by Cheryl W. Martin
The picture above was an actual picture in the Birmingham News from the fireworks show on Red Mountain right above us. Hope everyone had a fun and safe 4th of July.
Day of Devastaion in Alabama
There was a day of devastation on April 27, 2011, which had tornadoes moving through Alabama and surroundings states. We certainly appreciate all the emails and calls we received from friends, former students, and family checking on our safety. The huge tornado which rocked Tuscaloosa and sent a huge path through the Birmingham area came close, but we were blessedly left unscathed except for lots of debris falling at the office and also at our home. It was sad to know that this debris was from the homes and lives which were devastated on that date. Those families are still recovering and post-trauma is moving from numbness to bargaining and anger around this time.
Luckily, the red-tape process has begun to work for these families and news media reports show a strong movement in the recovery process. We pray for their lives and well-being having gone through a major catastrophe right at the holiday season several years ago. It certainly takes time to regain a normal life.
I remember my neighbor from the across the street talking with me about her feelings after our joint losses from the flood. It assisted me to know that someone else felt like they were in a foreign world to have all worldly possessions lost in one day. The rest of the world went on as normal but we felt as if we had entered the “twilight zone” and expected to see Rod Sterling at any moment.
We have seen evidence that working on the symptoms of post-trauma with hypnosis strongly assists with recovery .
A new business has developed from this tragedy. It is the construction of Safe Rooms and shelters. My sister talked recently of remembering being in a storm cellar at my grandparent’s farm when she was a young child. Ed and I went on an exploration trip looking for the opening to the cellar and we think we found it. We didn’t enter because my sister talked of being afraid of the snakes in that underground place.
Hypnosis to Stop Smoking & Lose Weight
Two major studies have news about health and they are in habit areas where hypnosis has very positive results:
Overcome Obesity and Stopping Smoking
The stroke article above shows that young middle-aged adults are having strokes in increasing numbers. The final result of this study found that an obesity epidemic appears to be the main reason for this huge increase in debilitating strokes. The study called for better habits in eating healthy food and challenged the restaurant industry to move away from unhealthy fast food , especially in the trans-fat area of cooking and eating.
Hypnosis has proven extremely effective in the weight loss process for those who want to lose weight painlessly and without drugs or surgery. Call us for information and learn about how to lose that extra weight and regaining your health with your own mind power.
A new huge study conducted feels that after a smoker has smoked for even a short while, a change takes place in brain functioning giving impetus to the desire for smoking. It quoted that 443,000 people die each year in the United States from the side effects of smoking. Another 8.6 million people have very poor health which is a direct result of smoking.
This study done at The University of Alabama in Birmingham was recently written up in The Journal of Neuroscience. It states that after even a short period of smoking a change takes place in the cells of the hippocampus of the brain. The researcher’s conclusion was that major changes do take place which makes cold turkey stopping of smoking close to impossible.
Again, hypnosis has proven very effective in the stopping smoking process for those who want to quit. Book a session today and start clearing your respiratory system . The good news about hypnosis is: you won’t start another hand-to-mouth habit like eating to satiate the cravings. The suggestions your subconscious receives will replace your smoking hand to mouth habit with a desire for drinking water, and you will find the breaks you take will be to drink water and not smoke, which will assist in cleansing your system.
Hypnosis Authors Unite
We have had interesting correspondence from three of our former students: Ute Carson, Michael Rhodes, and Peter Haviland. Ute has written a new book . Michael has not only written a book, but is now involved with publishing and won the Eric Hoffer 2011 award for self publishing. Pete was interviewed for a book and wrote a very interesting part of this book. They are all interesting people and here are their websites for viewing :
Ute Carson at www.utecarson.com
Michael Rhodes at www.HTHypnosis.com and www.AncientEldersPress.com
Peter Haviland at www.RedOakHypnosis.com
Ute is now in a successful practice in Dallas after she and her husband survived huricane Rita hitting their beachfront property in Galveston Texas . Michael is in Humble, Texas, with a successful practice. Pete is in the N.W. FM1960 area of Houston Texas with a successful practice. Those three really need to get together and “do lunch”. They were all in different classes, and we don’t think they have met each other. Now is the time and they can look at each other’s websites before arranging to contact one another. All of the spouses are also very interesting people with the group making a promising gathering of interests and information.
Mandalas
I have had three very informational and creative mandalas sent for interpretation with family of origin requests with my emailing and meeting, by email, three very creative people. I will share their stories and art with interpretation since one of them appears to be connected to the April 27th energy that hit several states around Alabama. (Will make them to where no one will know names since I don’t want to ask them to have their personal information on-line).
I will make an attempt to add to the art side of the website through the addition of these mandalas and family of origin requests in the months ahead. I also have other wonderful projects going, as we speak, and time is a valuable commodity.
Hypnosis to change your Life
Many wonderful clients have found the Path (pun intended) to Birmingham's Alabama Hypnosis Clinic. Two of the stories are life-changing experiences :
The first young man invented a major invention for the space industry and he is called with accuracy a “Rocket Scientist”. Rather than do it through the government group, his invention was an adjunct with him and other investors manufacturing his invention. This made him financially secure in a very good manner at a young age, with his wife strongly supporting his efforts with her PhD in science. This sounds like a wonderful story until you learn that after he sold his business he started having intense pain. The email his wife sent initially listed him having had all the professional treatments available with very little pain relief from these treatments. This was sad because anyone who has experienced pain knows that material things are of no real enjoyment if someone is in intense pain.
The wonderful part of this story, other than the miraculous creative talent and intellect of this young man, is that he is free of pain now by the miracle of his subconscious mind joining in partnership with all levels of his mind. Two sessions of hypnosis have brought him this miraculous result. We are overjoyed for them and their children.
The second man had been experiencing a severe gag reflex which had grown worse over time. This process of getting worse was so bad when he came for a session it was taking him at least 30 minutes to brush his teeth. He liked to travel with a group who restored cars and kept his problem under wraps. He needed to go to the dentist recently, and was very apprehensive of where this would lead.
In the releasing process, he released the seed experience and other experiences and feelings that had created this problem. Dr. Martin had an unwrapped new tooth brush from a trip to the dentist at the office and offered this unwrapped toothbrush for the patient to test the results of the session.
Before the session, the gag reflex would start when the person just looked at a tooth brush. He was able to put the brush in his mouth and do the brushing motion with no problem. He was so happy that he left with the toothbrush to continue the verification on the way home. He called later to state the session had definitely been a success, and he was now completely free from the gag reflex.
Can you imagine the change in quality of life for these two men?
Hypnosis always brings a sense of wonderment.
Hope all are well and you are living a Wonder-filled Life,
Cheryl Martin
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