Andy Moore Hypnosis

Make It Personal - Know Your Own Reasons for Quitting

You know you want to quit smoking.

But do you know WHY?

For many people who are trying to quit smoking, it helps to have a list of reasons why -- a kind of map that you can turn back to when the going gets tough.

What are YOUR reasons to quit?

__ You want to add more years to your life, by decreasing your health risks.
__ You want to stop spending money on cigarettes, and save that extra spending money for yourself.
__ You want to prove to yourself that you can meet this challenge . . . so you can go on to improving your lifestyle in other ways.
__ You want to experience more natural energy, better health, and better quality of life.
__ You want to model healthy living for your children and grandchildren.
__ (insert your own reasons here -- and keep the list)

Whatever your reasons are, you should write them down and keep them close. Have them in front of you. Repeat them to yourself again and again. Keep a 3"x5" card in your pocket or purse with the list. In doing so, you'll be laying the psychological groundwork to make quitting easy.

We've been telling you about a comprehensive hypnosis program for smoking cessation, The Non-Smoker's Edge. And, as we thought about the importance of wanting to quit smoking, we realized that this program perfectly demonstrates those principles.

The Non-Smoker's Edge uses new techniques in cognitive behavioral therapy and clinical hypnosis to help you truly want to quit smoking . . . with your mind, body, and soul. Using a holistic approach, it helps you keep your goal in mind at all times. And not just your goal, but the reasons for this goal.

Desire is critical to action. Maybe that's why multi-session hypnosis has a 66% success rate at helping people quit smoking. That's higher than any other smoking cessation method that there is.

To learn more about hypnosis for smoking cessation in general and The Non-Smoker's Edge in particular, see this page:

http://www.hypnosisnetwork.com/hypnosis/quit_smoking.php

The publisher, The Hypnosis Network, guarantees the results for a full year. If you're not satisfied, you can return the program for a full refund of the purchase price less shipping. And right now they're offering a great deal for our readers - $50 off the regular price. You can get the whole program (7 CDs) for only $99.

Make your list of reasons. And then make the next move to quit.

"Deliberate practice": what separates the merely good from the great

"He's just a natural" is what people always say when trying to explain the greatness of a Tiger Woods or Pete Sampras. This belief that you have to be "born" to the sport is both commonplace?and wrong.

A recent article in the Harvard Business Review by some noted researchers totally debunks the myth of "the natural."* Studies by more than 100 scientists consistently and overwhelmingly proved this: experts are always made, not born.

Moreover, the studies show that the great ones in any field do something the average ones don't: they achieve greatness by hours, days, and years of always practicing deliberately.

To achieve success, you not only have to work at it, you have to work at it on purpose. You don't get better just by playing. As the authors of this article say, "Living in a cave doesn't make you a geologist." Just playing a couple of sets or a few rounds several times a week isn't going to make you a better player either. You have to continually set goals for yourself, and you have to put your entire self into it.

Putting your whole self into your practice means getting your mind into it too. Why? Because, Tiger Woods recently said, "The mind controls the body, so if the mind tells the body what to do, it will just do it. It's a matter of getting the mind under control, which makes your body respond."**

So what do you do to learn how to get in the zone mentally and stay motivated to continue to improve physically? Hiring a private coach would be awesome, but not practical for most of us. After researching various methods, we think we've found a great answer: audio hypnosis.

Getting in the zone has never been safer, faster, or more effective. Dr. Jack Singer, a nationally recognized sports psychologist, has created a powerful program called Core Sports Performance to give you that mental edge that will spur your increased prowess in whatever sport you choose. And, because the program's on CDs, you've got your coach whenever you need him.

The program comes from The Hypnosis Network, a company that works only with licensed mental-health professionals like Dr. Singer. And this company is so sure of the effectiveness of its programs that it gives you a one-year money-back guarantee. Check it out at

http://www.hypnosisnetwork.com/hypnosis/sports.php.

* "The Making of an Expert," Harvard Business Review, July?August 2007, authors K. Anders Ericsson, Michael J. Prietula, and Edward T. Cokely.

** Golf Digest, November 2006.

Increase Your Physical Strength Just by Using Your Mind!

Sounds like one of those too-good-to-be-true claims, we thought. But researchers at Bishop's University in Quebec recently conducted a study* which indicated that mental training alone could increase muscle strength.

The two-week study took 30 male university athletes and divided them into three groups. The study focused on the hip flexor muscles, since that is one muscle group that can't be readily exercised in other contexts or with free weights.

One group performed physical training with a hip flexor weight machine; one group mentally practiced hip flexions at increasing amounts of weight; the third group did neither. At the end of the study, the group doing the physical exercises had increased its strength by 28.3%, which is not surprising.

The group who did nothing not unexpectedly saw almost no difference. But what's astounding is that the guys who practiced only mentally saw their strength increase by 23.7%!

The bottom line of the study isn't that we don't need to exercise?of course we do?but rather that empowering your mind in order to improve your body can really enhance your performance!

We were intrigued by how much this mind-body connection can improve performance, so we did some checking around.

Hypnosis is one of the most effective and safest ways to get into the zone. And Core Sports Performance, an audio hypnosis program from The Hypnosis Network, is by far the most thorough, professional, and effective program on the market.

To learn more about Core Sports Performance, click here:

http://www.hypnosisnetwork.com/hypnosis/sports.php

* Erin M. Shackell and Lionel G. Standing, "Mind Over Matter: Mental Training Increases Physical Strength," North American Journal of Psychology, 2007, Vol. 9, No. 1, 189?200.

Facing surgery? Consider preparing your mind beforehand?and feeling less pain afterward.

Dr. Guy Montgomery of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and his colleagues just published some significant findings about hypnosis and pain relief in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.*

Two hundred women undergoing surgery for breast cancer took part in the clinical trial. One hour before surgery, each woman was randomly assigned to either 15 minutes of hypnosis by a psychologist, or to a control session in which she spoke to a psychologist.

Each session aimed to increase relaxation, reduce pain, and decrease nausea and fatigue. The researchers then compared the use of pain medications and sedatives during surgery, along with the pain levels and other side effects occurring after the surgery.

The findings?

• The women who had hypnosis required less anesthesia;
• They spent an average of almost 11 minutes less in surgery (which also meant an average decrease in the cost of surgery of about $773);
• And after surgery, they reported less pain, nausea, fatigue, discomfort, and emotional distress.

"Together, the combination of potential improvement in symptom burden for the hundreds of thousands of women facing breast-cancer surgery each year and the economic benefit for institutions argues persuasively for the most widespread application of brief presurgical hypnosis," the authors write.

One of the nation's leading pain specialists is Dr. Carol Ginandes, a health psychologist on staff at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital. Recently featured in Prevention magazine, Dr. Ginandes is also certified by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and uses hypnotherapy with patients preparing or recovering from accidents or surgery or who suffer chronic pain.

Obviously, having Dr. Ginandes at your bedside just before surgery would be a patient's dream. But even if you can't have her in person, we think we've found the next best thing: her program Smooth Surgery, Rapid Recovery: A Systematic Hypnotic Approach.

This audio hypnosis program is published by The Hypnosis Network, which works only with recognized, licensed mental-health professionals like Dr. Ginandes. It's also the only audio hypnosis company on the internet to have earned the Health on the Net (HON) seal.

And to demonstrate how confident they are that the program is effective, the Hypnosis Network gives you a one-year money-back guarantee. Check it out at

http://www.hypnosisnetwork.com/hypnosis/surgery.php.

You'll be glad you did.

*G.H. Montgomery, D.H. Bovbjerg, J.B. Schnur, D. David, A. Goldfarb, et al. "A Randomized Clinical Trial of a Brief Hypnosis Intervention to Control Side Effects in Breast Surgery Patients," Journal of the National Cancer Institute, August 2007, Vol. 99, 1304-1312.

Please feel free to use any of my hypnosis scripts shown on this blog and also the ones shown elsewhere on this site and many thanks once again for your interest.

Best Wishes

Andy Moore

Hypnotherapist and Counsellor

The Sky Tower

A deepening script by Andy Moore

Use any induction from this site or use your own favourite script then continue with the following.

Now that you are relaxing more deeply than before we are now going to deepen the trance state just a little more deeply to allow yourself to enjoy this relaxation even more. (Pause)

Now see yourself arriving at your favourite holiday destination perhaps and you can see in the distance far away is a very large circular tower rising up some eighty metres up high into the sky with a circular viewing dome of some kind which can spiral up and down your tower. (Pause)

And as you approach your special viewing tower your amazing dome comes to rest at the bottom, the doors open, you walk in and the doors closes securely behind you. (Pause)

You can see that your viewing dome is circular shaped with clear see through windows all around you and very soon your dome begins to rise up very slowly at first, spiralling up and around towards the sky. (Pause)

Rising many hundreds of feet above sea level and very soon you arrive at the very top feeling so safe and secure and you can see from your special place many wonderful sights all around and you start to marvel at your glorious scenery views. I?m going to be quiet for a few moments now whilst you enjoy every moment of your spectacular and wonderful sights. (Pause)

Eventually your special dome begins to slowly descend down deeper and deeper and soon with every number that I count your dome will begin to spiral down completing one revolution with each number and sending you even more deeply relaxed than before.

So ready (counting slowly)

Eight; Seven; Six; Five; Four; Three; Two and One

That?s fine now see yourself leaving your special tower feeling wonderfully calm, relaxed and more confident than you ever felt possible.

1-5 count up out of hypnosis or continue on with your own suggestions