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Are You Still Struggling to Lose Weight, Get into Shape, and Maintain it ?

Let me help you to unlock the hidden power of your brain so that you can:

• Finally lose the weight and fat you deserve to lose
• Take back control and empower yourself to be healthier
• Feel like “the old you” again with bags of energy and vitality
• Regain your self esteem and self-control in every situation
• Get rid of cravings and compulsive eating
• Give yourself the best possible chance of a healthy life
• Get rid of your “fat” clothes for good
• Learn the tools and techniques of successful weight loss and weight management
• Feel more in control of your eating, your hunger and your emotions
• At last ditch the yo-yo dieting for good
• Make the right choices that put you in the driving seat
• Regain your confidence and let it shine
• Love yourself and your body

Weight Loss In this programme, you discover exactly what’s been holding you back from achieving your weight loss goals. It’s not lack of willpower, determination or laziness. Your brain holds the key, and once you unlock the secret power of your brain you can set yourself free.

Some people yo-yo diet most of their adult life, or go to extreme lengths to get rid of unwanted fat. Neuroscience has shown us an easier way. When you retrain your brain, you change habits of a lifetime. You can turn cravings around to work for you and not against you. You can free yourself of being a food addict.

Chris says: “I enjoyed the hypnotherapy, it was very relaxing and I always felt great afterwards. I learnt to take control of my cravings and keep the image of what I wanted to become in my mind which saw me through my weight loss. What is different is that I no longer have cravings for cakes and desserts and do not feel deprived when eating healthy food. Now I enjoy my healthy meals as much as I enjoyed cream cakes before the hypnotherapy. I’ve lost 1.5 stone and can get into clothes I haven’t worn for 10years. I would and have recommended you to others.”

When you Change Your Mind you Change Habits of a Lifetime

Don’t let destructive habits sabotage your healthy weight goals.

Are you familiar with any of these?

• Comfort eating
• Bored eating
• Joy eating
• Stress eating
• Sadness eating
• Loneliness eating
• Eating because it’s there
• Eating to please others

Changing you mind is easy when you use the latest neuroscience techniques that work from the inside out.

We can devise a plan that will be individually crafted to suit your needs, which will be:

• Specifically tailored to fit your lifestyle
• Measurable, achievable and realistic
• Made to suit your timescale

You don’t have to remain stuck with a shape or weight you are not happy with.

All it takes is for you to want the changes to happen, and be committed to making it happen.

You KNOW you are ready for change, when
the desire to change is greater than the desire to stay the same!

Benefits of a Personalised Weight Loss Programme

Apart from all the amazing benefits listed above, there will be some benefits that are only known to you, and these are the most important.

Your brain holds the key, your hidden desires will empower you to get in shape, lose the fat and be the best you you can be.

This exciting programme is run over number of weeks, to include both conscious and subconscious brain retraining therapy, using the power of hypnosis, and coaching that will suit your lifestyle.

Includes personalised hypnotherapy audio designed specifically for you, plus support.

Click here to arrange your free consultation

Benefits of a One-Day Weight Loss Workshop

Would you like to dedicate a whole day to get you going?

You can book a one-day workshop to kick start your journey, BREAKTHROUGH THE BARRIERS and supercharge your motivation.

The next workshop will be held in Milton Keynes – details on request. Limited numbers.

• Prioritise your health and put yourself first, for a change
• Learn the science behind healthy weight loss
• Learn the tools and techniques for losing weight and long term weight management
• 3 separate sessions of hypnosis to re-programme your subconscious for success
• Relaxed and informal atmosphere
• Positive, interactive and empowering
• Understand how your brain can sabotage you and find ways of making it work for you instead
• Learn to connect with your body and understand its language
• Begin to overcome emotional/comfort eating/cravings
• Get your subconscious mind on your side so that weight management is easy
• Renew your belief systems, your thoughts and your eating habits
• Regain control, motivation and confidence

“I would definitely recommend Mary for hypnotherapy for weight loss. Since starting the sessions it changed my outlook on food and really made me think about what I was eating and when I was eating it. The weight started coming off and I really felt like I wasn’t trying and it all came easy. I still feel like I enjoy food and am not restricted about what I eat, I just know about making better choices and not to eat for the sake of eating.”

Holly – February 2020

Weight Loss

Why Weight? Why not get in touch right now?

Let the transformation begin…

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• Stress Free Do you suffer from mental and/or emotional stress?
• Are you familiar with the fight/flight/freeze response?
• Do you often feel worn out, tired and fed up of feeling overwhelmed?
• Are you ready to do something about it?

Stress Free We can help you to switch off the hormones of stress, physically relax, become mentally calm and emotionally tranquil, whilst you learn the skills of effective stress management.

Who gets stressed?

Stress can affect people of any age, children and adults alike. We now live in a society where most people have mobile phones or smart phones, receive e-mail instantly, are on call for family/friends/work, surf the internet anytime, anywhere. We are bombarded by information which can lead to overload. Many people work longer hours, most women have careers and bring up a family, most men are expected to provide every new type of convenience or gadget to make things easier and better, having a greater amount of responsibility placed upon them. We often over commit ourselves to taking on too much and end up running our batteries down to almost empty. Is it any wonder that stress and anxiety has become so widespread?

Super Stress

Some stress is normal and exciting. Life could be boring if everything always went along smoothly. Our bodies are hardwired to cope with stress, but we are biologically ill-equipped to deal with the high levels of stress that has become the norm for many people today.

The hormonal surge of adrenalin, our instinctive fight-or-flight response, can often be triggered so many times a day that it stays on almost permanently. This type of Super Stress can result in very serious symptoms like immune deficiencies, high blood pressure, weight gain, insomnia and more. Think of how Stress is holding you back from enjoying life to the full. What would your life be like without the stress? How would things be different?

Stress Can Upset Your Sense of Balance

Many people who come to see me for stress reduction are negatively affected by the behaviour of other people around them, and as a result they find themselves at the receiving end of the hormonal surge of adrenalin, one of the hormones involved in the fight-or-flight response.

If this response is triggered many times a day, on a daily basis, it can stay switched on almost permanently. One of my clients described this feeling as if they were “fire fighting”, always ready to put out the next fire, finding it difficult to switch off, waking up with a feeling of dread in the pit of their stomach. Other people have reported bowel problems; sometimes lying awake in the middle of the night worrying, going over things in their minds again and again. People who are suffering from stress often react strongly to external events and this can upset their sense of balance.

How can you remain physically relaxed and mentally calm when others are behaving badly or creating a fuss around you? Think about this story for a moment…

Is There Really A Lion Chasing Me?

Once upon a time, there were three goats who saw a terrified horse running away as fast as it could. The goats were struck by the strangeness of the situation and they started making fun of him, calling him names and laughing.

The horse felt embarrassed, but thought to itself “If only they knew there is a lion chasing me, then they would understand why I am running so fast and feeling so scared”.

This fable was written thousands of years ago by Aesop and it can still work today as a useful metaphor.

Other people’s behaviour can often appear rude, unpleasant or even idiotic. The next time you see someone behaving in a way that you don’t like, ask yourself this question: What if they believe they are being chased by a lion?

Different Approaches to Manage Stress

There are three approaches to manage stress effectively.

1. Take action – confront the problem head on and do something about it, if it is within your power to do so.

2. Manage your Emotions – change your interpretation of the situation, look at it in a different way, like the horse example above.

3. Accept the things you cannot change – accept that it is outside of your control and you have no power to change things.

And finally, remember the 3 ‘P’ words, Permanent, Pervasive and Personal and ask yourself these questions about the situation you find yourself in:

• Is it permanent? will this situation last forever?
• Is it pervasive? does this affect every aspect of my life?
• Is it personal? is it happening because of me or am I wholly responsible for this?

• Are you lacking that inner personal confidence that seems so easy for others?
• Do you avoid situations or opportunities that require you to push forward?
• Are you missing out on opportunities because you believe you don’t have what it takes?
• Would you like to have more confidence so you can live a more fulfilled life?

A lack of self confidence can spoil you life in so many ways and you may already have missed out on good opportunities because of low confidence. Self confidence and self esteem go hand in hand.

Low self esteem can be self-worth or identity related and it can negatively affect your self image.

Using Positive Mind Positive Brain Therapy, I can help you to change for the better, build the neuro-muscles for confidence and upskill your mindset so you can feel calm, confident and in control, see yourself in a good light and boost your self image.

The level of confidence you have now is controlled by sub-conscious patterns that were set up early in life and reinforced over time. These patterns might include negative self talk, avoidance, self-doubt, anxiety symptoms or low self esteem.

Confident people radiate a powerful positive energy that other people can sense, just by being near them. This vibrant energy radiates from within and speaks volumes. It says “Yes, I can…..”

The Benefits of a Confidence Building Programme

Our programme is designed around you.

We use advanced techniques to help you to re-programme your subconscious mind, so you can:

• access and amplify the confidence you already have
• build and strengthen the neuro-muscles for confidence
• overcome any psychological blockages
• release or resolve any trauma or negative experience
• increase your ability to take the necessary actions steps needed
• move towards success in all areas of your life

Ask yourself, how would it really feel to:

• follow the path you choose in life without letting other things get in your way
• heighten your performance at work, at home and in your social life
• be the best you can be, in whatever you choose to do
• speak to anybody, anywhere, with confidence and ease
• feel integrated and balanced within yourself
• automatically think in a helpful constructive way
• speak to yourself and others using positive empowering language
• live in accordance with your values
• be authentic and feel comfortable showing your true self to the world
• finally become the person you want to be

Our programme can help you to do just that.

Types of Confidence

Performance Confidence refers to your general beliefs about what you are able to do. People who are high in performance confidence believe they are capable of achieving things generally. They are often high in mental toughness. Before a match, the footballer, Wayne Rooney, is said to find out what colour shorts, socks and shirt his team will be wearing, so he can enhance his psychological preparation in advance of the match. According to an article in the Telegraph on 22 January 2014, Rooney lies in bed and imagines himself scoring goals and doing well. He is literally creating a future memory, so that his brain sees it as “already happened”. By using all his senses, Rooney can imagine the feel of the ball on his foot, the sound it makes as it flies through the air, the smell of the grass and the sound of the crowd cheering. Rehearsing positive mental imagery is a good practice and builds inner confidence so that when it comes to the real event, it feels right.

Our programme helps you to perform at your best in exams, tests, interviews and at work.

Social Confidence is all about how we think, feel and behave with others in social situations. Low levels of social confidence can manifest as anxiety or negative self image. Thoughts like “am I underdressed or overdressed”, “what if I don’t know what to say?” “What if nobody likes me?” It’s as if people with low social confidence are trying to read the minds of others and hoping that everyone will approve of them. By focussing on themselves rather than what’s going on around them, they often miss out on having fun. High levels of social confidence allow people to mix easily and speak freely and confidently amongst others. They are not thinking about making mistakes, they are going with the flow and if they make a mistake so what, they move on. They appear more interested in others than themselves. When you have social confidence you can enjoy life more, do better at work, make more friends and feel more fulfilled in life.

Our programme helps you to socialise, have more fun and get on better with others.

Physical Confidence refers to how people view their physical bodies, attractiveness, appearance and body image. Low levels might show up when someone thinks they are ugly, fat or unattractive to the opposite sex, even though they may be just average. High levels of physical confidence allow you to believe in yourself totally, no matter how you look. It literally is all in the mind. We know that attractiveness has many different ingredients and low self confidence, or low self esteem is counter-productive to a healthy happy life. When you develop a strong personal sense of physical confidence you win at life.

Our programme helps you to build and integrate all three types of confidence so you can be at your best.

Practice Makes Permanent

Self confidence is reinforced by successfully achieving your goals, however small, and acknowledging them.

Our programme helps you to build upon your positive attributes and see yourself as the master creator of your life.

Your brain learns the skills of confidence and soon it will become the default.

Just like any other habit, when you practice being confident, you become more confident. Practice makes permanent.

Talk to me about building your confidence, don’t waste any more time, you deserve to be confident!

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Do you struggle with anxiety or panic attacks?
Does it sometimes feel uncontrollable?
Does anxiety spoil your life?

Understanding anxiety helps. If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, you are not alone. According to anxiety UK, 1 in 6 people suffer from anxiety and 1 in 10 people have a debilitating anxiety disorder.

Anxiety can be seen as a normal and useful emotion designed as a warning to protect us from danger. It can also be seen as a focusing mechanism to pay attention to what’s going on around us. People usually associate anxiety as a negative state to be in. It can manifest as a gut feeling, a sense that something is wrong, a feeling that we need to get away or run from a situation.

Fight Flight or FREEZE

Faced with a real threat to survival, stress hormones kick in and take over, so we can fight back or run away from danger. Unfortunately, sometimes the result is sheer panic as the body freezes and the mind is flooded with thoughts of disaster.

A normal amount of anxiety is a helpful emotion as it can focus your mind and help you to prepare for events ahead as well as improving your performance, just as an actor about to go on stage may feel the sensation of nerves as he/she gets ready to perform in front of an audience. Then, once the actor is there on stage, the “part” takes over and the actor forgets all about feeling nervous. In this case, anxiety has been used as a primer and it has done its job effectively. Most famous actors report feeling anxiety before performing.

Understanding anxiety helps us to deal with it more effectively

Anxiety is a conditioned response, it is activated before we know it, triggering an unconscious biological response that manifests in the body when there is perceived danger – physical, psychological or emotional. It can be triggered by thoughts, memories, worries, sub-conscious beliefs and/or past experiences or something in the environment.

The first time you experience an anxiety or panic attack, it may be very frightening and some people think they are having a heart attack. Many people go to hospital thinking the worst but are reassured it’s anxiety. Even though it’s scary, no-one has ever died as a result of anxiety.

Anxiety can spoil your life in a number of ways and you might be familiar with some of these:

• worrying a lot
• a sense of dread that doesn’t make sense
• a pounding heart
• irregular breathing or shortness of breath
• a tight nervous feeling in the pit of your stomach
• feeling sick or getting sick
• weakness or jelly legs
• can’t think straight
• tunnel vision
• a desire to run away
• wanting to avoid something
• fearing the next anxiety attack

These are common symptoms of anxiety that are completely natural and are triggered by the part of your brain responsible for survival.

If anxiety becomes severe and intense in a normal day, it is no longer useful, it reduces the quality and enjoyment of life. At this point the anxiety has become disproportionate. If you feel a lot more anxious than another person would in the same circumstances you may be suffering from an anxiety disorder.

Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Panic Attacks all have anxiety symptoms at their core

Anxiety is a bit like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel the effects of it.

It is created in the brain and it has an effect on your entire system.

Anxiety is not your fault. It can happen to anyone.

Our programme teaches you how to take control of anxiety so it doesn’t control you.

The Brain Holds The Key

We use the latest techniques in neuro-psychotherapy to reprogramme your mind for success, removing or significantly reducing the symptoms of anxiety and building your self-confidence. We work with the early part of the brain, where anxiety is created. Our techniques work from the inside out.

You will also learn:

• The neuroscience behind anxiety and how to control it
• Specific skills and techniques that disable anxiety
• How to stop negative thinking patterns
• What to do if you are under pressure
• How to manage stress
• Physical relaxation
• Mental calmness
• Emotional resilience
• How to find inner peace

This empowering programme runs over a number of weeks, includes support audios and exercises to reinforce the work we do in the session.

“I’m not afraid of storms for I’m learning how to sail my ship.”

Louisa May Alcott (1868)

When YOU KNOW YOU ARE READY TO CHANGE, the desire to change is greater than the desire to stay the same.

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Anxious about being anxious?

Often, the fear of having an anxiety attack brings on even more anxiety and so it becomes a vicious circle. This is called ANXIETY EXPECTANCY . It’s a fear of experiencing fear.

We teach you the cognitive principles to overcome anxiety and help you to live a balanced emotional life without having to worry about when anxiety is going to strike next.

Phobias

Phobias can be about anything. By nature they are irrational.

Some people however know exactly when an attack is going to happen, they can give a blow by blow account of what will take place when a phobic response is triggered by a certain stimulus, for example public speaking, driving on the motorway or seeing a spider.

Phobias are extreme forms of anxiety. A phobia is characterised by an overwhelming fear or dread of certain objects, animals, events or situations. The phobic person may understand that it’s an irrational fear but feels completely powerless to control it.

The symptoms of a phobic response can include sweating, trembling, feelings faint or dizzy, nausea, palpitations, hyperventilation and panic attack. It can be accompanied by a huge amount of embarrassment so people often go to great lengths to avoid being in any situation where they are likely to experience a phobic reaction or panic attack.

Some Common phobias

Agoraphobia – fear of open spaces;
Arachnophobia – fear of spiders;
Dentophobia – fear of dentists or dental procedures;
Hydrophobia – fear of water;
Trypanophobia – fear of needles;
Xenophobia – fear of strangers or foreigners;
Zoophobia – fear of animals

Our programme is a completely safe and natural way of dealing with all types of anxiety

We use special processes to make contact with your subconscious mind, the part of the brain that is below conscious awareness, the source of many limiting beliefs and also the source of great strength and untapped potential.

Many people find that they can overcome anxiety in a few short sessions as they learn to reprogramme the subconscious mind to work for them utilizing the skills and practices they are taught during the session.

Free your mind from unwanted anxieties and enjoy life more. Get in touch if you want to find out how.
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Hypnotherapy is not just about therapy, you can give yourself the gift of a mental massage. My Deep Relax hypnotherapy session is designed to help you to switch off the hormones of stress, relax to a deeper level, let go of worries and take a break from the concerns of daily life.

We live in a time of uncertainty and the pace of life seems to get faster each day. There are more demands upon us than ever before which can cause us to feel a bit overwhelmed sometimes.

My Deep Relax Hypnotherapy session is beneficial to mind, body and spirit, recharging your batteries, restoring a sense of inner calm, balance and harmony and soothing your mind and your nerves.

You can book a Deep Relax session as a stand-alone session or as part of a package.

Why not book yourself a treat or give someone else the gift of a Deep Relax Hypnotherapy session.

Anger is a powerful state. It is a very normal, often healthy, human emotion and most people have experienced it at some point during their life. As a child, we learn how to express this emotion in either a healthy or an unhealthy way.

When anger is mismanaged or out of control, we cause problems for ourselves and others. The consequence of unhealthy anger are many, including damaging our health, our relationships, causing problems at work with colleagues, domestic abuse and family disharmony, road rage, violence. Anger can negatively affect the overall quality of an individual’s life and often the lives of others around them.

Benefits of Anger Management

• Feel more in control
• Slow down the process from stimulus to action
• Choose a better way of dealing with things
• Communicate your needs effectively
• Learn how to recognise and talk about things that frustrate you
• Reduce stress
• Find inner calm
• Turn the energy of anger into positive energy that is useful
• Take responsibility for yourself and your actions

Anger Can Be Frightening

Being at the wrong end of an angry individual can be quite frightening. Anger causes physical changes to occur in a flash such as increased heart rate and blood pressure; adrenalin is pumped through the body as the fight or flight response is turned on. Tension builds up like a pressure cooker and the individual will need to express this anger and let off steam or suppress the anger and keep it inside. Releasing this tension either verbally or physically is the usual response. Suppressed anger usually leads to a build up of unexpressed emotions causing the person to “explode” when something minor crosses their path. Like the last straw to break the camel’s back. Such an explosive outburst can be harmful to the individual and to those in the firing line. Sometimes people go too far and cause too much damage.

Learn to Notice The Signs of Anger

• aggressive behaviour
• clenched jaw
• explosive outbursts
• hostility
• social withdrawal due to anger
• tense muscles
• verbal or physical abuse

Causes of Anger

Anger has three components – thoughts, bodily reactions and expression.

Anger can be triggered in an instant or it can simmer away under the surface.

Some of the most common causes of anger include frustration, hurt, threats, annoyance, harassment and disappointment. Also physical causes like fatigue, hunger, hormonal conditions and sexual frustration.

Each person has their own tolerance level and react to situations in their own way.

Our Anger Management Programme Works

We use advanced techniques that work in the subconscious part of the brain, neutralising the triggers that cause destructive anger.

We also teach how to programme your mind with some constructive principles:

• that we don’t have to respond with anger when things are not to our liking
• how to examine the way we think about a perceived threat
• how to process what’s going on physically, mentally and emotionally
• how to remain calm when things go wrong
• how to express ourselves in a positive assertive way
• how to recognise our needs and the needs of others
• how to control emotional arousal
• how to remain clear headed so that we can respond effectively

Retrain Your Brain to Make A Better Choice

By accessing the subconscious mind, we can help you to deal with things in a calmer, more relaxed and effective way.

We can disable the triggers that cause an angry outburst and retrain the neural pathways to make a better choice.

Don’t let anger spoil your life or the life of your loved ones.

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Hypnotherapy and BWRT for Milton Keynes | Hypnotherapy for anxiety

As a thank you for attending the Discovery Session, we offer a free relaxation audio so you can start to feel better straight away.

Hypnotherapy and BWRT for Milton Keynes | Hypnotherapy for anxiety

FREE: You can book a free telephone conversation to make contact, discuss the issue, and see if I can help.

£50: A one-hour Discovery Session is more in depth and we look at what’s going on at a deeper level. We look at ways to help you overcome the challenges you are facing. You can relax, feel comfortable and ask any questions you want. Help and guidance is always at hand.

The purpose of the Discovery Session is to:

Identify the problem
We look at the complexities of the problem and the challenges you are facing
Establish your desired outcome
We clarify what you really want, and what success would look like to you
Discover the blocks that are standing in your way
We explore what might be happening at a sub-conscious level that keeps you stuck and what needs to happen to get you un-stuck
Find a Solution
We look at solutions and discuss the methods to get you where you want to go
Create a Winning Strategy and Build a Roadmap to Success
Together we create a solution focused strategy so you can achieve your goal in the best way possible.