Living Skillfully: Your Mind and Health

How to use your mind to improve your life and health, by West Auckland hypnotherapist and health coach Mike Reeves-McMillan

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In which I eat my own dog food

July 13th, 2010 · View Comments

“Eating your own dog food” is the rather disgusting expression the technology industry uses to mean using your own product.
Lately, I’ve been working on what was originally a course on emotions. (It’s now split into a free course on Simple Stress Management Techniques and another, yet-to-be-announced product). Ever since I’ve been working on it, [...]

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Survey Results, Follow-Up Questions and a Mystery Prize

June 22nd, 2010 · View Comments

Last week I surveyed selected members of my mailing list about what they wanted to see in the Emotional Circuit-Breaker Toolkit, because I want to make it really useful. (It’s already been useful for me – and I’ll talk about that some more soon – but I want it to be useful for you.)
What I [...]

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How Not to Get Swept Away By Emotions

April 6th, 2010 · View Comments

Imagine you are standing by the side of a busy road, watching the traffic go by.
Got that clear in all your senses? Close your eyes if you need to.
Now, imagine, just as vividly, that you are in one of the cars and it is taking you somewhere you don’t want to go.
photo credit: kevindooley
It’s [...]

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Seven Steps to a Change Plan 7: Weighing Up Your Costs and Benefits

March 2nd, 2010 · View Comments

If you’ve been following through all the videos in this series, you’ll realise that I think a realistic assessment of your planned change is an important step. It helps prevent unnecessary failure. (Yes, I used the “F” word. I’d be ejected from the Relentless Positive Thinking Club, if I’d ever belonged to it.)
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Seven Steps to a Change Plan 6: Overcoming Your Barriers

February 23rd, 2010 · View Comments

Part 6 of the free online course 7 Steps to Effective Personal Change looks at why you haven’t changed already – the barriers that, if you don’t address them, might keep you from changing this time too.

The full course includes planning sheets, an ebook filled with useful change techniques, and step-by-step emails to take you [...]

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