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.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads designed to help with anxiety.

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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.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3s for exercise motivation.

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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.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads to assist in moving on after a broken relationship.

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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.

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

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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.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mo3 downloads for success, health and happiness.

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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.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mo3 downloads for success, health and happiness.

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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.  

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads to help relieve stress.

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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.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in confidence hypnosis mp3 downloads and hypnosis mp3s for relationship issues.

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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.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in confidence hypnosis mp3 downloads and hypnosis to create 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.

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

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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.

Roseanna Leaton, avid golfer and specialist in golf hypnosis mp3 downloads and author of the GolferWithin golf mind training system.

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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.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3s for anxiety relief.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis downloads to help you to cope 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.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis confidence mp3s to help 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.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in confidence hypnosis mp3s to help you to build good relationships.

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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.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis downloads for health.

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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. 

Hypnosis also allows you to build greater belief in yourself and your ability to achieve your goals as you can embed positive and powerful suggestions in your subconscious mind.  Your subconscious mind is the part that acts automatically and instinctively, without trying.

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

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Dreams can easily be interpreted if you really wish to put your mind to this task. Dreams can tell you a lot about ongoing not quite conscious emotional challenges and musings.  As you dream your mind is working through things that have recently come into your attention and awareness and fitting them into the pool of knowledge already stored within your mind. 

Your dreaming mind is putting together intellectual and emotional impulses and creating a true meeting of the minds.  The emotional, feeling and imagination focused part meets and mingles with the logical and factual part of the mind.  Unconscious and conscious thoughts come together in your dreams. 

The dream itself can be seen as an expression of the mind attempting to resolve conflicts, be they things that you are only too well aware of or others which are seemingly well hidden.  The easiest way in which to interpret your dream is to seek out the feeling that has been solicited and then cast your mind back to whence in the last couple of days you might have been aware of that same feeling.  The actual facts of the dream rarely provide as many clues as that given by the emotional impact.

By seeking to find the emotional impact of your dreams you can use your dreams more intelligently.  They will provide clues to the emotions that you are perhaps hiding from yourself or not quite at one with.  Once faced, those emotions will become easy to confront and deal with.

We often hide things from ourselves.  We turn a blind eye, a deaf ear and also sweep things under the carpet.  We turn our backs towards things that we do not like.  In many cases this ability to look the other way, or to turn the other cheek, is extremely helpful and beneficial.  Sometimes though by hiding we can dig ourselves a little too deep into an inappropriate hiding hole.

When you have a recurring theme to your dreams or a recurring emotion is experienced, this is the time to really take a look at your dreams.  Clearly, your dreams are telling you that thee is some sort of conflict that hasn’t gone away and doesn’t want to go away.  Ask yourself what is causing you to feel that emotion.  What might be triggering that feeling? 

What can you do to change it or make things feel a little better?  You will frequently find that the big issue is that you haven’t yet accepted the truth or inevitability of a certain situation.  Once you really think about it and make the decision to accept whatever it is, then you will no longer experience this conflict within your dreams.

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

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Emotional baggage can reach a great weight or even enter the category of emotional garbage.  If you are suffering beneath the burden of negative emotions, you will realize that it is not only important but it is in fact essential for your well-being to find a way in which to offload.  A trip to the dump would appear to be overdue.

When you are plagued by bad memories, bad feelings or guilty emotions you just want to forget them.  You want to sling them away and wipe them clean from your mind.  You just do not want them hanging around disturbing your happiness and equilibrium.  You know that this is what you want but you also realize that this ideal is impossible.  You cannot just tip that garbage into the dump and walk away with a mind that is devoid of such memories.  Your mind won't let you do that, no matter how much you would like it to.  You cannot wipe those memories away.

But when you really think about it if you reframe your goal slightly you can actually achieve what is at the crux of your desires.  Rather then blocking out those memories, what you really want is to stop the bad feelings associated with these memories.  You simply want to stop feeling bad.  And so instead of trying to tip that stubborn and uncomfortable emotional garbage into the dump, you need to take it in for re-cycling.

What is needed it to be able to take a step back and change that instinctive emotional reaction which has until now been overloading your senses and leeching your energy and spirit.  Hypnosis is a great way of gaining access to your automatic memory store and related instinctive behavioral responses.  In fact there is a strong body of medical research that supports its use in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

I am using the example of PTSD here, as this is arguably the most intensely experienced form of negative emotional reaction relating to past events and circumstances.  Most people who wish to let go of emotional baggage experience a lower degree of impact. 

For example, you might want to get over a broken relationship and stop thinking about your ex.  You might want to stop thinking about a situation at work that has upset you.  There are many variations of emotional overload that you might be experiencing.  The thing to remember is that hypnosis is a very useful tool in taking a step back and seeing things from a different angle and being able to dissociate from the emotions that used to swamp you.

Hypnosis is easy to use and quick to work.  Most people don't really consider hypnosis, as they do not know enough about it.  But one you look into the medical research that has been complied showing its efficacy you soon realize that it is an extremely effective treatment for many emotional issues.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3s to assist with emotional issues and help you get over a broken relationship.

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Times of recession often lead to times of depression.  They even get called periods of depression, like the Great Depression that began in America with the Wall Street Crash in 1929.  But depressed spirits are exactly what you cannot afford to entertain at such a time.  You desperately need to have a positive attitude so as to be able to put up a fight.

Money worries can run away with you, if you allow them to do so, and lead to many health issues, ranging from depression to anxiety, stress and even to suicide.  It is vitally important to be able to alter your focus, change your attitude and lift your spirits when facing such tough times.

And tough times are certainly here in the Western World now, in 2011.   We are bombard with facts relating to financial woes.   Whole States and countries are in massive debt positions, currencies are being devalued and for many individuals this means that everything that they have worked for is collapsing around them.  Their societal structure is in ruins.

Employees are accepting pay cuts instead of receiving pay rises and bonuses.  There are no jobs to be had for the willing students who seek part time employment.  Full time jobs are harder to obtain no matter what your level of qualification is.  You potential are in a position of negative equity over home and investments.  It's hard to know what to do or how to respond and climb out of such a widespread problem.

But even so, to allow this worry to impact upon your health only makes matters worse.  Inevitably the more cautious natured person, those who are inherently careful and more prone to worry and anxiety, are affected the most.  The more devil-may-care people respond more favorably and find it easier to remain hopeful and turn the situation into a kind of exciting challenge.

Everyone becomes impacted in one way or another.  The big question is what can you do to preserve your equilibrium in other ways and maintain good health? 

What some people do automatically is "switch off" their worries.  They have the ability to compartmentalize things within their mind.  Everyone can learn to do this and hypnosis makes this more easily achievable.

Hypnosis is a natural state of relaxation that you can use to relieve worries, soothe anxieties and switch off from fears.  You can listen to a hypnosis mp3 to relax easily and to build more of a positive expectation and lift your spirits in general.  In this way you can guard against the cycle of negative health issues that can be caused by unchecked worries.

This might not seem very much in the way of assistance in such circumstances.  But your attitude paves the way to your reality.  In a situation that appears very much like a "sink or swim" scenario, hypnosis could be just the thing that keeps you afloat.

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

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There are few people who do not feel a few nervous twinges when contemplating surgery, be it extensive or minimally invasive.  The thought of having a routine blood test or vaccination can be enough to set many patients teeth on edge, let alone being subjected to anesthetic and a surgeon’s knife.

It's not something that most of us undergo on a regular basis and so you don't get an opportunity to get used to it either.  Each person inevitably develops his or her own coping strategy, usually by default.  Some people opt to become well informed and even go to the extent of watching the relevant surgical procedure being performed via a U-tube link.  Others choose to turn a blind eye and simply turn up on the day and hope for the best.

What is undeniable is that the more positive and relaxed you are as a patient the more smoothly your surgical experience will transpire.  This is a really important scientific fact to appreciate as it means you will feel a whole lot better throughout the entire procedure and recover more quickly too.  It also makes the surgeon's job easier. 

Common sense tells us that this should indeed be the case.  There's also been a lot of medical research carried out in this area that supports this phenomenon.  Hypnosis in particular has in fact been shown to produce great results, with patients experiencing benefits in terms of overcoming fears, a swifter operating time, a smoother surgical experience, lowered dosages of pain medication, less time spent in hospital beds and a quicker and better recovery afterwards. 

Now I'm not advocating hypnosis as an alternative to other medication.  Rather, I'm just saying that hypnosis has been proven to be very effective as an adjunctive or complementary surgical treatment. 

You may be aware, as I am, that some patients with greater experience of hypnosis have actually used hypnosis in place of anesthesia very successfully, but the majority of people probably wouldn't opt for this more extensive application.  For the purpose of this article I am not referring to this type of hypnotic use, simply it's place as a means of allowing a patient to be more relaxed and positive about their surgery. 

With hypnosis you can use your imagination and suggestibility to promote relaxation, a positive expectation, easier healing and swifter return to fitness.  You can even do this equally well by listening to a hypnosis recording as you can by a tailored session with a hypnotherapist.  Medical research does also support this fact.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis downloads for health, designed to assist with a patient's attitude towards surgery.

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When you have a conversation about hypnosis there are several standard reactions that the average person displays.  Most frequently hypnosis is either automatically classed as something like the occult, a kind of voodoo thing, or quite simply a put up job, an illusion like magic.  A secondary string of thought tends towards the "you couldn't hypnotize me" variety.

Despite the fact that so many people don't think there is any real truth in the phenomenon of hypnosis, these same people rarely offer to become a subject.  A little trepidation is usually in evidence, just in case hypnosis really is real and they could inadvertently fall beneath the hypnotist's threatening spell.

There are in fact many misconceptions about hypnosis, relating to whether it does really happen, what it is and what you can do with it.  Hypnosis is a normal and natural state of mind that is far from being threatening.  Hypnosis is in fact a particularly enabling state, providing it's user with the ability to overcome obstacles to their focus, behavior and emotional well being.

As is true with all forms of therapeutic intervention, the more motivated user inevitably achieves a greater degree of success.  If you really want to achieve something you are more likely to apply an open and willing mind. 

One way in which a person can overcome their trepidation about hypnosis is to use a hypnosis recording whilst remaining safely within the secure walls of their own home.  There's no risk of giving away your deepest and darkest secrets here!  Not that this would ever happen, if you didn't want it to, that is.  There’s also no fear of being manipulated or controlled, if that happens to be your fear.

Yet other people have a different fear.  Some people worry that a recording just couldn't possibly work.  They want to go deep.  Their fear is not of hypnosis.  Rather, their fear is that it might not work for them.  But a recording has been scientifically proven to be just as effective as a live induction in a Meta study carried out at the Mount Sinai school of medicine.

And yes, I did just refer to significant scientific research appertaining to the therapeutic benefits of hypnosis.  Hypnosis is very real, very natural, incredibly enabling and it's easy to use.  There is a growing body of scientific evidence that supports its effectiveness in many spheres of life.

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

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The sight and sound of water is most often associated with feelings of tranquility and peacefulness.  Most of us love to sit and watch the gentle ripple of waves on the ocean or the shimmering of light upon water.  Similarly the sound of water in a stream tends to have a soothing effect.

Even the sight of towering waves in a storm are generally found to be exciting, providing of course they are viewed from a safe distance.  We can spend endless hours in fascinated contemplation of water, enjoying its movement and fluidity.  We love to see the range of colors and patterns which water has the ability to reflect in different lights and perspectives.

And when presented with a scorching hot day the thought of taking a cool dip in water is something that is indescribably delicious.  Even a person who is afraid of swimming can find the idea of a cool dip extremely appealing.  It's just the reality which somehow makes that person’s skin prickle, their stomach churn and keeps them rooted to their spot at the waters edge, or beating a swift retreat in the opposite direction.

Where does that kind of fear come from?  For a person who has never been afraid of swimming it's hard to comprehend such fear.  But for one who is afraid of getting in the water that fear is both debilitating and annoying.  It is totally frustrating.

You know that the human body naturally floats.  You know logically that it's pretty difficult to sink.  You know you should be able to let go of the edge and that it’s ok to put your face in the water.  Yet despite this knowledge, fear has a vice like grip upon your emotions that just won't let you take that risk. 

Fear of swimming for many people is something that they choose to live with instead of to confront.  But there comes a time in your life when you make up your mind to face your fears and conquer them.  It's only once you make that decision that you really begin to look around to see what help might be available.

Then you start to ask yourself where your fear came from.  Some people can remember a bad experience with water and can identify that root cause of their fear.  Others cannot recall any such event.  But even if you can recall a frightening experience, you do still know that there is no reason to be afraid now.  So you know that your instinctive emotional reaction is somehow propelled by something other than pure logic.

When you suffer from a fear that is not quite logical, and it just appears instinctively, you know that your subconscious mind is driving your reaction.  Thus if you wish to overcome this type of fear you must find a way to break into this subconscious cycle of reaction.  Hypnosis allows you to do just this.

With hypnosis you can access your subconscious thoughts and emotions.  You can also re-pattern those thoughts and change your instinctive response and expectations.  Hypnosis can be effectively used to overcome fear of swimming.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis downloads to overcome fears and phobias.

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Few people look forward to surgery even if it is of the elective variety.  Yet an increasing number of people do indeed elect to go under the knife, be it for a caesarian birth or some form of cosmetic surgery.  There is always an element of fear which hovers somewhere at the back of one's mind. 

Surgery is surgery whether it is undergone for essential health or more cosmetic reasons.  It involves injections, anesthetics, incisions, cuts, stitches and sutures, all of which can elicit an element of fear in the patient. 

Some people suffer from needle phobia, others are a little squeamish about blood tests and so on.  Even a person who is least prone to fear or anxiety is inevitably aware of the risks associated with surgery.

The best type of patient from the surgeon's perspective is one who is both informed and relaxed.  A relaxed patient makes a good patient.  The more relaxed you are the smoother the surgery usually goes and the more quickly you recover.  There is a large body of scientific evidence that supports this fact.

Anxiety and fear will of course get in the way of this beneficial calmness.  If you feel anxious or afraid prior to surgery it is important to look for ways in which to soothe your emotions and change your perspective.  Hypnosis has been proven to be extremely beneficial in this respect.

In fact, in a Meta study on the effective use of adjunctive hypnosis with surgical patients, researchers at the Mount Sinai School of medicine in New York found that patients in hypnosis treatment groups had better clinical outcomes than 89% of patients in control groups.  Not only that, they discovered that this result was irrespective of the method of hypnotic induction, be it live or recorded.

Hypnosis is a state of relaxation.  Hypnosis also accesses your subconscious mind and allows you to embed positive suggestions and imagery there that you can instinctively draw upon later.  Listening to a hypnosis recording is a very easy way in which to change your attitude towards your surgery and overcome your fears and anxieties.  

You can also use hypnosis after your surgery to aid your healing and recovery.  Hypnosis is natural and normal and easy to use.  An added bonus is that it has no negative side effects.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis downloads for health, designed to assist with a patient’s attitude towards surgery.

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In the Daily Mail, Dr. Bob Rotella was quoted as saying that he wanted Darren Clarke to believe in himself on the putting green, not in technique.  That was the day that Darren won the British Open 2011.  Darren did believe in himself and he didn't query his technique. 

When push comes to shove, a good mental attitude wins over technique.  The problem though is that you need to have a good enough technique to trust, so as to be able to have the right mental attitude.  It's one of those pesky chicken and egg situations that you can get yourself a little confused by.

Many golfers have a sufficiently good technique to be able to play great golf, lower their handicaps and win golfing tournaments.  But despite this, many of these same golfers don't believe in themselves and their ability and so constantly question their game. 

What they should be questioning is their attitude as opposed to their technique.  The more you question your technique, swing path, trajectory and so on, the less you trust, the less you believe in yourself and your ability to play good golf.  Your line of questioning can have the effect of tying up your golf mind and hence your golf game in a whole variety of tight and painful knots.

Golf is a game where success hinges firmly upon belief.  Now I'm not saying that you can win without being able to play.  Of course you have to have a certain level of ability and lets assume for the purpose of this argument that you do have some ability.  You might not have the prettiest of swings and you might not have perfect technique but you can hit the ball and propel it forwards in the general direction that you desire.

If at this stage of your game you are still questioning various elements of technique then you are not ready to win.  You might even find your game getting worse instead of better.  The more your question, the more you work on technique and the less you can find that you believe. 

If you instead worked on your golf mind you would find yourself freeing up your swing and your ability to create great shots.  Your mind in anything instinctively works towards achieving an end goal that you have selected.  Hence, if you focus your attention upon the end goal that you wish to obtain, your mind unconsciously will find a way in which to get there.

In golf, should your focus be tied up in keeping your arm straight or your head down that is what you will most likely achieve. That may, or may not, lead to a good shot and the ball ending up where you want it to be. 

If instead your mind was focused upon imagining the shot that you would wish for, picturing it's flight and final resting place, nestled up next to the flag, your mind will instinctively drive your body to achieve that goal.  Your mental focus effectively frees up your body, tempo and rhythm.  Your mental focus draws out your best technique, instinctively. 

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

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Hypnosis has generally been thought of as a "fringe therapy", something that only people who are a little bit weird would turn to.   Their friends smile and nod politely when told that he or she is making a visit to a hypnotherapist or listening to a hypnosis mp3, but decline to pass real comment. 

But things really are changing in how people perceive hypnosis, as is inevitable once serious research is conducted by recognized professionals and significant results are documented.  Thanks to Google, you and I, the general public, can access much of this research into hypnosis and decide for ourselves if there is sufficient proof of it's worth.

The body of scientific research into hypnosis really is becoming quite impressive.  It has been proven to reduce perception of pain, to be an effective treatment in overcoming fears, phobias, and post--raumatic stress disorder, to decrease recovery time from surgery, amongst many other valuable benefits. 

I am not going to make an exhaustive list for the purpose of this article. I'm merely providing a brief glimpse into the many potential uses of hypnosis as a taste of what you can discover for yourself with a little bit of online research.

You might like to check out the American Psychological Association website or recognized and respected journals sub as PubMed online to read for yourself how hypnosis can be used to help in many areas.  An informed patient is always a better patient.  It's therefore better to do your homework in the form of research as opposed to just "giving hypnosis a go". 

Once you have read significant scientific research that proves the efficacy of hypnosis, documented in a Journal that you trust and respect, your expectation of a good outcome will increase significantly.  The placebo effect is something apart from hypnosis but it does still come into play, just as it does with mainstream medicine.

There are inevitably many different ways in which one can work with hypnosis.  It's important to find a well-qualified hypnotherapist with a lot of experience.  But that of course is just plain old common sense.  You don't need me to tell you that.

Hypnosis can be used to recollect traumatic events and produce a catharsis, to stabilize and reduce symptoms, to project emotions, utilize imagination, to reconstruct memories, to age regress, to rehabilitate.  There are many therapeutic ways in which hypnosis can be used to assist in a wide variety of areas. 

When I use the term "wide variety" what I really mean is that hypnosis can be used in any area that has a psychological component. That's pretty much everything,

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

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There are always many moments of an Open golf tournament that you look back upon and smile about.  Tom Watson, as he always does, made a load of people smile during the four days of the British Open 2011 at Royal St Georges.

The British weather was as inclement as it could be, and pretty much what we all expect for links course conditions.  The wind was pretty evil and there was enough needle like rain added to the mix to ensure that players and spectators alike lot count of the times they changed clothes or tried to control their flighty umbrellas.

Whilst many of the younger players struggled to retain smiles or control of their golf ball in these conditions, Tom Watson appeared to be totally unaffected by it.  In fact, he even appeared to be enjoying himself out there. 

He said himself that he may have had a natural advantage due to his age.  He can no longer try to "kill the ball" and hits a consistently steady shot, with or without the wind.  When you hit the ball nice and easy, it's flight is lower and less affected by the wind.  Hence the little ditty "hit with ease into the breeze". 

Tom Watson managed to shoot a 72 in horrendous conditions on Saturday morning, when the average amongst contemporaries who played at a similar time was almost 77.  He also kept on smiling, whilst many others did not.  He knew that his score wouldn't put him in contention for the lead but he still enjoyed himself, never the less. 

We can learn so much from this veteran of golf.  In a week whereby everybody knew that what would define the winner would be his attitude Tom set a stellar example.  So too did Darren Clarke, who went on to win.  He too accessorized his game with a pretty broad smile for almost all of the four days.

Links golf asks a player to produce different shots.  The weather and the course both push a player to the limits of their course management, tolerance and creativity.  Just as you broaden your stance to steady yourself in the wind, you also broaden your mind to become mentally tougher and more creative.  You have to dig deep to be able to produce and compete when facing this ultimate challenge in golf.

Your attitude comes first.  Your golf is a result of your attitude.  Both Tom Watson and Darren Clarke showed us the power of having a great attitude in approaching this game with your mind in a good place.

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

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Darren Clarke has just won the British Open 2011, his first Major in over 20 years of playing professional golf at pretty much the top level of the game.  Darren felt that he was in a good place at the beginning of the week and he displayed the impact of his attitude in the way he mastered the elements at Royal St Georges.

Apparently Ken Brown (golf broadcaster and writer) had proffered a little piece of advice to him a few years earlier, prior to a previous Open tournament;  "Let your attitude determine your golf and don't let your golf determine your attitude".  There was much commentary made about Darren having spent more time in the company of Dr. Bob in recent months, making it clear that Darren Clarke was working on his golf mind.

That mental golf work paid off, big time.  Darren smiled as he walked the course.  His smile was broad and genuine and clear for us all to see.  And we love seeing him in such a great place.  There's nothing better than seeing a happy person who's enjoying life.  It's especially good to see when you know that a person has suffered a particularly cruel and rough patch and has managed to bounce back.

That "pearl of wisdom" proffered by Ken Brown should be acknowledged by every golfer.  Your attitude does inevitably determine your game of golf.  If you allow a bad shot or a missed putt to get into your psyche then your attitude will be affected by that negative emotion.  But if you decide to smile no matter what, then you can brush off those missed opportunities and still look forward to new ones. 

The afternoon of Sunday 17 July 2011 was probably one of the longest and most challenging in Darren Clarke's golfing career, but for most of the time he looked pretty laid back.  He seemed to be enjoying himself.  I'm sure he did so that evening!

How do you manage to smile and ensure that your good attitude determines your golf?  How do you get your mind to stay one step ahead in a positive manner?   How do you reign in your emotions and overcome your fears? 

These are the questions that every serious golfer asks.  They are similar questions to those that are faced by everyone who seeks success.  Success is achieved through conquering fear.  Success is an attitude. 

Golf visibly demonstrates the effects of both conquering fear and giving in to fear.  Golf challenges you to grow as a person.  Golf is an amazing game and it teaches you a huge amount about your personality.

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

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The build up to an Open tournament is always exciting for golfing enthusiasts.  We leaf through all of the magazine articles, watch the golf channel and listen to every interview.  We avidly discuss who's going to be up there with anyone who will talk golf.

The big question for the last couple of weeks (in the UK at least) has been whether Rory McIlroy will manage to win a second Major in quick succession.   And so we all watched yesterday with bated breath as Rory teed off on day one of the British Open at Royal St Georges.  How will he handle the pressure?  How will he play?  Can he do it again?  And wouldn't it be good to see Luke Donald winning a Major? Questions, questions and more questions!

In many ways these questions are quite unfair.  We build up the pressure and tension for Rory (and Luke, and everyone else) through our own questions and predictions.  We ask if Rory will do it again, when we are also aware that there are many other very good golfers who are a lot more mature than 22 years of age who have not as yet won a Major.   Luke Donald is one of Rory's younger contemporaries who has yet to win a major…and he's currently ranked number one in the World.

But Rory has already cracked it at age 22.  He did have a few attempts at coping with the pressure of starting the final day in the lead before he mastered it.  He finally managed to place himself in his own mental bubble and get everyone else out of his mind at the US Open.  The road from the Masters to the US Open 2011 was a challenging one mentally, but Rory overcame those intangible "pressure" obstacles and won his first Major in serious style.

He didn't get off to a flying start in the British Open yesterday and kept us all sitting on the edges of our seats, willing him to make a few birdies and relax into his game.  He held it together and came in with a respectable score.  It wasn't a 65 though.  He knows what we are thinking.  He can feel all of those thoughts and questions buzzing around him like a swarm of hungry bees.  His own thoughts mingle with those of the questioning bees.

The mental pressure changes for every golfer from one round to the next.  When you are focused on cracking the pressure of starting day 4 in the lead you have made a mental acknowledgment that days 1-3 are almost taken as read.  You already know you can do that bit.   You feel confident about the mental pressure associated with those first three days. 

But then once you have cracked day 4, as Rory did in the US Open this year, your focus turns around to trying to play four great rounds in a row together again; days 1-3 are no longer taken as read and the mental pressure switches once again. 

Rory decided to take a bit of time out and relax before the British Open.  Ian Poulter made a similar decision.  How do you decide what will work best for you?  Should you rest before a Major or play as much as possible to stay on a roll?  Does taking time out give you too much time to think about your next tournament?  To overthink it?  

Thomas Bjorn and Kyle Stanley are two golfers who only found out they could play in the British Open at the last minute.  They didn't have too much time to think or worry.  Both played great golf in yesterday's (Thursday's) round, particularly Bjorn who shot a 65.  We have yet to see how they will play today or cope with the overnight buildup of pressure.

The key to coping with mental pressure in golf lies in knowing your own game and your own mind and trusting your own instincts.  There is no one single mental formula with works for a golfer every time.  You have to know yourself.  You have to grow and mature as a person to be able to deal with mental pressure and come out on top.

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

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Every day brings fresh happenings, unique situations and circumstances to those who look at the world with new eyes.   Every day carries with it many opportunities to find and to create joy, so long as this is the outcome that you seek. 

A gentleman in a store asked me the other day how the day was going for me.  I provided a one-word answer - "perfect".  A look of surprise came over his face and then he admitted that I was the first person who had provided that answer in the two year period that he had asked the same rhetorical question of every customer who stood on the opposite side of his counter.

Apparently most people respond that their day is pretty average, so-so or in fact pretty awful.  Few people state that their day is going well, let alone that it is great or perfect.  Don't you find that sad?

An octogenarian friend whom I admire greatly often quips, "If you're not having fun it's your own fault".   Some people work their way through life with endless curiosity, humor and enthusiasm whilst others sadly do not.  Living with an attitude of childlike wonder and joy makes life so much better in very many ways; it's more fun, more enjoyable and a whole lot easier on the mind and body.

The people who have this light and bright attitude do always acknowledge that their attitude is their own choice.  They recognize that they have chosen to view their world in this way.  In contrast, those who have a bleaker outlook on life tend to believe that they do not have a choice in this matter, that life has thrown them a tough, difficult or unfair hand. 

Once you realize that you do have a choice in how you view circumstances, irrespective of how good or bad those circumstances happen to be, you will find that a huge weight is simultaneously lifted from your shoulders.  You immediately step out from beneath black and threatening clouds and instead find that you can see blue sky and bright sunlight.

Happiness comes from within.  Happiness does not derive from circumstances or events; rather, it comes from choosing to see your world in a relaxed, comfortable and positive manner.  In choosing to take responsibility for the way in which you think, you free yourself to enjoy the inherent beauty of your world.

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis downloads designed to promote