What is Hypnosis? Hypnosis is simply an inward focused state of mind. When you find yourself thinking about a past event, or are having a conversation in your mind, you are already experiencing something similar to a light hypnotic trance. When you alter your state of mind in a purposeful way to accomplish something that
Directions for the “2 For 1 Exercise” This really powerful technique can be used to stop stress and anxiety that is caused in the cognitive part of the stress cycle. Cognitive exercises are used to change scary thoughts and negative predictions. If you have ever found yourself with your mind racing with thoughts about a possible
Small Changes Make Big Differences Have you found yourself procrastinating on things you want to do? If so, you are actually using your creativity, unfortunately in the negative direction. A creative mind can come up with all sorts of reasons and examples of: scary outcomes, why it won’t work, or how it isn’t the right
The 60 Seconds to Calm exercise works great to quiet a racing mind, and to reduce anxiety and fear. The detailed written directions are below. We also have an easy to follow video. We recommend watching the free video the first time you do the exercise: 1. It is easier to follow when Audrey leads
Today Audrey is talking from the big house, workshop area at the Writer’s Retreat in Costa Rica. She is answering questions about getting unconscious information to work for you. She also discusses a technique from an earlier post for opening the mind by changing the questions we ask ourselves. Click on opening the mind to
Playing golf can be a wonderful way to take a break from the pressures of life and work. It can also be a source of frustration something gets in the way of playing at your best. In this article we’ll be discussing what you can do when unproductive thoughts (both conscious and unconscious) that disrupt
Stress at Tax Time – You Can Stop Negative Thoughts By Audrey Sussman PhD It seems that no matter where you go you will hear people talking about how stressed they are about getting their taxes ready. Have you ever thought about how amazing it would be if you could create a calm, tranquil state
It is possible to change old reactions. I have been showing people how for over 27 years. Today we will start looking at the answers to getting release from memories of past abuse and trauma. We start with question 1 that was sent in to the Anxiety Control Center. Question 1: I’m just wondering how
I’ll be back talking about Todd’s transformation tomorrow. As most of you already know I’m in beautiful Costa Rica teaching screen writers to go deeper into the unconscious to unblock old stuck “junk”. I wanted to let any writers that might be reading my posts that there is an amazing Writers Retreat going on and
Today I will be talking about life changing hypnotic techniques. This is the story of Todd and how changing a long held negative belief about himself has freed him from depression and fear. I’ll refer to my client as Todd (the name has been changed for confidentiality). Todd is a 45 year old man. He
