye: "Should I eat this?

Under the Eye: "I can’t eat that!

Under Nose: "This is good for me…

Under Mouth: "That’s bad for me…

Collarbone: "Or is it?

Under Arm: "I just don’t know what to eat…

Top of the Head: "So stressed out about eating…

Eyebrow: "I’ve read so many different things

Side of the Eye: "Everyone seems to disagree on what to eat!

Under the Eye: "I’m confused, scared and stressed about food…

Under Nose: "All this stress around food…

Under Mouth: "Releasing all this stress around food…

Collarbone: "All of this anxiety around food…

Under Arm: "I shouldn’t eat this…

Top of the Head: "I shouldn’t eat that…

Eyebrow: "Should, shouldn’t, should, shouldn’t….

Side of the Eye: "So much confusion….

Under the Eye: "Such a burden…

Under Nose: "So much anxiety…

Under Mouth: "So much stress…

Collarbone: "All around food…

Under Arm: "This stress around food…

Top of the Head: "Releasing all this stress around food…


Let’s do some positive tapping (if you’re still feeling strongly negative, or if other things have come up, tap on those specifically before moving on to the positive)

Eyebrow: "I choose to relax around food now…

Side of the Eye: "I choose to feel safe around food now…

Under the Eye: "Food is safe..

Under Nose: "I am safe…

Under Mouth: "I am at peace and easily choose the foods the best nourish me…

Collarbone: "I relax around food, enjoying every bite I eat, regardless of what it is…

Under Arm: "Once I choose to eat something, I relax and release any guilt, fear or anxiety around it…

Top of the Head: "I choose to relax around food…

Eyebrow: "My body knows exactly what it wants and needs…

Side of the Eye: "I attract all the right information to help me choose the best food for me…

Under the Eye: "Food is safe…

Under Nose: "I am safe…

Under Mouth: "I choose to relax now…

Collarbone: "I let go of any fear, guilt or anxiety around food..

Under Arm: "Letting it go..

Top of the Head: "Letting it all go…

Take a deep breath…and let it go…

How ya feeling? Let’s check in.

Say out loud: "I am relaxed, at peace and full of joy regarding the food I put in my body.

How true does that feel? Did the number go up? What else came up when you were doing the tapping?

Remember, when we’re doing “global” tapping like this, we really want to pay attention to “specific” things that come up for us. I can’t instruct you to tap on specific experience you’ve had, because I don’t know what they are!

But you do; so as anything pops up, tap on it and release it. The more specific we get, the more the global tapping will “stick”.

That’s it for now, just a couple of quick rounds to ease the burden a bit, release some stress and help you get more clear around food."

Click here to go to How to Tap Video (Originally Created for the Tapping World Summit)

Paul Scheele "See Your Genius Mind in Action"

Hypnosis Network Ideal Weight Set

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
Hypnosis Network Ideal Weight Set

Paul Scheele’s Ideal Weight Paraliminal CD

Ideal Weight can enhance any weight-loss plan or diet. It offers an authentic approach of self-love and clear choices. And if you’re trying to maintain a healthy weight already, you will be able to enjoy great foods without putting on the pounds.


Our bodies give natural signals that say when to start eating, when to stop eating, and which foods to eat.

Ideal Weight helps you develop the awareness to eat when your body needs nourishment and eliminate eating for stress or emotional issues.

Peppermint and Cayenne Red Pepper Flakes support weight loss

wThis is from my friend, Michael Lovitch, Co Founder of The Hypnosis Network

"Hello,

When you are trying to shed pounds, it is all about taking in fewer calories.

And, any little tip or trick helps, right?

There are two items that may very well be in your cupboard already...

And the best part is, these are not things that cost a ton of money – these are items you can find at pretty much ANY local store!

Time to Hit The Grocery Store

Peppermint is the first new product you need to pick up!

You can find peppermint oil at a health food store, and it isn’t costly.

Experts are now saying even just the mere smell of the oil will make you eat less.

For a quick fix, take a sniff of some oil before a meal...OR...super easy – just chew some peppermint gum throughout the day.


Experiment & Results

In one study printed in the North American Journal of Psychology in 2007 at Wheeling University in Virginia, 40 volunteers were asked to sniff peppermint every 2 hours for five days.

After that, for another 5 days, they were given a placebo to sniff.

When the researchers compared the results, during the week they sniffed peppermint, on average, they consumed 1,800 fewer calories!(1)

That would be a little over ½ a week just by sniffing peppermint.

Mint is also a mild stimulant...so it might give you that push you need to get to the gym, too
Add Spice To Your Life

The second product is even easier to find, and I bet many of you already use something like this or own it...
Next time you fill your plate, simply add Red Pepper Flakes, (also called Cayenne flakes) to your meal.
Peppers, release capsaicin which fights fat and helps reduce your appetite.

Please note: store-bought hot sauce contains capsaicin too, but can contain sugar and other non-natural ingredients. Try a jalapeno or chilies for a fresh kick of hot, tasty spice, without extra calories or sugar.


Regards,
Michael Lovitch
Co Founder
The Hypnosis Network
817-566-0050

Get healthy to lose weight!

"Why am I gaining this weight?”"

"We hear this question every day in our medical practice. And no wonder. Despite our best efforts, most women gain weight in perimenopause — especially around our waist and hips — even if we’re dieting.
Why is this happening to us? The answer lies in the remarkable links between hormonal balance and body fat.

Set aside the basic myth behind most diets — that weight control is just a matter of calorie control. That's untrue and misleading, and has made a lot of women suffer unnecessarily.

Can hormonal imbalance cause excess weight gain?

The first and most basic link is between insulin metabolism and body fat. Most of us eat the conventional low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet, with lots of processed foods (pasta, breads, most snacks, beer and wine, etc.). Over time this diet commonly creates a condition known as insulin resistance. When you are insulin resistant your body converts every calorie it can into fat — even if you’re dieting. And it won't let you burn fat when you exercise.

A second basic link is between stress and body fat. Stress hormones block weight loss. This is sometimes called the "famine effect": despite adequate food, the body interprets prolonged stress as a famine, and once again, the body thinks it should store every spare calorie as fat. Which it does very effectively. Most women are under tremendous amounts of stress — much of it prolonged and without let-up — which leads to adrenal fatigue and intractable weight gain.

These two links work together. Many of us combine a high-stress life with a low-fat, high-carb diet. This creates such a powerful hormonal imbalance that weight gain is almost inevitable. Yo-yo dieting — strict dieting followed by a rebound in weight — will only exacerbate the pattern because it stresses the body and damages your metabolism.

High-carb diets also lead to cravings. Because your body can’t readily maintain optimal blood sugar and serotonin levels, you are compelled to have snacks and caffeine to make yourself feel better. But they only exacerbate your insulin resistance and adrenal exhaustion — a vicious circle — while adding body fat.

Note that artificial sweeteners are not a solution; they’re part of the problem. They may lack calorie content, but they mimic sugar so well that the body produces insulin to metabolize them — contributing to insulin resistance. They actually lower your blood sugar level, which is why most contain caffeine to compensate.

The impact of hormonal changes on weight gain:

Another factor in stubborn weight gain is estrogen loss. As the estrogen production of your ovaries falls, your body turns to secondary production sites, one of which is body fat. If your body is struggling to maintain its hormonal balance, body fat becomes more valuable. Of course, if you are stressed and on a low-fat diet, your body is struggling. This is another vicious circle.

Thyroid imbalance is another common contributor. Thyroid hormones have an intimate relationship with the other hormones in your body, including estrogen and progesterone, and an imbalance in one is often associated with an imbalance in another. Because the thyroid plays a major role in orchestrating the body’s metabolism, an underactive thyroid almost always leads to weight gain, no matter how much you diet or exercise.

Heal yourself, and lose the weight:

By thinking only of calorie control, we actually starve our bodies of the nutrients we need to maintain health, while signaling our bodies to put on weight. Neither outcome is desirable! And you end up feeling defeated by the whole process — as though willpower had anything to do with it.

Our philosophy on weight control is based on what has worked in our practice over the last 25 years. We know that you have to get healthy before you can lose weight. You can’t lose weight to get healthy. But if you will heal your body and try to balance your life, you will then find you achieve and maintain your ideal weight."

Please visit the Women's Health Network website for more information...CLICK HERE

Interconnected

We are designed to be interdependent and interconnected. There is hope for us to move from chaotic and rigid states to integration, kindness, and peace.

What happens to memory as you age?

With aging comes some mental decline. And one of the first things to go is the ability of the MTL ( medial temporal lobe ) to recall specifics.

According to Dr. Roberto Cabeza, the lead author of the Duke University study:

“Specific memories don’t last forever, but what ends up lasting are not specific details, but more general or global impressions. Past studies have shown that as normal brains age, they tend to lose the ability to recollect specifics faster than they lose the ability recall impressions. However, patients with Alzheimer’s disease tend to lose both types of memories equally, which may prove to be a tool for early diagnosis.”

Good reason to do everything you can to keep your memory sharp.

Thankfully, there ARE a few things you can do right now to slow – and sometimes even prevent – mental decline as you age:

Walk more – Part of the reason for memory decline as you age, is that the hippocampus shrinks. But a study reported at the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that walking just 3 times a week for 40 minutes can expand the size of the hippocampus by almost 2 percent. This alone can have a huge effect on keeping your mind and memory “young.”

Vinpocetine – This extract from the periwinkle plant has been used in Europe for decades to treat and help prevent dementia. It’s so effective, one study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that regular supplementation with vinpocetine helped chronic cerebral dysfunction patients improve significantly and score better on numerous mental tests.

Blueberries – You’ve probably heard that these are great for your heart. But it turns out they’re also good for your brain. One Tufts University study suggests it can even help prevent the loss of short-term memory. You can eat them plain or add them to your favorite cereal or oatmeal.

Folic Acid – This is one I found surprising. It’s already well-known that folic acid is good for pregnant women. But a Dutch study found that supplementing with folic acid can improve your memory. Subjects who took 800mcg daily knocked off 5.5 years their age when it came to their performance on standardized memory tests.

Reduce Stress – This is a big one. The research is clear that higher cortisol levels caused by stress can drastically reduce memory (both short term and long term). Our recommendation of course is to use hypnosis to reduce the effects of stress on your life.

From EXPLORING THE MIND

Always Ask The Greater Question.

This is from The Silve Life System, lesson #9:

"A student in one of our classes once told the instructor, “I can’t wait to go home and start using these techniques to achieve my goal of mastering the use of a computer for data entry.”

The instructor asked, “Well, why do you want to master using a computer?” The student said that learning this skill would allow her to get a promotion at work.

“Why do you want a promotion,” asked the instructor.

“So I can get a raise” she replied.

Why do you want a raise”, the instructor asked again.

“Because I need the money to buy a larger home”.

“Why?”

“Because I want my mother and sister to move in with me”.

“Why?”

“Because it has been our dream to own a big house together and live together as a family.”

“Good,” said the instructor.

“Now you have identified what you really want. It’s a large house with your family living with you. You don’t really want to learn data-entry. What you want is the house.”

“So when you go back and practice visualization – aim for the greater goal- the house.

Let that goal manifest in any way.

Be open to different ways it could manifest – it may not come through you learning data-entry. You might get another job, in a completely unexpected field.

Be open to all possibilities”.

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative, there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and endless plans: That the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.


~ William Hutchinson Murray

Hypnosis promotes positive changes in adults and children.

"Children are more easily hypnotized than adults, and hypnotherapy as a method responds to the general developmental needs of children by addressing their ability for fantasy and imagination. Hypnotherapy and self-hypnosis are tools with which to assess and develop protective factors, and enhance positive adjustment."

"Hypnosis and NLP use words in a very conscious way to affect the subconscious experience and promote positive changes. There is more harm in NOT understanding how POWERFUL words are, than in avoiding hypnosis and NLP out of fear or simple innocent ignorance."

"What is hypnosis? Hypnosis can be defined as a way to focus attention and communicate ideas in an experiential way that benefits a client. Now, who wouldn’t want to learn how to do that?

Hypnosis is not a therapy and it is not a cure for anything.

Rather, hypnosis is a tool that is designed to facilitate positive changes that a person wishes to make.

There are different schools of thought regarding how direct or indirect one should be in using hypnotic techniques and communications. Some people advocate for specific philosophies, therapeutic models or approaches, but I personally don’t subscribe to anything other than what works for an individual.

The pioneering work of the late psychiatrist Milton H. Erickson is most consistent with how I have intuitively worked with children in therapy. He saw the strengths and resources people had and utilized these in his treatment. It didn’t matter what diagnosis people had, their age, their gender, their intelligence or any other such factors. He respected their individual strengths and found ways to gently introduce new ways to use those strengths in what has come to be called conversational hypnosis. More and more literature is coming out in the domains of mindfulness, relaxation, calming exercises, visualization, and others as well, but the common denominator they all share is an experience that effects positive change in the person through an experiential mechanism not easily defined.

Hypnosis is more often than not a skill that is developed over time. Yes, there are people who experience hypnosis once and make a dramatic change, but it’s not usually the case in working with children.

A person can learn to do this for themselves (self-hypnosis) or have the experience guided by someone else.

The key is in knowing what works for YOU, or your child. If a CD doesn’t work or a therapist doesn’t effect change, don’t blame it on the hypnosis. It means THAT CD didn’t work FOR YOU or that therapist didn’t connect with YOU.

That doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with you. It means you haven’t found the right connection.

Hypnosis isn’t just about talking TO a person; it is about talking WITH a person. That can be done in story form, during a game, playing with toys, using a computer, sitting quietly in a chair or many other ways. There are all kinds of ways to engage a person in perspectives giving rise to meaningful change."

Edited from PsychCentral, Diane Yapko, MA

Successful Hypnosis

The hypnotic state is an optimum state for making changes in your life. During hypnosis you can set aside limiting beliefs that may have been preventing you from moving toward a more healthy, and happier you.

There are five components necessary for hypnosis to be successful.

•Motivation - You must want to make the changes that create a positive results
AND you must want to be HYPNOTIZED.

•Relaxation - Hypnosis is a state of deep relaxation.

•Concentration - You will use your ability to concentrate.

•Imagination - You will use your imagination.

•Suggestion - You will accept and respond to positive suggestions that enhance your ability to reach your goals and get the results you want in your life.

Can You Be Hypnotized? Learn About Hypnosis and Your Conscious and Subconscious Mind

Can I be hypnotized?

Take the Quiz from Cindy Locher, BCH at SelfHypnosis.com!


I hear this question a lot, and it really stems from a misunderstanding of what hypnosis is.

We can ALL be hypnotized, it’s a natural brainwave state that we’re all in a few times a day, unintentionally.

Once you understand the characteristics of hypnosis, you’d recognize when you’re in hypnosis.

Take this short quiz and see if YOU are hypnotizable.
(I guarantee you are! CL).

1. Are you able to follow simple instructions?

2. Have you ever daydreamed?

3. Can you imagine the sound of a train whistle blowing?

4. Have you ever been traveling in a car, lost in conversation and the travel time appeared to pass rather quickly, or forget whole sections of the trip?

5. Can you sometimes arise from sleep to get a drink of water, or go to the bathroom, and go right back to sleep?

6. Are you willing to accept new ideas for change?

7. Have you ever ‘rested your eyes’ in front of a television set because you were too comfortable to get up and go to bed?

8. Are you able to meditate or pray?

9. Have you ever been so caught up in reading a good book that you couldn’t put it down?

10. While listening to a favorite song, can you remember where you were, what you were doing and who you were with when you first heard it?

11. Have you ever cried or been frightened while watching a movie?

12. Did you ever lose track of time while engrossed in something enjoyable?

14. Do you shudder at the thought of someone scratching his or her fingernails down the front of a chalkboard?

15. Does your mouth water at the thought of sucking on, or biting into a plump, juicy, sour lemon?

16. Have you ever impulsively purchased a bag of popcorn, cinnamon roll or caramel apple because of the aroma filtering through the air?

17. Do you have a good imagination?


If you answered YES to even a few of the questions posted above…

Congratulations!

You are definitely HYPNOTIZABLE!

You see, hypnosis is really focused imagination paired with emotion.

If you desire a change in your life, feel strongly about making that change (or leaving an undesirable state of being behind), and can imagine your life with that change accomplished, then you can be hypnotized to realize that change in your life!

Your brain functions on a small amount of electricity.

"Your brain functions on a small amount of electricity, much like a computer.

This electrical current vibrates and pulses, at various speeds.

When you are wide awake your brain vibrates 20 times per second—and this is what scientists call the Beta frequency.

You are probably at this Beta level of mind right now as you read this.

When you go to sleep, your brain frequency slows down, all the way to about half a cycle per second in the deepest levels of natural sleep. This is known as the Delta level.

In between Beta, the waking state, and Delta the deep sleep state, there are two other levels of mental activity.

When you are in a light level of sleep or in meditation you are in the Alpha range, which is 7 to 14 cycles per second. This is the center range and this is what we mean with the term “going to your center”.

Going to the Alpha level or centering is the same as meditating. When someone meditates, scientifically, they are simply reducing their brain wave frequency to Alpha. The Alpha level is the level we use to activate the full potential of our minds.

Theta is a level of deeper relaxation or sleep, when your brain waves are at 4 to 7 cycles per second.

...The brain is more energetic when it is less active. At lower frequencies the brain receives and stores more information...

...People who can remain in the Alpha level while analyzing information have access to more information than those who remain in Beta to do their thinking. Surges of intuition, creative ideas and inspirational thoughts come to people while at this Alpha level.

Going to Alpha is also good for programming your mind. At the Alpha level you can learn to manage all kinds of problems, such as insomnia, tension and migraine headaches, bad habits, and much more.

You can also program your mind to help you achieve your goals and make your dreams come true."

Silva Life System
Jose Silva dedicated his life to awakening the human mind’s hidden potential. After over a decade of research, he released his findings in 1966 and spent the rest of his life perfecting and teaching The Silva Method.

More information on your Thyroid from Women to Women

Thyroid Health from Women's Health Network personal health program.
"Your thyroid is one of the most important glands in your body. It controls the way you metabolize food, the way you use energy, lose and gain weight, how well or poorly you sleep, and much, much more. We know that women are more prone to thyroid conditions than men, and that many of these problems first manifest during times of hormonal flux, such as perimenopause and childbearing.

One of the best ways to support the thyroid gland through all of life's important changes is by eating more carefully. As we approach these transitions, perhaps it’s time for everyone to take a look at how the foods we eat can help — or hurt — our thyroid function. You may have heard conflicting information about iodine, soy, or even broccoli. Let’s get the facts straight by looking at how specific foods and supplements influence this master gland, and learn what you can do to support your thyroid health.
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Some studies have shown that the isoflavones in soybeans inhibit the enzyme responsible for adding iodine to thyroid hormone, thyroid peroxidase (TPO). These and other studies also demonstrate, however, that soy’s effect on the thyroid involves the critical relationship between your iodine status and thyroid function. This means that if you have low iodine in your body, the soy isoflavone could bond to what iodine you do have, leaving you with an inadequate reserve for thyroid hormone production. Evidence suggests that if you have sufficient iodine in your body, eating soy will most likely not be a problem. And I’ve seen soy help so many women with menopausal symptoms that it would be a shame not to consider it as an option. (Just be sure it is not genetically modified soy.)
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Start with whole food, and supplement as needed. Getting as many pro-thyroid nutrients through wholesome foods is ideal, but I know this isn’t always easy or even possible in our busy lives. Supplementing with a top-quality multivitamin–mineral complex, like the one we offer in our Personal Program, will provide the foundation you need for preventive thyroid health. If you already have thyroid imbalance, talk to your practitioner about using supplements before a prescription. The problem with prescriptions like Synthroid (levothyroxine) is that once you go on them, your thyroid backs down, and it can be difficult to get off of thyroid replacement drugs.

Get tested. I recommend having a full thyroid hormone panel, which is routine for many practitioner visits. But I also recommend testing your iodine, selenium, and vitamin D levels. Together, the results of these various tests should give both you and your practitioner a better sense of underlying conditions and how to begin your treatment.

Too much can be as bad as too little. While all of the micronutrients I’ve discussed above are important, overloading on just one will not help your thyroid or resolve your imbalance! There are many complex interactions between the pro-thyroid nutrients, especially iodine and selenium, so please work with your practitioner to find a gentle balance that is right for you.

Support your adrenals. I’ve so often seen that the underlying problem in a thyroid imbalance is overworked adrenal glands. To learn more about the intimate connection between stress, your thyroid and adrenal glands and how to better support them, see our articles on adrenal health.
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This is perhaps one of the most overlooked pieces of advice in our modern lives: sit and enjoy your food! As women in today’s world, we are expected to do and be so many things that eating while standing at the kitchen counter, driving, or seated at your computer seems normal. But as you may have read in my article on hypothyroidism in menopause, the thyroid is very sensitive to stress. Give your mind, your body, and your thyroid a break by sitting in a comfortable space while you eat. Enjoy your meals in peace with friends and family, and talk, laugh, and allow the food you consume to nourish your thyroid, too. You deserve this break, and your body will thank you for it!"

Hypnosis changes the expression of your genes.

This is edited from an article by Deepak Chopra. What he has to say about the benefits of meditaion also applies to hypnosis.

New research shows that brain cells receive genetic signals and grow new connections and heal through the production of proteins and enzymes.

There is a direct path that begins in the mind, with *hypnosis*, meditation, mindfulness, beliefs and emotions. Then the path leads to the genes, where signals are sent that modify the brain cell, which in turn sends its own signals in the form of neurotransmitters to every cell in the body.

Significant changes in the brain happen in the underlying circuitry that connects mind, genes, and brain which operates every second of our lives.

A person's awareness balances and controls almost any bodily process you can name.

You are the author of your own life, capable of change, healing, creativity, and personal transformation.

Who wouldn't want to be free to write the program that runs brain and body?

Click here for all POSTS on EFT & Meridian Tapping

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Finding a good Tapping video has been a challenge. Rod does a good job of showing the main points, although this is a little different from the sequence I use.

Jack Canfield and the EFT Meridian Tapping World Summit 2011

Edited from http://http://www.selfhypnosis.com// newsletter.

"It is amazing how many experts have come out in support of EFT and Merdian Tapping over the last few years.

People like Dr. Joseph Mercola, Bob Proctor, Joe Vitale, Cheryl Richardson, Bruce Lipton, pretty much all of the best and brightest in the personal development world have said they support it.

As Bob Proctor says in the film The Tapping Solution, "People are starting to understand themselves as an energy field and how they can work with it to get the results they want."

And these experts aren't just saying they support EFT, they're saying that they use it on a regular basis and with positive results.

Click on the link below to see a video with Jack Canfield, co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books and featured expert in the film "The Secret" where he talks specifically about EFT:

Tapping World Summit 2011

In the video Jack reveals some really eye opening insights as to why he thinks EFT is so critical to use, especially when working with the Law of Attraction.

He also explains how he has used EFT in his own life and how he recommends you use it to help you get what you want in life."

The side effects of hypnosis are positive.

Hypnosis and hypnotherapy is widely regarded as one of the safest ways to make lasting positive changes to your health and wellbeing. You already know how to reach hypnotic states because you have been doing it your entire life, whether you knew it or not.

For example, you reach a state of hypnosis when you daydream, remember an event that happened in the past, drive a car, read a book, watch a good movie, listen to music, lie down to rest, etc. The whole point of hypnosis is for you to achieve greater personal control, a greater sense of well-being, and a more relaxed and peaceful mind and body.

Research has shown few serious side effects to hypnosis. In fact, most of the side effects of hypnosis are positive.

Sleeping better is the number one side effect of working with hypnosis.

Many clients have multiple issues that come up even if they come in with only one problem they want to solve. Hypnosis is able to resolve complex issues on every level, even if you are not consciously aware of them. Some clients discover the cause of one problem and clear it and find that other issues are resolved as well. I call it "extra wellness" when several problems get resolved while you are working on another one.

A possible cause of reports of negative side effects usually comes from misuse of “direct suggestion”, which I rarely use. My approach is very adaptogenic. For instance, instead of saying, for example, “you will now stop feeling angry”, I use wording that is more open so your unconscious can adapt it in the most beneficial way without negative effects, such as “you will maintain your goal of being completely free of all old responses, emotions, habits, beliefs and behaviors ….creating a healthy body and mind…”

Some patients have experienced mild feelings of fatigue or disorientation following their hypnosis session. Please be sure to report such feelings to me because they can easily be resolved.

Also, research has shown that events recalled during hypnosis are neither more nor less likely to be accurate than those recalled in a usual waking state of consciousness, although recollections are sometimes experienced more vividly.

And please note that if hypnosis is used for decreasing pain perception, medical consultation and referral from your doctor may be required.

At no time will the use of hypnosis involve any attempt to provide medical or mental health therapy. Always follow the advice of your doctor or other professional medical practitioner. Hypnosis is not meant as a substitute for standard medical, psychological or psychiatric treatment and consulting hypnotists are required to advise you to seek your doctor's approval for any medically or psychologically diagnosed conditions or disorders. Hypnosis techniques are adjunct to symptoms and are a complementary alternative for self-healing, self-help, and behavior modification. Results are ultimately achieved through the client's own personal efforts at applying these techniques over time.

Report on Thyroid and Autoimmune Disease

Thyroid Deficiency
Preventing a Metabolic Meltdown
By Raphael Kellman, MD

Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

Low progesterone in women between the ages of 30 and 50 may lead to autoimmune hypothyroiditis, or Hashimoto’s disease, as a consequence of immune stimulation by the dominant estrogen.

In this condition, the body’s immune system develops antibodies to thyroid cell components, resulting in self-destruction of the thyroid gland; specifically, antibodies to thyroid peroxidase and thyroglobulin are generated pathologically.

Twenty-five percent of such cases may also result from a genetic predisposition.

This attack by the immune system on the thyroid results in damage to the cellular mitochondria, the energy producers in the cytoplasm, and the progressive destruction of the thyroid itself.

Stress can also provoke this mitochondrial response, which in turn can result in other types of inflammation and allergies.

To improve mitochondrial function, we use N-acetylcysteine (a precursor to glutathione), coenzyme Q10, and alpha lipoic acid, an antioxidant for liver and nerve health that also works to regenerate coenzyme Q10.37

This treatment also improves cholesterol and fat levels in the liver, and helps the gall bladder.

Looking for the Cause

In addition to treating both symptoms and organic dysfunction, it is important to identify and eliminate all other possible causative factors. These may include:

Iodine deficiencies.
Iodine is an important component of T4 and T3. Although dietary iodine deficiencies are now almost nonexistent in the US, some people need to supplement their iodine intake with kelp, seaweed, or iodine tablets. Iodine is also found in dietary supplements such as Thyroid &; L-Tyrosine Complex™ capsules, which contain other trace minerals needed for optimal endocrine function—such as iodine, magnesium, zinc, copper, and manganese—as well as tyrosine, the precursor to thyroid hormone.

Toxicity/heavy metals.
Metal toxicity, determined by hair analysis, can be addressed with chelation, both intravenous and oral. Selenium supplementation can also help remove heavy metals by working in conjunction with glutathione peroxidase, a compound found in asparagus, garlic, and mushrooms. A blood test can determine if selenium supplementation is needed; if so, there are several options, including Se-methylselenocysteine caps.

Candida.
Candida is detected using stool testing for overgrowth of yeast and yeast antibodies. Eliminating yeast, sugar, and wheat from the diet helps to starve out candida. People suffering from this disorder should eliminate even honey and fruit sugars from their diet at first, and then slowly reintroduce them into the diet later. Twinlab Yeast Fighters include biotin, fiber, acidophilus, and herbs to support a healthy intestinal environment.

Environmental radiation.
Radiation can cause free-radical damage to the thyroid, as has happened in Ukraine as a result of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster. The cell mitochondria are also prone to free radical damage. I recommend turning off cell phones and unplugging bedside electronic and electrical devices (including the telephone) at night, even though these devices produce relatively low levels of radiation. Because electromagnetic radiation in food can also be problematic, eating organic food whenever possible is also recommended.

Treating Hypothyroidism
Conventional treatment calls for patients to take an oral, synthetic form of T4. Synthroid®, the most popular such medication, is used by about 8 million Americans. Especially in older people for whom the side effects can be more problematic, it is important to advance the dosage slowly until TSH blood levels return to normal. This medication usually must be taken for life.

Dr. Kellman has discovered that many people respond better to Armour® Thyroid, which is desiccated porcine thyroid.

A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine claimed greater improvements in mood and brain function with Armour® Thyroid than with Synthroid®.

Dr. Kellman recommends starting treatment with a dose of 60-120 mg of Armour® desiccated thyroid, and then retesting in a month.

One patient, a woman in her early forties, complained of fatigue along with dry scalp and hair loss. She had gained 10 pounds and had irregular periods of depression. Because her blood test results were in the “normal” range, she went from doctor to doctor, until one physician prescribed birth control pills and Prozac®. Dr. Kellman noticed that her TSH level was 3 mµ/ml; this score, though considered to be within the normal range, may indicate low thyroid. Dr. Kellman treated her empirically with Armour® Thyroid. Dr. Kellman also tested her adrenals and found that they were hypofunctioning, and thus prescribed ashwagandha and Panax ginseng.42,43 Two weeks after treatment, the woman regained her energy and told me, “I have my life back!” The weight also disappeared—she dropped 10 pounds in eight weeks, her skin returned to normal, and her mood lifted."

BodyTalk, How To Balance Your Brain

BodyTalk, Balancing the Cortices

CORTICES is the plural of cortex which is the outer layer of the brain called the cerebrum (the cerebral cortex), composed of folded gray matter and playing an important role in consciousness.

"One of the very important things about balancing the cortices is that it helps to shift the body and mind out of ‘fight or flight’ (sympathetic) and into ‘growth and healing‘ (parasympathetic).

We often get stuck in flight or flight which causes great stress to the body, and breaks down those communication pathways in the body. It’s like too many plugs are plugged in and our circuits ‘blow’. This causes us to get stuck in a stressful state, and from this place, everything is more difficult - including healing.

Balancing the cortices also balanced the right/left brain which is fundamental for a healthy body and mind.

The right brain is the more intuitive side, imagination and it can work holistically - looking at the big picture. It is responsible for our creativity and and artistic abilities.

The left brain is responsible for our reasoning, logic and thought. It looks at the details and works in a linear way therefor it is slower. It is our knowledge and our learned behaviors.

What we would like is to have both sides of the brain working together to provide us with the ability to connect to the big pictures whilst knowing the details, have logic AND intuition, be able to be aware of where we’re going at the same time as knowing the steps to take.

Balancing the cortices daily starts to bring the body and brain back to a state of health where we can naturally move between different events without getting stuck in fight or flight and start to live using our whole brain.

I highly recommend balancing your cortices in the morning when you wake up, before you go to sleep, and if you have any kind of shock or trauma. If you have an accident, a headache, cut yourself, are stressed out, or receive some bad news.

Tap out your cortices and watch how you relax and return to a place where the body can start healing."

Why is our thinking focused on the past when we're depressed?

From Dr. Suzanne LaCombe's article
"How to Define Depression?"

"It has to do with state-dependent memory. Memories are encoded together with the state of the mind-body at the time they're first laid down. When we feel depressed, this state is tapping into the memory of previous times we experienced this depressed state.

To fully appreciate this idea it's helpful to understand how the brain organizes itself.

The success of our species has depended on our ability to 'put two and two together'. In other words, we notice associations between ideas and we profit from it--we can connect the dots. The brain is designed and organized to make these associations, and the more connections there are between neuropathways, the more associations there will be for us to make.

A consequence of this interconnectivity within the brain is that specific memories get associated with the mind-body state at the time the memory was acquired. So if I feel angry right now, it will be easier to remember the last time I felt angry. If I feel agitated it's easier to recall the last time I felt that way.

Some experts suggest that some depressive states might well be associated with memories formed during infancy. This might explain why there is no identified memory, because the hippocampal memory for facts, names, etc. doesn't come online until about age two."

Conscious Femininity by Marion Woodman

The work of Jungian analyst and writer, Marion Woodman. One of my favorite authors. She has taught me well.

Quotes from Conscious Femininity:

I am learning how to move into the conflict and hold the opposites and create a new path.

I am learning how to communicate my own experience of myself without blaming, attacking, or betraying you or me.

Learn to separate what is real from what is unreal, what stays and what goes.

I am learning to identify my preferences and communicate in a neutral way so you can receive them and not be threatened, hurt or betrayed.