Oct 31

Hypnotherapy recordings to download: Calm and Confident

Posted in Announcements, Podcast

I’ve now finished re-recording all my Transformation Skills hypnotherapy tracks with my new gear, and have set them up to be downloadable as MP3 files. They’re $3 (NZD) each in the shop.

The tracks are:

Transformation Skills 1: Calm

  • Calming Thoughts: Calm racing thoughts and learn to relax and deal calmly with life.
  • Moods and Emotions: Learn to deal effectively with moods and emotions in everyday life.
  • Lifestyle Transformation (free sample): Bring about simple changes in your daily routine which will help you to make the changes you desire.
  • Overcoming Resistance: Help for when something inside you seems to be interfering with the changes you want to make.
  • Overcoming Habits: Let go of habits you no longer need or want.
  • Positive Self-Image: See making changes for yourself as positive and admirable, and yourself as a person worthy of respect.

Transformation Skills 2: Confident

  • Setting Goals: Clarify what changes you want to make.
  • Regular Practice: Cultivate positive daily habits.
  • Energy to Act Now: Overcome procrastination.
  • Confident Person: Become like the most confident person you can think of.
  • Attaining Goals (free sample): Keep focus on what’s important to you.

The tracks are also available on CD, either as two separate CDs or a double CD set.

These, along with my Healthy Lifestyle scripts, will all be on the MP3 CD which accompanies my forthcoming book. To keep in the loop about that, you can sign up to the mailing list (low-volume, no spam).

OK, that’s enough sales for a while, we return you now to your regular programming. I hope these occasional commercial breaks don’t annoy you too much – I’m operating on the assumption that people who are interested in what I write about may be interested in these recordings. If you’re not, please just ignore me and pass on to the next piece of free content.

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Sep 25

Healthy Lifestyle CD and free Therapeutic Relaxation track updated

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Just a quick note: I’ve finished re-recording my Healthy Lifestyle series and updated the free download for Therapeutic Relaxation, the sample track.

If you have the appropriate software installed, you can listen to it here: Therapeutic Relaxation, or right-click that link to download. (Choose Save Link As in Firefox or Save Target As in Internet Explorer.) Let me know in the comments if you have any problems with the file.

You can get either the audio CD or individual MP3 downloads of the tracks from the shop. The MP3s are $3 (NZD) each. The CD with six tracks is $10 + P&H.

The tracks are:

  • Positive Eating – Enjoy eating what will do you good! More than just weight management/reduction/control, Positive Eating is about eating healthily to support your body’s needs for nutrition and energy – instead of eating unhealthily for other reasons.
  • Eager to Exercise – Enjoy exercising and the way it makes you feel.
  • Therapeutic Relaxation – Enjoy a peaceful, relaxing 15 minutes and rest your body and mind.
  • Alcohol in Moderation – Enjoy drinking a moderate amount of alcohol. Alcohol in moderation can be healthy – this track assists with keeping your consumption moderate.
  • Smokefree for Life – Enjoy a smokefree lifestyle with this track, which gives support for stopping smoking and for remaining stopped.
  • Good Sleep – Enjoy good sleep which supports your physical, emotional and mental health.
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Sep 5

Revised self-hypnosis starter script: blue sky, blue sea

Posted in Podcast, Techniques, Tools

[podcast]http://hypno.co.nz/audio/bluesky_bluesea.mp3[/podcast]

I’ve bought a new and better microphone, a Rode Podcaster, and I’m going through re-recording my hypnotherapy scripts – they should now sound a lot crisper and less muddy. I’m also making small changes to some of them, adding in things that I’ve learned or come up with since I first recorded them.

The first is my self-hypnosis starter script, now six minutes long with the addition of a “deepening” section. As well as rising safely into a beautiful blue sky, you’ll now also be led through imagining sinking safely into a beautiful blue sea. You can also read the text version.

I’m posting this to my “podcast” section since some people are subscribed to the podcast and not the main blog. It’s not brand-new content but it is improved content.

Let me know in the comments or by email (mikerm at hypno dot co dot nz) if you have any trouble with the file. I’ve listened to it in Windows Media Player, using headphones, and it sounds fine to me, but if you experience any difficulties with the audio, the volume or my accent please say something so I can try to do something about it.

The intended use for the script is this:

  1. Get clear in your mind what you want to change in your life (you could use a planning technique like my 7 simple steps to a workable personal change plan).
  2. Express it in a few short, positively-phrased, present-tense sentences: “I take steps each day to tidy my environment” might be one, or “I find exercise more and more appealing”. You don’t have to memorize these word-for-word, but have the general sense of them in your head.
  3. Pick one or two words to act as a summary of your few sentences. “Tidying up” or “Exercise”, perhaps.
  4. Sit down and listen to the script. It’s deliberately left open-ended so that you can take however long you like. If you’re worried that you might drift off for ages, set a timer, say for 10 minutes. You will inevitably re-orient (or fall asleep) sooner or later. You can’t get “stuck” in hypnosis.
  5. After the script finishes playing, call your sentences to mind and repeat them to yourself in your head. Finish with a few repetitions of the summary words.
  6. Bring yourself back to your normal state of consciousness.
  7. Use your summary words from time to time during the day to remind yourself.

You can use it as often as you need to. If you find you’re not getting sufficient change happening, let me know (mikerm at hypno dot co dot nz, or leave a comment), telling me what you’re trying to achieve and what you’re doing; I may be able to suggest something, or you may simply be overambitious. This technique is best suited for changes where you already have the knowledge you need and just need some more motivation, or to change how you think or feel about something.

(Update: This recording is just part of my online self-hypnosis course Change Your Mind, which uses video, email and audio downloads to teach you my AIM method for focussing on your goals and improving your ability to deal with the challenges of life.)

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