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Identify Your Goals and Achieve Your Dreams

aclonergan@gmail.com (Amanda Lonergan) — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 14:37:30 GMT

It might not be easy. But what an incredible view when you get there.

For the most part, hypnotherapy is about lying back and closing your eyes and listening to your hypnotherapist chatting on about some often weird and wonderful things. Sounds easy right? Well, yes and no. Whilst hypnotherapy is incredibly relaxing don't be fooled into thinking it's necessarily an easy option.

Sometimes it's obvious to us, as to where we want to go and what we want to achieve in life. But at other times we can feel a little or even totally lost, floundering round and round in our foggy thoughts. A bit like trying to find our way through a busy crowd, not knowing which way to go, feeling blocked at every direction and wondering if we're ever going to get out. This is when it helps us to go a little deeper, and hypnotherapy is perfect for just that ....going deep within your subconscious mind and drawing on all that information and experience you've been storing up for years for just this kind of situation.

So you've decided you're finally going to make that all important long overdue change in your life or perhaps you're going all out to achieve your craziest, far fetched, hair brained idea of a dream life ....but how do you actually go about getting there?

First IDENTIFY YOUR GOALS. Know where you ultimately want to get to and think about the details and the steps you need to take to get there. These may include tiny and seemingly inconspicuous goals at first or you may want to get a gigantic handle on all those fears and self-sabotaging behaviours. If it's something you want to achieve, make it your goal to achieve it.

Next ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS ........that's it, all done and dusted!

Hold on a minute ......... isn't there something missing? Is it really that easy? How did we jump from goals to dreams? Well that's where hypnotherapy can come in.

Hypnotherapy is a process of change which may be sudden or it may be gradual, depending on where you are in your decision to make the change. For example, you might really, really, genuinely want to make the change but perhaps it's nearer to wishing the change would happen rather than a wanting to do something about it. Having the want as well as the belief in the possibility of change, is the best place to be when starting out with hypnotherapy. By using the creative part of the subconscious mind, hypnotherapy can identify and release any blocks, increase focus, self awareness and motivation to realise the changes you desire. Hypnotherapy is a way to access the answers and the direction you're looking for.

However, it's not just a case of letting it happen to you, hypnotherapy is a two way process. As the hypnotherapist, I can guide you through the process, make suggestions, I can keep you focused, I can help you to understand why you might be feeling or behaving in a certain way. I can offer you coping mechanisms for dealing with difficult emotions or situations and I can show you new ways of thinking and help you visualise new options, but what I can't do is take the action for you.

Your job is to be curious, to wonder, to explore, to keep an open mind about things that don't always make logical sense and taking away the parts of the session that resonate with you. That maybe a new approach, thought, perspective or behaviour. Only you can know how and what things you discover can best fit into your life. We are all different, I can't tell you what's right for you, only you know that, and hypnotherapy acts as a way of accessing these answers for you. Put what you have learned into practice because that's when you see the magic happen and the changes start to make a difference in your life.

For more details on how hypnotherapy can help you, visit indigowellness.co.uk

Smoking. Why Can't I Just Stop?

aclonergan@gmail.com (Amanda Lonergan) — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:38:20 GMT

How can hypnotherapy break the cycle?

You probably already know the detrimental effects of long term smoking, you've had the health issues drummed into you time and time again. Perhaps you've reached the point when smoking is no longer serving the same purpose it used to for you, in fact it's becoming a nuisance and you're determined to stop and break free from being tied to the monotonous cravings every day. Yet despite all your best intentions, the good advice and rational thinking, you still continue to smoke. So why can't you just stop?

If only it were that simple. Rationalising never works when emotions are at play and if it were that simple you wouldn't be addicted in the first place. Blame it on the nicotine. Or more precisely, blame it on the feel-good chemicals that are produced by the receptors which are created by the nicotine. It's these that are addictive and keep us coming back for more.

So how can you break the cycle? What does hypnotherapy do differently?

By linking your conscious and unconscious thoughts about smoking, hypnotherapy does a few things.

- it offers a new perspective on your addiction.

- breaks down what's triggering and perpetuating your addiction.

- helps detach the addiction from your needs.

- re-frames your motivations.

- re-programmes your mind with new positive behaviours

If you are determined to stop smoking and highly motivated to find another way ....find out more at indigowellness.co.uk

Can hypnotherapy improve my life?

aclonergan@gmail.com (Amanda Lonergan) — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:29:23 GMT

You are more powerful than you every imagined. Be ready to explore.

Hypnotherapy has been around for many decades and was first introduced by the likes of Mesmer and Erikson...... Nowadays it's a well known term with very few swinging pendulums in sight. It's probably best known for it's achievements with supporting people when they want to stop smoking, but there are so many other things that hypnotherapy can assist us to manage in our day to day lives. We may be familiar with the word hypnotherapy, but are we familiar with what its purpose is? It got me thinking that there are probably many of you out there that are continually struggling with a number of issues that with a little dose of hypnotherapy could put you as right as rain after a few sessions if you're willing to be open to the possibilities. We could all do with a little self-care maintenance from time to time. So here's a summary of the self-healing powers of hypnotherapy.

Anxiety

Hypnotherapy cannot prevent anxiety provoking situations from arising in anyone's life but it can assist with managing the symptoms you may experience. Reframing anxious thoughts, employing coping methods, relaxation and calm, building your confidence and assist you in taking back your control are some of the ways hypnotherapy offers you a new perspective in how your world can become a little less scary.

Breaking Habits

Obviously we're not talking about your habit of eating an apple for breakfast every day. We're talking about the negative ones, the ones that are destructive to yourself, creating havoc in your life. The ones you know you really ought to do without!

Fears and Phobias

Whether it's a fear of the dentist, needles, heights, water, animals, birds or perhaps of something that makes no sense to you at all, hypnotherapy can explore ways for you to reduce or eliminate the fear and prevent it interfering with your enjoyment of life.

Grief and Loss

Sadly we are all too familiar with having to encounter the immense grief experienced from the death of a loved one at some point in our lives, but there are also many other situations and losses in life that cause us grief which are not always openly acknowledged or appreciated in the same way. Many life changes involve a degree of loss on various levels, this may be the loss of a job, home or marriage, a child growing up and leaving the family unit, a parent becoming dependant on their child or a loss of a previous lifestyle due to health or financial issues. Many of these losses can often become overwhelming and feel unmanageable. Hypnotherapy can provide insight into understanding and getting a hold of your feelings, discovering your own strength to work through the pain and find the light at the end of the tunnel.

Health Issues

If you have had a diagnosis from your doctor for IBS, chronic fatigue, type 2 diabetes or tinnitus and it's been an ongoing issue for you for years, as part of your overall health care plan, hypnotherapy can assist you in managing some of the symptoms you're experiencing.

Inspiration

You may have writer's, designer's or painter's block, or perhaps find yourself lacking the inspiration required for setting up a new business. By tapping into the knowledge, the memories and the skills stored within your subconscious mind you can give your creativity the extra boost it needs.

Pain Relief

Hypnotherapy considers ways of managing persistent chronic pain of fibromyalgia, arthritis, migraine and headaches. Always make sure you have consulted your doctor for a diagnosis, advice and any recommendations for your ongoing physical health before considering hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy acknowledges that the pain you are experiencing is very real. The pain is not something you have made up but if you're willing to explore the connection between your mind and body and the different ways that pain can manifest, hypnotherapy can be extremely beneficial in managing any pain experienced as part of your overall health care plan.

Self-Esteem and Confidence

Hypnotherapy concentrates on you. Finding your confidence and self-worth from within, without having to rely on others to boost your ego and keep you afloat. Most of us feel unsure about one or more of our abilities or characteristics at certain times in our lives, perhaps we have moments when we lack conviction in ourselves and what we can achieve or it may even be an ongoing persistent pattern of doubt that keeps arising. Hypnotherapy helps you to better appreciate and understand yourself by exploring who you are, what drives you and what is most important to you to build a confident approach that will benefit many aspects of your life. It may be that you need help overcoming exam or driving test nerves or just want to feel better about yourself and feel confident in your own skin. Seeing yourself from a different perspective can open up new possibilities and what you previously thought was unachievable could become your success.

Sleep Difficulties

Do you frequently have difficulty falling or staying asleep? Are repetitive thoughts constantly swirling around in your head, preventing you from a restful nights sleep or perhaps you are feeling too tense to stay still long enough to settle? Hypnotherapy teaches the art of total relaxation, the benefits of which are often underestimated. Allowing ourselves to take a break, relax or to even do nothing for a while is often frowned upon and considered lazy in our demanding and fast paced world now. More pauses, better rest and better sleep means greater focus and concentration, a boost for positive emotions and an overall healthier body.

Sports Performance

If you're training to compete for a marathon, are committed to a competitive sport or just want to find the motivation to exercise again, hypnotherapy can sharpen your focus and open your mind to your full potential, maintaining dedication and keeping you on track for success, even when you want to give up .

Stress

Learn life skills with hypnotherapy by finding new ways to deal with overload, overwhelm, conflict and constant demands through relaxation, visualisation, uncovering your core values, maintaining your boundaries and building the resilience and confidence to manage whatever stresses life throws at you.

Weight Loss

Losing weight is a process and if it's going to be a lasting change it requires your mind and body to be on the same page as one another. Our hypnotherapy sessions look to identifying a realistic weight loss plan, what your goals are, what has prevented you from achieving them in the past, how to stick to them and most importantly to love who you are, every step of the way.

Find out more and how hypnotherapy could benefit you at indigowellness.co.uk

12 Reasons to try hypnotherapy

aclonergan@gmail.com (Amanda Lonergan) — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 18:28:36 GMT

Are you looking to make a change?

1. Hypnotherapy doesn’t discriminate between age, gender, race or social status.

2. It teaches the art of how to fully relax.

3. It aids a good night’s sleep.

4. There are no negative side effects and it feels calming.

5. Hypnotherapy helps build self-esteem and confidence.

6. It’s empowering to experience positive change.

7. Relieves stress and anxiety.

8. Focuses the mind which helps reduce procrastination.

9. Puts you in charge of your own life.

10. Supports emotional inner strength during difficult times.

11. Hypnotherapy is a personalised service, tailored to your own particular wants and needs.

12. Self-hypnosis is a natural skill anyone can tap into.

And this is only the tip of the iceberg! When we go into hypnosis, we naturally access our subconscious mind. Our subconscious makes up at least 90% of our mind so knowing everything we’re able to do with the remaining conscious 10% .....just imagine the hidden potential of what we could achieve when we access 90% more of it!

How does hypnotherapy work?

aclonergan@gmail.com (Amanda Lonergan) — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:09:05 GMT

Hypnotherapy is like having your own personal guide.

Hypnotherapy makes positive changes to take you ever closer to what feels right for you. It’s like being shown through the entrance to your own personalised inner guide to life – your subconscious.

Did you know that only a very small part of our mind is conscious?

Possibly a bit of a scary thought that for the most part we’ve no idea what we’re thinking, planning or doing even! Definitely for the best though. Otherwise we’d probably go a bit potty if all our memories, thoughts and feelings were skydiving around in our head all at once! In fact, we tend to take it for granted that our mind and body knows what it’s doing and let it get on with it. For the most part that works well, as the whole mechanics has a natural instinct drummed into it, and that is to protect us above all else. So, it’s not until something goes wrong in our lives or with our bodies or we don’t like the feelings we’re having, that we might start to question why?

Hypnotherapy searches for the answers we're not yet aware of.

Only hypnotherapy doesn’t just ask “why?”

Hypnotherapy looks at the how’s as well as the why’s. How did I get into this situation? How did I get to smoking 40 cigarettes a day? How does this make me feel now? How do I want to feel? How can I change this? How can I get a different result? These are the kind of questions that often leave us stumped. They’re rarely easy to answer so this is where we need to go deeper.

As humans we function on three different levels of awareness in our mind; the conscious, subconscious and unconscious parts. Imagine them like layers. The conscious part is at the top and the most accessible. It holds everything we’re aware of in the here and now; from what’s going on around us in our immediate environment, to any current internal thoughts and emotions concerning decision making, communication, organisation and planning as well as any physical sensations experienced at that time.

Next comes the subconscious layer. This is where we mostly go to in hypnosis and it’s a very natural state to be in. It’s the next layer down from our conscious which we regularly access lightly when we’re being creative, daydreaming, watching TV or reading a book. However, it’s also split into various further depths of awareness where all our physical functions are processed including our breathing and digestion and it also controls our attitudes, emotions, memories, feelings, beliefs and gut instincts. The level we reach in hypnosis can vary from person to person but there’s always work that can be done at any of these subconscious levels.

At its deepest level we come to the unconscious mind. This is where repressed thoughts and memories are contained. It’s more difficult to access the unconscious as our awareness is very low there, but it’s still possible using specific hypnotherapy techniques. It would depend on what the issue is as to whether it was considered necessary or beneficial to do so.

So, what does hypnotherapy do in there?

Hypnotherapy focuses our concentration into our subconscious, temporarily shifting everyday noise into the background in order to clear the way for us to access all our thoughts and feelings and shine a light directly at them. When we’re having a look around in our subconscious, we can ask it questions, explore our feelings, suggest ideas, access our gut instincts, visualise moments. It’s almost like having a meeting with yourself to assess the overall situation; acknowledge what obstacles there are to overcome, decide what changes are needed, what’s the best course of action to take and how to take it!

Hypnotherapy works on the basis that only you know what’s best for you. Now that doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re currently thinking or doing what’s best for you. In fact, it’s human nature to get it a bit mixed up at times and head down a path that’s totally counter intuitive to what we actually want or need. This usually occurs when our thoughts, beliefs, feelings and behaviours between our conscious, subconscious and unconscious minds are at odds with one another in some way or they’re not working towards the same cause. For example, you might feel lonely and missing your friends but you never seem to make the time to invite them over. It may be that there’s a limiting belief lurking in your subconscious somewhere, that really you believe you’ll mess up the cooking or you’re not confident that these friends actually like you, so subconsciously you find alternative things to do.

In other instances, you might be feeling like you’re never doing enough but it makes no sense to you as you’re always run off your feet. Or perhaps you have an irrational fear of slugs which nobody quite gets including yourself but they genuinely make you feel deeply unnerved.

These are the kind of why questions we look for in hypnotherapy. Why do we do something that prevents us achieving what we want? Why are we scared of things that we’re more a danger to, than they are to us? Why do we eat three bags of deep-fried chips every night in front of the TV then moan about the zip on our trousers straining every day? If these sound like the sort of things you’ve come across, you’re not alone. These are just a few of the many anomalies of the way we humans behave. However, despite this, deep down (in your subconscious) you know if something is or isn’t mentally or physically healthy for you so hypnotherapy can take you to the place where we can find the answers and the changes that you’re looking for.

Hypnotherapy restores the natural balance between your thoughts, beliefs, emotions and behaviours so you can get yourself back to running smoothly again and leave your subconscious to get on with its job whilst you’re out in the world enjoying the results.

So why not calm yourself down and gently unravel some mysteries of being you? For more information go to indigowellness.co.uk