Doing Hypnosis Backwards?

Something was wrong … I had a dinner meeting with a hypnotherapist friend the other day. After we’d been sitting for a few minutes I could tell that there was something wrong. He was toying with his salad, clearly preoccupied.

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Boost Your Influence with the Psychological Power of a Double Bind

How would you like to be a more powerful, influential person? This video shows you one simple but amazingly effective tool to do exactly that. In our live classroom training we often show hypnotists how to use this technique to

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How I Used the “Agree and Repeat” Strategy in a Credit Card Dispute

Mike Mandel and I take pride in giving our customers great service.  We’ve all been mis-treated by other companies before, right? We don’t stand for it, and we don’t think you should either.  This article is a story about how

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Serve This Hypnotherapy Sandwich to Your Clients

This "sandwich" should be served up to all hypnosis clients ... and it's even gluten free as you're about to discover :) No, it's not something you eat. It's a metaphorical sandwich that gives you a way to start and

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An Interview with Karl Smith on Kinetic Shift and Getting Started in Hypnosis

Karl Smith is a brilliant hypnotist who we met at Hypnothoughts Live in Las Vegas 2015. Several people told us that he completely fixed them of long term traumas within just a few minutes late at night in the hotel

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The Problem with Hypnotic Suggestion (and how to fix it)

Trained Hypnotists and students of hypnosis often ask us how to write (or structure) hypnotic suggestions for maximum effect. We have some magical advice that will forever improve your work.... Don't suggest. Direct. If this seems strange, or doesn't make

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5 Hacks to Reduce Stress and Feel Awesome!

Are you stressed out because of the crazy high-speed world we’re living in? If so, you need these tools… Before we dive into these stress-busting hacks, let’s quickly chat about what’s happening to society.  Technology surrounds us. It’s supposed to

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The Secret to Avoiding Manipulation and Guilt

Are you the kind of person who hates being manipulated? Do you sometimes find yourself agreeing to things that you’d really rather not do? Watch this video … (Here’s a link to the full video training reference in the video)

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The Dave Elman Induction: How to Master This Classic and Essentially Perfect Hypnotic Induction

Every hypnotist needs to know how to do the Elman Induction. It's an easy and incredibly powerful hypnotic induction. It takes less than 4 minutes to achieve a somnambulistic trance in most cases.  It's also important that you learn this

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8 Tips to Be Lean, Strong and Happy.

Mike Mandel and I (Chris Thompson writing) have been long-time advocates of a healthy lifestyle. But as hypnosis trainers we’ve focused most of our energy teaching people how to run their own brains more effectively, and how to communicate with

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