by Brian Balke | Jan 23, 2019 | Basics, Specializations
A Hypnotherapist’s View: Basic Behavior Battle trauma creates an imbalance in the warrior’s mind. Fear dominates his or her expectations. Obviously battle is not a typical experience, and the imbalance is extreme. But parents raise children with predispositions toward...
by Brian Balke | Jan 19, 2019 | Specializations
A Hypnotherapist’s View: Combat Stress The mind is born with two responses to a threat: fight and flight, marshaled by the survival instinct in the primitive part of the brain. Fight and flight are meant to be temporary. In nature, the mind-body quickly returns...
by Brian Balke | Jan 16, 2019 | Specializations
When Alexander the Great set out to conquer Asia, he marched under the commission of the sages of Ancient Greece. They ordered him to spread Greek culture to the Pacific Ocean. To assist in the mission, one of their number marched with him. After his death in what is...
by Brian Balke | Jan 12, 2019 | Specializations
Hypnosis and Chronic Pain Relief Chronic pain may originate from medical causes. Every sufferer from chronic pain needs to be under a physician’s care. Pain of any sort, however, is always a signal from the subconscious that our behavior needs to change. The...
by Brian Balke | Jan 9, 2019 | Specializations
Stress and Chronic Pain When confronted with threats, the most primitive areas of our mind seek to stimulate action in our muscles. This ancient programming is beyond conscious control. Just as with a weaker wolf threatened by a dominant wolf, that program is still in...
by Brian Balke | Jan 5, 2019 | Specializations
The Mind and Stress Given the benefits of releasing muscle tension to promote healing and performance, we might wonder what happens if the tension isn’t released. When held at maximum strain, eventually muscles cramp, and if the cramp isn’t released, muscles harden to...
