The reason is simple – we just don’t feel like changing.

Stop the inner conflict with Hypnotherapy

The problem is that the feeling part of us is much stronger than the thinking part, so we’ll always end up doing what we feel like doing.

Hypnotherapy allows you to resolve these inner conflicts – to stop that ‘Angel and Devil’ fighting – so that it becomes so much easier to achieve your goals.

If you’d like North Kent Hypnotherapy to help you make your New Year resolutions work this time, please get in touch.

What are your Angel and Devil fighting over? Let us know below…

The honour, which is granted to those who have made a significant contribution to the profession, was announced during the NCH ‘Hypnotherapy Extravaganza’ at the Royal Society for Medicine on November 19th.

Rob Woodgate, who was Editor of the Hypnotherapy Journal for 5 years, is the youngest Fellow of the NCH and was recognised for his voluntary work within the NCH during the regulation of the hypnotherapy profession. He was also commended for his innovative Hypnotension approach to using hypnotherapy for people with high blood pressure.

Mr Woodgate, who operates the North Kent Hypnotherapy practice with his wife Heidi, said: “I was thrilled to be nominated for a Fellowship. To be accepted as a Fellow by my peers is the crowning moment of my career so far.”

Rob is one of four speakers at this prestigious event, including Patrick Holford, Dr Brian Roet, and Dr William McGoewn.

More information about the event is available from the NCH website.

You can listen to the discussion below…

Ps – Perhaps he was mistaken for a radio presenter because he was introduced as Rob Marsh!
What’s your take on all this? Leave your comment or question below!

There are over 5000 different diet plans in the world, and there is one problem with all of them. They don?t work long term. The problem with diets is that they trigger your natural survival mechanisms ? your body believes that food (or certain essential food groups) have become scarce, so you start to get cravings that motivate you to find them; fatty or sweet foods become especially attractive because they have high-energy value.

Of course you lose weight initially, but as soon as you stop dieting your body starts storing the surplus to help you build up reserves, in case there is another famine! And so the yo-yo diet cycle continues.

The real issue is that we eat for reasons other than hunger. Hypnotherapy can help you to change your relationship to food, allowing you to take control of your eating habits and break out of the endless diet trap. It is not the cheapest way to lose weight, but it is certainly the most effective and longest lasting. And because you are not denying yourself the foods you love, it is also fun and easy.

New Kent SlimQuest Dates Announced

Meopham: Monday 28th June
Starts: 7.45pm
Class Runs: 28th June, 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th July, 2nd August

SlimQuest is a 6 week group course that helps you understand your relationship with food and overcome the obstacles that have prevented you from losing weight and keeping it off in the past.

Only 10 spaces per class, so early booking is advised. Visit our SlimQuest page for more information and booking instructions.

So what can you do?

Well, the cheerful folks at the Optimists Society have declared Monday 18th January, “International Optimism Day” – and invite you to go out and cheer up those around you by getting together with the people you care about and having a fantastic fun day.

We agree. Studies show that one of the best ways to feel happier yourself is to perform an act of kindness for someone.

So why not:

• Call someone you haven’t spoken to for ages
• Say hello to someone you see everyday, but never speak to
• Do something random and lovely for a complete stranger
• Pay someone a compliment
• Show your gratitute for something you normally take for granted
• Say ‘yes’ to something you’d normally say ‘no’ to

If you really want to start changing the way you feel, don’t wait for the 18th…

Start now, and do at least one thing every day.

That’s because, very often, the way we feel is simply a habit, so make a new habit, and have fun doing it!

Why not share your ideas and tell us what things you have done by leaving a comment below.

Kind regards,
Rob & Heidi

Rob had a chance to guest post about Tiger Woods announcement to break from professional golf. Here is what he said:

After what must be an insane amount of media pressure, Tiger Woods issued a statement saying, “I have decided to take an indefinite break from professional golf. I need to focus my attention on being a better husband, father, and person.”

Karl posted a video recently about the importance of developing mental toughness in golf, part of which involves developing (and keeping separate) your real self and your performer self.

Most golfers suffer because they don’t have a good distinction between who they are as a person, and what they are doing (playing golf).

So if they feel like a champion when they play well, they feel like nobody when it all falls apart – which puts them under too much pressure on the course to perform well.

Tiger’s statement recognises that he has allowed his performer self (’Tiger’) to blend into his real/family self (’Eldrick’). He has taken Tiger home with him and lost the sense of his ‘real self’.

And although Tiger’s blurring of real and performer self is the opposite to most people (who take their ‘real self’ on the course) – the effect is the same.

Like the rest of the golfing world, we can only hope that he can find and strengthen his real self quickly so that his performer self can come back and play more great golf.

And here is the video mentioned:

Slim At Home - Dec 09

Nicola Dines lost 16lbs during Amy Garnham’s 6 week course in Ruislip. She then continued using what she had learnt to lose a total of 2st 4lbs in 10 months. .

Nicola’s story can be read in the attached article from the magazine.

Slim At Home – Dec 09

Congratulations to Nicola!

A team from Hull University, performed an imaging study in which hypnotised participants showed decreased activity in the parts of the brain linked with daydreaming or letting the mind wander.

The same brain patterns were absent in people who had the tests but who were not susceptible to being hypnotised.

One psychologist said the study backed the theory that hypnosis “primes” the brain to be open to suggestion.

Hypnosis is increasingly being used to help people stop smoking or lose weight and advisers recently recommended its use on the NHS to treat irritable bowel syndrome.

Dr William McGeown, study leader, says “This shows that the changes were due to hypnosis and not just simple relaxation.”

Full article: (BBC News – 16th November 2009)