Living Skillfully: Your Mind and Health

Do you find yourself doing the same things again and again, and feel like there’s nothing you can do about it? Are you just driven to repeat patterns that don’t make any sense? It’s a common human problem, and over the next few weeks I want to explore one model of why it happens and [...]

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This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series Mind-Body HealingEarlier this week, a few things weren’t going too well for me – nothing too tragic, in the scheme of things, but enough that I felt mildly depressed.
I decided to try a technique that I’d stumbled upon with the help of a colleague. I [...]

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A reminder that the first round of the Wellbeing Study is currently open – I urge you to participate in this important piece of research on factors that make our lives better.
Speaking of which, I’m pleased to report that I’ve been following the advice which I dispense to my clients with a ladle. I had [...]

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This entry is part 9 of 10 in the series Mind-Body HealingThe ABC (that’s the American, not the Australian, Broadcasting Corporation) were kind enough to draw my attention to an article on their website: College Insomniacs Resort to Sleeping Pills. Usually when people email me and say, “You might be interested in this,” they’re wrong [...]

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This entry is part 6 of 10 in the series Mind-Body HealingFor over 10 years now, New Zealand general practitioners and other primary healthcare providers have been giving “green prescriptions” – written advice to patients to be physically active, as a way of improving their health. Research published in the British Medical Journal indicates that [...]

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This entry is part 4 of 10 in the series Mind-Body HealingWouldn’t it be great to have a second brain to take care of some routine tasks?
photo credit: *madalena-pestana*
Well, actually, we already do. I’m studying anatomy and physiology as part of my Health Science course, and I’ve just been learning about the “enteric nervous [...]

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My British colleagues Adam Eason and Sophie Nicholls have both featured this story from the Independent on their blogs this week: Less is More: How to cut down on drink.
photo credit: Bohman
I always enjoy reading spontaneous testimonies from ordinary people who have been helped by hypnotherapy. This one is fairly typical. “I didn’t ‘go [...]

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The New Zealand Mental Health Foundation is running Mental Health Awareness Week this week. Although my practice doesn’t deal with the more severe mental health issues, let’s not forget that mental health, just like physical health, exists along a spectrum.
photo credit: Dawn Ashley
A major New Zealand Ministry of Health survey found that “46.6% [...]

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