- Hello and welcome to this week's edition of Adam Up
This month's Mad March world tour antics have settled down and I am able to relax and reflect a bit upon it all now, and spend some time being productive in other ways.
In this week's edition of this ezine, I'll report on my trip to Denmark, I have two videos to share whereby I talk on subjects very close to my heart,
that I am incredibly passionate about and in line with international happiness day earlier this week, my main article is about leading an inspired life.
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Partying Hard With The Vikings - My Trip Teaching Hypnosis in Denmark:
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I mentioned it here last week, that it has really been a Mad March for me this
year. I had two seminars and my local diploma course to teach at the start of the month, then went off to teach in Iceland, then had an event in London at the Royal Society of Medicine, and then at the end of last week I flew out from London to Copenhagen to teach at the Denmark NGH annual conference.
My love affair with Scandinavia continues to grow as a result. My Mother was Norwegian and I have
family in Norway, I studied in Finland while at University, and I have travelled around Scandinavia aplenty – and getting to return to Denmark to teach has been wonderful.
I flew into Copenhagen last Friday and was picked up at the airport by one of the NGH board members, Carsten – he had done most of the organisation with me for this trip and is someone who has become a good friend of mine. Him
and his wife picked me up and were great company on our 2 hour drive west across Denmark to the Isle of Fyn where the event was being held.
We got to cross one of Europe’s largest suspension bridges along the way. I admit it, driving over massive bridges with amazing views over the seas really excites me! There are pictures at the website.
We arrived at the venue and having been up at 5am, I was able to have a rest, get showered up and then Carsten and I were joined by the other NGH board members for pre-dinner drinks, followed by a great dinner, and more drinks.
One thing I loved about the venue, was the food being so great. Though I questioned that the salad bar had a
bowl of garlic which people were piling onto their dinner and on this occasion I often not to partake in the garlic due to me teaching in the morning and me wanting to ensure that my training room was not going to smell like an onion farm for the day.
We had breakfast together in the morning and I got to meet some of the delegates, and also catch up with a couple of familiar faces. Among other
things, I got to eat an actual Danish Pastry, one of the local recipes.
Then I was teaching for the day. I taught in detail about the science of self-hypnosis, and the advancement of immune functioning. Had fabulous facilities, including a very cool big screen, and we were underway.
During the breaks,
the food was incredible again, the people were really open to the subject and I got to speak in depth to everyone throughout. As I have found with so many of the countries I visit and teach at, there is a growing, enthusiastic hypnotherapy community in Denmark.
We had an incredible in-class experience with Nadhir, a dentist who drew upon his dentistry experience during the glove anaesthesia exercise and his hand was incredibly (unbelievably so) cold to the touch – several of us tested it
as evidence of what he was able to do with the right mindset.
When I had finished teaching, there was time to get showered and changed before we met for pre-dinner Danish beers, then a banquet dinner which was fabulous. We had a real feast, lots of wine and we sang Danish songs and I was belly laughing hard throughout the entire thing.
Just as I thought it was time to finish up and call it a day, I was told that there was a special chalet style building that had been laid on for us to now go and party; with a fridge full of crates full of Danish beer, music would be played, and the real fun would get underway. This place was delightful – they had sofas, games, music, and I got to dance, have more belly laughs and spend some serious time in the kitchen putting the
world to rights and discussing hypnosis.
I met a really great guy doing some amazing research in Denmark, using hypnosis with people who have suffered brain injuries, Jonas is someone to look out for and I shall be exchanging research papers with him for sure.
I was in the middle of a heavy round of
banter with a group of people and someone mentioned the it was 3.30am and he was going to bed and so I decided that I ought to return too and despite the sideways snow and the -5 degree temperatures, I walked back without a jacket – I did not need one. I was filled with the warm glow of Danish beer and good cheer.
Managed to make it down for the group breakfast, spent some time relaxing and enjoying
the facilities before heading back.
It is encouraging for me to meet groups of hypnosis professionals who are receptive and open to what I present. However, not only were the Danish people incredibly good fun, very sociable and with hilarious senses of humour, they looked after me wonderfully well, were kind, thoughtful, generous and the people are what really stand out for
me.
This was a fabulous trip, I made many friends, and though at times my teaching around the world seems like a crusade (I refer you to everything I write about wanting to advance the field of hypnotherapy), this trip was an absolute pleasure from start to finish – if you want to see all the pictures and read a bit more detail of it all, visit this page:
I mentioned it in
previous editions of this ezine, I am going to be on tour a bit this year. I am coming North to Hull. I am going East to Norwich. I am going west to Cardiff. I am going to the midlands in Birmingham and I'll be in London though the upcoming one day seminars here in Bournemouth in March are now completely full to capacity and sold out. Wherever you are based in the UK though, I hope you'll be able to access my seminars this year.My rapid inductions and hypnotic phenomena for hypnotherapists seminar is coming to all these venues, and so is my science of self-hypnosis seminar. Many of the dates are at weekends, so there's no excuse. Each is less than £100.00 to attend (plus Vat) and you can read about the course, grab all the dates, details about course content and more by downloading a free prospectus at these two pages on my website, come and join me in your neck of the
woods:
New Videos: Shoshin, and Seeing Beauty in the Ordinary....
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“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.”
― Shunryu
Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind.
This is the quote that I open up with in this video. This is a subject close to my heart and so I wanted to record a clip about it.
In this video, I explain why hypnotherapists in particular need to adopt a beginner’s mind. When we refer to a “beginner’s mind”
it refers to having an attitude of openness, eagerness, and lack of preconceptions when studying a subject, even when studying at an advanced level, you become just as a beginner in that subject would. When you allow yourself to be a true beginner, your mind is empty and open. This is incredibly important if you wish to learn more in the hypnotherapy field – when people are so invested in what they have already learned, when they are so loyal to the way they already do things, when they are so
entrenched in existing dogma – that all needs to be left at the door in order to truly learn new things.
With a beginner’s mind you’re willing to learn and consider all pieces of information, like a child discovering something for the first time. As you develop knowledge and expertise, however, your mind naturally becomes more closed. You tend to think, “I already know how to do this” and you become
less open to new information. My experience has been that the field of hypnotherapy is particularly filled with experts unwilling to open their mind to alternatives or that they have anything more to learn. Many a hypnotherapist equipped with a diploma, believes that diploma has taught them the Gospel of what hypnotherapy is and how to best use it with hypnotherapy clients. Watch the video and I’ll explain in full….
My second video is about something even closer to my
heart.....
“Everything has it’s beauty, but not everyone sees it” – Andy Warhol.
In this video, I explain some of the things I find to be incredibly beautiful despite them being so ordinary. It is this idea of finding beauty in the ordinary that I then relate to how we define
what hypnosis is and I share a central ethos to my entire approach to business, life and the field of hypnotherapy. That ethos, that ideology is very important to me indeed and feels very personal sharing it here....
Onto This Week's Main Theme:
Leading An Inspired Life
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Leading an inspired life is my topic today, I wrote it earlier this week on the
international day of happiness.
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain.
Today’s article is about leading an inspired life, not strictly about finding purpose though the two have a relationship. It is more
about acting upon your beliefs, your purpose and showing the world what you’re made of. Think for a moment about the quality of your daily life. Are you doing the best you can but finding yourself bored or stunted by the same-old, same-old routine? Do you feel stuck or trapped by your circumstances, whether in your professional or your personal life? Are you living a life based on what others expect of you
to the extent that you’ve put your own ideas and potential on the backburner?
In each of these situations or scenarios, it almost feels like a psychological wall has been put into place and it prevents new ideas that may offer a better way of doing things from entering your awareness. And this is precisely why inspiration is so necessary for you to have so you can take down that wall and live up to
more of your full potential.
Inspiration originally meant to receive an idea or truth from a divine power. In other words, something bigger than yourself steps in and gives you the answer, solves the puzzle, or plants a big glowing arrow pointing you to the best path. Sounds awesome, right?
I assume you have had at least one quandary in your life that left you stumped until an inspired
answer dropped into your lap, came out of the blue, or just appeared in some unexpected way, place or time.
This article is not suggesting that you simply wait for things to drop into your lap – but that you create more of an inspiring environment (internal and external) in which to live. What if you could receive that sort of inspiring guidance whenever you needed it? When you are living an inspired life, you create an atmosphere that welcomes a seemingly divine intervention, you know
how to recognise it, and you use it to move confidently toward more of your dreams.
Traditionally, inspiration has been viewed as a rare gift parceled out to a lucky few. In creative fields, it’s often cited as that one special ingredient that makes an artist an Artist. It’s the difference between the sketch artist and Michelangelo, the greeting card writer and Maya Angelou, or your mate’s garage
band and Prince. In the old worldview, inspiration is perceived as the exclusive privilege of the rare few.
Rather than thinking of a higher power randomly dealing out wisdom on a whim, imagine a life where inspiration is always there, self-generated and ready for us to tap into it. Every moment of every day, we have the potential for inspiration. When we tap in, seeming miracles can
happen.
First up then today, and contrary to much that I usually suggest, project meaning onto everything, find meaning and inspiration all around you….
Everything’s a sign day: Just for a day, look for the deeper meaning in whatever you encounter. Is the song playing when you turn on your car relevant to a current situation? Does the weather match your mood or is it coaxing
you out of it? Give a casual conversation attention as if it were a secret message just for you. Are there colours, words, or images that repeat? Can you use any of this to help resolve your issue? Keep it fun and you may find some amazing tools to get you unstuck from a stubborn problem.
Why is Leading an Inspired Life Important?
Wherever it comes from, inspiration brings with it a new awareness, a vision, that motivates us to express or actualise it. The scope of that vision is not necessarily important. What is important is that new possibilities are contained within it, beyond our present limitations, and they’re asking to be made manifest. When this happens, you can feel a sparkly sense of excitement and aliveness.
Inspiration is not as random as you may have been told. It can be invited, activated, encouraged and allowed to move us. Here are three reasons that should “inspire” you to explore this phenomenon for yourself.
1. Inspiration evokes gratitude. And gratitude evokes a sense of connection and belonging. Connection and belonging evoke a sense
of safety and abundance. All of which are based within you. There is nothing outside of you that can diminish them or take them away. There is nothing random or unpredictable about it. Can you get a sense of just how powerful this “base of operations” is?
2. Research (Thrash et al, 2010. Mediating between the muse and the masses. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology) shows that inspiration positively affects our creativity, our ability to be “in the flow,” to become more
competent, more productive and attain our goals. That in turn, affects our sense of self efficacy, self-esteem and overall satisfaction.
3. One study shows that inspiration gives us the opportunity to discover who we are. How? By giving us a glimpse of what we’re capable through the limitless source of our own inner knowing rather than our limited knowledge base. That means we can tap into our potential for self-expression which in turn, contributes to our well-being, our sense of
purpose, and our happiness.
So lets also look at how to be inspired and inspiring, because inspired lives create happiness.
“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well
done.” ― Vincent van Gogh.
Every morning after breakfast on days she is not teaching, Jayne retreats to her music room to compose music in a dedicated space situated at the back of her house. This has been her ritual for a long time. Jayne is utterly consumed with her music. She can sometimes go many hours without a break. She has had a good career; she has written music for
many artists of varying kinds; some have been commercial successes, some less so. Jayne is not afraid to dedicate the hours required to create her music.
Inspiration is not just the territory of the arts, it can express itself in varying forms. You may be inspired if you are a hypnotherapist seeking to develop your field, or if you are a parent tending to your
family.
Inspiration is not defined by WHAT you do, it tends to be defined by the state of being that you experience when you are doing it.
Though they are similar and share some common ground, there are differences between inspiration and happiness. When you are inspired, you are often filled with joy and fulfilment. When you live an inspired life, in the pursuit of
your passion, time often stands still, you are often oblivious of your surroundings and discover meaning and purpose in their work, which often feels more like a calling than a job.
Happiness is often a fleeting experience, an ephemeral one that is usually quite temporary or short-lived, influenced by our internal and/or external environment.
Here are some tips that highlight ways to create and cultivate inspiration in your daily life. Remember, you can connect with inspiration in virtually anything you do – playing and sharing a fun game or a story with your children at the end of a long day may be regarded as an act of inspiration, since it is a calling from the heart.
“You can believe that you are neither a slave to inspiration nor its master, but something far more interesting — its partner — and that the two of you are working together toward something intriguing and worthwhile.” — Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic.
Go read the full article whereby I go on to explain a number of ways that you can live an inspired life, where there
are links to all my references and some additional resources of great relevance and usefulness....
This week, my social media output has been filled with memes about hypnosis, photos from my travels and loads of articles from our vaults (including some really controversial ones from the past few years!!) and some other
bits and pieces.
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Facebook group for hypnotherapists, it has some wonderful discussion on there:
I'm completely booked up with regards to being able to take on any new clients for hypnotherapy, mentoring or coaching currently, so have removed those links from Adam Up for a few weeks.
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:
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:
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:
Last week, I got sent to an article containing
100 of the best one-liners from Edinburgh Festival. I thought I'd share some more of my favourites from that.....
“I think children are like Marmite. You either love them or you keep them at the back of the cupboard next to the
piccalilli.”
Abi Roberts (2016)
“You just know Chilcot was up until 4am, downing Red Bulls and trying to crank out the last 800,000 words.”
Alex Kealy (2016)
“Jokes about white sugar are rare. Jokes about brown sugar, Demerara.”
Olaf Falafel (2016)
“A rescue cat is like recycled toilet paper. Good for the planet, but scratchy.”
Chris Turner (2016)
“I bumped into my French teacher the other day who asked me what I’m up to now. I told her I go to the cinema and play football with my brother.”
Adam Hess (2016)
“My cat is recovering from a massive stroke.”
Darren Walsh (2015)
“I went to Waterstones and asked the woman for a book about turtles, she said ‘hardback?’ and I was like, ‘yeah and little heads”
Mark Simmons (2015)
“Hey, if anyone knows how to fix some broken hinges, my
door’s always open.”
Paul F. Taylor (2016)
“If you don’t know what Morris dancing is, imagine eight guys from the KKK got lost, ended up at gay pride and just tried to style it out.”
Fin Taylor (2016)
“Hedgehogs – why can’t they just share the hedge?”
Dan Antolpolski
(2009)
“I think the worst thing about driving a time machine is your kids are always in the back moaning ‘Are we then yet?'”
Paul F. Taylor (2016)
“If you don’t know what introspection is, you need to take a long, hard look at yourself.” Ian Smith (2015)
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week's edition, how did I do?
I shall be back next week; in the meantime, I thank you for being a very valued reader, I appreciate you and hope to reward you greatly going forward with all that we offer here, I send you much love and my very best wishes,
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