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the things that make us human ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
62 articles exploring the human condition…
All the things that make you who you are and how you can use this knowledge to improve your life — from memory to understanding why it sometimes pays to be selfish…
All the things that make you who you are and how you can use this knowledge to improve your life — from memory to understanding why it sometimes pays to be selfish…
HACKS for LIFE ⭐⭐⭐⭐
38 short-cuts to better confidence, decision making, positive thinking, better health, perfect posture, stronger resilience, beating stress, and living a happy, comfortable life. PLUS... Why chocolate is actually good for you, and how a regular glass of red wine will improve your health. And yes, you really can use suggestion to influence people without them being aware you’re doing it!
INSIDE STAGE HYPNOSIS ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A shocking exposé of stage hypnosis in Britain.
Plagued by incompetence, most hypnotists have no idea what to do when things go wrong… and some are downright dangerous. I explain why volunteers sometimes suffer confusion, headaches and short-term stress after taking part in some shows. I present new evidence showing stage hypnosis was a significant factor in the death of Sharron Tabarn in 1994. The 1952 Hypnotism Act is no longer fit for purpose and drastic changes in the law are long overdue!
Plagued by incompetence, most hypnotists have no idea what to do when things go wrong… and some are downright dangerous. I explain why volunteers sometimes suffer confusion, headaches and short-term stress after taking part in some shows. I present new evidence showing stage hypnosis was a significant factor in the death of Sharron Tabarn in 1994. The 1952 Hypnotism Act is no longer fit for purpose and drastic changes in the law are long overdue!
HYPNOSIS ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A Brief History of Hypnosis
The story of hypnosis, from its beginnings at an 18th century priest’s exorcisms, to Franz Mesmer’s experiments with magnets to the experimenters of the 18th and 19th century, to how 20th century science and modern psychology solved the puzzle of Hypnosis, to become a mainstream therapy.
Hypnosis
Once the most misunderstood phenomena in medical science, hypnosis can change lives. This is how it works…
Suggestion
How our thoughts and opinions are influenced on a daily basis without our even being aware of it. Discover the truth about subliminal messaging, and how we mainly learn by imitation!
Hypnotherapy
What the talking therapies achieve, how hypnotherapists work with clients, and how hypnosis is used for specific conditions. I explain how I use radical approaches to therapy to achieve outstanding and life-changing results.
The story of hypnosis, from its beginnings at an 18th century priest’s exorcisms, to Franz Mesmer’s experiments with magnets to the experimenters of the 18th and 19th century, to how 20th century science and modern psychology solved the puzzle of Hypnosis, to become a mainstream therapy.
Hypnosis
Once the most misunderstood phenomena in medical science, hypnosis can change lives. This is how it works…
Suggestion
How our thoughts and opinions are influenced on a daily basis without our even being aware of it. Discover the truth about subliminal messaging, and how we mainly learn by imitation!
Hypnotherapy
What the talking therapies achieve, how hypnotherapists work with clients, and how hypnosis is used for specific conditions. I explain how I use radical approaches to therapy to achieve outstanding and life-changing results.
Human Psychology ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Grey Matter
Your brain is the most complex structure in the universe. It is the control centre of your fundamental nature, your spirit and your soul, controlling your character, your personality and the very essence of everything you are. This is how it works…
Human Psychology
Most people think that psychology is the study of the mind… but the mind is too difficult to quantify. Psychology is the study of behaviour — of individuals or groups — to discover what it means to be human.
Intelligence & Communication
Why you really are smarter than your parents, and how your intelligence improves with age. Less than half of communication is verbal… we really communicate by reading facial expression and body language…
Memory
Our memories are our identity. We look at ways to learn and improve memory and how stress affects memory and how memory can be biased. Memory is malleable, and prone to creating false memories.
Your brain is the most complex structure in the universe. It is the control centre of your fundamental nature, your spirit and your soul, controlling your character, your personality and the very essence of everything you are. This is how it works…
Human Psychology
Most people think that psychology is the study of the mind… but the mind is too difficult to quantify. Psychology is the study of behaviour — of individuals or groups — to discover what it means to be human.
Intelligence & Communication
Why you really are smarter than your parents, and how your intelligence improves with age. Less than half of communication is verbal… we really communicate by reading facial expression and body language…
Memory
Our memories are our identity. We look at ways to learn and improve memory and how stress affects memory and how memory can be biased. Memory is malleable, and prone to creating false memories.
Addiction & Technology Addiction ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A serious examination and explanation of Alcohol, Drug, Gambling, Smoking, and Shopping Addiction…
Understanding why people become addicted to their Smartphones, Video Games and Social Media gives us a better idea of how to treat it. The bad news is that we are likely to become even more addicted to technology in the very near future…
Understanding why people become addicted to their Smartphones, Video Games and Social Media gives us a better idea of how to treat it. The bad news is that we are likely to become even more addicted to technology in the very near future…
Understanding group behaviour ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Understanding Group Behaviour
I have always been fascinated by the emotional response of the group, manipulated by self-appointed leaders, and how usually sane, independent minded individuals become submerged in the larger organism of the group.
The Psychology of Religion
Our brains are hard-wired for belief even when the battle between faith and reason rages in our heads. Does religious practice use hypnosis to brainwash millions of followers? Are we heading for a Godless secular future, or is belief in the supernatural here to stay?
Psychopaths
There’s a psychopath living next door to you, in your workplace and even in your bed. They do not wield knives or raise their voices – their chosen weapon is the long game, and first prize is your destruction.
Inside the Mind of a Terrorist
From the war-torn trouble spots of the world to the bright cities of Paris, London and New York, terrorism is something that affects us all. To understand it, we must first understand the terrorist.
I have always been fascinated by the emotional response of the group, manipulated by self-appointed leaders, and how usually sane, independent minded individuals become submerged in the larger organism of the group.
The Psychology of Religion
Our brains are hard-wired for belief even when the battle between faith and reason rages in our heads. Does religious practice use hypnosis to brainwash millions of followers? Are we heading for a Godless secular future, or is belief in the supernatural here to stay?
Psychopaths
There’s a psychopath living next door to you, in your workplace and even in your bed. They do not wield knives or raise their voices – their chosen weapon is the long game, and first prize is your destruction.
Inside the Mind of a Terrorist
From the war-torn trouble spots of the world to the bright cities of Paris, London and New York, terrorism is something that affects us all. To understand it, we must first understand the terrorist.
Free Downloads & Self Help
Beating stress, anxiety & depression ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Understanding stress, anxiety, depression and Seasonal Affective Disorder. Examining the antidepressant myth and the effect of environment on stress and anxiety… and some quick fixes and long-term solutions. You are not alone… and you can beat it!
Weight Management ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How food advertising works and why it’s hard to stick to a diet. I can’t make you thin, but I can explain the long-term approach to weight loss that works! Forget the crash diet, forget the heavy gym exercise. The real secret is to set achievable goals and make a long-term plan.
Beating Loneliness ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Human beings evolved to live in groups, with all the support and cooperation that brings. If we allow ourselves to become self-absorbed, and worse, withdrawn from society, we intensify feelings of isolation and loneliness. Here are some ways to beat it…
Sleep & Insomnia ⭐⭐⭐⭐
How much sleep is enough sleep? How a lack of sleep can change your personality… and some new ways to manage Insomnia. Understanding how we sleep now, and how we used to sleep, will help… and so will embracing new sleep patterns.
Fears & Phobias ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself! How we process fear, why we fear the creepy crawlies, and how it’s easy to overcome fears & phobias. Fear is a part of the human survival strategy and it does serve a purpose. Controlling it… and beating it, is easy once you know how!
Growing Old Intelligently ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
We can grow old gracefully… stay healthy… live with dignity… and with all our memories intact. Moderate exercise – short walks, a little gardening, meeting friends for a drink or going to the theatre – even doing a crossword puzzle can help keep you mentally healthy. Here are some ideas, and the science behind them…
music and the mind ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Playing music makes children smarter, reduces stress, helps battle dementia and Parkinson’s disease… Music influences our mood, how much we spend, and even our choice of food. Music can increase our brain power and our understanding of the word we inhabit.
How to make a happy, well-adjusted child ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Indulging in baby talk, applying the marshmallow test, playing with numbers, and trusting children, is the best medicine. Six steps to encourage better teenage decision-making… and how to make a happy, well-adjusted child…
ADHD An Invented Condition ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The truth about Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder – and how it might not actually exist. There is now a considerable body of evidence suggesting that ADHD is an invented disease – but part of a child’s normal development, and something that is easily cured.
the unhealthy pleasure of anorexia ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Anorexia is not about the fear of getting fat – it’s about the pleasure of losing weight… Up to now, the condition has been associated with major psychological distress, but this may not be the case after all… Hypnotherapy can help if the patient is willing to cooperate.
Helping Teens Survive Lockdown and navigating life in general… ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Most teenagers dream of going to university, of improving themselves and their life prospects, but Covid-19 means that most have had their freedoms curtailed… Most frustrating is that they know they are highly unlikely to fall seriously ill with the virus, and that their sacrifice is to protect others…
The Gift of Autism ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Autism affects how those with the condition perceive and make sense of the world around them. Because they see the world in a different way, they think about problems in a different way, often finding ‘outside the box’ solutions that elude the rest of us.
The genius of eccentricity ⭐⭐⭐
Creative people are better connected, they don’t socialise and find sick jokes funny… and swearing a lot could indicate higher intelligence!
The New Mesmerists: NLP and other nonsense ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Over the last 30 years, the global mind therapy business has grown at an astonishing rate. The drive to make your life a better place to live has mushroomed to industrial proportions to become a highly competitive multi-billion dollar enterprise. After Hypnotherapy, the market leader is NLP… but is it all it’s cracked up to be? (It isn’t!)
A Beginners Guide to Mindfulness ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The good, the bad and the ugly of Mindfulness is explained and we examine the benefits of meditation and the dark side of positive thinking. Is mindfulness al it’s cracked up to be? Join the debate and make your own mind up here…
A mine of disinformation ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Our lives our influenced a thousand times a day without us having the slightest idea it’s happening. An insight into the world of hype and untruth, meaningless buzzwords, how the customer is never right, fake news, and how we’re never told the truth.
The Mesmeric Arts
ILLUSTRATED ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The portrayal of hypnosis in art & popular culture
ILLUSTRATED with over 250 drawings, paintings, posters and photographs – the history of hypnosis as portrayed in art and popular culture over the last 200 years, from the earliest mesmerists to modern stage hypnosis.
The Electric Wizard
ILLUSTRATED ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Amazing Story of Dr. Walford Bodie
The true story of Dr. Walford Bodie, the world’s greatest hypnotist – and once the world’s highest paid entertainer. This is the astounding and tragi-comic story of his incredible life.
The pointless prison experiment ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Stanford Prison Experiment, Philip Zimbardo’s investigation into the darker side of the human condition, proved nothing we didn’t know already. We compare Stanford with the real prisons of Abu Ghraib, the Gulag Archipelago, and Camp Quatro, the ANC’s prison for defectors. The similarities are striking… and depressing.
Heroes & villains of psychology ⭐⭐⭐⭐
In praise of Carl Rogers, Irving Kirsch and Stanley Milgram… but in ridicule of Deepak Chopra – the man who claims he started an earthquake by meditating – and author of ‘The Secret’, Rhonda Byrne, the woman who claims you can become filthy rich just by imagining you are!