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Hypnosis news stories
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'Go Compare' uses hypnosis
4th Apr 2011
• Take That! Prodigy uses hypnosis
8th Jan 2011
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Gastric Mind Band Helps Mum 20th
May 2009 - Sun Newspapers
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Hypnosis Can
Double Success of IVF Treatment
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Hypnosis Helps
Hospitals Treat Breast Cancer
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Latest celebs
using hypnosis
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'Go
Compare' Tenor used Hypnotherapy for nerves |
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| Go Compare tenor Wynne
Evans (or his advert alter-ego Gio Compario) needed hypnotherapy
to cure his nerves before he became a TV ad star. Speaking to
Nick Ferrari on a Classic FM Interview, he confessed: “I
suffered from very, very bad stage fright for about a year.”
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Take That! How hypnosis beat my
girl's stage fright.
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The cameras were ready
to whirr into action and pop star Gary Barlow was waiting
expectantly in the corner of the Dublin studio. Camilla, 21,
was about to shoot her first music video, singing the Take
That hit Rule The World.
Camilla looked the picture of calm, clearly enjoying her
first taste of stardom. Yet, 24 hours earlier, suffering from
a severe attack of stage fright, she had begged a hypnotist
to fly over and help her combat her nerves using hypnosis.
In 2009, after Camilla handed Gary her CD in a recording
studio, he gave her a record deal. Almost overnight she went
from being a student at the Academy of Contemporary Music
in Guildford to singing in front of Royalty and TV audiences
of millions. Once confident, she had suddenly become terrified
of performing live.
What she was feeling was a perfectly normal reaction to stress.
When we sense danger - whether real or imagined - the nervous
system releases a flood of hormones including adrenaline and
cortisol.
These hormones rouse the body for emergency action. Your
heart pounds faster, muscles tighten, blood pressure rises,
breath quickens and your senses become sharper. It helps you
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The problems start
when you feel this kind of stress before going on stage, giving
a wedding speech or a presentation at work - when you really
need to stay calm - and it can have the effect of freezing
a person in panic.
The more our nervous system is activated by stress hormones,
the harder it is to switch off.
The result is a string of problems including irritable bowel
syndrome, ulcers, eczema, low selfesteem, poor sex drive,
inability to make decisions, even a nervous breakdown.
But this kind of acute stress is easy to overcome. As Camilla
lay on her hotel bed,she was asked to breathe deeply. This
opens up the diaphragm and activates the body's relaxation
response.
As she became calmer, she was asked to visualisehow excited
and happy she was going to feel and focused on all the positive
aspects of the next day so that those ideas stayed in her
mind. She was able to sing brilliantly, had a fantastic time
and the day was a great success.
It is important to give yourself time to stop and relax.
I know several CEOs who go to the toilet for five minutes,
do some deep breathing, relax mentally and can then go into
a meeting able to make necessary decisions.
When breathing deeply, tell yourself positive messages. Your
mind absorbs them and when you arrive in the situation you
anticipated would be stressful, they will often be there in
your head, calming you down. And think about the positives
in your life, the people you love or who love you, and those
feelings will help calm your body and mind.
What I'm suggesting might sound fluffy but I know from 18
years' experience that it works. |
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A MUM has lost
four stones in weight after being hypnotised into thinking she
has a gastric band fitted.
Marion Corns, 35, paid £780 for five sessions with a specialist
hypnotherapist after her weight ballooned to 15st 6lbs.
In the four months following the treatment Marion saw her weight
drop to just over 11 and a half stone and her dress size from
a 22 to 14.
Marion, of Whiston, Merseyside, said: "I've tried every
other diet and exercise plan the world has to offer.
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"I've tried tablets, WeightWatchers, Atkins, Slimfast,
milkshakes and even a personal trainer, but none of them helped
me.'
Marion started losing weight after the fourth session —
the first with full hypnosis — and after the fifth she
began to feel a tightening sensation in her stomach. She added:
"Now if I try and eat a large portion I feel a pulling
sensation in my tummy as if my stomach is stretching.
"I simply cannot eat large portions of food any more.
I am thinner now than I ever have been and if I can lose another
stone I will be exactly the weight I want to be.'
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Hypnosis
can double the success of IVF treatment,
researchers have claimed.
A team from Soroka University, Israel, found 28% of women
in the group who were hypnotised became pregnant, compared
with 14% of those who were not.
The study of 185 women was presented to the European Society
of Human Reproduction and Embryology conference in Berlin.
Dr Eliahu Levitas, who led the research, told the conference:
"Embryo transfer is known to be a stressful time for
patients, and it may be that the procedure is the peak of
their stress in IVF.
"Hypnosis may be related to a tranquilising effect.
Performing embryo transfer under hypnosis may significantly
contribute to an increased clinical pregnancy rate."
On average, women in the non-hypnosis group had been trying
to conceive for 7.4 years, compared with 4.7 years for those
who did receive hypnosis.
Dr Francois Shenfield, of University College London Hospital,
UK, said:
"One of the very important confounding factors in
this field is the duration of infertility. The longer a couple
have been trying to conceive, the less likely they are to
conceive spontaneously, and with technical help."
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Breast
cancer patients need less anaesthetic during operations if they
have been relaxed
by hypnosis beforehand
US research suggests.
Patients in the study of 200 women by the Mount Sinai School
of Medicine also reported less pain afterwards.
Breast cancer surgery patients often suffer severe side-effects
such as pain, nausea and fatigue during and after their operations.
UK experts said more research was needed to prove hypnosis worked.
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The side-effects
from breast cancer surgery can sometimes mean a longer stay
in hospital, extra drugs, or even a return to a hospital ward
when patients should be recovering at home.
The Journal of the National Cancer Institute paper is just
the latest to conclude hypnosis can help with operations.
Dr Guy Montgomery, who led the research, recruited 200 women
to receive either 15 minutes of hypnosis or just a conversation
with a psychologist before their surgery.
The women undergoing hypnosis were given suggestions for relaxation
and pleasant mental images, and instructions on how to use
hypnosis themselves.
Patients who had received hypnosis needed less anaesthetic
than the others, and reported less pain, nausea, fatigue and
emotional distress after the operation.
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Hypnotherapy
seems to be the first choice solution to many in the entertainment
industry lately.
Stars such as Mel B,
Leona Lewis, David Walliams and Lily Allen are all said to
be using hypnotherapy to overcome their symptoms.
Most recently Prince Harry
is reported to be using hypnotherapy techniques to overcome
his smoking habit. |
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Lily
Allen - Singer, UK
Was said to have dropped three dress sizes after being 'put
under' by the celebrity hypnotherapist Susan Hepburn.
The secret to Lily Allen’s dramatic weight loss is
hypnotherapy. The weight-loss method, favoured by a host of
celebrities, has also helped Lily to give up drinking. Lily’s
health-kick involves £300-a-session therapy that claim
to remove the desire
for fattening foods. |
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Liz
McClarnon - Ex Atomic Kitten
Has revealed that at last she's happy with her weight. The former
Atomic Kitten star has see
her figure fluctuate between a size 6 and a size 14
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but finally she's found the secret to keeping
off the pounds.
'I let my mum hypnotise me,' says the singer,
who's now a size 8-10. 'She treated me to
stop eating crisps. I've not had any since. |
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David
Walliams - 'Little Britain' Comedian
Recently featured on a radio show and as well as talking about
the music, he spoke candidly about is struggles with depression
and self esteem.
“Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy provide
another route which often gets to the root of an issue quickly
and effectively. A Counsellor who knows how to use hypnotic
techniques or a skilled Hypnotherapist can often be effective
where other methods fail.” |
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Leona
Lewis - Singer, UK
Is set to have hypnotherapy to boost her confidence before
her tour.
The singer’s mentor Simon Cowell has arranged
for her to be treated by celebrity therapist Paul McKenna
to banish her nerves ahead of her proposed 14-month tour.
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Other celebrities who have admitted to using hypnotherapy
have been the likes of Scarlett Johansson and Nicole Richie
for smoking cessation.
Spice Girl Mel B, Hollywood actress Darryl Hannah and singer
Mandy Moore for nerves and stage fright.
Movie star Eve Mendes used hypnotherapy to cure arachnophobia
and Stacy Ferguson also known as 'Fergie' from the Black Eyed
Peas used hypnotherapy to overcome an addiction.
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