Most people think of time as something that ticks forward on a clock. Seconds, minutes, years moving along in a straight line. But the brain does something far more interesting. It stores time in space. And once this becomes visible,

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Looking forward to the future of hypnosis training… and looking back to the beginning…As the year comes to a close and my 73rd birthday approaches, I’ve found myself thinking about where all of this started, how far it has come,

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Most people have no idea how easily their brains can be influenced into agreement.In everyday conversations, sales situations, and even hypnosis work, there is a subtle rhythm that quietly steers people toward saying yes and then doing what is asked.

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Do you actually know where life is taking you right now, or are you just hoping it all works out somehow? That question sounds simple, but it has a way of stopping people in their tracks. Because the truth is,

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I find interspecies communication to be fascinating…And no, I am not kidding.Over the years, I have successfully communicated with a wide variety of animals. There was a white rat named Harris, who learned his name quickly and would leap up

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The request comes in casually, almost innocently. “Can you talk to them for me?” “Would you mind handling this?” “They won’t listen unless it’s you.” Before long, someone else’s problem is sitting squarely in your lap, even though you never

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Some conversations fall apart the moment they begin. A person makes a bold sweeping claim. The words sound confident. The tone sounds certain. Yet the statement quietly defeats itself before anyone even challenges it. These are the hidden gems of

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The Gift of Giving BackThis time of year always has a way of slowing me down. Not in a grand, dramatic pause. More like a quiet moment where I just stop and take it all in. A glance around the

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We have shared the story of how Mike Mandel Hypnosis got started as a company before. But the origin of our flagship live training event is a different tale entirely.If you have ever walked into The Architecture of Hypnosis, you

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It might be the most important thing you do today, or any day you choose to practice it.Have you ever heard of something called the apposition of opposites?If you haven’t, there is no need for concern. It is a rather obscure principle

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