How Suggestible Are You?

I had a conversation the other evening with a group of people who all work in the same firm and in which several colleagues had all lost significant amounts of weight and had kept it off. I asked how they had got started on this course of action. The answer, which everyone was in agreement with, was that one particular person had started to lose weight and was about 20 pounds lighter than before; everyone began to comment upon how good he looked and then one colleague said he would do it too...then the other's said "if you're doing it, I'll do it too". A reference was made to the "herd instinct".

That's how it all began. Everyone who joined this group has lost weight and kept if off - EVERYONE. Now that is, I have to say, unusual. Clearly the first person, the leader, inspired a great deal of confidence within the group. I do not know them well enough to know what dynamics were at work, but it is interesting to conjecture what might have happened...
Perhaps this "weight loss leader" was someone who was particularly well respected in general, someone who everybody looked up to and tried to emulate. Perhaps this was not the case; maybe this "weight loss leader" was actually a REALLY overweight person, who had tried every diet under the sun and failed in the past, and in losing weight now made everyone think "If he can do it, I DEFINITELY can". You can see now how diverse the underlying dynamics could be, but whatever they were, they worked.
What is also demonstrated is how suggestible we all are, provided we are given the right suggestion. A stage hypnotist knows only too well how to put the human instinct for suggestibility to work. A stage hypnotist will pick the most highly suggestible subject to perform the first "trick" and then work in order from one person to another in accordance with their initial levels of suggestibility. As each person is seen responding to the hypnotist's suggestion the following person's suggestibility is raised. And so by the end, the least suggestible subject will become as suggestible as the first subject to be picked. That person's belief in the hypnotist's ability is raised, bit by bit, simply by observing the others reactions.
The bottom line is that we are all suggestible, given the correct stimulus. I wish I had a dollar for every person who over the years has booked a hypnotherapy session and upon arrival their opening announcement was "I don't know if this will work as I know I'm not suggestible". As a hypnotherapist, my job is to work out what is the right "hook" for each person. This job is quite often done before the client arrives; for example, if a heavy smoker has been for a hypnotherapy session and stopped easily, then everyone they tell expects it to work for them, just as if a "larger" person has lost a lot of weight encourages everyone else to think that they can do it too.
And so when asked the question of how suggestible you are, the answer is that you are as suggestible as you want to be. It boils down to expectation and desire. We are all inherently suggestible which is witnessed in the way in which we pick up our native tongue, and learn so many things simply by imitating and copying. We are suggestible in things such as clothing fashion, hair style, and choice of career. Every human being is extraordinarily suggestible!
Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads for hypnosis weight loss, stop smoking hypnosis, health, well-being and success.

Its time to quit smoking

The reasons to quit smoking could fill a book.But many smokers cant stop smoking even they know its harmful to their health and life. Smoking has caused diseases and death. Despite this, smokers do not seem to care. Or if they do, they think cancer and heart attacks will never happen to them. But look at this data: The leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. is smoking . Approximately 4 million people around the world die each year from smoking-related illness. Approximately 400,000Americans die per year from smoking-related illness. Approximately 1 out every 5 deaths in the U.S. is attributable to smoking. Despite the adverse effect of health, Based on a worldwide study of smoking-related fire and disaster data, UC Davis epidemiologists show smoking is a leading cause of fires and death from fires globally, Fires cause 1 percent of the global burden of disease and 300,000 deaths per year worldwide. wow gold . Fire disasters destroy cities, families, workplaces, workers and wildlands and have an enormous impact on human health, the environment and society. Smoking causes an estimated 30 percent of fire deaths in the United States and 10 percent of fire deaths worldwide. Each year, over one billion smokers throughout the world light over 6 trillion cigarettes, creating a potential source of ignition from cigarette butts and from cigarette lighters and matches that fall into the hands of young children. And when you smoke,the second hand smoke will do harmful to your family's health too,especially to the children. Secondhand smoke is measured by testing indoor air for nicotine or other smoke constituents. Exposure to secondhand smoke can be tested by measuring the levels of cotinine (a nicotine by-product in the body) in the nonsmoker's blood, saliva, or urine. Nicotine, cotinine, carbon monoxide, and other evidence of secondhand smoke exposure have been found in the body fluids of nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke. Of the more than 4,000 chemicals that have been identified in secondhand tobacco smoke, at least 250 are known to be harmful, and 50 of these are known to cause cancer. So for your and your family's health,its time to keep away from the cigarettes. One way to stop smoking is take hypnosis. Hypnosis is a great way to curb your smoking habit for good. The hypnotist will trick your brain to believing that cigarettes are bad and that you don't need them any longer. After just one session, you will be smoke free and be able to live your life without craving the nicotine. Another way to quit smoking that will work is to stop cold turkey. When an alcoholic stops drinking, they don't take a shot every other day. They stop altogether. The same should be for smokers. If you are going to quit and you are committed to it, you don't dwindle down the amount you smoke each day You stop altogether or else, you really aren't quitting. Probably the most important aspect to success is your readiness and determination to quit. Once you've made up your mind to stop, this hurdle is behind you. Then you can begin to investigate some of the methods of quitting and the variety of support available to you. At this point, it might be a good idea to start a smoking diary listing when you smoke during the day. This will help you analyze your smoking urges. Once you begin to understand when you smoke and what sort of feelings or emotions trigger your desire to light up, you're on the track toward controlling your habit. Keep your diary for several days before you stop smoking.Quitting smoking takes more than a desire. To get over the habit successfully, one needs planning and a lot of foresight, not to mention self-control. Ditching the habit though, brings so much more to life. No more worries over possible health risks. No more extra spending over something that disappears daily. And a resounding YES to a healthier, freer, cleaner lifestyle. Quitting smoking is not easy, but with help, you can do it. Enroll in a stop-smoking program now. Make it a family project.