Frumptarn Guggenband

Yesterday I had the privilege of seeing this amazing group in action at the Beverley Folk Festival. The weather has not been kind to us for most of the weekend so many people were perhaps feeling  a little damp and down, but anyone who saw this group in action on Saturday out by the Craft marquee just had to smile.
A Barnsley group, they were dressed in black and white cow-patterned clothing; their unique style of music featuring assorted wind instruments and drums ( plus the odd PE teacher's whistle) really got the crowd  engaged and one or two started swaying to the rhythm and tapping their feet.
And then Frumptarn Guggenband  upped their game...
The musicians started to dance wildly, whirling like dervishes, flailing their instruments in the air, just doing their own thing. The crowd became more enthusiastic and it was virtually impossible to avoid being  involved, with much tapping of feet, swaying of hips and gyrating.
It seemed that no sooner had the group started than they finished and went off on their way to participate in the evening concert but  they lifted the spirits of  a lot of people. I look forward to seeing them perform again. True entertainers!

 

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Control Room

One of the techniques which I regularly use in Hypnotherapy is the Control Room. It can be used successfully for a whole range of issues including weight loss, fears and phobias, insomnia etc and is particularly effective for dealing with panic attacks.
Under  hypnosis I will ask the client to walk down a flight of steps and enter their own control room - the place where all of the systems controlling thoughts and feelings are housed. Everyone has their own version of this room so I encourage the client, still under hypnosis, to give feedback, initially using a nodding of the head and then supplying answers to my questions about the various controls within their room.
Controls take many guises but I have always found that the client is able to describe some sort of measure of activity whether they use dials, levers, gauges, colours or arrows etc
 I ask the client to describe each control  and where they are at on that range at that point.
 Imagination is a powerful tool and it is up to the client how they make that control work more efficiently  eg dust and polish; WD40 etc
When they are satisfied that the control is working efficiently  I ask them to adjust it to a more effective level and having done this, they fix the control at the new point perhaps by wedging or gluing. They then remove all of the scale  so that the level cannot move backwards and attach a signed and dated sticky label to the control ( as an electrician would following a PAT test).
 In the course of a session  we may work on 3or 4 controls and revisit these on the subsequent sessions.
The final element of the Control Room technique is for the client to fling open the windows of the room to blow away all of the cobwebs and as they leave the room they hit a boost button which gives a surge of energy through the room.
As the control room becomes more efficient in future sessions the boost button is then put on to an  automatic timer so that it is no longer necessary to visit the room.
A very simple but effective technique.

 

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Forever Living Products Events

These are just some of the layouts of our fabulous products at the various events attended this year- everything from baby fairs to charity events and town and country. 

Spreading the word about Forever Living Products.

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I'm back!

Sometime life just gets in the way! It has been months since I last posted on here - in fact I had  almost forgotten my password.
 So what's changed? Why now?
 Well, I guess the main reason is that I have given up my full time job and having spent 6 weeks catching up on washing, cleaning, mending and gardening I can actually get on with the business  in hand and start to build a client base.
My clinical hypnotherapy and reiki  have plodded along steadily inspite of the heavy workload in my day job. Now I find that I can see clients during the daytime which is a huge advantage and if I want to take a family day, then I can...
Using clinical hypnotherapy I have had great sucess working with panic attacks and weight management; with reiki I recently participated in a staff pamper day which meant that I finally invested in a beautiful cream alulite therapy bed. I am now officially  MOBILE!
I was thrilled to be part of the staff pamper day at a local hotel - just one day in a week of activities arranged to recognise staff commitment.
What a fantastic thing to do for your staff; what a clever way of building staff loyalty and positive atitude to work.
Come on employers, no matter how large or small your workforce, think about how a staff pamper day could positively impact on your staff. Get in touch with me  through my website contact page at www.annestagghypnotherapy.co.uk.
Alternatively, of course, you could just arrange for a therapist to attend for a couple of hours a day/week and give sessions as a reward for staff r eaching a particular target.
Alongside this I am building my Forever Living Products business with a portfolio of events  already completed in 2013 and many more to come, including our first ever Pop Up Shop in N Ferriby next Tuesday evening.
I have great plans for the future: I intend to build a team and move up the management structure in Forever Living Products, picking up the rewards along the way. I want to make reiki an accepted therapy which would be considered alongside massage and aromatherapy. I want to use my skills as a hypnotherapist to tackle the growing problem of obesity.
I have also decided that it is time to plug some of the gaps in my life - the first one will be to sign up for an anatomy and physiology course. When I was at school  I had no careers advice whatsoever. I was reasonably able and decided to do Music and pick up a second  modern foreign language at age 14 - unfortunately for me these subjects knocked out the science subjects which were in the option columns ( bizarre but true) so I did no science after Y9. Although I have no great desire to learn any of the other therapies at the moment  I am currently unable to access them because a basic Science qualification is required, hence the reason for doing the Anatomy and Physiology.

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Forever Telford

I had a fantastic time at the Forever Living Products Success Express at Telford International Centre on Saturday! I have only been with the company for just a few weeks, but I have yet to see anyone looking miserable or unhealthy.
What a fantastic way to live: healthy, aspiring to wealthy, and full of beans, all mixed up with a huge amount of praise and encouragement. There's a brilliant website with lots of information, testimonials and product information, not to mention the help and support from my sponsors and everyone else in the team. There's a real family feel to the way things are run.
Think about it - When were you last praised at work...told what a difference you were making to the company, to the clients, to your own well being?
Until just a few weeks ago I knew very little about Aloe Vera. I had used lots of beauty products which had  Aloe Vera somewhere towards the bottom of the Ingredients List, and I knew that it was good for burns and scalds because that's what the First Aider used when I scalded myself quite badly in a  cafe in a zoo many years ago. I never imagined that it was such a versatile plant!
My own health has improved tremendously, to the point where I have been able to reduce the amount of medication I take, and I have been told by those who know me well, that I do look healthier and happier.
I feel as though I am on a fantastic journey learning new things every day, making new friends and enjoying opportunities that noone has ever offered to me  in my many years of employment.
 On Saturday I watched so many people going up on the stage to receive their awards; I listened to their testimonials and I listened to the advice given by some of the most successful people in the company.
 I really do believe that I can be one of those successful people, and am determined to be up there on the stage receiving my Supervisor award  very, very soon...
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Smoking Cessation for Couples?

What does the word "COUPLE" suggest to you?

For many people the immediate thought will be of a relationship of an intimate nature between 2 people who love and respect each other; who have common interests or beliefs. It implies a long term commitment and support.

It's this second statement which I want to focus on - "long term commitment and support".

For many smokers it wasn't difficult to start smoking because they were doing it to fit in, to feel part of the crowd, and they were supported in becoming smokers by their smoker friends.

The difficult part comes when the smoker decides that they want to return to being a non-smoker. It can be a long and lonely journey.

That's why I am running this special offer in June 2012, Smoking Cessation for Couples - except that the second person in the couple can be anyone who shares your desire to stop smoking. 

Your "other half" might be a member of your family, a partner, a work colleague, a friend or neighbour...    it is only important that they, like you, have a commitment to stop smoking.

Think about it - It is so much easier to stick to a diet if you are dieting with a friend or attending a support group. It 's the obvious thing to do.

 If you were training  for a marathon you would be encouraged to join a group.

So, if  you are ready to become a non-smoker again, why not ask around your family and friends to see if  anyone else is ready to quit, and then plan to quit together. You can support each other, challenge each other and become non-smokers again.

Visit my website for further details. Don't delay - the offer is time-limited for June 2012 only.
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150 days

I almost  missed the 150 day milestone ( It was actually last Tuesday) - 150 days without chocolate or toffee or Haribos!
Why did I nearly miss it? Well, I think that the main reason is that I just don't really think about chocolate anymore. It's a habit I have broken - and to be fair it wasn't hard to do. The hard part was in not drifting back into it in a thoughtless, careless moment.

Of course I have tried other things in the past to ditch the chocolate:

•  Stopping on a memorable date such as a birthday
• Stopping a month before a memorable date
• Cutting up the chocolate into ridiculously tiny pieces
• Eating a 1lb of Thornton's misshapes in one go thinking that I would sicken myself ( I did feel sick but it didn't stop me!)
• Sharing
• Leaving all of my money at home so that  I wouldn't be tempted to visit the shop on the way home ( great until I needed petrol)

And the list goes on...

And any or all of those  might work for others, but in the end the thing that worked for me was exactly the same thing that I would use with a client: Hypnotherapy and EFT.

I'm now looking forward to making it a full year without chocolate, toffee and Haribos.

Roll on December 31st!