By Valerie Dawson, LCSW, CHt
If you’re one of those people whose weight fluctuates up and down like a roller coaster, you may be surprised to discover that hypnosis may be your ticket to finally getting the weight off and keeping it off.
Many people don’t consider hypnosis as a means to lose weight because the word hypnosis often conjures up images of swinging watches or people clucking like chickens. But the truth is that clinical hypnosis can be a very effective tool for changing your habits.
You’ve Already Been Hypnotized Thousands of Times (and may not have realized it!)
Hypnosis is a natural state that we go in and out of many times each day. Examples of trance states include:
- Your mind wanders off while you’re driving, but you still arrive at your destination safely
- You experience feelings of fear, sadness, or excitement while watching a movie, even though you know it’s just a made up story
- You realize that your mind wandered off while listening to someone and you didn’t hear what he or she said
In clinical hypnosis, one simply learns how to enter a trance deliberately in order to work on particular issues. In this state, the mind and body are more open and receptive.
Willpower Doesn’t Work for Long Term Weight Control
You probably know what you need to do in order to lose weight: eat healthier, eat less food, and exercise more. But the reason why most people lose weight only to gain it back again, is because just going on a diet is only using your conscious mind, your willpower.
Studies have shown that willpower really only works for the short term. It simply is not very effective in changing habits for the long term.
The reason why is because our habits are stored at a deeper level of our mind, the subconscious mind. It is very difficult to change habits once they are stored in the subconscious mind.
So How Can Hypnosis Help You to Lose Weight?
With hypnosis, we have way to communicate with this deeper part of the mind, to get it to change those stubborn habits. For example, my weight loss clients report that after working with me they have:
- Decreased desire for unhealthy foods
- Increased desire for healthy foods
- Less mindless eating
- Increased motivation to exercise
- Better portion control
- Reduced emotional eating
Denise Lost 45 Pounds with Hypnosis
One of my clients, Denise Johnson, battled being overweight for more than half her life. She tried all kinds of diets, but she still couldn’t get where she wanted to be.
“During the day, I did great. I was able to eat well then but at night I struggled.” She joked, “If the cat wasn’t always moving, I probably would have eaten it.”
She was thrilled to realize that hypnotherapy was the missing piece to overcoming her lifelong struggle with food. Through the hypnosis, Denise learned to manage her food desires which yielded big results. Denise lost 45 pounds and gone from a size 18 to a size 10.
“My goal is to feel healthy and I do. I walk by a window and see my reflection and forget that it is me.” With the help of the hypnosis, Denise admits that her brain can now tell her that it is time to be done eating.
“For the first time in 57 years, I am in control over what goes in my mouth and that is just amazing. Before my hypnotherapy, I could eat my weight in chips and salsa. Now I just eat normally.”
Denise feels so good about her success that she wants others to benefit from hypnosis. “I refer anybody and everybody to Valerie Dawson. Having tried everything, I know that she truly was the missing piece to my puzzle.
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About Valerie Dawson
Valerie Dawson has been a psychotherapist and hypnotherapist in for over 20 years. She’s also personally trained by Brian L. Weiss, M.D., the author of Many Lives, Many Masters. She is always amazed at the insights her clients find by exploring the memories of their past lives firsthand to gain awareness about their life lessons and soul purpose.
While she lives in Phoenix, Arizona, she serves clients all over the world via phone and video conferencing. Her life’s passion is to help people change habits, improve their health, and find more joy.
Valerie struggled with yo-yo dieting for years until she finally cracked the code to permanent weight loss, going from a size 18 to a size 8. She combined her unique background in psychology and hypnosis to create a breakthrough weight loss coaching program that really works.
Valerie teaches clients to “retrain their brain” to do the things they already know they “should” do, so that they can create healthy habits that “stick” and finally lose the weight and keep it off. To get started, go to www.valeriedawson.com/wisdom – sign in, and claim your free hypnosis gift.
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