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

Success

Success! I have finally managed to change my web hosting service. After 4 days, 4 calls to StartLogic, and 2 calls to 1 and 1, reading tutorials, banging my head against the wall, and a few prayers, my website is up and running and my email works, too!

Don't ask me why these things were not available, just send me another email if you sent a message over the past few days and didn't get a response!

Who said these things were complicated??!! Thank Heaven for the toll-free technical support phone numbers!

I also want you to know that http://www.enlightenedhypnosis.com/ is a green website!

My web host announced last month, that my site is powered by 100% wind energy.

Wild, huh?

Cool!

Cool and breezy!

Hypnotic Trance

This morning I heard someone say something I never heard before! She said this phrase, "hypnotic stupor." After doing hypnosis for over 10 years, I cannot remember seeing anyone in a "hypnotic stupor." All of my clients report feeling more alert, creative and resourceful while in a hypnotic trance. Almost all of them do appear quite relaxed on the outside, as I do encourage relaxation for all of my stressed clients. But Stupor? Hypnosis is far from it. I would have to say that this phrase is an oxymoron.

I would even say that many people go thru life in an automatic, dissociated, unemotional way. That I might call stupor, but that is not hypnosis. That is the opposite of hypnosis. It reminds me of something Milton Erickson said:
"Hypnosis is the temporary interruption of habitual behavior in order to find creative solutions."

For more interesting trivia about the word "stupor," see my other blog, Philologsblog.blogspot.com.

Happiness Part One

Interestingly enough, what people think and say will make them happy, doesn't.



And Abraham Lincoln had it right when he said, "People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be."



I have read some books lately about Happiness. One was fiction, the other non-fiction.





The Happiness Code, by Amy Herrick--about a genetically modified baby, born with the "happiness" gene and some of his adventures while just a year old.




I can't remember the title about noticing the happy times and enjoying them and how to look at other events in a more positive way. (the next book I will read will be about improving the memory!)




And the best book about how to include more joy in your life, The Joy Diet by Martha Beck.

You are Magnificent

Have you ever stopped to revel in your own magnificence?

Or do you let your inner slavedriver dictate your attitude?

These are just a few thoughts I had after listening to Dr. Judith Orloff on her audiobook this morning. The bold words above are some phrases she used in just the introduction, before the first chapter. I just love the poetry in them!

It is time to replace your negative programming with self-love and self-acceptance of the very special and unique and creative and brilliant person you truly are. That's right. It's time to celebrate your life and to celebrate you!