What's my password?

Let's see....what's my password?



I ask myself this every morning. I had the same password for years, and a variation of it for several applications. Then someone hijacked my hotmail account and I had to change my password, and several others. At work we were given a sheet with about 40 applications, so we can record our passwords. And every month we are forced to change some of them.



I guess it's a good memory challenge.



Also good to write them down, just in case.

But I'm fascinated with the enhancement of memory. Can hypnosis really help?

Stress and tension interferes with memory retrieval. So we know hypnosis can reduce stress and tension. But what about memory storage? It seems you have to pay attention to remember something. Can hypnosis improve focus and concentration?

I think the regular of self-hypnosis would definitely help, since it is simply a state of focused attention, and improves with practice.

Hot Flashing Hypnosis

I am reading a book about menopause. I thought it would be helpful, since many of my clients are experiencing some of the symptoms associated with this process. (you know I'm too young!)

A No-nonsense Guide to Menopause by Barbara Seaman and Laura Eldridge is a pretty good exploration about HRT, herbs, vitamins, folk remedies, and superstitions about the various aspects of this remarkable stage of life.

The book mentions hypnosis on page 58:

"Other alternative methods being investigated for treating hot flashes include magnets, acupuncture, and hypnosis. A 2004 study from Texas reported that hypnosis significantly reduced flashing and sleep disturbance in participants. "

Then it explains how no studies have supported the effectiveness of acupuncture or magnets on this particular experience, so I can't explain why they are even included in this paragraph entitled, "Look Into My Eyes," in this chapter about Hot Flashes.

Hot flashes are particularly difficult to treat, as the biological cause is unknown and it seems in other cultures, women do not share in this curious form of energy surge.


The study mentioned is footnoted thusly:

Elkins, Marcus, Palamara, Stearns, "Can Hypnosis Reduce Hot Flashes in Breast Cancer Survivors? A Literature Review," American Journal of Hypnosis, 2004.

I have a video about Ways to

Quell Hot Flashes

here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqS9D1RDpjE&feature=youtu.be

Cramming vs. Hypnosis

Someone asked me if hypnosis can enhance the learning experience.

Definitely!

I heard a speaker at the HypnoSummit say that learning only takes place in trance. Which makes sense if you define trance as focused attention. If you want to learn something, you have to pay attention. If you can focus only on that subject, on that teacher, at that moment, you can absorb the information and retrieve it later.

Regarding memory, you won't remember something if you didn't attend to it. That makes sense, too, if you don't notice something (make note of it) you won't remember it tomorrow. It won't make it to the long-term memory bank.

So the best way to learn is to practice self-hypnosis and use it during class. The best way to study is to use self-hypnosis and then study. The best thing to do before a test is to use self-hypnosis to relax for about 5-10 minutes before sitting down to the test. This has been shown to be more effective than cramming just before a test.

Stress and anxiety tend to prevent someone from remembering everything they have studied. So hypnosis is excellent for relieving test anxiety.

More about how hypnosis can accelerate learning on http://VerbalImpact.blogspot.com.

Tweeting

I am trying to expand my horizons and increase my income, by learning how to use social networking tools, like twitter, http://twitter.com/GloriaConstant

And Facebook.

I think I like Facebook better, because I can post whatever I want on my wall or send messages to others, and the messages can be any length. Tweets, on the other hand must be shorter than a certain number of characters. Now I tend to be brief and direct, so I don't need a limit, but I seem to have to edit and use abbreviations or symbols to make sure I don't exceed 140 characters!

Also, Facebook will find me if you type in my full name, but I had to shorten it for Twitter.

C U Later, Tweetheart!

That reminds me, anybody remember this:
YY U R
YY U B
I C U R
YY 4 me!

Canada Cancels Flu Shots?

This morning, on the way to work, I heard some very interesting information about flu shots.


It seems that if you received a seasonal flu shot last year, you are more likely to get the swine flu. More likely, not less. This is according to a study which has not been published yet, but has Canadian Officials thinking about canceling the rollout of swine flu vaccine, which was scheduled for later this month, October, 2009. Very interesting.

Drawn from a series of studies from British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario, the findings appear to suggest that people who got a seasonal flu shot last year are about twice as likely to catch swine flu as people who didn’t.

Read about it in the Toronto Sun:
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/09/24/11097061.html