The Mike Mandel Hypnosis Blog

It marked the high point of our week. I come from a tight-knit family, at least in the early days before my sister went off to university. We ate meals together, went camping together, watched Hockey Night in Canada on

I’m not superstitious… It's bad luck. If you’re like most of us, your life probably ticks along in a fairly predictable way.You do your routine, whatever that is, go to work, take vacations, hang out with friends, etc., and by

Obsessions can arrive from nowhere… I like to convince myself that I have a stable and unsurprising personality. As a man who’s spent considerable time on this planet, I tend to think that I always respond in predictable ways, with

It’s as though the brain just starts downloading… I got in a few minutes ago from a laid-back afternoon, driving around the neighborhood where I grew up and still live. Sometimes, over-scheduling creeps into my life. Too many activities, like

Hypnosis teaches us that meaning isn’t found—it’s created—and nowhere is that more obvious than in the emotional rollercoaster of a hockey game. Don’t get me wrong. I fall for it too. You might remember that, in last week's email, I

They sat there like zombies as we walked past them, their eyes vacant, their bodies frozen in place. Last night I continued my deep dive into the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, not imagining for a moment that the game between

You’re Working Way Too Hard That’s what my mentor, NLP Master Trainer Derek Balmer, told me years ago. He was the one who brought me on as his “Hypnosis Hired Gun,” giving me the job of designing and teaching all

It’s a simple but powerful way to improve your physical and emotional health… I watched as a beginner student in my British Jiu Jitsu class struggled to control his opponent. No matter how many times he repeated the same technique,