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3 tips on how communicate confidently & not like Lance Armstrong

February 25, 2014

In the second part of the blog I began last week, we can begin to learn how to have more confidence and congruence as a presenter, compared to how Lance Armstrong seems to come across. As a reminder, Lance Armstrong’s admission of doping is difficult to watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_0PSZ59Aws As a result, there are things we can learn about how to improve our own communications from Armstrong’s mistakes: Body language. A

Sorry, the hardest word – what we can learn about confidence from Lance Armstrong

February 20, 2014

The Armstrong Lie, is a documentary directed by Alex Gibney that shows what happened as Lance Armstrong admitted doping. One thing that fascinates me is how whether you watch Armstrong, or say Tiger Woods’ apologies a few years ago (both shown below), is how arguably incongruent or insincere their apologies seem. There are things we can learn from watching Armstrong and improve our communication skills and confidence, which can be hugely important for

The 4 strategies for success if you’ve stopped your 2014 resolution…

January 20, 2014

OK, so today’s the day that a huge amount of people ‘fall off their resolution’. You may be about to wobble, or need a pep talk to carry on getting where you want. The fact you’ve a bad habit means it’s most likely automatic, or what we has hypnotherapists would call ‘unconscious behaviour’. There are many of different ways to help you get you what you want and we thought we’d break

Have the best 2014

January 2, 2014

2014 is the year of the horse, which for many symbolises freedom, strength and power. I think these are themes we’ll all cover a lot this year and I wanted to explore every week, what I read, see and come across which can help any of us achieve those things, as there’s so much information out there. Now by the time I’ve written this, many people will have set and

How to get help with insomnia

June 5, 2013

As a new father, I’m naturally suffering from a little (!) sleep deprivation. It’s got me thinking about insomnia, which affects up to 2m people in the UK. With a newborn, there’s not a huge amount one can do. However, if you’ve got insomnia, there’s definitely things you can do to help yourself. In this two part blog, I’ll look at some of the factors that cause insomnia and in

Does Danny Boyle’s ‘Trance’ tell the truth about hypnosis in London?

April 18, 2013

As a hypnotherapist in London, a question I am occasionally asked is: “Have you ever seen Trance – and is hypnosis really like that?” For those who’ve not seen or heard about it, Trance was a 2013 heist movie by Danny Boyle starring James McAvoy & Rosario Dawson. The plot involves a multi-million pound painting that gets stolen by McAvoy’s character, who promptly forgets where he’s hidden it. Under fear

How to choose the right (hypno) therapist in London and the UK

January 16, 2013

There are hundreds of different therapies and many thousands of therapists in the UK. So, how the heck do you find the right therapist for you? At Fix My Mind, we don’t just offer hypnotherapy in London, we’ve also had therapy. Therefore, we hope this blog provides you with some help in knowing what to choose and what not to choose when selecting a therapist. These top 4 tips are

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A quick and easy self-hypnosis technique to help you get your new habit!

January 7, 2013

I’ve been discussing ways to develop new habits in a previous blog post. To help you further, I wanted to share how self-hypnosis can be a brilliant way to help you mentally rehearse how to create a new habit*. As is well known, many successful athletes use visualisation techniques – and the ones they use are all virtually identical. Having used self-hypnosis for many years, I believe that it is

6 tips for successfully creating a new habit (from a clinical hypnotherapist)

January 5, 2013

In an earlier blog post, I wrote about the choices you have when creating a new habit. One way is to use willpower. The second is the potentially faster option, using NLP and hypnotherapy for habit breaking and habit making*. What’s interesting about them both is that they each have similar fundamentals and require action to make them happen. One just takes a lot longer! Willpower takes longer because learning

How to create the one goal to create a new habit in 2013 – part 1!

January 3, 2013

So we’ve made it past a Mayan apocalypse and mounds of mince pies. Welcome then to 2013! What do you want this year? What is it, that in a year’s time you want to turn around and say, ‘yes, I did that’. Some of us will get what we want and others of us will fall on our asses! Which one do you want to do? In this 2-part blog,

How a two-minute technique could ‘fire up’ your confidence, Obama-style!

November 7, 2012

President Obama really got the crowds & the US electorate really motivated with the mantra of everyone being ‘fired up and ready to go’. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/06/obama-fired-up-ready-to-go-one-more-time/ And with fear of public speaking being one of most common fears people have, here’s one mega-tip on how to get yourself ‘fired up and ready to go’ in order to get the result you want. The great thing is it works really quickly. If

What the Lancet says about stopping smoking

October 31, 2012

If you’re a woman, or have a partner or friend who’s a smoker, you will find this of interest. According to the Lancet, If you stop smoking and you’re under 30, you could live for another 10 years. That’s right, The Lancet, the globally recognised body for medical research. It’s as simple and as stark as that. I think that’s exciting. And unlike all ‘too good to be true offers’,

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