- Hello and welcome to this week's edition of Adam Up
This week I am courting controversy with a new video. Following the major discussions online regarding Yanny or Laurel (I am firmly in the Laurel camp)... If you don't know what I'm talking about, just go and Google "Yanny or Laurel sound" and you'll find out all about it. I've been
following the Yanny or Laurel research and debate online for a little while, and then someone emailed me 5 minutes after I published this weeks new video to say that as usual (as usual, according to him), my latest video was "dropping a yanny" ..... That is, it was causing furore and debate. I'm going to share that with you shortly.
I'm also sharing a new article on my running blog, and the main article today is all about helping you to stop emotional eating - it is useful for
anyone, not just those looking to reduce weight.
I've got a bunch of other stuff too (including notifications about upcoming courses), a fresh evidence based hypnosis meme of the week, and a joke or two along the way.....
I've been resisting
saying anything for weeks now, but kept thinking that the constant and relentless discussions and emails about GDPR would subside, but they have not and I am so sick of reading about them. I guess you are too. Howevuuur.... I have to say that virtually all of you subscribers signed up via a double opt-in system and a compliant set-up that we have here as far as the new regulations are concerned. We are going to delete anyone who signed up without the double opt-in set-up - so if you do not
receive this weekly ezine next week, just visit the homepage of my personal website and you can sign-up again in the proper and compliant way. Now, no more mention of that......
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Pictures of My New Running Buddy…. |
We all know and have had the advice at some stage in our running career that it is good to have a training buddy or to run in a group, club or with others –
this helps motivate you, holds you accountable, adds enjoyment and a whole world of other benefits….
I’m not running with a club currently, so I have enlisted a running buddy who joins me on a number of my runs at the moment. I give you, my new running buddy, Wilma the Cockapoo….
This week, I have written a full article with loads of pictures from our runs together, she is very cute in my wholly biased opinion, go take a look:
Pictures of my new running buddy.
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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:
"Dropping a Yanny" and Controversy Corner:
Do we need indirect language patterns in hypnotherapy? Is "hypnotic language" even hypnosis?
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Well the questions that make up the title of any blog entry or video clip are typically answered with “no”, aren’t they? Sooooo, you tend to know what direction this video clip is going in, don’t you? And no,
I’m not purposely adding “tag questions” to the end of every sentence as a means of confusing my message today!
Lol.
Anyway, in this video clip today, I’m discussing whether indirect language patterns advance the efficacy of hypnotherapy, there has been research examining this question and I share that with you here. I also discuss whether so called “hypnotic language” really is anything to do with hypnosis at all and I respond to the notion that politicians are using “hypnotic
language” to wield mass hypnosis on their electorate.
All this and more hypnosis myth busting besides, as you have hopefully come to expect from me in my videos…. I hope you find it stimulating and enjoyable. If you've ever had NLP's version of hypnosis training, or had a strong Ericksonian component to your training, then you'll want to sit down for this one.... Go and watch this new video:
Do we really need indirect language patterns in hypnotherapy? Is “hypnotic
language” actually anything to do with hypnosis?
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I shared this last week too..... In recent weeks I have been running a very popular webinar for people that are interested in training to be a hypnotherapist.
It includes some in depth information about how and why to adhere to evidence-based approaches and to get a broad ranging education, then it also goes on to talk in
detail about the value of learning how to astonish people and gives instruction on a number of ways to do that, and it also gives some direct business advice about to effectively get up and running by the time you complete your course of study.
I have also enclosed a couple of the most important handouts I have ever put together for all those who watch (they are worth their weight in gold, I assure you) and offer a couple of free audios.... Importantly, it contains some genuinely useful
information for you to be aware of right at the beginning of your journey into the field of hypnotherapy, so go and have a read and a view of the recording that I have made available and public for a limited time. If you are thinking of training to become a hypnotherapist then go and watch this video or if anyone you know is considering it, please forward them on the link:
The Essential Guide to Becoming a Successful Hypnotherapist.
This Week's Main Article:
How to Stop Emotional Eating
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Emotional eating is something many of us do. It becomes a problem if it becomes too much of a regular
habit.
You’ve had a stressful day, or an emotionally challenging time, or feel drained and tired with your emotions all over the place…. You reach for a chocolate bar, a cake or big bag of crisps or another food that you believe gives you comfort or helps distract or calm your nerves.
Afternoon tea breaks at work, at home in front of the television at night following a hard day, emotional
eating is us reaching for food to cope and deal with our emotions.
When we know we are doing it, we usually also know that emotional eating is not good for us, but many can’t seem to break the pattern and stop. We use emotional eating to relieve tension, manage stress or avoid feeling negative emotions. Triggers range from stress, anxiety, loneliness, anger, fear or boredom. Emotional eaters usually try and soothe themselves with food—often with junk food or excess food that they derive ‘comfort’ from — in order to avoid facing uncomfortable
feelings.
“The thing that is really hard and really amazing is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.” – Anna Quindlen.
Several research studies have shown that trauma is a risk factor for eating disorders and other pathological eating behaviours.
While the relationship between abuse and eating is complex and can vary from person to person, research suggests that emotional eaters may turn to food to relieve feelings of shame or to punish themselves, as some may have falsely held beliefs about the trauma that they experienced. Some researchers have theorised that abuse survivors may purposely gain or lose a great deal of weight as a form of protection (i.e. they believe it will make them less attractive and therefore, less likely to be
taken advantage of), or as a reflection of their shattered self-image. It does not have to have such a serious cause though…..
Typically, we are motivated to seek pleasure and avoid pain. This is one explanation as to why many people reach for comfort food to deal with negative emotions, as we see in many TV shows when the tub of ice cream comes out after a relationship break-up or losing a job. Recent
research conducted by PsychTests reveals the nine main factors that can trigger emotional eating.
Analysing a combination of personality, emotional, and behavioural data from 438 emotional eaters who took the Emotional Eating Test, researchers at PsychTests were able to establish the most common eating triggers which were lack of intimacy, feelings of shame, fear of challenge, fear of judgement,
conflict avoidance, boredom, self-sabotaging beliefs, rebellion as well as the previously mentioned abuse of some kind.
When it comes to unhealthy eating patterns, the crux of the issue is not so much what we’re eating, it’s why we’re eating it. Emotional eaters don’t consume junk or excessive comfort food simply because it tastes better than vegetables; they do so because this type of comfort food
makes them feel better. They often use food as a means of making their bodies feel different.
Signs you could be an emotional eater:
• Eating when you are not hungry but instead when you’re upset, bored, angry, etc.
• Craving ONLY sugary, fatty foods or carbohydrates (tyical comfort foods, though not exclusively this type of food).
• Eating after you are full or eating things
you don’t like.
• Rarely feeling satiated.
• Mindless or unconscious eating; eating and not even being aware of it.
If you recognise yourself in some or most of these descriptions, you may be an emotional eater. Here are some ways to help change combat this behaviour and to start changing your emotional eating habits, just follow these simple steps by reading the full process and article with
links to the scientific references here….
How to Stop Emotional Eating.
This week, my social media output has been filled with memes about hypnosis, photos from my life and 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 wonderful discussion on there:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/AngloEuropeanCollegeofHypnosis/ ====== Did you
know that you can listen to every single hypnosis audio that I have ever recorded for just £7.50? That is right, since Keith and I parted ways, he is running everything to do with my hypnosis audio sales separately without me interfering. Without me to hold him back, he has gone crazy and is offering you a deal whereby you can access all my hypnosis audios along with a number of other hypnosis tracks, for just £7.50.
It is the way the audios are being delivered now - it is like
Netflix for hypnosis audio lovers. Go and have a look at what I'm talking about here:
Hypnosis For Streaming - Loads of Hypnosis Audios!
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:
How about some favourite
one-liners from Edinburgh fringe in years gone by for you this week....
- “Most of my life is spent avoiding conflict. I hardly ever visit Syria.” Alex Horne (2014)
- “I was thinking of running a marathon, but I think it might be too difficult getting all the roads closed and providing enough water for everyone.” Jordan Brookes (2016)
- “You can’t lose a homing pigeon. If your
homing pigeon doesn’t come back, then what you’ve lost is a pigeon.” Sara Pascoe (2014)
- “I really wish ISIS would stop playing violent video games and listening to Marilyn Manson.” Eric Lampaert (2016)
- “My Dad told me to invest my money in bonds. So I bought 100 copies of Goldfinger.” Nick Hall (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,
Buloo!
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