WELCOME TO
the diary of a hypnotist
EACH MONTH, WE WILL SHARE A STORY OF STRUGGLE AND TRIUMPH THAT MAY RESONATE
WITH YOU OR A LOVED ONE, AND INSPIRE THE WILL TO STRIVE FOR BETTER WELLBEING.
Yes you can
This month, for a change, I thought I would publish an article written by Sheila Grainger,
a Yorkshire hypnotherapist, who is the pioneer of Virtual Gastric Banding weight-loss, of
which I am a proud, certified practitioner.
From fat to fitness fanatic in four weeks
– lorry driver, Pete Smith describes
how a short course of hypnotherapy
changed his life in ‘miraculous’ ways.
“One of my friends took a photo of
me at 113 kg. It made me realise how
terrible I looked, and I knew I had to do
something. I was 42 and knew that if I
didn’t tackle it, my weight was going to
become a problem. I thought “If I don’t
start helping myself now, why should
anyone else help me?’”
Pete’s weight had crept up as a result
of inactivity, irregular mealtimes,
boredom eating and a little too much
booze. “I’d tried various diets but none
of them had worked. I’d maybe lose
the odd pound but wouldn’t be able to
stick with it for long. Then I would put
it on again, plus more,” he said.
All of this changed six years ago, when
Pete got in touch with internationally
renowned clinical hypnotherapist
Sheila Granger. Four, weekly sessions
later and the long-distance lorry driver
from East Yorkshire, started to rapidly
shed the pounds. He now weighs
85kgs and feels comfortable
maintaining that level.
What’s more amazing, is the fact he’s
become a cycling fan, who thinks
nothing of notching up hundreds of
miles – and whose annual highlight is a
gruelling Alpine trek.
His therapy started with a discussion
to pinpoint where things were going
wrong for him: more often than not,
over-eating is a symptom of another
problem, such as low self-esteem,
boredom depression or relationship
difficulties.
“I believe you’ve got to want to do it in
the first place, but then hypnosis does
the rest,” said Pete. “To be honest, I
still don’t really know how it works,
but I put my faith in the process and
believed I could do it, and I did.”
Pete had a total of four weekly sessions
in which his attitude was effectively
rebooted, each session removing the
triggers that caused him to reach for
too much of the wrong kinds of food.
suggestion and this is the case with
negative suggestions as well as positive
ones. So when we develop a bad habit
like over-eating, it is almost a state of
self-hypnosis where, for some reason,
we’ve convinced ourselves to do this
thing that is bad for us.” said Sheila.
Pete agrees. “I think what made a
difference was the self-belief hypnosis
gave me. Through positive mind-set
Sheila also stopped me wanting to
eat so much and helped me get some
discipline and routine around food and
exercise.”
For others in the same situation, Pete
had this message: “I would tell them to
ask themselves ‘do they really want to
do it?’ If their answer is yes, they can,
with that little extra push.”
“I’m a prime example - I’d more or less
given up hope but look at me now. It’s
miraculous really.”
Pete’s story is typical of one we
regularly hear repeated by Ntrance
clients in Blenheim and Wellington.
“All of our minds are susceptible to
Give Chris a call today to take control and change your life.
Owing to client privacy and confidentiality, the client’s name/s in these articles are changed.
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