If you are DEPRESSED, you are living in the past.

If you are ANXIOUS, you are living in the future.

If you are at PEACE you are living in the present.

Lao Tzu

If you have ever spent a couple of hours in an airport waiting for a delayed flight you will be familiar with the general feeling of discontent that permeates the atmosphere.  People look bored, tired, frustrated, long-suffering or just plain upset!

Amongst this generalized feeling of discontent you will always notice a few exceptions who respond in a rather more philosophical manner.  These people do more than simply tolerate their circumstances.  They make the most of the situation they are in and use their unexpected free time as constructively and positively as possible.

These are the people who know how to live in the moment and make the most of the now.  They aren't going to waste their precious energy by focusing upon frustrations or fears.  They aren't going to waste their time on useless thought or activity.  

But it's not just these types of times that so many of us allow ourselves to waste.  Many of us allow previous minutes, hours or days to slip between our fingers.   It seems that we find it far to easy to allow our thoughts to dwell in the past or to fear for the future.

We need to be reminded of the importance of just allowing our minds to relax and to rest our attention in the moment.  When you do this you find that the feeling that is triggered is one that consists of relief, calmness, peace and bliss.  

When was the last time you really noticed your own breathing?  Were you aware that the air in your nostrils as you breathe is feels cooler than the air when you breathe out?  When you breathe do you fill up your belly or just your chest?  

There are many things that happen each and every day that we just don't notice because our minds are focused elsewhere.  These things might be within our own physical body or in our surroundings.  

A fun exercise that will help you appreciate the moment is to spend just one minute intentionally noticing what you notice.  Pay attention to each of your senses in turn and really focus your attention clearly upon the information that your senses transmit to your brain.  

Notice how your brain interprets this information, making assumptions and drawing conclusions based upon past experiences and stored information.   For example you might look outside and see grass swaying and instinctively interpret this to mean that it is windy outside.   You might smell the scent of cooking and feel your stomach rumble in response.

When you spend time in the moment you realize how much richer your experience of life is.  An added bonus is that you live in the moment free from worry or fear.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads for relaxation, health and happiness.

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I was reminded yesterday that one of the easiest and quickest ways in which to de-stress is to smile.  Whatever is going on in your mind is reflected in your body and this is also true in reverse.  Thus as you stretch your facial muscles into a big wide smile, your entire bodily system will be positively effected.  Your mind will also begin to smile!

In a similar manner, if you are feeling dispirited you are likely to discover that your shoulders have become rounded, your head is hanging down and your entire body is sagging.   To stand tall and hold your head high is an easy fix that will lift your spirits as well as your muscles.

Our breath is also an incredibly powerful source.  We are all familiar with the way in which breathing quickens when stressed or anxious and slows down to a far deeper rhythm when we are relaxed or ready to sleep.  If you are feeling stressed it is very easy to turn your attention to your breathing and to focus upon lengthening each breath.  Simply count to 5 on your inhale and 5 on your exhale and you will immediately experience a calming effect.  

Different breathing techniques can be used to produce different results.  You can heat your body or cool your mind simply through your breath, and many other effects in between!  To learn more about breathing and to be able to utilize varied techniques is a very worthwhile goal.  

In meditation and hypnosis your breathing settles down into a calm and rhythmic pattern.  As you relax in hypnosis you can also utilize suggestions to further promote feelings of balance, relaxation, calmness and comfort.  You can learn to use hypnosis quickly and easily in the comfort of your own home simply by listening to a hypnosis recording.    Most people do not realize how easy it is to use or how restorative it's effect.

There are many, many different ways in which a person can learn to unwind and relax.  Stress is frequently linked with a feeling of being out of control.  Including some appropriate exercise in your daily routine allows you to feel more in control of your body and this also benefits your mind.  Eating a healthy diet also benefits your mind as well as your body.

These are just a few basic reminders of how your body can be used to relax your mind.  We often forget that our minds and bodies are intrinsically linked, and yet this knowledge is vital if we wish to create a state of balance and harmony in our lives.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads for relaxation, health and happiness.

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I know what you are thinking.  You want both, right? This combination is every golfers dream and for some people it is achieved for a certain amount of time.  But even the best players in the World do not live this dream for 18 holes of golf day in day out.

If you as a golfer accept that your swing is not going to be perfect all of the time, then you need to know that you have something to fall back upon so as to be able to stay in the game.  This "thing" is your mind.  

Many amateur golfers unfortunately pay little heed to the infinite power of what lies between their ears.  Instead they tend to focus their attention upon a range of physical or mechanical aspects of the game.  It is easy to fall into this trap, as these aspects are more tangible.

Thus a golfer who knows that his or her long game is lacking in robustness will both work on those shots and also their short game so as to be able to compensate.  In fact, almost every golfer will be heard to say that the short game is where you score.  But this is still missing the most relevant point.

Think about how you feel and respond emotionally to a good or a bad shot.  Your drive or tee shot sets you up for the hole.  The ball flight is a thing of beauty and lands exactly where you want it to land.  You feel great, right?   Or alternatively, you hook or slice that little white ball and it ends up behind a tree, or out of bounds.  You don't feel so confident now, do you?

This happens in golf.  You don't hit perfect shots all of the time.  In fact, you don't hit perfect shots a lot of the time.  Thus the most important thing a golfer has to be able to do is to shake off the effect of that last shot and get on with the next one with a clear, focused and confident mind.

Some games of golf present more of a test to your mental strength than others!  It pays a golfer to have a whole tool-kit of mental skills to be able to apply in these different circumstances upon the golf course.  In fact, every golfer should have at least as many different mental skills as they have different shots.

As the great golf teacher Jim Flick is quoted as saying, 'Golf is 90% mental and the other 10% is too".

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Golf is a game of opposites in many more ways than one might think.  You hit down on the ball for it to go up.  You aim out to the right when you want the ball to draw in to the left.  You try to hit the ball harder and find you lose rhythm and it goes shorter.  You try to not go in the trees and the ball sails right in there!

And when you start to think about the score you lose focus upon the real task in hand and your scorecard reflects it.  

Every golfer needs, from time to time, a reminder that golf is simply a game and it is meant to be fun.  Instead of getting frustrated at the slow or fast greens, or the pace of play, or whatever it is that has gotten you attention...STOP!  And allow yourself to feel a little gratitude for the fact you are able to be outside on a beautiful golf course with your friends, playing a great game.  If you cannot feel this gratitude and joy, then remember you can always go back to the office. 

Whenever I step foot on the golf course, I am very happy to say that I always feel happy to be there, irrespective of my level of play that pops out during the day.  I am really, really lucky to be able to play this great game.  I am equally lucky to have such great friends to play golf with and have so much fun with.  I am so very lucky that we have each other to encourage and learn with.  

To put it in a nutshell, I'm a happy bunny!  So I'm not going to allow my mind to take a negative twist and turn the game I love into an obstacle or an ugly monster.  

This game poses many challenges and just begs for you to rise to them.  One of those challenges is when you reach a point where you can slip into a mode of focusing too much upon the score to enjoy what you are doing.  Golf requires a really high degree of focus.  If you do not focus narrowly upon each shot and sending the ball where you want it to go, then those balls will find their way all over the place.  It makes sense that if your mind is all over the place your golf ball will follow!

Bob Rotella says that if you focus upon the process the score will look after itself.  This "process" not only refers to the particular shot in hand, I truly believe it also relates to your attitude to the overall game of golf.   If you focus upon having fun, you will have fun‚Ķand you will play better golf‚Ķand your score will reflect this...and your handicap will go down.

What do you think?

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

P.S.  Discover how to focus your golf mind and play winning golf through mental golf training.  Check out my website now.

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Pause for a moment if you please

And notice the flowers, birds and trees

Spend a few moments "in the now"

Enjoy the natural beauty that does wow!

Many of us choose to have busy lives.  We can often feel that we are on a treadmill that we simply cannot get off.  We work long hours, try to be super-mom, etc., and balance seems to be hard to find.

Being busy is not in itself an issue.  Not enjoying what you are doing does cause problems, as does not finding a way to create a feeling of balance.  Often times, all that is needed is to pause for a moment, breathe deeply and allow your mind to settle in the now.

If you have trouble switching off or slowing your mind down then you might like to try a hypnosis mp3 to lead you into this state of calmness and balance.  You will find that in this way you can train your mind to relax and enjoy each moment whenever you want to or whenever you feel that you need to.

The following are links to pages that might be of interest to you :-

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Hypnosis mp3 for being In the Now

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Fear unfortunately propels many a behavior.  We avoid things.  We put things off and procrastinate.  We create problems for ourselves where there should not be problems.  We compound problems that could easily be solved.  Much of the time the reason for these issues is in reality this one incredibly powerful four-letter word.  Fear.

Ironically we do not have to be gripped in it‚Äôs vice like clutches.  Fear is in fact a choice.  Danger is something that one should be aware of as opposed to being afraid of.  

"Feel the fear and do it anyway" is no doubt a phrase that you have heard uttered.  You probably muttered a few choice phrases beneath your breath in response!  "It's easy to say this when you aren't really afraid", is probably what you were thinking.

Fear is something that is triggered instinctively.  It is part and parcel of our primary instinct to survive.  You might say it is a primitive instinct.  In fact it is so deeply embedded into our psyche that it comes upon us instinctively and automatically.  We feel our bodily senses tuning up and shifting into "red alert".  

But this bodily reaction is not intended to hold us back and debilitate us.  Rather, it is intended to empower, strengthen and enable us.  When thought about and dealt with in the most productive way, fear does indeed mutate into an incredibly positive and powerful energy force.  We have the choice to use "fear" in a positive manner or to simply allow it to take over and control us.

When a reaction comes upon us instinctively it can be quite difficult to "catch it" and prevent it from overtaking us.  Fear, after all, can just happen as quickly as you can blink your eyes.  Thus forward planning is required if you wish to change the effect of this energy force from negative to positive.

In interviews with super successful people you will generally hear them reference the fact that one of their greatest motivating forces was in fact fear of failure.  Their fear drove them to work harder and leave no stone unturned.  This is a great example of how a potential negative force can be turned into a powerfully positive motivating factor.

There are many different types of fears and phobias.  For those who wish to overcome their fears, hypnosis can become a very effective tool to use.    

I can hear what you are saying now.  "But what if I"m afraid of hypnosis?"  Many people are afraid of hypnosis but their fear is not logical.   A fear of hypnosis can only be rooted in a lack of knowledge as to what hypnosis really is.  Thus I would urge you to Google hypnosis and read published research articles from reliable sources, such as Stanford, Harvard, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, etc.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads to help overcome fears and achieve your true potential.

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The words you use to describe something cause distinctly different visual images to pop into your mind.  They also create associations with different feelings.  Therefore in golf it is vitally important that you select the correct words to describe elements of your swing.

You might like to try out several different descriptive terms for yourself.  For example, do you draw your club back, pull it back or do you sweep it back?  Do you sweep through the ball, swing through the ball or hit the ball?  I hope you can see what I mean now, when I say that each word creates a different image and a different feeling.  For some the variation might be subtle, but for others it can make the world of difference.

Each thought you have transmits energy and it is very obvious in golf when you are on the wrong wavelength.  Your ball ventures off upon a frolic of its own and leaves you feeling less than happy with your pursuant shot choices.

Few golfers pay sufficient heed to the fact that every thought triggers some sort of visual image in your creative mind and that this visualization is what drives your actions.  You probably only notice this when the thing you don't want to happen pops into your mind.  

For example, if you think to yourself "I must avoid the water on the left", you might be aware of a tendency to send your ball towards the water that you really intended to avoid.  You thought about the lake and an image of the lake popped into your mind and you sent the ball there.  

Thus when you want to avoid an obstacle upon the course, be it bunker, trees or lake, you have to change your focus of attention.  You have to move your mind away from the obstacle and focus tightly upon where you do want the ball to go.   By focusing your laser sharp attention upon your real target, your subconscious mind creates a visual image of it, and your energy will send the ball there.

Another example of the impact of your thoughts upon your game is when you think that you have "lost your swing".  This is probably the most debilitating thoughts in golf.  It's also rather ridiculous.  How can you lose your swing?  Every swing you make is different and unique.  You might have lost rhythm or timing, or become sloppy with your alignment, lost your confidence, or forgotten to focus clearly upon your target, but you have not lost your swing!  

It is vitally important to realize what really happened when a shot went awry.  To simply think "I lost my swing" serves to create a barrier between you and understanding what really happened.  Thus next time you find yourself thinking, "I lost my swing", try to wipe that thought away and instead ask of yourself "what really happened there?"

There are many, many ways in which your thoughts about your swing impact upon your game of golf.  I'm sure you can think of a few yourself!

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Everyone has the ability to learn new things.  If you learnt to drive an automatic car you can still learn to use a stick shift.  If you learned to speak and write English as your first language this does not mean that you cannot learn another language should you wish to do so.   If you are right-handed, this does not mean that you could not learn to do things left-handed.

Just because you have learned a certain way of doing things does not mean that you are unable to learn a different way to do them.  I can almost hear the objections that certain people might make when hearing what I have just said.  "But it won't be easy."  "But it will take forever."   Whilst these statements might apply to some people or some things, they do not apply to everyone or everything.

Lets take a look at how this applies to the golf swing.  I think that it is safe to say that there is probably not a single golfer who can honestly say that they produce the same swing for every shot in a round of golf.  It is simply not possible.  You have to swing differently to produce different types of shots.  Even when you are trying to replicate the same shot time and again your swing will not be identical.  Similar, yes; identical, no.

There are certain principles within your swing that you may very well include and produce with almost every shot.  For example, you might manage to find a way to consistently keep your clubface square at impact.  You might consistently keep a similar rhythm to your swing.  

Thus when you think about golf, you will discover that there are certain elements of your swing that are more easily adapted or changed than others.  

Each individual has their own unique tempo that is reflected in many areas of their life.  The speed you talk or walk or go about life in general will become a part of your golf swing and golf game.  To try to change this would be to try to go against the grain.  This would be one of those things that would be almost impossible to change, or would indeed "take forever".

But there are many other aspects of a golf swing that are incredibly easy and simple to change.  All you need to do is to know what to do, to understand why you need to do it, to want to do it and to believe that you can do it.  Then you will be able to do it almost instantaneously.  

Many things really can be changed in the blink of an eye.  All that is required is a relevant "light bulb moment" that trips a switch in your mind and sets you upon the right path.

The biggest impediment to creating a "new swing" is usually a lack of clear intent.  If you do not know what you really want or need to do, how the heck are you going to do it?  Similarly, if you do not believe that you can execute a certain move, how are you going to instruct your body to do it?

Just as you need to look at your ball to be able to hit it, you need to have a clear image of your swing in your minds eye before you are able to create it.  You have to see it to believe it.  What you mind can perceive, your mind can believe and your mind can achieve.  Such perception does not take forever.  It takes a split second.

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

P.S.  Discover how to focus your golf mind and play winning golf through golf hypnosis.  Check out my website now.

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The health benefits of sleep are both varied and well known.  We all need to have an adequate amount and quality of sleep so as to be able to function as we should on both mental and physical tasks.  

Sleep is probably the best beauty treatment available to a person, allowing you to literally look younger overnight.  This is probably the most superficial benefit of sleep.  The other benefits are incredibly important, and as I already mentioned they are well known, and so I do not need to list them here.

The amount of sleep that is required varies from one person to the next and in many cases one person in a relationship is in risk of not getting enough sleep.  It is all too easy to settle into a habit that doesn't really suit you when your partner or spouse is a person who requires less sleep than you.  They awaken feeling bright eyed and bushy tailed, whilst you find yourself stirring slowly and sluggishly at their side.

They may well try to get up quietly and leave you resting a little while longer.  If they are successful in sneaking out of the room and you remain in the same state of sleep then you are very lucky.  Many people find themselves being disturbed by either sound or movement and then it can be difficult to return to an adequate depth of sleep.  Alternatively, many people feel that they too should get up and start the day rolling, even though they feel tired and unenthusiastic about the day ahead.

The fact is that whatever your reasons are for settling for less sleep than is ideal for you as an individual, it is important to apply a cost/benefit analysis to your situation.  Sleep is so very, very important.  To not get sufficient sleep is very costly to your health, mind and equilibrium.

Many people have trouble getting to sleep.  Their minds run on overtime or they become overtired and then miss the window that would ordinarily lead to sleep.  Perhaps you have simply gotten out of the habit of sleeping well.  If this is the case then meditation or hypnosis can be very helpful.

Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation and is in fact the state between wake and sleep.  In learning to use hypnosis you can also teach yourself how to relax, let go of troublesome thoughts and prepare yourself naturally for sleep.  It is natural and easy.  Simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download you can train your mind to expect to sleep and return to your natural and instinctive optimal sleep patterns.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads for sleep, health and well-being.

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Many amateur golfers will relate perhaps to playing a few shots more than their normal score when they go play a new course.  On the face of it, this is probably something that most golfers expect.  After all, you don't have the benefit of "local knowledge" and thus it can be easier to get caught out by visually confusing hole set ups or subtle greens.

It is easy to become more than a little complacent when solely playing one's own home course.  You get to know what club you use on this hole of that, you get to know the breaks in the greens and the prevailing wind direction.  In reality, you stop practicing the mental evaluation part of your pre-shot routine.  Hence you become a little rusty in this area.

It's good to go play other courses, and then you have to really become aware of the various things that we are tested with in golf.  Holes are set up in such a way as to draw the golfers eye in an inappropriate direction and create a state of visual confusion.  They are set up with hazards that test ones ability to ascertain the safest shot, the best route to the pin and also one‚Äôs nerves!  

A key part of golf is the ability to read a course, read a hole and read a green.  The actual performance of a golfers shot is in fact only a very small part of the overall game.  To only play ones home course means for many that they miss out on a lot of the fun and challenges that make up the game of golf.

Additionally, if you only play one course, or one type of course, there are probably many shots that you do not get an opportunity to practice.  You might find that you are only comfortable playing low running chips and that when faced with the necessity of a high lob style shot you find you just cannot see how to make it happen.  You might find that you can only play out of shallow bunkers and not deep ones.  You might find that you can only play slow greens but not fast ones.  

There are many variations of the instances that you might identify with here.  The long and short of it is that if you don't want to become a one course or one type of course player, then it is important to give yourself an opportunity to play all of those different shots.  It is also important to get practiced in reading and evaluating holes and shots.

It's like the difference between being able to source food and cook it as opposed to simply warming up a ready made meal in the microwave!   A huge part of the game of golf is mental.  One of those mental aspects is what I am talking about here; the ability to think your best way around a course.

There are many other mental aspects to the same of golf.  Confidence and focus are hugely important and both of these rely upon a solid foundation of good thinking and the making of good shot choices.  

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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My home club has a lot of hills.  For me, I think it is the most beautiful course I have ever seen, let alone had the privilege to play upon.  Many others agree with me.  There are people, though, who really do not like our course when they encounter it for the first time.  

They do not dislike its beauty.  Far from it.  They find it tough to play, not because of distance, but rather because of the myriad of different lies that the golfer is forced to play off.

For me, this is absolutely a bonus.  We, the members at our club, get to practice all sorts of what would no doubt otherwise be thought of as weird and wonderful golf shots.  We joke about our "extreme lies" and "extreme shots".  

As is the case with most things that people fear in live, the root of the fear is individual to the person.  When faced with uphill or downhill lies, I know that some golfers fear is that they quite simply aren't used to them and then this can lead to one of two different issues.  

The first is that the shot looks challenging to them.  They simply don't like the look of it.  This is where practice is important.  If you have practiced them, then you won't find the look intimidating.

The second thing tis that they don't know what to do with their set up to compensate or go with the flow of the hillside.  In point of fact, this is where simply knowing what to do in your set up is a vital key.  If you know what to do, then you will feel confident to swing freely and fluidly and not lose your balance.  

Many golfers think in terms of changing their swings, yet surely it is simpler, and therefore easier to effect, to know to alter your set up and then swing in balance with the slope?  

Fear may also come from a build up of past negative experiences.  Every golfer can identify with this.  You get to hole number whatever and a whole host of poor shots and high scores pop into your mind.  That's not a good place from which to prepare to swing.  You have to be able to let go of that negativity, that fear, and focus clearly upon the shot in hand, whilst at the same time feeling confident in the outcome.

Golf is a very mental game.  Lack of mental focus or emotional control is by far the biggest cause of poor shots than mechanical failure will ever be.  

That said, if you are experiencing issues with uphill or downhill lies, the first thing I would do is look to the mechanical side.  Do you know how to adjust your set up?  Do you know what club to use to take account of the slope?  Do you know where to finish your swing?  Do you really know how to stay in balance?  

It's actually very easy to adjust yourself upon slopes.  You just need to know what to do.  Thus, once this issue has been taken care of, you can think about the other potential problems.

The first is that of focus.  Do you have a good pre-shot routine that has become habitual?  If not, get one!  This is essential in good golf, for many reasons.  Firstly you have a clear picture of the desired shot and swing.  Secondly, it relaxes you and puts you "in the moment", and this in itself removes fear from your mind.

This brings me to another point, that of the requirement of an equally robust post-shot routine.   You need to be able to quickly and easily wipe bad shots and their negative energy from your mind and replace them with something that is a whole lot better feeling.  You don't want to allow that negative memory and energy to dig deep into your mind and lurk there, waiting to spring forth the next time you step into a similar spot on the course.  And so, if you don‚Äôt have a habitual post-shot routine, get one!

With a good mental attitude you will find yourself confidently swinging your clubs and hitting great shots on those formerly "pesky" uphill or downhill lies.  Your mind can even assist you when the issue is lack of practice.  Simply by visualizing great shots for a couple of minutes at a time, you are putting in very effective practice.  This type of "armchair" visualization practice has been found to be just as effective as actual practice.

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

P.S.  Discover how to focus your golf mind and play winning golf through mental golf training.  Check out my website now.

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Everyone has heard reference to sayings relating to the importance of not blaming one's tools for jobs that don't turn out quite as one planned.  It is inevitably more often the fault of the workman rather than his tools.  There are many variations of this phrase such as, "It's not the arrows, it's the Indian".  Nevertheless, the meaning remains the same.

The first step in learning, progress and change is to hold your hands up and say "OK, perhaps I did something wrong".   In taking this step you actually take control of whatever situation you find yourself in.  If you do not take this step you are left in limbo; you cannot progress because the problem or blockage is not within your control.  It is the fault of the tools, the weather, the competition or whatever else you can think up.

So, OK, your tools might not be perfect.  Perhaps they are old or worn and there are more appropriate tools that you would prefer to lay your hands upon.  But you have what you have.  You have to make do with what you have got.  Better still, you want to make the most of the resources that you have available to you.  

To put this in context, lets think about golf.  Many golfers become addicted to buying new clubs.  They want the newest driver than promises extra distance off the tee, the newest balls that promise to reduce spin, the putter that guarantees you holing more putts.  But are new clubs really going to make that much difference?  I bet you have seen your teaching pro pick up any amount of different clubs and still produce a great shot.  Do you think that you would produce a significantly better shot if you picked up his or her "super-duper professional" clubs?  Probably not.  It is the person who swings the club that makes the real difference.

Let's take another example.  Weight loss and dieting comes to mind as an appropriate subject.  You tend to find that people who try to lose weight loosely fall into one of three categories.  There are those people who are really very half-hearted about weight loss and don't really try to lose weight and acknowledge this fact.  There are people who are grittily determined to lose weight, lose the excess pounds and keep them off.  Then there are those who bounce from one super-duper new diet to the next, perhaps losing a few pounds and then piling them straight back on again.

If you fall into the latter category, it is important to ask yourself a couple of questions.  First, is there any physical reason why you aren't losing weight?  If this possibility is eliminated, then the second question to ask yourself what in your own psyche is stopping you from losing weight?  If you eliminate the possibility that the arrow is to blame then all that is left to examine is the Indian.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in mind training mp3 downloads for health, happiness, well-being and sport.

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Many golfers suffer from expressions of anxiety immediately before they set up to the ball on the first tee box.  "What swing is going to pop out?"  "Which direction will the ball fly?"  "What if, heaven forbid, I miss the ball altogether?"  These thoughts are all expressions of fear.

But why should an amateur golfer feel afraid of something that he or she has chosen to do for fun?  And unless you are playing a team game, why should you worry about anyone else when your game doesn't affect his or her game?  Why worry about what other people think?

If you suffer from first tee jitters it is important to identify why you experience this reaction.  Are you anxious because of how much you want to perform well or are you more concerned about what other people think?  

Everyone likes to be liked.  Everyone likes to do well.  This is natural.  But when on the golf course you have quite enough to think about without worrying about what other people think.  In reality, they don't care how you swing your club and hit the ball.  They are playing their game and you are playing yours.  Every golfer has whiffed a shot off of the first tee.  They can empathize.

There are several things that you can do so as to immunize yourself against first tee jitters.  Even if you cannot get over thinking about what other people think you can still remove this from your mind whilst standing upon the tee box.  

First, if you worry is about what is going to pop out as your natural swing today, then make a habit of going to the range for a few swings prior to the game.  The purpose of range time prior to a game is to find your rhythm and tempo and to take note of what appears to be happening in your swing.  Every day is different, and every golfer knows this.

Next, make a habit of focusing "in the now" whenever you stand on the tee box.  Fears do not live in the present.  A fear is always about something that might happen in the future or caused by a memory of something that happened in the past.  By focusing your attention "in the now" or "in the moment" you at the same time eliminate the potential of experiencing anxiety or fear.

The added bonus of focusing in the now is that you attention is focused upon what you are doing, and this of course is a vital element in creating a good golf swing.  

Having a bullet proof habitual pre-shot routine gets you to both focus in the now and direct your attention to exactly what you are supposed to be doing.  It also prevents you from experiencing first or last tee jitters.

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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When you are further away from the green it is usually relatively easy to choose your shot.  For the average amateur golfer you simply choose the club that usually plays the relevant distance and hit it as well as you can towards your target.  You probably don't often even think about trying to shape the shot.  You simply play your normal "go-to" shaped shot.

But when you are closer into the green many different options open themselves up to you.  Should you punch, chip, pitch or lob the ball?  There are full shots, half shots and three quarter shots to choose from.  There are shots that you hit high and aim to land and stop quickly and others that shoot lower and roll further.

For the average amateur golfer making the correct shot selection can be the cause of difficulty let alone the execution of the shot that you have decided upon.  I frequently come across golfers who set up for one type of shot but somehow try to execute a different one.  The result is an uncommitted stroke half way between two shots and the ball squirts off in a completely undisciplined manner!

It is vitally important that a golfer keeps a line in their mind that separates one shot from another so that whenever they set up to the ball they know exactly what they are doing and execute their shot with full commitment and focused intent.  The other vital point is that an amateur golfer should keep things as simple as possible for him or herself in terms of the number of shots he or she is willing to spend sufficient time practicing.  

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once…I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times" Bruce Lee.

You will only be able to rely on a shot if you have practiced it frequently enough to feel confident in your execution.  It is better to have one simple shot that you have practiced many times than many shots that you have only practiced a little!

Golf is an extremely mental game in very many ways.  How you decide to allocate your practice time is mental.  The shots you select and your course management is mental.  Your focus as you set up to a shot is mental.  These are just a few examples of how golf really is a mental challenge.

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Some golfers will always be found on the range before a game whilst others pour themselves out of their car five minutes prior to their tee time and dash to the tee with their shoelaces yet to be tied.  For those of you who go to the range first, I wonder do you have a real "plan" for your practice?

Many golfers fall into the trap of trying to work out what is wrong in their swing immediately prior to a game.  This is not a good plan if you want to stand upon the first tee feeling confident about the pursuant shot.  Most "weekend" golfers just hit a few shots with this club or that as a matter of habit, yet without a real purpose, not even really thinking about warming up before the game.

The real question is what should a golfer do before a game so as to maximize his or her potential?  Yes, you do need to warm up and get your body turning.  Yes, you do need to find your rhythm, your timing.  Yes, you need to be aware of what is "popping out" today in your swing, so that you can play with it.  No, you don't work on it before the game; that is something to do after your game.

To practice your short game before the game is also a key element.  Again the key is simply to find your rhythm and to get your tempo right.  And, of course, as you practice putting you get a feel for how the greens will be playing.

Thus it is important to practice before play, but not in the sense of practicing to iron out mechanical issues.  It is for a warm up and to find your rhythm and tempo, to get a feeling for your swing.  In essence, practice is important, but only if you practice in the right way.  

If all you do is hit balls without thought, or work on your mechanics before the game, then you are probably better off joining the numbers of golfers who turn up at the very last minute and take their first swing whilst standing upon the first tee box.

And the most important thing of all that you can do is approach your game with the correct mindset.  Plan mentally to play well.  Manage your mind, your emotions and your shot selections well, and your score will inevitably reflect it.

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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A friend told me yesterday that another good friend had been prescribed with anti-depressants so as to help relieve stress.  The gentleman in question is going through a difficult separation and is experiencing difficulty in dealing with the associated unavoidable pressures. 

My immediate response was to ask what else he was doing to help himself?  Is he getting some exercise in daily so as to aid the release of feel-good endorphins?  Is he participating in a yoga class or meditation perhaps?  Is he using self-hypnosis to quiet his mind and soothe himself?  Is he talking through his worries with someone who is qualified to assist?  Is he eating a healthy and nutritious diet?

My point is that surely the taking of anti-depressants should not be his first port of call?  Depending upon your upbringing and environment you will be predisposed to deal with problems in certain ways.  These go-to methods, however, might not be optimal.  It pays, where stress is concerned, to "think outside the box" and look around for alternative treatments.

There is in fact medical research, which indicates that exercise can be just as effective as anti-depressants.  Research has also shown the soothing and mood boosting effect of meditation or self-hypnosis.  

We live in a "quick-fix" and "least effort involved" culture.  To take an anti-depressant fits this bill.   But is it really the correct answer? It is often the case that a little more effort will achieve better results.  When one's health and well-being is concerned I would always advocate leaving no stone unturned.  

It is up to us as individuals to do whatever we can to take responsibility for our own health.  Yes, MDs and other medical personnel are there to assist us, but we have to help ourselves as well.  

In terms of the treatment of stress, you will likely find that to partake of regular appropriate exercise, employ meditation or hypnosis on an equally regular basis and to take your prescribed medication will be an optimal combination to get you feeling better quickly.  

The treatment methods that you can put in place for yourself should not be seen as alternative.  They are complementary, although it does have to be said that they will in some cases do the trick all on their own!

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Every golfer experiences days when his or her rhythm just happens to be "on" and also, unfortunately, other days when rhythm is nowhere to be seen.  Your swing just seems to be out of sync and your golf is far from comfortable; every shot involves a severe struggle!

The question that is faced by a golfer in this position is how to find the best way to play to your maximum potential on one of these "off" days?  Most golfers resort to doing the very worst thing possible, probably because it is the most obvious; they start trying to work out what has happened to their swing.  They puzzle and ponder about their mechanics.  

"Are my hands right?"

"Is my spine angle right?"

"Is the club head square at the top of the back swing?"

"Am I making my hip turn?"

"Am I transferring my weight?"

"Did I finish properly?"

"Am I too low over the ball?"

This is just a mini-list of the questions that most golfers begin to ask themselves after their bad shot.  Unless you are extremely well versed and knowledgeable about your swing you are unlikely to work out what happened in the few seconds you have before you are expected to make your next shot.  

The truth is that if you are asking yourself any of these types of questions when you are setting up to the ball you cannot possibly commit fully to the shot in hand.  And if you do not commit to the shot you will not make a rhythmic or pleasing swing.

A far more effective solution in this situation is to carry out your normal debrief after the shot.  An effective post-shot routine allows you to draw a line beneath the last shot and start afresh with a relaxed mind going into the next shot.  

If your rhythm is off it is best to keep focused upon the real basics whilst on the course.  You can hit the range later or take a lesson later to work out the mechanics of the matter.  

And so what are the real basics?  

Double and triple check your alignment, because this is more often the perpetrator of a bad swing than you probably think.  It is also a really easy one to fix!  

Be doubly safe in your course management; remember to play with what is seemingly happening on the day in your swing.  Choose the safest shots.  Play to your strengths.

Double up your focus and concentration and really make sure you pick a good safe target and remain glued to it.  Dial in your focus.  

Take an extra practice swing and focus upon feeling a free rhythm.  Loosen your grip.  Perhaps even shake yourself out like a rag doll first so as to release tension.

Ensure that you adhere to your pre and post-shot routines to the letter.  You are doubly reliant upon your mental game when your rhythm is below par!

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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In golf you often hear phrases such as "See the ball in" or, in the case of a sand shot, "See the ball landing close to the pin".  I often wonder how many golfers really follow such instructions.  Do they really SEE the ball rolling along the green and into the cup, or SEE the ball flying out of the bunker and landing on the green, back skipping and then running just a little further, ending up just beside the cup?

I suspect that many golfers overlook the importance of visualization in golf altogether.  And then there are those who do recognize the importance of visualizing the ball going where they want it to go, and sometimes remember to employ their third eye whilst at other times kick themselves for forgetting to do so.

There are probably an exceedingly slender percentage of golfers who employ visualization when off the golf course altogether.  You often see golfers practicing their swing when standing around in the most unlikely places.  You can tell that they have an imaginary club in their hands and they go through the physical motions of a real golf swing.  But do they do this in a purely mental sense?  Probably not.

This is a great shame as off course visualization can have a remarkable impact.  One study, which supports this fact, was undertaken by the Department of Sport and Exercise Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University, in the UK.  

In this study golfers were randomly assigned to one of three groups - one group undertook physical practice of bunker shots, another group were assigned real practice plus visualization practice and a final group were detailed to practice in a purely imaginary sense.  All of the groups improved significantly, and there was no significant difference found between the pure visualization groups and the pure practice groups.  The group that improved the most was the one that was assigned both physical and visualization practice.

Thus one can see the value of golfers undertaking armchair visualization practice as well as seeing the ball where you want it to go whilst out on the course.  The beauty of visualization of course is that every shot is perfect and so your brain records only good shots.  This is a really superb way in which a golfer can build both technique and confidence.  

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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It's that time of the year when New Years Resolutions are embarked upon and this for many means attempting to change bad habits and become a little healthier and stronger.  Gym memberships, exercise programs, detoxes and diets are often perceived as the mainstay of this agenda and people cross their fingers and hope that they are successful in their plans.  

Nevertheless, statistics show that the majority of people do not actually usually stick to their perhaps not so well laid plans.  A real resolution involves true resolve and a determination to see a plan through to its successful conclusion.  It isn‚Äôt a loosely conceived wish or hope.  The fact is that some of us are batter planners than others.  Some of us are more determined than others.  Some of us have more motivation than others.  

Your success in your objectives will in the end hinge upon your attitude, beliefs and thoughts as you embark upon and progress towards your goals.  Your mind and its focus determines the reality that you experience.  

In the current environment of self help awareness you have no doubt heard all this said before and the truthfulness of it resonates within you.  But there is still a gap between knowing something and actually doing it.  We have to pick our way around sabotage systems, self-doubt, fears, misunderstanding, poor lifestyle choices and also pure laziness.

For those who are aware of a disparity between his or her own knowing and doing, hypnosis can be a real gift and key to success.  But it is important to not see it as a quick fix.  You do still have to commit to the process and use of hypnosis itself.  Like the gym, it is not just something to give a whirl and see how it goes.  You need to approach hypnosis with an open mind and an attitude of commitment just like anything else that you wish to be successful in.

Your mind is incredibly powerful and hypnosis allows you to access its inner areas.  This includes the part of your mind where automatic thoughts and beliefs are stored and triggered.  Hypnosis also opens your mind to greater creativity and the process of visualization becomes more powerful when employed whilst relaxing in this particular mental state.

There are many studies that have proven the power of imagination and visualization in expediting your way to achieving goals.  It adds an extra dimension and strength to your goal setting.  Sports trainers and managers of every discipline encourage students to use their imagination.  All great athletes use visualization as part of their training.  All successful innovators speak of the key import of their imagination.

Your imagination and visualization paves the way to your reality.  Your imagination makes your stronger.  This fact has been proven over and over again.

Your imagination can also be used to make you physically stronger.  You might like to look up the details of a study carried out at Bishop's University in Quebec that has illuminated this fact.   Our minds and bodies are inexorably linked and they undeniably influence each other.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 recordings for health, happiness and success.

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Your personality can be changed and adapted so long as you see it as a process to be worked upon.  If you assume that it is something that is given, then you prevent yourself from expanding and growing.  

This is a vital point to appreciate, particularly if you think of yourself as socially uncomfortable or inept.  If you are shy, you can learn to be more outgoing.  If you lack in confidence you can learn to be more self-assured.  

Self-belief is not something that you are born with; it is something that is learned.  You have the ability to learn the process of becoming comfortable, confident and successful.  You just have to believe that this is possible and open your mind to making this advance.

Hypnosis is an incredibly powerful state of mind to one who wishes to make changes in attitude, belief or behavior.  Hypnosis is a state of relaxation that it both natural and normal.  It's power lies in the fact that hypnosis allows you to access your subconscious mind.

The subconscious mind is the part that acts and triggers behaviors automatically.  When you find yourself instinctively gravitating towards a thought or behavior without thinking about it or questioning it this is your subconscious mind at work.  When you brush your teeth, drive your car, count money in your wallet, stop at a red light, get dressed, know how to press buttons on your telephone or type on your computer you are utilizing your subconscious mind.  

You spend the majority of your day doing things that are triggered and powered by your subconscious mind.  In the majority of cases this automated behavior serves your best interests, but there are times when the behavior that you have learned acts more as a sabotage to your happiness and success in life.

This is particularly the case when the learned behavior relates to a lack of self-belief or a lack of confidence.  The fact is that if your think you can do something you generally can, whereas if you think you can‚Äôt you are also generally totally correct in your assumption.  There are many well-known quotations that reflect this view.  The best known is probably "Where there is a will there is a way".

If you have trouble fighting your lack of self-confidence or lack of self-belief then you might like to look into using hypnosis to help you.  It's natural, as I stated before, and it is also easy to use.  You can change thoughts and beliefs simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 recording in the comfort of your own home.

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Intelligence is a process of learning as opposed to a thing that you are simply born with.  You, like I, will no doubt have heard said (or perhaps you have yourself thought) that so and so is naturally intelligent, gifted or bright.   

But intelligence is still something that has to be nurtured.  The act of acquiring knowledge is a process and this process is one that we can all learn.  Intelligence is a product of observation, interest, enthusiasm, being exposed to things, personal effort and, of course, it also involves an element of luck.

I say "of course" there in relation to luck, although you may not agree with me.  You may prefer a different terminology and think in terms of things that are either meant to be or not meant to be.  But for the purpose of this short exercise I will use the word luck.  

Luck comes into the equation in terms of where you are, who you meet, what you are exposed to in your natural environment.  Where you are born, who your parents are, when you are born and who you come into contact with all play a huge role in your methods of gathering intelligence.  

For example, if you were born in Silicone Valley you would inevitably be more exposed to the culture of IT and Start Up companies than if you were born in the South West of Ireland.  This is a fact of life.  You might be born at a time of depression or at a time of expansion and these circumstances will also have a great impact on the environment in which you learn from and gather intelligence from.  

The main point that I wish to make is that you can always learn more and become "more intelligent" by exposing your mind to different things.  Being curious and interested in the World around you is a huge key to this process.  Believing in your ability to learn new things is another key.  Nobody should allow themselves to think that they or slow or that they lack intelligence.  Learning is a process and it is one that can be learned!

Thinking of yourself as a successful person is inevitably a part of believing in your intelligence.  The two go hand in hand.  Hypnosis can be a very useful aid to opening your mind to learning, self-belief and success.  It can be used to help overcome mental blocks and erroneous beliefs about your levels of intelligence and ability.

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Win once and you are most likely to win again.  Rory McIroy is a great example of this phenomenon.  Neuroscientific research has shown that the very act of winning changes the chemical balance in the brain, and these chemicals that are released serve to assist you in becoming more likely to win again.  Winning basically helps you to win.  You might hear this referred to as the winning effect.

The younger you are, or the earlier in your career that you achieve a win sets you upon a course that makes you more likely to win again and again.  You have the intellectual knowledge that you are a winner, the emotional feeling of winning and the chemical reactions in your brain and nervous system.  

In contrast, if you do not manage to make that early win, it becomes more difficult to reach that goal.  Winning becomes more elusive to you.  Luke Donald in golf or Andy Murray in tennis can be seen to demonstrate this fact in that although they have won to a degree, certain major titles have remained outside their grasp.  One can observe great ability, but somehow an inability to win those titles that matter to them most.

It is vitally important to not allow yourself to think in terms of having lost.  If you come second in a competition or tournament then you have almost won; you haven't lost.  If you allow yourself to feel that you have lost then the chemical reaction in your brain will be the exact opposite of the winning effect; lets call it the losing effect.

Even if you manage a win at a later time in your career the winning effect will not be quite as powerful as if you had won several times earlier in your career.  The positive chemical reinforcement to your brain has to work hard to counterbalance the effect of the previously experienced losing effect.

Thus you can appreciate how very important it is to not allow yourself to see things as losses or failures.  This applies to every aspect of life, not just to golf.  As is so frequently the case, golf highlights and provides a great example of the mental issues that we face and overcome as we grow and expand in life.  

And so what we can draw from this is twofold: -  

First, never allow yourself to think in terms of a loss.  You nearly won, you played well and you almost won.  These thoughts make you feel an emotional sense of well being and this triggers good chemicals in your brain.  It serves to safeguard yourself from the "losing effect".  Always remember that you have the ability to choose your thoughts and your thoughts are what create your emotional reality, which is in fact your actual true reality.

Secondly, when you do win, choose to intentionally reinforce the winning effect so as to make it as robust as it can possibly be.  Think about your win again and again.  Feel your win over and over again.  Enlarge your image and memory of your win.  Make your thoughts as big and bright and as colorful and emotionally full as you possibly can.  

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What makes one person become excellent at something whilst another person remains pretty average?  Most people seek to find an exceptional reason that explains extraordinary success, but in reality the root causes are usually fairly mundane.  You might like to read a research paper entitled "The mundanity of excellence" just to satisfy yourself that this is a real fact and not something that I have made up!

A large factor that is involved in becoming excellent is that of persistence.  To keep trying to achieve a goal and to keep practicing the necessary skills are of course keys to acquiring excellence and success.  

Both of these factors are equally important.  If you give up before you have found the correct route to success then of course you will not get there.  In the modern world we can easily see a trend towards finding a quick fix, but we usually find that there really is no such thing.  Quick fixes do not usually produce lasting or satisfying results.  

Looking for a quick fix usually achieves the opposite of what the name suggests.  It gets in your way and takes your focus off what you should be concentrating your energies upon.  It in fact results in you taking a lot longer to achieve your goal, sapping your energy and chipping away at your desire to persevere and persist.

Thus keeping your eye upon your real goal is a key element in achieving excellence.  When you think about it, this is quite a mundane fact.  In itself it is not extraordinary!

Then there is the factor of practicing the correct skills that you wish to become excellent in.  In golf this might mean repeating the correct swing, rhythm, tempo, focus or stroke.  In swimming it will involve employing and practicing the optimal technique.  

You can spend many hours in practice, but unless you are practicing the right things you will not achieve excellence.  Thus a further mundane key to excellence is to ensure that you are practicing the correct things.  Quality wins over quantity in this respect.

And I think everyone will agree that the simple process of repeating a skill time and again will lead to an acquisition of excellence.  This repetitive action is of course also mundane.   This is often the part of the excellence equation that people find most difficult to traverse.  They get bored.  

If you study the behaviors of super successful people you will find that they do not get bored.  They love what they are practicing; the process of practice fascinates them.  Thus if you wish to acquire excellence you should find a way in which to become fascinated in your subject, so that you love it so much that you don't have to think about perseverance.  You just want to do it.  

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Studies have shown that in general husbands who have close relationships with their in-laws are 20 percent less likely to end up divorced.  The same however does not hold true for wives who have similarly close relationships with their in-laws; their marriages are 20 percent more likely to end up in the divorce courts.

There are many jokes made and stereotypes of the in-laws.  We make jokes as a means of releasing or diverting stress.  Yet truly, this is no joke.  If the quality of your relationship with your in-laws can cause your marriage to end up in divorce, then it is important to re-evaluate and learn to deal with it in a more positive manner.

There are perhaps many reasons why men and women respond to in-laws in a different manner.  It is suggested (and it is most likely) that women take their in-laws interaction to be more interfering and respond from a deeper emotional perspective.  Men perhaps look at their in-laws in a more practical light, whereas women see from an emotional standpoint.

It may also be the case that in-laws are more inclined to proffer advice or help to a daughter-in-law than to a son-in-law.  In-laws could be, consciously or subconsciously, more aware of the possibility of offending, and thus less inclined to interfere with the mantle of the "man of the house".   On the other hand, they might more easily assume that their daughter-in-law would appreciate their assistance and insights.

Whatever the cause is, the facts that such studies have revealed are quite dramatic and worth thinking about.  No couple wants to allow their relationship with their in-laws to come between them and cause a long-term issue in their marriage.  Our primary aim in getting married is to continue to enjoy a good relationship with each other.  

Thus one of the things that is relevant to creating good relationships is to find ways in which to lay good foundations for interaction with the in-laws.  This might involve learning how to create appropriate boundaries or finding ways to take things a little less personally.  Whatever it involves it will certainly be worth the effort so as to reduce the risk of your marriage ending up in divorce.

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One of the key aspects about the sport called golf is that without a considerable amount of practice you can find hitting the ball as you wish is a somewhat elusive dream!  This tends to hold true for both beginners and the more seasoned golfer.  Thus it is no wonder that so many golfers avidly seek to find any or every type of quick golf fix that they can feast their eyes or lay their hands upon.

The million-dollar question is whether or not such quick golf fixes have a hope of working.  I suspect that the majority of golfers soon discover that whilst their currently favored fix might work to a degree for a short period of time, its effectiveness quickly fades and disappears.  

Fewer golfers hold an appreciation of the very real potential for the supposed "quick fix" to morph into a golf nightmare.  Unless you fully understand the how and why of a swing change, be it related to rhythm, tempo, swing plane, wrist cock, length of backswing or follow through, etc., you are running the risk of making a change that puts you further off course than on.   

Additionally most "quick" golf fixes are not actually quick to apply.  The various parts of your golf swing are linked together like a row of dominoes.  As you change one tiny little component, be it by just a fraction of a millimeter, it will inevitably affect every domino along the line.  Most golfers will be only too aware of those times when they feel like their swing has totally collapsed.  You do not ever want that to happen again.

The exception to this rule applies to mental focus.  You can in fact change your mind about something literally "at a moment's notice".  Women are frequently accused of this; it is a woman's prerogative to change her mind!  

In golf, the application of correct mental focus will prove to be a very effective fix indeed.  With your attention correctly placed and your emotions kept under control, the numbers written upon your scorecard are likely to be very pleasing indeed.  What is even better is that there is no negative side effect.  Correct mental focus simply cannot cause your game to fall apart!

But, if you forget to focus or apply your mind correctly, then you will miss out upon the advantages that this confers to your current shot.   Even though you can change your mind in an instant, and gain good mental focus simply by thinking about it, what really pays off is to make this ideal focus into a habit.  

The creation of a habit, even one that is mental in nature, is not a quick fix.  It takes time and effort.  But this time and effort put into the mental side of golf is worth its weight in gold.  It is also something that can be worked upon at home or in the dark and for just a few minutes at a time.

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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There are a lot of golfers who have a garage full of semi-used equipment.  Some of these are self-professed equipment junkies whilst others prefer to hide their addiction.  The big question is whether or not the act of purchasing new clubs really helps your game?

I suspect that every golfer appreciates that in golf club manufacturing technology makes advances that do make it easier to hit the ball sweeter or more easily.  The bigger sweet spot on modern day clubs is a prime example of this.  But does this mean you will really get greater distance, more backspin, stop your natural slice or end up with a lower handicap?

I have observed many a golfer who buys a new set of clubs and raves about how fabulous they are whilst at the same time failing to display a related improvement in their play.   You will probably have noticed this phenomena too.

There is clearly a psychological effect at play when one swings a new golf club.  If you think it is going to help your game, it probably will do so, in the short term at least.  But in the long term, after your "new club enthusiasm" has worn off, will those clubs really help your game?  

Inevitably, it is the manner in which you swing the club that matters.  If you remain confident you will probably swing the club well.   But your confidence is anchored in the effectiveness of your ability to swing the club.  The clubs alone are but one part of the golfing equation.  The bigger part of the picture lies in your knowledge of the golf swing and your ability to produce the necessary actions. And the biggest part of the picture lies in what happens between your ears.

Many golfers choose clubs based upon which clubs another person (professional or otherwise) says are the "bees knees" of clubs.  They quickly run out and buy those clubs expecting, or perhaps merely hoping, that their game is going to miraculously improve.

Surely it is wiser to take a little more time and a more logical approach to choosing ones clubs?  For me, I do appreciate that technology moves forward in leaps and bounds and I don't want to get left totally behind.  But I don't want to change my clubs unnecessarily either.    

Because I know how mental golf is as a game the most important thing when I am looking at clubs is that I like the look of them as they sit behind the ball.  If they "fit my eye" that's a big part of the battle!  I don't mean whether they are pink or blue!  I just mean do I feel that it looks like I can hit the ball well with it?  Then they have to feel good in my hands; not after a few swings or after a few rounds.  I want them to feel good immediately.  

Yes, I will take advice (from an appropriately qualified professional) upon shaft, cavity back, wide base or blade, angles and so on.  And then I will try whatever club they suggest.  My first question to myself is "Do I like the look of it?"  The second is "Does it feel comfortable?" and the next thing is to see how natural my swing feels with this new club.

How you progress with new clubs will depend more upon what you do with them then the clubs themselves.  The fact they have a bigger sweet spot or are easier to hit does not necessarily make you a better golfer.  But if you feel more confident with those clubs in your hands you will in all likelihood make better swings.  Confidence in golf is always King!

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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So how the heck can a swing go missing?  How can a swing get itself lost?  Surely every swing you take is in fact unique, and you will perhaps intentionally vary swing plane, speed, length of back swing, length of follow through, and so on?  

Each shot you take on the golf course will require your swing to be tailored to achieve the desired end result.   Thus when you think to yourself that you have "lost your swing" you are thinking an erroneous thought, one that will also serve to confuse yourself even further.  

The reality of the matter is that you did not apply the club face upon the ball in the way in which you had hoped.  And this eventuality perhaps happened on a few consecutive shots.   With each shot that didn't turn out as planned you in all likelihood lost your confidence and we all know what happens when that happens to you upon the golf course.  

If you do not apply your club to the ball with clear and confident intent your golf ball will in all likelihood go off upon a frolic of its own planning!  

It is essential in golf to look at each swing separately.  It is only by seeing each unique circumstance that you will understand what did really happen.  Perhaps on one shot the lie was not as flat as you have estimated, perhaps you came off plane at the top of your back swing or perhaps you gripped too tightly.   

There are many, many things that you might or might not have done.  But you have to look at each swing individually so as to appreciate what happened.  Thus the very first thing to do when you are out on the golf course and you find yourself thinking "I have lost my swing" is to catch this erroneous thought quickly and change it pronto!

It may well be that you can, in looking at each poorly executed swing individually, identify a pattern that has manifested itself.  Perhaps you can see that the ball is spinning off to the right or left consistently, or that your ball is flying at a lower or higher trajectory, and so on.  

You will quite likely find that you have veered away from your pre-shot routine or that you were hovering over the ball feeling worried about your shot.  I say this because if your primary thought is "I have lost my swing" it will probably over-ride everything else that you should have been doing!  

Thus the very next thing to do, after catching and stamping out that erroneous thought, is to commit to your pre-shot routine, planning your next shot clearly in your mind, visualizing it and feeling for the right feel during your practice swing.  This will get you back in the moment, focusing where you need to focus, at the same time as it relaxes you and instills confidence.

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Whilst playing golf yesterday my friends and I were discussing this point of view.  Some amateur golfers get very tied up in the process of trying to create perfect looking shots, whilst others are satisfied with less "pretty" looking shots so long as the ball gets where they want it to be.

Ultimately the aim of the game of golf is to get the ball into the hole in as few shots as possible.  Whilst this is the ultimate aim we as golfers are also (hopefully) aware of the fact that the best way in which to play is to focus upon one shot at a time and just allow the score to look after itself.  You have to focus in the moment so as to be able to hit a good shot.  

If a player gets too tied up in their desire to hit perfect shots they will probably not score as well as they could.  This may seem a little counter intuitive, as one might think that the greater the number of perfect shots that a golfer is able to hit would get them to the hole more efficiently.

This however is not usually the case.  Golf is a game of imperfections.  Even the best professional golfers know that you are simply not going to hit perfect shots one after another for the entire round.  

You have to approach the golf course with the mental attitude that you will play with whatever pops out on the day and simply make the most of it.  You can go to the range later or get a lesson later to work out how to correct any pesky things that have insinuated their way into some of your swings!  

If you start to focus upon the mechanics of your swing whilst on the course you will get in your own way and be unable to score well.  You will start to feel puzzled, uncomfortable, unsure, anxious, tense...etc., etc. 

It is quite simply impossible to make a good shot once you allow your emotional balance to change into this state.  Your game will go from bad to worse.  This is a very slippery slope and every golfer has to find his or her way to avoid it.

A golfer has to learn to accept an imperfect shot and move on to their next shot.  This is why a solid post shot routine is just as vitally important as an equally firm pre-shot routine.  

Both of these routines should be automated and instinctive to the golfer.  A "routine" is something that is automatic.  It is not something that you have to think about.  It is a procedure that you just do.  It just happens without you having to think to do it.

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Tiger wears red on the final day of a tournament.  Many golfers have certain habits that they stick with when playing in a tournament.  Some quirks, like Tiger wearing the color red, are visible to all, whilst others are not so obvious.  I am sure that you, like I, have heard of sports persons who do not change their underwear or their socks if they feel that they are on a winning streak.

Idiosyncrasies can be quite varied and I will admit to wondering exactly how extreme some might be.  A further question relates to what are the underlying thought processes that drive such behavior?  Why does a golfer decide that a specific piece of clothing has increased importance, or why would he or she attach emphasis to one thing over another?  What makes the number on the golf ball important or the color of their shoelaces?

I suspect that whilst some golfers display similar idiosyncratic behavior in other areas of their life, the majority of us only do so under pressure of tournament golf.  It starts off as a line of thought such as "I'm playing so well, I just do not want to change anything".  You don't really believe that your underwear, or whatever it is, can make a real difference but you don't want to change it "just in case".  

And then you win.   And so the next time you play in a tournament you wear the same items of clothing (or whatever your idiosyncrasy is) "just in case" they really did help.  Over time your idiosyncratic behavior becomes familiar and comforting and a part of your whole tournament routine.  Eventually you are too scared to change it, as it has become your "lucky charm".

A further interesting aspect of such idiosyncratic behavior, that you may or may not have noticed, lies in the fact that if you win the tournament you attach further belief to the behavior.  "Thank goodness you wore such and such or you might have lost".  But, when you lose, you don't blame your idiosyncrasy for the loss.  You don't really lose your belief in its ability to be a lucky charm.  Why so?

This all simply goes to prove the point that golf is an extremely mental game!  Just one tiny little half formed thought in the back of your mind can make or break your rhythm upon the golf course.  If you think that something matters you are correct.  If you think that something doesn't matter you are also likely to be correct.  

Golf performance is reliant upon strong beliefs and confidence.  You have to find your own way to feel "right" on the day of a tournament and whatever way you reach that point is correct for you.

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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If you want to improve as a golfer you have to know which parts of your game need to be worked upon most.  Golfers who do not pay sufficient attention to the collection of relevant data end up working upon the wrong things or not working on their game at all.

There are many golfers who just want to get out and see their friends and simply play golf.  They are happy to remain at the same level.  This is totally cool and it is great that there are "easy-going" golfers on the course.  They are not hard on themselves, do not have inappropriately high expectations and are happy with their achievements.

But those golfers who do want to challenge themselves to play better do need to collect relevant statistics and work on the most important areas of their game.  The basic data that most golfers collect is how many of their tee shots landed on the fairway versus the ones that drifted either left or right.  

The next nugget of information is whether or not the approach shot landed upon the green in regulation.  If you did hit the green in regulation, what number of putts did you take?  If you didn't land there in regulation how many up and down chips did you make?  And how many bunker up and downs did you make?

These statistics provide you with a huge amount of information and tell you where you need to be working.  Many times you will find that you score better on days when your drive is a little off, but your chipping and putting is hot.  So why do so many golfers fall into the trap of working to lengthen their drive in preference to becoming a dead-on putter?

A further statistic, which even fewer golfers keep a record of, is whether or not they felt comfortable with the club in their hand and therefore fully committed to their chosen shot.  Too few mental golf game statistics seem to ever be recorded.   

Did you adhere to your pre shot routine?  Were you distracted?  Did you apply your post shot routine correctly?  Did you manage the hole well in terms of choosing the correct shots to play?  Did you take the time to feel comfortable with your practice stroke before you pulled the trigger?

Great golf is not just played from the perspective of mechanical ability and execution.  You have to choose the correct shot to play.  You have to feel confident with the club that is in your hand.  You need to be able to visualize the shot flying in the air, landing and running to its resting point.  

Golf is a very mental game and if you do not keep statistics to reflect your mental abilities as well as your mechanical prowess you are, to quote a well-known phrase, "not seeing the wood for the trees".  

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Every golfer feels like kicking him or her self when he or she makes a three putt.  It just seems so unnecessary. It is unnecessary. 

When this happens most golfers ask of their self what they did wrong in terms of their stroke.  We are inclined to look towards issues such as mechanics, green reading and assessment of distance as our first ports of call.  Yet when you really think about it, these are not the causes of the majority of three putts.

The real cause lies in what came earlier.  Poor course management, poor shot choice or poor execution of the approach shot, are the things that really cause the majority of three putts.  Once again, most golfers will tend to focus in upon the mechanics of their approach shot in terms of cause and turn a blind eye to other factors.

And yet again, it's far more likely to have been a something more mental that lies at the real root of the issue.  Poor course management or poor shot choice or not committing fully to the shot in hand will be the real cause of the majority of your three putts.  All of these are mental issues and nothing to do with the mechanics of the shot in hand.

Thus, if as a golfer you wish to avoid three putts, it pays to apply a checklist to the mental aspects of this game.

Did you manage the hole well?

Did you work your way backwards from tee to green when deciding what shots to play?

Was your ball lying in the position you planned to approach the green from?

Did you choose the correct shot for the conditions?

Did you feel comfortable with that club in your hand?

Did you take a couple of practice strokes and feel the shot?

Did you visualize the shot well with the ball flying and landing on the green and ending up close to the pin?

Did you commit fully to that shot or were you in two minds and you made your stroke?

If, after answering these questions, you truly feel that you made all of the correct decisions, then you know you have applied a good mindset to the shot.  If the shot didn't work as planned it perhaps was poor execution or not knowing what that club would do in the conditions.  

You have to analyze all aspects of a shot correctly, both mental and mechanical, so as to know that you are working on the necessary things in your golf game.  The cause of your three putts could indeed be simply poor putting, but it is more likely to involve other elements.

And if it was poor putting to blame, then you need to examine both the mental and the mechanical aspects of this so as to ensure that you are working on the real issues that are at play!

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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The key to playing savvy golf is to play to your strengths.  You, like me, will no doubt have played with golfers who insist on choosing the club and shot that they think should be played in a particular circumstance, irrespective of whether they are comfortable with that club or have indeed practiced that shot sufficiently to feel confident in its outcome.  That's not playing savvy golf.

The number one rule for the savvy golfer is to feel comfortable with the club that you have in your hand.  If it doesn't feel comfortable and imbue you with confidence then you cannot possibly commit to the shot.  Your intent and focus will be obliterated by your lack of comfort and your ball will quite likely shoot off along a very undesirable direction and trajectory.

There are many different ways in which to play each hole you encounter upon the golf course.  In reality you will most often find that so long as you make your wedges and putter into "happy clubs" you will score pretty well irrespective of what comes before.  I am of course speaking generally here.  But even if you choose to hit three shots with a seven iron to get near to your par 5 hole and then finish off with a chip and two putts you are playing safe bogey golf.

What I'm really getting at is that if you are standing on the tee box with your driver in hand and wondering in your own mind whether or not you can pull the shot off, you probably won't be able to do so.  If your ball is in an ugly position behind a bunch of trees and you can't see or haven't practiced a shot like the one that Bubba pulled off in the Masters, you probably won't be able to do it.

When you have a choice of potential shots to play, the best one, the savvy one, is the shot that you are at you are most comfortable with.  Someone else might be most comfortable with a 7 iron out of the rough but if you feel best with a 5 wood in your hands then that's the shot to play.  It doesn't matter what shot should be played.  What matters is that you are comfortable with the shot and you can see the shot in your minds eye.  Savvy golf is all about playing to your individual and unique strengths.

I am sure that you, like me, have heard your companion golfers commenting along the lines of "Don't know what's going to happen here so look out" as they set up to their ball.   You, like me, have no doubt done the same yourself!  And we kick ourselves afterwards for being so stupid.  That's simply not playing savvy golf!

If you are around the green and a flop shot would be perfect, but you don't feel comfortable with that club or shot then don't attempt the shot.  Make a mental note to go practice it later so that you do feel comfortable next time.  In the meanwhile, choose the next best shot that you do feel comfortable with and play that one.  A chip onto the opposite side of the green and a two putt is better than a failed flop shot that digs you into a deeper hole and destroys your confidence and momentum at the same time.

Golf is a very mental game.  You have to think well, plan well, manage your expectations and accept outcomes.  Savvy golf is all about playing to your strengths.

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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It would appear that anyone who has ever played in the Ryder Cup agrees that it is probably the most important tournament that they will ever get to play.  To play for one's country, and not just for oneself, is a great honor.  Along with that privilege inevitably comes more pressure.  You really, REALLY want to win.  You hope and pray that you are on your best form and that you perform well as a team member.

It could be said that the European team did not display their best form during the first couple of days at Medinah, apart from a few streaks of brilliance, that is.  Ian Poulters run of 5 birdies on Saturday afternoon came just in time to give a badly needed and incredibly powerful boost to European morale.  It was in fact perfectly timed to ready the European team to double and redouble their resolve and gritty determination to win.

The Ryder Cup is mentally tough to cope with.  I couldn't help but be aware of the times that the Europeans got booed by the crowds when they hit a great shot or made a good putt.  That cannot be a nice experience for anyone.  It did occur to me that this unsporting reaction by the crowd might well have inadvertently served to stoke the fires of the Europeans burning desire to win.  And win they did, steadily clawing back point by point from a more than daunting deficit.

One of my Californian friends made an observation about European golfers.  She said that having just returned from a golf trip to Scotland she did not find it surprising that the Europeans are mentally and physically hardy!  Golfers from the UK are used to playing in adverse conditions, albeit usually related to the weather.

I readily admit that these days I fall into category of the "fair weather golfer".  I excuse myself on the grounds that I have put in my fair share of time playing in pretty horrid weather, being buffeted by the wind and drenched by needle like rain hurling itself horizontally at me.  I have been there, done that, and am very happy to have traded inclement weathered golf for the undeniable benefits of Californian sunshine.

When the only thing that I knew was UK golf I didn't really spend time thinking about what a mentally strengthening experience it was to play in these types of weather.  But I do now appreciate how it teaches a golfer to focus very tightly upon the task in hand.  It also teaches you how to relax under extreme conditions.  

You have to acquire these skills to be able to golf in the UK.  And then they stand you in good stead for golf in general.  Let's face it, if you can relax, focus and play golf whilst being bludgeoned by 30 mph winds, with freezing cold hands, wearing endless layers of thermal clothing topped off with waterproofs, you can probably deal with most other distractions you proceed to encounter upon a golf course!

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Most good golfers prefer to play with other good golfers.  We all know that to play with someone better than you can help you to raise your own game.  

When another golfer is having a bad day you might pick up on their mood and their loss of focus and this inevitably affects your own game in a detrimental manner.  Many golfers find that a shank is a contagious disease.  A slice may also extend this same irritating effect.

But everyone has to start somewhere and you too were a novice golfer once upon a time.  I think it is also good to remind yourself of another important fact; if you are an amateur golfer then the purpose of the game is not purely to play well and produce a low score.

You are there for the walk, the fresh air, and scenery and of course the company.  In my book, so long as the golfers I'm playing with have a good attitude (i.e. they don't get upset, uptight or angry) and they are nice friendly people, then I'm going to have a good time no matter how they (or I myself) proceed to play.  

It is perhaps this sense of priority that allows me to play my own game whilst the other golfers play theirs.  I‚Äôm not zeroed in upon my score.  In fact, I try not to think about my score at all.  I don't count until after the 18th is over.  

I'm focused upon the whole process of playing this game, and this includes the down time between shots.  I only focus upon my game when I am in the pre to post shot routine part of the game.  Between shots I like to be in the moment and enjoy the company, the scenery and so on.  

Chewing over your last or next shot like a bone doesn't help any golfer.  You don't need to focus upon your game between shots.  So why not enjoy the other aspects of this game during this down time?  

And so long as you do focus properly upon your own shot at the relevant time you will immunize yourself against the other golfers state of play.  Your own robust pre-shot routine is your shield against poor shot contagion.  

If you don't play well this is your fault for not focusing clearly, or not committing to the shot in hand, or making a poor shot selection, or executing it badly.  Don't blame your playing partners.  If one of your friends was talking during your backswing and you didn't stop and ask them to stop chattering, then that's your fault, not theirs.  If you were thinking about their last shank or slice just as you swung the club, then again that's your fault.  

It's not their fault that you didn't take the time to clear other thoughts and focus upon your own shot.  Your immunity to poor shot contagion lies in having a really robust pre and post shot routine.  

Playing with other golfers who are all over the place allows you an easy way in which to practice your own ability to focus.  This is how you can turn a potentially bad situation into one of learning and development.  Plus you will also find the game a whole lot more enjoyable.

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Golf is frequently cited as a sport that highlights many skills that are vitally important to life in general.  Golf throws a never ending stream of challenges your way as you struggle to become better and better.  A golfer learns both mental and physical skills as he or she traverses this roller coaster of a journey.

Yet does this journey have to be such a roller coaster of a ride?  Some golfers seem to manage to sprint their way towards a single digit handicap whilst others give up trying to get better before they even reach the teens.

In this sense golf can be seen to be similar to the quest to diet and lose weight.  Some dieters lose weight quickly and find the process fairly easy.  Others struggle with their task and spend many years in a state of yo-yo dieting.

The truth is that no matter what task you set for yourself your confidence in your abilities and your commitment to stick to your plan is enhanced and solidified when you see positive results.  We need to see some positive reinforcement and it's best if we see some fruit of our labor in a relatively short time frame; lest we get fed up and change our minds!

For many people it is therefore easier to get their handicap down quickly than it is to do so at a more relaxed pace.  You get on a roll, so to speak.  You leave less room for doubt.  And this aspect is oh so important in golf.  Golf is all about confidence.  If you think you can, you can.  And if you think you can't, you are 100% correct.

But golf in itself is not the easiest game to learn.  The club is long.  The ball is small.  The distance the ball has to travel and the environmental influences are many.  There is a lot of information to take in, digest and understand.  The club can often feel like an alien octopus in your hands.  So how do you set about getting yourself into the fast track?

There is no substitute for good instruction and diligent practice.  If you are willing to put the time and effort in at the beginning you will get off to a flying start.  Your command of the club and the ball will improve quickly and your confidence will soar.  

This time spent at the beginning paves the way for your success later on and it sets your pace.  You avoid a lot of self-doubt, loss of confidence and the unnecessary hurdles that this creates.  You are far more likely to stay the course and run a fast race.  You are also more likely to enjoy this fabulous game.

Practice and instruction doesn't all need to happen upon the range.  We learn by doing, seeing, hearing, feeling and copying.  We learn good golf by watching good swings and understanding the elements that make them good.  

To watch a good instructional video is often just as beneficial as going to see an instructor for a lesson.  To close your eyes and imagine a great swing can be just as beneficial as making a good swing.  And so if you don't have time to go to the range you can still practice your swing at home.  

This is a great way that you can compress your practice into a very short space of time.  Not only that, so long as you are visualizing a great swing, then you will be seeing perfect swings again and again, ingraining perfection as opposed to the mediocre results that you might be ingraining whilst upon the range!  

If you want to take your visualization to a higher level, hypnosis provides a further and even faster route to success.  Hypnosis provides access to your subconscious mind and releases your creative abilities.  With hypnosis you can visualize more vividly and ingrain your visualizations more deeply into your subconscious mind, allowing you to automate them and make them instinctive more quickly.

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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We golf enthusiasts are in the main as addicted to watching golf on TV as we are to getting out on the course and playing this great game.  I find it really interesting just listening to the choice of phrases that various commentators employ.  

Take a quick look at the following phrases and see how they leave you feeling.

"He left that one a wee bit short."

"That was a terrible putt.  What on earth was he thinking there?"

"What the heck was thinking to hit a shot like that?"

"I don't think he intended to leave it that short."

Some commentary comes across as critical whereas other turns of phrase come across as more understanding and forgiving.    Nobody likes criticism.  It stirs up negative emotions.  Even when you hear critical commentary directed at another person you still experience some of that emotional impact.  It kind of grates on you.

And then there is another aspect of golf commentary and this is the way in which you talk to yourself whilst you are playing golf.  Are you a gentle and encouraging commentator or are you a critical one?  Do you give yourself a break or do you slap yourself across the face?  

This is a very, very important part of the game of golf.  How you talk to yourself instinctively triggers an associated emotional experience.  If your self-talk is negative it induces tension.  If your self-talk is positive it will calm and relax you.  The effect upon your subsequent swing and your ultimate score is glaringly obvious.

So when the impact of this huge part of golf is so very obvious, why do you so often hear your golfing partners muttering away to themselves and calling themselves complete idiots?  It's a whole lot easier to change your language than it is to change your swing.  But still golfers will spend hours working away on the range, having lessons, watching lessons on Golf TV without ever making any effort at all to change their self-talk.

In an effort to get to the heart of your golfing problems, I would suggest that next time you make a bad swing don't just ask yourself "What did I do there?"  Ask yourself another question, one that is potentially more important.  "What was I thinking there?"

Nine times out of ten you will find that your thoughts prevented you from committing fully to the shot in hand.  And if you don't commit to a shot you simply cannot make a good swing and the ball will go off on a frolic of it's own.  You will not be happy with the result.  Then you will get tense and then you will think that you have "lost your swing".  

By asking yourself the simple question "What were you thinking there?" you prevent yourself from slipping into this negative cycle of internal golf commentary.  You instead reinforce to yourself that your swing is good, you just didn't commit to the shot.  

Here's a great example that I‚Äôm sure everyone can appreciate.  Yesterday, a friend made a comment "I feel like a drink today" whilst standing on the tee box on a par 3 hole.  The four of us were laughing and joking about our chances of getting a hole in one.  We've all done that, haven't we?  Three of us tee of ok and our balls are nicely in play, albeit not in the cup.  

Our fourth player adds another comment as she sets up to the ball "And I don't mean that drink".  She's nodding towards the lake as she says it.  The inevitable happens.  She almost misses the ball and it dribbles into the lake.  "What happened there?"  "I never do that?" She's standing there looking at her hands, taking a few swings, totally puzzled.  

What do you think her last thought was about before she took that swing?  Did she lose her swing or did she omit to focus her mind and commit to the shot?

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Self-belief is probably the most important determining factor in your success or failure in just about everything in life.  If you do not believe in you then how can you expect to achieve any sort of positive outcome?  

And equally, if you do not believe in you, other people will have a difficult time believing in you too.  They may well try to believe in you, but in the end you will not allow them to sustain their desire to believe.   Be it by conscious or subconscious processes, your own belief system will over-rule and color all surrounding circumstances.  Your belief, attitude and mind-set totally dictate the reality of your own world.

If you do not believe in you then life can prove to be incredibly tough.  On the flip side of the coin, the ability to believe in yourself makes life a whole lot easier, happier, enjoyable and successful.  

The luckier people have through whatever experiences in life built a robust sense of self-belief and self worth.  Less lucky people do not have that same self-belief.  The majority of the latter do know that they should believe in themselves but somehow cannot persuade their deeper, inner self to take that leap of faith.

It is extremely frustrating to know that you should feel or think in a particular way yet not be able to attain that reality, particularly when the subject in hand is as all-encompassing and important as self-belief.  You may well ask yourself why your inner self cannot seem to make this adjustment.

Most people simply think that they are how they are and that there is little they can do about it.  They have to cope with their lot in life.  It sucks but they struggle on with it.   Others read every book and try every tip in their attempt to persuade themselves to start to believe.  It takes time, perseverance and effort.  Some people get there whilst others do not have the grit and determination to keep going.

Few people realize that the task of becoming a believer in oneself can be a whole lot easier and even instantaneous.  Thoughts and beliefs can be changed in the blink of an eye, given the correct circumstances.  People can achieve incredible feats, like lifting impossible weights, when faced with extreme circumstances and events.  

Self-belief comes more easily when you take a leap then by taking baby steps.  The phrase "leap of faith" was not coined without reason.  But somehow one needs the right trigger or circumstance to release the ability to take that leap.

Hypnosis can provide a mental environment that allows you to take many leaps in your inner belief system without having to wait for pressing external circumstances to literally push you over the edge.  Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation that allows you access to your subconscious mind.

Hypnosis is easy to use.  You could simply listen to relevant suggestions on a hypnosis mp3 recording.  The easy access to your subconscious that hypnosis provides means that the suggestions will slip into your inner belief system quickly and easily.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in confidence hypnosis mp3 downloads.

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Making changes to a habit is not always an easy process.  A habit, by its very nature, is an automated process.  You don't even think about what you are doing or why.  You just do it instinctively and automatically.

Habits come in many different shapes and forms.  You might respond in conversation with certain phrases that just pop out of your mouth when certain triggers are encountered.   Your response is purely habit.

You might always eat everything upon your plate no matter whether or not you are hungry or even if the food is particularly to your taste.  Conversely, you might always leave half of the food upon your plate.  You might habitually try new types of food or refuse to do so.  Whatever you do instinctively is just a matter of habit.

Habits are extremely useful, in the main.  For example, a good driver automatically scans the road in front, to the side and behind as a matter of habit.  Most people get up in the morning and brush their teeth as a matter of routine, and this is pretty useful if you want to have good teeth.  You probably don't even know which side of your teeth you brush first; you just do it.

Every single day you probably do more things as a result of habit than as a result of unique and conscious planning.  Habits make your life run more smoothly and save yourself conscious brainpower and effort.  When the habit is good this is a fantastic phenomena.  But, when the habit is one that has detrimental or negative effects it can be the cause of much discomfort, disappointment, anxiety or failure.

It is these latter types of habit that you wish to change but can find extremely difficult to adjust or adapt.  The reason for this is that they are automated behaviors.  They happen before you have the time to consciously make a decision to change them.  They are so deeply ingrained within your subconscious that your conscious effort does not seem to reach them.

Thus to change a habit you need to find a way to break into this subconscious pattern of cause and effect.  Hypnosis provides such access.  Hypnosis unlocks and opens the door to your subconscious mind.  

One of the main misconceptions about hypnosis is that you will lose control and allow somebody else (the hypnotist) to take over.  This is not the case.  In fact, with hypnosis you gain so much more control of your mind that you are otherwise able to access.  You can with hypnosis access your subconscious mind, take control of your deep-rooted habits and make changes to them.

You don't even have to visit a hypnotist.  You can employ the natural state of hypnosis simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 recording, totally safely and remaining in total control of your own mind.

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Every golfer goes through phases of setting targets for themselves.  In golf, there is always another step, another goal that you just have to reach.  Getting better at golf, scoring better and lowering your handicap can become quite an addiction.

One of those goals will quite often to break 100, and then another will be to break 90.  The fact is that if you are shooting scores that are somewhere in the nineties you are probably hitting the ball fairly well, getting a pretty good distance but you haven't quite worked out the finer details involved in actually scoring well.

To break 90, you have to start to think better, to plan each hole and to manage your game so as to play to your strengths.  In reality it is usually the longer shots that get you into the most trouble.   This is simply due to the obvious fact that if a long shot goes in the wrong direction it tends to be more difficult to recover from than a shorter distance shot that goes off line.

If you take a look at your yardages of each hole at your home club, you can start to plan to more strategically place your approach shot into the green.  By working back from the green to the tee box and choosing your clubs accordingly you are allowing yourself maximum opportunity to get close to the pin with your approach shot, or at the very least, safely upon the green.

Another thing that you can do is take away the need for any really long or difficult shots by simply planning to take one extra shot on par fours and fives with which to reach the green.  So if your par four hole is 390 yards, you know that all you really need is three individual 130-yard shots to get there.  Add two putts and you have a nice safe single bogey.  

Applying this simply strategy, and assuming your course has 3 or 4 par threes that you can reach in one shot, you will safely break 90 without having to rely on your long game being consistently straight.  As I say, breaking 90 is more about thinking your way around than it is about muscle.

The next goal will quite likely to be that of breaking 80.  If you are already shooting mid to low eighties, then you will know yourself that your long and intermediate game are pretty good.  It‚Äôs at this point in the game that you need to be getting sharper around the greens.  You cannot afford to chip and two-putt on holes any more.  You need to make those up and downs.  

Once again, this task is as much mental as it is physical, if not more so.  You have to think well, plan well and visualize well.  Then, and only then, you have to execute the shot.  This is why you often hear professionals saying that good golf is 90% in the mind.  The good news is that the mental side is actually easy to acquire!

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Nice nails look exactly that...nice, really nice.  Having neat or pretty looking nails is something that is noticed far more than you might think.  

Some time ago I recall a nurse asking me what size my feet are.  The question came out of the blue and rather surprised me.   Apparently she had noticed my nail color, which was a shade of orange-red.  Her husband had read a magazine article that reported a survey of men‚Äôs preferences that had concluded that the large majority of men were more attracted to a certain foot size combined with toenails that were painted red.

Men notice your nails and women notice your nails.  Dinner companions, friends, acquaintances, interviewers and shop assistants all notice your nails.  Not only that they make subconscious judgments about you depending upon how you present yourself, including the state and look of your nails.  They might not know that they are doing this, but they will undoubtedly be doing so.

I was reminded of the importance of having nice nails only this last week whilst spending time with a young family member.  Interestingly this young lady had only recently stopped biting her nails.  I thus encouraged her to take great pride in her new image.  We went for a manicure and pedicure together and over the next week I noticed how many times she glanced down and admired her nails.  Her image had become, quite literally, more polished.

She mentioned how many times she had Googled "how to stop biting your nails" or "help to stop biting your nails" or "tips to stop nail biting".  I'm not sure what exactly the trigger was that tipped her hand and got her to stop biting her nails.  You know yourself that there are always things in life that you know for a while that you would like to stop or to change but you kind of wait for a tipping point before you actually take action.  It is only then that you will indeed make progress with your goals.

That tipping point is however more easily reached once you come to believe that the task you have set yourself is in fact relatively easy and therefore more doable.  It is thus clear that the majority of goals that you might have depend to a huge degree upon your attitude towards them.  

Hypnosis is a very helpful tool indeed when you want to find a way in which to get your mind around something and tip the balance in the direction you wish to proceed.  Hypnosis allows you to get into your subconscious mind, which is the part of your mid where automated habits and behaviors such as nail biting are powered and triggered.  

Much of the time the instances that trigger nail biting are relatively mundane.  For example, you notice a rough edge on a nail and simply instinctively rip the edge off with your teeth.  A non nail biter would feel the same trigger but take a different automated behavior path.  They would reach for their nail clippers or nail file and neatly smooth out that roughness.  The same triggering event simply sets in motion whatever your automated response is.  

Hypnosis allows you to identify whatever triggers there are to your nail biting and to install alternative and more desirable reactions.  This makes the task of habit change a whole lot easier that you might previously have thought.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads for happiness, health and well-being.

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Golf is a game of never ending goals and challenges.  When you start playing the first goal is to simply hit the ball, then to hit it in the correct direction and then to hit it in the air or a greater distance.  As you progress in the game, your goals change accordingly and there are many milestones to be marked upon the way.

To break one hundred is a very significant point in the game of golf, as is the ability to retain the same ball for an entire round.  For many a golfer one goal is to stay out of the sand, or if you do visit the bunker, to have the ability to get out of it in one shot.  The next goal from there is to be able to make an up and down from the bunker.  

Another goal is to eliminate the three putts or to progress to sinking the majority of putts that are under ten feet from the pin.  One goal that remains elusive to may is to simply stay on the fairway.  An alternate goal is to be able to hit your approach shots in such a way that the ball ends up pin high more times than otherwise.  

The progression of goals and challenges moves and changes over time as you strive to break ninety, eighty-five and eighty.   Some golfers focus upon more competitive challenges, aiming to win more bets than they lose, or to win their club championship tournament.

Inevitably as you become better at the game of golf the challenges you face become more difficult to accomplish.  Not only that, as you accomplish one goal, you may also find that you have lost it again the following week.  

Golf is a game where you can quite easily shoot that elusive 79 and then find your scores leaping back into the nineties just a few days later.  Then your goal becomes more focused upon consistency, aiming to be that much better more frequently and to eliminate those really high scores once and for all.

One thing that every golfer learns to appreciate is to not take anything for granted.  Your swing can be "on" one day, and "off" the next.  In this sense golf might be seen to be a fickle game.  In reality however, if you dig deep to discover what caused the difference it is usually something to do with your mental and emotional equilibrium and focus.  Despite this fact, the majority of golfers search erroneously for a mechanical fix.

One of the biggest challenges to overcome is that of learning to control your mind and your emotions, to be able to perform your best with what "pops out" upon the day, and to enjoy this great game no matter what is written upon your scorecard.

No matter what challenges you set yourself in playing this game, don't forget the important fact that it is a game and it is meant to be fun.  When you focus upon having fun, relaxing and enjoying a good walk in beautiful surroundings in the company of good friends, you will usually find that a byproduct of your good attitude is a calm and relaxed swing.  This leads to greater enjoyment and, seemingly by accident, a good score as well.

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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The average round of golf on most courses tends to be between four and four and a half hours.  During that time you might have to wait a couple of times for the fairway or green in front of you to clear.  During those pauses in play you can easily find that you lose your momentum, rhythm or focus.

And this potential problem is multiplied considerably in circumstances where the round drags on for longer periods.  A friend yesterday played in a competition where the round took five and a half hours.  Whilst the majority of people might think that the problem is being bored, getting hot, or losing rhythm, I immediately wondered how she coped with her thoughts and emotions throughout those long waits.

When listening to golf commentary on the television you often hear asked of the overnight leader how they dealt with that waiting time.  It is indeed a learning curve and most will reply that once they have dealt with any mechanical issues they basically do anything they can to relax and take their mind off of the tournament.

The time waiting between shots provides time to think, to rehash past shots in your mind and over-think the upcoming shot.  It provides time to worry and for fears to manifest themselves.  Every golfer has to find ways to circumvent this possibility, or more likely, probability.

Good golfers have a pre shot routine that is designed to make your focus clear and sharp when you need it to be.  You know that it is impossible to focus for every minute of a four hour round of golf.  You focus upon each shot individually and find ways to relax between shots.  Your pre-shot routine is an automated process that you slip into before each shot.  It's a habit that you can rely upon.

In circumstances where you have waited for an overly long period of time, your pre-shot routine becomes even more invaluable than normal.  So long as you have made it habitual and automated you will always employ it before you shoot.  In fact, you would find that you just couldn't make your shot without it.  

Thus one of the most important ways that you can ensure that you deal well with waiting time is to make sure that your pre-shot routine is well-embedded and truly habitual.  No matter how long you have been waiting you refocus clearly as you begin your pre-shot routine.  It is familiar, comfortable and you can rely upon it.  It also brings your mind and emotions totally into the present moment, not chewing over the past or creating fearful images of future possibilities.

What else can you do during the wait time?  If you are dwelling upon past problematical shots then you have to find a way in which to release them, trash them and get over it.  If you are fixating upon your score, then you have to displace that focus as well, and bring your mind back to the present moment.

You then need to focus upon keeping your mood light and relaxed.   You have to find what works for you.  You could go to "your happy place", listen in your inner ear to your happy tune, focus upon abdominal breathing, meditate or simply enjoy looking around at the trees and sky.  There are a myriad of ways in which you can achieve a relaxed and calm state, so long as you plan to do this.

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Every golfer knows that if you can get up on to the green and leave yourself with a makeable one putt you will shave a lot of shots off your score card and your handicap.  Making those up and downs is the key to good scoring, and maintaining your momentum throughout your round.  Each time you make one of them to save par you walk on to the next tee box filled with confidence.  And good golf is built upon confidence.

There are many different ways to play those shots around the greens, utilizing a variety of clubs.  You could, like Phil, use a 64-degree wedge or you might favor a sand wedge, seven iron or hybrid.  Different positions and circumstances call for different shots.  You need to feel comfortable with the club in hand and know how the ball will likely react when you connect with it.  You need to know how far and how high the ball will fly before it lands and how far it is likely to roll after it lands.

These aspects of the short game depend upon experience, physics and practice.  But before you choose your shot and the relevant club you have to see the desired shot.  You have to assess the lie and the flag position and decide upon your optimal shot.  For this you have to draw upon your store of knowledge and visualize the shot.

It is this visualizing that makes the shot possible.  Seeing is believing.  The more detailed your visualization the more belief and commitment you will have to the shot in hand.  So you see the shot, choose your club and take your practice swings, feeling for the right amount of back swing and follow through to make that shot happen.

You get into your pre shot routine and this should involve seeing that shot again.  This is where I have noticed a lot of amateur golfers make a mistake.  I played with someone the other day and was reminded of a little trap that is easy to fall into.  This golfer kept landing her ball right beside the pin, on one occasion actually hitting the pin.  

I eventually asked if she was visualizing the shot.  "Oh, Yes, I'm really good at that" came the response.  So I asked her to describe her process of visualization.  She described how she stands behind the ball and sees a direct line between her ball and the pin and sees her ball going there, and then keeps a strong image of the actual cup in her inner mind as she looks down at the ball and takes her shot.  Hence the ball flying all the way to the flag before it lands upon the ground and then rolling a ways past.  

She was visualizing in full technicolor, with a lot of detail.  And the ball was following her inner eye.  But she was giving the ball a slightly incorrect instruction. Once she instead began to visualize the spot where she wanted the ball to land, allowing for the amount of subsequent roll towards the cup she achieved a far more successful and satisfying outcome. 

When you are planning to make more up and downs it pays to always walk up to the green, check the slope and grain and then choose the optimal place for your ball to land.  Then you simply set up to your ball with a visual image of that spot in mind, clearly seeing the ball as it flies there, lands and rolls right into the cup.  

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Just listen to yourself.  Really listen.  Listen to what you say aloud and also listen to your thoughts.  

The easiest and least confusing way in which you can improve your game of golf and lower your handicap is to clean up your language.  No, I don't mean that you need to stop swearing!  I mean all that muttering about this lie being bad, or this shot being difficult, or how you don't like that club, or you don't have the shot.  Jeez, talk about talking yourself out of it before you've even taken a practice swing!

To give the shot any chance of working out well you have to commit to it, and the only way in which you will do this is if you control and focus your thoughts and your self-talk.  Of course you have to notice bad lies, strong winds or levels of difficulty.  That's the first step.  

You assess your lie and decide on the best shot.  Then you quit the negative mumbling and get into your pre shot routine.  In this way you make the best of it and you commit to your shot instead of compounding your issues.

I was reminded of this very simple truth just yesterday.  I had an email from a friend just saying a simple "thank you" for having commented on her negative self-talk when we played a week earlier.  She hadn't been aware of just what she said as she eyed up her shots and the on-going impact upon her game.  The next time she had played she resolved to "bin the negatives"... and won the tournament!

Now that has got to be the quickest and most effective golf fix ever, don't you agree?  The difference between saying, "What the heck am I meant to do here?" and "OK, this is what I'm going to do" is huge.  I mean HUGE, REALLY HUGE.

If you are playing a shot with the first thought in mind your negative tension will inevitably be transmitted through your muscles to your club and on to the ball.  You're not sure about what you are trying to do and the ball will respond accordingly.  

But if you have resolved to choose the latter thought process your clarity of intent and focus will tell your golf ball precisely what to do.  Your thoughts and self-talk quite literally SPEAK to your golf ball.

In a similar manner you might also think about your mood whilst on the course.  Be aware that negative moods create tension whereas positive moods make you more relaxed.  If you would like to have a relaxed and smooth swing then you need to make sure your mood puts you into a place where this eventuality is at least possible.

Golf is a very mental game and yet the majority of amateur golfers don't even think about this aspect at all.  Cleaning up negative self-talk takes neither time nor much effort.  Rather, it simply requires awareness.  There are many other mental skills that can be employed in a similar manner whilst on the golf course.  It is also worth remembering that mental adjustments are a whole lot easier to embrace than making swing changes.

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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The concept that thinking in a healthy manner will assist a person to have a healthier physiology is not a new one.  Far from it; it is at the heart of ancient traditions. Our bodies mirror the sum total of our thoughts and experiences as well as our genetic inheritance.

I was reminded of this fact the other day when I was chatting with an experienced masseuse therapist.  We were discussing the prevalence of back issues in the modern day world, many of which are connected with sitting too long in a bad or inappropriate postural position.

Patients will turn up for an appointment desperately searching for a fast cure for their back issues.  They want a fix and they want it fast.  Few of them are as willing to examine the why part of their problems.  They might think that they are willing but underneath the surface they perhaps have ambivalent feelings regarding this whole issue.

What do I mean by ambivalence?  They might perhaps think that there is nothing they can do to change their posture.  They might not want to stop doing something that has been putting stress upon their body.  They might not be willing to spend the time performing compensatory exercises and stretches.  They might not wish to compensate that doing something they love doing is what is causing their problems.

The tendency when a person is willing to look at issues of causation is to ask what one specific thing brought this issue about.  As this particular masseuse therapist pointed out, it is highly unlikely or almost impossible for there to be one single cause.  

A combination of things will have all contributed to the current physical discomfort.  He was actually talking more in terms of purely physical causes, such as a combination of bad posture when working at the computer or playing golf without stretching first.  

This made me ponder upon the fact that people are even less likely to seek to see if their might be causes in terms of thought and attitude.  And what mental changes could be set in motion to assist in a more flexible physiological experience?  

Your mind and body are inevitably linked.  Mental processes have an unavoidable effect upon your body just as powerfully as physical pain has a knock on effect upon your mental state and emotional equilibrium.  You hear people say, "This pain is grinding me down", yet you rarely hear people commenting that their attitude is having any impact upon their physical health.

It is worth thinking about this interaction between mind and body and seeing what you can do to help create your best health possible, to see how you can use your mind to heal your body.  There are several ways in which you can do this.  One of the most powerful is to employ self hypnosis.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads for good health and happiness.

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What is more to the point, would you like to create good habits instead of the bad habits that you are fed up with?  Habits come in many shapes and sizes.  Good habits are great, whereas bad habits can cause discomfort and frustration.  

When thinking about habits it is important to appreciate that the brain's tendency to make certain behaviors into a habitual pattern is a "space saving" mechanism.  If you do something in a certain way for x number of consecutive times your brain kind of compresses it into an entire action instead of perceiving it in its separate components.  Thereafter, whenever faced with the "trigger" situation the whole behavior is set in action automatically and instinctively.

A simple example of this is how you respond when you meet someone.  You perhaps say "Hello. How are you?"  Perhaps you shake hands or hug.  These learned responses have become a habitual pattern of behavioral response.  Whether you prefer to eat a steak rare or well done is also an example of an instinctive habitual reaction. How you brush your teeth or tie shoelaces are also great space saving habits.  Now these are clearly not bad habits.  

What might you perceive as a bad habit?  Regularly eating too much or eating the wrong things could fall into this category.  Smoking or nail biting are also prime examples of bad habits.  Swearing might be perceived as a bad habit.  Repetitively falling in love with inappropriate people, getting unnecessarily angry, procrastinating all of the time are also frequently cited as bad habits.  In golf, continually hitting the ball with an out to in swing path combined with an open clubface is a habit that causes the ball to slice and most golfers would perceive this as a bad habit.

Habits come in all shapes and forms, some of which are good and others that have a detrimental effect.  Whatever the bad habit is that you wish to temper or terminate you have to fins a way in which to access the part of your mind that controls these automated behavior patterns.  This is where hypnosis comes into the picture.

Hypnosis is a state of relaxation that is natural and has no negative side effects.  When you use hypnosis you access your subconscious mind.  This is the part of your mind where all of those instinctive and automated habit patterns are stored.

Thus with hypnosis you can unravel these automated sequences of reaction that form the habit that you wish to change.  You can interrupt the domino effect of trigger event and subsequent automated reaction, be it in the form of thought or behavior.  

I say here thought or behavior because people often do not realize that bad habits come more frequently in the form of thoughts than behaviors.  Thinking "I can't do it" is probably the worst bad habit that you can suffer from.  Fears are just as much bad habits as the things you more regularly perceive in this category, such as nail biting, swearing, smoking or eating too much.

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Any phobia causes unnecessary discomfort, some more so than others.  To suffer from a phobia means to experience abject fear in certain circumstances.  In the case of claustrophobia this means that small or enclosed spaces are what constitute those circumstances.

Each individual will experience their fear in their own unique way.  Some people who suffer from claustrophobia just cannot find a way in which to sit in the back seat of a car whilst others couldn't sit in a car at all.  Other claustrophobia sufferers feel just fine in a car but are severely affected in rooms where they cannot find a seat close to the exit, such as in a theatre, cinema, church or auditorium.

Different people have different triggers to their phobia.  But no matter what those triggers are the resulting feeling is that of discomfort and fear.  The degree to which this is felt is also unique to the individual.  Some people simply cannot do certain things, like get onto an airplane or into a car.  Others can make themselves do it, albeit with heart pounding and breaking out in a cold sweat.

Logic tells the phobia sufferer that there is no need to be afraid, that they should feel fine and that there is nothing scary about these spaces and places.  But logic and emotional experience seem to have the same inability to blend together as does oil and water. 

You know how you should feel, but terror seems to wash over you like a tidal wave from nowhere.  It just happens automatically, instinctively and subconsciously.  You don't have to think about it.  It just happens.

Your conscious mind thinks whilst your subconscious mind acts instinctively.  The subconscious mind takes in perceptions about the environment in less than the blink of an eye and immediately links those perceptions to past experiences and pre-formed subconscious expectations.  

Your subconscious mind is on "high alert" for anything that might be threatening or uncomfortable.  Thus is anything in the current perceptive field creates a pattern match to something that has been uncomfortable in the past, it will trigger a chain of events that is probably all too familiar to you.  Fear, discomfort, panic or terror sets in.  This all happens before your logical mind has a split second to control what is happening.  

Therefore to find a cure for a phobia you need to find a way in which to access your subconscious mind.  Hypnosis fits the bill in an easy and natural way.

Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation that allows you to access your subconscious mind.  With hypnosis you can make suggestions to temper the automatic response that is causing you discomfort.  You can in this way call a halt to the previous chain reaction that swept you into the throes of panic.  

Hypnosis can in fact provide an extremely efficient and effective cure to phobias.  It is something that many people do not think about but you might like to do a little research and see for yourself how and why it can work for you.

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When you haven't slept you simply do not feel quite right.  Your energy levels are depleted and you feel like you are running on a low-grade fuel.  Your body feels sluggish and your mind is equally not as sharp as you would like it to be.

Sleep problems can be caused for many reasons.  Sometimes worry or anxiety can lie at the heart of the insomnia issue.  If this is the case then it is important to find a way to take a step back and think about things in a different way.  

If you are this type of worrier, you have probably tried to do this and have come to the conclusion that this is more easily said than done.  But have you tried hypnosis?  Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation that does allow you to take that mental step back.  

Hypnosis also provides access to your subconscious mind; that is the part of your mind that thinks and acts automatically and instinctively.  And so with the help of hypnosis you can find a way to influence these inner habits of thought and behavior.  Suggestions can be made to change old patterns and replace them with new ones that are a whole lot better for you.

Some sleep problems are not caused by worry but by being super sensitive to sounds or simply being frustrated by the sound of your partners snoring.  Once again hypnosis might just provide the cure that you are desperately in need of.  Suggestions can be made to assist you in perceiving sounds in a different way, so that they no longer irritate you, but soothe and relax you instead.  

You cannot change the sounds, but you can change the way in which you respond to them.  In terms of snoring, this is also a relevant point for your partner.  Suggestions can be made so that the sound of ones own snoring triggers an instinctive response of turning over to lie on his or her side.  For people who only snore when lying on their back, this is a very simple and effective cure.  It also helps the one who snores to have a better quality of sleep and less likelihood of a sore throat in the morning.

In reality there are many different things that can result in you not sleeping as well as you would desire.  The key to successfully overcoming insomnia is to correctly ascertain what those causes are.  It is only by identifying the cause that you can look around to find the appropriate treatment.  

Hypnosis is very flexible and can help in a myriad of ways.  The most obvious one is that being a natural state of relaxation you find that simply by using it you can relax and unwind pretty instantaneously.  Hypnosis is the state between wake and sleep and this in itself sets you upon the correct course to sleep easily.  

The less obvious benefit provided by hypnosis lies in the fact that you become more receptive to suggestion as your subconscious mind is accessed.  Thus habits, no matter how deep-rooted they may be, can be adjusted and improved upon.

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Watching Tiger in the last couple of rounds at Memorial confirmed yet again the importance of patience in golfing success.  A good golfer has to be a very patient man or woman.  You have to possess the ability to trundle along and reign it in when luck doesn't seem to be on your side and keep yourself in position to benefit when a little or a lot of luck swings your way.

Part and parcel of that patience is keeping your emotional equilibrium and not allowing yourself to become despondent.  Every golfer knows that as Bob Rotella's book title says, "Golf is not a game of perfect".  

You are not going to hit perfect shots all of the time.  In fact, some days your rhythm and timing will be off for some inexplicable reason and you just cannot seem to get into your groove.  This is the time when you have to dig deep into your store of patience, acceptance and understanding.  

You have to do your best with what you have got, and not allow yourself to become frustrated and despondent.  If you allow yourself to drop your shoulders and look at the ground then you will lower your standards way more then would otherwise be the case.  

This is the time to straighten your back, grit your teeth, and play with every ounce of "heart" that you have.  You have to understand that every shot is not going to be perfect and that luck will not always be on your side.  But you also have to appreciate that you have not "lost" your swing, nor allow your brain to be overloaded with technical thoughts.  

Once again, if you allow this to happen things will only go from bad to worse.  You have to tighten up your focus, not let it wander off into a mechanically orientated no-man's land.  

When you are out on the course you have to play with the game, rhythm and timing that has decided to appear today.  You have to focus very clearly upon one shot at a time.  If one putt doesn't drop you have to remind yourself that you are due some luck next time; sit tight and make sure you are in position for that luck to happen.  Your patience will be rewarded.  This is inevitable.  Don't throw your chances and opportunities away.

It was good to see Tiger swinging more freely at Memorial.  The fact is that you are never going to play your best golf when your mind is consumed by mechanical thoughts.  It is inevitable though, that a golfer who has been recently focusing upon a swing change will take a certain amount of time to get back to releasing those thoughts and swinging freely once again.  You just have to be patient.

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Everyone, from time to time, feels sluggish and slow.  You have things to do but you don't quite feel ready to do them.  You don't feel that you have all of the energy you need to get the job done.  In fact, you probably don't even want to get started on the jobs and search around for a myriad of excuses.  Motivation is running at very low ebb.

Some people experience these feelings only rarely whilst for others it can be an almost perpetual, or habitual, state.  If you fall into the latter category you will probably find that there are other elements that lie at the root cause of your lack of enthusiasm, energy and motivation.  

For example, a lack of confidence is frequently found to be a key factor.  When you don't feel confident about your ability to do something this poses a big barrier to motivation.  When you fear the outcome of something it is quite likely that you will hold back and resist.

Sometimes you feel a lack of motivation due to depleted energy levels, both physical and mental.  Your body can experience fatigue in a variety of ways, not just the most obvious ones.  It's worth identifying the real source of that fatigue, be it lack of sleep, poor diet, insufficient exercise, anxious thoughts, disappointment, juggling too many tasks, or simply having a cluttered mind.

Motivation is powered by desire.  You have to want to do or to achieve something so as to be motivated to do whatever is necessary to reach that goal.  How you focus is therefore of vital importance to fuel yourself with the energy and motivate yourself towards success.  

If you focus upon the obstacles that might get in your way instead of the rewards and benefits that will come with success then your fuel is low grade.  If you allow your mind to dwell upon past failures or mistakes once again your fuel is below par and will not help you to get far on the road to success.

You need to ensure that your thoughts and focus fill your mind and body with super grade fuel.  The correct thoughts will get your enthusiasm and motivation rocketing towards success.  Hypnosis can be used to help keep your focus where you want it to be.

Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation that allows you to access your subconscious mind.  This is the part of your mind that thinks automatically and instinctively.  Thus hypnosis allows you to make changes to current automatic thought patterns and also implant a new and more empowering habitual focus instead.  In this way you can motivate yourself to feel full of energy and enthusiasm and pave your way to success.

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If your thinking leads to the doing that you need to do, then there is no need to stop thinking!  But if your thinking about dieting does not lead to the relevant necessary eating habits it is perhaps time for a change of thought.

There is often a disparity between thinking and doing, just as there is a similar disparity between knowing what we should do and doing what we want to do.  If you think about dieting in a way that makes you feel less than enthusiastic then the results are likely to be unimpressive.  But if your thought processes trigger a feeling of motivation and energy then you will be delighted with the results.

There are many reasons why a person might wish or need to embark upon a diet.  To lose weight is the most common reason, but there are a myriad of health reasons why it may be a good idea or even essential to make changes to ones eating habits.

It is important to appreciate that things like the ways in which you eat, the types of food that you eat, the times when you eat, whom you eat with, are all part and parcel of eating.  Eating is not just about chewing and digesting food.  Eating has many connotations and associations, some of which have become an intrinsic part of you.  Neither should you forget that eating involves tastes, flavors and aromas.  Eating is a sensual experience.

Therefore to embark upon a diet you have to think not just about food and dietary issues, but also about habits and sensations.  Your emotional self is impacted in a big way when you set about a change of diet.  The key to success is to find a way to make the necessary habit changes easy to achieve in a way that also impacts positively upon your emotional experience.

The way in which you think about your diet will dictate the results that you achieve.  Hypnosis can be used to help change your habitual thoughts and behaviors more easily.  Hypnosis provides access to your subconscious mind.  This is the part of your mind where automatic and instinctive thoughts and behaviors are stored.  Thus with hypnosis you can make adjustments to this inner powerhouse of your thoughts and actions, enabling you to release past habits more easily and make room for change.

Also with hypnosis you can make suggestions to make your new desired habits and behaviors become instinctive and habitual more quickly than might otherwise be the case.  You can see your diet in a different light and ensure that you feel motivated and enthusiastic about it.  If you feel good about it then you will find your new eating habits easy to comply with.  Your diet will feel easy and right for you instead of alien.

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Even the most laidback person knows what it feels like when you are anxious.  Your heard beats faster, breathing comes more quickly and you feel wound up in many different physical and emotional ways.  

Anxiety is uncomfortable.  Your body is on "high alert".  Your body is poised to flight, flee or freeze.  These reactions, although natural and instinctive, are not usually the most appropriate responses to circumstances faced in this day and age.

As you get older most people experience anxiety more frequently, perhaps because you get to feel less in control of many aspects in your life.  Your body isn't as strong and able as it used to be and many things you used to take for granted become difficult if not impossible to do.  To feel out of control does naturally trigger anxiety.  This is totally understandable.

Although understandable, the anxiety response in many circumstances only serves to aggravate matters.  For example I came across a lady who is in her eighties the other day in an extreme state if anxiety because she couldn‚Äôt find her favorite pen.  She had many other perfectly good pens, she had used this particular pen within the last few hours and she hadn‚Äôt been out of the room where she was since then.  

Thus it was clear that the pen must be in the room, albeit not easy to locate at first glance.  It couldn't have really been lost and its whereabouts would inevitably be revealed in due course.  Her response was totally out of proportion to the event.  

But was it really that out of proportion?  If you think about it, this lady already lives in a constant state where she feels out of control.  She feels vulnerable and "wobbly" every moment of the day.  The lost pen was merely a tipping point that pushed her anxiety over the edge.

The majority of elderly people will relate to this type of event.  Those who have learned over the years how to soothe their nerves and put things into better perspective will respond more calmly because of this past learning.  

It is hugely important for your mental equilibrium to learn how to relax and calm yourself.  It is important to learn how to take a step back and to put things into a better perspective.  The earlier in life you learn this ability the easier life will be.  

In effect you can train your brain to see whether something is a real threat or an imagined threat and thus respond more appropriately.  This can be achieved at any age, but the younger you are the easier it is to achieve and the more time left to reinforce this habit.

Hypnosis is very helpful in retraining yourself to be calmer and less anxious.  Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation and therefore simply by using hypnosis you will feel calmer.  

There is an added and very important benefit that you can gain from the use of hypnosis.  Hypnosis provides access to your subconscious mind, which is the part of your mind that acts automatically and instinctively.  Suggestions can be made to interrupt inappropriate triggers to anxiety and pave the way to responding to such circumstances in a calmer and more logical manner.

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Acceptance and being liked are important to our sense of self worth and self image.  We like to be liked.  We feel better when we know that we are accepted.  This is something that comes naturally to us, an instinct that we have from our earliest years.  Babies seek acknowledgment, approval and love. 

Thus rejection is a bitter pill to swallow.  It doesn't matter what age you are.  Rejection is something that grates against our very nature and grinds away at our sense of self worth.  

Even when a person knows that they are in a relationship that isn't working, if their partner decides to extricate him or herself from their bond, the rejection is still difficult to come to terms with.   An outsider may well think that you should be rejoicing as you have been released from a difficult, or inappropriate, relationship.  You too might also at a logical level know that you should feel that sense of relief, and yet your emotions are unlikely to reflect that logic.  Rejection is hard to take.

Sometimes rejection comes as a complete surprise to a person who thought and believed that he or she was one part of a solid partnership, only to discover that this was not really the case.  There is little to rejoice in such a circumstance even when perceived from a logical standpoint.

Even when all you had was a secret hope that your interest in another might be mutual, to be rejected by that other person can still hurt in a very deep and burning manner.  Rejection, it would seem, is extremely disturbing to one's emotional equilibrium, no matter what the circumstances are.

Thus the big question here is how can you help yourself to get over these feelings?  How can you come to terms with this situation, bounce back and move on?  

One very basic factor to appreciate is that if you keep thinking about all of the good times, or the great things about your ex you will naturally perpetuate your feeling of loss and rejection.  If instead you were to focus upon the bad times or the bad things about your ex then you will naturally change the emotions that you are experiencing.  

Instead of loss and rejection, your emotions may vary from anger to frustration to relief.  The more you intentionally focus in this way, the more swiftly your emotions will change and you will feel yourself bouncing back to your normal self.  And so every time you catch yourself day dreaming about the good times it is important that you STOP and intentionally switch your focus.

I'm not saying that this is easy.  But it is EASIER than allowing yourself to wallow in rejection.  

If you need a little help to get over your ex then hypnosis can be a helpful tool to employ.  Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation and will help soothe your emotional turmoil.  

Hypnosis also provides you with access to your subconscious mind, the part that thinks and acts automatically and spontaneously.  This means that you can make suggestions to interrupt your instinctive train of thoughts, to put that STOP in place so that switching your focus becomes a far easier task.  Suggestions can also be made to build your confidence and feel optimistic about the future.

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We live in an age where air travel is pretty much the norm.  We enjoy the ability to get to places fast.  Flying saves a whole lot of time, so long as your flight doesn't get delayed.

Conversations about air travel tend to get increasingly more in-depth, relating to favorite airlines, best seats, best plane configuration, best food, best service as well as, of course, best value.  All this is well and good, but for some people it doesn‚Äôt matter what size the plane is or what standard of service or seating are provided; for these people any flight fills them with fear.

If they could just rid themselves of this fear they would be pretty happy on any airline in any seat at all.  They just want to be able to fly without incessant worry and deep emotional turmoil.

A person who has not experienced such fear cannot ever really appreciate its impact.  In fact, each individual who experiences fear of flying does so in his or her own way.  The rest of us treat flying in a pretty mundane manner.

For some people, however, this fear means not ever setting foot upon an airplane.  For others it means weeks of worry and lack of sleep before a very uncomfortable flight where their every nerve is jangling and every sound makes them leap through the roof.  At its mildest, flying phobia still causes severe discomfort to the person who is in its grips and perhaps to those who are close to them.

If you suffer from fear of flying I wonder what ways you might have tried to find your way to overcome it?  I ask this question because most people tend to think that they are stuck with their fear; that there is nothing that they can do about it, apart from gritting their teeth and enduring their fear.

I have met many people who have overcome this fear.  The hardest way in which you might set about doing this is to just keep flying until you feel better.  That's like a person who is afraid of spiders holding one in his or her hand until they get used to it.  Not an easy or comfortable task.

An easier option is to use hypnosis to access your subconscious mind.  Most people don't think of hypnosis because they don't really know what it is or how it really works.  

Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation that provides the user with access to his or her subconscious mind.  This is the part of your mind where instinctive and automatic patterns of thought and behavior are stored, including fears.  A fear of flying is learned.  You aren't born with it.  But once learned, the pattern of behavior and reaction repeats whenever a similar circumstance is encountered.  

Hypnosis provides you with an environment whereby you can interrupt this cycle.  You can call a halt to past instinctive reactions and make suggestions to pave the way to a new and comfortable reaction in its stead.  This is a far easier, faster and more comfortable way in which to overcome fear of flying.

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In golf you tend to find that certain holes are a little more vexing to you than others.  You stand on the tee box and you just can't seem to pull up a good image in your minds eye.  You just don't feel right.  And you know just how hard it is to put a good stroke on the ball when you are feeling like that - it's next to impossible.

When you see a golfer shuffling around on the tee box you what he or she is feeling.  We have all been in this situation.  Sometimes it is caused by the optical illusions caused by the set up of the course.  Perhaps it relates to trees close to the fairway on the left or bunkers on the right or a lake right in front of you.  It could be the angle of the tee box or the patterns on the fairway left by the mower.  Sometimes it is just a flood of bad memories of shots that went astray that just sabotages your golf mind.

Someone said to me yesterday that golfers need a way to "de-visualize" the trees or these types of "optical illusions" and instead see a straight path to the target, be it the pin, the green or the middle of the fairway.  A golfer needs to have blinkers, not just to protect their mind from external distractions, but also from their own internally created ones.  

Most golfers think about distractions on the golf course as being people watching, people talking, sudden noises, and so on.  But in reality the majority of distractions are perpetrated by the internal mechanisms of your own mind.

A golfer needs to be able to don blinkers against certain unwanted perceptual input.  You need to be able to turn a blind eye to optical illusions and only see straight down the middle of the fairway.  

Ok, I'm maybe overstating this point.  You need to be able to see some of those things because you have to know the best place to select as a target.  But you need to see them and respond to them in a clinically logical fashion as opposed to an emotional one.  You need to see past the illusions and select a clear path for your ball.

One of the most incredible aspects of our minds is that if we focus very, very precisely upon one thing we have the ability to block out another.  Thus, when a golfer needs to de-visualize any obstacle he or she can do so by precisely choosing the target and visualizing a clear path towards it.  Visualization is incredibly important in golf, and doubly so when faced with these tricky positions.

When you stand upon the tee box and have a very fine target selected in you minds eye, and see your ball going there you put yourself into a position of clarity and confidence.   It is only by doing this mental exercise that you will be able to properly attend to you alignment and subsequently commit to your shot.  

Golf is a very mental game.  It constantly tests your ability to focus and overcome obstacles of every description.  The challenges of golf tend to mutate and change over time and with each new adaptation a golfer has to find his or her way to take charge mentally and win.

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Some men have the "gift of the gab" with girls but others are left wondering how to even proffer an icebreaker line.   Some guys are good at adapting their conversation to the person whom they are addressing whilst others always seem to manage to "put their foot in it" or say something entirely inappropriate.

Being a good conversationalist requires two key elements.  One is clearly confidence and the other is to be a good observer/listener.  These two elements are in actual fact linked in an intrinsic manner.  It is almost impossible to observe and listen well if you are not feeling comfortable and confident in yourself.

When a person lacks confidence their attention tends to turn inwards.  They may well think that they are looking around and focusing their attention upon external details, but in reality the majority of their attention will be internalized.  This means that they will not be aware of the necessary details required to be able to converse in an appropriate manner.  

If you do not notice the body language of the girl who you would like to chat to, how would you know where to begin?  If you do not listen fully to what she is saying how could you respond in an intelligent manner?  You have to listen with all of your senses, not just your ears.  You have to observe with all of your senses, not just your eyes.  This means that you have to feel sufficiently comfortable to be open to such perceptual input.

Confidence is, as usual, King in this situation.  You need to feel confident to be comfortable in your own skin.  If you, until now, have not felt comfortable in this way, do not despair.  Confidence is something that can be learned at any age.  Your brain is sufficiently plastic to take on board new patterns of thought and behavior, so long as you know how to set about this task.

Hypnosis makes this task easier and quicker as it enables you to immediately access your subconscious mind.  This part of your mind is what powers your unconscious and instinctive behavior.  Thus if you want to feel "unconsciously comfortable", with members of the opposite sex, you need to tell your subconscious mind that this way of "just being" is OK when you are chatting to girls.  Hypnosis lets you do just this.

Hypnosis also allows you to make suggestions to your subconscious mind to give you the gift of the gab with girls.  Your imagination can be triggered so that it is easy to visualize yourself as you would like to be.  As you see yourself confident and comfortable with girls this is how you will become.  Your imagination paves the way to your reality and hypnosis will more easily unlock your ability to visualize with super clarity.

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Every golfer knows that the part of the game that impacts most upon the final score is not the drive.  The short game is where you can really save shots and finish with a low score.

Every golfer has days where one part of his or her game is off and another is on.  If you keep a mental note of it, you will no doubt be aware that the impact upon your score is far greater when the short game is off than when the driver is off.  And yet it always seems to be driver distance that golfers want to work upon.

Golfers seem to feel that the driver is the club that gets them into the most trouble.  Yet, usually, so long as you have had reasonable practice at rescue shots, you can overcome the issues caused by an errant drive so long as your short game is up to scratch.   You get the ball back out into the fairway and onto the green and try your best to get the ball up and down to save your par or bogie.

If your short game is off there is no other part of the game that can rescue you.  Your short game HAS to be sharp.  If you chip or pitch badly or miss a putt a long drive has no way of assisting your score.  And so the key is unlocking the secret to a reliable and consistent short game.  

Every shot in golf requires solid contact.  For this you need confidence.  If you do not commit to the shot in hand then you will not strike the ball with authority.  You notice the impact of a lack of confidence and commitment in long shots as well as short.  

But you notice it in double quantity around the greens.  We have all experienced the impact of decelerating the wedge through impact and seeing the ball move but a few inches instead of the few feet or yards that was required.  The ball has to be struck with confidence no matter what shot you have selected.

Making the best shot selection is also a vital part of a good short game.  This requires both technical ability and, more importantly, a good imagination.  If you cannot visualize the shot that is required then it is difficult, if not impossible, to perform the swing or stroke that will create that ball flight.  You have to be able to see the arc of the ball through the air before it hits the ground, the point where it will land upon the green, the way it will roll towards the cup.

Thus correct focus is a prerequisite of a great short game.  This focus, imagination and confidence all combine to give you the feel that every golfer searches for around the greens.  You cannot have feel without these ingredients being present.  It would be like trying to propel a sailing boat forwards on a calm and wind-free day.

Some golfers think that they have an inability to visualize.  Some golfers are easily distracted and lose focus.  But these are all aspects of the golf game that are easily and quickly fixed.  

Golf hypnosis is the perfect vehicle to supply that fix.  Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation. With hypnosis you access your subconscious mind and you engage your imagination in a clear and detailed way.  Thus you can use golf hypnosis engage your imagination and trigger your ability to visualize great shots around the greens.  

Hypnosis can also be used to improve your focus and block out distractions.  It really is a very quick and easy fix.  Golf hypnosis could just be the secret to unlocking your best game around the greens.

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Do you find it hard to relate to people? Perhaps you always feel that you are different in some way or that you aren't quite on the same page as many of the people around you.

Some people just naturally blend into whatever group of people they are presented with whilst others have a more restricted comfort zone.  What comes naturally to some may seem to be an impossibility for others to even contemplate let alone to bring to fruition.

When you don't feel comfortable your attention and focus tends to be internalized.  It becomes difficult to turn your attention fully towards what other people are saying or doing.  Rather, you find your mind sifting through myriad thoughts relating to how uncomfortable you are feeling.  This in itself makes it even more difficult to relate to others and your surroundings, as you aren't fully "there".  

You are detached instead of engaged.  You are thinking instead of listening.  This makes everything feel more unnatural still and a cycle of discomfort continues.

A huge part of relating well to other people is starting from a point of feeling comfortable and confident in your own skin.  When you feel confident you don't worry about what other people are thinking.  When you feel confident you are comfortable being you with whomever you meet.

Relating well to others requires a high degree of emotional intelligence.  This means that you are self-aware, your emotions are well managed and controlled, and you feel confident and comfortable.  There is a big difference between logical, intellectual intelligence and emotional intelligence.  It is quite possible to be high on one scale and almost below zero on the other.

When faced with situations that cause you to know how you should feel but you do not feel that way, you need to find a way to align your emotional experience with your logical mind.  Logic and emotions can sometimes feel like oil and water - very different and not easy to blend together.

Hypnosis provides a window between the two elements of logical thought and your instinctive emotional experiences and reactions.   Hypnosis is a state of relaxation.  It is a natural state and is easy to use.  In hypnosis you find that you have access to your subconscious emotional world.   Suggestions can be used to change instinctive patterns of thought and behavior and to change your emotional experience.

With the help of hypnosis you can find a way in which to adapt your instinctive behaviors and become better at relating to others.  You can install new thoughts and ideas into your subconscious mind that help you to feel more confident and comfortable and to expand your comfort zone.

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Everyone would like to look his or her best.  But is this enough motivation to make sufficient life style changes to make losing weight and staying slim possible?  For some people being slim would appear to be built into their genes and their mental life, whilst for others this goal seems like a distant dream.

There are of course many other health related reasons to motivate one to set about losing weight.  Our bodies are put under stress when we carry excess weighty conditions that they are not designed to operate under.  Inevitably as we get older our health pays the toll for carrying around too much for too long.  

Most people who would like to lose weight know that they need to do so and know that they would feel better in a myriad of different ways.  But somehow the weight issue remains a weighty one until a tipping point is reached.  Perhaps that tipping point is arthritis, sky rocketing cholesterol or other health related problems.  Or maybe it is a wedding that is coming up, or a beach holiday, that you want to look your best for.  Or a relationship breaking down could be that trigger.  

The triggers or tipping point will vary from one individual to another but whatever it is there comes a point when an overweight person becomes more mentally attuned to the weight loss channel.  And this is the first essential step that makes it possible to shed pounds successfully.  You have to be in the right frame of mind.  You have to have the right attitude.  You have to be motivated to lose weight and get slim successfully.

It is a shame that so many people wait for such a tipping point event to propel them into a mental state that is receptive to losing weight.  You don't have to wait for a calamity to happen to do something about your diet and lifestyle, so long as you know how to get your mind around to thinking in the way that you want to think.

You can get your mind on your side with the help of hypnosis.  Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation.  With hypnosis you have access to the workings of your subconscious mind.  This is the part of your mind that stores automatic and instinctive patterns of thought and behavior.  

Simply put, if eating too much or eating in a way that is detrimental to your long-term wellbeing and happiness has become a habit or an intrinsic part of your lifestyle then this is embedded in your subconscious.  You don't even think about it.  You just do it.  In fact even when you try to stop doing something that is embedded in your subconscious mind in this way you tend to find that it's already happened before you can stop it.  It's eaten before you can stop yourself.

Thus, with hypnosis you can get into the place within your mind that powers this cycle of behavior.  You can interrupt this automated behavior pattern.  You can make suggestions to install new patterns of thought and behavior that will become equally automated and instinctive.  In this way hypnosis can be used to get you into the frame of mind that makes it ever so much easier to lose weight and stay slim.

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Taking a driving test is something that you don't usually do on a frequent basis.  For many of us it is a circumstance only ever encountered once or twice.  For an unhappy few it can become a more familiar situation.  

New situations tend to put us upon "high alert".  We don't know what to really expect or how we will respond.  Even if you have taken a test before, and failed, this kind of familiarity does not help, as the associated memories do not tend to be very positive.

Thus the majority of people going into a driving test do not tend to feel at their most relaxed and comfortable.  If anything they feel a little tense or on edge.  Some people are more prone to nerves and anxiety than others.  The way in which this emotion is displayed varies from one person to another, but the symptoms can range from breathing rather quickly to shaking or sweating.  

These feelings and symptoms are not conducive to being able to perform to the best of your ability.  In fact they set you upon a course to perform well below your normal level of competence.

If you have booked your driving test then let us assume that both you and your driving instructor feel that you are ready to pass and that you are a competent driver.  You have practiced all of the necessary maneuvers, you generally feel comfortable behind the wheel, you know the laws relating to the road, and so on.  

You are not nervous because of worry over your driving ability.  It is just the fact that it is a test.  It is an unusual circumstance.  It is unfamiliar.  You will be judged.  These are the aspects of a driving test that cause anxiety and tension.  

Logically you know that there is nothing to worry about.  Logically you know that YOU aren't being judged; your driving ability is being judged.  But how you feel emotionally and your logical thought processes do not always coincide.

And so what can you do to help yourself to get your emotions to move onto the same page as your logical thought processes?  What can you do to make yourself feel that this situation is familiar instead of unique?

Mental rehearsal is the key here.  Whatever you imagine you create.  What you need to do is to visualize yourself driving with the instructor in the car.  Visualize yourself sitting relaxed and comfortable behind the wheel, responding to instructions easily, smoothly, calmly and competently.  Use your imagination to pave the way to your success.  See yourself in your minds eye executing every maneuver beautifully and easily passing your driving test.

This probably sounds too simple.  But it is all you need to do.  Hypnosis will make the process even easier and very much more effective as it allows you to access your subconscious mind.  This is the part of your mind where instinctive and automatic thoughts, behaviors and reactions are triggered.  Thus with hypnosis you can embed a naturally relaxed and calm approach to your driving test deep within your subconscious mind. 

This use of hypnotic suggestion and visualization will make the unfamiliar feel familiar.  It will work to change your emotional reaction and allow you to remain calm, relaxed and confident throughout your driving test.

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Some people believe that relationships shouldn't need "work".  Others appreciate that there can be difficult patches that require some delicate navigation.  Sometimes outside circumstances can act to pull you and your spouse together, but often things can happen that propel you in opposite directions unless you work to prevent this effect.

Unfortunately, it is often the case that a couple does not realize at the time that they are drifting apart.  It is only once they feel that they are living almost separate or parallel lives that they come to realize what has happened to their relationship.  Then they find themselves asking, "Where did the love go?" or "what happened to us?"

If this has happened to you, then please be assured that you are not alone.  Nor does it mean that you are forever stuck in a "loveless" relationship.  It just takes a little bit of attention and focus to get your relationship back on track.  Needles to say, the most important and vital starting point is that both parties should wish to "get back that loving feeling".

Where there is a will there is a way.  This may sound like a clich√©, but it is a very true fact of life.  If you want something badly enough you will usually find a way in which to make it happen.  In the case of a relationship between two parties, you need to both want it to work.

The most important thing is to get back into the frame of mind that you were in when you were first together and madly in love.  This should be easy to do.  Those were good times, happy times and held a high intensity of emotional impact.  This means that they will be deeply etched in your subconscious mind.  

The more emotional attachment you have to a situation, event or circumstance the more deeply it is recorded within your mind.  This is why I say that these "falling in love" memories should be easy to recall.  

When was the last time you sat down and intentionally reminisced (either alone or with your partner) over those times?  When was the last time you pulled out your photographs from those times and smiled as you flicked through them?  When was the last time you deliberately set up a "date night" with your spouse?

If you want to have a loving relationship, then you need to set your minds upon doing things together that are loving, and designed to regenerate the love in your relationship.   It is also important to focus upon the things that you love in your partner instead of the things that you might find irritating.  

This may sound very simple and in reality it is pretty obvious and straightforward.  Sadly, though, few couples really focus upon doing these things and are then disappointed by the way in which their relationship drifts.

Hypnosis can also be very helpful when you want to relive the emotions that you have felt in the fast.  With hypnosis you have access to your subconscious mind, which is the part of your mind where memories and their attached emotions are stored.  You can with hypnosis deliberately recall those loving emotions and bring them into the forefront of your mind once more.

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Negative people often find themselves wishing that they could change and become optimistic, positive and happier.  They would like to stop seeing everything that might go wrong and instead be able to see what could turn out to be great and fantastic.  Lets fact it; it's a nightmare when all you think about is what could be a problem, barrier or failure.  The emotional impact is totally exhausting and equally demotivating.

So how do you snap yourself out of negativity?  Negative people wish for the ability to change or dream of being positive but do not really believe that this is possible.  Deep down, they feel that being negative is an intrinsic part of their existence and too deeply ingrained to be able to change.  It is this belief that stops them from making the changes that would transform and enlighten their enjoyment of life.

We often hear of "impossible" feats being informed.  In sport there is a frequently quoted demonstration of this relating to Roger Bannister running the four-minute mile.  Before Bannister achieved this feat it was thought that the human body simply couldn't move that fast; that the body would somehow spontaneously combust if pushed too far.  Yet once Bannister achieved this record, dozens of other people followed suit.  

The difference of course was that they had instantaneously changed their inner beliefs; that which they previously believed was impossible now became doable to them.  And they suddenly and miraculously also ran a four-minute mile.

There are many such demonstrations of impossible feats being achieved, either because a person wanted to achieve their goal to such a degree that they pushed past internal barriers, or because something suddenly made them believe they could do it.  Negativity can be changed to positivity in a similar blink of an eye.  All that is required it a shift of mental focus.

When a person wishes to change something that is deeply rooted in their psyche hypnosis is a very helpful tool to use.  Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation that allows the user to access the inner workings of their subconscious mind.  

This inner part of the mind is the part that thinks and acts automatically and instinctively.  Thus if negativity has become an instinctive reaction for you, hypnosis allows you to get into the place that powers this reaction.  Your subconscious is the true powerhouse of the vast majority your actions and reactions to circumstances in life. 

With hypnosis you can identify patterns of thought, reaction and behavior that are instinctively negative and to interrupt this cycle.  Not only can you interrupt and put a barrier in the way of negativity, you can make post-hypnotic suggestions to lead the direction of thought and reaction to one of positivity, optimism, enjoyment, empowerment and success.

What are post-hypnotic suggestions?  These are ones that are made to you whilst in hypnosis but their effect continues after you leave the state of hypnosis.  Thus they have an ongoing effect.  They also act automatically and instinctively as they are embedded, through hypnosis, into your subconscious mind.  

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Tiger, before a tournament says that he plays 36 to 54 holes of golf a day as his preparation.  He has at that point done all of his work on the range, honing in his swing with repetition, repetition and repetition.  Now it‚Äôs time to switch into a different mode - play mode.

Yes, you see all the tour players out on the range, chipping area and putting greens before the tournament.  But they aren't working on their swings or strokes at that time.  They are just warming up and getting feel and rhythm.  

I'm always surprised by the number of amateur golfers who hit the range 45 minutes before they play and spend that time testing out their new swing tip or thought.  Then on the first tee they announce that they are playing with a new swing, providing a reason to justify bad shots whilst secretly expecting their ball to fly way better than previously!   

Time to be honest here.  I have also fallen into this trap.  I suspect that it is one of those traps that every golfer falls into from time to time.  The wiser golfers soon learn that this is really not the best strategy for success.  There is a huge difference between learning time on the range and warming up on the range.  The impact upon your subsequent game is equally huge.

The average amateur golfer has not usually got endless hours to spend upon his or her golf.  Thus they tend in the main to focus their time upon playing golf as opposed to practicing upon the range.  Inevitably their practice time comes (if at all) in those 30 minutes before hitting the first tee. 

There is a big transition between mechanical mode and play mode in golf.  The game of golf is extremely mental.  If you allow mechanical thoughts to creep into your focus whilst upon the course, your golf ball will also lose its sense of focus and direction.  

In reality practice time before play should be simply to warm up and find your rhythm.  If you do work upon mechanics in this time, then it helps a lot to spend the last 10 minutes before play adjusting from mechanical thoughts to focus instead upon rhythm, tempo and swinging freely through the ball.  

Every golfer needs to create a switch that moves them into play mode.  The pre-shot routine is a big part of this.  But even before you step up to the first tee box you also need to flip over into play mode.  You are no longer thinking about mechanics.  Rather you are thinking about shots and ball placement.  

Playing golf well involves creativity and imagination, focus, determination and tenacity.  These are the skills that need to be brought to the fore and displayed whilst on the golf course but are relied upon less when upon the range.  Golf is a very mental game.  Yes, you need to have mechanical skill, but when on the golf course your task is to use your mind to play with what you have got and to make the most of it.

There are as many mental skills involved in the game of golf as there are shots that you could produce.  Hypnosis helps to hone these skills and make them more automatic and instinctive.  Hypnosis can provide that trigger to move you from mechanical mode to play mode, allowing you to shoot your best scores, lower your handicap and win more tournaments.

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We all know the metaphor about not being able to see the woods for the trees.  To be able to achieve success in almost anything in life you have to be able to look at things from different angles.  You have to be able to see the woods and the trees, not simply one or the other.

Many situations in golf are reflective of circumstances in which we can find ourselves in life in general.  Golf in fact seems to highlight the mental and emotional struggles and challenges that we encounter in the rest of our lives.

For example, you can work very diligently upon the range or with your pro to achieve an understanding of your swing.  You appreciate the finer details of swing path, loft, trajectory, rhythm and balance, backswing and follow through, direction and alignment, and so on.  Despite all of this effort you can sometimes find yourself at a loss as to what is happening in your swing; you seem to have lost all of your feel and sense of control.  And the more you focus upon your hands and arms, hips and feet, the more lost you become.

At this point you have to take a step back and see your golf swing from a different angle.  Instead of looking at the trees you need to once again be able to see the woods.  You have to see your swing as a whole instead of a series of individual parts.

It is the same with driving a car.  Anyone who is used to driving with a stick shift will know that you just change gear instinctively.  You just do it.  Yet if you try to think about what you are doing as you do it you find that you get it all wrong and almost stall the car.

There is a time for focusing upon individual parts and a time when it is more appropriate to see the overall picture.  In seeking success in anything you have to see your overall goal.  You have to be able to imagine achieving that goal and appreciate what it will feel like and what it will mean to you.  You have to imagine yourself tasting your success.

But at the same time you need to be able to see the individual parts that are involved in the process of making your way towards that goal.  You need a clear plan.  You need to be able to set out the steps along the way to achieving your goals.  In effect, your overall goal needs to be set out in bite-sized chunks, each element doable in itself but all knitting together as you move towards your goal that is indelibly fixed in your mind.

What really helps a person who is in pursuit of success is to have your overall goal firmly fixed within your subconscious mind.  This is the part of your mind that operates automatically and instinctively.  To have your goal fixed in your subconscious mind triggers it to remain in pursuit of that goal no matter what; to leave no stone unturned in your pursuit of success.  It empowers and excites your imagination.  It keeps you motivated and on track.

Hypnosis allows you to do this.  Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation that provides access to your subconscious mind.  Thus with hypnosis you can set your goals clearly within this powerful part of your mind so that you find yourself working towards them automatically and instinctively.  In this way you will not forget your goals. You will not get lost in the woods or unable to see the woods for the trees.

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I visited my dentist last week and the first thing he said was, "Lovely to see you". Whilst I appreciate the fact that it is polite to respond in kind I found myself wondering how many of his patients really mean what they say in reply!

During my "session" in the dentists' chair, my musings continued about what the average patient thinks and feels whilst sitting in that same seat.  The dentist or hygienist inevitably poke and prod around in your mouth with various types of equipment, some of which are sharp and pointy.  Then a suction tube gets inserted from time to time.  It's not easy to feel either elegant or comfortable in such a situation.

All the while you are lying there with your mouth prized wide open and your friendly dentist starts asking questions or chatting as if you were sitting in a caf√© sharing a pot of coffee.  All you can do is gaze back and make expressions with eyes, hands or shoulders and a few muffled grunts.  Your dentist does his or her level best (usually) to put you at ease, but when the chips are down I suspect that everyone feels that this is a rather uphill battle.

Patients do not usually visit the dentist because they love to go and have a friendly chat.  We go because of necessity.  We want to keep our teeth in as good a shape as we possibly can and guard against gum disease, cavities, and so on.  We like our teeth to be as strong, straight and as white as possible.  In pursuit of this goal we inevitably have to go and sit in the dentists' chair from time to time.

For most of us we perceive it as a task that needs to be done and get on and do it.  It's not a favorite task, but neither is it one that is particularly difficult or unusually uncomfortable.  For some people however, merely the thought of a visit to the dentist strikes them with a sharp feeling of fear that makes their heart beat ninety to the dozen, raises their blood pressure and makes them freeze all at the same time.

This type of fear is not normal and the person who experiences it knows logically that they should not really feel in this way.  But no matter how much positive self-talk they attempt to apply, the fear overrides this pep talk.  Fear is something that is just there.  You feel it.  It is instinctive and automatic.

So the question to apply your mind to is how do you overcome a fear of the dentist that it is ingrained, instinctive and automatic?  It is as much a part of you as your accent and the language that you speak.

This fear, like the language you speak and also your accent, is a learned fear, a learned response.  You were not born with it.  No matter what you have learned through earlier experience, your brain has a natural plasticity that allows you to learn new things or think about things in different ways.  

Your first language might be English, but you can still learn to speak French, Italian or Dutch.  In a similar manner you can release old patterns of thought and replace them with new, so long as you know how to set about this task.  

Whenever a thought or behavior pattern is produced automatically and instinctively it is triggered from within your subconscious mind.  Thus you need to access your subconscious to be able to change it.  Hypnosis allows you to do just this, easily, naturally and expediently.

With hypnosis you can access your subconscious mind and make suggestions to release unnecessary fears about the dentist (or anything else for that matter) and also pave the way for new and more appropriate patterns of thought and behavior.  You can even do this in your own home by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download.

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When you want to lose weight or to eliminate certain food items or food groups from your day-to-day diet you have to be good at controlling the way in which you think about such food.  A good mental strategy towards your eating plan and diet is required.

If you watched the movie "Five Year Engagement" you might have noticed the reference to the "Marshmallow Experiment" and then the subsequent testing of these research findings with stale donuts.  The marshmallow experiment was conducted by Walter Mischel of Stanford University and basically tested a child's ability to delay gratification. 

In brief, each child was told that they could have one marshmallow now or two later if they were able to wait.  They were left in a room with a marshmallow in front of them.  Some children simply ate the marshmallow immediately.  Others tried a variety of strategies in their attempt to wait.  About a third of the 600 children who were tested successfully delayed their desire for gratification.

Walter Mischel later discovered that those children who had been successful also performed better in their SAT tests years later.  Thus a link between displaying an instinctive ability to find a strategy to delay gratification and that of success in later life can be seen.  

How can this information help you to develop a good strategy towards losing weight or curbing cravings?  It appears that possibly one third of us have a natural ability to find a good coping strategy whilst the rest of us find the task a little more difficult.  

But just because something does not come naturally to us does not mean that it is not possible.  In fact, our brains have a wonderful and natural element of "plasticity" and we can learn new mental abilities on a continuing basis.  All we have to do then is to become aware of the mental strategies used by those who are successful in delaying gratification, and then copy them.

That probably sounds too simple, but it really is a simple task.  Your attitude, your mental strategy upon embarkation of a task is a very accurate predictor of your outcome.  With the right attitude you will achieve the desired outcome.

When it comes to dieting or losing weight we almost all know what we need to do.  The problem occurs in not knowing how to put that knowing into successful action.  

Hypnosis is a very helpful tool when you want to focus your mind in a new direction or to adopt a new mental strategy.  Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation that allows you to at the same time access your subconscious mind.  Your subconscious mind is where your automatic and instinctive thoughts and behaviors are stored.

Thus with hypnosis you can find a way to unlock the door to your instinctive behaviors and insert new, refreshing and successful mental strategies therein.  You can in this way adopt a successful mental strategy towards food or food groups and  find an easy way to achieve your goals and ambitions.

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There are many tips bandied around in golf that are open to misinterpretation and misapplication.  "You looked up" or "You peeked" are variations of the "Keep your head down" theme.

A friend commented the other day that I'm really good at keeping my head down when powering my ball out of thick rough.  OK, yeah, I know you're not meant to be in the rough, but inevitably the ball finds its way in there more often than a golfer likes, me included.  I just laughed and commented that when my ball is in the rough I watch it as intently as a cat watching a mouse.  

For the remainder of the round, every time she addressed her ball I could hear her telling herself to "play kitty cat"!  Playing kitty cat worked rather well for her; so well, in fact that we ended up having a discussion about why that thought just clicked for her.  She had been telling herself to keep her head down, and to not peek, to not look up for a while and the results were unpredictable.  In reality, her previous instructions to herself on this subject hadn't been working very well at all.

So why did "playing kitty cat" work so well?  The answer is extraordinarily simple.  The instruction provided a very clear and precise purpose that is appropriate and relevant in golf.  It told her to watch that ball, to keep her eyes glued to that ball.  

In contrast, "Keep your head down" actually does not precisely apply to its real intent.  It is entirely possible to keep your head down but not really be watching the ball, thereby missing the entire purpose of the command.  The alternative options of "Don't look up" or "Don't peek" trigger an even more inappropriate result as the human mind tends to do the reverse when faced with an instruction prefixed by "don't".  

The moral of the story is that if "play kitty cat" means to you to watch the ball like a cat watching a mouse then the result will be that you are telling yourself to watch the ball very, very intently, and then you are more than likely to do just that.  If "play kitty cat" means to you rolling around on the ground inviting someone to rub your tummy then it won't help your golf game one iota!

A golfer has to be very careful to understand and appreciate the purpose of any tip or instruction.  If you don't fully understand why you are meant to be doing something, either mental or technical, then you are more than likely going to misapply it.  Then you are likely to think that the tip just doesn't work.  

It is also incredibly vital for a golfer to understand the impact of his or her mind upon the game.  The example above of the way in which your mind can twist a "Don't" instruction around so that it becomes a "do" command shows very clearly how important it is to know how to get your mind to remain upon your side whilst out on the golf course.  You really don't want your mind to wander off upon a frolic of it's own, or your golf ball will sadly follow suit!

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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I have always thought along the lines that if I can play a difficult course as my home club then when I go elsewhere it won't be too difficult by comparison.  I like the challenge of a reasonably tough course.  

That said I do appreciate that it can be a greater challenge psychologically.  As a friend said the other day, "There are too many bad memories" for one to overcome.  A tough course is not just more technically challenging; it is more mentally challenging as well.  

It is vitally important to have a robust and watertight post-shot and post-game routine when you play a tough course.  You have to be able to let go of bad memories and only retain the emotional impact of your best results.  If you do not pay heed to this mental challenge you will find yourself over-whelmed by bad memories as you stand upon the tee box or putting green and your subsequent shot or stroke will reflect your emotional dilemma.

I can understand why many people moan and groan about difficult courses.  I do sympathise...to a degree.  But then there comes a point where I would have to say, "Stop whining - Put up or shut up!"  Golf poses many challenges and it reveals ones true character.  

If you just want to play easy golf, then choose easy courses.  If you are not willing to put the time in to improve your golf both technically and mentally then you will find a tough course very dispiriting.  All that will happen is that bad memories of poor shots will build up and your handicap will reflect this too.  

Golf is a game.  It is meant to be fun.  Not everyone wants to beat balls on the range or take endless lessons.  If you just want to have a nice day out with your friends and hit a ball along the way then why punish yourself by playing a difficult course?  

Alternatively, if your home course is difficult, you could just take the attitude that the results don't matter.  Nobody else cares what your handicap is, so who should you?  The fact is however, that most golfers do care about their handicap and don't like to see it climbing.

An "in between" route that you might like to adopt is to just get a little more mentally savvy.  If your driver isn't working for you on tight fairways, you could just leave it in your bag and hit a shorter club that you can rely upon.  Three shots to the green instead of two leaves you with a makeable two putt for a bogie on a par four without the stress of hunting for your ball in the trees or fishing it out of the water hazard and having to write up a 7 or 8x.  

A conservative game strategy whereby you think to leave yourself a distance that you like to approach the green from and a chance at a one putt par or a two putt bogie will allow you to play to a far better standard.  You will feel mentally more satisfied and your handicap will reflect your confidence.  Golf is a mental game, whether you play it for pure fun or in a more serious manner.  

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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A fear of needles can cause many what should be almost every day situations to become a source of anxiety, stress and terror.  A medical or dental procedure that should be relatively routine or mundane can become a complete nightmare for both patient and professional person.  

There are many situations that require the use of needles, including but not limited to having blood work performed, receiving vaccinations, having acupuncture treatment, getting a new filling or undergoing surgical procedures or operations.  When you think about all of these situations you are also no doubt aware that in the main they really cannot be avoided.  The needle has to be faced.

Thus the majority of people who suffer from a fear of needles spend a certain time in advance of their procedure in the grips of an emotional roller coaster before finally coming to terms with the fact that they will simply have to grit their teeth and get on with it.  Fear is an uncomfortable experience and in the case of needle phobia most people would agree that it is entirely unnecessary.  

After the event, you most of the time appreciate that the dreaded encounter with the needle was not in fact painful.  If truth were told, the fear caused more pain than the needle itself.

Almost everyone who suffers from a fear of needles will agree with this analysis.  You know that it won‚Äôt really hurt.  In fact you aren't even sure that what you fear is being hurt.  Logically you know that there is nothing to fear.  But at the same time as soon as you encounter a situation where you need to receive an injection you inexplicably experience a wave of fear and discomfort.  This feeling far outweighs the force of logical reasoning.

Fear of needles is a learned response.  In your subconscious mind needles and fear have become linked, although usually not in conjunction with simply sewing!  The way in which your subconscious mind works when encountering a new situation is that it immediately sweeps for similar prior situations and jumps to the conclusion that you should respond in the same way as before.  This happens in a split second and beneath the awareness of your conscious and logically thinking mind.  

Thus to cure a fear of needles you need to find a way to access your subconscious mind and interrupt this fear inducing pattern of association and thought.  Hypnosis provides an environment that is conducive to do exactly this.  

Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation that is easy to use simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download.  Hypnosis, as well as being relaxing and a method of soothing jangled nerves, provides access to your subconscious mind.  Post hypnotic suggestions can be made to change the associations between needles and fear and instead pave the way for you to feel relaxed and comfortable in these situations in future.  In this way you can easily overcome your needle phobia.

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Confidence is King.  The best gift you can give to your child is confidence.  We hear such edicts every day, from all quarters.  We know that it's true.  Being confident makes almost every experience in life so much easier to deal with.

Even so, not everyone is confident.  Not everyone has this gift.  There are many people who spend almost their entire lives wishing that they could just be a little more confident.  

The situation encountered can sometimes turn into one that could be described as a chicken and egg.  If you feel that you cannot do something until you gain confidence then you could find yourself waiting a long time to do that something.  On the other hand if you jump in without feeling confidence you risk the chance of sinking, or you could just find that you can swim.

Not everyone is willing to take that risk.  But perhaps there is another option available to one who does not have sufficient confidence to do something but does not wish to miss out on opportunities.  Mental rehearsal provides a powerful stepping-stone that allows a person to practice stepping outside his or her comfort zone and in effect paving the way to success instead of failure.

There is a great advertisement currently playing on television that depicts Bubba Watson talking to himself in the mirror, telling himself that he‚Äôs a winner.  The scene plays on the fact that real people really do use positive self-talk and mental rehearsal as an effective method of preparation and in essence confidence building. 

The fact is that when you imagine a situation with sufficient detail your emotional response is recorded in your subconscious mind.  Mental rehearsal helps you to ingrain an emotional expectation.  Then when you go into the real situation that you have mentally simulated it feels familiar, allowing you to remain relaxed, calm and comfortable.  

It doesn't stop there either.  Your mind automatically and instinctively recalls the reaction that you have mentally simulated and propels you to act and behave in the way that you wish.  You feel good and you behave confidently.  What you imagine you create.  

Hypnosis makes this process easier and more powerful, as it allows you to access your subconscious mind, which is the part of your mind that acts automatically and spontaneously.  Hypnosis is natural and easy to use, simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download.  

As you relax in hypnosis you find that your creative mind is triggered and it is easier to visualize situations in greater detail and hence it will have a deeper impact upon your mind.  The better ability to visualize with clarity and depth, twinned with the fact you can easily embed your visualization in your subconscious mind, makes hypnosis a very powerful aid to one who wants to feel more confident.

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Some mothers to be really enjoy their pregnancies whilst others find the situation a little more trying.  There are many aspects of pregnancy that can cause discomfort, anxiety or indeed frustration.  Morning sickness, digestive changes and feeling fat are amongst the most frequently cited irritants.

Some mothers are more fortunate in their genetic predisposition than others.  This you can do nothing to change.  All that you can do is adapt your attitude and behavior to best suit the situation you are presented with.  You can use your mind to soothe your body.  

Every mom is aware that it is important to remain as relaxed and calm as possible.  It's better for you, your baby and everyone else who lives in your home.   For someone who is generally of an anxious disposition this can pose quite a challenge.  Even for a mom who is normally quite a laid back person can find herself becoming a little uptight or feeling intrepid about certain aspects of pregnancy, childbirth or parenting.

Being pregnant also signifies for many moms a time of change, especially if the baby due is your first.  You are stepping into the unknown in so many ways.  That said you also know that to give birth and raise a family is meant to be one of the most natural and normal thing known to man.

When you want to relax one of the most natural and easy things to use is hypnosis.  Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation, and thus just using hypnosis will help you to remain calm and peaceful.  You will easily let go of anxiety and tension both mentally and physically.  Needless to say, most moms seek help that is as natural as possible.  Hypnosis fits the bill to perfection.

Hypnosis can assist in many more varied ways.  With hypnosis you have access to your subconscious mind, which is the part that thinks and acts automatically and instinctively.  Hypnosis can be used to let go of unhelpful thoughts, habits and behaviors.  It can be used to release and relieve fears and anxiety.  As you relax and feel calm your baby will inevitably benefit from this transition.

Hypnosis can also be used to change your expectations and focus upon a belief that everything will go well with your pregnancy and birth.  Fears can be eliminated and replaced with a positive expectation instead.  

A further way in which hypnosis can be used relates to the impact that your mind has upon your body.  You can use your mind to change what is happening within your body in terms of soothing away morning sickness and also reducing your perception of pain during the birth.  You can use hypnosis to assist in recovering quickly from the birth and getting back into your optimal physical shape.

Thus you can see how flexible hypnosis is and how useful it is to an expectant mom and baby to be. It is natural and also easy to use, simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 recording.   A further thing to be aware of is that there are no negative side effects; there is nothing to lose and everything to gain!

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Anger is an emotion that most people would prefer to avoid if at all possible.  Anger makes us feel out of control.  Perhaps I should actually reverse the order in which that statement is made?  Certainly the two go hand in hand. 

Untamed and unchecked anger has the power to completely destroy many things in many senses.  Physical objects may be smashed to smithereens, relationships can be placed in a precarious situation, ones job may be thrown away.  

Anger rarely achieves a positive outcome.  At best, most of us feel more than a little shame faced after giving in to an outburst of anger.  Anger, we realize after the event, is rarely worth it.

There are many things that we are presented with in life that seem to test us to our limits.  One of the many learning curves that life offers to us is that of working out how to overcome anger and rise above it, or how to use it in a positive and powerful manner.

If the emotion of anger is channeled so as to power a sense of purpose then it is being used in a positive way.  This ability can be likened to building a mental and emotional wind tunnel that allows you to direct the wind in a particular chosen direction instead of it simply swirling around like a tornado.  This takes a high degree of mental and emotional control, but it is possible and doable.

Many people will say that they feel it is better to express their anger than to keep it in.  In many ways this is true, so long as it is expressed in a manner that doesn‚Äôt cause greater destruction.  In effect, it is good to express anger so long as it is in a controlled fashion.  Again, this can be difficult to do, but it is both possible and doable.

Some people have a low threshold where the balance tips over to allow anger to take hold.  Others have a high threshold.  Your anger thermostat is set in accordance with a combination of your general temperament and past experience.  No matter what genetic wiring you have inherited or what experiences you have encountered you can still temper your automated responses to anger cues. 

Saying to yourself "This is how I am" or "This is how I was born" or "It shows how much I care" are all variations of a cop-out.  Merely saying or thinking these thoughts displays the fact that you have already given in to anger and are not willing to take the time or make the effort to master your own wayward emotions.

Anger can be controlled and directed in a positive way so long as you wish to do so.  Hypnosis is a very helpful aid in this quest.  Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation.  It allows access to your subconscious mind, which is the part of your mind where automatic patters of thought and behavior are stored.  It is the part of your mind that rules and drives your anger thermostat.

With well-placed hypnotic suggestion you can find a new and better way in which you can deal with things that used to trigger the emotion of anger.  With hypnosis you can control this instinctive and automated emotional reaction.

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I came across some interesting research in a book by Daniel Kahneman entitled "Thinking, Fast and Slow" that relates to how we frequently assume incorrect causes for certain outcomes.  

In terms of golf, the example provided related to the commentary often heard on the final day of a tournament when the original leader fails to keep ahead.  Most often what we hear said is that the golfer in question is basically failing to deal with the pressure of being in the lead or crumbling under the pressure or some such thing to that effect.  This is an assumption that is often made in these circumstances.  

This is however only a possible cause but not in reality the most probable one.  When you think about it, almost every golfer in a high level tournament has the ability to shoot a few shots below par.  We also know that a little luck is involved when you chip in or sink a 30 feet putt or such like.  Golf is a game of both skill and luck.  We also know that luck does not usually bestow itself on just one person all of the time.  Luck shares itself around.  

If you have played good golf and had a fair amount of luck, or an unusual amount of luck, for two or three days, the chances are that your run of luck will not keep going.  The law of averages needs to be applied to the matter of luck.  It would be statistically highly improbable for one golfer to receive an unusual amount of luck on four consecutive days.  Thus the reason for the leader falling behind on that last day is far more likely to be related to this factor than that of nerves or anxiety, although those are likely to play some part as well.  This however is rarely if ever alluded to in golf commentary.

There are in fact many incorrect assumptions and judgments made in golf.  You hear many "stock phrases" bandied around upon the course.  "I lifted my head", "I've lost my swing" are probably the most popular of these.  

When one questions whether the act of lifting your head was the real and actual cause of an erratic stroke you may in fact find other elements are more probable candidates of causality.  Now as to the "I've lost my swing" comment, that assumption is rather global do you not think?  It is such a maligned thought!  You might have lost your natural rhythm or tempo, not paid due attention to alignment, lost your focus, or a whole host of other things, but swings quite simply do not get lost!

The reason I am bring up this subject is that if you ascribe an incorrect cause to an outcome you will not be able to fix it.  Until you appreciate the real cause of an outcome you will not be in a position to make relevant changes and improvements.  You only learn when you understand cause and effect in the golf swing.  

One huge element in the golf swing that many people totally overlook is the mental impact upon ones swing.  Everything you do in life starts with a thought.  The golf swing is not an exception to this rule.  Thus if you are not focused upon the things that matter in your swing and in your chosen shot you have no control over the outcome.  The golf ball in this sense does exactly what it is told.  If you swing with unclear intent then your golf ball will respond in an equally erratic manner.

There are many mental elements that a golfer needs to attend to and master.  Few golfers really think about this aspect.  Those who do so tend to be the ones who have a lower handicap and win more tournaments.

Golf hypnosis can provide a quicker and easier way to train yourself in the mental aspects of this wonderful game.  Hypnosis provides access to your subconscious mind.  This is the part of your mind that acts automatically and instinctively and this is why hypnosis will help ingrain mental habits more expediently and reliably.

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Competition to get into good schools, colleges and universities seems to be getting more and more fierce these days.  Pressure to perform well in exams has risen in a corresponding manner.  More pressure inevitably raises the potential occurrence of exam related stress.  

Performance anxiety can raise its ugly face in any situation whereby you care about the results.  It can just happen when you least expect it, during a driving test, a written exam, an oral exam, an interview, a presentation, and so on.  This type of anxiety can be experienced basically in any situation where you are in the spotlight and wish to present yourself at your very best.  If you did not care it would not happen.

Anxiety is a natural response that is hard wired into our very beings. The physical manifestations of the anxiety response involve the release of adrenalin and cortisol into our systems.  We are poised to fight or flee.  In actual fact, there is a point in the anxiety cycle where we are made more alert and better able to perform.  It is all too easy however, to go past this point.  Too much anxiety has the detrimental effect of interfering with clear thinking and functioning and can in fact freeze these abilities.

Thus to remain calm and focused is vital at times when you want to perform to the best of your ability.  Information that you have stored in your long-term memory flows easily into your consciousness when you are in a relaxed and calm state.  It does not do so when you are tense and anxious.  Anxiety and tension effectively blocks the free flow of knowledge from your long-term memory store. It is there, but you just cannot access it.  And the harder you try, the more anxious your get and the bigger the blockage becomes.

Self-hypnosis is a useful skill to be able to perform and it is actually very easy to do.  Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation at one with a state of heightened awareness.  With hypnosis you can relax your body and your mind and ensure that your stored knowledge flows freely into your consciousness.  

With hypnosis you have access to your subconscious mind.  You can make post hypnotic suggestions to ensure that you remain calm and focused before and during exams.  Your subconscious mind is the part that acts instinctively and automatically.  Thus by using well phrased and targeted post hypnotic suggestions you can ensure that you are optimally placed to perform well in your exams.

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Bubba got off the course at the Masters and he said "I just got into the trees, saw a   crazy shot in my head, and now I'm wearing the Green Jacket".   Thank goodness for his ability to visualize.  

There's also been talk recently about Ernie Els employing a visualization coach.  The fact is that to be able to create a shot you have to first be able to see it.

I sat in on a golf mind training session in a country club a week or so back and one of the questions asked at the end was "So, do the professionals really use this stuff?"  I guess that sums up the average amateur club golfers attitude towards the mental side of golf.  They don't really get it.

If those golfers did get it they would find golf is a far easier and more satisfying game than that which they currently experience.  The mental side is actually easy to learn, easy to practice and easy to use.  It is, in fact, a whole lot easier than learning to swing a golf club in an optimal manner and create the many different shots that good golf requires of us.

Visualization is a key part of shot creation.  Visualization is important in the learning of the swing itself.  You need to see the correct swing path in your minds eye so as to be able to replicate it.  

Visualization then comes into play once again in the choosing of a shot.  You have to see where you want the ball to go.  You have to see where you want it to land, the height you want it to fly, the way the ball will respond when it lands.  Only once you have seen your shot are you able to choose your club and practice the necessary swing.

You often hear the phrase "You have to see it to believe it".  In golf, visualizing the shot and swing clearly in your minds eye allows you to believe it and then to actually do it.  Visualization in a clear and precise manner such as this thus allows you to fully commit to your shot.  And you know what happens when you don't commit to your shot.  If you hit your ball with an uncommitted poke it will treat it as a joke!

Thus visualization is the real skill that underpins the ability to choose the right swing, create the right swing and commit to it.  It is the foundation upon which complete confidence is built.

Yes, I know confidence also comes from knowing that you have the ability to play the shot.  You practice that on the range and in practice on the course.  That's the bit that amateur golfers are far more likely to do.  But complete golf confidence requires more that just the ability to create those shots.  It requires mental skill.  It requires visualization.  

Embracing the mental game of golf is what truly transforms your game.  Its what sets you apart from the rest.  It's what wins you your equivalent of the green jacket in your local club.

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It is rare to discover a patient who really looks forward to surgery without having a few fears trying to hide themselves in the back of his or her mind.  Some manage to keep those fears well hidden but others find this task a little more difficult to achieve.

We all know that fears cause tension. What you perhaps do not fully appreciate is that the more relaxed a patient is the easier surgery tends to be and the quicker the recovery time.  Hence it is extremely important to address any fears and to overcome them to the very best of one‚Äôs ability.

When preparing for surgery your medical team will do their very best to explain the procedure and to allay any fears that you might have.  This tends to be approached from a factual, logical mind, perspective.  Most patients also try to focus their minds logically and to simply try to push any feelings of fear to the back of his or her mind.  You in effect try to suppress the fear, keep a stiff upper lip and just get on with it.  

I suspect that this attitude is the one that is favored because most people do not realize that there is anything else that they can do to address their fears or lessen them.  The best that they feel that they can do is to lessen their fears by ignoring them.

But even when you manage to focus upon something else and effectively turn a blind eye to fears, your body will reflect those hidden feelings.  Your logical mind may indeed focus upon something else, but your body will reflect your emotional feelings.  

Fear is something that is experienced instinctively and automatically.  It happens without your logical mind having time to control it.  Thus to control fear you need to find a way to get into and interrupt this automatic thinking and feeling part of your mind.  This is the domain of the subconscious mind.

With hypnosis you can access your subconscious mind.  Hypnosis is a state of relaxation.  This in itself is of great benefit.  But there is even more benefit in what can be achieved through gaining access to your subconscious mind.  Suggestions can be made to ensure that you remain calm and relaxed when thinking about your surgery, preparing for your surgery, during your surgery and whilst recovering from your surgery.

Any surgeon will tell you that a relaxed patient makes for a better patient.  Not only are you, the patient, a whole lot more comfortable, the surgery itself is made easier as well.  The more relaxed you are the less medication you will most likely need and the quicker your recovery time is likely to be.  Medical research has proven these likelihoods, in addition to other huge benefits of being relaxed and calm.  

And so if you thought before now that there is nothing you can do to help yourself to stay relaxed and calm throughout surgery then I would encourage you to try hypnosis.  Hypnosis is natural and has no negative side effects.  Hypnosis is also easy to use simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download designed to assist with your attitude towards your surgery.  With hypnosis you can align your emotional experience with your chosen logical perspective.

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Some ladies are very lucky on the PMS front whilst others are less so.  For some unlucky ladies it can feel as if your terrible twin has overtaken your mind and body for a few days each month and it intent upon turning your emotional life upside down.  It's not at all a nice experience, either for you or those who are close to you.

If you watch "Modern Family" you may have seen the episode where Claire and her two daughters all succumb to this experience at the same time, something that we know is typical. Husband Phil ably demonstrates that no matter what you do it's not going to be right! 

The episode was very amusing, although the subject matter is actually very real and very uncomfortable.  You do have to learn to laugh at what PMS can do to you if at all possible, although it's unlikely you will do so at the time.  

When your hormones are all over the place it is important to do whatever you can to try to keep a sense of balance.  Your emotional turmoil needs to be soothed.  A feeling of well-being needs to be promoted.  

There are many things that you can do to help yourself in this respect.  Herbal remedies and massage are often resorted to and they can provide blessed relief.  Meditation and hypnosis are also sought after at this time of the month.

Hypnosis can be particularly effective.  Hypnosis is in itself a state of relaxation and so provides a quick and easy method to sooth your jangling nerves.  What is great is that it is natural and has no negative side effects.  Its also easy to use simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download.  

But hypnosis can do more than just relax you.  With hypnosis you gain access to your subconscious mind, which is the part that stores automatic patterns of thought and behavior.  Suggestions can be made to target many different areas of thought and their related responses.  

Your perception of pain can be dulled, dimmed or even extinguished.  Suggestions can be made to direct your brain to release endorphins that in themselves create a feeling of well being.  

You might be surprised or skeptical about how hypnosis works or what it can do.  But do remember that your mind works upon your body just as effectively as your body works upon your mind.  In PMS the physical symptoms affect your mental state.  

With hypnosis you have a powerful ability to use your mind to counteract this effect.  Simply by relaxing with hypnosis and triggering an endorphin high you will find that your focus changes and your emotional and physical experience will reflect this better state.

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Happiness is a state of being.  You are happy or you are not happy.  The question is what can you do so as to place yourself in a position whereby you are more likely to be happy than otherwise.  

Happiness is in fact a feeling that you are totally in control of, so long as you appreciate this fact.  Your own thoughts, what you choose to focus upon and how you choose to focus all dictate your emotional experiences.  It doesn't matter what happens to you in life, it is how you choose to respond to it that makes the difference.

Research has shown that even a simple choice to smile will in fact lift your spirits and feel brighter and hence happier.  This holds true even if the smile is brought about artificially by means of being asked to place a pencil horizontally between your teeth and hold it there!  Even though the resulting smile might appear to be more a grimace, those who were asked to do this displayed a more positive frame of mind.  

Thus we can all encourage in ourselves a better likelihood of happiness by the simple act of paying a little more attention to our posture and expressions.  Standing up straight, un-rounding our shoulders, looking up instead of down, smiling instead of frowning are all easy ways in which we can lighten our mental attitudes and feel more positive and happier.

The majority of people are more willing to make physical changes than to tackle the deeper processes at work within their minds.  This is a great shame as the easiest way in which to make the greatest changes in terms of happiness are in fact derived from looking within as opposed to without.

There are two main areas to the mind that could be addressed so long as you are willing to do so.  Your conscious mind is the more critical day-to-day working part of your mind.  Your subconscious is the part that acts automatically and instinctively.  

Your subconscious perceives situations and searches for a pattern match and then comes to conclusions based upon past knowledge and experience.  It does this in the blink of an eye.  You won't even be aware of it doing what it's doing.   It just does it and you respond in the manner that it dictates.  

Thus if unhappiness or a negative attitude seem to be a habitual response or reaction, then your subconscious is the place to go to effect changes for the better.  Hypnosis provides a method of accessing this powerful inner part of your mind.  Hypnosis is natural and easy to use, simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download.

With hypnosis you can access your subconscious mind and make suggestions to change unwanted or outdated patterns of response and behavior.  You can pave the way to respond in a happier manner in future.

From a conscious mind perspective, it pays to be aware of the way in which you choose to focus.  There are almost always different perspectives available and to choose to reach for the brightest and happiest is something to aim for.  The focus of your thoughts trigger your emotions and dictate your reality, be it happy or otherwise.  This is why I say you are in fact totally in control of your own happiness, irrespective of the physical reality of your surroundings and circumstances.

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In the current economy it seems that every time you pick up a newspaper or switch on the news there are reports of redundancies or difficulties in getting jobs.  There are many people who are well qualified or overqualified for the jobs that they are applying for but still walking away jobless.  

Many people unfortunately do not even get to the interview stage, but if you do it is certainly vital to present yourself in a way that ensures you stand out from the crowd.  A good interview technique does not in fact come naturally to a lot of people.  Not everyone is comfortable being in the spotlight, so to speak.  

One also has to take into account the fact that the more you want something, the more you tend to worry and that anxiety can get in the way of your success.  A little worry will in fact help you to focus more clearly and perform well.  But more than a little can take you over the top and decrease your ability to focus and to perform well.  

When you really want to get that job you need to know how to maintain a state of relaxed focus so that you remain comfortable and at ease whilst at the same time enjoy a state of clear mental focus.  This is one of the more subtle aspects of ones presentation at an interview.  

There are many more obvious aspects of interview preparation that one has to deal with too.  You need to look the part in terms of dress.  You need to know your stuff and have the ability to answer and ask relevant questions in an erudite fashion.  Most people find that these more physical and logical aspects of interview preparation and technique are the easiest to control and prepare for.

The more subtle or subjective aspect of maintaining a feeling of relaxed focus is something that many people do not quite know how to deal with or prepare for.  Worry creates anxiety and this is an instinctive emotional response.  It just happens.  In fact, the more you worry about it happening the more it happens.  

The anxiety response is hard wired into our brains.   In any situation that is perceived as threat of any description adrenalin and cortisol are triggered and released, causing a feeling of tension.  To a degree, this is helpful as it makes us more alert and sharper.  But it can reach a point where it dulls our ability to think rationally.  One needs to be able to balance this natural mind-body reaction.

Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation.  Hypnosis can help with interview comfort and confidence in many different ways.  First and foremost one can easily use self-hypnosis to relax and change his or her emotional state from tense to the more desirable optimal state of relaxed focus.  

Hypnosis can also be used to plan and prepare more fully in advance of your interview.  Hypnosis provides access to your subconscious mind.  This is the part of your mind that acts instinctively and automatically.  It is the part where automatic beliefs, responses and behaviors are stored.  

Post hypnotic suggestions can be made to pave a way to responding to your interview situation in a manner that allows you to present yourself at your very best.  Current instinctive responses can be tempered and changed to ones that will work more to your advantage.  

When in hypnosis your more creative mind is accessed.  This allows you to visualize more easily and more clearly.  Thus in hypnosis you can prepare for a job interview more thoroughly as you visualize the process clearly and fully.  You can in this way familiarize yourself with the feelings evoked in an otherwise unfamiliar situation.  It is a well-known fact that when a person is faced with something that feels familiar they feel more comfortable then when faced with unfamiliar territory.

Thus there are many ways in which you can use hypnosis to easily assist in preparation for a job interview.   Hypnosis is easy to use, simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download.

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When you have the lead, followed closely by several others who arguably have the same ability as you, how do you stay calm and keep ahead?  And how do you manage this feat two weeks running?

Yani Tseng has only been on tour for five years and she already has 15 wins under her belt.  She has great ability and great focus.  Maintaining your lead on the last day of a tournament is no easy feat.  Amateur golfers find this a challenge too, and for us there is no money or career on the line.  Even for we amateurs our emotions can get a little heated and we have to find a way to control them and keep clear focus upon the task in hand.

We saw McIlroy falter a few times with Sunday play last year before he eventually found his way to taming his emotions and forging ahead to maintain his lead and win tournaments.  The majority of golfers go through a similar cycle of experience when faced with the pressure of being in the lead on the final day of a tournament that matters to them.  

Some lucky golfers have not had to go through this pattern in quite the same manner.  Rather they are more naturally mentally equipped to get the bit between their teeth and win.  Basic personality has a big part to play at these times.  This doesn‚Äôt mean that others cannot tame their emotions and groom their minds to win.  It just takes a little more effort.  The mental part can be difficult to control but it can be done.

Yani Tseng said after her two consecutive wins that on that final Sunday she didn‚Äôt feel that it was a Sunday and she didn‚Äôt feel that she had a three shot lead.  Rather, her focus was purely upon playing one shot at a time.  She wasn't thinking about winning.  She was focused in the moment of each shot.  This is no easy feat, but she managed it well.  

A golfer who is in the lead has to manage more than their focus.  You have to manage your state as well.   Emotions have a tendency to bubble up and disturb your focus.  Emotional reactions are instinctive and automatic and can just appear.  Thus if you have an automated reaction pattern that triggers a heightened emotional state, a golfer has to be able to control their state before they can return to clear focus.

Only when your state is under control can you clearly focus upon taking one shot at a time.  A golfer can prepare themselves mentally for competition by visualizing themselves in the lead and imagining themselves controlling their state or indeed triggering a better state automatically.  

Hypnosis is very helpful as it allows access to your subconscious mind.  This is the part of your mind where automatic patterns of response and behavior are stored.  Also your creative mind is better engaged whilst in hypnosis, and visualization has more depth.  

Post hypnotic suggestions can be made to trigger an automatic response that promotes a controlled state and also clear focus.  In this way you can mentally prepare yourself for dealing with the otherwise unexpected pressures of being in the lead.

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Appearance is something that seems to be ever more important.  How we look, the clothes we wear, the fashions that we embrace all serve to say a lot about ourselves.  

When you have nails that are bitten down to the quick you can find yourself going to great lengths to try and hide your hands from the beady eyes of outside observers. You can find yourself feeling distinctly uncomfortable when signing documents or paying for groceries in your local market.  Most people who bite their nails are not proud of this habit and wish that it were not so obvious to the casual observer.

But what does nail biting say about you?  It doesn't actually say anything other than you have a bad habit that you have not yet found a way to overcome or have not taken the time to conquer.  Nail biting is just pure habit.  There is no beneficial side effect to this habit.  It doesn't do anything for you.  

In this fact, nail biting is quite different from most other habits that it is often compared with.  A smoker will find a benefit or two to show for his or her habit.  A person who gives in to chocolate cravings on a habitual basis will also be able to list some benefit.  But with nail biting, I doubt anyone could hand on heart find any real benefit to this habit.

The annoying thing about a habit is that it is something that is undertaken without any logical or conscious thought or intent.  In the case of biting your nails, you just do it and your conscious awareness clicks in only when it is too late.  The damage has been done.  Your nails have been savaged once again.

Thus to interrupt the cycle of this habit, you have to find a way in which to access the part of your mind where automatic actions are processed and triggered.  The automatic processing center is found within the subconscious mind as opposed to the conscious logical thinking part of your mind.

Hypnosis is a tool that allows you to do just this.  Contrary to the popular belief or expectations of many with regard to hypnosis, you do not lose control.  Rather, you gain control as hypnosis allows you to access your subconscious mind.  

Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation that allows you to access your subconscious mind.  It has no negative side effects and is quick to use.  Simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download you can access the inner automated workings of your mind and change their present flow.  

Suggestions can be made to change your responses to the triggers that used to set in motion the habit of nail biting.  A new habit can be triggered in it's place, one that promotes a feeling of enjoyment in being able to see and feel your beautifully manicured and elegant looking nails.

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So Tiger won again for the first time in over two years.  There have been a lot of Tiger fans rooting for him for a very long time.  We have missed seeing his awesome ability to play incredible shots and prowl his way artfully, creatively and skillfully to the top.

From a viewer's perspective, even non-golf lovers are known to watch Tiger with baited breath.  As for golf addicts, then if you don't love watching Tiger then there's something wrong with you.  He has levels of creativity, physical strength and mental toughness as well as a great sense of course management, that coupled with his desire to be the very best possible make him a very unique golfer indeed.

One can only wonder at the effect Tiger has upon the other players with whom he competes.   I can't imagine that anyone can successfully blank out his presence and play without fearing his ability.  That surely is too much to ask. 

The best way in which to mentally deal with his presence is to joggle yourself into a perspective that chooses to find inspiration is his presence and enable that to bring out even better golf in you.  That, however, can be easier said than done.  With some mental training, however, it should be possible.  Also some personality types will find that a whole lot easier than others.

There is of course a large element of luck that will affect your state of mind when faced with Tiger upon your tail.  Imagine if you were there when Tiger held the number one position for so long before, and you were competing when he kept on winning and winning and winning, often by not just a small lead; how could you not have an embedded emotional reaction that reflects these happenings?

Even for the most talented golfer, it would be difficult not to lose a little confidence in your own ability to win when the facts show that Tiger is most often a little ahead of you.  It takes a lot of mental work to shift that embedded reaction.

Contrast that with the youngsters of golf, Rory and Co., who grew up avidly watching Tiger, whilst at the same time imagining that they would one day play like that and win like that.  These youngsters are already half way to using Tiger as an inspiration to raise the bar in their own game.  It could therefore be argued that they are perhaps better prepared mentally to use the "Tiger effect" in a more positive way.  

That said, it's still by no means an easy task.  They haven't been there to feel that effect in person - yet.  An alternative argument is that those who have been there before competing against Tiger at his best have greater experience in coping and thus they have the advantage over the youngsters. 

Then there are points of practicality.  Are these youngsters as hungry to win as Tiger, as hungry for the number one spot?  Do they have the same work ethic?  A further relevant question relates to whether or not Tiger is as hungry as he was in earlier years?   Also, after a drought like the one he has experienced, can Tiger ever be as indomitable?  

I'm sure all Tiger fans and all golf addicts are thinking the same thoughts as me.  We cannot help but speculate.  Golf has just become so much more exciting, and all because of one human being who has been and still is an inspiration to so many.  When Tiger stopped playing before, viewing dropped by over 50%.  Now that he's back in winning form, expect the viewing stats to go through the roof once more.

Roseanna Leaton, avid golfer and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Anger is a natural response that we all experience.  Some of us feel this emotion more frequently than others.  Similarly, some of us control our emotions better than others.

Anger leaves a bad taste in your mouth in the sense that it transmits a lingering feeling of negativity.  The angrier you get the deeper the emotional reaction and the longer the bad taste lingers.  

Whilst it can be quite healthy to quickly vent one's angry feelings, this should be distinguished from a prolonged rant.  The former gets the emotion out and leaves it there.  You can then return to a comfortable state of equanimity and turn your focus to better things.  The latter, however, has quite a different long-term effect.  The ranting serves to anchor the negativity and embed it more deeply thereby ensuring that it is more difficult to shift and move away from.

When you are angry your emotional state is in turmoil.  When you wish to control anger you have a choice as to how you go about achieving this aim.  

You could approach the subject of overcoming anger from the perspective of changing your thoughts.  Thoughts create emotions and these determine your actions.  By choosing to change your thoughts to something that is more peaceful you will inevitably begin to feel calmer and more relaxed.  The anger will shift along with the focus of your thoughts.

An alternative approach to overcoming anger is to focus upon your emotional state.  Although I just said that thought creates emotions that in turn predict behavior, your mind and body interact in a two-way process.  Just as mind works upon body the reverse is also the case.  

When you are angry everything in your body feels tense.  Everything is tight.  Your breathing is shallower and more rapid and your heart beats at a swifter rate.  Adrenalin flows and you are poised to fight.  This is the state that anger creates.  

You could beat a cushion and get the tension out that way.  You could run it off.  Or you could focus upon your state and intentionally shake your muscles loose, deepen your breathing and calm your heart rate.  

Hypnosis provides a way in which you can control anger from both angles.  Hypnosis is in itself a state of relaxation and so merely by using hypnosis you change both your focus and your state.  With hypnosis you can create a state of relaxed awareness at a moments notice and step back from situations so as to see them from a different angle. 

There is an added benefit to using hypnosis in that it provides access to your subconscious mind.  Your subconscious mind is the part where automatic patterns of thought and reaction are stored.  If your anger thermostat has gotten used to being turned up higher than you wish you could make suggestions to lower this threshold and hence not rise to the bait so swiftly or frequently.  This intervention can be achieved easily and quickly simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download.

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I was sitting on an airplane the other day and almost as soon as the plane took off a person sitting nearby began to snuffle and snore.  Pretty soon the sound had reached a crescendo.  Everyone in the cabin reached for his or her headphones in pretty much the same moment. 

When you are in this type of unfortunate situation you just have to deal with it in the best manner possible.  Headphones provide a pretty good solution.  Nobody minds that much on a one-off occasion.  But you can see how frustration could build for a person who is subjected to this assault upon their ears each and every night of the week.

In point of fact, snoring can be a frustrating reality for both the person snoring and for the person who is potentially lying awake next to you.  The causes of snoring can be quite varied as so too can the cures.  In truth the optimal cure is totally dependent upon the individual.  Some things work for one person whilst and totally different solution works for another.

For the spouse, upon the face of things, there would appear to be a limited number of solutions.  Donning earplugs is one whilst another is removing oneself from the bedroom and seeking a quiet refuge at the other end of the home.

Hypnosis is a potential solution that could in fact assist both parties.  And as a natural treatment with no negative side effects it is definitely worth a try.  It is also easy to use simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download.  

Why does hypnosis provide a valid treatment to assist with snoring issues?  Hypnosis is a state of relaxation that also provides access to your subconscious mind.  Your subconscious mind is the part that thinks and acts automatically and instinctively without you even trying.  Thus all habitual patterns of thought and behavior are stored therein.

How can this help the person who is listening to the person who is snoring?  With hypnosis suggestions can be made to trigger a different response pattern to the sounds of snoring.  Instead of getting uptight and tense, suggestions could be made to promote a feeling of comfort upon hearing those snoring sounds.  Suggestions can be made to find the sounds comforting and also to assist in triggering a sense of sleepiness.  Your natural reaction can be switched from tension and frustration to that of comfort, relaxation and sleepiness.

For the person who is doing the snoring, the suggestions made can be more varied.  One has to look at what causes snoring to consider the appropriate solution.  For example, if snoring is caused in part by being overweight, then hypnosis can provide assistance in thinking about food differently and thus losing weight.  

If weight is nothing to do with the snoring, then you could consider the relevance of making suggestions to the effect that as soon as you hear yourself snoring you immediately turn over onto your side.  This of course would be effective for the person who only snores when lying upon their back, which is quite often the case.

Hypnosis as you can see has the potential to provide a very versatile solution to snoring and provide relief to both parties involved.  It is natural and simple to use but its simplicity does not lessen the power of its potential effect.

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Endorphins feel good.  In fact, they make you feel great.  Endorphins are triggered naturally when you exercise or when you are exposed to the sun, amongst other things.  They provide a mental and emotional sunburst, a feeling of well-being in your world.

Endorphins are things that you want to keep in a bottle and release when you feel in need of a lift.  Most people do not appreciate that it is indeed possible to do this.  It‚Äôs quite simple really.  Whenever you vividly imagine yourself to be in a situation that would normally trigger a release of endorphins, that imaginary situation will trigger the associated stored response.  

You know how you feel when you watch a horror movie.  Your imagination, as you watch the events unfold on screen, triggers the various emotional and physiological reactions associated with the scene.  You can feel your breathing quicken, your heart begin to beat faster, your muscles tensing up and adrenalin begins to flow.  It‚Äôs an automatic response that interestingly is pretty difficult to stop.

Similarly, when you fall in love and you are in the first throws of falling helplessly in love, there are associated emotional and physiological responses that just happen.  They are just there.  

When you think of any situation that has an associated emotional attachment you find that the feeling of that emotion is triggered in response to the thought.  The situation and its related emotion are embedded together in your mind.  Thus as you recall the situation you also recall and re-experience the emotion.

And so you can see why I say that it is easy to bottle up some endorphins and then release them at will.  All you need to do is to intentionally take advantage of the way in which your mind works and how your mind and body naturally interact.

This can be made even more effective with the help of hypnosis.  Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation.  It has no negative side effects and is easy to use simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download.  The reason why hypnosis will increase the effectiveness of your intentional endorphin lift is due to the access hypnosis provides to your subconscious mind.  

Your subconscious mind is the part that acts automatically and spontaneously.  It is the part of your mind where deep-rooted automatic thoughts and behaviors are stored.  Hypnosis also allows access to greater creativity as you tap into this part of your mind.

Thus with hypnosis you can add power to your visualizations and more deeply imagine situations that give you an endorphin burst.  Not only that you can use post-hypnotic suggestions to embed the ability to trigger an endorphin release more easily and automatically.  You really can bottle up your endorphins and release them at will.  Hypnosis makes the process easier.

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Most people accept that as they get older there is likelihood that their blood pressure could become a little higher and that the usual treatment is to take the relevant medication prescribed by their GP.  This provides an easy and effective solution.  

Some people however, do not like to take medication unless there is no other option available to them.  Hence these people look around for alternative or complementary treatments and leave no stone unturned in their quest to find a natural way in which to lower his or her blood pressure.

When one has a physical symptom the instinctive tendency is to look for a physical antidote.  Thus diet, exercise and vitamin supplements are the most traditional routes that people go down when seeking to lower their blood pressure naturally.  That said, many do recognize that stress levels can impact upon blood pressure and this realization alerts them to look for methods of relaxation as well.

Hypnosis has been shown in medical research to be extremely effective as a method of relaxation and stress control.  It has also been shown to lower high blood pressure.  In fact a lowering of blood pressure happens naturally whilst in hypnosis. 

Hypnosis is useful and effective in lowering and managing blood pressure for more than one reason.  Firstly, it is a state of relaxation and this in itself aids a reduction in high blood pressure.  Secondly, hypnosis can be effectively used to treat matters of stress.  

Hypnosis allows access to your subconscious mind, which is the part of the mind where instinctive and automatic thoughts and behaviors are stored.  Thus you can identify patterns of thought and reaction that result in a stress response and instigate alternative methods of coping.  Without hypnosis this would be nowhere near as easily achieved.

There is also a third way in which hypnosis can help in lowering your high blood pressure.  Hypnotic suggestions can be utilized to stimulate a physical response of lowering blood pressure.  Your mind works on your body in the same way as your body works upon your mind.  

There is a constant interaction of information being carried backwards and forwards between your mind and your body.  Thus suggestions can be made, whilst in hypnosis, to stimulate a physical reaction within your body.  In this case, suggestions would specifically be made to aid in lowering blood pressure.

And so for anyone who is seeking a natural approach to lowering blood pressure or in managing blood pressure hypnosis is a great complementary approach to this quest.  It is natural and there are no negative side effects.  Hypnosis is also easy to use simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download.  

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We are constantly bombarded with information about vitamins, supplements and complementary health ideas.  Whether we act upon that information or not is a matter of individual choice.  Some people are more health conscious than others.  We have our own individual attitudes on the subject and prioritize complementary health accordingly.

Whether or not you are proactive in terms of promoting your own good health and wellbeing, I am sure that almost everyone would like to be fit, healthy and well.  Like everything else in life you no doubt weigh up how you want to be versus the cost of achieving that goal.  When I say cost I do not simply mean the financial implications; I am including time, taste, energy, effort and every other element involved.

When contemplating the cost versus reward equation it is inevitable that the majority of people end up actioning the things that seem the easiest to incorporate into his or her lifestyle.  Many things that could be done to help boost your immune system end up getting overlooked or ignored, if only for the simple reason of lack of time to research what could be done.

One very simple thing that everyone could do to boost immune system functioning, at little or no cost in terms of time or of a financial nature, relates to how your mental processes affect your body.  There is a constant two-way flow of information between your mind and your body.  

The two are inexorably linked.  Just as a physical ailment has the power to affect your mental and emotional equilibrium, the same applies in reverse.  Your body reflects your thoughts.  Thus a very simple thing that you could do is firstly to become alert to this fact and secondly to choose to intentionally direct your mind to promote good health in your physical body.

One very powerful thought that you could affirm to yourself upon a daily basis is that of turning up the thermostat that controls your immune system.  You can in this way give your immune system a mental boost.  This is incredibly simple to do and doesn‚Äôt cost you anything at all.  Although simple to do, this "treatment" has an incredibly powerful reach and the positive impact can be truly amazing.

This mental boost to your immune system can be made even more powerfully effective when used in conjunction with hypnosis.  Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation that at the same time allows access to your subconscious mind.  

Your subconscious mind is the part that acts automatically and instinctively and you draw from this part of your mind every moment of the day and night without even being ware of it.  To listen to a hypnosis recording that is designed to boost your immune system is again very simple to do.  If you were to do this at night as you fall asleep it wouldn't take any time out of your day and would also most likely ensure a great night‚Äôs sleep as well.

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Gastric issues can be very difficult to cope with.  It's not just the physical symptoms that cause a problem, but also the knock on effect in terms of change in lifestyle, emotional impact, stress and loss of confidence.

With any physical symptom or medical problem that are many complementary ways in which you might help to alleviate both the symptom itself and its knock on effect.  IBS is no different in this respect.  It could even be said that complementary treatments can sometimes be more effective than more traditional medicinal treatments.  

Hypnosis has been proven to be very effective in controlling and managing IBS.  In many cases it has offered a long-term cure.   Hypnosis is easy to use, cost effective and natural.  It also has no nasty side effects.  I would therefore encourage anyone who suffers from IBS to give it a go.  

Many people are unfortunately wary or dubious about hypnosis and this is a great shame.  Hypnosis is real and it does work.  The only way in which to find out, of course, is to try it for yourself.  All I would advise is please glean as much information about hypnosis as you can so that you can make your own informed choice to use it, and simply keep an open mind.

Mind works on body and body works on mind in a constant exchange of information and experience.  Any physical symptom has a psychological and emotional impact and vice versa.  It can sometimes be difficult to distinguish between the two or even to trace the root cause of a symptom.  This is why it is wise to approach any treatment plan from a dual perspective, incorporating both physical and psychological elements.

Hypnosis is a particularly useful complementary tool to assist in any treatment plan for reasons that I mentioned before; it is natural, easy to use and has no nasty side effects.  Hypnosis is a state of relaxation and it allows access to your subconscious mind.  

Suggestions can be used to sooth your mind and your body.  Visualization can be employed to encourage a return to natural bowel functioning.  Suggestions can also be targeted to assist in stress relief and also related areas of emotional impact.  Hypnosis is very versatile as it can assist in any area that has a psychological impact, which is pretty much everything.

Medical research supports the use of hypnosis for successful treatment of IBS.  More recent research is also supporting its use for management of more serious bowel conditions such as ulcerative colitis.   

The UK newspapers have recently reported that the footballer, Darren Fletcher, has turned to hypnosis as a complementary treatment of this chronic bowel disease.  Hopefully, the fact that someone with a high profile has turned to hypnosis will alert more people to its applications and validity.

I have noticed a growing number of clinical trials taking place that are targeting the use of hypnosis as a treatment in various medical problems, many of them bowel related, such as IBS, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and ulcerative colitis.  If you are seeking treatment for such issues, or know somebody who is, then hypnosis is definitely worth considering.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads for health including help with IBS.

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Interesting related current research:-

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513121207.htm

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00798642

http://www.naturalnews.com/024944_hypnosis_inflammation_research.html

http://www.broadmedical.org/asset/107-2005_investigator_meeting-rampton.pdf

A fear or phobia can hold you back in many ways.  Some fears have a greater reach than others.  An outsider may assume that fear of flying isn't so bad, seeing as it doesn't have an impact upon day to day living; but is does erect a large barrier in the way of a person who has a secret wanderlust.

A fear of flying can in fact be a terrible inconvenience.  We live in an age where you can make your way all around the world in not so many hours so long as you go by airplane.  It takes a whole lot longer when constrained by fear and therefore limited to other slower modes of travel. 

For example, I live part of the year on the Isle of Man.  At its nearest point the closest landmass across the water is just 18 miles.  You can fly to Dublin or to Liverpool in 30 minutes.  By boat it takes 3 hours or more.  That disparity might not seem so very much, but you then have to drive to your destination and that could take many more hours.  By airplane it would simply take a few more minutes.

In an era where so many people seem to be pressed for time, you simply do not have time to be afraid of flying.  More importantly, though, it is not primarily a matter of time.  Freedom is what the majority of people aspire to.  Freedom of choice, freedom to experience and do the things that we simply wish to do.

Fear gets in the way of that freedom.  Fear restricts and constrains a person's comfort zone.  Fears however, would appear to be annoyingly stubborn to shift.  It seems that the harder you try to not be afraid the more afraid you become.  

But this is only due to the way in which you are focusing upon overcoming your fear.  You require a basic understanding on how your mind works to be able to successfully set about overcoming a fear of flying, or any other fear for that matter.

The harder you try to not think about something the more you think about it and as you think about it the emotion that is unconsciously linked to it is elicited.  If you are afraid of flying your mind has stored flying as a "threat" and as soon as you think about it the symptoms of fear will be automatically and instinctively triggered.

Will power alone and focusing your conscious mind will not be able to circumvent this automated response system.  Anything that is automated and instinctive is stored as a pattern of behavior in your subconscious mind.  Your primary instinct is survival and thus anything that is considered a "threat" is taken very seriously by your subconscious mind.  To change that pattern your subconscious mind is the part that needs to know that flying should no longer be perceived as a threat.

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Hypnosis is the perfect vehicle to use when you want to send a specific and frustrating fear to a far off place.  Hypnosis is in itself a state of relaxation.  It is a natural and normal state, contrary to what some people might fear.  Hypnosis is also easy to use, simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 recording.

More importantly, hypnosis does more than just allow you to relax, take a step back and see things from a different angle.  Hypnosis provides the ability to access your subconscious mind where all of those automated and instinctive reactions and behaviors are stored.  

Thus whilst in hypnosis suggestions can be made to alter those patterns and to pave the way for new and relaxed reactions to become the norm for you.  By accessing your subconscious mind you can far more easily overcome fear of flying.

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As soon as you think you shouldn't do something you feel an inexorable pull towards the very thing that you are trying to avoid.  It is an inevitable fact of life due to the way in which your mind works.

Thus, whenever you either want to lose weight or avoid certain food types for varying reasons you most often find that your mind becomes fixated with those foods.  It often seems that the end result is that you crave and eat those foods more than before and an opposite effect happens than that which you set out to achieve.

This, needless to say, can be an incredibly frustrating experience.  The harder you try to not do whatever it is the more you want to do it and a tough battle ensues.  

The person involved in this tussle ends up coming to one of two conclusions.  Either they decide that they have no will power at all and simply cannot stop thinking about food or eating those food types, or they take a step back and decide that their must be a different way in which to tackle the issue.

Thus if you do manage to stick to your plans and avoid those foods you will usually find that you are the exception to the rule.  Hence when I went to see my doctor about a high cholesterol issue, she was very surprised that I had stuck to a different eating plan and reduced my LDL cholesterol level significantly.

The "wanting what you shouldn't have" syndrome is actually only a symptom of the way in which you are thinking and focusing.  If you were to turn your thoughts around and think instead about what you do want (to be slim, fit or healthy) this change of focus makes your goals far more easily achievable.

How you think, and the emotions that your thoughts elicit, powers the way in which you act.  When you think about the things you are meant to avoid, your emotions inevitably become focused upon wanting exactly those things that you are not meant to have.  If you alternatively think about what you really, really want and focus closely upon being fit, healthy and well, then the associated emotion drives you towards that goal.

I frequently find myself marveling over the fact that rather than learning new ways of eating, what is more important is actually learning how to think differently.  

Thoughts create emotions that in turn trigger actions.  These days, most of us know what we should be eating and the food groups that are considered good, bad or indifferent.  Fewer of us know how to control our thought processes, and these are relevant to everything in life, not just diet.

Hypnosis is a great tool to employ when you want to step back and see things from a different angle.  Hypnosis allows you to relax and refocus, as well as to access your inner thought and habit processes.  If you really want to think about things differently or change any habits you will undoubtedly find the process easier with the help of hypnosis.

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Emotional control is something that is all too frequently ignored.  Far too many people believe that they are stuck with their uncontrolled emotional responses to situations.  Some golfers throw clubs on the course and justify their actions in the belief that they cannot help that they care so much.  Other people rant and rave at their colleagues or spouse.  Some smash their fists into walls or through their computer screens.  You get the picture I'm sure.

Onlookers from amongst my mothers generation can be heard saying things like "He or she never learned self control" or "Manners Maketh Man", whilst at the same time shaking their heads and tutting!  Some of their comments you would probably take with a pinch of salt, for example: "He should have been horse whipped" or "That would never have happened in my day".

It does however seem that freedom of speech and new ways of thinking have also encouraged a freedom of venting emotions.  "Best to get it out" is a common pattern of thought and again a justification that is relied upon rather heavily in this day and age.

There are times when it is undeniably best to release pent up emotion.  On the whole however, it would be more advantageous to learn strategies to control and alter emotional responses.  Unfortunately the majority of people do not know where to embark upon this learning curve.  Many think that it does not even exist as a possibility to contemplate and simply go along falsely believing that they are stuck with their tendency to vent ad hoc.

There is in fact a very simple and extremely powerful solution to this problem.  You can control emotional reactions easily with a little help from hypnosis.

The brain wave patterns seen during hypnosis have shown researchers that hypnosis decouples cognitive control from conflict monitoring processes of the frontal lobe of the brain. That is, it can be used to unlink, re-link, or exchange emotions that have become associated with specific memories stored in the brain. You unconsciously draw from these stored mental-emotional relationships every moment of the day and also during the night when you dream.  

Every single thing you do will involve an unconscious interaction with this part of your mind.  Thus the reach of hypnosis extends infinitesimally out into every large or small area of your life.  If there is anything you want to change in terms of instinctive thought patterns, behaviors, reactions or habits, hypnosis has the power to help.  

Hypnosis can be used to change your expectations and therefore change your experience of things.  Your instinctive thoughts in turn create your automatic emotional and experiential reactions.  

Hypnosis is easy to use simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download.  It is natural and has no negative side effects.  For anyone who wishes to control his or her emotions it is definitely worth trying.

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Some people love driving and find that it poses little challenge to them.  They just get in the car and drive no matter how narrow or wide the road, the number of lanes or the amount of traffic.  Other drivers are more anxious and discover that many a situation makes their heart pound or leap upwards into their mouth.

When learning to drive there can be many things that make your heart beat wildly in your chest or make your palms go sweaty.  And no matter how comfortable and confident you become as a driver the driving test introduces a new potential element of fear.  Even a usually confident driver can become unexpectedly uncomfortable and nervous in the test situation.  And the more you want to pass, the more you care about the outcome, inevitably the more anxious you tend to feel.

There are other times in a driver's life when anxiety can unexpectedly appear.  New situations may be encountered, like driving abroad on the "wrong" side of the road, driving a significantly differently sized vehicle or getting back behind the wheel after an accident.  Not only that, issues in other areas of your life that impact upon your confidence in general can also be reflected in a lower level of driving confidence too.  

Thus there are many times in your life when you might wish to have greater driving confidence or to be adept in ways of letting go of anxiety and refocusing in a positive manner.  Hypnosis can be a very useful tool for you to use, as it is a natural state of relaxation that allows access to your subconscious mind.  This is the part of your mind where automatic and instinctive thoughts and behaviors are stored.

The brain wave patterns seen during hypnosis have shown medical researchers that hypnosis decouples cognitive control from conflict monitoring processes of the frontal lobe of the brain. That is, it can be used to unlink, re-ink, or exchange emotions that have become associated with specific memories stored in the brain. You unconsciously draw from these stored mental-emotional relationships every moment of the day, which of course includes when you are driving or even when you are simply thinking about driving.

Therefore, if there is anything you want to change in terms of instinctive thought patterns, behaviors, reactions or habits relating to driving, hypnosis has the power to help.  Hypnosis can be used to change your expectations and therefore change your experience of things.  Your instinctive thoughts in turn create your automatic emotional and experiential reactions.  

In terms of driving, hypnosis can be used to help you to relax and focus in a confident way.  Suggestions can be made to ensure that you feel comfortable as soon as you get behind the wheel of a car, no matter where you are or what the circumstances might be.  Hypnosis is powerful, effective, and natural and quickly achieves real results, simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download.

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I'm the type of person who has a constant dialogue going on in my mind and sometimes I find that I say things aloud without realizing it.  A few years ago I began to hear myself say, "I'm happy where I am".  

I didn't really hear myself at first.  But then it happened again and again. It was either that or "I'm really happy here".  I knew that these thoughts were not related to the place I was in terms of Zip code or relationship status (although I am very happy in these way too); rather, I had reached a place of mental satisfaction and happiness.  These same phrases still pop out of my mouth involuntarily on a pretty regular basis, I'm pleased to say.

Happiness does not come from outward trappings or material stuff.  Happiness does come from within.  I was listening to a seminar the other day by Neale Donald Walsch and he made the point that for years he seemed to always be striving for something, searching for something, looking for something; it was only when he stopped striving that everything in his life began to fall into place and he could feel content.

I suspect that the majority of people spend their lives thinking "I will be happy when xyz happens".  I also suspect that they wish at the same time that they could feel happy in the moment.  Ironically, it is only by being present in the moment that you can feel happy.  If you are still reaching mentally into the future you cannot be fully present in the here and now.

What seems like a chicken and egg situation is not as convoluted as it appears.  It's a bit like learning to swim.  Do you learn to swim before you learn to trust that you won‚Äôt sink? Or do you have faith in your ability to float to enable learning to swim?

To have trust or faith is something that we all require so as to be happy in the moment.  When you have trust and faith you can be happy now whilst still working towards things in the future.  Without trust or faith you are left with a sense of fearful or anxious striving towards something that you feel your happiness in dependent upon.

When I say that happiness is a reflection of being satisfied I do not mean this in the sense that you have reached your goals and have no more to work towards.  I mean that you are happy where you are in the moment that is now, enjoying what you are doing, loving where you are, whilst also trusting in the future.  

Happiness is not a pinnacle to be reached.  Rather, it is a state of mind that helps you define and refine your goals, expanding your mind and the opportunities you might contemplate in a very positive and powerful manner.  Happiness is also a powerful energy that spreads out into the community around you as well.  

When you are used to striving and working towards a distant future, it can be difficult to know how to step back and allow happiness into your life.  How do you just get back into the moment, into the now?  

Hypnosis is a state of mind that is ideally suited to do exactly this.  Hypnosis in itself allows you to take a step back, relax and view things from a different angle.  Hypnosis also allows you to access your subconscious mind.  This is the part of your mind where automatic and instinctive thoughts are stored.  You can with hypnosis both identify and change these types of thoughts.

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Perseverance is a trait that must be acknowledged as being particularly useful and leads almost inevitably to greater levels of fruitfulness and success.  Some people appear to benefit from a natural tendency to persevere, whilst others may appear to clock up four faults when faced with their very first hurdle.  

Some people relish challenges, but not everyone accords with this attitude of optimistic perseverance.   Unfortunately there are many things in life that present us with such a degree of challenge that hearty perseverance is a required response in anyone who wishes to succeed.  

Even things that you might expect to be fairly straightforward can throw you a curve ball.  Witness this example that I came across in an article the other day: "Machine knitting takes perseverance and a stubborn constitution not to quit".  I play a lot of golf and many would apply the same sentiments to that particular game!

Different things pose varying degrees of challenge to each individual.  We are each unique, possession our own unique combination of genetic inheritance combined with the sum of our experiences and observations to date.  Perseverance is a trait, like all others, that relies in part upon genetic programming and then temperance through experience.

If perseverance does not come naturally to you it is still possible to "pick it up" and increase your ability to persevere through desire and experience.  There are in fact many ways in which you can act to improve your ability to persevere.  

Perseverance is both an attitude and a feeling.  First things first.  If you think of yourself as a quitter, it is time to take a step back and view things from a different angle.  You badly need a new internal label with which to call yourself.  In fact, this is the first step required by anyone who wishes to feel more optimistic, successful and perseverant.

Inevitably logic and emotions are intertwined in whatever triggers your persevering attitude or lack of it.  When you step back from something you simultaneously detach your logical mind from the emotional experience and so you can see everything more clearly.  Hypnosis is an ideal tool to use to enable this type of stepping back.

Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation that simultaneously provides access to your subconscious mind.  This is the part of your mind where instinctive and automatic patterns of thought and behavior are stored.  As you step back with hypnosis you see things clearly and can identify the triggers for your perseverance or lack of it.  

You may find that fear lies at the root of a lack of perseverance.  A lack of self-belief is almost always associated with low levels of perseverance and so suggestions can be made using hypnosis to embed greater feelings of confidence into your automated thought processes.  

You might also discover that simply by focusing more on "loving" what you do will in itself lead to a grater ability to persevere.  When you focus upon and enjoy the process of something, the results will in turn look after themselves.  Again hypnosis can be used to embed suggestions to assist you in enjoying what you do a whole lot more than before.

A further way in which you can build up your store of perseverance is to make a habit of vividly imagining the feeling of succeeding. Being able to see the end result clearly in your mind eye will lead you to find a way to achieve it.  Whatever you imagine you can create.  Once again, hypnosis is an ideal tool to assist as it unleashes your creative mind and allows you to visualize more clearly and more easily.

Once you start to think about it, there are in fact many ways in which you can temper your natural disposition and find your own way to become more persevering.  Perseverance is indeed something that you can improve with a little bit of thought and effort.

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Anxiety is an unpleasant emotion to experience even for a short period of time.  Most people experience anxiety in relation to certain obvious triggers.  Others however suffer from a seemingly constant undercurrent of anxiety.  In extreme cases you can feel that you are constantly tossed around upon stormy waves of strong and intense anxiety.

When you feel anxious it is difficult not to think about it and to focus upon its symptoms.  Inevitably the more your focus is drawn inwards upon the anxiety, its symptoms become highlighted and exaggerated.  A steady spiraling effect ensues, with your levels of anxiety according with that effect.  

Anyone who suffers from anxiety will be aware that at certain times they have experienced a period of relief from it.  That period of relief may be just for a short period of time, perhaps for a little longer.  But during that time you will have found that you somehow didn‚Äôt even think about being anxious.  Your thoughts were distracted and focused outwards onto something else and for a few blessedly comfortable moments, either minutes or hours, you felt normal.  

But eventually you almost certainly began to wonder why you felt so normal and questioned where the anxiety had disappeared to.  Or alternatively as soon as your focus moved from the distractions of the outside world back to yourself, you became aware of your anxiety once again.

The first step in trying to help yourself to overcome anxiety is to take a step back.  Unfortunately when it comes to anxiety, this can seem an almost impossible task.  The harder you try to step back the more anxious you become.  Hypnosis is a wonderfully effective tool that you can use to be able to relax and step back from anxiety and enjoy a state of calm relief.

Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation.  It is totally normal and can be likened to the dreamlike state between wake and sleep.  Thus to learn to use hypnosis (which is easily done simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download) you will have taken a huge positive step in your quest to overcome anxiety.

Once you are using hypnosis to relax you can also take further steps to overcome your anxiety.  Hypnosis is not just a state of relaxation.  It is an incredibly enabling state as it allows you to access your subconscious mind.  

Your subconscious mind is the part of your mind where usually unconscious thought and behavior patterns are stored.  Thus with hypnosis you can access deep rooted and automatic patterns and make suggestions to adapt them and change them for the better.  Automatic and instinctive anxiety triggers can be desensitized with the help of hypnosis.

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I am not unusual in that I find it can be difficult to get motivated to exercise.  I'm not a gym bunny, I'm not a jogger and do not pretend to be particularly athletic or sporty.  

Over the years I have found that attempts to get into a gym routine have never lasted for a particularly prolonged period of time.  I have to confess to a lack of motivation and enthusiasm when it comes to visiting the gym.  And as for jogging, my attempts at that are not even worth mentioning.

This does not mean that I haven't found a way to get motivated to exercise.  I probably get more exercise than the average person and I am totally motivated to do this because I exercise in a way that I do not think of as compulsory exercise.  I do a lot of walking, totally by accident, as my passion is golf.

I love golf.  I play five times a week, weather and circumstances permitting.  Therefore I walk for four hours a day, five times a week.  I am totally motivated and I thoroughly enjoy every minute of it.  I don't try to exercise just for the sake of exercise. I don‚Äôt put time aside to exercise.  I just do it without trying.  Not only that, because I love my golf so much, I also have a keen interest in building muscle strength and maintaining flexibility.  

Thus, even as a self-confessed anti-gym person, I am now keen to run off to the gym to achieve a fitness and strength level that will support my passion for golf.  I have completely changed from being totally uninterested in "exercise" to looking forward to it and feeling motivated to exercise.

And this is the key to motivation.  Motivation is a feeling, a sense of enthusiasm or willingness to do something.  Unless you can see and feel the benefits of exercise and have fun exercising you will not be motivated.  The key to successful motivation is to find something that you love, to do things that you enjoy and to build them into your lifestyle.   This is vastly different from seeing exercise as something you have to make time for and distracting you from other things you would prefer to be doing.

Think back to when you were a child.  You were probably on the go all of the time, doing things, trying things, being inquisitive.  The worst fate that befell you was when you got grounded and sent to your room!  That inquisitiveness led to exercise by accident.  It was a normal and natural way in which to exercise.  

We human beings actually have a natural desire to move and stretch our limbs, and also our minds.  The two are actually linked.  It has been shown that there is a natural increase in brainpower that is triggered when you exercise.  Mind works upon body in just the same way as body works upon mind.   Communication between mind and body is a two way process.

If you want to increase your motivation to exercise, then you will probably find that taking a mental step back and thinking about it from a different angle will help tremendously.  Motivation is all about how you choose to think about something.  Hypnosis might also be something you want to consider as it allows you to access your subconscious mind.

Your subconscious mind is where your instinctive and automatic thought and behavior patterns are stored.  Thus with hypnosis you can access this store of information and make adjustments to your instinctive actions and reactions.  You can make suggestions using hypnosis to increase motivation to exercise and look at it in a totally new way.

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Every golfer dreads the Yips.  We don't like to see anyone who is suffering from this issue let alone contemplate having it ourselves.   Although the Yips are more commonly associated with putting, they can be experienced in any part of the golf game, because no matter what shot you are about to play you always have time to think.

Yes, I know the Yips happen automatically without you having to think about them. But they only happen to a person when they are in a situation where there has been time to think.  

In tennis the Yips only occur to a player when they are about to serve the ball.  They don't tend to surface in the rest of the game of tennis, as their response at that time is reactive as opposed to proactive. The Yips are also seen more prevalently in darts, snooker and pool as once again the player has time to think.  

The Yips usually start because of over-thinking and then fear unconsciously takes over.  The Yips then take a grip as an unconscious pattern of behavior.  You no longer have to think about them and they just happen.  

That said, it's also pretty difficult for someone who suffers from the Yips to not think about them!  A golfer with the Yips inevitably finds him or herself brooding fearfully about what will happen the next time they take whatever club it is out of their bag.  And then almost as soon as they set up to the ball the Yips just happen.  And the more you try to stop them from happening the worse they get.

When seeking to cure the Yips it is important to appreciate how they began and in which part of the mind they are now triggered.  The Yips are quite definitely a physical, nervous reaction to the situation. It is an automatic reaction that just happens no matter how hard you try to stop it.  

Your conscious mind alone will therefore not be able to overcome this affliction.  Your subconscious mind is where this automatic reaction is triggered.  Somehow you need to be able to change the wiring within the subconscious so that it sends a different signal to the nerves and muscles in your arms and hands. 

Psycho Neuro Physiological Programming (PNPP) is what is needed.  You need to get into your subconscious mind to send different messages throughout your neurotransmitters so that a different physiological reaction is triggered and experienced.  Hypnosis allows access to your subconscious mind and this opens the door to allow such programming to take place.

In reality a cure for the Yips has to encompass both mental and physical spheres, as The Yips are a result of the interaction between the two that has become automated as an instinctive reaction to particular situations.  Hypnosis and PNPP used together cover all aspects of the Yips from cause to end result and thus the automated reaction that is called the Yips can be cured.

Roseanna Leaton, avid golfer and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s, author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system and developer of PNPP to cure the Yips.

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Agoraphobia is undeniably an uncomfortable and restrictive affliction to suffer from.  Its reach is great and impact upon one‚Äôs life can be huge.  Agoraphobia can begin as a feeling of not being comfortable in certain specific situations but it can grow to encompass everything that takes place outside of one‚Äôs own front door.

Simple things that other people take for granted can become uncomfortable, terrifying or even completely impossible, depending upon the severity of agoraphobias grip upon you.   Walking to the corner shop to buy a newspaper can cause you to erupt in cold sweats, crossing a road can become totally terrifying, or a recreational park can become a horror movie in your mind.

I doubt that anyone who has not experienced agoraphobia can really appreciate the length or breadth of its grip.  Even then each individual experiences it in his or her own way.  Each agoraphobic person will have their own set of circumstances that trigger their fear and their own patterns of response and coping mechanisms.  

Some people avoid situations whilst others grit their teeth and make themselves face their horrors.  But whatever methods a person employs in his or her attempt to cope with agoraphobia it is neither comfortable nor easy.  No matter how much will power you have you simply cannot will the fear away.  In fact the more you try to will it to go away, the worse the fear tends to get.

It doesn't help to know that your fear is not logical.  You know that in the grand scheme of things that to walk down the road or to cross the park is logically speaking a fairly safe thing to do.  But intense fear simply takes over even as you think about it, before you even take one step outside the front door.  This feeling is not logical.  It is emotional and it is automatic.  It just happens.  

This tells us one very important fact.  This fear, this phobia is (like all phobias) triggered and powered from within the subconscious mind.  It is not consciously and logically driven.  No amount of logic will therefore overcome agoraphobia.  You have to find a way to get into the workings of your subconscious mind to find those phobia triggers and relieve them.

Hypnosis provides an ideal method to do just this.  Hypnosis is a natural state of mind that allows you to access your subconscious.  You can use hypnosis simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 safe in the comfort and security o your own home.  This latter point is of course very important to someone who suffers from agoraphobia and cannot easily step outside his or her home.

With hypnosis you can access the subconscious mind and make suggestions to change the triggers to a phobia and the automatic patterns of reaction.  Hypnosis allows you to get into the part of your mind that triggers and creates these automatic patterns of behavior and emotional reactivity.

Most people do not even think to try hypnosis, mostly because they are not aware of its efficacy and validity as a therapeutic aid.  I therefore urge you to seek out scientific medical research into its use.  You will soon see that it is indeed a very effective form of therapy and ideally placed to help cure agoraphobia.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads to help cure phobias, including agoraphobia.

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There are few women who would not agree that no matter how much they yearn to hold their baby in their arms they still have very mixed emotions when contemplating the birth itself.  Lets face it, nobody except perhaps a masochist looks forward to potentially spending a few hours (or even days) in differing degrees of pain.

Hence it should come as no surprise that almost 100 percent of soon to be moms seek to find ways in which they might be able to manage the pain of child birth better.  Some moms do dig their heads deep in the sand and try to ignore such matters, choosing to focus upon other aspects of giving birth, but eventually reality hits and they resume the search for something (or anything) that will reduce the pain.

Conventional methods of pain control are of course discussed in depth.  Moms go into the birthing room having already made decisions about what medication they want to use or would prefer to stay away from.  They have chosen some time ago what style of birth they want.  They try to prepare as thoroughly as possible.  Buy still the process of giving birth to a child is inevitably a shock to both mind and body.

Most moms veer towards the most natural forms of pain management and control.  This is only to be expected particularly in an environment where we are increasingly more aware of the benefits of going natural.  Thus I am almost always surprised by the number of moms who do not even give a passing thought to the use of hypnosis in that matter of pain control.

To me hypnosis is just such a "no-brainer" in this particular application!  Why so?  Well, hypnosis is perfectly normal and natural and so that particular box is immediately ticked.  There are no negative side effects.  Hypnosis is easy to use, simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 recording.  Hypnosis in itself is a state of relaxation and so is really effective in soothing the emotions of both mom and baby.

If that all isn't enough sound reasoning for you, add the fact that with hypnosis you gain access to the subconscious mind and suggestions can be made to alter your perception of pain so that it is dulled and diminished.  Everyone must agree that this is a pretty good reason, surely?   

So why doesn't every single mom to be at least give hypnosis a try?  There's nothing to lose and everything to gain and it's really inexpensive.  

I suspect the prime reason is that they simply don't know about it.  They don't know what hypnosis really is or that it can help in such a basic way.  There's a whole load of medical research that supports its effectiveness in pain control during childbirth (and many other adjunctive medical uses), but you won't find major drug companies paying for prime time advertising for its use!  

This is the real crux of the matter I am sure.  Thus please do spread the word.  Hypnotherapists cannot afford to advertise in the same manner as major companies.  We rely instead on word of mouth.  If you are a mom to be, why not read up on the subject of hypnosis?  Similarly, if you know a mom to be, why not suggest hypnosis to them?

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads for pregnancy and childbirth.

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Chocolate has such a decadent taste and feel upon your tongue it can be really hard to resist.  Sometimes the fight to desist becomes too much and your taste buds win over your logical thought processes.  The sweet blissful chocolate taste remains with you for a little while and then, seemingly in a blink of your eye, it's gone.  Then you are left kicking yourself for having given in to your chocolate cravings.

As I am writing this in the early hours of the day I have beside me my mug of coffee and tub of morning cookies.  These cookies are seriously special ones, as my friends will attest.  I make them myself and they are full of goodies of all descriptions - oatmeal, dried cranberries, chopped nuts and yes, 60% cocoa chocolate chips.  There is a generous sprinkling of those delicious chocolate drops in each and every one of these cookies.

My husband and I breakfast on several of these cookies each and every day.  We both like to have this sweet taste in the mornings.  We need our chocolate fix.  We are also similar in that we then no longer think about chocolate for the rest of the day.

Most of our friends find this particular breakfasting habit of our a little quirky to say the least!  You will appreciate my surprise when yesterday a friend forwarded to me an article suggesting that one of the best ways in which to help lose weight is to have some chocolate included in your breakfast meal.

This new study from Tel Aviv University found that dieters who included a small amount of chocolate in their otherwise balanced breakfast lost more weight and kept it off for longer (the most relevant bit for most of us) than a control group who followed a more traditional diet. There are several suggestions as to why this would be the case, one being that by allowing yourself something sweet you feel less deprived and your overall diet is thus easier to stick to.  It may also be that it is better to have the sweet taste at the beginning of the day when your metabolism is high.

Whatever the reasoning might be the result of this study is very interesting for chocoholics.  It may well be easier to allow yourself a little chocolate in the morning with breakfast than it is to cut out chocolate altogether.  It is definitely worth experimenting with and seeing if this fits in you‚Äôre your unique personality and behavior type.  This change of habit may help you to stop eating too much chocolate as opposed to helping you stop eating chocolate altogether.

Another way in which you can help stop eating chocolate is to employ the services of a hypnosis mp3 download.  Hypnosis is something that few people think about but it is in fact very effective in triggering and maintaining both thought and behavioral changes.  Hypnosis is natural and normal and easy to use.  You simply sit back and listen to a hypnosis recording designed to help stop eating chocolate.

As you listen to the hypnosis recording you gain access to your subconscious mind.  This is the part of your mind where automatic thought and behavior patterns are stored.  Thus with hypnosis it becomes easy to change those patterns and create new and more manageable ones instead.  Once again, this is something easy to do that is worth a try for anyone who would like to deal with their out of control chocolate cravings.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads for health and well being including help to stop eating chocolate.

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There's nothing worse that knowing that you are tired and yet not being able to sleep.  It's more than just frustrating.  It is debilitating, especially the following day when you are just not up to doing all the things that you need to do.  Neither your body nor your mind are up to par.

There are many different patterns that can be familiar to the insomniac.  Some people have trouble getting off to sleep and lie awake for hours wishing that sleep will finally overtake them.  Others fall asleep relatively easily, but awaken after a very short while and then awaken feeling wide-awake and wishing that they did not.

There are many tips and tricks that I am sure you have tried to help you to get off to sleep and stay asleep.  Herbs under pillows, hot baths, warm drinks, no drinks, different diets, more exercise and counting sheep are but a few of these and they do work for some fortunate people, although sadly not for others.

Then there are other insomnia cures that offer a more medically based solution.  Sleeping pills or anti-depressants or anti-anxiety drugs are frequently prescribed.  Once again, sometimes they work and other times they do not.  Complementary therapies offer another range of cures.

In truth, it is worth pursuing each and every possible cure until you find what works for you.  The fact is that we are all unique and individual and even though many people might all suffer from insomnia the reasons for this and the ideal cure will differ accordingly.  What works for one person may not work for another and vice-versa.

One of the least considered insomnia cures that is ironically perhaps as easy (if not easier) to use than any other is hypnosis.  There is also a great deal of sound reasoning that supports why it should be one of the most likely methods to be successful in curing your insomnia.

Hypnosis is a natural state.  Many people are unfortunately thrown off its track by thinking that hypnosis is merely a stage show gimmick and not realizing that it is a sound therapeutic aid proven in wide range of medical research.  I am not alone in maintaining that hypnosis is the most logical aid to try in your pursuit to cure insomnia.

Why so?  First, hypnosis is totally natural.  Second, it has no negative side effects.  Third, it is easy to use simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download as you lie down in bed each night.  These first three are very simple and practical reasons that may indeed to apply to other aids as well.  

What is unique about hypnosis though is that it is in itself the state between wake and sleep and so in learning how to use hypnosis you learn how to prepare yourself naturally to sleep.  Also more unique to hypnosis is the access that this state provides to your subconscious mind.  Your subconscious is the part of the mind that thinks and acts automatically, without logical thought.  

With hypnosis you can make suggestions to retrain your brain to expect to sleep and to reinstate good sleep patterns.  As I said before, it is easy and it is natural.  You can use self-hypnosis easily simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 and simply drift off to sleep as you listen to it.  Before long your brain will have been retrained to sleep and even the hypnosis mp3 will no longer be needed.

As I mentioned earlier there are many aids offered to cure insomnia and their efficacy will vary from one individual to another.  But if you try hypnosis you will probably find yourself agreeing that it really is a very logical cure for this particular malady.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads to help cure insomnia.

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A broken relationship is difficult to deal with.  Even a simple fall out with a friend or acquaintance leaves a person feeling under the weather.  When that fall out is between you and someone you have been intimate with, or had believed you were close to, your mind and body feel as if you have been run over by a bus.  Your life feels as if it has been derailed.  

This feeling of having been cut adrift is extremely uncomfortable, unsettling and confidence squashing.  No matter how secure a person you are, when a relationship breaks down you are affected in a huge way.  Your emotions and equilibrium inevitably become greatly impacted, and not in a nice way.  

For some people this is unfamiliar territory.  For others a broken relationship can trigger a state of d√©j√† vu.  Past experience of broken relationships does not however make ones reactions and responses any better.  It can in fact simply make matters a whole lot worse.

In many ways it is important to take a step back and logically assess what went wrong.  This can be difficult to do when you are in a state of emotional turmoil, as your emotions tend to derail your ability to apply logic.  

Some people repeatedly blame themselves for that went wrong whereas others blame the other party.  In reality any relationship involves the interaction between two people and the "blame" should probably not be apportioned in one sole direction.   

Blame is not always an appropriate word to use.  Blame implies guilt and this is a difficult emotion to deal with.  You do need to know what went wrong in a relationship so as to ensure you don‚Äôt end up in a similar situation again in the future.  But this does not need to apportion blame and guilt.  

These emotions are negative and do not assist you in moving forwards.  Rather, they hold you back, irrespective of whether they are directed inwardly at yourself or outwards at your ex partner or spouse.

Thus to be able to move on after a broken relationship it is vitally important to step back from your emotions and think logically about the situation.  Hypnosis is a very useful tool to use when you want to relax and soothe your emotions.  Hypnosis is in itself a natural state of relaxation whereby both mind and body become calm and peaceful.  Additionally, hypnosis provides access to your subconscious mind where automatic thoughts and behaviors are stored and triggered.

Whilst in hypnosis suggestions can be made to help you to feel more positive about past events and potential happenings in the future.  Suggestions can also be made to help build confidence and self esteem, which is usually vital in the period after a relationship has fallen apart.  Hypnosis is easy to use, simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download.

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Anger is an uncomfortable and destructive emotion.  It is an emotion that is dangerous when it is allowed to get the better of you.  Anger can destroy things that are both physical and intangible, things that are almost inconsequential and others that are closer to your heart.  Anger potentially has a wide reach and can have a grasp that is similar to an octopus.

We all have certain anger triggers.  These are individual to each person.  How we respond to these triggers is also unique to each individual and will depend upon how we have learned to react during the course of past experience and observation.  

Some people control anger so well that it doesn't even get past go; they have learned how to identify anger almost before it begins and nip it in the bud.  Others have been less successful in acquiring this skill and anger whooshes up in their mind and body and takes them by surprise.  

Anger is a state that can just take over.  It can steam roller through your life and destroy everything in its wake; you find yourself rocking backwards and forwards in the wake of its turbulent temper.

Many people will say that it's like they are a different person when consumed by these angry feelings.  Mr. Angry simply takes over and they just have no control of this other being.  To control that experience of anger seems like an impossibility.  The harder you try to not feel angry the angrier you become.  You become frustrated at the fact that you feel angry.  Anger sensations trigger yet more anger and a vicious circle ensues.

Somehow you have to find a way to step back from that anger, to look at it in a different way.  Hypnosis provides a soothing mental environment in which you can do just this. Hypnosis is a normal and natural state of relaxation that at the same time allows you to access your subconscious mind.

Your subconscious mind is the part where your automatic behavior patterns are stored, including those anger triggers and reactions.  Thus hypnosis can achieve two hugely beneficial things for the person who wishes to take control of his or her out of control anger.

Firstly hypnosis provides a method of relaxation.  You can use hypnosis to instantly relax and displace other emotions, including those relating to anger.  Hypnosis is a tool that provides immediate relief from anger and then as you step back into that soothing environment you can rework your automatic responses to previous anger cues.

This ability is invaluable.  It is in fact priceless.  Imagine how good you will feel once your anger triggers have been tempered so that you can respond in a cool, calm and collected manner.  Imagine how good it will feel when you remain your normal logical self instead of turning into a Mr. Angry Ogre!

If you haven't tried hypnosis before why not give it a go?  It's inexpensive, natural and has no side effects.  You can acquaint yourself with hypnosis simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download.  The fact is that if you have unresolved anger issues it is worth trying anything and everything in your pursuit of calm control.  Hypnosis might just provide that unexpected relief that you are looking for.

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Blushing is to the sufferer a really uncomfortable affliction.  It's irritating, frustrating and embarrassing.  It would also seem that there is little one can do about it.  It just happens.  The more you think about it the more it happens.  The more you don't want it to happen the more it happens.  Blushing can feel like a permanent plague that gets in the way of your enjoyment of life.

Contrary to what many people might think, blushing doesn't just happen to people who are uncomfortable, anxious or insecure.  It can also happen to a person even when they are usually quite comfortable in their own skin and relatively confident as well.  You can feel perfectly comfortable and then suddenly you can feel the heat rising upwards from neck to face.  Like I say, blushing is such a frustrating affliction.

The question is what can be done about it?  What can you do to help yourself to stop blushing?  I have an interesting experiment for you here that you might like to try.  The result will provide insight into what needs to be done to cure blushing once and for all.  

I would like you to try as hard as you can to blush.  Really, really try to blush.  Do your very best to blush.  

What happened?  I would wager a pretty hefty bet that you couldn‚Äôt make yourself blush!  Doesn't that strike you as strange?  

Blushing happens all of its own accord, without conscious thought.  It happens when you don't want it to happen.  But no matter how hard you focus your conscious attention and try to blush you just cannot make it happen.

What does this tell us?  It simply proves to us something that we actually probably already knew buy paid little attention to.  The fact is that blushing is an unconscious action.  It is a subconscious behavior pattern, triggered by that inner part of your mind.  It is also outside the control of your conscious mind.  Your conscious mind can neither trigger a blush nor prevent a blush.

Taking this thread of information forwards and linking to the next logical conclusion we must appreciate that if a person wants to stop blushing then he or she has to find a way to access that subconscious behavior pattern.  Not many people think about hypnosis as a treatment for blushing but it is in fact highly effective.  This is because hypnosis provides an easy gateway to the subconscious mind.  

Hypnosis is a natural state of mind.  It is the state between wake and sleep.  In this "dreamlike" state you access your subconscious mind.  Thus with hypnosis you can discover what triggers the automatic blushing pattern and also change your response to those triggers.  Hypnosis is easy to use.  You can do so simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download.  

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis downloads for health, happiness and well-being, including specific help to stop blushing.

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Most gamblers don't actually win in the long run.  Yes, you can benefit from a lucky streak, but ultimately that luck usually runs out.  You hear about guaranteed systems that allow you to win, but how long will you keep trying to prove that they work?  There comes a point in many a gamblers life when he or she wishes that they never took the bait and became so hooked.

But that's just it.  You get hooked.  You get the gambling bug and it can become pretty addictive.  Somehow you can manage to turn a blind eye to the real results of your gambling forays, at least for long enough to gamble away a little more of your dwindling financial resources.  And along with your cash that gets frittered away you often discover that friendships and relationships get left on the wayside too.

A gambler frequently finds him or herself in a position whereby the world as he or she knew it has totally changed.  In extreme cases the family house is exchanged for a small shabby and lonely room in a downtown motel.  It is no wonder then that there are many gamblers seeking help to cure their addiction and place a halt upon this frighteningly slippery slope into oblivion.

Like a fish that has taken the bait, in order to survive the hook has to be carefully removed from the mouth before a safe return to normality is enabled.  A gambler has to understand what their hook is and where in his or her mind it has become embedded.

If you are a gambler and you are seeking a cure then you know only too well the pros and cons of this rather dubious "sport".  Logically, you know the downside outweighs the upside.  Yet despite this knowledge you keep doing it.  Not only that you cannot seem to stop yourself.  It's like you have an unconscious force that propels you back into the gambling chair.

You can see that there is a fight between different parts of your mind.  Your logical mind says that you should stop gambling right now and never gamble again.  But your subconscious mind wants to gamble...just one last time.  The different parts of your mind are out of sync and your subconscious tends to have the upper hand.

Thus to remove the gambling hook it is necessary to access the subconscious part of your mind.  This can be achieved with the help of hypnosis.  Hypnosis is a natural and normal state of mind that allows you to access the thoughts, habits and behaviors that are stored in your subconscious.  Simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download you can align these two parts of your mind so that you find it a whole lot easier to stop gambling once and for all.

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Chronic procrastination is seriously frustrating.  You just can't seem to get around to getting things done.  There's always a reason why there's no point in starting things now.  Sometimes you don't know if you're just plain lazy or if there are deeper issues underlying your inability to get going on things.

If your issue is laziness then what is clearly needed is something to tip the balance in your mind to allow you to feel a greater urge to achieve your goals.  This urge will then create energy to overcome the tendency to sit back with your feet up.  It is possible (and even likely) that laziness has become a habit.  

Habits can be difficult to break unless you know how your mind works.  Habits as we know come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.  We might wish to change eating habits, smoking habits, work habits or exercise habits.  Much of what we do each and every day is driven by the automatic and subconscious part of our minds - the part where habits are stored.

With hypnosis you can gain easy access to this powerhouse of attitudes, behaviors and habits.  Hypnosis therefore allows you to more easily change these types of deep-rooted habits that you might otherwise unwittingly think that you are stuck with.  Hypnosis is easy to use and totally natural.  What can be simpler than sitting at home listening to a hypnosis mp3 download?

If procrastination is not driven by pure laziness but has deeper causes it is most likely that these relate to a lack of confidence, anxiety or insecurity.  Something inside you is afraid to do the things that your logical mind tells you that you want to do.  That fear has a greater impact than the potential rewards or you wouldn't be suffering from procrastination.  

Once again what is needed is for something to tip the balance in your mind so that the fear lessons and releases its grip upon your desire to achieve your goals.  Again hypnosis is an ideal tool to use in these circumstances.  Hypnosis mp3s can be used to access your subconscious mind and build your confidence, overcome anxiety and cure your fears.  As you overcome these underlying issues you will find that your tendency to procrastinate disappears.

You might wonder how hypnosis can be such a versatile tool.  It enables a person to access the inner workings of his or her mind and therefore it can help to change anything in your life that has a psychological component.  When you pause for a moment to consider it‚Äôs reach, hypnosis has the potential to help you in almost every area of your life.

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To be a perfectionist can be a real blessing.  The drive to achieve perfection can push you to achieve great things.  Sometimes, however, it can be a hindrance or in extreme cases perfectionism can create a barrier that stops a person from even embarking upon a challenge.

Steve Jobs had a passion for perfection that pushed him and many others to create a great number of highly innovative gadgets that so many of us depend upon these days.  At this moment I am typing upon my MacBook air, whilst my iPad and iPhone sit by my side.  Every day I marvel at their sleek profiles and their ease of functionality.  This of course is a superb example of perfectionism that stimulates creativity in a powerful and positive manner.

Many colleagues and associates may have wished that Mr. Jobs had been a little less of a perfectionist; He too may have wished to be a little less driven at times.  The users of his products would certainly not agree.  We love and appreciate the results of his perfectionism.

Other perfectionists can be a whole lot less productive and anything but prolific in their output.  For some people their perfectionism stops them from even getting started on a task.  They want everything to be so perfect that their goals become so huge and so difficult that they do not even reach the start line in their race.

These are the people who need to find a way in which to temper their perfectionist streak.  Their perfectionism is holding them back and trapping them in a small and sometimes anxious space.  They feel frustrated.  They feel as if they are wearing handcuffs and are chained down to the ground.  Somehow they need to find a way to unlock those cuffs and chains and break free from the prison that perfectionism has created.

The key is to be able to look at things in a different way; to come to the conscious and subconscious realization that to achieve even 20% of what you might be capable of is better than achieving nothing.  Ideally, a person wants to be able to accept that you can only ever do your best with the tools and time that you have available.  Nobody else would ask for more than that.

Hypnosis is a wonderful tool to employ when you wish to change the way in which you think.  Hypnosis is a normal and natural state of mind.  It is easy to use simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download.  Hypnosis can thus be used to assist in tempering an overly enthusiastic perfectionist attitude that has been holding you back from doing things, achieving things and enjoying life in general.

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Golf is a game that relies on the honesty of you the player.  Another player is not always there to observe your every movement.  In essence it is easy to cheat.  

It is possible to nudge a golf ball into a marginally better position, miscount your strokes, move the ball fractionally closer to the hole when replacing it on the green, and so on.  It's also possible to cheat in other ways like throwing the last few holes so as to keep your handicap artificially high or to "give" yourself a few questionable putts or mulligans if you want your handicap to go down.

Golf relies upon the players' integrity and honesty in not doing these types of things.  The vast majority of golfers in fact pride themselves upon their integrity.  It‚Äôs part of what we like about the game.  We like the rules and structure of the game.  We like to know that we spend our time socializing with other like-minded people who possess the same principles as ourselves.

Integrity also applies to golf in another way in the sense of respect for the other players.  This is an aspect of the game that a small number of players are more wont to compromise.  

One way this might happen is when a player becomes frustrated and angry with his or her own game and allows his or her emotions to impact upon the entire group of players. Every golfer has no doubt come across a golfer who has reacted in this manner.

A more subtle example would be when a person is overly competitive and allows their desire to win to compromise their attitude towards their fellow golfers.  This may be exemplified by displaying a lack of trust in the other golfers ability to count their shots.   They may question the other players' game in all manner of ways so as to imply they do not know the rules or haven‚Äôt played by the rules.  They may do all manner of things with the conscious or unconscious intent to put the other person off their stroke.

Only a golfer with a rather low degree of integrity would do these things.  Golf is a game that is essentially a game between you and the course.  It is within yourself.  There are off course other games within the game of golf that do pitch you against other players in a more competitive manner, yet even so your game is still really against the course.  

A player who has high integrity will treat others as they wish to be treated themselves.  They will respect and encourage the other golfer and will them to play their very best.  They want to win by playing their very best as opposed to winning by putting the other person off.  They want the other players to play brilliantly and to rise up to that challenge.

The attitude that a golfer brings to this game of course also reflects his or her attitude towards life in general.  Simply by playing a couple of rounds of golf with someone you will learn enough about that person to decide whether you want them as a friend or not!

Roseanna Leaton, avid golfer and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Some people snicker about hypnosis and question it's authenticity.  They like to infer that the only people who are hypnotized are those who as gullible in nature.  This however is not the case.  

People who doubt and question hypnosis in this way have either been misinformed or they haven't taken the time to gather relevant information before making their judgmental assessment.  There is a growing body of scientific research that proves both the authenticity and validity of hypnosis.  Thanks to the World Wide Web this information is available to all who choose to educate themselves upon this subject.

There are however still some grey areas, just as there are with regards to any other medical or self-help treatment.  We don't know everything there is to know.  We only know so much.  With hypnosis many people question if they have in fact been hypnotized or if they are hypnotizable.  

If you are a somnambulistic hypnotic subject (one who enters the sleep walking stage of hypnosis) then there will be no doubt at all in your mind that you have been hypnotized.  This is the stage or depth of hypnosis that is used in hypnotic stage shows.  Stage hypnotists tend to find that upon average one out of every eleven subjects who come up on stage will easily drift into this deep level of hypnosis.

And so what happens to the other ten subjects?  They too are hypnotized, although not as deeply.  They are not naturally somnambulistic.  But they are (almost always) hypnotized.  This is an area that the uninformed observer might call a little "grey".  They might suggest that those subjects are just "going along with it" or that they are simply gullible.   

This area is not as grey as they might think.  Scientific research has distinguished between the average hypnotized subject and someone who is simply experiencing a placebo effect.  Different areas of the brain are put to use when in hypnosis, clearly showing that this is not really a grey area.   Just because you are not naturally somnambulistic does not mean that you are not in hypnosis.

The area however that is still grey relates to the question of why the one in eleven people who choose to go up on stage is a somnambulistic subject whilst the others are not.  A conclusive answer to the question has yet to be revealed, although there are many hypotheses appertaining to this subject.  

Possessing a vivid imagination would certainly seem to be a key ingredient, although whether this is a causatory factor or not is yet to be seen.  Being open to suggestion that in turn elicits one's imagination to take flight is a basic part of hypnotizability.  But as stated above, suggestibility should not be confused with gullibility.  

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Most golfers have a particular club that they are most comfortable with.  That club just feels right and you know you will hit the ball well with it.  Just the feel and sight of that club infuses you with confidence.  

When you start out playing golf, most people begin by using just a couple of clubs.  Inevitably these will become our first "go-to" golf clubs.  You‚Äôve practiced more with them and so feel comfortable with them.  But as time goes on and you become more skilled as a golfer you find that your favorite club changes every so often.  You can find that you fall out with the very club that used to be your favorite.

In a similar way, you can find that your favorite aspects of the game also change.  You might feel great about your drives for a long period of time, yet find that your short game is a little shaky.  Then you work to improve your short game and lo and behold your long game starts to deteriorate.  Frustrating, is it not?

Golfers dream of that time when all of their game is "on" at the same time.  In reality this entails a whole lot of practice time that the majority of amateurs do not necessarily have.  

You need to be able to drive the ball well off of the tee, and to hit fairways woods, hybrids and irons off the tee box, the fairway and all sorts of side sloping, downhill and uphill lies.  A golfer needs to be able to adapt his or her clubs to hit high or low shots, or shape them around obstacles, not to mention hit off different types of ground conditions or play in differing weather conditions.

Then there's the short game that entails knowing how to hit a whole additional set of shots, as well as to be a confident putter.  And all of these shots require you to first be good at course management, assessing what is the best percentage shot to play and having the mental strength to commit to it and not be fearful or distracted.

I have a hypothesis here that you might like to comment upon or at least think about.  The more clubs you have the more things you have to become familiar with and remember.  Each club in itself requires time to practice and become comfortable and confident in what you can achieve with it.  The less clubs you play with the more familiar you can become with the application of those clubs as you spend a greater percentage of your time on them.  In this sense, less is in fact more.  

In reality golf requires you to be practiced, experienced, creative, adaptive and mentally strong.  If you don't have very much time to practice then it's important to prioritize the things that are most important in your game.  

1.  The mental side applies to every shot in golf and takes the least time to work on.  That probably should be number one on the list, but all too often it doesn't even get looked into.

2.  Getting good at putting is the next easiest way in which to knock shots off your handicap.  It's also easy in terms of technique and club manipulation.  It's pretty straightforward.   

3.  Then you are probably always going to have to chip or pitch the ball more frequently in a round of golf than most other shots so this is the next essential one to get comfortable with.  You may decide to go for one club to create several different shots or different clubs for different shots.  It's up to you to decide the easiest way in which to achieve success in the least amount of time.

4.  The feel and tempo that you learn and become familiar with in chipping provides a great groundwork for the longer shots.  It is a basic necessity that you can build from when taking longer clubs into your hands.  I would thus prioritize upwards from a mid iron to a useful hybrid to a fairway wood and then end up with work on the driver.

Do you do this I wonder?  Most golfers tend to work upon their game in almost the opposite manner.  Golfers tend to try to run before they can walk.  They start out on the range with a driver in their hands and dash past the practice putting green in their haste to get to the tee.

Good course management dictates that you work back mentally from green to tee box and choose your clubs and shots from this perspective.  The most efficient way in which to allocate your practice time accords with the same principles.

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

P.S.  Discover how to focus your golf mind and develop better feel and technique through clear focus.  Check out my website now.

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A lot of people talk about their desire to meet their soul mate, their other half, or the right one.  Whatever terminology is used the meaning is basically the same.  You want to meet that special person who is your perfect partner.

I happened to watch a dating program on the television where Patti, the millionaire matchmaker, put herself into the hands of her staff to find her own perfect partner.  Interestingly, she took advice from her psychic first who stressed that for Patti to allow herself to fall in love she first had to allow herself to become vulnerable.

This is an interesting and very valid point.  Many very successful people in business are used to wearing their business persona and are very comfortable in that space.  It can be difficult to step outside from a comfortable space into unfamiliar territory, especially one in which you feel vulnerable.

Success in business all too often involves a degree of mental and emotional toughness.  Success in love more often requires openness and softness of both mind and emotions.  To approach dating with a toughened business attitude is thus quite likely to fail.

By this I do not mean the way in which you choose to meet someone.  You can approach that aspect of dating in a business like sense.  You have to find a way in which to meet someone and using a matchmaker or a dating website makes very good sense.  But once you get to meet that potential partner, either on or offline, you have to leave the toughened part of you behind and become open to emotional vulnerability.

It could be said that you have to become the right person to be able to meet the right person.  If you do not reveal the real you then how would it be possible to create a connection with the right person for you?  Perhaps I should take this one step further.  You have to know the real you and live the life of the real you in order to meet the right person for you.

This doesn't mean that you have to give up business success for love.  The two can easily be achieved so long as you know who you are in both arenas and develop your personality in each area of your life.  

If you are emitting false messages about yourself you will attract the wrong type of person, one who is interested in the false you.  You have to be yourself to attract Mr. or Mrs. Right, and to be yourself you have to know yourself well and be comfortable being the person you really are.

If you have gotten into a situation whereby you are in possession of a long list of failed relationships it is perhaps time to ask yourself the question of whether you need to spend a little time becoming the right person to enable you to find the right person.  Are you really ready for love?  Are you really open to the vulnerability that love entails?  Is the prize of love worth the price in vulnerability?

There are many things that one might be fearful of in the dating arena.  Fear is the biggest barrier to success in everything.  Most fears are in fact unfounded, hugely exaggerated or misplaced.  Hypnosis can provide an easy way in which a person can examine and overcome his or her fears, build confidence and open his or her mind to realizing his or her dream of finding that previously elusive perfect partner.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads for relationship issues.

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Everyone's talking about the biography of Steve Jobs.  We like to read about icons and successful people and hope that a little bit of their attitude and abilities will rub off onto us.  That's completely natural and a great way in which to learn.  A term that becomes familiar to the reader of this particular biography is the reality distortion field.

When you hear this phrase for the first time you tend to assume that it's a little on the negative side.  When you hear that something is distorted you kind of assume that it's bent out of shape in a kind of broken sense.  But as you read this particular biography you can see how having a distorted view of reality can in fact be of very great benefit to you and also others who rely upon you, look up to you or take instructions from you.

Steve Jobs managed to get his team to create incredible things purely because he demanded it of them.  He wanted something done and his own reality distortion field made him believe them to be possible.  This in turn got his team to work within his reality distortion field to achieve things that they had previously firmly believed to be impossible.

Thus here is a shining example of a reality distortion field being used in a beneficial manner.  When you pause for a moment to think about all great inventors and inventions you will realize that what led to their inventions was their mind first imagining the reality they wished to achieve.  They stepped outside reality and used their imaginations to see their goal.  Then, as they focused upon their goal they found a way in which to achieve it.  

What is interesting with Steve Jobs is that he managed to get so many people to take part in his reality distortion field.  His goal, his image, his dream became their dream and they found a way to achieve it.  This is what good leaders do.  They enthuse their team with the energy and belief that motivates them to achieve their goals.  It has to be said that Mr. Jobs had a particularly unusual manner of doing this, but never the less he did lead (or bully?) his team to create what had previously been thought of as impossible dreams.

Being able to imagine a goal is vitally important if you wish to achieve it.  You can see how your mind works "from the top down" and the simple process of imagining your goal clearly allows your mind to find a way in which to achieve it.  Returning to the example of Steve Jobs, he managed to get people to change their own firmly held beliefs about what was or was not possible.  He got them to override their beliefs and prove themselves wrong.  

This demonstrates the incredible power of the mind.   If you imagine something clearly enough and with sufficient passion you can overcome even your own beliefs to achieve your dreams.  The impossible thus becomes a reality.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in success hypnosis mp3 downloads.

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Loss of libido can cause a lot of frustration and anxiety in many people, both men and women.  There can be many causes for a decrease in libido, and we are certainly all aware that age and hormonal changes have a definite impact upon our sexual urges.

Loss of libido can cause many issues in a relationship and is also something that not everyone is open to talking about.  It can be a "touchy" subject and therefore difficult for one's partner to come to terms with.  It is however imperative that couples find a way in which they can begin to communicate about this subject.  

Sexual intimacy is for most people an important and integral part of their close relationship.  Thus when ones libido begins to wane it can be a disturbing and upsetting experience for both parties to the relationship.  One's emotions embark upon a roller coaster ride that involves being fearful, feeling defensive and lonely, rejecting and feeling rejected, and many other different sensations and feelings.

It is important to talk through these emotions and to come to terms with them and work upon them together.  When the cause of low or no libido is due to the natural process of ageing as in the case of post-menopausal women it is easier to turn a blind eye so to speak and not face the emotional issues.  By this I mean that a common reaction is unfortunately to simply accept that this is normal and that nothing can be done about it.

I was asked a question by a husband of a post menopausal-woman who was trying to "think outside the box" in relation to this issue.  His query was whether the use of hypnosis to increase libido would have any chance of working in this type of situation.  

The answer is in the affirmative.  There are many post-menopausal women who have an active and satisfying sex life.  Although menopause does impact upon libido and change one's urges and responses, hypnosis can still be used to stimulate sexual desire and raise one‚Äôs libido back up again.

Many people do not think about hypnosis for this type of relationship issue.  One reason for this is the issue that I have already mentioned.  It's easy to accept that loss of libido is a normal part of ageing and thus assume that nothing can be done about it.  A further reason is that most people unfortunately don't think of hypnosis as being a potential treatment for medical or health issues.

But hypnosis is in fact a very useful treatment tool in many health and medical issues, including improving sexual confidence and increasing libido.  For those who do not like to talk about these things hypnosis provides a really easy solution as one can simply listen to a hypnosis mp3 to increase libido in the comfort of their own home.  You don't need to go out and talk to a stranger about it.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3s for sexual confidence and improving libido.

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A friend passed on an observation to me yesterday that her brother had made about her golf swing.  He's probably a well-qualified commentator as he is himself a scratch golfer.  He told her that her swing is all based upon hand-eye co-ordination and would not be sustainable in the long term.

She acknowledges that his comments are pretty accurate.  I know exactly what he is saying as my friend and I both rely very heavily upon hand-eye co-ordination and less on pure technique.  There are many ways in which to swing a golf club and still hit the ball in an effective manner. We both get away with our methods, most of the time.

My friend is happy to stick with her methods and she usually shoots pretty low scores with it.  She has a "blow-up" hole every so often, but then who doesn't?  She is very happy to continue enjoying playing golf in this way and if or when her hand-eye co-ordination fails her she will think about alternative methods.

Our discussion yesterday struck a real chord with me as I came to the conclusion a couple of months ago that my own swing was in a similar manner unsustainable and have been moving back to a few solid basics.  Having gone my own way with my swing for the last ten years it has been quite eye opening to realize how far off from the basics I had gotten!

Why did I decide to do something about my swing?  The answer is very simple.  I totally love golf.  I love everything about the game and I'm fortunate enough to get to play several times a week.  It's worth my while to get as good as I can be and to make sure my swing is sustainable.  I find it fun to take on new challenges in golf.  

I also enjoy the challenge of making sure that I keep my focus and confidence during the process of making changes to my swing.  Most golfers find that changes in their swing totally mess with their mind, and they enter a "no-man's land" where they have no idea how to control the golf ball.  Eventually, they come out of that horrid space and hopefully play better golf, but that interim period is not a happy place to be.  Thus my challenge to me is to make the necessary changes to my swing without entering that mental fuzz.

This goal of mine needless to say impacts upon my pro.  Happily he's up for the challenge!  This entails him getting me to make changes using no more than one new thought at a time, and finding ways to get me to see and feel what is needed in a clear and simple manner.  

The visual side is all-important as your mind works in such a way that whatever you imagine you create.  Visual images have in fact got more impact than thoughts and even override your thoughts.  For example, if I say, "Don't think about an elephant" what happened?  I bet you saw an elephant.

When you wish to change something in your swing you have to "see" it before you can do it.  That seeing is like a "light bulb" moment.  It's the same with playing on the course.  You have to see your shot before you can create it.  This is why working on your golf mind is an all-important part of the game.

Roseanna Leaton, avid golfer and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

P.S.  Discover how to focus your golf mind and develop better feel and technique through clear focus.  Check out my website now.

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We hear a lot about ensuring that things are sustainable.  It's a buzzword these days.  There's sustainable energy, sustainable business practices, sustainable everything.  In the business arena sustainability is a key concern.  But you do not tend to hear very much about relationship sustainability.  

How likely is your relationship to be happy and sustainable in the long term?  Do you have what might be termed a mature relationship or one that is less well thought out?  How well do you deal with the lumps and bumps in your relationship?  Do you pull together or rather do you fall apart?  Do you hide your face or turn the other way when things aren't going so well?

Some relationships just seem to bring out the worst in people whilst others bring out the best in you.  Often a relationship makes sense on paper but it turns out to be too wearying upon one's emotions.  It's easy to spend far too many years thinking things like "Once we get over this point" or "Once the kids are in college" or "Once we get more stable financially".  

We find ourselves making excuses for the status of our relationships.  We perhaps don't put enough time and effort into our relationships.  We might approach relationships with a bad attitude.  

From time to time we are probably all a little guilty in this respect.  That's normal.  But if this is how it is for the majority of the time then something is amiss.  The balance has tipped and what might have been a sustainable relationship becomes an intolerable relationship.

A good relationship doesn't necessarily require work.  Rather, it requires thought and consideration.  If you do not prioritize and think about your relationship in the right manner then it will not proceed in the way that you desire.  Good relationships require a great deal of respect.

If you feel the need to re-generate the love in your relationship and your partner is of the same view, it is an easier task than you might think.  In many ways all you need to do is put your heads together and think about how you would like to approach your relationship from now on.  

Spend some time recalling the things that brought you together and what you used to love about each other.  Spend time together doing things that you both love to do.  Needless to say, quit spending time chewing on the things that irritate you; put up or shut up!

If you need help in focusing your mind positively with regards to your relationship, you might well find that a hypnosis download assists.  With hypnosis you can access your subconscious mind and tap into underlying thought patterns and emotions.  Hypnosis therefore makes it easier for you to change old patterns and to create new ones in their stead.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in relationship hypnosis mp3 downloads.

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It is undeniable that to get better at golf you do need to play a fair bit.  Not everyone has the luxury of the key element of time to play as much as they might wish to do.  Climate also provides an element that can make golf impossible or distinctly non-enjoyable.  Work and family are further obvious elements that you have to work your golf around.

I have never actually kept track of how many rounds of golf I play each year.  I simply play whenever it is possible to do so.  When I lived full time in the Isle of Man the number of rounds was directly related to the weather conditions.  

If it wasn't raining hard or blowing a gale I'd be out on the course.  Despite the frequently inclement weather, I managed to play a fair bit even though it did entail wearing so many layers of clothing that I looked like a Michelin man, or it was so cold your hands began to turn blue!

Now that I spend much of my time in California I basically play four or five times a week when here.   Someone happened to point out to me the other day that when you key in your handicap you will see the number of rounds you have played displayed on the computer screen.  So I noticed that I played 112 rounds in 2011 during the six months that I spent here. 

That said, I know I hardly played at all during the time I spent back in the UK.  Hands up, I admit it!  I have become thoroughly spoiled with the weather here and the golf courses and facilities, and also with the great number of equally addicted golf friends.  It's just not as much fun as it used to be when I go back to the UK.  I don't want to play in gale force winds or cold weather.  I don't want to wear all of those layers any more.  It's more fun to meet friends for a coffee these days!

I did it when I didn't have as much choice.  I‚Äôm sufficiently addicted to this game that I enjoyed playing golf in poor weather conditions for quite a number of years.  But now I'm so very lucky to be able to play in California.

So my questions to you are "How addicted to golf are you?" and "How many rounds did you manage to play last year?"  If you don't benefit from conditions that are conducive to playing much golf, what do you do to keep your game going and your golf mind focused?

I have noticed something in my own game that is unsurprising to me, but may surprise you.  When I haven't played golf for a while I tend to come back and play a whole lot better for the first few weeks.   

Actually, that's not quite true.  It usually takes four or five rounds to get my swing going and my feel around the greens.  After that I play really well and as I said, better than before the break away from golf.

Why is this?  One reason is that I'm not thinking at all about mechanics and I'm not trying too hard either.  The other reason is that when I don't get out on the course I play mental rounds of golf every day.  

I play at least 18 holes of golf as I drift off to sleep.  In this between wake and sleep hypnotic state your mind is perfectly poised to visualize clearly and easily and play perfect golf!  Thus when I come back from a break away the ONLY golf in my mind is PERFECT.  Can you imagine the confidence that gives you?  And can you contemplate the clarity of focus this creates?

Roseanna Leaton, golf addict and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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I was asked bay someone the other day why I was spotted taking a golf lesson on the range.  The gentleman asking the question added that my swing is "so beautiful anyway".  Now I would not call my swing a thing of physical beauty and neither would the majority of golfers!  

My swing is not a technically correct golf swing and has many attributes that another golf might say are a little strange, unusual or, to be frank, quite ugly. I know that I stand a little (sometimes a lot) wider than is usually recommended, my back swing is flatter, my posture not as upright, my grip looser and I also frequently allow my arms to do more work than my lower body.  These are just the more obvious variations from that which is most often considered to be pretty in a golf swing!

Having pointed out a few of these unusual habits that have become incorporated in my golf swing, I should also defend my swing by saying that I can usually get away with these things and hit the ball pretty well, pretty consistently and in the right direction.  It might not be pretty to most golfers, but it is certainly effective.  It is also comfortable and reliable and these attributes are essential if you want to play good golf and enjoy your golf.

The gentleman who asked about my lesson was thus defining my swing as pretty based on its effectiveness as opposed to its looks.  (Either that or he was being sarcastic!)  So why am I currently taking a few lessons?  

I'm known to be a bit of an "anti-lesson" golfer due to the fact that when you get to technical and focus on the minutiae of mechanics your mind is not focused upon the basics of hitting the ball towards the target.  In effect the majority of lessons mess with and interfere with your golf confidence.  

In my own game I have reached a plateau and to get better and move to the next level I decided I do indeed need to acquire a little more technique.  The proviso for me is that it has to be acquired in such a way that it does not get broken down into small mechanical and technical chunks, but rather is acquired in a more holistic manner.  i.e. in such a way that it doesn't distract my attention and focus and also allows me to maintain my golf confidence.

I know that I can hit the ball further and shape shots better with more sophisticated technique.  My pro is willing (and able) to work with me in the way that I am happy with.  We're both enjoying the process, and who knows, perhaps my swing will end up a little prettier in the process!

Roseanna Leaton, avid golfer and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

P.S.  Discover how to focus your golf mind and develop better feel and technique through clear focus.  Check out my website now.

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Whenever you read books relating to the mental attributes associated with winning or success in life you always come across the need for a strong sense of self.  Put another way, you have to have a strong self-image and belief in your own strength to be able to win.

John Wooden, the renowned basketball player and coach, put it another way. "Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there".  The clear inference is thus that it is vitally important in a person who seeks to win and to succeed to be able to develop and maintain a strong sense of self.

John Wooden is also quoted as saying "Your reputation is what you are perceived to be. Your character is who you are". i.e. Your character is who you really are not merely what other people think, suspect, assume or perceive.

How many people do you think truly knows his or her own character?  We humans are very adept at hiding things from others, but we are also pretty effective in hiding things from ourselves.  Do you really know yourself?  Do you know your strengths and your weaknesses and do you work to become stronger in character?

There are different aspects to a person's sense of self.  There is that which you are consciously aware of but also things that you are only aware of at a subconscious level.  Sometimes your subconscious mind works very effectively in your favor, but at other times it may in fact have a sabotaging effect.  

It requires a high degree of self-awareness to be able to "catch" your subconscious mind when it is working to your disadvantage and to persuade it along a different course.  In a sporting situation such character can be seen at times when the pressure is on and the person in question overcomes nerves or tension and rises to the challenge that he or she is facing.  This is just one example that shows the value of "character" in the sense that John Wooden was using it.

Such character is required of us in many varied situations in life.  Hypnosis is a very helpful tool for use by any person who wants to win or who wishes to succeed.  Hypnosis allows the user to connect between conscious and subconscious mental processes and to align subconscious expectations with conscious desires.  It helps you to develop a greater degree of self-awareness and also to build strong character.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in confidence hypnosis mp3 downloads.

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In different cultures we inevitably have varied traditions and food is a key part of our daily lives.  There are some cultures that one can be forgiven for assuming to have similar Christmas traditions to each other.  But these assumptions could be totally incorrect, as I discovered of English versus American Christmas eating habits.

I had considered it fair to expect that the English or Irish traditions might have made it across the seas to America together with the Immigrants from those countries.  Yet I soon learned that the majority of Americans (including those of Irish or English descent) looked at me with a blank expression when I mentioned such things as Christmas cake, mince pies, Christmas plum pudding and brandy butter.

In America it is more usual to have Beef on Christmas day seeing as the turkey gets eaten for Thanksgiving in November.  In the UK, Turkey is the most traditional Christmas fare.  My American husband also enquired, when looking through old family photographs, as to why my family all seemed to be wearing ridiculous paper hats whilst sitting at the dining table!  Clearly most Americans are not familiar with our English Christmas crackers!

Another funny "foodie" thing that happened appertains to the notion of what a coffee cake is.  In America it is a term used to refer to any cake that is eaten with coffee.  In my mind it is a cake that tastes of coffee.  

I uncovered this anomaly by accident as my husband's family had a coffee cake recipe that they had all enjoyed as a tradition each year on Christmas morning.  I asked for the recipe as I was planning to make it.  As I started mixing the ingredients together I told my husband that the recipe must be incorrect as no coffee was mentioned!

I am sure that there are many more differentials that distinguish between these two cultures and many other people like me who have enjoyed embarking upon this journey of discovery.  The question of why these traditions are different provides food for further interesting discussion and debate upon another occasion.

As well as variances, there are also many similarities in feasting traditions, not least of all the quantity of food that is cooked and consumed during the holiday season.  Perhaps a question that I should have asked is "How much did you eat on Christmas day?"  Almost everyone I have talked to is mentioning the need to diet after partaking in rather a lot of Christmas feasting!

I wonder how many people will set as a New Year's Resolution a goal of losing weight?  If this is your goal, you might like to consider hypnosis to assist you in getting your mind focused clearly upon your target and to make it easier for you to create new eating habits for yourself.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in weight loss hypnosis mp3 downloads.

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A Christmas day tradition in many families is to go for a walk sometime during the day.  Sometimes a stroll is taken before returning indoors to face a big meal, or alternatively afterwards, so that a few calories can be walked off!  It's just nice to take the time to walk and talk and enjoy a relaxing stroll in the fresh air, without pressure.  It's peaceful.  It's quality family time.

Golfing on Christmas day provides a slight twist to the theme.  It's not always quite so relaxing!  That said, whether golf is relaxing or not does depend upon your personality.  I always enjoy playing golf, no matter how my game is.  But for some people it can be a frustrating experience if that little while ball isn't responding as desired.  And if one person in the party isn't happy, his or her frustration can ruffle everyone else's feathers as well.

I haven't had the opportunity to play golf on Christmas day for several years now, but I remember the joy of being on an almost empty course and loving it.  Last time I played on Christmas day, it was on a bright, sunny, crisp and almost frosty morning.  It was spectacularly good weather for the North of England for that time of year, and something almost unheard of happened...there was no wind!

There we were, two couples, playing golf on our own seemingly private course, having an absolute ball!  Ok, so I have to admit it really was too cold to play more than nine holes without suffering from frostbite.  But it was so much fun.  Afterwards we all went home and embarked upon eating out traditional British Christmas day meal. 

And so I found myself wondering this Christmas how many people played golf? And where did they play and who with?  Who enjoyed it and who didn't really appreciate the experience?  

Everyone should enjoy golf, no matter how his or her game "pops out" on the day.  Golf is more than just a game.  It is truly a privilege to be able to walk upon a beautiful manicured golf course, out in the open, to have the opportunity to appreciate and enjoy the beauty of nature, to breathe in the fresh air.  It is a privilege to have good friends to spend time with.  It is a privilege to have the time to play this game.  

It is also a privilege to have the opportunity to learn and grow through the experience of traversing the challenges that golf poses to the human psyche.  It is a very "levelling" game indeed! 

Golf teaches us a lot so long as we allow it to do so.  I played with a friend today who confesses to having felt frustrated when she was first playing golf and then quickly learning to respond with a more appropriate mindset.  She now enjoys every round of golf, no matter what happens, and truly appreciates the beauty of this game.  

I'm sure we have all entered that zone of frustration.  The key is to move through it and then to erect barriers to prevent it from revisiting you and disturbing your emotional equilibrium.  I suspect that many golfers begin a new year with a resolution to improve their attitude towards golf.  Everyone can do this so long as they make a commitment to do so.  Golf hypnosis can be a very helpful aid in achieving this goal.

Roseanna Leaton, avid golfer and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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One major reason why successful people are successful is that they have harnessed the ability to focus 100% of their energy and attention into the things that they are doing.  They see a vision and they focus their attention upon it.  They are not easily distracted.  

Many of us are not this focused.  It's all too easy to be working and yet not be totally focused.  You perhaps have one eye on the clock, or you are thinking about the football game on Saturday, or what the kids are up to at the moment.  

If you had to honestly complete a questionnaire that entailed scoring your degree of attention and focus during your working day what percentage do you think you would end up with?   Very few people would even score 80%.  A more realistic score is probably 60%.  

If you were asked to complete a similar questionnaire with regards to your relaxation time what do you think your score would be?  Now this answer is likely to be even more interesting.  How many people truly switch off and totally focus upon their leisure activities.  

Those of us who have a passionate interest in a sport as a part of their relaxation time are likely to score highly during those moments.  But aside from that, when you drive, are you 100% focused upon driving?  When you listen to music or watch the TV are you truly focused on that?  When you are cooking, eating or reading how focused is your attention?  Even when you are doing "you know what" are you truly focused?

The fact is that in our leisure time we are likely to be even less focused than in our work time.  Thus how can we possibly expect to truly feel rested, refreshed or relaxed?  And if your attention is not fully focused when at work, how can you truly expect the best results or gain any real feeling of achievement?  

If you do not learn how to apply your focus upon the task in hand, be it work or play, you are cheating yourself of a whole lot of satisfaction, enjoyment and success.  We do have the ability to focus our attention clearly upon one thing at a time, although this comes more easily to some of us than to others. 

Sometimes all that is required is to be aware that you haven't been clearly focused.  Awareness is usually the first step in enabling the making of any change.  Then the next step is making a decision to do something about it. Only when that decision has been made and you have in effect made a commitment to yourself to do something will you look around for ways in which you can help yourself.

Hypnosis is of great benefit to a person who wants to trigger his or her own ability to focus in the moment.  Hypnosis will also help you to relax whilst at the same time it can be used to motivate and focus your attention upon success.  Hypnosis is very flexible as it in effect allows you to access a different state of mind and focus upon the things that you wish to apply your attention towards.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads for success.

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The majority of golfers are all constantly searching, either consciously or subconsciously, for the latest tip or piece of equipment that will finally get them playing a consistently good game.  All golfers would love to consistently put a good swing on the ball and to get their handicap down and if there is a short cut to get there we want to know about it.

I know this to be true.  I am a golfer.  I am probably the least "mechanically minded" or technique oriented golfer you will ever meet, but even I find myself occasionally sucked in by the lure of something or other that promises to unravel the secret mystery that golf presents to the human being.  

The rule that I try to abide by is that I never touch or try anything that could "mess" with my mind.  I will not allow gimmicks, tips or lessons to displace clear focus and confidence in my game.  I have seen far too many people get so entangled in their mechanics and gimmicks that they completely forget to focus upon hitting the ball and getting it into the cup in as few strokes as possible.

At the end of the day the very best golf gimmick or golf tip is the one that you think will work.  Your own positive attitude and expectation will make sure that it works.  I played with a couple the other day who swore by their new putting technique.  I had commented upon it as it looked slightly unusual.  It entailed standing upon one foot as you putt.   (Ok, I have to say it looked both strange and comical!)

To my very straightforward and pretty logical mind I couldn't quite see how this in itself would help one's ability to hole a putt, unless of course you simply thought that it would do so.  In fact, I found myself thinking that balancing upon one foot whilst putting was more likely to distract your focus as well as making your stance precariously unstable!

The fact is however that both these golfers did indeed putt very well on this occasion, despite the fact that the greens were faster than they had been all year.  They were super quick.  They were hard and fast because of short daylight and moisture, resulting in being stimped at 12-13.  To put this reading into perspective, Augusta during the Masters was stimped at 14 and they had to slow it down last time due to complaints!   

The only conclusion I could come to upon their new putting technique was that it worked because they wanted and expected it to do so.  And this reasoning holds true for many a golf tip, training aid and fix!

Roseanna Leaton, avid golfer and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Most of us are familiar with the DINKS abbreviation, which stands for Dual Income, No Kids.  I came across another term the other day - DINS.  This stands for Dual Income, No Sex.  A friend laughingly joked that being a DINS leads to becoming a DINKS couple!

This is, however, no laughing matter.  It has been found that happiness and a healthy sex life (i.e. more frequent) go hand in hand, although which comes first still provides a hot topic for debate.  

Most DINS in fact do have kids, as well as both partners being out at work on a daily basis.  With so many different high priority objectives seeking their attention, sex sadly takes a back seat or even gets thrown out of the window.  Clearly there are a growing number of couples that fall into this trap, or this abbreviated term would never have been coined.

If you are involved in a DINS relationship it is probably well worth your while to take a small step back and re-examine your priorities in life.  I'm not suggesting that you give up your dual income status or neglect your kids.  Far from it.  I‚Äôm merely suggesting that if happiness in your relationship is what you really want to achieve, then sex should come a little higher up on your list of priorities.

I know that sounds more than a little simplistic.  You're tired, you're busy and you're feeling tense and under pressure.  You haven't got time for sex.  You're not in the mood for sex.  

And here lies the crux of the matter.  If you were in the mood for sex you would make time for it.  I agree that this is a chicken and egg situation.  You could easily argue that if you had more time you would feel in the mood for sex.  But that's not a perspective to choose if you are looking to change your DINS status to one of "Happily married couple with healthy sex life".  

Feelings and emotional connections are what trigger motivation in anything.  And so to become motivated to get yourself more sex (and to feel happier because of this) you need to find ways in which you can put yourself in the mood for a little bit of spousal arousal.

There are many ways in which to do this.  By prioritizing sex on your agenda and in your thoughts you will get your body moving in the right direction.  Visual stimulation can be a good trigger; hence the number of soft-porn magazines around.  Reading a romantic novel will often get a woman's mind (and also that of a man) into the right mood, especially when you read the "juicy bits".

If there are other issues that stand between you and your spouse these need addressing.  Don't let anger or upsets fester and destroy your marriage.  It's not worth harboring grudges.  Deal with them or let them go.  

Perhaps a lack of sexual confidence also plays a part in allowing your relationship to take on the DINS status.  Again, if this is the case, what's stopping you from addressing this issue?  If you don't know how to deal with this then you might like to start by listening to a hypnosis mp3 recording designed to build your sexual confidence and enhance your libido.

There are many things that you can do so as to guard against becoming a DINS.  You just have to decide that happiness in your relationship is a priority and you will naturally find your way to this end goal.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads for sexual confidence.

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Golfers at all levels will be aware of the fact that the swing that pops out for them on one day can be quite different from the one that appears on another day.  This is true for every club, from the Driver all the way down to the putter.  

For many of us this is a major part of what makes the game of golf so fascinating.  For others it is what frustrates them to such a degree that it causes them to walk off the course, throw their clubs away or vow to never play this "stupid game" again!

Golf is not a game to be conquered.  As one friend said, golf is in fact very humbling.  Each and every time you think that you have "got it" and conquered it, something different pops out in your swing and brings you back down to earth in one quick moment.

Golf requires of you an extremely high degree of self-awareness.  That awareness encompasses both physical and mental aspects.  From the physical perspective a golfer needs to be able to know, visually and kinesthetically, that their stance is sufficiently upright, their knees flexed, shoulders and hips aligned just so, that their hands are releasing, and so on.  

The list of physical things that a golfer needs to be aware of is almost limitless!  And then he or she also needs to know the physical attributes of the different club faces and how they respond to the golf ball and how that interacts with swing plane as well.  Then there are things that a golfer needs to be aware of in terms of course conditions, terrain, weather, altitude and so on.

With all of these physical things vying for a golfers attention it can become easy to prioritize these higher than things that are more mental.  Not only that, most golfers allow all of these things to "mess up" their mental attitude and equilibrium.  For some golfers this will be shown in displays of anger, either overtly or covertly.  

For others it can just be a niggling frustration and a sense that "it's just not right today" combined with a query of "what am I doing wrong?"  If a golfer gives in to this feeling and does not check it then their golf is likely to go from bad to worse during the round.  Their golf will be more unpredictable due to erroneous mental focus.

What do I mean by erroneous focus?  With all those other thoughts competing for your attention you have no room left to focus upon the most vital aspect of each shot.  You forget to dial in upon your target and to prioritize hitting the ball towards it.   

Not only that, as you mutter to yourself "what's wrong with my swing today?" you destroy any last shred of confidence you might have had and effectively program your mind to make a bad swing and shot.  Golf requires confidence.  This is why good golfers know that when you are out on the course you play with what you have got.  You don‚Äôt question it whilst on the course.  You play within yourself, with correct focus, as much confidence as you can muster and a high degree of awareness.

Roseanna Leaton, avid golfer and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Having a good imagination is vital to making progress.  Without a view of what you wish to achieve, or where you wish to be, how would you know what to do or where to start?  Even the simplest of things requires you to imagine your goal so as to enable you to be successful.

If you were to set out to achieve the task of putting up your Christmas decorations, you would have to first be able to imagine them looking the way you wish them to look.  If you had no imagination your Christmas lights could end up being hung in a tight and ugly ball instead of strung out in a manner that is pleasing to the eye.

In fact the role of imagination is to trigger both belief and motivation.  Your imagination elicits an emotional reaction that in turn allows you to believe that you can find a way to do something and motivates you to get started out upon your task and to keep going until you get there.

Taking the example of handing your Christmas lights, by first imagining how you want them to look you get a good feeling about your ideas.  You feel happy and excited.  These feelings motivate you to think about the type of lights you want to have.  Will they be white or colored?  You become motivated to think about the length of lights you will require and how you will actually hang them.

Your imagination triggers and supports this emotional connection with your goals.  It keeps you positively and powerfully energized to find a way in which to complete your task.  The better your imagination, the greater the emotional reaction and the more powerfully you work towards your goals.  

The Christmas lights example is extremely simplistic but it does adequately demonstrate the role that imagination plays in even the most menial tasks that we set out to achieve.  Think for a moment now about what imagination does when the task is bigger and more "intangible".  Imagination is what turns vague dreams into reality. 

Imagination ignites belief.  Imagination fires enthusiasm.  Imagination is what shapes dreams and either pares them down or enlarges them so as to sharpen up one's focus and trigger real creativity and practical creation.  Imagination turns the intangible into the tangible.

Without the processes of imagination many of the things we take for granted would never have been invented.  Washers and dryers, computers, telephones, the electric light bulb, motor cars, sofas, cushions, pool sweeps...All of these things and very many more all began in somebody's imagination.  And that imagination triggered an emotional reaction that inspired, enthused and motivated somebody to achieve his or her dreams.

If you would like to encourage your imagination to move in leaps and bounds then you might like to use hypnosis.  In hypnosis your creative mind comes to the fore.  It becomes easier to imagine things and to see them more clearly.  Hypnosis is easy to use with the help of a hypnosis mp3 download.  You don't even have to leave home to use it.  It's quick, easy, simple and natural.  It's also a very powerful way in which you can trigger your imagination and turn your dreams into reality.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads for success.

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Our imagination and choice of focus inevitably shapes the future that we experience.  Whatever we focus upon tends to become the reality that we experience.  Although there are many things that are out of our own control where we choose to look and how we see things are what define our own lives.

Many of us go through life questioning what the future holds or trying to work out what might happen just around the corner.  Some of us visit psychics and mediums in the hope of finding answers to some of our questions relating to the future.  Others of us have a sense of futility or fatality about the future, thinking in terms of "what will be will be".

A smaller number of people actively work to invent their own future, irrespective of the circumstances that they are faced with.  Steve Jobs was one person whose life was shaped by this pattern of thought.  He shaped his own future and also the lives of many others because of his way of thinking.

His idea was to create "stuff" which made life easier and simpler.  This goal led to the development of many gadgets that define our lives today.  Having a goal is such a key thing in predicting a person's pathway and ability to invent and achieve things.

Many people try to approach life the opposite way around.  By this I mean that they learn many techniques and parts of things without having an ultimate goal.  Yet without that goal, they have no real purpose.  They are learning nuts and bolts without having a plan to put them together to create a bigger whole.  

Successful prediction of the future comes from being able to see a bigger picture than just individual parts.  In seeing an ideal, or setting a definite goal what you in fact do is set your mind out on a particular pathway.  The tasks or the goals in themselves lead to the learning of the necessary techniques to get you there.  The task leads to the acquisition or discovery of technique.

Thus if you want to predict your future it is important to set your goals which in turn open your mind to relevant discovery, learning and success.  Success usually begins from the top down rather than the bottom up.  

Hypnosis is very useful in allowing you to set goals firmly in your mind and smooth your way to success.   When in hypnosis your imagination comes to the fore and you can more clearly open your mind to new ideals and realities.  

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads for success.

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Moving house is always a stressful situation to find oneself in.  It becomes even more stressful if the home that you are about to leave is one that you have built or lived in for many years. 

To part with your family home can feel like cutting away a large chunk of your past.  The act of selling that home feels so final.   Your home has so many memories associated with it and you somehow feel closer to those times when you are within those walls.  To move on to a new home reflects a huge change in both life and perspective.

Inevitably as you grow older you are more likely to find yourself in this type of situation.  You perhaps no longer require the space that your family home affords, or can no longer manage to look after that space as easily as you had in the past.  The kids have long grown up and embarked upon a life of their own.  It can also feel lonely in a large family home with no kids to create noise and distractions.

Sometimes such a move is linked to the passing on of a spouse and this inevitably adds more emotional turmoil to the thought of moving.  It is like you are cutting further away from your loved one and you can become afraid that your memories will fade.  Logically you know that you need to move and that it is the most sensible decision, but this logical understanding does not make the emotional leap any the easier.

Friends and family will also have their input in your decision.  Most will support your decision and do what they can to help.  But sometimes ones offspring find the idea of parting with that family home difficult to handle too.  Emotions can run high and stress levels soar.

What can you do to relieve this type of stress?  This emotional turmoil isn't made up.  It is very real indeed and can keep you lying awake in bed at night questioning your decision and making it difficult to cope.  A little understanding of the roles of logic and emotion will help one to appreciate what he or she can do to relax and relieve this stress.

When you feel upset or worried about something a hormonal reaction takes place in your mind and body.  This happens automatically.  In recognizing that this emotional reaction is normal, you can choose to take a conscious step back and apply your mind to soothing these physical reactions.

Breathing deeply, meditating or using self-hypnosis are great ways in which to do just this.  They are great because they are easy.  Hypnosis in particular can play a huge role in assisting you as you can take the process a step further.  You can use this receptive state to implant suggestions into your subconscious mind to reassure yourself that everything is going to be all right.

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Obsessive tendencies can usually be seen in the most successful of people.  Arguably it is their obsessive nature that propels them with such determination in their direction of interest and expertise.

A distinction should be drawn between compulsions and obsessions.  Compulsive behavior is displayed by a powerful emotional urge to do a particular task, usually repetitively.  An obsession could be described more as a preoccupation with something, a domination of one's thoughts with a particular thought, goal or idea. There is also a potential element of overlap that in extreme cases is evidenced by obsessive-compulsive behavior (OCD).

Reverting to the benefits of having an obsessive nature, it can be seen that such preoccupation triggers a state of greater focus upon the task in hand.  The more you focus upon a goal the more likely you are to find a way in which to achieve it.  

This natural ability to apply a state of virtual tunnel vision is powerful thing indeed.  Like most things in life this ability can be a double-edged sword.  One edge is of benefit to you whilst the other has the opposite effect.  

When tunnel vision is applied to a negative purpose or goal the results can be quite uncomfortable or even disastrous.  But so long as obsessive tendencies are applied to a positive goal they will be of great benefit to you and the world around you.  The important point is to carefully choose the direction of your focus and ensure that your mind is pointing in the direction that you wish to travel.

For those people who would like to experience success one obvious thing to do is to examine and emulate the traits of the most successful people.  Even if virtual tunnel vision and clear focus do not come naturally to you, these abilities can be learned.  Hypnosis can speed up this process.  

Hypnosis is in itself it is a state of focused awareness.  Additionally, whilst in hypnosis you have access to your subconscious mind.  This is the part of your mind where instinctive thought patterns and behaviors are stored.  Thus with hypnosis you are provided with an opportunity to access, identify and change these types of thoughts and behaviors.

With hypnosis you can more easily focus your mind and set clear goals so as to pave your way to success.  Hypnosis is natural and it is easy to use.  

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mo3 downloads for success, health and happiness.

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Many golfers tend to get all uptight about the look of their swing or the trajectory and shape of their ball flight.  The fact is that not every golfer has the prettiest posture or swing but so long as it gets the job done does it really matter?  

In a sense the answer you come up with may be affirmative.  We do know that there are certain basic elements of stance and swing that make the likelihood of hitting a sweet shot greater.   If your swing however is not the prettiest but nevertheless provides a fairly consistent and desirable end result, should you really care what it looks like?

A lot of golfers do not really like to practice on the range and would prefer to instead spend any extra time that they have actually out on the course.  This does not mean that they do not practice.  

Playing on the course in itself is good and valuable practice.  It is practice in a real environment where you, as a golfer, are faced with different lies, ground conditions, the visual illusions of the course architecture and also peer pressure.  One might argue that this is in fact the best practice of all.  

This type of practice is not designed to build a pretty and perfect swing, but it will enable you to learn how to adapt to different conditions and find your way around the course in the best way that you can.  It is practice that is goal oriented and results driven.  This forces you to find your own way to achieve the desired result and many would argue that this is in fact the best form of learning that there is.

This type of practice is also less confusing in the sense that your focus is not darting around between the different elements of a perfect swing but rather upon the real task in hand - that of hitting the ball towards the target.  You are focusing upon one task as opposed to many.

I'm sure you know what I mean here.  When you are working on your swing upon the range you are thinking about your grip, your hand position, your spine angle, balancing on the balls of your feet, not over-extending your back swing, not throwing your shoulder at the beginning of the downswing, keeping a straight swing plane, making sure the clubface is square, rotating through the swing and transferring your weight optimally, getting a good release and finishing with a good follow through!

When your mind is darting between these many different elements of the golf swing (and more than I have listed here!) it is pretty difficult to also think of the main task of hitting the ball towards the target.  Your mind is in fact "all over the place", and the ball is likely to follow that intent.  This is not a huge issue when on the range, but it does become a big problem when out on the course.

When playing on the course it is important to have clear focus on the real task in hand.  You have to choose your shot, dial in upon your target, take a practice swing so as to feel your intended shot and then set up to the ball and commit to hitting that ball towards your target.  There is no room for doubt or questioning when you are actually taking the shot.  Golf requires of you to make a 100% commitment to each and every shot.  

Very few golfers actually practice this on the range.  They can, but rarely do they think to do so.  If you wish to practice this mental side of the game then you can practice on the range in the same way as you play on the course.  

By this I mean that you dial in your focus and pick actual targets and create fairways in your minds eye down the range.  You choose your shot, take a practice swing as if you were on the course.  Only when you can feel the swing that you think is most likely to work do you put a ball down in front of the club.  Then you commit fully to hitting that ball towards your target.

This is a far more productive manner of practice and prepares you better for the reality that you will face upon the golf course.  For further practice on the mental side of this game you could also use hypnosis to assist in zoning in your focus and building better muscle memory.

Roseanna Leaton, avid golfer and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3 downloads and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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I suspect that almost everyone is affected by the weather.  If you live in a place where the climate is almost always bright and sunny, you probably crave a spot of cool now and again.  However, your moods will probably be less affected than those of people who live in darker and damper climes.  It is easier to feel brighter and more optimistic when presented with a warm and sunny day.

When you live in a part of the hemisphere that is greatly affected by fluctuations between dark and light, grey or blue skies, rain or sunshine, then it is difficult to not be affected in some emotional sense by this changeability.  As autumn changes into winter and the nights draw in you feel more confined and restricted.  You simply cannot do all of those things that you enjoyed doing in the evenings during the long and light days of summer.

When you awaken in the morning and are presented with darkness as you open your bedroom curtains you might feel your mood quite simply dropping downwards.  As dawn breaks and the day begins you look forward to lightness and brightness entering your day.  Therefore when the skies remain grey and dark clouds loom ominously above it can be difficult to lift your mood and lighten your spirit.

People can be forgiven for wishing that they could just curl up and hibernate for the winter and simply reawaken in the springtime when skies and blue and temperatures have risen.  That said we have to live within the reality of what we are presented with.  We cannot always live our dreams.

We have to learn to live with the affect of the weather upon our psyche and seek our own ways to lift our spirits and brighten our moods.  It is very easy to focus upon what we are missing out upon or what we haven't got, but in doing this we sink into an ever-deeper rut, making it impossible to climb out of.

It is instead vitally important to focus upon the things that we do have, the things that are good and enjoyable in our lives.  On those darker and colder nights we can enjoy the warmth and beauty of a crackling log fire.  We can take time to appreciate the beauty of our homes, friends and families.  We can focus upon projects and gain a sense of achievement.  We can read all of those books we meant to read and catch up upon movies that we meant to watch.

There are in fact many things that you can do to stop yourself being afflicted by SAD.  Eating well, ensuring that you exercise, focusing upon interests, hobbies and friendships are all obvious forms of self-help and act to prevent the onset of SAD.  Meditation or self-hypnosis are also good sources of relaxation and comfort.

The use of self-hypnosis can also be extended to include utilizing your senses to imagine the effect of sunshine on your mind and body.  You can use your mind in this way to trigger a spontaneous endorphin release, raising your mood naturally and lifting your spirits.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in health hypnosis mp3 downloads including assistance in preventing SAD.

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You may have noticed that when you try to do something different with the golf club the ball responds in a way opposite to that which you hoped or intended.  For example, if you want to get the ball to go higher up in the air you might be tempted to try getting the clubface further underneath the ball.  The likely effect of such "scooping" is that you contact the ball with the leading blade edge and "skull" the ball across the ground.

In a similar manner, if you want the ball to fly along a lower trajectory the way in which you might be tempted to apply the club upon the ball is quite likely to "sky" the ball.  If you regularly slice the ball you might be tempted to aim further to the left (assuming you are right handed) with the result that you produce an ever-bigger and less controllable slice!

A vital element in the production of effective golf shots is to gain a full and detailed understanding of what the clubface is designed to do and how swing planes effect spin upon the golf ball.  The most thorough way in which to learn is through experience.  It is well worth taking each of your golf clubs out and hitting them in different ways so as to fully appreciate how best to apply them to the golf ball.  More importantly, you will also discover what not to attempt when out on the course!

One of the more obvious "opposite reactions" in golf is demonstrated when you try to hit the ball harder.  As you no doubt appreciate, hitting a golf ball harder does not equate to hitting the ball further down the fairway.  In fact the ball will be unlikely to go as far and will usually travel in an unpredictable and undesired direction, usually resulting in "3 off the Tee" or a dreaded "snowman" on your scorecard.

A relaxed grip and a relaxed swing will usually produce the best shots.  Golfers who are tempted to grip harder and hit harder usually discover the error of their erroneous thought processes fairly quickly.  

There comes a time in every golfers life when he or she encounters a situation whereby he or she feels a little pressure.  When you feel stressed, under pressure or angry your whole body tenses up.  This means that your grip becomes tighter and your timing changes. Even if you do not intend it you will find that your rhythm is quicker and you hit the ball harder.

You can see that even your mind can instinctively do the opposite of what you desire when playing golf.  You feel the pressure and you consciously want to produce your smoothest and most relaxed swing, and yet your subconscious mind tells your body to tense up, grip harder and swing harder!

It is therefore important to learn ways in which you can counteract this mental effect upon your golf game.  You have to learn how to relax and control your hormonal and muscular reactions to pressure or else you will not be capable of producing your best swing under pressure.

In actual fact golf is only a game of opposites when you do not understand these key aspects of the game and do not take the time to create congruence between mind and body.

Roseanna Leaton, avid golfer and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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There are many adjectives and phrases that can be used to describe the impact and effect of love.  "Love makes the world go around" is one of them.  Love is a positive driving force and a big part of things that are good in the world.  Love drives world events, be they big or small, in the best possible direction whereas hate and fear have an entirely opposite effect.

Openness and sharing, thoughtfulness and giving, gentleness and immense strength characterize love.  To not allow oneself to love fully and freely effectively creates a barrier to your full potential.  It creates a wall between you and true happiness.  You cannot become fully positively engaged in an intimate relationship unless you allow yourself to love unconditionally.

Real love does not have conditions or restrictions.  It transcends all hurdles that may be encountered.  Why would you not allow yourself to love in this way when it is clear that the benefits are so great?

Fear is what gets in the way of true love for a surprisingly large number of people.  Fears come in many different shapes and sizes.  Fear of not being loved in return, fear of getting it wrong, fear of rejection, fear of what other people think, fear or social ridicule, fear of ending up alone, fear of loss...and many variations of these themes abound.  

Life presents us with many challenges but there is one that truly stands out as being paramount.  To live life fully and freely we have to find a way in which to face our fears and overcome them.  If we do not find our way to doing this then our fears will become a self-fulfilling prophecy.  Fear of loss is the main perpetrator of loss.  Fear of not being loved is the main cause of not feeling loved.

If you have experienced difficulties in terms of not allowing yourself to love the most important question to ask of yourself is "What exactly are you afraid of?"  It is only by truthfully answering this key question that you allow yourself to begin to contemplate facing your fears.  Once you take this first step you will find that subsequent steps are a whole lot easier than previously expected.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads for relationship issues.

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Rejection can happen in many different ways and for many different reasons.  If you can identify with a pattern whereby you feel that you have been rejected or are being rejected again and again, then it may help to as yourself two very important questions.  

Are you really being rejected or do you simply feel rejected?  Do you fear rejection and does that fear make you push other people away through displays of attacking or defensive actions?  Bear in mind too that your attacking or defensive actions may even be carried out in a covert manner.  By this I mean that you may think that you present others with a soft fa√ßade but you are feeling a little "thorny" and hostile underneath.

Fear automatically triggers a hormonal reaction in the brain; the fight, flight or freeze mechanism.  If you do not act to overcome these natural and instinctive reactions to fear you will most likely find that the first encourages rejection, the second pre-empts rejection and the latter simply puts rejection on temporary hold.

To demonstrate this point let us take the example of a close spousal relationship.  You are feeling rejected and fearful and you find yourself oscillating between the three responses to fear.  

One minute you find things about your spouse to pick on.  You focus in upon their annoying habits and start picking bones with them.  You approach many conversations with an accusatory manner, epitomized by "You never‚Ķ" or "You always‚Ķ"  This "fighting talk" is highly unlikely to get your spouse feeling loving and cozy towards you.  Rather, she or he will get out of the door faster than you can say "Jack Robinson".  Thus your fear becomes reality and you feel rejected.

Then another minute you feel like fleeing.  You find yourself thinking, "What's the point?" and you contemplate walking out of the door and never coming back.  Your spouse doesn't even know what you are thinking and probably puts your glum expression down to a bad day in the office and quietly hopes that you'll perk up soon.  Let's face it, when you feel like this you are not the most relaxing and enjoyable company.  And if you really do walk out, you will still feel rejected because you will think to yourself "He/She never even tried to stop me".

And the last response of freezing makes you feel like curling up in a ball and quietly licking your wounds.  Once again your spouse is likely to respond with total bewilderment.  He or she leaves the house in the morning wondering which of the three spouses will be there upon their return.  Can they be blamed for staying late at the office?

In a relationship you can see that these types of typical instinctive reactions to fear can be terminally destructive.  If your spouse is acting in a way that makes you feel unhappy the worst thing you can do is to respond in the fight, flight or freeze modes.  Rather you have to take a step back and think constructively.  Think about what you want to achieve and how best to reach that goal.

In a spousal relationship what you really want is most likely to be recapturing that "loving feeling" which was where it all began between the two of you.  Instead of finding faults and making accusations, focus upon what you love about your partner and show them the person who they fell in love with too.

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A good relationship does not hinge upon a single key factor.  Rather, a good relationship requires a cocktail of ingredients that blend together in the same manner as a good recipe.  Like recipes there can be variations made to the balance of ingredients that have the ability to either enhance or spoil the desired result.

Recipes can be adapted to suit a person's sensitivities, so as to avoid triggering allergies to eggs, milk, wheat and so on.  They may also be adapted to suit maters of pure taste or social conditioning.  Relationships require similar adaptations.  A good relationship necessitates a certain amount of give and take, whilst at the same time not compromising the overall balance of the mixture.

Some people have limited taste in food and fear trying new food groups or new recipes.  Others have more developed taste buds and will enjoy a wider variety of foods.  Relationships can be similar in that some people are very set in their ways or fear change whilst others thrive upon change and excitement.  

For a relationship to work well one of the most vital ingredients is the willingness and ability to adapt to circumstances.  Being fixed, fearful or too set in your ways thus present a huge barrier to creating a good relationship.  What lies beneath these traits is frequently a lack of confidence.

Confidence provides a person with what baking soda does to a regular cake mix.  It allows the cake to rise and to become light and fluffy in texture.  Without this seemingly insignificant ingredient, that cake remains flat, has an uninteresting texture, and is far less appealing to the palate.  It is also more rigid and less flexible.

Thus what is truly the most important ingredient to bring to the relationship table is that of confidence.  If you have experienced difficulties in building good relationships then it might be worth your while to consider your levels of self-confidence and self worth.  Rate your self-confidence on a scale of 1 to 10 and then ask yourself what you could do to build your self-belief.

Most people do not know what they can do to help to build confidence.  They just flounder around thinking that they are stuck in their rut forever unless something miraculous happens to come their way.  Hypnosis could just be that miraculous thing, not because it will do the job for you, but because you can employ hypnosis to assist you in becoming more confident yourself.

This is an important distinction.  Hypnosis doesn't "do it for you".  You use hypnosis to make it work for you.  When approached with this attitude, hypnosis is indeed a miraculous tool to be used in the building of self-confidence and in turn creating good relationships.

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In golf what sometimes comes to pass is that you are so busy working on various aspects of mechanics and technique that you overlook the obvious intent of the swing...to hit the ball so as to propel it forwards towards the green.  

We frequently hear comments such as "you lifted your head up" or "peeking too soon is what causes you to miss putts to the right".  Golfers know that looking at the ball is a pretty important aspect of their swing.  There are many times though when you appear to observers to be looking straight down at the ball yet you are not actually seeing the ball.

What is important is not simply a matter of where your eyes are directed.  Rather, the most vital element is where you are truly focused.   You may very well be looking down at the ball and yet not be there in your mind.  

If you are thinking something along the lines of "Is this too much club?" as you start your backswing, can you hand upon heart claim that you are 100% focused upon hitting the ball?  The same applies if you are thinking about your grip, stance, the state of the rough, your posture, elbow, backside, swing plane or angle at the top of your backswing!

There is a right time to think about all of those things and a time when to put them to the back of your mind and focus instead upon hitting the ball.  The range is one place where you practice and think about technique as you swing.  When you are playing a "proper" round of golf you do still have time to think these things through.

The purpose of taking a practice swing or two before each shot is to allow yourself time to think about everything relevant to the swing you intend to make.  During that practice swing you can think about your technique and posture, the grass and the weather.  You take those practice swings with the intent of feeling the swing that you intend to produce.

You then take that feel and commit to the shot in hand.  Your focus now transfers to the ball and your real purpose...to hit that ball to your intended target.   If you are not ready to commit to that purpose then take another practice swing instead.  

Stepping back from the ball is sometimes the hardest thing to train yourself to do in golf.  Yet it pays dividends, big time.  If you are not 100% focused upon your shot and not 100% committed to making that swing you will not have a hope of hitting the ball in the manner that you wish to.

Probably the best golf tip ever is to ensure that you are truly focused upon hitting the ball and that you fully commit to every shot.  If you employ these two associated habits you will produce many more significantly better swings, better shots and lower your handicap with ease.

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When you have a friend or spouse who is suffering from depression you inevitably feel more than a little helpless.  You want to do something that will point them in the right direction but how do you do that and what do you do?  

You can't decide whether to try to push them to "make more of an effort" or nurse them or attempt to do things for them.  You try to encourage and to cajole.  You try to push and to pull them back to "normal".  It is easy to transition into a situation of co-dependency, or for you to become their "mother", their "nurse" or their "fixer".

Depression is difficult for an outsider to understand.  You look into another person's world and see how much they have or how good their life should be.  Yet that person who is suffering from depression clearly does not see things in quite the same light.  

And whatever you do in your efforts to assist has an impact upon the depressed person.  You are in danger of making that person feel guilty or pressurized or backed into an ever-smaller corner.  They may feel that they have been "taken over" by you are your actions.

However difficult it might be for you, it is sometimes best to take a step back and allow the depressed person to deal with their issues in their own way.  The most important thing to ensure is that you do not sink into a state of co-dependency whereby you are feeding the other person's depression and prolonging their suffering.  If you are a "fixer" or a "pleaser" this is exactly what you are most in danger of doing.

I remember a couple where the spouse believed that the depressed person couldn't choose her clothes in the morning, couldn't choose a meal, etc.  Yet when a total outsider entered the equation and told the depressed person that they had to dress themselves and must choose a meal (and prevented the spouse from taking charge of these simple actions) she managed to do both quite easily.  

In addition, she quickly got a whole lot better once she discovered that she wasn't as incapable and dependent as she had previously thought.  I'm not saying that this method helps everyone with depression.  It does however typify the co-dependency problem.

In reality you can be there to talk things through with when they are ready and try to suggest different appropriate methods of assistance.  You can keep an eye on them so that you are as aware as you possibly can be of their state of mind and protect them in this manner from going over the edge, so to speak.  There are different types of depression and different degrees of depression that a sufferer experiences.  

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When people around you are being negative it helps to remember that you don't have to listen to or be affected by them.  You do not have to respond in kind.  Negativity is not successfully fought with negativity. Rather, negativity will only be successfully fought and won over by positivity.

It also helps to remember that each person is on his or her own pathway through life.  Each individual person is experiencing life and responding to it in his or her own way and at his or her own level.  Their behavior and actions are a result of their own beliefs and expectations that will no doubt be different from yours.

If a person says or does something that you find hurtful you will frequently find that they did not really intend you to experience it in that manner.  Not everybody has reached a point in their own awareness and evolution to see things from perspectives other than their own.  When you encounter a person like this, instead of feeling hurt or disappointed (which are of course negative responses) you can choose to respond in a more positive manner.

There are a range of positive responses from which you could choose.  You could point out to that person in a nice way the potential impact of their actions or behavior.  You could forgive them in your thoughts and wish them all the best but at the same time step back from them in flesh so as to no longer move within the reach of their negativity.  

When you give the matter due consideration, there are in fact many way in which you can survive negativity through positive response and action.  In contrast, the only way in which to lose is to allow yourself to respond in a negative manner.

As a friend pointed out today you will only be able to respond to such situations in a positive way if you have a strong sense of self.  You have to know who you are.  You have to know your own worth.   This inner confidence is your true armor that deflects negativity and keeps you safe and secure in your world.  It allows you to be happy and successful and to raise your head above negative influences.

The possession of a strong sense of self allows you to easily sort the wheat from the chaff.  Inner self-confidence and high self esteem allows you to be relaxed and to enjoy each moment without getting upset or angry at circumstances that are outside of your control.  You in effect steer your own boat instead of floating along being buffeted in each and every direction by the changing tides of life.

Self-esteem and self-confidence are not attributes that you are born with.  They are learned and developed through experience.  If you have been unfortunate and missed out upon that positive experience there is something you can do about it.  Hypnosis is a great help in accessing your subconscious mind and implanting positive suggestions therein.

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A fear of heights can be extremely debilitating depending upon how severely you are affected.  Each person is unique and will experience the symptoms of fear in their own individual way.  

A friend described to me how heights made her feel as if she was being "sucked into them".   She vividly described the sensations she experienced as a child when venturing onto a balcony at her own family home.  This particular balcony was not protected by a solid wall, but rather one horizontal railing supported by several vertical posts. 

Despite being almost paralyzed by fear she felt herself being pulled towards the edge, as if she was going to be sucked through the railings and fall into the abyss below.  Even as she tried to back away into the safety of the house she could feel an invisible force pulling her forwards to the edge of the railings.

Much later in life my friend now experiences these exact same sensations in situations where she is above ground level and there is some sort of open balcony or open vista unprotected by a solid wall.  So long as she cannot see "down and through" a barrier, heights do not affect her negatively in any way.  In certain situations she has learned that so long as she doesn't look down, and instead keeps her line of sight directed to a distant horizon she will also be perfectly fine.

This also demonstrates how each person finds their own ways of working around their fears and finding their own way of coping.  Some people manage this so well that their fears rarely affect them at all.  Other people aren't so lucky and live a life whereby they feel imprisoned by their fears.

The more your fear of heights affects you the harder you tend to search for a cure.  There is one big obstacle that usually gets in the way.  Most people who suffer from intangible problems, like fears, tend to simply think, "This is just how I am" and "There is nothing I can do about it".  Thus, despite seeking a cure and desperately wishing for a cure they secretly believe that there is no such thing.

This type of underlying belief really does create a huge barrier to finding a cure.  Unnecessary fears are in the first place caused by another erroneous belief system that was originally created as a result of some past experience.  The experience that lies at the root of your fear may reside in your conscious or your subconscious mind.  You may or may not be consciously aware of it.

To be able to cure your fear of heights (or cure any other fear of phobia) you have to find a way in which to change these belief systems.  Hypnosis is a particularly useful tool in this regard as it allows the user to access their subconscious mind.  This is the part of your mind where deep-rooted beliefs and expectations are stored.  It is from this inner part of your mind that your fears are triggered.

Hypnosis is natural and it is easy to use.  There are no negative side effects either.  If you suffer from a fear of heights why not try hypnosis?

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Some people seem to catch every last bug that is doing the rounds yet others appear to benefit from greater immunity.  Sometimes it is obvious that the difference is not robustness of health but rather due to abstinence from mingling in the varied environments where sniffs and snivels are being passed around.

But we all know of somebody who does mix in all of those bug-infested environments and yet seems to be blessed with immunity from these lesser but still uncomfortable and irritating maladies.  On the flip side of the coin we will all be aware of another person who apparently catches anything that is going around even if they just breathe one breath of bug infested air.

What makes the difference?  Sometimes it is genetic disposition.  You may well simply have very good healthy genes (or unhealthy ones).  You may also have built a strong level of immunity whilst growing up.  There are also some common sense elements that come into play.  Ensuring that you are dressed appropriately for the environment you are in and eating a well-balanced and nutritious diet also serve to protect your body against disease.

Stress is an additional element that should be taken into account, although it is often overlooked in its capacity to exacerbate ones ability to succumb to disease.  It has to be remembered that all stress hormones are immuno-suppressive.  

The hormones that are triggered in the fight and flight response to stress are all immediate ones.  They are activated instantly and take precedence over other hormones that are involved in the immune system and long-term survival instincts.

Stress comes in many shapes and forms and affects each person in their own unique and individual way.  What is stressful to one person may be a source of excitement to another.   A roller coaster ride is probably a good example here.  Some people love them whilst others hate them.  

If you are lacking in confidence or suffer from anxiety even a supposedly mundane and every-day situation can become extremely stressful.  These are the sources of stress that are more difficult to avoid and can excite a person's fight or flight hormones into incessant activity to the inevitable detriment of their immune system.

If you suffer from stress in relation to any situation it is vitally important to your health to take a step back and examine what is really going on.  Stress is only triggered as a result of the way in which you view the relevant circumstances.  Stress is related to your perspective.  

Hypnosis is an invaluable tool in assisting a person to relax, relieve stress,  and to see things from a different angle.  Hypnosis is natural and it is easy to use.  It can help a person to build confidence and to overcome anxiety.  Not only that, medical research has also shown how hypnosis can offer major assistance in promoting speedier recovery from both illness and surgery.  Thus hypnosis can be used both to prevent disease and to assist in recovery from disease.

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Some lads talk about sex a lot.  But does this mean that they have sexual confidence or does it really mean the opposite?  Either way it can make other guys feel a little uncomfortable.  If you feel unsure of your sexual abilities you inevitably find yourself fascinated by talk about sex and yet a little uncomfortable at the same time.

Sexual prowess is not something that is taught in a classroom.  It is something that is built through personal experience and experimentation.  Sex is something that has to be explored by each individual.  Yes, guidelines, tips and ideas certainly help, but at the end of the day you have to do it to feel it.  

We all know this.  We also know that it's difficult to get off of the starting block if you are lacking in confidence.  It's a bit if a chicken and egg situation.  You need confidence to give it a go and explore sex to its fullest and in doing that you in turn build your sexual confidence.  Like with anything else in life, positive reinforcement gives you a he confidence boost.

If you have experienced difficulties in getting started upon the sexual confidence ladder, or if you have experienced negative reinforcement in any way you can be left feeling that you are missing out upon one of the greatest things in life.  Let's face it, sex and procreation are basic instincts for the human being.  Not only that, sex is a part of the sense of bonding and closeness integral to a successful close relationship.

Your own fears and doubts are what can get in between you and your desire to be sexually confident.  Hypnosis is a great way in which a person can find a way to overcome such fears and anxieties.  Hypnosis provides access to your subconscious mind that is the part of your mind where instinctive thoughts, beliefs and expectations are stored.

Thus with hypnosis you can overcome worries and fears and also explore more confident and powerful ways of thinking.  You can build positive thought processes and patterns of belief and behavior through your own selective use of hypnotic suggestion.  

Hypnosis is natural and easy to use.  It is also a private and personal way in which you can learn to change deep-rooted thoughts and behaviors.  Building sexual confidence could be as easy as listening to a hypnosis mp3 download.

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You will often hear professionals say that when you deviate from your own tempo you get into trouble.  They say this because it is a very true fact of golf.  We do each have our own rhythm and tempo and it is hard to change that.  Not only is it difficult to change your natural tempo, it's also unnecessary.

We might admire another golfers slower or faster tempo but it is important to at the same time recognize that this is the effect of that other person's natural rhythm and timing.  The key is identifying what your own natural tempo is and applying it consistently.  

You may well have a fast swing but this does not by necessity mean that it's a bad swing.  Far from it.  So long as your rhythm allows you to bring the clubface back into the right position at impact and for your body to remain correctly balanced it really doesn‚Äôt matter how slow or fast you swing the club (within reason, of course).

Tempo is in fact one of the most difficult things of all to change about your golf swing.  Your tempo is a natural extension of your personality.  It reflects how you go about your daily life as a person, not just as a golfer.  

I have a friend who moves everywhere at an amazing pace, talks really quickly and crams unbelievable numbers of tasks into her day.  What would you expect her golf swing tempo to be?  Fast is of course the inevitable answer.  Everything she does is fast and so her natural golfing rhythm and tempo will not be an exception.  To fight against this and to try to slow that swing down is as easy as swimming upstream against a strong current.

In my own case I am a pretty determined and methodical person, and so this is reflected in my swing.  I hit my ball with real intent and purpose, in a methodical manner.  I hold my hands up and admit that it is more of a "hit the ball" than a graceful swing through the ball.  But that is me and it works for me too.

In golf it pays dividends to learn when to go with the flow or when to try to swim a little upstream.  Some swing adaptations are easier to effect than others.  Once you accept that your own tempo is what it is you will usually find that good golf becomes a whole lot easier for you.  You can then seek other ways to improve your game; ways that are not opposed to your natural rhythm and personality.

Roseanna Leaton, avid golfer and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Virtually all golfers seek a way in which they can hit the ball further.  We all pursue the dream of hitting ever-longer drives down the middle of the fairway.  Most discover that this desire turns out to be a quick recipe for a less consistent direction of ball flight.  

At this point many golfers reconsider their dream and accept that short and straight is a better option than long and loose.  Yet that dream still exists somewhere in their consciousness and they soon return to the task of looking for some sort of a fix that will add those elusive 20 yards to their tee shots.  Golfers just cannot help themselves.  We always want to hit the ball further!

You see someone who hits the ball a long way and you notice his or her technique.  Perhaps they stand wider or hit with a more upright swing or they have been taking lessons from a particular professional or they have bought a new driver.  Golfers cannot help but wonder if these things would work for them too.  

It is easy to overlook the obvious.  Each golfer has his or her own unique way of playing this game.  Some practice a lot whilst others do not.  Some take a lot of lessons.  Others do not.  Some buy new equipment weekly whilst others rarely change their clubs.  Some are particular about the type of ball they use whilst others will play any ball that they happen to find in the rough.  Some golfers realize the benefit of getting a good mental game whilst others overlook it.

We play golf in our own unique way and so to look at someone else playing this game and pick out one element of his or her swing, body posture or equipment that perhaps "makes the difference" is totally unrealistic.  

We had a ball fitting at our club the other day.  I have to admit I had never heard of one before and so was tempted to glean whatever information was available.  They focused upon the fact that the part of them game where you really score is in the short game and not off of the tee shots.  Hence they were trying to move golfers towards a softer feel ball as opposed to hard for distance.

I couldn't help but think that although almost all golfers will accept the truth in this fact of the game, they still want to hit the ball further no matter what.  This was reinforced to me when chatting later with a few low handicap lady golfers.  When asked what balls were recommended, one said "but ALL female golfers want to hit the ball further".    I would have to add that most male golfers want to hit their tee shots further as well.

We all know that longer is helpful upon some holes in golf...BUT only if you know that you can consistently hit the ball straight, or shape it at will to draw or fade into a prime position upon the fairway.  In reality it is more beneficial to focus your attention upon the other end of the game and have the ability to get the ball up and down from anywhere within the 100 yard marker.  Do this and you will really be scoring well.

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If you learned the basics of playing golf at a young age you probably find that you easily revert to your natural swing throughout later years.  Other golfers who did not have the distinct advantage of learning whilst young do not have such a firm "memory" of their natural swing or ball striking ability.

Memory lapses are a common occurrence in golf.  You can go out onto the range and hit balls well but find that this doesn‚Äôt happen on the course. You can start a round of golf with a few relatively good shots but then find that things go downhill from there.  You can go through stages of being a "hot" putter, yet at other times your distance perception is way off.  You can be forgiven for wondering what it is that you have forgotten to do.

How come golfers are so forgetful of what it is that they need to do to be able to swing well?  Golfers often quip that it takes them 17 holes of golf to work out what it is that they have been doing wrong.  During the preceding three and a half hours those same golfers have been dealing with a situation whereby every shot has been a surprise!

During that time they no doubt went through a series of things that they "tweaked".  Their thoughts have no doubt focused upon their grip, alignment, backswing, follow through, hip turns, weight transference, and so on.  Throughout all of this they have been asking themselves "What did I forget to do?"

There is one thing that they sure as hell forgot to do throughout this process.  They forgot the basic foundation of their mental game.  Clear focus, trust, confidence, belief and commitment do not make an appearance whilst your thoughts are questioning your swing and second guessing yourself as to what you have forgotten to do.

Ironically, what they forgot to do probably began with a lack of clear mental focus.  Without this a golfer will rarely put a good swing upon the ball.  And the more a golfer questions what it is that they have forgotten to do the more unpredictable and inconsistent their golf becomes.  

If you know your game well and you are well informed about the physics of the golf swing, club face angles and so on then you will be able to make a few beneficial "tweaks" during the course of your game.  When you hit a bad shot and you can quickly answer the question of "What happened there?" then you can make an informed adjustment to your next swing.

But if that answer does not come to you quickly, or is not obvious to you, you are best steering clear of making such adjustments.  Rather, play with what you have, apply clear mental focus, commit fully to your shot choices and think about making tweaks at a later time, whilst on the range.

In doing this you will usually find that your game miraculously improves all on its own, without you having to do anything at all.  Why so?  Because the task you have set out to achieve with your mental focus and commitment involuntarily leads to an unconscious improvement in your technique.

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If you are a dedicated golfer and care about your game you can find yourself riding along on a rollercoaster of emotional turmoil whilst out on the course.  One moment you feel like a surfer riding a huge wave as your tee shots split the middle of the fairway or you chip the ball right into the cup, but then moments later your emotions sink like a stone as you miss a putt or get a bad bounce.

That's golf.  That's how it is.  And a round of golf takes an average of four hours.  If you don't learn to control your emotions along the way you can arrive back at the 19th hole with your emotions wrung dry.  The ups and downs and golf are experienced from one shot to another, let alone from one round of golf to the next.

A golfing friend made the comment today that she just can't seem to dial in her focus for every shot, every time she plays.  I seriously doubt that anyone can accomplish that feat.  Just as golfers make physical mistakes in terms of poor shot choices or poor execution, we make mental mistakes as well.  

It's easy to get lazy and not take the time to align correctly.  It's easy to overlook the absolute necessity to choose an exact point to aim at.  It's easy to be thinking about what your friend just said as you set up to the ball instead of applying your mind to hitting the ball squarely.  To expect yourself to be perfect is being way too hard upon yourself.  

If you were a long distance runner you would pace yourself.  You conserve energy during some parts of the race and give everything you have got at other times.  A similar strategy should be applied to your mental focus in golf.  

I know as well as you do that in a perfect world you would be perfectly focused and zoned in for each and every shot.  You and I also know that if you can get yourself to focus in this way consistently for enough consecutive shots you will find that this behavior becomes automatic.  

In a round of golf you don't have to focus for the entire four hours.  You need to focus for each shot, be they 70 or 100 shots.  That's all.  But this is still a high demand to expect of yourself when you are not used to doing it.  As a golfer begins to embrace the mental side of golf he or she should be patient with him or herself. 

We all make mistakes.  We all forget to do things.  Until your mental focus becomes instinctive and automatic (if indeed it ever does) the key is to do it when you can and also to conserve your energy so that you can apply your focus when it really matters.

If you are a golfer who has only just become aware of the vital importance of the whole mental game of golf, then you might like to consider hypnosis.  Hypnosis assists in the acquisition on new mental skills and makes them easier to take on board.  Golf hypnosis in this way speeds up the process of making new mental skills automatic and instinctive.

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Fears have the power to root a person to the spot.  Fears are not only frightening, they can be totally debilitating.  But there are strategies that you can utilize to enable you to step back and hold steady in the face of things that used to frighten you.

Fears should be treated with respect.  Your mind triggers the emotion of fear as a means of alerting you to protect yourself from perceived and potential danger.  However, just because your mind has detected what it thinks might be a potential danger, this does not mean that this danger is real.  Sometimes our minds act over-zealously when focused upon self-protection.

In view of this, many fears may be rationalized and released, purely by stepping back and looking at matters from a different angle.  In many cases you will be aware that you are experiencing the effects of fear in a situation that you consciously know should not be triggering this automatic response.  

For example, you might be afraid of having an injection or vaccination.  You might get really anxious about taking exams or a driving test.  You might be afraid of heights or of flying.  Rationally, you know you shouldn't on balance be afraid...but you are afraid, or even terrified.  You will also know that no matter how much you try to rationalize your fears you cannot seem to get your mind around these feelings.

To enable you to step back and release your mental grip upon your fear, hypnosis is extremely helpful.  Hypnosis allows you to relax and take a mental step back.  Hypnosis also provides an easy way for you to access your subconscious mind.  This is the part of your mind where instinctive thought patterns and behaviors are stored; the part where your fear triggers are stored.

Thus with hypnosis you are provided with a way in which to unlock those automated reactions to erroneously perceived threat or danger, and relax your responses.  You can in this way overcome your fears and respond to situations in a calm and controlled manner.  Treating fears with hypnosis is a simple and straightforward process.

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Many people who seek success or happiness do not take the simplest steps to enable them to achieve their desires.  One of the easiest things to do is to surround yourself with people who are already living the life you want.

Success and happiness are things that rub off upon you in a similar way to that which unhappiness and defeat can become contagious.  It is therefore eminently sensible for a person to take stock of the people whom they spend time with and ensure as far as possible that they are picking up the right vibes.

This is even true in the online environment, which probably explains why so many Internet would-be entrepreneurs seek to identify who is behind a successful venture and then emulate their techniques.  This can be a rather frustrating task for the uninitiated in the Internet world.  Many people who would like you to think are successful may not be exactly as they seem, both on and off the Internet.

Whether in the online or the real world it is important to protect yourself from negative vibes and to become a magnet for positivity, happiness and success‚Ķunless you prefer to be miserable, that is.  One of the ways in which to do this is to take reasonable care to limit the amount of time you spend around negative people or reading/watching/listening to negative "stuff".

Don't allow yourself to become one of those people who think or say, "I'm never lucky".  Instead, take immediate and consistent action to put yourself into a position whereby luck has a chance to happen to you.  Ensure that you are open to being happy and successful, and closed to unhappiness and defeat.

The states that you are open or closed to are closely tied to your inner beliefs and expectations that inevitably steer your thoughts one way or another.  What you think about you tend to become.  This is why associating with happy and successful people helps you to be similarly sunny natured and prosperous.  As you spend time in their company your own thoughts are inevitably focused in a more consistently positive direction.  

As you think of more positive things you feel happier and more successful and in this way open your mind to physical manifestations of these emotions.  In addition to surrounding yourself with people who already live the life that you want, you can also take care to get your own mind clearly focused upon your goals.

Your mind might be short-changing you through a lack of clarity in your thinking patterns.  It is important for your subconscious and your conscious thought processes to be aligned in their focus.  

If you find yourself thinking "I want to be successful and happy" on the one hand but then thinking "but what if it doesn't happen?" on the other hand, then your own mind is unintentionally forming a huge barrier to your happiness and success.  When fears, worries or negative expectations dampen your spirits and enthusiasm hypnosis could turn out to be your best "success friend".

Hypnosis allows you to relax and access your inner thought processes.  With hypnosis you can align your conscious and subconscious beliefs and expectations and focus your entire mind clearly upon the things that you most desire.

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Not every person is easy to deal with.  Some people have open, sunny and easy-going personalities whilst others remain constantly shielded by a potentially prickly outer shell. 

When dealing with the more prickly type of person it pays to remember that you should never take it personality.  It is just how they are.  It is how they respond in general, not just towards you.  In remembering this basic fact you immediately avoid being rubbed up the wrong way or moving into a defensive mode.  Either of these reactions would only serve to make matters worse.

The key factor to appreciate when dealing with prickly people is that everyone has their own viewpoint and their own reasons for being how they are.  Thinking in terms of what is fair, right, morally correct and the likes doesn't help you to understand the other person.  

Trying to see things through their eyes, on the other hand, will give you a far greater insight into them and enable you to communicate better and create a far easier and more rewarding relationship.  Stop thinking about how it "should" be and accept things are they are.  And don't expect them to repay the compliment and automatically see it from your side either!  

As you remain calm, relaxed and confident in yourself, you will find that your own feathers will remain unruffled even when the most difficult person is being prickly around you.  You will also find it easier to identify ways in which to disarm their prickliness and get them to relax with you. 

Without a sparring partner they will find it difficult to spar and eventually will give up trying to do so.  A turkey cock will only put on a display when he thinks he has an interested audience. 

Having confidence in yourself allows you to remain unruffled.  A confident person worries little about what others think or why they are being difficult.  With confidence you do not take these things personally.  Rather, you can let these situations go, like water running off a ducks back.

Inevitably shy or nervous people are those who are most affected by these prickly types.  Underlying shyness there is always a fear of having done something wrong.  Thus the very prickliness of the other person triggers an unconscious alarm bell that in fact makes them feel both guilty and uncomfortable.  

The shy person most probably realizes at a conscious level that they have done nothing wrong and that it is just the other person‚Äôs personality.  But subconsciously they still feel uncomfortable, making it difficult to relax, let go and mentally step back from the situation.

Hypnosis is a very helpful tool in learning how to step back and also in building self-confidence.  These are key ingredients in dealing with other people and creating good relationships.

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Doubters in the reality or efficacy of hypnosis should take heed of the increasing number of clinical trials involving hypnosis that are being carried out.  The sheer fact that such research has somehow found a way in which to be funded speaks volumes in itself.

Medical research into hypnosis is never going to be funded by drug companies or similar types of major investors.  Thus funding must come from other areas and is not so easy to come by.  

A quick look at the US National Institutes of Health Clinical Trials webpage reveals details of 66 trials involving hypnosis.  This is great news for those who are interested in holistic treatments as well as mainstream medicine.

There is inevitably a right time and place for different types of medical treatment.  But for a treatment to be fully accepted and widely available it first has to prove itself through the process of unbiased research.   

One great thing about hypnosis that makes it stand out is that it has no negative side effects and therefore the only risk to a person who employs it is confined to time and money.  Medical scientists should therefore not find it difficult to locate sufficient numbers of willing volunteers for their clinical research studies.

An individual who does not want to spare sufficient time to volunteer as a research subject does also have the opportunity to conduct his or her own research.  There are many hypnosis mp3 downloads readily available via the Internet.  I would suggest that the use of these is approached with an open mind.  

Hypnosis is no different from other medical treatments in that the more open minded and positive you are the better the outcome is likely to be.  This does not mean that hypnosis is just a placebo.  It is not.  But the placebo affects the use of hypnosis as a medical treatment or adjunct in the same way as other treatments including that of drugs.

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When you put yourself down you set in motion a cycle of negative effect.  From an individual perspective you will find it more difficult to achieve many things but there is also a detrimental impact upon those who surround you.  Other people will frequently, unconsciously or consciously, privately or overtly, put you down too.  

There will of course be friends and family members who love you and fight your corner and stand up for you.  They will constantly tell you not to put yourself down.  They will tell you how intelligent you are, how beautiful you are and how proud they are of you.  

But if you don't believe them their support and encouragement has little impact upon your psyche.  And your constant denial of your own abilities inevitably unconsciously rubs off upon even your most loving supporters.

Life is not as enjoyable, happy or easy when you put yourself down.  Everything becomes a struggle and an effort.  You avoid many things as well.  Whenever a person starts a thought with "I can't do this" or "I'm no good at that" they effectively place a huge barrier between them and that which they might wish to do, be or achieve.

My father used to say, "there's no such word as can't".  He did not allow us to use that word, or at the very least he poked fun at us when we did attempt to utilize it.  This I think is a helpful way to remind yourself not to put yourself down.  Whenever you catch yourself thinking or saying anything that begins with "I can't" you could remind yourself that there is no such word in the English vocabulary.  

In this way you force yourself to change the thought for something better.  "I don't want to" or "I don't think I can do" are more malleable phrases and allow you to at least begin to think in a more positive way.  "I can't" is final.  "I don't think I can" leaves you room to change your mind and find a way to feel that you can do whatever it is.

Once you begin to think about ways in which you can change there are many things that might assist.  Instead of putting yourself down, you can discover new ways through which you can build yourself up.  You soon discover that in most areas of life, if you think that you can do something you will be able to, whereas if you think you can't you won't be able to.  How you think about yourself dictates the outcome that you experience.

Confidence in yourself is so very important.  It is pivotal to success or failure, happiness or unhappiness, feeling constrained or feeling free to fully experience what life has to offer.  There are many methods that you can employ so as to help build confidence and hypnosis is one of these.

Hypnosis is very powerful because it allows you to access the inner workings of your mind and adjust the deep-rooted beliefs and expectations that are stored therein.  Hypnosis is natural and easy to use and all too frequently misunderstood and therefore overlooked.

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A golfer told me the other day that his problem was that as soon as he hits one bad shot he finds that he just can't stop thinking about it.  It then ruins his entire round.  There are a lot of golfers who will identify with this feeling and share a similar reaction.  I can't help wondering why golfers let this sort of thing happen?

If a golfer finds that a shank pops out, he or she would likely go to the range and have a few practices or take a lesson so as to iron out the shank.  Similarly if a golfer starts to pull or push the ball they would probably do something similar.  What I'm trying to say here is that if the problem at hand is mechanical or technical the golfer will go and do something about it.  But if it's mental, they tend to just let it keep happening.  

Doesn't that seem bizarre to you?  Why would you work to cure something that happens now and again from a mechanical perspective, and yet not even contemplate working to overcome a rogue mental thought that happens time and again and creates havoc for the entire round?

The only conclusion that I can draw from this is that those golfers who are affected in this way simply do not know that they could work on it or how to work to overcome these extremely negative reactions.  They must think that they are "stuck with it".

Whilst ever a golfer thinks this to be the case they are in fact correct.  BUT, as soon as you look to see if there is a way to overcome these havoc wreaking thought patterns and beliefs you will find yourself empowered to take control.  This problem is only insurmountable so long as you think that it is so.  

There are in fact many mental fixes that can be applied in such circumstances.  The key is to find a way (or in fact many different ways) that suits you to dissociate yourself from the emotional reaction to that bad shot.  This is where a post-shot routine is extremely helpful.  Most golfers have a pre-shot routine, but few have a post-shot routine.

The purpose of having a pre-shot routine is not just mechanical.  Yes, you are working to feel your next shot.  But you are also relaxing your body and dialing in your mental focus.  I suspect many golfers do not appreciate the importance of the latter benefit to having such a routine.  They see that which is mechanical and overlook the mental aspects.

The purpose of the post-shot routine is to enable you to de-brief your mind, clear negative emotional reactions and leave you with the ability to apply 100% of your focus, in a positive manner, to the next shot.  As you can see, this particular routine has no mechanical components; it's all mental.  Perhaps this is explains once again why golfers overlook it's invaluable place in the game of golf.

Golf is a mental game even more than it is a physical and mechanical game.  To ignore the mental side will inevitably ensure that you never play to your optimal potential.

Roseanna Leaton, avid golfer and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3 downloads and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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How many times have you seen someone hit a shot in the wrong direction only to realize afterwards that they had in fact been aiming right where the ball went?  You might also have noticed that a golfers weight distribution at set up bears a significant impact upon the shot that they subsequently produce, be it good or bad. These are such easy things to fix so why do golfers get them wrong time and again?

It goes without saying that even if your alignment and weight distribution at set up are indeed perfect, this does not guarantee a perfect result.  It does however make it significantly easier for you to produce the shot that you desire. 

There are many times that a golfer sets up to the ball and it just doesn't feel right; you cannot quite put your finger on why but you don't feel good.  The result is an almost foregone conclusion.  If you go ahead and make your swing whilst feeling uncomfortable you have no confidence to transmit through your body to the ball and that little ball sets off as if it has a mind of it's own.  It plays truant.

You know yourself that if you can just have the presence of mind to step back from the ball and go through your set up and pre shot routine again you will most often produce a far more satisfying golf shot.  Ironically, a significant number of golfers will take the time to line up a putt correctly, but will somehow overlook this essential element throughout the rest of their game.

In actual fact a golfer should be dialing in his or her focus to a point the width of the cup and visualizing the ball flying there as part of the pre-shot routine for every shot.  If your mind does not have a clear and defined image of the direction in which you wish the ball to go, how would you proceed to set up to the ball correctly?  Good alignment is dependent upon a clear and precise image of the desired shot.  

Just aiming somewhere up the fairway is far too wide a spectrum and begs for a random result.  If your golf ball seems to go all over the place it's likely that your mind wasn't in the right place to start off with.  

Your mind is also intricately linked with the element of optimal weight distribution at set up.  In golf you frequently discover that what you thought to be a mechanical issue turns out to be a mental one.

Most golfers know to take a couple of practice swings before setting up to the ball to take their real shot.  The purpose of course is to get a good feel for the shot.  You want to feel your irons attacking the ball or your woods sweeping through the ball.  You are taking your practice swings with the intention of feeling the right shot and imprinting that feel so as to more readily repeat it when the ball is in front of the club face.  

During the practice swing you are inevitably working out in your mind where your club is brushing the ground or the tee and at what point you need to have the ball at impact.  You are feeling the transfer of your weight through imagined impact with the ball.  When it feels right, you set up to the ball with your body and club face in that same position, based upon that recent memory of correct weight distribution, good alignment and so on.

Your mind is intricately involved throughout this process.  A good golf shot starts with good ball position, alignment and weight distribution and this cannot be achieved without first clearly visualizing the shot that you really desire.  Everything about your pre shot routine is designed to give you the confidence to commit to the chosen shot and execute it well.  Golf really is a mental game!

Roseanna Leaton, avid golfer and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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I had a round of golf with a couple of girls the other day and ended up coming off the course chuckling to myself over our focus upon the optimal hip turn and weight transference through the swing.  All three of us had individually been paying extra attention to this important part of the golf swing, but realized during the course of our game that we were all "working" on the exact same aspect of our golf.

That's actually quite rare.  Most of us end up paying extra attention to one or other little element of the swing, but rarely do you find everyone in the party working on the exact same bit.  Now, I don't like the idea of "working" on anything to do with golf.  Golf is a game.  I play golf for fun.  I love golf, I'm curious about it and I like to explore the endless possibilities of what you can do with a golf club and a golf ball.

And so during my own exploration of swinging the club I had found that if I set up to the ball with more weight already placed upon the forward leg the process of gaining optimal hip turn and weight transference became far more natural for me.  This being a key element in hitting the ball sweeter, longer and straighter I was keen to keep exploring the potential possibilities.

The other girls had come to be "working" upon this same element via their own routes, be it self exploration, reading golf books, during the course of a lesson, listening to golf tips or simply watching professional golf on the television.  So here we all were wiggling our hips about and having a load of fun on the golf course, and hitting the ball a whole lot better, I have to say!

I found myself thinking about Timothy Gallwey's suggestion of counting 1,2,3 as you swing the club so as to keep your rhythm.  Then I thought about a time when I took ballroom dancing classes and the teacher kept saying 1,2,3 and then again 1,2,3, and so on.  One girl suggested that there is probably a fun Pilates exercise that can help ingrain the optimal move and I am sure she is correct in this assumption.  Salsa dancing may be helpful.  Who knows?  It's all a worthwhile and fun exploration.

There are two things that really stand out from this in my mind for someone who wants to hit the ball sweeter, longer and straighter (the Holy Grail of most golfers) and these are this:-

1. First, if you see this process as a job or as something you need to work on you won't be in the best frame of mind to really learn anything great.  You'll be all tightly mechanical instead of loose and exploratory.  You just won't have as much fun and won't get to explore the full potential of this aspect of your game.
2. Second, just by watching a person with a good hip turn and weight transference you can more easily pick up this helpful trait.  We are incredibly good at watching and copying.  We are hard-wired to do this naturally.

Bearing in mind this latter point, you can even use your imagination to help you with your weight transference and hip turns.  You can imagine it whilst brushing your teeth or eating your breakfast.  You can see and feel it in your mind's eye and your imagination paves the way to your reality.  This is a truly easy way in which you can "work" on your golf game.

So much of golf is played out first in your imagination.  You select every shot from the basis of a visual image of the shape and trajectory most likely to succeed in getting the ball where you want it to go.  Good putters always see the ball first in their minds eye running smoothly into the cup.  Good golf is in fact played 90% in your mind.  

Roseanna Leaton, avid golfer and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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I don't mean to sound sexist here. Rather, I'm talking about facts. I have always noticed that female golfers have more trouble with self-belief in terms of trusting their alignment or their reads of the putting green.  Women golfers also seem to suffer more from tournament pressure. 

I have in the past concluded that this was somehow one result of our evolutionary development; that the female brain is not as adapted to "fight to win" as is that of a man.  This I still think is almost certainly true.  The male and female brain are different in not so subtle ways as a result of which traits proved to be the most adaptive depending upon the gender specific roles that individuals of necessity played.

The female golfers brain does not naturally have quite the same "killer instinct" as that of the male golfer due to these evolutionary influences.  In addition to this, the different ways in which the female brain and the male brain respond to anxiety triggers also has a major impact upon the way in which we play golf and perform in tournaments.

Medical research has shown that women are twice as likely to suffer from anxiety and that they have far more stress triggers than do men.  This is a fact.  As I say, I'm not being sexist; it's how it is.  Women appear to have on average four times more anxiety triggers than men. 

Whenever one of these triggers is encountered the brain automatically responds with the symptoms of anxiety and fear.  Research shows that females are not as able to suppress these feelings of anxiety as are men.   

Thus women have more anxiety triggers than men and they are less able to suppress these feelings than are men.  We play golf from the platform us ourselves as individuals and the ways in which our brains are wired will inevitably influence our golf.

The way in which our female brains have adapted their behavior to deal with anxiety therefore has to be taken into account by the golfer.  If you as a female golfer know that you get a little anxious in certain situations it is imperative to your golfing success that you do something about it.  

You can learn ways in which to suppress these anxiety triggers.  The male brain has evolved to do this more naturally.  But women can learn to do this too, with a little bit of effort.  Just because the female brain is hard-wired to respond in a particular way does not mean that you cannot adapt your instinctive behavior to suit your golfing needs.

You are no doubt familiar with the old nature versus nurture argument.  How we live our lives is not dependent upon one at the cost of the other.  Both nature and nurture interact to make us who we are.  Our female brains are naturally hard wired to be more anxious than our male counterparts, but we can nurture them so that they adapt to become "of sterner stuff" upon the golf course.

You will also no doubt have heard that most professional golfers (both male and female) agree that 90% of good golf is played in your mind.  It seems obvious to me that if male golfers recognize the importance of working upon their golf mind, then women golfers should be doubly aware of this necessity.  We female golfers have to learn to use our minds to control our anxiety and focus upon what is important in golf.

Roseanna Leaton, avid golfer and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Research has shown that females are more prone to anxiety than men.  Studies indicate that women are twice as likely to suffer from anxiety and that they have far more stress triggers than do men. 

Women it seems have on average four times more anxiety triggers than men.  Through experience we learn to anticipate danger and store "danger triggers" in our subconscious mind.  Thereafter, whenever one of these signals is encountered the brain automatically responds with the symptoms of fear.  

Research shows that females are not as able to suppress these feelings of fear as are men.   Thus women have more anxiety triggers than men and they are less able to suppress these feelings than are men.

This differential between anxiety responses in men and women is not caused by current life experience.  Rather it is the result of evolutionary hard wiring based upon advantageous traits many moons ago.  Women's brains are hard-wired to be more sensitive to danger and to respond to it differently to men.

The fact that dangers have changed over hundreds of years doesn't alter the brains sensitivity to threatening stimuli.  The type of threat may well have changed, but the brains response is just as vigilant as it releases a cocktail of chemicals in preparation to deal with imminent danger.

Through evolution it would appear that men have learned to more easily suppress this response to anticipated danger.  They have found ways in which to control this chemical outpouring and suppress their anxiety state more often than do women.

What women can learn from this is that it is possible to suppress anxiety states.  Yes, our brains are more finely attuned to danger and threat.  Yes, these chemical reactions are real.  BUT, we can learn ways in which to control them more effectively.  Men have achieved this over many generations as an adaptive trait.  Women have to work a little harder to control their anxiety, but it is possible.

There are many relaxation techniques that can be of great benefit.  There is one however that stands out as being especially useful and this is hypnosis.  Hypnosis in itself is a state of relaxation that at the same time provides access to your subconscious mind.  This is the part of your mind where experiences, beliefs, automatic reactions and behaviors are stored.  

You can no doubt see the benefit of being able to access your subconscious mind and make suggestions to alter your sensitivity to certain learned anxiety triggers.  Thus not only is hypnosis in itself useful in that it relaxes your mind and body, you can also use hypnosis to desensitize yourself to unnecessary fear triggers.

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Many people who have played other sports at a high level end up playing golf as well.  Golf is an attractive sport to many people and it is interesting to observe how sports people incorporate aspects of their primary sport into their game of golf.

I have watched cricketers putt in a manner that looks very much like they are holding a cricket bat.  Although not a technique that one expects to see on the putting green, it is extremely effective to one who has spent thousands of hours at one with a cricket bat.

When you watch a tennis player adapting to the game of golf you will observe the rhythm, power and follow through in their swing.  The same can be said of a baseball player.

Yesterday I played with a 7-handicap golfer who‚Äôs game was pretty magical to watch.  He looked so natural.  When asked if he had learned golf as a young lad, he replied that he had only begun playing in the last 10 years.  But he added that his background was in professional squash.

There are many strengths that can be transferred from one sport to another.  You can see from the sports I have mentioned so far that hand-eye co-ordination is very important in playing good golf.  This is just one strength that is useful to golf.  Knowledge of different spins that can be created by impacting the club upon the ball in different ways is also a great benefit to a golfer.

A dancer will bring great rhythm, body posture, strength and control to the game of golf.  Any athlete will bring many strengths to benefit their golf.  When you ask them what is the most important or most useful strength they will usually home in on one in particular - mental tenacity and focus.

Successful golfers fully appreciate that golf is a game that relies upon confidence.  Golf requires focus and determination.  An expectation of success ensures that you raise your game to meet with that expectation.  

Although there are many physical and mechanical attributes that will benefit your golf game the one which really sets the winners apart from the mediocre players is the ability to employ your mind properly to the task at hand.  Using your golf mind effectively is what will drop a load of shots off your handicap and get you winning your tournaments.

Roseanna Leaton, avid golfer and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Who you are now and how you act now is what matters.  The past is the past.  Now is your opportunity to be as you want to be and to live the life you want to live.  

It is undeniable that we tend to live our lives within the constraints of beliefs, habits and expectations that were formed throughout our earlier experiences.  Our minds work in such a way as to create short cuts in all manner of thinking and responding to situations.  

Our minds also create stores of information about things that have caused angst in the past. They are always on automatic high alert for anything that may be associated with being a potential threat.

These pre-fixed ideas do create constraints upon our present and future experiences, so long as you allow them to do so.  Even though these things are automatic you can in fact act to change them.  You don't have to be stuck with them forever.  

The effect of past experience is in this way similar to the effect of hormonal preconditioning.  Although a particular course of action is made more likely, with focus and intent it can be displaced.

The biggest barrier to overcoming this type of pre-conditioning would in fact appear to lie in an assumption that it is not possible to take control and change direction.  This assumption is entirely incorrect.  

Once you appreciate that you can change your habits, beliefs and behaviors, no matter what your past experience or hormonal influence might be, you will find that many things become possible.  New choices and opportunities open up to you at the very moment that you make this realization.  

Things that you previously thought would be difficult, or nigh on impossible, now become relatively easy for you to achieve.  The mind is a very powerful instrument so long as you know how to use it.

When you decide to change pre-fixed ideas, habits, beliefs or expectations you will find that hypnosis is extremely helpful.  Hypnosis empowers you to facilitate these types of changes more easily as it allows you to access and direct your subconscious mind.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads for health, happiness and well-being.

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Do you sometimes feel that your goals are a little too conservative?  Or maybe you consistently find that you have overestimated your potential and set the bar just a bit too high?

If you find that you consistently set your goals either too high or too low then this would indicate that you could do with making an adjustment to your goal setting strategy.  Inevitably, there will be times when it pays to be conservative in your expectations whilst at other times you need to set the bar at a higher notch so as to focus your mind and raise your game.

Most of us appreciate the wisdom of setting high standards and goals.  If you do not try you do not generally get.  But there are exceptions to this rule.  It is possible to bite off rather more than you can chew, and if you were to do this over and over again it would feed a belief that you cannot do things.

Ideally goals should be "realistic + a bit more".  If you do not stretch for more you do not allow yourself the opportunity to achieve your highest potential.  But if you set yourself a goal that is way off of the scale, then you are almost certainly setting yourself up for failure.

Let‚Äôs take this concept about goal setting and apply it to the game of golf.  I like to use golf as an example because this game teaches a player many lessons about life in general.  

Every goal should be broken down into bite sized chunks; pieces that you can digest without difficulty.  In golf you see many beginners who will try shots that a more advanced player would know are almost impossible.  Usually, as a golfer progresses they will adapt their playing strategy and err on the side of conservative play more often.

But you will see golfers with a club in their hand that they are not comfortable with.  They will take their 3 wood out of the bag when they have no idea of how to control it and the wayward direction in which their ball flies is a source of frustration, disappointment and failure for them.  

In contrast a golfer who has more realistic expectations based on their known ability might be a lot better off using their 7 iron and just hitting it down the middle of the fairway a couple of times.  In point of fact you will frequently see in club golf that a more senior player plays golf the most consistently and wins most often.

Senior players have the reputation of hitting the ball straight down the middle; a shorter shot but down the middle.  They are realistic about their expectations and they know they no longer have the muscle of a younger person.  Their expectations are congruent with their ability and they experience success on a frequent basis.  They do not set themselves up for failure by trying inappropriate clubs or shots.

There is a time however in a golfers life when to set the bar higher is massively important.  When you have mastered a fair degree of control over your clubs and have the ability to hit the ball squarely on a reasonably consistent basis you have reached an appropriate time to unleash your dreams and aim for the stars.  

This is the time when your goals, your expectations and your mental focus will lead your game and raise it to the highest level.  You have to use your mind to dial in your focus, to become more creative in shot making and to find a way in which to win.  If you do not use your mind to lead your golf you will just hit the ball around randomly and sometimes got lucky and other times you will not.

Those senior golfers are in reality still using their minds to lead their golf.  They are playing golf within their physical abilities, applying their golf focus and winning because younger golfers aren't using their minds as well as they might!

Roseanna Leaton, avid golfer and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Courage is a quality that we would all aspire to develop and possess by the bucket load.  Everyone appreciates the value of courage.  Yet timidity and fear can so easily form barriers to this valuable commodity.

Courage can at times become, in a sense, contagious.  A clear example of this is shown in the movie "The Help" which depicts a particular situation set in Mississippi during the 1960’s.  The conflict which many people at that time felt so deeply between what they knew was morally correct and the amoral rules of society relating to Blacks and Whites resulted in a situation that cried out for public displays of courage.  

In this movie, Skeeter displays such courage in the face of public disapproval and tunnel vision.  Eventually her courage did become contagious.  The movie ends at a point where her mother has "caught" her daughter's courage.  There are many other huge examples of courage displayed by many individuals throughout this movie.  It is a truly brilliant movie.  I would happily watch it again.

Courage is often displayed at unexpected times.  Whilst one may not think that they possess any courage at all, they will suddenly surprisingly discover that they are indeed acquitted with this asset when they have finally been pushed too far.  In a sense one may discover their store of courage at the very moment whereby they have stopped caring.  And as that courage surges forwards, they begin to care again and realize that they can rise to succeed against the challenges of life.  Until that moment, fear and timidity had gotten in the way of their courage.

Everyone can command courage.  When you feel sufficiently passionate about an issue you will stand firm, dig your toes in and show courage.  The degree of your passion is reflected in the quantity of courage that you access.  The more you think about something, the more you will feel about it and the more passion you will experience.  

It is unfortunately frequently an easier option to simply brush disturbing thoughts to one side and to turn a blind eye.  In doing this you also sweep away those upsetting feelings and your ability to dig deeper into your stores of courage.

This happens in so very many circumstances, be it at work, in friendships or relationships, in sport, or in the wider society and the world in general.   It would seem that we each have our individual tipping point whereby we are no longer willing to "take any more" and begin to stand up for ourselves and to fight back.  One thing for sure though is that we do all have courage somewhere within us; we just have to reach that point whereby we set our courage free.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads for confidence, happiness and well-being.

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The subject of hypnosis is one that naturally seems to attract a high degree of dissention and controversy.  Many people quite simply do not think that there is such a thing as hypnosis.  They think that it is a trick show, a con, something which people just go along with for a laugh.  

But then there are others who do believe that hypnosis is indeed real, but are not quite sure how to go about proving it.  The proof of the pudding for them is in the eating.  They have tried hypnosis for themselves and found it to work.  But they find it difficult to prove its efficacy to others who are less positive and more doubting.   

They see those other people as negative and unwilling to see things from a different viewpoint, fearful of trying something different or even giving it a chance.  But those who argue that hypnosis is just a figment of one’s imagination will reply that it's just a placebo and those who think it's working for them are simply very gullible and suggestible.

For those who have used hypnosis effectively and are living proof of its value, it can be more than a little frustrating to hear these arguments being voiced time and again.  Like anything that is seemingly subjective or intangible, hypnosis can be rather difficult to prove, other than in the reality of the outcomes achieved through its use.

Few people realize that there is medical research that proves that hypnosis itself is real.  In 2009 researchers at Hull University in the UK found that hypnosis has a "real brain effect".  These researchers employed brain-scanning equipment whilst subjects were requested to undergo certain activities using hypnosis.

This research points to the fact that rather than the individual subject purely being suggestible, hypnosis "primes" the brain to be open to suggestion.  This is the conclusion that Dr. Michael Heap came to as a result of this study.

In fact, the study leader Dr. William McGeown also noted that their research shows that the changes were due to hypnosis and not just simple relaxation. In effect this 2009 study shows hypnosis is real.  And this puts paid to the other argument that many non-believers proffer against hypnosis; that it is just relaxation.

It is good for us all to see this type of research being conducted.  Hypnosis is a very real therapeutic aid and can be employed to achieve a good many benefits in both mind and body.  Hypnosis should not be scoffed at or ignored.  Rather, hypnosis should, and is, being used by a massively increasing number of people worldwide.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads for health, happiness and well being.

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Purpose provides direction. To have a purpose also provides motivation.  Direction and motivation in turn fuel success and a sense of achievement and accomplishment.  You feel good when you experience a sense of purpose.  You also feel in control of your life; you know where you are heading.

These feelings are important ones to experience.  To be without purpose is to feel at sea in a boat that has neither rudder nor even oars.   When you feel a lack of purpose in your life you carry with you an inexplicable sense of loss.  Something is missing, but you do not know what it is that is absent from your reality.  You are not fully living the life that you intended to live.  

Many things can get in the way of your purpose or form barriers between you and your goals.  Some of these things cannot be changed and you have to draw upon your inner resourcefulness to find a way around such issues, like river water weaving its way around rocks to eventually find its way towards a distant ocean.  The greater your sense of purpose is, the easier it will be to adapt to circumstances, think laterally, and discover alternative routes to your destination.

Other barriers to one's motivation may have more subjective foundations.  Worries and fears may inveigle their way into your mind, casting shadows in the way of your dreams, dulling your focus and dimming your enthusiasm.  When your mind gives in to fears you find yourself robbed of the power of purpose.  Fear ensures that you live in limbo, paddling purely to keep afloat instead of propelling yourself forwards in any useful manner.

To move forwards in life always involves facing fears and mastering them.  From an early age we are constantly faced with new situations which could be seen as either fearful or as windows of opportunity.  We learn through experience ways in which to cope with fears, some of them more successful than others.  

If you feel that fears get in the way of your sense of purpose then you will likely find hypnosis to be of assistance.  Hypnosis is a state of relaxation that allows you to access your subconscious mind.  This is the area of your mind where deep-rooted patterns of thought, belief and behavior are stored.  Therefore, with hypnosis you can make alternations to your automatic coping strategies and find alternate ways in which to overcome your fears.

Hypnosis also allows you to access the more creative part of your mind and to get your imagination involved to see your goals more clearly.  You can enhance the power of your purpose with the help of hypnosis.  In this way you can build your motivation, strengthen your self-confidence and dare to dream once more.

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Every child has a dream.  We don't just have one dream. We have many dreams.  As children our imaginations may even seem to run wild with the dreams that can feel so very real.  

Children play with toys that are intended to encourage their imaginations to take flight.  A vast part of a child's early experience is spent in dreaming.  We learn through those dreams.  We progress through allowing ourselves to imagine something and then trying to make that dream come true.

As children grow into adulthood many of these dreams become tempered by reality.  More focus tends to be spent on the acquisition of logical skills as opposed to allowing flights of imagination to remain of prime importance.  

Some people's reality becomes so constrictive that they no longer dare to dream.  Others hang onto their dreams but in a kind of fuzzy way, pushed to the back of their minds.  A lucky few dare to live their dream.

As young children we do not know that there are risks associated with dreaming.  Fear of loss only comes once you realize that it is possible to lose.  How we respond to loss depends on the individual.  Some people stop trying whilst others try harder.  

Many adults find themselves in a position whereby they come to realize that they have given up on their dreams.  Life has become a daily routine with no real goal at the end and perhaps no real enjoyment along the way.  At the opposite end of the scale, some people cling so determinedly to their dreams that all they have time for it that end goal, eschewing reality along the way.

Somewhere in the middle there are those who manage to strike a happy balance between dreaming and reality.  They haven't lost their dreams and yet their feet remain firmly planted upon the ground of reality.  They haven't become disillusioned.  Rather, they have adapted their dreams to fit with their reality and also adapted their reality to suit their dreams.  

To make your dreams come true your imagination and reality have to find a way in which to co-exist.  In point of fact imagination paves the way to making that dream come true.  Your dreams shape the reality that you experience.  This is why it is so very important not to give up.  Everyone should dare to dream.  Without a dream you lose the light that illuminates life and creates happiness, fun and success.

If you would like to encourage in yourself the revival of your natural instinct to dream you will find self-hypnosis a helpful form of assistance.  In hypnosis your creative mind comes to the fore.  You can with hypnosis add extra impact to your dreams as they become firmly fixed in your subconscious mind.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3s for happiness.

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Golf is a challenging game to learn.  There are few golfers who do not find themselves both surprised and a little frustrated by its complexities.  

One's first thought is that it really should not be too difficult to play golf.  You are after all simply aiming to hit a ball with an appropriate implement and direct that ball along a fairway.  And eventually you have to get it into a hole, again using an appropriate club.

You soon realize that you initial thoughts were a little simplistic.  That ball turns out to be more difficult to hit that it first appeared.  It's all too easy to take aim and just hit fresh air, completely missing the ball.  You begin to appreciate that a little work will be required to get that ball moving at all, let alone sending it flying in the right direction.

And so most people spend a fair amount of time struggling away on the range until that ball begins to respond in the way you wish it to.  Probably every golfer will acknowledge that to take some lessons at this early stage of the game is a very wise move indeed.  You thereby learn good techniques from the start, and that helps a lot.  There are easier and harder ways in which to swing a golf club and you may as well ingrain techniques that are easier and more superior.

This stage of learning to play golf is mechanical and technique oriented.  It involves practice and repetition.  And eventually you are rewarded by being able to hit the ball further and straighter along the fairway.  You feel great as you begin to think that you can play this pesky game after all.

Yet as soon as you think that thought, another challenge appears within this game called golf.  You begin to realize that your mind can play tricks on you.  You learn to appreciate the need to tame your mind and dial in your focus.  You have to control your emotions.  The mental game of golf is a game in itself, within the game of golf.

Once you gain a little mastery of the mental game of golf you have yet another stage of the game to traverse.  To play golf well you need to employ your creativity.  You have to be able to see a shot and follow your instincts to find a way in which to create the shot that you have seen.  

Arguably this is part of the mental game, as you see the shot in your mind's eye and then set about creating it.  In fact what is happening is that your mental and creative focus triggers in you the ability to explore and develop further in your technical ability.  Your play becomes less "robotic" and more creative.  

Think Seve here, and you'll appreciate what I am saying.  Your ability to see a shot clearly allows you to improve and hone in your technique.  The task you set in your mind leads you to develop new and greater technique.  It leads you to "feel" your golf shots.

You can see when a golfer truly feels their shots.  You can see the focus upon their face as they take their practice swing, feeling how the club head brushes the grass, taking a few swings until they have that perfect feel.  And then they set up to the ball and feel that same swing repeat itself again.  

And so the stages of learning to play golf naturally feed from one to the next.  You learn your basic technique and then you start to focus and get your mind on side.  You start to see your shots and develop your creative mind to set tasks which further develop your technique and eventually you really feel your shots.

Golf is a wonderful game to learn and to play in innumerable ways.  It is very challenging but at the same time enormously rewarding.  And there is always more to learn!

Roseanna Leaton, avid golfer and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3s and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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Your thoughts seem to whirl around your mind, every so often interspersed with an ever more desperate plea that you should soon be allowed to sink into a deep and blissful slumber.  As the silvery light of dawn begins to show through your drapes you can feel your muscles sagging in defeat.  Not soon after that you assess your face in the bathroom mirror and the black circles beneath your eyes reflect yet another night of torture.

Sleep deprivation is indeed a form of torture.  People who have not suffered from insomnia simply cannot fully appreciate the level of discomfort experienced.  Sleep is a necessary part of our life and provides both body and mind with many essential restorative benefits.  Without sleep both mind and body are running on a very thin thread of human battery power.

Most people are lucky enough to be able to take sleep for granted.  It just happens.  They go to bed and are asleep within moments of their head hitting the pillow.  Others might need to read for a few minutes to settle their mind in preparation for sleep, or have a hot drink before going to bed or other such familiar routine. 

Others however are not so lucky.  The number of people who suffer from insomnia is of epic proportions.  According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke between 40 and 60 million Americans per year suffer from sleep disorders.   There are a huge number of people who are struggling to operate their daily lives upon a foundation of severely limited power.

Many people either do not like to take medication or experience difficulty in finding medication that suits them in a way that is 100% satisfactory.  There are many things that you can incorporate into your lifestyle in terms of habit changes or herbal remedies and if you suffer from insomnia you have probably tried most of them by now.  

There is one natural treatment for insomnia that few people think to even consider and this is hypnosis.  Hypnosis is frequently misunderstood. It is also often confused with sleep, not least because even the word derives from the Greek God "Hypnos", the God of Sleep.  The important fact for insomniacs to note is that hypnosis helps you to get to sleep.  Hypnosis is a state of mind that paves the way for your mind to sleep. 

Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation.  It also provides an altered state of focus, enabling you to shut out distracting and unwanted thoughts and observations.  With hypnosis you also have access to your subconscious mind, the part where automatic thoughts and behaviors are stored.  Thus suggestions can be made to embed an expectation that you will automatically return to natural patterns of sleep. 

In effect hypnosis can be employed to relax and retrain your brain to sleep when you need to.  And this can be done in the majority of cases simply by listening to a hypnosis mp3 download designed to assist in overcoming insomnia.

You will find that there is a considerable body of medical evidence that supports the use of hypnosis as a successful and easy treatment of insomnia.  You might like to check out the subject in Wikipedia, the British Medical Journal or in PubMed.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis for insomnia and other health related issues.

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Whenever I tell people that my Cholesterol levels are high they simply don't believe me.  They think I'm kidding.  I'm 5 feet 5 inches in height, weigh 115 pounds, get a fair amount of exercise and have what most would perceive to be moderate eating and drinking habits.  How could my cholesterol levels have gotten so high?

Putting that question aside for the time being, the more important question to address is what is the simplest way in which to reduce cholesterol levels?  The first thing to address would appear to be to set about reducing the intake of saturated fats. 

I'm a pretty strong willed person and if I decide to do something I don't find it too difficult to make the necessary changes to achieve my goals.  So I resolved to reduce animal fats to a bare minimum, cut out my morning cookies, chocolate brownie snacks, red meat, cheese and butter.  You get the picture. I have to admit to feeling a little deprived, but on the whole could see the probable long term benefits so resigned myself to that regime.

Four months later I considered it about time to have another cholesterol check.  I was feeling pretty pleased with my performance and looked forward to seeing the expected results.  That feeling changed when I saw that my cholesterol levels had reduced by the most minimal amount imaginable.  It seemed that I had made an awful lot of dietary concessions for a very miniscule benefit.  The cost-benefit trade-off didn't seem so good!

Time to reassess the situation.  Perhaps I was genetically predisposed to having high levels of cholesterol?  Would medication be the best route?  I'm a great believer that if you can do something naturally then that is eminently preferable to pursuing a less natural alternative.  Medication for me would certainly be a last resort. 

My motivation however was wilting somewhat and so it became important to regroup and find additional ways in which to redouble my efforts.  Clearly I would have to be super-strict about eliminating all of those saturated fats.  No cheating.  No kidding myself that a little bit would be OK. 

I also started Googling for easy ways to help lose cholesterol.  I found a pretty good list of tips to help on WebMD.  Only experts provide the information contained therein and so I decided it was a suitably well-researched list of tips to follow. 

I started to tick things off the list.  I already walked more than 10,000 steps a day.  I was already avoiding saturated fats.   I was already eating more fiber and lots of fish.  I already drank a sufficiently small amount of alcohol so as not to exceed the recommended intake.  I'm a non-smoker.

There was also a suggestion to drink Green tea.  Now I have to admit to not being fond of the taste.  A little additional Googling suggested that taking seaweed/algae tablets daily for an 8-week period could assist in a similar way to reduce cholesterol.  And so I signed up to take these as a supplement.  That seemed to me to be a simple alternative.  I like to keep things simple!  If things are simple to effect then they are easy to stick to.

There was also a suggestion to eat a handful of nuts each day.  I love nuts and so that was easy to sign up for as well.  Being careful, I did check out which nuts were best and was more than happy to comply. 

The last recommendation was to switch spreads to those that contained cholesterol-lowering plant compounds.  I did try to cook using these types of spreads; rather unsuccessfully I'm afraid, and reverted to cooking with a little dab of olive oil or other "good fats". 

I don't tend to eat much food that requires spreads but when I did I used to eat good old butter.  Those days are gone now as I have eliminated spreads.  But not wanting to miss out on taking something that could be cholesterol-reducing I discovered some yogurts which served the same purpose. I now happily consume two of these every day.

I'm giving myself a six-month period of following my new eating rules before taking another cholesterol test.  This seems an appropriate time frame to give my body a chance to reflect these changes.  I have resigned myself to the fact that it's not going to be a quick fix for me. 

I am sure that many people have traversed this same pathway.  I'm not alone in having unexpectedly high cholesterol that proves a little stubborn to shift. 

There are many people with less healthy habits than myself who manage to motivate themselves to make serious changes in their eating habits and in their lifestyle.  Having a target or a goal is an important factor in motivation and this is also mentioned on that list of tips. 

Being able to see those far-off benefits and keep focusing upon them is also a part of the motivation process.  If you have trouble in doing this then you will probably find that hypnosis helps.  Hypnosis allows you to access your subconscious mind and embed new thoughts, behaviors, habits and goals therein so that you act upon them automatically and instinctively.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis downloads for weight loss, health and well-being.

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Do You Work Well Under Pressure?  Pressure can take many forms and have an even greater variety of effects.  There's emotional pressure, time constraints, dead lines to meet, expectations to be fulfilled and endless tasks that may have to be juggled.  Some pressure is entirely of our own choosing and making whilst at other times we feel as if we are being buffeted by outside forces.

I was sent a photograph by a friend yesterday of her graduation.  She has spent the last three or four years completing an MBA in her spare time whilst also holding down an important and many would say stressful full time job.  A lot of "time juggling" went on in her life; of that I'm sure, between her employment, MBA work, her husband, family, hobbies and friends.  I don't think I have seen such a beaming smile in a graduation photograph before! 

The pressures she had dealt with were of her own choosing and she coped with them brilliantly.  It was still pressure though and a huge relief to get that MBA over and done with. 

Another friend mentioned in passing the effect of emotional pressure upon her life.  Her father had passed away and also a couple of other friends and relatives in a fairly short period of time.  She passed the comment that she just couldn’t seem to concentrate.  She couldn’t focus.  Even her golf game had "gone to pot". 

Emotional pressure is probably the worst type of pressure to deal with, and it doesn't just affect you in the confines of your own home.  Losing someone you love is stressful.  Even when a distant acquaintance passes away you inevitably have an emotional reaction.  As someone commented the other day "I never used to know where my black tie was. Now I do".  He was making the point that he was becoming concerned about how vulnerable we are in life and what a fragile hold upon it we have.

Stress at work and pressure in the work place is inevitable in the current financial conditions.  Countries teeter on the verge bankruptcy, yet alone States and smaller enterprises.  Employees frequently work longer hours for lower wages, slashed bonuses and reduced pensions.  They also make the effort to become better qualified and so more invaluable to their bosses.  There is a lot of unusual pressure in the workplace, on top of the pressures that always existed in business. 

You have to learn how to compartmentalize your work.  You have to be able to switch off and relax and not take your work home.  You have to be able to let go of worries and fears and make the most of the situation.  Whilst some people have the "knack" for doing this, others are not so lucky.  Some people dwell upon the pressures and suffer beneath their weight.

Using self-hypnosis is a very real way to relax, switch off and change your focus.  Hypnosis in itself is a state of relaxation and so just by using hypnosis you will immediately feel calm and peaceful.  Additionally hypnosis provides access to your subconscious mind that enables you to change your instinctive thought patterns, reactions and behaviors.  Hypnosis provides a very efficient method of coping with pressure.

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What makes your job worth getting up for?  I was chatting with a friend yesterday who had a slightly jaded look about him.  His response when I enquired as to what was up with him was that he just wanted to retire.  He was fed up with his job but it was a still a financial necessity.  In his words he "likes his toys and holidays too much" to be able to retire.

Later in the day I caught up with another friend who needed a temporary job whilst waiting to go to qualifying school for the European Tour in a few months time.  I knew he'd been looking for something flexible and I asked if he'd found anything.  "Yes" he replied, but before I got a chance to say "that's great" he added "the worst job ever - Pizza delivery".

He too had taken the job due to necessity.  In my mind I would have said it wasn't a bad job for a budding golf professional who needs a lot of free time during the day to play and to practice.  I can also appreciate that his university education didn't exactly encourage him to think that he might become a "pizza boy" and enjoy it. 

Inevitably there are a lot of people who end up in jobs that they never expected to be in, or jobs that they have not found a way to enjoy, or in employment that they have stopped to find positively challenging or enjoyable.  Even so, if you are in a position that means that you need to remain in that place, you are going to feel a whole lot better if you stop fighting it emotionally and focus upon making the most of it.

When you are feeling blue about anything in life you somehow need to be able to flick a switch in your mind and focus upon the good bits.  What can you do so as to focus upon your job in a better way?  What can you do to perceive your job in a lighter and brighter framework? 

The first step is accepting that this is how it needs to be for now.  If fighting your situation emotionally isn't going to change your situation, then you need to put down your negative weapons and surrender to your position.  Just this one shift in attitude will make you feel a load better about your job and you'll be more willing to get up in the morning.

A willing employee is a better employee.  A willing employee is also a lot happier and enjoys life a lot more.  If you are going to do something you may as well do it with graciousness and a smile upon your face.  The hours of work pass way more quickly, and if you are in a business that involves tips or recommendations, you'll earn a lot more money. 

That of course is the bottom line.  If you are in a job which you don't like you are in reality there for the money.  You may as well earn as much of that as you possible can.  That in itself should put a smile upon your face.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis downloads to help you to change your attitude and feel good about your life.

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The need for attention is acknowledged by most and yet also feared at times.  There are of course times in everyone's existence when you would like to avoid attention, stay in the background or slip from a room unnoticed.  Yet in the main to gain attention is a primary need in life.

From the moment we are born we need attention.  Babies need to be fed, changed, communicated with and cuddled.  From a baby's perspective, attention means survival.  It is not enough to just be provided with food and material necessities; cuddles, eye contact and emotional acknowledgement are also a vital part of a baby's world.

These latter characteristics remain vitally important as we grow into adulthood.  We need to be acknowledged.  We need to be seen and valued as an individual.  Our sense of self is built upon a basis of understanding how others respond to us and react to us.  We can see through interactions with others whether we are liked, considered important or deemed to be "good". 

If as a child you are afforded plenty of positive attention it follows that your own concept of your self worth is most likely to be pretty robust.  But if you have been in the main ignored or pushed to one side your self worth is likely to be low and vulnerable. 

There is also the possibility that you were afforded attention as a child of a negative variety, and through these circumstances you could perhaps have built some inner strength and the ability to fight for yourself.  Negative attention has time and again been shown to be better than no attention.

We know that childhood experience impacts greatly upon our sense of self and the things we learn as a child tend to run deep and be difficult to shake off.  Beliefs formed during childhood become an integral part of who we are, what we expect and how we act and behave.  These are automatic and instinctive thoughts and behaviors.  They are stored deep in the subconscious mind.

It is therefore not surprising to see similar patterns surfacing in different relationships.  This is a really good thing when those patterns are positive and powerful.  If however those patterns create disruptive and difficult circumstances within your relationships it becomes important to step back and identify what could perhaps be changed. 

Despite popular belief you can change those deep-rooted beliefs and behaviors.  You do not have to be stuck with them.  You can change your inner thoughts, emotions and actions so long as you really want to.  Hypnosis makes the process quicker and easier as it provides access to your subconscious mind.  With hypnosis you can create a new set of personal constructs that enable you to view yourself and the world in a different light and create good relationships.

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Perseverance pays off, big time.  But it can be difficult to expend a lot of energy in the pursuit of something that is not obviously going to reap real benefits.  Perseverance entails determination; determination to win, determination to succeed and determination to not be fobbed off.

Ironically enough, determination itself has the power to make you succeed.  The more determined you are the more likely you are to succeed.  No matter what goals you are in pursuit of, there will inevitably be obstacles placed in your path.  You have the power to choose to turn tail and flee, to make a half-hearted attempt to overcome them or to don your armor and fight to win.

Inevitably one tends to do a little calculation whilst deciding how to respond to such obstacles.  You do a little cost-benefit analysis in your head whist deciding if it’s worth the effort, worth the fight.  The beneficial value of winning is more than simply monetary; it involves peace of mind, a sense of achievement, the desire for recognition or perhaps to just plain prove a point.

I have had a recent situation that required a great deal of time and perseverance to get anywhere.  Here's the scenario.  A call account I used online got hacked into.  The perpetrator of the fraud used up the credit that was available and triggered several automatic re-credits before I realized that someone else was using my account.

I immediately deleted the card details from that account, changed the password and alerted the merchant as to the happening.  I checked that my credit card details themselves hadn't been accessed and determined that there was no need to cancel the card itself.

The merchant's response was to tell me to change my password and not give it to other people.  I explained that I had done that but what about a refund?  They couldn't help.  What about catching the fraudster, I asked?  Not interested was the essence of the reply.

The credit card company's response was that they couldn't even send a form to me to start a claim until the amounts had cleared, several days later.  Their subsequent response was that the merchant wasn't at fault because it was clear that I hadn't cancelled the card and therefore it was still in my possession and nobody else could have used it.  I was incensed! 

If I wasn't determined to win my corner before, I certainly was at that point.  My card company had rolled over and given up at the first nonsensical reply from the merchant and I told them so.  With a little more perseverance and determination I have now gotten a full refund. 

Sadly, nobody seems at all interested in pursuing the fraudster.  I have informed the local Police but their hands are tied.  The Police in the country where the fraud was perpetrated need to be informed, but where exactly is that in the online world?  The merchant has no doubt considered their own cost-benefit analysis and decided it's not worth their money to pursue.  Yet surely that's not the point?

Perseverance and determination are intertwined and interlinked.  If you ask any successful person what the key ingredients were en route to their goals they will all itemize perseverance at or near to the top of their list. 

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis downloads for perseverance.

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Mistrust in any relationship is a recipe for discomfort or potentially disaster.  If you don't trust someone then you will act in ways that are guarded instead of open.  Acting thus takes a lot of effort and saps your energy.  It also has a tendency to push the other partner away.

You may justify your mistrust of your partner because they have earned your doubts and fears.  If this is the case and you have made a logical decision to give them another chance then it is important to proceed in a way that is positive as opposed to negative.  If you are giving them a chance, they need to experience the benefit of a real chance and not one that is half-hearted.

Sometimes, your partner has in fact done nothing to earn your mistrust.  Some people live in a constant state of doubt, fear and mistrust, perhaps because of past experiences that have not been properly put to bed.  But suspicion inevitably drives a partner away in the end; fear of loss ends up being the primary perpetrator of loss.

If you feel mistrust in your relationship, either in yourself or emanating from your partner it is vital that you take time to communicate with each other and iron out these wrinkles before they become irreparable tears.  You might think that you are too scared of repercussions to do this, but if you allow a lack of trust to live freely within your relationship it will end up coming between you in major ways. It constitutes the equivalent of allowing a heavily armed and unknown enemy to roam freely within your camp.

It is important also to focus upon things that will build trust in your relationship.  Just as fear of loss perpetrates loss, when you choose to focus upon building trust this is exactly what you will do.  Needless to say, I don't mean not letting the other person out of your sight! That doesn't build trust; it merely puts off the inevitable.

Good relationships are built from a perspective of inner self-confidence and self worth.  When you feel confident you will communicate well and know what is important to you in a relationship.  With confidence you know what your boundaries are, what you are willing to put up with and where your cut-off point lies.  When you feel confident and value your worth as an individual you will both talk and express yourself easily, listen properly to your partner and be able to walk away if that proves to be the most appropriate action.

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What do you see each morning as you awaken and begin to move around and start your day?  More importantly, how do you feel upon awakening to a new day?

Some people hop out of bed with a spring in their step whilst others roll over and bury their head beneath their covers.  A few people stretch like a cat and luxuriate in their waking up process.  A lot can be inferred from this type of behavior about your attitude towards your day and towards life in general.

When autumn comes do you notice all the shades of red, terracotta, orange and gold in the trees, hedgerows and pathways?  Or does autumn pass you by virtually unnoticed?  Life is rich in so many aspects, but sadly many people do not notice much of the beauty that surrounds them.

Why is this?  Some people would say that they are too busy and pressed for time to waste their energy upon the mundane.  They do not see a purpose in noticing the scenery and such like.  Others are too anxious or tense to really notice their surroundings.  A few people prioritize the richness of nature and detail in their lives.

We do all have a choice in how we live our lives and the priorities that we pursue.  Despite this the majority of people feel as if they have found their way onto a treadmill from which they cannot get off.  What most people will agree upon though is that when you do take the time to look around and really see the beauty of nature you feel a sense of peace and calm.

To take time to live in the now and really notice the moment instead of focusing your attention in either the past or the future does inevitably instill a sense of calm and relaxation.  There is no fear in the now.  There is no regret in the now.  There is just what is happening right now, what you can see and feel right now.

In contrast, when you spend your time focusing in either the past or the present you miss out on the true richness that surrounds you.  You don't see all of the beauty, the colors, the minutiae of detail.  When you do not focus clearly in the now, you do not see clearly and so things become lackluster, fuzzy and dull in comparison to how they really are.

If life appears this way to you then it is a worthwhile exercise to stop for a moment, to press your pause button and look around you to see what is really there.  Take each of your senses in turn and really focus upon each one and notice how much more of life’s richness you perceive.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads for relaxation and enjoying time in the now.

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Why is it that time and again medical research shows that so many patients come unstuck in their attitude towards treatment?  This happens in many arenas, be it surgery or in the taking of medications.  The bottom line is that many patients worry that "it" won't work, no matter what the particular treatment is.

It is important to also acknowledge that at the same time, medical research also shows that a more positive patient will also almost always gain better results.  In fact, in medical trials you frequently see an average of 30 percent of placebo patients responding positively.  (I.e. these patients have responded positively without even being given the real treatment; they merely think that they have done so.)

To overlook the power of one's own mind is a grave oversight indeed.  To do so in matters of your own health is, dare I say it, plain daft!  We are each majorly responsible for our own health.  Yes, your doctor, MD, surgeon and medical personnel in general are there to help, inform, treat, guide and assist.  But it is up to each of us as patients to approach any treatment with the most positive mindset possible.

This is the case whether we are seeking a cure or when thinking in terms of preventative medicine.  There are many ways in which we can put ourselves in a position to be more likely to enjoy good health.  We all know the benefits of subscribing to a healthy diet, fresh air and exercise.  A life of moderation is prescribed to all as a recipe for good health. 

Less people consider the effect of their mental attitude upon their health, and yet clearly your mind and body are intrinsically linked and each impact upon the other every moment of every day.  Most of us are aware of the effect of stress upon health and well-being, but many choose to ignore it.  It's all too easy to have an "I'll worry about that if it happens" attitude.

There is much you can do to promote good health and well being simply by changing your attitude and focus.  There is an equal amount of good that you can achieve when applying your mind positively to actual medical treatment or surgery.  The health benefits of having a calm, relaxed and positive attitude are truly enormous, and should not be over looked.

Should you have trouble in shedding negativity, worries or fears hypnosis is a particularly useful tool. With hypnosis you will access your subconscious mind, the place where your automatic and instinctive thoughts are stored.  Hypnosis therefore makes it easier to shed old patterns of thought and behavior and embrace a new, calm, positive and powerful attitude towards your good health in general as well as towards medical treatment or surgery.

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Do you feel that you lack in imagination or simply cannot seem to get your imagination working as you might wish?  It's frustrating when a peer points out that face that you have to imagine something before it can come to fruition (and you know this to be true) and yet you just cannot seem to imagine that which you want. 

You know that you want to imagine that eventuality in full Technicolor and yet try as you might you just see a blank space in front of you.  Or at least that’s how it seems to you.  Does this mean that you have no ability to imagine or does it instead infer that you haven't yet learned how to go about this task?

For some people their ability to imagine seems as natural and instinctive as it is to breathe.  But this is not the case for everyone. Developing your imagination can take for many the same effort as in learning another seemingly unnatural skill.  But the process of learning a new skill can be made far easier when you set about it the right way.

It is important to reassure yourself that everyone does indeed have the ability to visualize and to imagine eventualities.  Most often, when you think that you cannot visualize, it is not that you cannot visualize at all; it is instead the case that you cannot visualize the things that you would like to see.

The second thing that you probably need some reassurance for is that even if visualizing does not seem to come naturally to you, you can learn to do this in a few easy steps.  It’s best to start with simple things and work from there.  Don't try to run before you can walk.

For example, if you were asked to describe an apple how could you even attempt a reply without a vision of an apple inadvertently popping into your mind?  What do you see when asked not to think about an orange? 

What happens when asked to imagine a lemon tree, your arm reaching to pick one of it's fruit and then cutting it with a knife, seeing it's juice running onto a white plate?  And then biting into a slice of that juicy, sour, bitter lemon? 

Did you salivate then as you read that last sentence?  Your imagination will inevitably have been triggered and employed whilst reading this last couple of short paragraphs.  Hopefully that will have proven to you that you do in fact have a good working imagination.

If you would like to improve upon your ability to visualize and to readily see the things that you would like to in your mind's eye, hypnosis provides an effective gateway to your imagination.  Hypnosis allows you to access the creative part of your mind and to guide your imagination more efficiently.