A man lost in thought.

Anyone who knows me knows that I use the phrase “Today is the first day of the rest of your life” a lot. I like it because it reminds me (so I remind my friends, family and clients), that every day you get a do-over, you can start fresh.

Anyone who know me knows that I also use the phrase “There is no reality, only perception” a lot. It reminds me (so I remind my friends, family and clients) that every time I find a new perspective (therefore new perception) my entire life changes for the better…exponentially.

I have also come to realize that my life’s wisdom often presents itself in the best turn of phrase I can remember on any subject at any given moment. “One day at a time” serves me well and serves me well often. “Let me sleep on it” is another. I LOVE quotes, especially the ones that make me laugh.

In fact, I just created a new one that I really like: “if you want to know what’s wrong with your children, look in the mirror.”

It was natural that “Today is a New Yesterday” struck me. Because these little cliches, these little thought-bytes, are what rescue me in real-time. These little thought-bytes guide my day without much conscious awareness. Their real value is that they bring me smack back into the present, which is where ease of living (often called happiness) is usually found.

“Today is a New Yesterday” is like that. It seems like an advanced version of “How you live today is how you create your tomorrow’s.” Because it reminds me that everything I do in my life is woven indelibly into the tapestry of my life. It is like a blog entry or forum comment that will live forever in viral cyberspace, forever to haunt me if I make a lapse in judgement.

My tapestry is made up of many things: things I’m proud of, things I regret, things I wish I had done differently. “Today is a New Yesterday” is my new cliche reminder that my choices today, in the present, more importantly, in this present moment, matter more than I realise.

In 12-Step philosophy, a great source of many of my cliche’s, there is a saying that goes like this “…and you clean up the wreckage of your past…” That thought always leads me to my own version: “I’m a happy camper if I can manage not to be creating the wreckage of my future.”

Sometimes it’s good to peek at the future before making a choice that will live forever in your tapestry. Yes, I think “Today is a new yesterday” might be a keeper.

If you find yourself having a hard time creating satisfying yesterdays, call me and let me help.

Susan

www.hypno4success.com

877-583-2026

Quote of the Day

“If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would
be so simple that we couldn’t.” –Lyall Watson
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Treating Panic Attacks

PANIC ATTACKS

Panic attacks are generally brief, lasting less than ten minutes. Symptoms may persist for a longer time. A panic attack is a sudden episode of intense fear that develops for no apparent reason and that triggers severe physical reactions.

Symptoms of panic attacks include: sweating, shaking, rapid heartbeat, rapid pulse, sweaty palms, hyperventilation, feeling like you’re having a heart attack, feeling like you can’t breathe, syncope (dizziness, feeling faint, fainting), feeling like you’re going to pass out, feeling like you’re going to die.

It is the release of adrenaline triggered by an anxious thought that causes vasoconstriction. Vasoconstriction results in decrease of blood flow to the head, causing the dizziness and ligh-theadedness. Even anxiety about having another attack can trigger an attack. The sufferer often begins to avoid social and other situations and may become unable to function normally.

FIVE WAYS TO OFFSET PANIC ATTACKS

1. Stay in the moment. Don’t think allow yourself to about what scary might happen next. A good way to do this is to focus on your breathing, followng your cycle of breathing as you breathe slowly in and slowly out. Say to yourself: “I am safe and secure at this moment in time. I will remained focused on that thought until I have new information to the contrary.”

2. Hypnosis along with cognitive behavioral therapy provide the greatest and most rapid relief.

3. Practice mindful breathing. There are breathing exercises that fend off anxiety in the moment and that reduce the stress level that allows panic attacks to develop.

4.Learn self-hypnosis

5. Practice creating a happy, optimistic attitude

People who have had one panic attack are at greater risk for having subsequent panic attacks than those who have never experienced a panic attack. What are the symptoms of a panic attack? Twice as many women as men are affected by panic disorder, and people with asthma are also at higher risk of getting the disorder.

Researchers aren’t sure, although heredity, brain chemistry, and the way you handle stressful situations all appear to play a role. It isn’t clear, though, whether this overactivity causes panic symptoms or shows up as a result of them.

While drugs are commonly prescribed to curb the attacks, other natural ways of treating the condition may be just as beneficial. If you or a loved one has panic attacks, try to relax and go with the flow when an attack occurs.

You don’t have to suffer indefinitely. Find a good hypnotherapist and follow the above protocol for reducing the intentsity and frequency of individual panic attacks. Hypnosis really works well for panic disorder. For more information, call 877-583-2026

Susan French
Clinical Hypnotherapist

http://www.hypno4success.com/programs/anxiety-stress-panic/

Stress is a part of living.  Even good stress takes its toll on the being and the body.  However, chronic and extreme stress can kill you…and often does.

Stress can result from over-work or challenging work situations and relationship conflicts. This may be viewed as a result of lifes demands, pleasant or unpleasant, and your difficulty in meeting them.

Stress causes both psychological and physiological symptoms. It is important to get stress under control so as to avoid long-term physical damage to your body.

According the work of Hans Selye, major contributor to our information about stress and illness, any event that disrupts your homeostasis affects us as a stressor whether it is dis-stress (bad stress, as in getting sick) or eustress (good stress, as in going on vacation).

Selye’s clinical research showed that if one’s stress quotient exceeded a specific number (around 300 according to his scale), that it was a fairly precise predictor of the onset of major illness within 18 months.

Three ways to diffuse stressors in your life and help your mind and body to return to calmness an d objectivity before you make it worse.

1.  STOP  Walk away, disconnect, take a break, a walk, a workout or even a nap.

2.  Do self-hypnosis, relaxation, or meditation to reduce physiological effects of stress before you decide what to do about the stressful situation.

3.  Try to see at your situation as if you were viewing strangers having the same situation to gain objectivity.

Other physicians doing similar research came to similar conclusions.   I frequently refer patients to hypnotherapists because I have seen it produce excellent results in many illnesses   – Andrew Weil M D clinical professor of medicine at the University of Arizona and director of its Program in Integrative Medicine.
Herbert Benson, M D, of Harvard Medical and author of The Relaxation Response, comes to similar conclusions.  While you will never find “Chronic, Overwhelming Stress” listed as the Cause of Death, stress is our number one killer without doubt.

Hypnosis, hypnotherapy and training in self-hypnosis are listed as one of the primary suggested treatment for reducing stress and therefore illness.

Don’t you owe it to yourself?  Call today for a free consultation.  877-583-2026.

Susan French
www.hypno4success.com

Comments and questions are welcomed!  Susan