Psychic abilities are our birthright. We are all born with one or more of them. Because they have not been encouraged these gifts have atrophied within us but they have not disappeared. Once encouraged on a regular basis they return and can become quite powerful indeed! In this post I want to talk specifically about the gift of intuition which is frequently called ESP, instinct, and “that gut feeling.” Personally, I feel our intuition is the greatest psychic gift there is. I say this because it is next to impossible to interpret a feeling incorrectly. For instance, I may ask myself, “Is today a good day to list an item I want to sell on ebay?”, knowing full well my intention is to get a really high price for that item. I tune into my intuition as I am asking and notice what I am feeling. If I feel good about it I know it is a good day to list and I will get a high price. If, when I tune in, I am not feeling such a good feeling about it then I know it is not a good day to list the item. Once upon a time I was not so good at eliciting answers from my intuition. I had to cultivate this ability. I did this by suggesting to myself over and over that I was profoundly intuitive and that my intuition is strong, powerful and accurate, plus a few other choice suggestions. Within 3 weeks of doing hypnosis for myself daily on this subject I was astounded at the result. My ability to intuit things had sky rocketed! I use my intuition for everything. I even tune in to my intuition when I am working with a client. My success with clients has quadrupled as a result. Let me explain how I use this gift with clients. As I am giving suggestions to my clients I am intuiting whether or not to use certain words and the best way to put those words together so as to have a positive and powerful impact on the person’s subconscious mind. I am also intuiting whether or not the client likes what they are hearing. If I am feeling that they do not like a suggestion as I have given it I then intuit how to reword the suggestion so that their subconscious likes it and will accept it. Honestly, I don’t know how any hypnotherapist does this work without employing their intuition. For me, the two are inseparable.  My suggestion to everyone is to cultivate your intuition. It will never steer you in the wrong direction. With a full blown working intuition you will always make the right decisions, provided you listen to it, that is. In the end, it really is about learning to listen to your intuition and this can be as great an undertaking as cultivating it. However, with the use of hypnosis even the persistent and annoying need to ignore your intuitive hunch can be overcome. Trust me, it is so! ...read more

I wonder how many people realize that they experience the hypnotic state many times throughout their day. Most, I’ll say, don’t know it at all so let me enlighten you. You pass through 2 stages of hypnosis as you are falling asleep at night and you pass though them again as you wake up in the morning. It is this way with all people, no exceptions, unless of course you never sleep. There are, however, other times in the day that you are most likely hypnotized as well. Anytime you find yourself fixated on something, you are hypnotized. Whether it is a good book, a TV program or computer games, if you are fixated then you are in a state of hypnosis. Also, particularly where television is concerned, know that you are vulnerable to hypnotic suggestion while you are watching TV. Advertisers depend on it in fact. How else would they manage time and time again to sell you things you do not need, especially that yummy pizza or a deliciousApplebee’sfat filled appetizer…? So in closing please be aware that a hypnotic trance is not something you have to work hard at achieving, in fact you could say, Hypnosis Happens! Janet Decker, C.Ht.www.hypnotherapyservices.com ...read more

Hypnosis, hypnotic suggestion and the subconscious mind, how do they work together to bring about change in a person's mind, body and spirit?  Basically, the subconscious mind works like the mind of a very young child.  A child, of say 3 years of age, has not yet developed the ability to think logically and reason things out.  The subconscious is subjective and believes what you tell it, as a child of 3 would, provided the logical (conscious) part of your mind does not interfere.  Hypnotherapists call this logical conscious mind the "Critical Factor".  As adults, in a manner of speaking, everything that you see,  hear, touch, smell, and taste first passes through the logical conscious mind before it reaches the subconscious.  The subconscious will only accept what the 5 senses detect as valid if the the logical conscious  mind says it is valid.  Once the logical mind says "Yes, this is valid." then the information is stored in the subconscious mind and that programming keeps running until it (the subconscious mind) is told something differently.  When a person is in a relaxed state of mind and body, as is the case when a person is hypnotized, the logical conscious mind (critical factor) can be bypassed allowing ideas and suggestions to go directly to the subconscious mind thus planting the seeds for change.   Still, the suggestions given to a person in a state of hypnosis must be in accordance with what the person truly desires for themselves, morally, spiritually, physically, mentally, etc. or else the suggestions will not take hold and will have no affect whatsoever.  If the hypnotized person finds the suggestion that is given to them appealing in every way, then that suggestion will have an affect on how and what the person thinks, feels and experiences once they are fully alerted and returned to a normal waking state of consciousness.  This, of course, is a very simplified explanation, however, it will give you some idea of the hypnotic process and how it works on the subconscious mind to bring about physical, mental and emotional change in a person who truly desires change.   Janet I. Decker, C.Ht. ...read more