- Hello and welcome to this week's edition of Adam Up
It is Christmas week, hoorah!
I am writing this as I am about to head out of the office for my final lecture of the year (which will be recorded and will be added to our members area)
whereby I am delivering my Royal Society of Medicine lecture to a group of our graduates and students.
Then it is our Christmas party and I'll be full of festive cheer as a result, and will share some photos on social media, be sure of
it.
The latest edition of the podcast has gone live.
I welcome Daniel Ryan to the show, hailing from New York City and he talks all things regression and past life regression, which makes for interesting discussion with me! Go and have a listen of that episode here:
I also recorded a new video clip for the college blog.
Here I talk about whether or not hypnosis and relaxation are correlated, and whether you really need to be relaxed in order to benefit from hypnosis. I support it with evidence and research to support my comments, which may surprise some.
Go have a watch of the video and grab the references here:
Onto today's main theme... Adversity |
Adversity is my topic today. I want to offer up the idea that adversity is not to be feared or avoided, but actually
embraced in order that we can grow and develop.
“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit” – Napoleon Hill.
The truth is that no one can elude adversity forever; it’s a futile task to attempt to do
so. Whether you love to live your life on the edge, or are someone who prefers playing things safe, life will never be a complete bed of roses It will inevitably and eventually throw unpleasant surprises and challenges in your direction.
Sometimes the adversity can be minor and other times it can be more serious. It may be unavoidable but there are certain things that can be done to make these
testing times easier. It doesn’t matter who you are; none of us are exempt from suffering pain on occasions in our life and being confronted with some adversity.
The good that comes from facing adversity
“The only thing standing between you and your goal is the
[BS] story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” – Jordan Belfort.
It may not seem like it at the time but facing adversity can make you better and stronger, and, it can allow you to better deal with future problems and adversity. Perhaps we need to take on board a Nietzsche like attitude of “That which does not kill you makes you
stronger”??
If you lack practice in confronting obstacles (perhaps you typically choose to avoid them), one traumatic event can take you down and you may lack the resilience to deal with it effectively. There also exits an apparent link between adverse experiences and creativity. A recent research study suggests that creative people may be able to channel their negative experiences into
inspiration for their work, and possibly use creativity as a coping strategy for dealing with hardship1.
I have written about similar themes before and recommend reading these articles to assist you too:
Tips for overcoming adversity, read the full article with all the recommendations and tips here:
On the college blog last week, I also wrote about something very exciting that I hope you'll be excited about too.
The
festive season has arrived. With it being the month of December, the time of giving, I am giving you hypnotherapists the gift of education…..
You know what we’ve gone and done? We have set things up on our online membership area, so that anyone can go and have 5 days completely free access to everything.
That’s right, you can now go and watch video footage of
- our hypnotherapy practitioner diploma course,
- our advanced hypnotherapy practitioner diploma course,
- our cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy certificate,
- our hypnotic coaching certification course,
- our hypnotherapist business development academy course,
- our science of
self-hypnosis seminar,
- our rapid inductions and hypnotic phenomena for hypnotherapists seminar,
- our specialist lectures and additional materials galore – all for free!
Go and have a read of this article at the
college website for more detail and information on this offer:
In that article, I listed a number (ten, to be precise) articles that I have written in the last decade that I believe to be incredibly important. They give a sense of the vision I have for the field of professional hypnotherapy and they offer up a huge amount of resource for anyone interested in this field whether new to the field, or those of you that are seasoned
professionals. I decided to write about these articles a bit this week too.
I highlight these things articles often, but I wanted to write a brief article that had them all in the same place.
If you want to get a good feel for this college and our ethos and what we stand for, then have a
read of these articles. They demonstrate so much of what we believe is important for the hypnotherapy field to develop credibly and effectively.
If you are a hypnotherapist, then I highly recommend the investment of 10 minutes of your time to read these articles, they are ram-packed full of useful information even if you do not choose to study with me, they’ll benefit you
greatly:
Self-Hypnosis Online Store |
This week, my social media output has been filled with memes about hypnosis, photos from my life (including plenty from our Christmas party),
loads of articles from our vaults (including some really controversial ones from the past few years!!) and some other bits and pieces. You can follow and keep up to date here:
Additionally, if you are a student, graduate or friend of my college, then come & join our Facebook group for hypnotherapists, it has some other wonderful discussion on there too:
For those of you interested in finding out a bit more about working or studying with me, here are the pages to go and do that:
1. Would you like a satisfying and meaningful career as a hypnotherapist helping others? Are you a hypnotherapist looking for stimulating and career enhancing continued professional development and advanced studies? We have a range of classroom based and home study courses offering the most comprehensive and highest quality education in the hypnotherapy and hypnosis fields:
The weekly podcast broadcast would not be possible without Tom Watson, who sponsors Adam Up and puts it all together each week.
If you need a website then do please pay him a visit here:
tmwmedia.co.uk Of course, we have Christmas cracker jokes this
week!
Why does Santa have three gardens?
So he can 'ho ho ho'!
What kind of motorbike does Santa
ride? A Holly Davidson!
What did the sea Say to Santa? Nothing! It just
waved!
What does Santa do with fat elves? He sends them to an Elf Farm!
What do you get if you cross Santa with a duck? A Christmas Quacker!
What says Oh Oh Oh? Santa walking backwards!
What goes Ho Ho Whoosh, Ho Ho Whoosh? Santa going through a revolving door!
Who is Santa's favorite singer? Elf-is Presley!
I know, I know, groan!!
Final Message This Week:
I just wanted to thank you for continuing to follow what we do here and I hope to continue serving you wonderfully in 2018.
I wish you and your loved ones a truly wonderful festive
season.
Much love to you, Adam. |
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