hope you are having a fantastic summer where you live. In Vancouver, BC we have had beautiful weather for quite a while. Here are the most recent hypnosis news articles for you to enjoy (and more): *Anxiety:* The United States Center for Disease Control has released research about the huge increase of anxiety and stress during these Covid times. For people between 18 to 59 years of age, *24% to 38%* report suffering from anxiety. Before Covid, only about *6%* reported suffering from anxiety. Many more people are now consulting hypnotists for anxiety management. *Irritable Bowel Syndrome: *Stress may be triggering irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), according to the International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders. Psychologist Megan Riehl, PsyD says: “Stress increases the hormone cortisol, and it can impact our digestive system.” The greater the severity of life stress and anxiety, the more severe are the IBS symptoms. Here are some ways to manage stress: 1. Exercise, from Yoga to brisk walking to lower cortisol and to boost endorphins. 2. Deep Breathing regularly with long, slow, deep breaths. 3. Hypnosis sessions with healing visual imagery for the subconscious mind for gut-directed hypnotherapy. A study in the September 2016 issue of *Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics*, reported that 72 percent of participants in gut-directed hypnotherapy improved. *Highway Road Hypnosis*: This is especially common on longer road trips or when the driver has not had enough sleep. Safety while driving may be increased dramatically by such actions as changing radio stations for a variety of programs and music; staying alert by reading all the road signs; paying attention to frequent checking of your mirrors; keeping hydrated with lots of water; pulling over and having a walk or short nap if losing alertness; travelling in your usual hours of being awake, not when you normally sleep and keeping one or more windows open for fresh air. *Stress*: Actress Jennie Garth appeared on “Dancing with the Stars” with her partner Derek Hough. Celebrities have often said that the high pressure of appearing on the show was one of the most stressful events of their life. Knowing everything she does would be viewed by millions and judged, Jennie sought out hypnotherapy to help her cope with the stress. *Meatless Hypnotism*: Swedish start-up company *The Raging Pig* and hypnotist Anna-Maj Velander have offered hypnosis sessions to help people to move from eating meat to a plant-based diet lifestyle. *Can anyone be hypnotized*? Yes, virtually anyone can be hypnotized if they are willing to follow simple instructions. Some people are hypnotized rapidly, like those who are picked to participate in hypnosis stage entertainment. Others need to learn how to be hypnotized, so they take a little more time. Children are always in hypnosis. Daydreaming is hypnosis. Just before you fall asleep and just before you awaken, you pass through a mental state like hypnosis where you feel very relaxed; your sense of hearing becomes super aware to sounds around you and you lose track of time. Daydreaming trances happen by chance, but traditional clinical hypnosis requires a hypnotist and is created on purpose for a beneficial reason. The interfering, conscious, analytical mind is distracted and “sent for a walk”, while the subconscious mind is totally concentrated and involved with the hypnotist’s healing instructions. The goal may be to set up new automatic subconscious habits such as the loss of desire for cigarettes or the creation of desire for small portions of only healthier foods, etc. In summary, a skilled hypnotist can hypnotize most any willing patient or client, even if they are skeptical. *Notable quote about patients in psychotherapy, by Dr. Ernest L. Rossi*: “…many of their symptoms and so-called mental problems are due to a suppression of their individuality. *The cure is to let that individuality come out* and flower in all its particular genius.” (Dr. Rossi is an internationally renowned therapist, teacher, and pioneer in the psychobiology of mind-body healing and author of more than 24 professional books. Dr. Rossi also worked with Milton Erickson for eight years and co-authored three classic volumes on therapeutic hypnosis with him. *Andrew Salter, psychologist*: “When a dog wants to bark, it barks. When a cat wants to meow, it meows.” Salter was the founder of conditioned reflex therapy, an early form of behavior therapy which emphasized assertive and expressive behaviour as the way to combat the inhibitory personality traits which Salter believed were the underlying cause of most neuroses. “The solution of all problems of the self comes from unbreaking the individual’s behavior with other people … People drink because alcohol thaws their frozen emotional radiators and permits them to express their feelings…It is inhibition, and not liquor that makes alcoholics…*Our goal is to* *disinhibit the inhibitory*…psychotherapy is reconditioning… Nobody is discontented with himself unless he is discontented with his relationships with others.” Salter is considered by many to be “the father of behavior therapy” and the founder of assertiveness training. Salter encouraged patients *to express their emotions* and used visual imagery to reduce anxiety with a multitude of human problems. “Never play another person’s game, play your own.” *Positivity: *You are a miracle. There never was and never will be anyone exactly like you. Always love yourself. When you really love yourself, you will look after your own mental, physical, and emotional needs first. This will allow you to be healthier, more joyful and to have more positive energy to bring happiness to yourself and others. 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