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The word "bully" has become such a watered down term, people who have never been continually subjected to it seem to think it is just a temporary, a couple of minutes, maybe over a few days, kind of thing. How does manslaughter sound? Or perhaps grievous bodily harm or grievous psychological harm? To this day I have never heard of someone being sentenced on the charge of bullying. We need to call it what it is and have penalties to act as a genuine deterrent. Obviously, this would apply to...

Is there a bully in your life? Here's how to get the power back Being bullied is a painful experience, and one which is regularly dealt with by professional hypnotherapists. It can bring on a wide range of symptoms including feeling sick, shaky, tearful, panic-stricken and sleeplessness. Sometimes, we may not even realise the root of our distress is that we are being bullied, because when we are in that situation, there is a tendency to blame ourselves. Why do some people get bullied, whereas...

Would you like to know the secrets to transform an ordinary brain into an extraordinary one? According to Psychology Today, ‘to understand what your brain is capable of, you will want to engage in techniques that accomplish one or more of the following: they make the unfamiliar familiar, the expected unexpected and the unconscious conscious’. Hypnotherapy can be a great tool for your personal development, helping you to reach potentials you never thought possible. Here are some...

Anxiety can stop you from living your dreams. It riddles your mind with self-doubt. You desperately want to try something new like get a promotion, make more money, change career, learn how to drive, or develop new relationships. However, there’s a feeling of dread that you just can’t escape! How can you shift from a place of uncertainty and fear to one of confidence? There’s a way. It’s all a matter of developing new and healthier perspectives. Take a minute and think...

Are you lacking in self-confidence or self-worth which is preventing you from meeting your future partner? Or maybe it prevents you from going for that better paid job you KNOW in your heart you are quite capable of doing? Perhaps you’re too worried to take your driving test? A lack of confidence in ourselves can have so many repercussions, as you may be aware. This lack of self-confidence and self-esteem can cause doubts in what are usually simple everyday tasks, like choosing what to...

Low self-esteem and/or lower self-image are common situations that frequently lead to depression and other self-destructive behaviours that can cause a person to become extremely dangerous to themselves and possibly to others. This is when it is really necessary to get them to seek out treatment. Using hypnosis for the treatment of low-esteem and self-image issues One of the main reasons why hypnosis can be so effective in the treatment of low self-esteem and self-image is that when the mind...

What is cognitive bias? How can we recognise it? And how can we stop doing it?"You are today where your thoughts have brought you.You will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you". Cognitive bias is patterns of distorted thinking. We all think in distorted ways from time to time - some more than others. Problems arise when we have cognitive bias more often than not... It is important to remember that your thoughts are not necessarily correct and may be heavily skewed for a variety of...

If you are one of the millions of people all over the world who suffer from low self-esteem, chances are you are not living up to your true potential. This is likely because you end up settling for things instead of thriving from what you truly deserve. Unfortunately, low self-esteem is not an easy thing to treat, and people end up going from treatment to treatment hoping to find one that just might work. There are far too many so-called 'experts' making a wide range of claims to know which...