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  • Sleep Problems

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    Sleep Disturbances Tossing, turning, watching the clock for hours – is this how you sleep? The harder you try to sleep, the more elusive it becomes. You’ve tried everything and are still awake. You are frustrated because you really want a restful night’s sleep. Worse yet, during the day you are tired. There is hope!…

  • TRANSFORMING SADNESS TO HOPE

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    STEPS FOR TRANSFORMING SADNESS TO HOPE Audrey Sussman PhD, LCSW, NBCCH, Director Anxiety Control Center Has the thought of summer ending triggered feelings of loss or sadness?  If so you are not alone.  At different times of the year the Anxiety Control Center gets inundated with phone calls from people suffering from melancholy, loneliness, sadness…

  • Is Hypnosis Right for You?

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    Dr. Audrey talks about Hypnosis. Excerpt from teleseminar, questions people are asking . . . . This is the top question I get from new clients, “Can I be hypnotized?”  Many times this question is followed with the statement  “I’m a very logical, scientific kind of person, and I’m strong willed, so  even though I…

  • Is it a negative mantra or a simple annoying thought?

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    After posting my article  Negative mantras that “take you down” on the golf course. I received a question about the difference between negative mantras and simple annoying thoughts.  The best way to understand the difference is to think about the feelings you have. For instance feeling annoyed because of playing badly on one hole, and…

  • 7 steps to creating positive mantras 4

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    Continuation for yesterdays post on creating the state of mind your desire. I welcome your feedback and questions, and will write more on specific issues you send in.  To contact me with your questions click here. Want to begin your journey now,  sign in at the box at the top right  of this page and…

  • 3 Secrets to creating the state of mind you desire.

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    Today I will start the first of 5 posts about ways of creating an optimal state of mind, for learning, growing and moving through problems.  I will be using the game of golf as one example of where people find negative “mantras” interfering with the enjoyment of the game.  But negative mantras can get in…

  • What is hypnosis ?

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    Our newest hypno-counselor Lisa Kilburg RPh,CCP,CH. is doing a series of posts about hypnosis, trance and hypno-counseling.  We hope you enjoy her answers and that you’ll write in with questions of your own. She will have openings in her schedule for new clients in September.  Please send your questions to our email by clicking here. …

  • Can Pain be used to Stop Negative Thoughts? Part 2

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    Continued from yesterday’s post: If you haven’t read yesterday’s post you can find it under “Can Pain be used to stop negative thoughts? part 1” Continued. . .  Here is what happened.  First he did a great job explaining how pain and pleasure can be used to break a habit.  So of course I was…

  • Stop Negative Thinking the Easy Way

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    Today I will repeat the post from last week and then give my answers: The following is a question I received from Pete (factitious name).  He came to see me for hypno-therapy recently, after years of struggling with frustration, and feeling stuck.   In the next few days I will post some of the answers and…

  • Feeling stuck or struggling with frustration, there is hope.

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    The following is a question I received from Pete (factitious name).  He came to see me for hypno-therapy recently, after years of struggling with frustration, and feeling stuck.   In the next few days I will post some of the answers and exercises I suggested to Pete’s request for help. First a little background about Pete:…