Feeling Familiar

There is an old adage that people who like each tend to be like each other.  Years ago, when I was a teenager, I wanted really hard to assert my independence, so I started to dress differently than my parents.  I wore a jeans jacket and faded blue jeans with rips in...

Increasing your powers of observation

Learning to observe people more closely can pay great dividends.  If you have a minute, I want you do play a quick game with a friend.  First, have the person think of a person that they don’t like.  Watch their eyes, the tilt of their head, their body posture. ...

Learn to learn better

Hypnosis has a variety of techniques and strategies to enhance someone’s ability to learn.  I have worked with a number of people to help them enhance their ability to spell or do math and had wonderful results.  One thing I teach all my clients who want to enhance...

Three applications of submodalities

Submodality changes can be used to change a like to a dislike.  For example, if you currently crave ice cream to the point where it has become a problem, in hypnosis, we can change the submodalities so that you no longer crave ice cream.  Another application of...

Submodalities and Drivers

Part of the art of using submodalities to make changes to internal representations is to identify the most important distinction for the client.  This ability to correctly identify a driver is key to actually making change with submodalities.  For example, when...