Performance Hypnotherapy

15/12/2021

I was interviewed on the biggest online news site in Croatia '24 sata' regarding elite athletes. See below!

Mnoga djeca sanjaju o tome da postanu vrhunski košarkaši, nogometaši, vaterpolisti i slično, ali put do tog cilja nije brz niti jednostavan. Što je sve nužno za ostvarivanje vrhunskih rezultata, doznali smo od bivšeg profesionalnog sportaša

12/10/2021

“Insomnia is a glamorous term for thoughts you forgot to have in the day.” — Alain de Botton, British-Swiss Philosopher

https://www.performancehypnotherapy.com.au/blog/how-to-deal-with-insomnia/

Insomnia, or trouble with getting a full and rejuvenating sleep is the most common issue which comes along with both or either anxiety or depression. Trouble getting to sleep usually has to do with anxiety; Waking up early or in the middle of the night and not being able to get back to sleep usually comes along with depression.

The problem with sleep disturbance is that it then exacerbates or amplifies any other issues you may have, and so getting in control of your sleeping processes is absolutely key for your overall health.

In addition to good sleep hygiene, there are three skills or aims which are the building blocks of good quality sleep:

1) Relaxation.
2) Decreasing repetitive thinking
3) Creating a set of pleasant thoughts and images to calm and soothe your mind body.

Several clinical reports have confirmed hypnosis as the most effective treatment for enhancing these aims. To achieve these aims there are five components which go into your treatment plan, although only is necessary for the purpose of this blog because it is the key distinction which allows you to have better quality sleep:

- Learning to distinguish the between useful analysis and useless over-analysis. The distinction is this: something is useful analysis when you convert analysis to action. What can you do about what you're thinking about? Hypnosis is an invaluable tool in teaching you to become more proactive in your approach to the inevitable problems of life and teaching you your own self-hypnosis skills in order to aim your thoughts in harmless and soothing directions before sleep.

This is a brief blog about a massive topic, it is my hope that by breaking it down into the main components you are able to have some clarity and increased hope that Insomnia is a disturbance that doesn't belong in your life. Good quality sleep is your right and you can reclaim it when you focus your mind in the right way - hypnosis is a marvelous tool for helping you achieve that.

09/09/2021

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07/09/2021

https://www.performancehypnotherapy.com.au/blog/turning-down-and-dissociating-from-your-critical-voice/

A critical voice is a very common and unnecessary process that people run in their minds.There are two factors to consider which greatly assist in being free from the negative side effects of having a critical voice.

1. The first is learning to 'turn down' the voice. Everybody holds the voice in their head in a certain space (inside the head, perhaps your left or right ear, from behind your head or in front of you or any pother space where people hold the voice) but few people focus or become consciously aware of where that space is. Once you identify the space you hold your critical voice you can move it - try shifting it now to your shoulder, then to your elbow, then to your wrist. Once you learn to do this strategically the voice will have a lowered impact.

This is a simple process you can do for yourself, with hypnosis you can greatly amplify this by also literally 'turning down' the volume of the voice and altering the tone of the voice in a way which benefits you positively.

2. The second factor (which builds on the first) is to learn to dissociate from the voice as a criticism and associate to it as information or a critique. The key question to ask oneself is 'How do I determine the difference between a self-criticism and a self-critique? In short, a criticism is destructive, a critique is constructive.

We know that what we focus on we amplify and through hypnosis, when we shift the focus on our internal voice as a critique which acts as information to benefit our lives - our mind becomes our ally.

Dissociation and association are cornerstones of clinical hypnosis and it is for these reasons that hypnosis is so effective at 're-framing' a critical voice. When combined with an effective psychotherapy, we have at our disposal the most effective form of organic change work available - facilitating how to learn to make your mind your ally.