“Sixty days of Mind Power Techniques #6″

Now if you really want to feel motivated and inspired, teach the Power Tool technique to one of the following:
a.  A kindergarten class
b.  people in a Nursing Home
c.  someone who is diagnosed as chronically depressed
d.  someone who is always grouchy
e.  members of the Toastmasters club you just joined.
Let me know how you make out.  We [...]

“Sixty days of Mind Power Techniques #5″

This mind power technique falls into the motivational category. 
I can NOT imagine taking Anti Depressants.  I have had about 4 aspirins in the past ten years.  I’m not trying to be a smarty pants.  I just know that you can retrain your brain to release those endorphins automatically, without drugs, provided you haven’t eliminated [...]

“Sixty days of Mind Power Techniques #4″

Word games are a great way to sharpen your mental acuity.  My 78-year-old neighbor, Uncle Ernie, does the New York Times crossword puzzle every Sunday.  He does the local crossword every day.  People are constantly amazed at his chronological age. 
The mind truly is like any other muscle.  If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it. 
If [...]

“Sixty days of Mind Power Techniques #3″

Here is one of many simple, fun Creative Problem Solving techniques that I have been using for years.
If you want to solve a problem, watch a movie.  That’s right.  State the problem clearly.  Then, either watch a favorite movie, or decide you are going to watch the first movie you can find or pick one [...]

“Sixty days of Mind Power Techniques #2″

Join a Toastmasters Club.  Most people, if they know anything at all about the organization, think it is for people with stage fright.  That’s true, but that’s only the tip of the ice berg.
I’m not a joiner.  I also don’t have any problems speaking publicly.  In fact, I do it for a living.  So I [...]

Sixty Days of Mind Power Techniques- #1

Sorry, I’m behind on writing these.  I decided I would write shorter journal entries, but be much more consistent with putting them on the blog.  So, this first group includes 60 days worth of simple and quick mind power techniques you can use to:  motivate and inspire yourself, be happier, healthier, more in-tune with the [...]

A Sound Induction

This idea came from a practice exercise I used with my hypnosis students.  Try it for yourself.
As I practiced the experience of focusing in on …just …one…sense, the sense of sound, I realized that I could use it… to go… into trance.  And, you can, too.
So practice with me now.  Get quiet and comfortable and [...]