by victoriab | Nov 20, 2014 | Blog, Brains, Creating Transformation, Happiness, Spirituality
What’s the difference? If you’re jolly, aren’t you grateful? According to Dr. Robert Emmons, the author of THANKS! How the New Science of Gratitude can Make you Happier, while there are many things that we can be happy about, the uniqueness of gratitude is that we...
by victoriab | Jul 12, 2013 | Happiness, Blog, Coping with Everyday Life, Methodologies, Relaxation
My strongest visual memory from my first class in psychology many years ago is a photo of some very sad, pathetic looking baby monkeys who were fading away, with “failure to thrive” because their “mother” was a wire mesh feeder, instead of a warm, soft one....
by victoriab | Apr 12, 2012 | Happiness
We know that hypnotherapy that engages as many of the 5 senses as possible is much more powerful and that imagining one is playing a sport well makes muscles activate as if it were true. Here is a fascinating article on the power of pretend. Here’s a...
by victoriab | Dec 5, 2010 | Happiness
When we say “I” enjoy living in the mountains or “I” have had a successful career in management, we are usually only expressing a perspective from one of the many selves we have inside us. While a strong “I” may prefer the mountains, there may be another “I” within...
by victoriab | Dec 3, 2010 | About Hypnosis, Addictions, Blog, Brains, Cancer Recovery & Chronic Illness, Child and Teen Issues, Comfortable Childbirth, Coping with Everyday Life, Fears & Phobias, Happiness, Hypnosis, Insomnia, Low Self-Esteem, Medical Issues, Pain Management, Performance Anxiety, Recovering from an Illness, Relaxation, Self Sabotage, Stop Smoking, Stress and Anxiety Relief, Weight Loss
This is not an exhaustive list, but is designed to give you an idea of the range of conditions that can be helped at Technologies of the Self. Addictions-Smoking Cessation, Substance Abuse Anger Management Bedwetting Career/Financial Success Confidence/Motivation/Self...
by victoriab | Nov 28, 2010 | Happiness
Michel Foucault describes the philosophical and religious practices of ancient Greece as an “Aesthetics of Existence.” What this entails is the idea that there is a potential in life for stylization, for beauty. There is not simply one master narrative, one truth...
