Help yourself
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This version* is a journey of relaxation aimed to aid positive thinking and help you find your path to fulfilment and happiness.
* You are not advised to use this MP3 if you have been diagnosed as suffering from Bi-polar, Epilepsy, Psychosis, or have a personality disorder.
Books
The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday
ISBN 978 1781251492
Profile Books Ltd 2014/2015
Inspirational stories of people who become successful by doing what everybody else is too scared to do.
The Subtle Art of not giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
ISBN-13:9780062457714
Publishers: HarperCollins Publishers Inc , HarperOne
Publication date 13 Sep 2016
A very entertaining book written by a prolific blogger, some profound stories told with great humour.
Alison Knowles trained as a Cognitive Hypnotherapist, then added to her tool box CBT, NLP and Play Therapy to create the ‘Ollie Model’ – a very popular Coaching Model especially adapted for children. You can find a Coach, or buy ‘Ollie and his Superpowers books, designed to help children take control of their emotions. You may even want to become a Coach yourself.
https://www.ollieandhissuperpowers.com/pages/about-us
Look up Trevor Silvester Books and reviews in the online Amazon store, for books on parenting, relationships, WordweavingTM and Cognitive Hypnotherapy. Trevor is the Founder of Cognitive Hypnotherapy and the trade mark Author of the WordweavingTM concept.
Fight – Win Freedom From Self-Sabotage
Explains the psychology of self-sabotage and offers techniques for taking control of your thoughts, to maximise success and thrive.
While training as a competitive boxer and kickboxer, Hazel Gale developed anxiety issues that led to emotional and physical burnout. Cognitive hypnotherapy helped her get back into competition after illness and turn her life around. She went on to win multiple World and European titles.
Videos
Give this guy a chance, seems quite new Age and Hippy but he has some amazing ideas to ponder:
- Bruce Lipton – Biology of Belief
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pJwYcK08iQ
Just because nature is amazing – I particularly like the end as I once saw luminous dolphins and it was astonishing:
- Dinoflagellates – Life That Glows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5uSM4O0bXo
Magazines
‘Perception’ is a wonderful free online magazine written by Cognitive Hypnotherapists. If you enjoy Cognitive Hypnotherapy give yourself time to ponder, read, watch or listen to some interesting and positive sound bites from those trained to seek out stories to inspire you.
https://www.qchpa.com/resources/perception-ezine/
‘Perception’ issue 26 See my article about how searching for ‘something bigger’ helps sustain lasting change:
Tips
If you are restricted by what you feel others will think of you, or see others the cause of your problems, you may benefit from an exercise to regulate your emotions. This exercise might be for you. Go to a chemist and ask for a Pizza, do this with a straight face, take their rejection on the chin, thank them and leave. If you feel awkward acknowledge that feeling, notice how you reacted because this is how you might react in a situation that is more challenging. Think if there is a way I could make this feeling diminish (without speaking to the chemist) what would it be? Do this, if it helps, store it for something to use when you next have to face a fear or uncomfortable situation. Practicing when it doesn’t matter may really help when it does.
Cognitive Hypnotherapy – Guide to my approach
In this information pack I discuss anxiety, how it may present itself, I talk about a few common diagnoses and labels that are given to explain the symptoms of different types of anxiety and provide you with some useful links to references & resources.
My primary aim is to help you find solutions to controlling your anxiety, I will give you some self-help techniques you can put in to practice right away.
I seek to cut through the minefield of Therapies available and to provide a simplified explanation of the Therapy concepts I find most useful, giving you an understanding of key ideas behind their approach and in what ways I find them to be helpful. If you like detail there’s a lot to get your teeth into, but if you like a short synopsis, there is a contents page to help you jump to the section you are interested in and I have highlighted the key parts in this colour.
I hope also to give you a taster of some techniques I use as a Cognitive Hypnotherapist and the concepts behind what I do. Because this is what works best for me, I am happy to share some of my secrets so should you select this as the therapy of your choice you have some information to help you on your way.
Click here to view my Complete Guide to Anxiety & Effective Therapy