Archive for March, 2011

Tourettes – The Funny Side

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

A Tourette’s sufferer launches blog to explore the funny side of her tics. Jessica Thom was diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome in 2006 and is now just one of the 300,000 individuals in the UK who is affected by uncontrollable tics. Jessica belongs to the 10 per cent of Tourette’s sufferers who involuntarily use’s offensive language. read more »

Hypnotherapy for chronic back pain

Monday, March 28th, 2011

If we are to believe what we read in the press Lily Allen broke down in tears during a gig because her back pain was so severe, Bono had surgery in a bid to fix his and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown decided to try Pilates to keep his strong. The celebs are not the read more »

Mental Health Exercises

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

A recent article featured in the Daily Mail has revealed how a hypnotherapist and some effective mental exercises helped to turn around one women’s life-long fear and anxiety. Liz Jones had been suffering from fear and anxiety for years, and though she had considered alternative therapy in the past she had always pictured hypnotherapy to read more »

Dieting equals irritability and anger

Monday, March 21st, 2011

According to a recent study, the act of dieting can make individuals feel both irritable and angry. The study, which was published in the Journal of Consumer Research, found that individuals who chose an apple instead of a chocolate bar were more likely to opt for films with anger and revenge as themes as opposed read more »

Hypnotherapy and Tinnitus

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

According to the British Tinnitus Association, around 10 per cent of adults in the UK constantly suffer from mild tinnitus, with symptoms affecting quality of life for around 1 per cent of adults. Tinnitus is the term used to describe the perception of sound but without the corresponding external sound. This condition can occur in read more »

How hypnotherapy cured one women’s lifelong battle with obsessive eating

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

A recent article in the Daily Mail saw eating obsessed Charlotte Eager try out hypnotherapy to see if it could put a stop to her fluctuating weight. In her teenage years through to her early 20s Charlotte experienced both anorexia and bulimia, and though she overcame her eating disorders, her obsession with what she ate read more »

Technology curfew could prevent disturbed sleep

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Experts are recommending that poor sleepers don’t excessively use electronic equipment whilst winding down for bedtime in a bid to prevent sleep disturbances. According to a recent survey conducted in America, individuals who use mobile phones and computers just before bedtime could be sacrificing a good nights sleep. Though the survey does not provide exclusive read more »

More men than women complain about being kept awake by snoring

Monday, March 7th, 2011

A recent study has found that three in 10 men complained about their partners snoring compared to just two in 10 women. The study, which involved 14,000 couples found that 30 per cent of male participants complained about being disturbed and kept awake by their partners snoring, compared to only 20 per cent of women. read more »

Most dieters gain weight again after six months

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

As the popular ITV show ‘Biggest Loser’ has come to an end and the winner walks away with his £25,0000 prize money, one obesity expert speaks out and says the shows producers should have withheld the money for six months. 29 year old Wil Graham has recently been crowned Britain’s Biggest Loser for managing to read more »