The
Year Ahead
WE ALREADY have several exciting plans in the pipeline
for 2003, which we’ll tell you more about in a moment, but first
a wee look back.
The hypnotherapy diploma class of 2002
has just graduated having completed their course and we’d like
to say “Congratulations!”
An incredible bunch of people achieved amazing things
during the course and we’re already looking forward to the class
of 2003.
2003 Diploma Full
Once again, the diploma course has filled to capacity
ahead of time, and we have already taken bookings for the 2004 course.
(It never ceases to amaze just how organised some people are!)
New Book
In March, we will be releasing a new ebook with the
working title “How to Raise Self Esteem in Others”. Written
by Roger Elliott and Mark Tyrrell, the book contains over 20 short,
sharp techniques with a special section devoted to raising self esteem
in children.
New Website
By the time you receive the next newsletter, our
new website - HypnosisDownloads.com will be up and running. Starting
with around thirty downloads, the library will be expanded until it
contains over one hundred.
Bullying Workshop
Starting March 6th, Mark Tyrrell will be delivering
a workshop in bullying at 6 venues around the country. For details,
call MindFields College on 01323 811440.
Website Update
New Article
An uncommon look at the history of psychotherapy
in the west:
The
Mad, Mad World of Psychotherapy
 Teaching
Tale
During a hazardous voyage on a rickety ship
across a fierce ocean.
Half way across a terrible storm blew up.
Everyone on board, passengers
and crew, began to panic. Screaming and behaving hysterically, many
of them seemed to suddenly develop a profound belief in God, praying
and promising to be good in future if only they could be delivered from
this catastrophe.
Everyone, that was, except one
man who appeared quite unruffled by the impending doom. Despite the
maelstrom about him, he simply continued reading his book.
When at last the storm abated
and it seemed they would survive after all the other passengers turned
to the calm man and asked him how he could remain so calm in the face
of such terror.
“Were you not terrified that
we were all just an inch from the infinite?” they asked.
The man gazed at them steadily
and replied, “Can one amongst you tell me whenever that is not
so in life?
This is why you must live!”
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Top
Tip
Help Others to Help Yourself
IF YOU WANT to be healthier in body and mind, forge social contacts
with and help other people.
According to research, helping others decreases
your chances of stress related conditions and depression.
Over-concern with one’s health can be
counterproductive, as focus on the self appears to correlate with ill
health. The more a person uses personal pronouns such as ‘me’
‘mine’ and ‘I’ in their everyday speech, the more
sickness they appear to suffer.
We all know that people need people, but startlingly,
those with weakened social connections have higher rates of cancer,
heart disease, infections, depression,
arthritis and problems during pregnancy.
As long as you don’t create a ‘rod
for your own back’, helping others seems to help your health.
In a study in the US of 2,700 residents in
Michigan, men who volunteered for community organisations were two and
a half times less likely to die from all causes of disease than men
who didn’t!
In another survey, those who voluntarily helped
others once a week were ten times more likely to report good health
than once a year helpers!
So your social contact should have an element
of helping and receiving help in return. Just like exercise, the more
help you give, the greater the health benefits you derive.
 Startling
Statistic
Animal Magic
Several studies show that pet owners enjoy better
health.
One year after a heart attack, patients who have
pets have one fifth the death rate of the those without pets.
Petting a dog has been shown to bring down blood
pressure
Bringing a pet into a nursing home or hospital can boost peoples’
moods and enhance their social interaction and even memory!
Competition
Win the Top Book!
ANSWERS as usual by post or email to:
competition@uncommon-knowledge.co.uk
Remember to include your postal address in case you
win!
Here’s the question:
According to this issue’s Top Book, does keeping
a diary...
A) Make you depressed?
B) Make you sleep badly?
C) Improve your immune function?
The first three correct answers drawn on April 1st
will win a copy of this issue’s top book ‘Healthy
Mind, Healthy Body’.
The correct answer to last issue’s question
was A) Seattle.
The 3 lucky winners of ‘The
7 Principle for Making Marriage Work’ were Shemuel B Israel,
Chicago, USA, Barry Slight, Chichester, England and Rosie Arthey, Edinburgh,
Scotland.
 Top
Book
Read review here:
The Healthy
Mind, Healthy Body Book by Robert Ornstein and David Sobel
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“The
price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the
determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best
of ourselves to the task at hand.”
Vince Lombardi, American
football coach
“If there
is no wind, row.”
Greg Maddux, American baseball pitcher
‘Fear of failure’ is a commonly
spoken excuse for not attempting things, but what does this really mean?
It assumes that ‘success’ is completing something successfully.
The quote above redefines success as
doing as well as we can in the circumstances we find ourselves. It’s
possible that trying the same thing a year later, we could do better,
or be more successful, but without the initial effort, nothing will
be achieved, and nothing will change.
I find it helps me to know that when
starting something, I don’t have to finish it. I might find out
halfway through that it won’t work. However, without the ‘starting’,
I’ll never know, and will be left with a feeling of failure. So
failure is simply failing to start something.
You don’t TRY to succeed. WHEN
you try, you succeed.
Q: What are you putting off for
fear of not completing it well?
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