Tag: trauma

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

    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…

  • Stop Negative Thinking the Easy Way

    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.

    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:…

  • Feeling stressed, stop and . . .

    Tish Schuman is one of the hypno-therapists at the Anxiety Control Center.  She has been helping people get relief from stress for over 12 years.  The following are some of her thoughts on staying in the present moment to get back into control of emotions. The other day while driving I saw a sign that…

  • Grief and Sadness

    After the death of my very favorite and loved uncle just 2 weeks ago I found myself thinking, and grieving and sobbing and then . . .  beginning to move towards healing.  And it went back and forth between terrible pain of loss to uplifting feeling of connection.   I’ve decided to talk about my…

  • Dealing with Fear and Anxiety

    It’s amazing the things I hear every day in such common places as restaurants, bookstores, or even in the doctor’s waiting room.  There are so many people out there who suffer from panic attacks or know someone who does.  Just the other day, I overheard a conversation between a few women, one of whom couldn’t…

  • Using NLP to change Stressful Thoughts

    I hope you have been practicing the “2 for 1” exercise from last week, write to me at askdraudrey@gmail.com and let me know how it is working for you, I welcome your questions.  This week we will start by discussing a technique that can very quickly change  feelings, and even change pain, just by changing…

  • The positive intent of Worry

    Before I talk about techniques to stop worry in its tracks, let’s look at the positive purpose of worry.  It can alert you to things that need to be taken care of, or of consequences of certain actions.  Worry can keep you watchful for symptoms that indicate a possible life-threatening problem, or it can motivate…

  • Are Some People More Prone to Worry Than Others?

    1.  Are some people more prone to worry than others? There are many reasons for the different ways people respond to the world they live in.  An event that hardly creates a ripple in one person’s life, can completely distress another person.  People react differently because of the filters, beliefs and the way they interpret…

  • Home Study Course for Coping with Stress

    Stress, has reached new heights of usage in today’s vocabulary.  How many of us know how to cope with stress?  Since we cannot prevent stress from occurring.  Our new home study course will give you a step by step method to help you learn how to manage stress and even make it work for your…