Impatience
There are always going to be things that go on in life that test our patience. Traffic lights, drive time congestion, demanding children, demanding friends. It's good to try and get a better perspective if you can
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As well as hours and hours of varying hypnotherapy tracks to listen to, again updating each Monday.
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Effective Listening
written by: Richard Nicholls
You don't need to be a therapist to find that being a good listener can be helpful. Listening is one half of ALL good communication.
Luck
written by: Richard Nicholls
Do you consider yourself lucky or unlucky?
I wonder if the difference between being lucky and unlucky is not necessarily what happens to you but more how you think about it.
I wonder if the difference between being lucky and unlucky is not necessarily what happens to you but more how you think about it.
Episode 213: Situational Anxiety
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Situational anxiety is different to a generalised anxiety and needs working with in a slightly more "cognitive" way.
Today I talk about how to deal with some specific events that may be coming up in your life.
Today I talk about how to deal with some specific events that may be coming up in your life.
Entitlement
written by: Richard Nicholls
Dealing with people who feel and act entitled can create a ripple effect through our days that can spoil our life.
It can make you feel controlled, manipulated and guilty. So today we're going to take a look at entitlement and how to deal with it in others and in ourselves.
It can make you feel controlled, manipulated and guilty. So today we're going to take a look at entitlement and how to deal with it in others and in ourselves.
Episode 212: The Negativity Bias
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Did you know that after experiencing a negative stimulus in order to get your emotional state back to where it was before hand you need at least 4 experiences of something positive to erase the effects of that one experience of something negative?
Episode 211: Control
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When it feels as if the world is falling apart, our instincts can kick in to try and protect us by creating an urge to control as much as we can.
The thing is many of life's challenges are outside of our control anyway. Today we explore how to handle things when life feels out of control.
The thing is many of life's challenges are outside of our control anyway. Today we explore how to handle things when life feels out of control.
Episode 210: Overwhelming Emotions
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Emotions can overwhelm is to such a degree sometimes that we feel completely out of control. Complete rage or total panic.
How we handle those sorts of situations is going to be different for everyone, but maybe there are a few ways that you can learn about today.
How we handle those sorts of situations is going to be different for everyone, but maybe there are a few ways that you can learn about today.
Episode 209: Life Changes
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Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher is quoted as once saying "Everything changes and nothing remains still. You cannot step twice into the same stream" I think he probably got the idea from Heraclitus who said “The only constant in life is change”
So even 2 and a half thousand years ago we knew what we were up against. That change is normal and needs to be accepted.
But that doesn't make it any easier when big things happen does it?
Episode 208: Dealing With Toxic People
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Love it or hate it, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas isn't it?
Unfortunately for a lot of folk, the people we might be expected to spend time with are not always the people whose company we enjoy.
Unfortunately for a lot of folk, the people we might be expected to spend time with are not always the people whose company we enjoy.
Episode 207: Jealousy
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Although we often use it to also mean envious, jealousy is the feeling of losing something to someone else. Particularly when it comes to partners or close friends.
Today's episode is all about exploring what's really going on when we feel jealous.
Today's episode is all about exploring what's really going on when we feel jealous.
Episode 206: Belonging
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What does a hypno-psychotherapy conference, The Rocky Horror Show and football shirts all have in common?
These are all areas where we can feel a sense of belonging.
These are all areas where we can feel a sense of belonging.
Episode 205: Do You Need To Make A Change?
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If you're not at your best or you think you have room for improvement, then this episode is about helping you to figure out what's stopping you.
Maybe it's down to expectations, your beliefs, your self esteem, maybe fear.
Whatever it is look into it, figure it out, work out what makes you tick so that you can see what's holding you back.
Maybe it's down to expectations, your beliefs, your self esteem, maybe fear.
Whatever it is look into it, figure it out, work out what makes you tick so that you can see what's holding you back.
Episode 204: Affirmations And The Law Of Attraction
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A lot of people think of affirmations as the key to their success. Either because they're tapping in to some collective unconscious or simply inspiring their own unconscious.
Today we'll explore that a little.
Today we'll explore that a little.
Episode 203: Emotional Intelligence
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Do emotions actually exist? Or are they just a psychological construct based on past experiences?
Episode 202: Loneliness
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It's been a lonely 18 months for a lot of us. But even before Covid there were plenty of people saying that they were lonely and didn't have many opportunities to connect with people.
Recent research suggests that as many as a third of us have literally nobody that we would class as a close friend.
It would be nice to do something about that!
Recent research suggests that as many as a third of us have literally nobody that we would class as a close friend.
It would be nice to do something about that!