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Can hypnotherapy help me to stop procrastinating?

Procrastination

Hypnotherapy for Procrastination Most people experience pulling things off. From getting out of bed in the morning, to studying for exams, tidying up, updating a C.V. It can be the smaller more mundane things, or life changing tasks. Procrastinating means we underachieve, miss opportunities, and waste time. Imagine how your life could be different now, …

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Hypnotherapy for exam stress

Exam Stress

Hypnotherapy for Exam Stress Exams are used a great deal to measure a person’s ability. Children during the last year of primary in England sit their national curriculum tests, often known as Sats. Like them or hate them exams are part of life, school exams, college exams, university exams, passing a driving test etc. All …

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Can autophagy improve health?

Autophagy

What is Autophagy? Autophagy is a natural process or recycling cells in your body. The word literally means “self” and “eating,” and is your body’s way of getting rid of cellular junk. You are made up of trillions of cells, and these cells are constantly being made and destroyed. Some cells get damaged and can …

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Fasting – do nothing and lose weight

Fasting

Fasting Fasting is simply choosing to go without food and/or drink for a period of time. An absolute fast, or dry fasting, is defined as going without all food and drink for a defined period. Water fasting is going without food and drink except for water, black coffee and tea. Regardless of the type of …

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Trichotillomania

Trichotillomania

Trichotillomania Trichotillomania (TTM), also known as trich, is when someone can’t resist the urge to pull out their hair. It is an impulse control disorder. It is estimated to affect one to four percent of people. More common in teenagers and young adults it tends to affect girls more often than boys. People with trichotillomania …

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Meditation – calm your mind

meditation

Meditation Most people know how to look after their body. The practice of eating well and exercise might be difficult but we all know how to do it in theory. But how do you get your mind into shape? One in four people will suffer with mental health issues. Meditation can focus and quiet your …

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Bruxism – Involuntary habitual grinding of the teeth

Bruxism

Hypnotherapy for bruxism Bruxism is when someone grinds their teeth together or clenches their jaw. Most people who suffer from bruxism are unaware that they are doing it. This can be because there are no symptoms, or because the symptoms are not associated with a clenching and grinding problem.  It often happens while concentrating, under …

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Orthorexia Nervosa – fixation on righteous eating

Healthy Eating

Orthorexia Nervosa Orthorexia nervosa is a term which literally means “fixation on righteous eating.” Orthorexia starts out as an innocent attempt to eat more healthfully, but orthorexics become fixated on food quality and purity. They become consumed with what and how much to eat. A person with orthorexia will be obsessed with defining and maintaining …

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Intrusive Thoughts – How to stop OCD

intrusive thoughts

Intrusive thoughts Intrusive thoughts happen. Nobody can control their own mind perfectly. As well as having a conscious stream of thoughts we also have thoughts that just happen. Thoughts that just seem to pop in all by themselves. Gut feelings, instinct, inspiring thoughts and eureka moments can be very useful. Not so useful are the …

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Smoking: Habit or Addiction

smoking ash tray

Do you consider smoking a bad habit or an addiction? It can be both. There is a chemical addiction to smoking. When you first start smoking your body gets used to the nicotine and it can start to miss the nicotine as the levels in your body drop when you stop smoking. This can give …

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