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The Mind Body Connection

2/5/2016

Did you know that your body holds the key to drastically change your mood and confidence? Social Psychologist Amy Cuddy has done the research so you don't have to. Watch as she teaches you how a simple 2 minute activity can help you be more confident in yourself and get more out of life. According to Amy, it's okay if you don't feel powerful right away, just fake it til you make it, and keep faking it until you become it. Watch her powerful talk here:

Ted Talk: Amy Cuddy

Ready to start exploring the relationship between your powerful mind and body? Call Be Your Very Best at 219-663-3900.

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Client Perspective

4/25/2014

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One of Diana's regular clients, Margery, wrote this wonderful list to explain what she gets out of recurring appointments at Be Your Very Best. She wanted to share her experience so that other clients could learn what consistent appointments with Diana will do for them. Here is her perspective in her treatments with Diana:

"Diana teaches you new skills to be your very best: frequent practice always leads to skill development

If you wanted to be a star basketball player, would you show up for practice once a month?

Your agonizing crisis episodes become less frequent and less intense

        As your skill set develops, adjustments to life situations become smooth. You maintain an “even keel” rather than experiencing “dips and peaks”

You see your progress faster

        Practicing 50 free throw shots 5 times a week gives more effective percentage than 250 attempts once a week.

You learn new skills/perspectives in little bits, more frequently, repeat often. Your new behavior/habits last a lifetime.

        A baby takes lots and lots of steps, over and over, all day long before she masters the skill of walking

You receive frequent positive guidance, eliminating discouragement and giving up

            Diana is your coach in the huddle

You catch slips early in the process; Nipping undesired behavior/perspectives in the bud.

            It is very difficult to unlearn a wrong tempo after much violin practice

You have built in accountability to complete your at-home work.

            Would we ever do our taxes if there wasn’t a due date?"

Could you benefit from regular appointments with Diana? No two people are alike, and there is no one size fits all method for improving quality of life, but regular appointments help keep you on track to achieving your goals. Give us a call to discuss your unique needs and treatment options. Feeling better starts with a phone call: (219) 663-3900.

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Does Hypnotherapy Work? Science Says "Yes!"

10/22/2013

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When new clients call the office, some ask this question - "Does hypnotherapy work?" As a certified hypnotherapist who has seen the results first-hand in my clients for the last 25 years, I have no doubts about the efficacy of hypnotherapy. But for others who are less familiar with this process and the potential benefits, recent research into this field might help to clarify the specifics about this often misunderstood treatment method. Here is a recent article from the Washington Times that outlines how science supports hypnotherapy as a treatment modality.
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WASHINGTON- April 28, 2013- “Hypnosis seems helpful in treating addictions and the depression and anxiety associated with them”- Psychology Today

Hypnosis and hypnotherapy has been rooted in science with evidence based results reported for many years. Although the American Medical Association (AMA) currently has no clear position on the effectiveness of hypnosis and hypnotherapy, in 1958, the AMA reported hypnotherapy has a recognized place in the medical armamentarium and is a useful technique in the treatment of certain illnesses.

Hypnotherapy is considered an effective adjunct in psychotherapy for many issues, and more are being studied. On its own, hypnotherapy is reported to be beneficial: In 2001, the British Psychological Society commissioned a group of expert psychologists and published a report that declared hypnosis a proven therapeutic medium and valid for study.

The report went on to say hypnotherapy is beneficial for a wide range of issues encountered in medicine, psychology and psychiatry with regard to stress, anxiety, pain, and psychosomatic illnesses. Some illnesses described are insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome, headaches and migraines, asthma and a variety of skin maladies. Weight reduction was also cited as benefiting from hypnotherapy.

A comparison study reported in 2007 by American Health Magazine indicates some psychological issues benefit more from hypnotherapy than psychoanalysis and behavior therapy. A German university meta-analysis of 444 studies supported this claim, concluding a 64 percent success rate with hypnotherapy for stress, anxiety and chronic pain.

According to Sanjay Paul, A psychology instructor at several universities, hypnosis is a heightened sense of suggestibility for accessing the subconscious mind which is responsible for up to 90 to 95 percent of our thoughts and actions. No one can be made to do anything they do not wish to under hypnosis. That old, inaccurate reputation stems from night club acts.

Paul goes on to say hypnosis can provide lasting change by “cleaning the bottom of the mental fish tank” and it is the sub-conscious that helps to maintain ones self-image and record all memory via sensor input as a 24 hour mental tape recorder.

Ohio based certified hypnotherapist Janet Berg describes hypnosis as the state one must achieve in order to be receptive to hypnotherapy. She describes hypnosis as a state where the sub-conscious can readily accept and act on new information and suggestions for healing, change, growth and attainment of individual goals.

The experience, according to Paul, is the phase one enters directly before falling asleep or upon awakening and Berg claims those under hypnosis can leave this state voluntarily at any time and those who receive hypnotherapy describe the experience as relaxing and refreshing.

The American Psychology Association (APA) website has declared most clinicians now agree hypnotherapy can be a powerful, effective therapeutic technique for a wide variety of conditions.

Apparently, hypnotherapy is gaining ground fast as a respected form of therapy within the corridors of the scientific community.

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For more information about how hypnosis can help provide you with the relief or change you are looking for, please call (219) 663-3900. Change starts with a phone call.

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