The Mike Mandel Hypnosis Blog

Most people and even some good hypnotists tend to think of hypnosis sessions as passive on the client's part. They think the client's only job is to sit there and listen to the hypnotist lecturing them for about an hour.

Suggestibility tests: what are they and why should we even do them, if we’re going to do them at all (in hypnosis)?This was the question we asked in a recent video we published on YouTube , and it’s one that

Calibration is Essential Have you ever heard the term "calibration"? If you've taken an NLP course or if you're a student of ours at the Mike Mandel Hypnosis Academy, you are probably already familiar with this term. The ability to

Let me ask you something… Have you ever been in a situation where you just started learning all about a new topic and felt so freakin’ confident that you believed you hit the peak of your own genius? And then you

Confidence is a Funny ThingWe know when we have it, and we know when we’re lacking it too. It’s actually on a continuum, and runs all the way from super-confident narcissistic know-it-alls, to: I haven’t got a clue about this

If you want to boost your influence in a way that reinforces another person’s freedom to choose, keep reading.Do you like it when somebody tells you what to do? “Do the dishes.”“Go to college.”“Order something other than chicken tenders at this

Have you ever found yourself stumped as to why you can’t always nail an instant induction.  Or even get one to work at all? Yes, instant inductions, just like rapid inductions, are as real as gravity, and if you’re struggling

One of the most vital skills needed by psychotherapists and hypnotherapists is the ability to relieve or completely eliminate trauma and its related disorders. In this blogpost we will be looking at highly effective ways to remove the effects of

Want to get much better results when helping clients to stop smoking with hypnosis? In this article we interview three experts who reveal their secrets.Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death in the world, killing 8 million people annually.