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Hypnosis: Is it Risky or Rewarding? |
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| Several audience members at the
convention were called to the stage and hypnotized as a group. The
facilitator then had them approach the microphone individually and sing in loud screechy
voices, nursery
rhymes. It was entertaining and hokey and permanently damaged me from believing in the
power of hypnosis...until a few years ago when some back ordered tapes as a gift for my brother were drop shipped to me instead of Mike. Realizing that "Money, Wealth and Prosperity" are not the get-rich-quick tapes I thought I had ordered him, I found instead were whimsical stories told by Manhattan psychotherapist Dr. Lloyd Glauberman in a process he's pioneered called Hypno-Peripheral Processing which combines aspects of Ericksonian Hypnotherapy and language patterns used in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). Intrigued and curious I opened them and began to listen. The unconscious mind stores useless information such as passing cars, bad TV commercials, and the date the milk is going to expire. Surely, I figure this can't hurt...my mind has archived worse stuff than this. The only instructions that came with the tapes are to listen with a headset since they are recorded in 360 sound. Soon I was on a hypnotic whirl as my mind tried desperately to translate the stories. Glauberman is a genius. He tells a story to the right brain, and a story to the left-brain simultaneously, and the conscious mind is not smart enough to translate both stories at once. I tried to focus on the story in my right ear when suddenly the stories switch sides and now I am hearing the ending of the opposite story. If you don't pay attention to either story you can hear words being drafted from both stories in a rhythmic pattern that creates instructions somewhere in your forehead. Soon I was asleep. There are three tapes (2 CD's) in the set with different stories on each side and after listening each night for several weeks to a different set of hypnosis stories, the most unusual and financially rewarding things began to happen. I was able to track forty-two changes in my financial behaviors that were transpiring easily and effortlessly and above all else, unconsciously. I am the taxpayer who waits until April 13th before I even think about filing when suddenly it hits me that my taxes are done and it's still January. My clients expressed surprise when projects turned up complete ahead of time, and they rewarded me with more jobs and bonus money. High maintenance clients began to vanish from the line up, and bidding contracts turned into a fun and amusing win-win game as customers purchased my services with enthusiasm. Soon I was the proud owner of every Glauberman tape on the market. Magic still fills my sleeping hours with self-improvement, self-esteem, procrastination busters, and record breaking times in my swimming and running. Handling pressure and dealing with stress became second nature to me as I unconsciously changed my eating habits to control weight, health and my energy levels. And then the most unusual thing of all happened. I stumbled on to a series he created on relationships, only I wasn't in a relationship at the time, and had no prospects. "I wonder what will happen to me if I listen to these tapes, I mean how can you improve a relationship that doesn't exist?" But I was on a roll...so in the machine they went. I laugh as I look back because shortly after listening, I bumped into and married a fun and entertaining man, and now we are living happily ever after. Is hypnosis risky or rewarding? If you ask me I'll say it is both. It is risky because we find comfort in old habits. We reject the unknown and are unwilling to change - and rewarding because hypnosis generates change unconsciously, without the pain. Suddenly you wake up after a string of failed relationships and presto! you're married to the spouse of your dreams, or you have lost twenty pounds without dieting or finally you pay off the last of your debts. It is risky because the tapes/CD's are NOT cheap. Fifty bucks on the average - and rewarding because that is so much cheaper than therapy and worth every penny you will invest in yourself to buy them. It's risky when you recommend these tapes in the newspaper and you don't own stock in Hypno-Peripheral Processing or Glauberman's company, and rewarding when your family and friends call you to say "thanks". PS. Since this article was written, Many readers contacted me wondering where they could get Dr. Glauberman's tapes because they too were curious what changes could occur through listening. I contacted Dr. Glauberman himself and arranged to add his products to our line up so that you too can see what whimsical results you might experience in your weight, diet, relationships, money and finance goals, lifestyle, confidence and more. They are now available in our wellness store. |
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