Creating The Esdaile State

This past weekend I completed my Master Practitioner certification in Ericksonian Hypnosis with Mike Mandel.  It was a great experience to be back in Mike's class, learning amazing new skills and meeting a bunch of really cool people. Yesterday, on

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Hypnosis and Visualization: What if You Can’t Visualize?

Self hypnosis CDs often expect for you to be able to visualize various places, events, situations, people, etc. It's safe to say that you need to be able to visualize in order to make the most effective use of hypnosis

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Forensic Hypnosis – A Different Approach

Note: This article on Forensic Hypnosis was written by Mike Mandel for ReSource Magazine several years ago. He dug up the original DOC file, so we're publishing it here on the blog for everyone to enjoy. All the events in

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Mike Mandel Demonstrating the Dave Elman Induction

Here is a fantastic video demonstration of Mike Mandel performing the Dave Elman induction with Andrea. Dave Elman is one of the greats in the field of hypnosis. He has actually created many hypnotic inductions, but he is most well

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What Does Hypnosis Have in Common with Clothing?

If you've been paying attention to our podcasts and to the videos that Mike Mandel has started sharing, such as his demonstration of the Elman Induction, you'll know that I have been asking him to do these because of a

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Scarcity is a Powerful Influence Tool but Fake Scarcity is Unethical

Yesterday I had the awesome pleasure of emailing those of you on our mailing list to tell you about the Mike Mandel's first DVD training product: Hypnotic Power Inductions: Elegant and Effortless Trance Creation. We've had a solid flow of

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Hypnotic Susceptibility Gone Wrong

A few weeks ago, after I had put my kids to bed, I got an email from Mike Mandel ahead of our scheduled time to record a Brain Software podcast. His email, as usual, was short. It simply said “Read

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Watch Mike Mandel do Emergency Hypnosis in the Middle of a Show

Way back in 1992 I became hopelessly fascinated with hypnosis because I saw Mike Mandel perform at my university. The people on stage did things that even a skilled actor would probably struggle to do. And these were just university

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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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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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