Full Description
Self-Hypnosis For Dummies is your hands-on guide to achieving your goals using hypnosis.
Whether you want to lose weight, overcome anxiety or phobias, cure insomnia, stop smoking, or simply stop biting your nails, this guide has it covered! The reassuring and straight-talking information will help you harness the power of your mind and re-train your subconscious to think in more healthy and constructive ways, and to overcome specific issues, such as anxiety and paranoia, and break bad habits, such as smoking.
The easy-to-follow style will guide you through every step of the process, empowering you to take control and start making changes right away.
Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Identifying Your Needs and Preparing the Way 7
Chapter 1: What Is Self-Hypnosis? 9
Chapter 2: Getting Your Mind and Body Working Together 19
Chapter 3: Using Self-Hypnosis to Achieve Your Goals 35
Chapter 4: Resisting Resistance and Avoiding Relapse 51
Part II: Training Your Mind with Self-Hypnosis 69
Chapter 5: Entering a Hypnotic Trance with Traditional Self-Hypnosis 71
Chapter 6: Working with Words: Becoming Your Own Recording Star 87
Chapter 7: Consciously Directing Your Unconscious 103
Chapter 8: Using Unconscious Self-Hypnosis 119
Part III: Improving Your Outlook with Self-Hypnosis 131
Chapter 9: Putting Paid to Panic, Anxiety, Phobias and Fear 133
Chapter 10: Signing Up to Self-Esteem 149
Chapter 11: Minimising Pain 165
Chapter 12: Ironing Out Anger 181
Chapter 13: Overcoming Insomnia 195
Part IV: Overcoming Problems with Self-Hypnosis 209
Chapter 14: Quitting Smoking 211
Chapter 15: Keeping a Handle on Your Drinking 227
Chapter 16: Controlling Your Eating Habits 245
Chapter 17: Fostering Good Relationships 263
Part V: The Part of Tens 279
Chapter 18: Ten Creative Ways to Enter Trance 281
Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Know You're in Trance 287
Chapter 20: Ten (or so) Reasons to Seek Professional Help before Trying Self-Hypnosis 291
Appendix A: Self-Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Resources 297
Appendix B: About the CD 301
Index 303
