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Brian’s innovative spirit and compassionate insight clarify the power of hypnotherapy as compared to other mental wellness disciplines. Search here to learn more about a specific concern.
More than Hypnotherapy
I am more than a hypnotherapist. Recent comments from clients: An aspiring stage actor suffering from anxiety: "I feel that you are healing my relationship with God." An entrepreneur struggling with motivation: "Our work together laid the foundation for my business...
Asserting Your Self
In laying out the perquisites and privileges of licensed caregivers, California’s Business Practices Law yet recognizes that the consumer retains final authority in their pursuit of physical and mental ease. While this leaves license for unscrupulous self-promoters,...
Competitive Trance
If you are working in a high-stress environment, you are using adrenaline to compensate for the fact that most of your mind is hidden behind a protective barrier to the subconscious. In his books "The Talent Code" and "The Culture Code," Dan Coyle shares the lessons...
Taking Charge of Change
The psychologists love to argue about whether it is nature (genetics) or nurture (society) that determines who we are. Really, what difference does it make when nature has provided us with everything that we need to thrive in society? If you would like to understand...
When Healing Started
Broadly, psychology is concerned with understanding and influencing behavior. The specializations of psychiatry and psychotherapy narrow their concern to help us control behaviors that threaten our well-being. Psychiatry uses surgical and chemical interventions to...
The Pain of Being Right
We are social creatures: our survival depends upon the reliability of our partners. Unfortunately, “reliability” is a contingent quality. Every display of support for us is an advertisement. Some onlookers might offer a greater reward, others might seize by force....
Complementary Attachment
The human mind is amazing, beautiful, and humbling. Amazing in its ability to generate effective behavior amidst a tidal flood of information. Beautiful in the simplicity of its strategies for both growth and healing. Humbling because the choices we make linger long...
Hypnotherapy for Sleep
If you are sleeping less than seven hours a night, you are probably suffering from sleep deficit. This is linked to poor judgment, irritability, and dementia. An inability to fall asleep usually indicates poor sleep hygiene. Sleep allows the subconscious mind to...
Just Say “Trance”
You may have heard about psychedelics (psilocybin in particular) as a therapy for mental discomfort. If so, do some reading about the nature of the experience. Users report "feeling the ego dissolve - it's still there, just not in control anymore." Brain activity...
You are the Meaning
Softening into Wellness
The medical community has warned for decades that stress shortens our life span. As a preventative, they have advised us to exercise and invest in community. But what happens when stress is a habit formed in childhood? Some parents are unprepared for the demands of...
Ideas are Good
If you feel like you are struggling against hidden resistance, take this to heart: think of ideas as friends. They are strongest when they are shared. You may not always get credit, but the best ideas will gather around you. Eventually, the truth will out.