Dec 28 2023

What Happens When a Person is Place on Psychotropic Medication They Do Not Need – A Case History? Vol. 658 – December 28, 2023

This client has been working with me for the past two years. Two years longer than my usual clients most of them healed within 3 to 4 longer sessions. However, you will see this is a special case.

At a very young age, my client was placed in a figure ice skating competition. Her mother wanted her to be active, not gain weight. Her mother was taught by her mother to never be overweight because a woman must never have large breasts or big buttocks because that is thought to be ‘gross’ in her family.

My client went on to win some state competitions in ice skating during her teen years, never enjoying it, but doing it to please her mother. It was during this time that she was first placed on amphetamines to keep her weight down.

She was bullied throughout high school and acted out by punching her bullies in the face, showing them that this behavior was not going to be tolerated by her.

When she was 17 she was placed on Adderall and a mood stabilizer being told that she had ADD and bipolar. She found herself constantly talking, aggressive, and unhappy.

At the age of 17, she decided to become a professional singer. She had vocal lessons working out all the time, and taking more weight loss medication to keep her body svelt for the music videos and live performances necessary for the industry standards during this time. This was dictated by her manager.

Also at 17, she got involved in what would be a chain of abusive boyfriends one worse than the next. It was a very difficult time for her because she could not understand why she was being yelled at and beaten up by these guys who ‘loved’ her. Three years ago she got involved with an abuser who strangled her on 4 different occasions. Right before COVID hit, she was to go on her first singing tour something she had worked hard to realize. The one thing she had been living for was abruptly taken away as the world closed down. She was so angry at the world, and so depressed given everything she was experiencing.

About a year later she called me to help her because she was ready to kill herself and knew she needed some help.

After we cleared all the trauma she went through regaining a true sense of herself she decided that she wanted the guy who strangled her, an illegal alien who did not even belong in the US to be convicted and in prison, then deported for the harm he had done to her. So, she decided to continue services with me having to tell her gruesome story repeatedly.

She was coming down with infections her weight too low to function and with this the realization that she did not need any of her medications choosing to go off all of them. She also realized that her negative behavior was due to the abuse.

Since then she is no longer overtalking, no longer stressed out, and is much calmer. She never needed to be medicated. All she needed was to heal her trauma and get justice.

Dec 21 2023

Where Does Happiness Come From? Vol. 657 – December 21, 2023

Many people want to know what makes them happy, believing that reaching one’s goals regardless of what they may be, will do the job. However, this is not the case as I have learned from those who are a lot smarter than I am over the years.

Those who have come to make incredible wealth gain much more happiness from giving it away. I have heard this on many occasions when billionaires have been interviewed on this topic.

The other thing that is really important is to be doing work that you are interested in doing and find fun. The reason someone like Warren Buffet is still investing is because he finds it fun playing the game of investing. The reason I will never retire is because I love the work that I do – all of the creative and analytical aspects of it work to make it fun and endlessly interesting.

I speak about one’s environment a lot on this page because this too is something that comes up a lot both in my reading and listening to those who study the subject. Plus, I have found for myself my environments were integral to either making me truly miserable or really happy both personally and professionally. When an environment did not work out, I walked away.

There is a way to live one’s life to bring happiness and that is by being willing to do what many will not. That is by assessing how you are spending your time, with whom you are spending your time, how you are gaining your income, and how you are utilizing your income.

It is also important to live without regrets for poor decisions made because we all make them. It is all part of learning how to live life. It is also important to do all those things you desire to do and stop making excuses and rationalizations about why you can’t do them. I have written many times in these posts that I never allowed an interesting or fun opportunity even if it scared the hell out of me, to get away from me. The gift of doing that gave me immense satisfaction, meeting amazing people doing amazing things all over the world, and learning that I am much more capable of doing things I did not believe I was because I stretched myself to learn how to do them. And, by doing those things I grew a lot!

It is also important to figure out what parts of yourself you love so you will take better care of yourself. This sense of self-love will also give you a sense of self-respect. So, you will no longer worry about what others think about you and instead will take your time and income to focus on how you can make others’ lives better because when one feels good about one’s self, one will always work to make others’ lives better. It is those who are miserable who are always looking to tear others down regardless of the amount of money and expensive toys they may own.

Being much more intentional in life is how one is able to become much happier. It helps to be willing to clear out all those out-lived defense mechanisms that run your life, and it helps to forgive those who you feel harmed you, which is a foundational piece of all the work I do with all my clients who have experienced traumas that have decreased their sense of happiness even after they have made all the changes suggested above.

Dec 14 2023

Stressor of Being Overly Booked Up – Vol. 656, December 14, 2023

I came across a very well-written post by author Jeff Goin speaking about a problem that stresses out so many people in the US and other Western countries but is never really addressed.

What is that subject: Being overly booked with all the responsibilities parents in particular face. Their children are enrolled in many extracurricular activities. Some parents own their businesses and are also home-schooling their kids.

This manner of living is not helpful to anyone who is involved.

Yes, children need to have activities to learn basic ideas like engaging in activities they enjoy. This is only learned by trying out a lot of them best while young. They also learn to persist in achieving long-term goals to counter the impulsive tendencies all social media is based upon wrecking their brains’ ability to wait for an outcome. They learn to act as human beings who need socialization to grow up to be healthy adults.

However, humans also need downtime for rest and repair Constantly running around till one drops down into bed is a great means to bring on disease from the increased cortisol and adrenaline into the body that comes with this endless running around till exhaustion.

We humans need time for self-reflection to figure out what truly matters to us in life. Each of us with a different result if we just allow ourselves time to reflect each day. I prefer to do this in the morning with journaling. I get out all the crap that is stuck in my subconscious mind from the previous day and with that cleared out my subconscious mind allows me to figure out what I want to concentrate the largest effort on for the next few years.

For thousands of years, the Kabbalists have been teaching that our life is to serve others by filling their vessels with our talents, knowledge, and interests bringing others to a better place in the process. They call it ‘channeling God’s work’ which I believe is a beautiful way to practice spirituality. Other religions share this idea as I found out during a conversation with another professional on Alignable, though I forgot what religion she practices.

So, my questions to you today are simply this:

Are you ready to address this madness of compromising your health by running yourself into an early grave?

Are you willing to demonstrate some balance between being and doing for your children and others in your life?

I can promise you that if you do not, poor health be it physical with the development of cancer and/or autoimmune disease cropping up to stop you in your tracks, mental illness in the form of heightened anxiety often leading to depression, and/or depression.

After 30+ years as a practitioner in healthcare, I can promise you that this is the end that you can expect if you do not slow down and take time for rest and relaxation for your body’s renewal. I know that you all know this intellectually, and yet, you ignore it as your body and mind are screaming for you to just slow down…way down!

Dec 07 2023

What are Some Steps One Can Take To Overcome Addictions? Vol. 655 – December 7, 2023

You know there are many types of addiction out there. The Kabbalists speak to those addictions of things such as: always thinking you are right, believing that others owe you, believing that you are more important than you are, etc.

What I have found in my hypnosis practice, understanding that it is our mind that creates our illusion of what we feel reality is – that is most important in letting go of any addiction.

One needs to know that there is a cause for the addiction – some sensitizing event that caused enough pain (emotionally usually, however with the increase in opiate overdoses, one has to include physical pain as well). There is a purpose to holding on to the addiction, like not having to deal with negative emotions, negative self-talk, etc. And, then one needs to make up one’s mind that the addiction is not really helping them, but slowly killing them. So, one needs a ‘compelling future’ that is more important to them on a visceral strongly felt level, than holding on to the secondary gains of having the addiction (not feeling those feelings or not having those negative thoughts) to let the addiction go. One’s mind is the most powerful tool one has, and it is very sad that kids are not taught how to employ it for their health, well-being, and sense of purpose which brings fulfillment and contentment in life.

Nov 30 2023

Are You Using Your Life Up, Or Is It Using You Up? Vol. 654, November 30, 2023

Many people would consider living alone in a foreign country where one does not know the language making communication difficult to be rather lonely.

Well, to tell you the truth, when one knows how to occupy one’s time one will not be lonely. However, there is much to be said about being able to spend one’s time doing what one wants to do at any given time without having to worry about what is expected by someone else or even the culture itself.

Though, yesterday while I was on the computer during a session with a client the grandkids of the owners were standing on a stool outside my window where the balcony is located. I had the door open to allow fresh air in. The kids were wanting to interact with me. So, after the session, I went outside to interact with them. The boy who I think was around 7 or 8 years old spoke perfect English. The little girl who looked to be 4 or 5 years old spoke zero English. It was a fun 20 minutes or so out in perfect weather till their parents were ready to take them home.

But, that is not the point of this post. For that, I need to tell you about a video I was just watching of a billionaire or so he claims who had bought all the fancy expensive items that one who makes a ton of money is supposed to buy living in the US – a huge house that comes with all the taxes, repairs, and staff to keep it all up, a fancy car that is hard to drive anywhere fearful of being in an accident in it, and expensive to upkeep, and the fancy watches and suits.

You know what? He got rid of all of it and lives in a place with a stand-up desk and a bed and that is all. He concentrates all his time and energy on his businesses because he has found that this is where his greatest enjoyment comes from and everything else is a distraction.

Now, anyone who knows me personally knows that I do enjoy some of the finer things in life. However, what I have come to realize is that stuff can be a burden. In fact, as those of you who follow my writing here know, I need to leave Albania for 3 months and then I can come back for another year on another tourist visa.

One of the things that I need to deal with is what to do with the stuff that I do not want to take with me because I do not want to pay extra fees for heavy baggage for the short flight from here to Serbia. So, even with the relatively small amount of personal stuff I have with me, it is now more than what I could bring with me given the new stuff that I bought while my Godson was here visiting in April. So, stuff can be a burden.

I am going to see if I can just leave the stuff I do not need here knowing that I am returning here. I do not think that will be a problem since I will be staying for another year upon my return – but it is just an example of what a pain having stuff can be.

The other point this entrepreneur made was that it truly does matter what one is doing to make an income. He had been a part of a company with partners which was how he made his money, but received zero fulfillment from the work involved. He wanted out and just walked away. He did not ask to be bought out, he just left and went off on his own to concentrate on creating businesses where he cared about what he was doing for his clients.

It is not an easy road, to go out on one’s own to create something out of nothing. Yet, that is where all the fun and excitement comes from, when one is doing something that matters in this world. And, to tell you the truth I would never be able to be employed by another person this late in my life because I have seen the stupid manner in which businesses especially where people are dependent on knowledge, insight, and compassion are necessary to do much more harm than good over the years. No thanks!

You may not be a person who needs the type of independence that the gentleman whose video I watched requires, but you are indeed a person who would be best served doing work that matches your values in a workplace that respects your contribution.

Never be fearful of taking the steps to breathe into your life by doing those things that you believe in. Yes, there will be missteps along the way, but that is also where the greatest fulfillment comes by overcoming them and growing in the process, finding out what you are made of – much more than perhaps you are giving yourself credit for at the moment never having tested yourself…it this applies to you.

Take some time to think about these ideas because life is short…it goes by quickly…and you want to know that you used up your life instead of it using you.

 

Nov 23 2023

The Influence of Hypnotism on Our Bodies – Vol. 653, November 23, 2023

The Physiological Influence of Hypnosis on Our Bodies

“Research into the physiological influence of hypnosis has experienced a renaissance with the advent of psychoneuroimmunology. Reduction in cancer-related pain, immune regulation, and lowered stress are all benefits attributed to hypnotic interventions.”

I have been a practicing hypnotist for the past 20 years able to help those patients that the allopathically trained practitioners could not. Many of the clients that I have helped over the years have suffered horrendous traumas, though that is not true of all of them. Some just needed one to find the cause of the problem and help them heal it like the very young 61-year-old anesthesiologist who had insomnia. He had all the usual sleep tests and nothing was found physiologically to be problematic. Yet, he had not gotten a really good night of sleep in over 30 years. It turned out in his case that he had been interrupted from his sleep so many times during the 3 residencies he had completed that his body did not feel safe going to sleep.

Or the 42-year-old woman who had excruciating pain in her stomach in which there was no physiological cause based on the report from her doctor and no obvious emotional issue based on the input from her psychologist at one of the best hospitals in the US. In her case, the issue went back to being traumatized starting from when she was 4 years old through her teen years by her father who found many ways to antagonize her emotionally and physically. It was only when we helped her to heal these individual traumas from her past that she was able to finally let go of the stabbing pains in her stomach.

You see, our subconscious mind holds so many events in our minds and we cannot reach many of them on the conscious level which is the manner in which medical care is given. So, how is a patient to heal? The answer is that in most cases they never do take medications many of which are of negligible help if the truth be known because though the symptoms may be lessened, the underlying problem still remains.

Here is the URL for the article in which I took the quote at the beginning of this post for your own education:

https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/hypnosis-and-fear-4188587?utm_source=Health&src_src=Health&utm_campaign=health-2022-10-16&src_cmp=health-2022-10-16&utm_medium=email&est=ptudP1zrQFkPKsWjPM0%2FbF%2FQTgjFouXlfmJYNvxn0sITBXgDmJ2NEa0m0bynsWT5WGh9hhse

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Nov 16 2023

At What Cost…Abundance? Vol. 652, November 16, 2023

At What Cost…

I had a conversation recently with a health coach who wanted me to recommend an abundance coach for her to refer her patients who are looking for such a person.

My response to her was very direct: There is no such thing as an abundance coach because there is no such thing as abundance being created in the financial realm by anything other than learning the math required in the various investments one can make that will build financial abundance.

Most people who call themselves ‘abundance’ coaches have no such knowledge and instead focus on ‘mindset’ because it is theorized that those people who have learned that having wealth is bad will never be able to create it. Well, there could be something said for this theory, one still needs to understand the math behind making solid investments which abundance coaches do not have as far as my 30 years in the business of helping others with mindset with hypnotism.

Please note that in the past I have employed some abundance coaches and not one of them had a clue how to work investments. Not one of them had a substantial portfolio of any type of investments.

There is also a similar problem with so-called investment advisors. Most are employees of investment companies be they mutual funds or insurance agencies selling you the products they represent. Most do not have an investment portfolio of their own. So, in reality, they have no idea how to best help you build yours.

So, what do you do?

You find those people who have succeeded in building investment portfolios for their clients and do as they direct. There are many people who are ready and willing to help you starting with YouTube videos and books by Ray Dalio, Warren Buffet, and Warren’s partner Charlie Munger to name a few. They have their own ideas on how best to build wealth with Ray Dalio heavily in the stock market using his own understanding through history of how best to make money based on where the markets are at any time. Buffet & Munger purchase companies with good management keeping the management in place while taking over ownership. There are others that you can find who invest in real property and commodities such as Robert T. Kiyosaki who of course wrote the book, “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” and developed the “Cash Flow” game that teaches how to invest.

However, if you are not into investment as much as just living a life that is fun and fulfilling, all you need to do is figure out what you find interesting and fun to study and implement in your life and do that with your life. Most people do not require more than $100,000 to be happy and many much less depending on the amount of toys they feel they need such as the size of their home, type of car, and whatever else people spend money on in the search for feeling happy – which by the way is found inside you, not with all the expensive toys people are too often falsely believing will make them happy. This is because it takes a lot of money to keep up with all the more extravagant things people purchase.

For myself, I left most of my material possessions in a storage unit when I left Massachusetts for California back in 2013. I have been traveling the world since then allowing others to pay the cost for maintenance of whatever is necessary for one to live in an apartment or hotel while easily moving from place to place with a medium-sized suitcase and a backpack all of which can be packed inside of 15 minutes. I learned many years ago during my first 2.5 months living in Israel after a trip to Sydney Australia for 2.5 weeks to be a coaching assistant for my NLP trainers that one needs very few material items to be happy and live an excellent life. My Kindle reader saves much space in being able to handle as many books as I desire so long as they are formatted for the Kindle because not all books are unfortunately.

I would suggest that you journal meaning taking a pen and a notebook and writing down the type of life you would like to be living. Where would you live? What would you be doing to make your income? What type of people do you want to be surrounded by? What types of culture would you like to experience? Many in larger countries like the U.S. and of course the many varied countries of the world some of which have their separate cultures within them as well.

Then figure out how much money you need to be able to live this life. I have found that by living in countries where the US dollar goes much further which also have much better quality of food, much better mass transit, and kinder people than in many areas of the US, especially on the East and West Coasts, that I require much less money to have an amazing life than anything I could ever have in the US these days given all the inflation and internal conflicts among the people on so many areas of life it is daunting.

We humans are lucky that we have the ability to critically think and then make informed decisions about how we wish to live. However, few people really take the time necessary to do this and end up living lives of quiet desperation leading to massive stress which leads to health problems. So, this is an important area of life to be thought through to create your future the way you want it.

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