Hypnotherapy Potential

Schizophrenia and Hypnosis
Greetings from Doc Judie
Lately I have seen clients who suffer from signs of schizophrenia and I wanted to do some research to see if hypnosis could help the situation.   For those of you who are not familiar with the signs of this disorder, here is some general information for you:

Understanding Schizophrenia: Schizophrenia Symptoms and Schizophrenia Treatment

Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that affects how a person thinks, behaves, and feels. People with Schizophrenia find it difficult to tell the difference between what is real and what they are imagining. They lose the ability to think logically, express feelings, or to behave in an appropriate manner. Schizophrenics hear voices that nobody else hears. They also see things that no one else does. They imagine things that are sometimes unpleasant for them.

These experiences can seem threatening and can make them fearful and they withdraw themselves. Schizophrenia is one of the most misunderstood mental illnesses. There are two types of this illness which can make it more difficult. The two types are paranoid and disorganized. Many people suffer from this illness. Fortunately there is help and there are treatment options out there. .

 

There are several signs and symptoms of Schizophrenia. Some are categorized as negative symptoms and some are positive. Here is a list of warning sign that you or someone close to you may have this illness:

 

• Social withdrawal
• Hostility
• Suspiciousness
• Deterioration of personal hygiene
• Flat, expressionless gaze
• Inability to express any emotion
• Inappropriate behavior
• Depression
• Oversleeping
• Insomnia
• Odd statements
• Forgetful
• Inability to concentrate
• Extreme reaction to criticism
• Strange use of words

Some other signs and symptoms of delusions and hallucinations. They may start to think that someone is out to get them. People with this illness may experience paranoia which could be a sign that they have paranoid schizophrenia. They may also have special powers that nobody else has. Schizophrenics may also experience hallucinations which are basically sounds and events that seem real to them but it is all in their mind. Schizophrenic hallucinations are usually meaningful to the person experiencing them. It is common for the voices they hear to of someone they know. Most commonly, the voices are critical or abusive.
     I have read several articles on the subject and there is not much research on this subject.  There was a Cochrane study in 1985 that only dealt with a small group and is not regarded as hard scientific evidence that hypnosis works, the modern view is anti-psychotic drugs along with counseling are the current means of treatment.
     However, there is one current theory that breaks down schizophrenia into two groups: If there is brain damage from drug use or an accident, hypnotherapy may not be able to reach to brain and a regime of medication will be necessary for the life of the patient.If there is no physical brain damage, schizophrenia may be more of a phobia (such as fear of spiders or unknown spirits in the room talking to them) and it can be treated with hypnosis. 
    This requires working with a psychiatrist who can order a brain scan to see if damage to brain has occurred.  I have seen some real progress with some of my clients, and not much with others.  In particular, it is very difficult for schizophrenics to stop smoking and most of them do for some reason.  It may be a self medicating form of quieting down the brain. (another study is needed!).  Hypnosis usually helps over many sessions, clients will say that they are finally able to relax; or they report no difference. 
   So if any of you have used hypnosis with clients who have schizophrenia, I would love to hear from you. I would also be very interested in chatting with anyone who has schizophrenia to find out if hypnosis has been helpful.
   I continue to learn about this exciting field and the pathways to the mind. Feel free to share any information with me.
Here's to your mental and physical health
Doc Judie
775 7823889
judie@docjudie.com

Learn to be grateful through hypnosis
Greetings from Doc Judie
In every theory that deals with happiness, gratitude pops up as the key ingredient to the being a fully actualized or content person. There are many people that have an unfortunate life, their bodies are torn apart through genetic or recent illness.  Their current situation if filled with grief such as PTSD, war, divorce, death, loss of income or home. There are people who are just not "genetically happy" they were born with less of the genes that makes people happy...so how can I be so bold as to instruct these people "to be grateful!" Much the same way Mother Theresa did when she was taking care of the poor and unwanted of Calcutta. Concentrate on what you have, not what you don't have. Give what you can, and make do with less. She gave people the paradoxical commandment and told them that if they pushed through all the roadblocks, and did good deeds with a grateful heart, they would be happy.  (I am only on 1/3 of this beautiful creed; I still do not walk in her sandals, but "I give it my all anyway."

1. People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
   Love them anyway.
   
2. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
   Do good anyway.
   
3. If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies.
   Succeed anyway.
   
4. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
   Do good anyway.
   
5. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
   Be honest and frank anyway.
   
6. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
   Think big anyway.
   
7. People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
   Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
   
8. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
   Build anyway.
   
9. People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
   Help people anyway.
   
10. Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
    Give the world the best you have anyway.

© 1968, 2001 Kent M. Keith

Go to  wwwGiveMeThe MasterKey.com website, all you hear about is gratitude, and see some wonderful graphic images.  There is a 42 day program that disciplines the mind and ma you realize that you have a lot to be grateful for...even the fact that you are able to read this blog. That you have a computer, that you can access the internet.  How much of the world population has this privilege? One billion people in the world are illiterate; you are not one of them.

Martin Seligman, founder of Positive Psychology  cites gratitude as the most important trait to not only being happier, but being healthier. So practice it, even when you don't feel terribly grateful. It will take you out of your own problems and will help you to focus on what is important in your life.
Write your own self-hypnosis script and think of three things that you are grateful for when you wake up and repeat when you go to bed Think of just one thing a day to do for someone else. (it does not have to be world peace quality, remember, it takes awhile to walk the Mother Theresa walk!) Let me know if there is a change. Anyone who has taken this task to heart for 30 days sees a major shift.  I would love to hear what happened!  I know it worked for me.
Here's to your mental and physical health
Doc Judie
judie@docjudie.com
775 782-3889

No If, Ands, or Butts...
Greetings from Doc Judie
This is the start of a smoking cessation program that I have designed just for you. If you pick a therapist, make sure that he/she is a professional in the mental health field with either a Masters or Doctorate who also has advanced training in hypnosis. This will improve your chances of success. Don't look for the "one session or the guarantee to quit promises," it just doesn't work that way.  It is usually 4 or 5 sessions and layering of the same message over and over.  The good news is that hypnosis is one of the best methods for helping people "Kick the butts"...so this is for all of you that have tried to quit unsuccessfully in the past.  These proven methods could change your life and you can be smoke free very soon

 I have used Marlboros as a stereo type as it  is the leading cigarette (40% sales) that has been around for a long time.  It still has the distinct aroma that has outlived its clients over a 50 year period.  Philip Morris USA, which produces Marlboro cigarettes, said that it was working with US tobacco growers to reduce the amount of the carcinogen in its product, which has the highest amount of carcinogen compounds-double that of any other brand.

There are 43 known cancer-causing (carcinogenic) compounds and 400 other toxins found in a cigarette.   These include nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide, as well as formaldehyde, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, arsenic, and DDT. They are also loaded with sugar; scientifically enginerred to keep you hooked!

Nicotine is the highly addictive substance that keeps you wanting more, a time release that "wants back into your system every twenty minutes!  Smoke containing nicotine is inhaled into the lungs, and the nicotine reaches your brain in just six seconds.

 

Nicotine in small doses acts as a stimulant to the brain. In large doses, it's a depressant, inhibiting the flow of signals between nerve cells, it slows your thinking down. In even larger doses, it's a lethal poison, affecting the heart, blood vessels, and hormones.

As a cigarette is smoked, the amount of tar inhaled into the lungs increases, and the last puff contains more than twice as much tar as the first puff. Carbon monoxide makes it harder for red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout the body. Tar is a mixture of substances that together form a sticky mass in lungs.
About now you are either sick to your stomach with the facts rubbed in your face, or you do what most smokers do and you simply ignore the information because it is too daunting to deal with, you feel trapped.. 

  

I have worked with smokers "successfully" for years and hypnosis, coupled with talk therapy and amino acid therapy is the key to success for at least 68% of smokers who enter a smoking cessation program with me. Let me explain why my method is a little different from the norm.

   People smoke for different reasons.  Remember being a kid and smoking your first cigarette at a party to be "cool?" Remember how it burned your throat and you got a blasting headache and sore throat?  You literally had to force your self to smoke.  Then it became a habit where all those chemicals wanted in your body, and would not leave you alone. You were hooked.  Maybe you had trouble running track because you just could not get enough air into your lungs. Or maybe you were blessed with great genetics and ran like the wind anyway.   Eventually, after trying to quit over and over, you find yourself mid-aged with gum and teeth problems, tingling in your arms and legs, and not even able to go up a flight of stairs let alone run a 10K race. Smoking lost its "cool" a long ago.

Now I can't leave this blog with all the bad news there has to be some good news that can give you a little hope until the next blog and here it is:

Here is the outline of the program: Lets talk about it.  This is usually called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, changing a behavior.
It helps to really listen to you, and see what "smoking does for you?" Does it relax you? Stimulate you and give you energy? Keep you from being bored? Weight control? What is your hardest cigarette to give up? Have you tried to quit before, how long did it last? What was the trigger that started you back on cigarettes?  Finding out what type of a smoker you are gives me a way of talking to you, addressing your stress, your fears, and your energy level. How is your over all health? The most important ending question is always...why now? What made you decide to quit?

The next portion is to talk to the other side of the brain, the subconscious mind.  I don't really know exactly what those terms mean as there is not a definite line in the brain that divides the conscious from the subconscious,  and  the new research indicates that they overlap. I know that when a person is relaxed, they "hear" things in a quet state with more focused attention than they do when they are awake and stimulated by chatter, answering questions and giving automatic responses. The message and a plan is laid out for the individual.  I favor a cut back method, even though I have had very successful clients quit cold turkey, most clients want a gentle withdraw.  Eliminating the first cigarette in the morning and the last at night are two important changes.  Cleaning the house and the car are another commitment to smoke free living.  Drinking water, breathing techniques, using the opposite hand, etc. all break an automatic habit.  Each week, cut down on the amount of cigerettes you smoke and by the third or fourth week, you are there!

The third level of treatment is amino acid therapy which addresses the physical withdrawal symptoms that people usually find so painful when they quit.  Amino acids are simply put just proteins  They are the building blocks of our body and certain compounds replace dopamine and serotonin "naturally" that the cigarettes put in the brain artificially. They work better than Chantix, Zyban, Wellbutrin and other antidepressants. There are  no side effects with amino acids. They rebuild the damaged cells in the body from years of smoking; and it is all natural.. 

That is the design, I'll be back tomorrow with details on each step. Let me have some feedback from you and questions that you have about your own smoking cessation program.
Here's to your mental and physical health
Doc Judie
judie@docjudie.com
775 7823889

Rebuilding intimacy and sex through hypnosis

Greetings from Doc Judie

This is the on-going mini-series of tips on a happy marriage or long term relationship. I highly recommend you read John Gottman's The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. This will give you the in depth study,homework, and quizzes from the country's foremost relationship expert: 
Sex: Gottman's defination " Fundamental appreciation and acceptance of each other." Sounds easy and logical, but in no other area of a couple's life is there more potential for embarrassment, hurt, and rejection than sex. It seems so basic, but couples often find it very challenging to communicate about the topic clearly. One partner may want sex more than the other. One may want more variety than the other or a whole myriad of life challenges get in the way.  Children come along and there is no private time together without planning Couples get too tired, too stressed, they use it "as a hold back" when they are angry, or they have just lost interest.

The solution is to talk to eachother about sex in a way that lets the other person feel safe. This means learning the right way to ask for what you want and the appropriate way to react to your partners requests. Really listen, perhaps it is a body imaging problem, illness, aging-talk about what is going on with your body, and get a good medical checkup to rule out any physical causes. (women, talk to your ob/gynabout the safety of bioidential hormones) Amino Balance with 21 aminos (Montiff brand which I carry) helps a tired stressed body etc.

 So start with the basics and educate yourselves, there are several good books on the subject of intimacy and sex.  A few books that I recommend are changing Bodies, changing lives by Ruth Bell Alexander, The Sex Starved Marriage, Michelle Davis,Resurrecting Sex
David Schnarch, Sex after 50, Helen Singer Kaplan, and  finish up with champagne and reading chapters to each other from Great Sex by
Alenander Penny.

I always remember parts of old corney sex jokes: How do Italians make love "Hey Marie, you awake?" How do Irish make love "Brace yourself Bridget, how do American women make love: Beige, I think I'll paint the ceiling beige!" (not very politically correct, but if you are even slightly chuckling, perhaps this has struck a familiar situation!). The goal of sex is to be closer, to have more fun and to feel satisfied, valued.  Keep the criticism out of the lovemaking, if you start out "you never touch me, change to a positive of " I love it
 when you hold me." If there are old trust issues, or fears from past failures, time to clear them up or years will slip by in a sexless marriage when perhaps, that is not what either of you want.

Hypnotherapy script:
Relax, close your eyes and let me just be still beside you and listen to your breathing.  We are working on our problems and we are both willing to find a solution as we want closeness, intimacy and great sex back in our marriage.  Somehow we got off track, and instead of going over all the reasons, lets look at changing this and building up our intimacy and reconnecting.  That is really what we both want.  I will make the promise to listen to you and to find out what makes you feel good.  Even if I don't agree, and I don't want to go into your fantasy, I will listen and respect you. I will be brave enought to share my fantisies with you as well.  We will work out a compromise, something that works for both of us, that we are both willing to do or to compromise on.  If either of us wants sex more than the other, we will not be hurt or find other ways of satisfying the other.  Know that we are safe, we love each other, and sex is our special time to come together.  I will make time for you, and you will make time for me."

Even better to write your own script and say it to each other just before you sleep. Here's to finding your way back to intimacy and a healthy happy sex life at any age.

Doc Judie
judie@docjudie.com
775 782-3889

The Resistant Partner

Greetings from Doc Judie

I am following the relationship outline from John Gottman's The Seven Principals for Making Marriage Work. I am right in the middle of the fourth principal, resistance to sharing power and it is really getting interesting.This  is usually when couples show up for help; what to do when one person is willing to work on a relationship and the other isn't? 

Couples who shared the power and listened to eachother's input were less likely to get divorced states Gottman.. "When a man is not willing to share power with his partner there is an 81% chance that the marriage will self-destruct!" When there is resistance to sharing power, the four horsemen show up, criticism, contempt, defensiveness, or stonewalling the union will be damaged. This does not mean that couples agree on everything. The union can take differences of opinion, heated discussion,and even a healthy shouting match as long as the main decisions are made together. This builds a firm foundation for compromising and longivity of the partnership.

Life is very different than the marriages of your parents generation and division of power. Over 65% of couples both work, breadwinning is shared, both men and women have learned new egalitarian roles for survival and happiness in the 20th century.

I address changing roles for couples who feel that they have definite roles and do not let their mate into their territory.  They often live side by side.  When the woman says: "Bob handles all the business decisions, I just take care of the kids and the house." or " when the man states: Look, I handle the big projects, I build the house and take care of the yard, she would just get in my way. I count on her to make the meals, do the correspondence and keep the house in order." You both have to remember that you both own your marriage or partnership, and helping, sharing and accepting influence from each others' is a cornerstone of success.  No one likes to be kept in the dark, or there is emotional laziness creeps in.

Hypnotherapy script:
You both met, talked about your dreams and you want to continue this  journey together.   You don't know how long your time together  will last, but while it does, I am sure that you want to give it the very best chance for success. Every relationshp has a few flaws, but the successful ones talk about it when one partner is feeling shut out.  This usually shows up in the bedroom, and you want to be connected emotionally and physically, so consider this exercise an insurance policy or preventive medicine for what ailes your teamwork. Of course there is a natural division of power, but think of yourself as equal partners and your relationship is your joint-venture, your company.  If one partner is away,enabled, or dies, you want the other partner to know everything that is going on. Is is very sad to see older couples who lived different lives under the same roof.  When one spouse dies, the other does not know what they own or where to find the deed to the house or bank accounts.  The other may fall apart because they have never run a vacumn cleaner or even turned on the microwave oven.  So take a journey "into each others' world" see the partnership from the other person's viewpoint.  What are the mutual goals.  Don't you find that the burden of paying bills, saving money, planning for the future, or getting through rough times is an easier load when both partners know what is going on and both partners have a say on the income? Take a few minutes and discuss the dreams.  Are they still the same as when you first met? How have they changed for each partner? Does one want to save for a truck, does the other want to put money away for the kids college?  Perhaps one partner really likes to cook and clean but hates yard work and construction.  That is fine, it is agreed, but you can still ask what the ingredients are in the main dish, be grateful for the delicious meal, or even request different foods and plan together. Perhaps the other partner does not understand construction, but would like to give input on how the space will be used, share the floor plan and explain how it goes together. Educating each other can really be fun, don't you agree? Share each other world; give each other some private time off-"honey, why don't you play golf today and I'll answer the phones." or perhaps the woman needs a break for a day hike and the man is willing to take the kids to school and put together a dinner when she returns. Think of ways you can go into each thers world, share the goals and plan time together for a trip together.  You are a team and it has more power, more earning potential, more creativity than two minds working alone. It may take some time to overlap and share the power, but it is worth it and will strengthen your union by 80%!  Celerate what you have accomplished together

Here's to your physical, mental health and
your great team work as a couple
Doc Judie
judie@docjudie.com
775 7823889

Tapping into your strength through hypnosis

Greetings from Doc Judie

I can remember my early training, using the methods drummed into my head, mainly Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT.  It is what most therapists use because it gets to the point. It looks at "what is wrong" and the therapy guilds you to change your thinking and do something different. It is very useful for changing habits, but it has its drawbacks.  Like most popular theories, CBT points out "what is wrong" and does not concentrate on "what is right" with the person. 

I use a positive approach, asking a client "what is good in your life? How do your strengths get you through difficult times? What is still good in spite of your problems.  Most people can cite the reasons that they still find joy in life, a few have to be taught from the ground up before they give up and perish. 

When you come right down to the basics, humans are programmed right down to their DNA to want to live and to have a good life. The problems will always be there, and regardless of the degree of suffering and pain, you will return to a set point of happiness that you had before the tragedy. 

 A sixty year old man was recently found wandering around a desert in Southern California without food or water for 5 days.  He wrote notes to his wife and remembered his love for her, and that is what kept him alive until help arrived, that connection to his wife kept him alive. 

A mother of a 14 year old son who recently committed suicide. She has to remember that she has other children, and it is not her time to leave the earth.  She struggles with the recent tragedy, but pushes herself to take care of her grandchildren, and their innocent laughter helps to heal her heart  get through the day. It is a reminder that she has purpose, internal strength, to be here. 

A young man was recently caught "doctor shopping' for pain medication which turned into an addiction. It all started anno
cently by a doctor too eager to reach for his prescription pad to solve a problem.  My young client is in a recovery program and is counseling younger peers with addiction problems. He has moved on, using the experience in a positive way to help others.

Pain is pain, suffering is part of life,  and no one has the perfect life so accept  the human condition. You are meant to suffer and feel pain for awhile ,not block every thing that comes to you with a pill.   When you lose someone, you will be devastated, but within a two month period (most of the time, may take a little longer) eventually you will start to return to your set point of being yourself, and yes, you will be able to find joy in your life "in spite of the pain."

So accept it, "shit happens" but "happiness happens" too!  I listen to my clients as it is important to let them tell their story.  it is important to  but it equally important not to stay in the grief session after session.  Many of my clients have not found relief through traditional therapy, they state that they have spent years learning everything about their depression, they have taken pills, and they understand their condition thoroughly....but they are still depressed! 

HYPNOSIS:   I know you were waiting for me to finally get to the turn around point.  Through relaxation, breathing techniques, I help people "get back into their bodies" they often report feeling like they are floating and not in touch. The script recognizes the sad event, but does not leave the client there or direct them "not to think about their problems." Those ridiculous suggestions just don't work.  Instead, I allow the client to follow their own path, they know what they need to do far better than I ever will. Perhaps they need to mourn a little longer, they is no magical time limit.  Perhaps, they just don't feel like getting up and finding another job, they have to find themselves first. Perhaps they need to look at the picture of their lost child and not move the clothes out-let it be! (for a reasonable amount of time-the client will usually tell me "I would like to find a job within the year, or I can't feel like this for another year").

The second part of the script is to remind clients that they have strength to get through this even if they don't think that they do.  They can go back to other situations in their life and remember how they got through those periods. Through hypnosis they remember how to tap into their survivor instincts, which are much stronger than their weaknesses.
The problems will "always be there" or new ones will crop up, but how they deal with it and how they learn to build up their energy is what they find through the hypnotherapy sessions.

What helps? I often take the clues from the clients. Do they want to be with family and friends, or do they prefer to be alone? Would they like to try journaling or would they rather turn to a daily walk? Isolation is good for awhile, but humans are social creatures, and that connection is healing and necessary.

There are a few of my clients that are so down that they do need help from a mental health professional or a medical doctor, at least for awhile, but most people will come out of their grief and  they want to  find their way back to a life worth living, they are just stuck for awhile.

 So whatever you are going through, know that you will get through it with your strengths, even if you don't know what they are right now.  Lean on others when it gets too tough, or get out of your self for a little while and go help someone else. The problems, the hurt, the loss will never leave you; but you are a survivor, you have made it this far and you have the genetic code to get through the sad times and yes, even feel joy and happiness again. 
Hypnosis can help with the process, find a licensed ASCH professional in your area or give me a call.

Here's to your mental and physical health
Doc Judie
judie@docjudie.com
775 7823889

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Tapping into a new vibration through hypnosis

Greetings from Doc Judie
I have blogged about tapping in the past, but would like to revisit the subject with some new observations from my clients and information from Carol Look, specialist in tapping techniques, or Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT).
Carol Look is an  Emotional Freedom Technique practitioner. she describes EFT as  a form of psychological acupressure that uses a gentle tapping technique instead of needles to stimulate traditional Chinese acupuncture points to move energy that is stuck in the neuro-pathways, or meridians.  Carol  taps on the designated points along with verbalizing the identified problem followed by a general affirmations phase, the energy system balances often relieve psychological stress and pain, states Long.
Here are some of the tapping points:
 Tap on the face and body,and then move to the hand  By using a karate chop type of motion to the side of the hand and tapping on the inside of the wrist and each finger.  Along with the tapping, you must use a series of words to change the vibration from negative to positive thinking.

The script: "Even though I have fear (such as I have no $$$) I completely accept myself  Repeat the phrase while tapping on each spot five ties. 
The first few times I tried this technique, I could not stop laughing.  First of all it tickled and I found certain tap
ping spots (especially by my lips and under my arms irritating!)   I found it ritualistic, and too airy-fairy for my scientific mindset.
However, it started to relieve my stress, and when I tapped for "chocolate" I no longer wanted to eat it.  So I will not waste your time with "proof" on how it works.  I really don't have concrete evidence, but for many of my clients and myself, there was a shift in behavior.  Long says it works better than "talk therapy for her" as it physically moves the energy around. 

For those of you who read my blogs, you know that I view hypnosis as a wonderful therapeutic tool and it blends with so many other healing modalities.  Tapping is no exception.  When my clients learn to relax through a hypnosis session, they are more receptive to tapping.  I never tap on the first session, I usually let my clients get use to relaxation and then I add it to my program.  It has been a great help for over eating, smoking, alcohol and anxiety.  Give it a try, easy to learn and most report it is a lot of fun, interesting, and amazed at the outcome.  Like anything new, it is not for everyone.There are a few clients that "don't like being touched and do not enjoy the experience." Many ways to the pathway of the mind, just try another technique.
Here's to your mental and physical health
Doc Judie
775 782-3889
judie@docjudie.com

Amino Acid Therapy and Hypnosis

Greetings from Doc Judie

I hope you missed my blogs as much as I missed writing them for you.  I have been gone from my site for over a month and I have a lot of new information to share with you.  I am working with a new company, Montiff, owned by Don Tyson, the world's leading expert on amino acid formulation.

For those of you who would like more in depth information on  amino acid therapy, go to montiff.com and click on the tech sheets to see how the aminos work with different parts of the body. You may want to look at a copy of The Amino Revolution by Robert Erdmann...or you can put up with my short version of amino acids and how I use them with hypnosis.

 The amino acids are food suppliments, they are proteins,  the building blocks of life. When people are sick, stressed, suffering from injury, panic attacks, anxiety or depression symptoms,  there is a physical reaction in the body. The metabolic pathways are disturbed, and nutrients cannot be deliered to the cells; when the brain is traumatized, the body suffers, when the body is traumatized, the brain suffers.  They cannot be seperated. 

Amino acids are not drugs  They won't suppress the symptoms of your illness while avoiding the causes  These remarkable powders work solely by strengthening the natural metabolic reactions in your body that help you regain your natural balance.

I love hypnosis, it is my favorite tool that I use to help people hear a therapeutic message, but there are times when they simply cannot relax, they cannot breathe, and their body has forgotten how to produce any endorphins. They are physically out of balance.  So for extreme cases of trauma, PTSD, and anxiety, amino acid formulas help with the hypnotherapy session. Can't hypnosis on its own merit restore balance in the body? In many cases it does, but it may take several sessions. When someone is in stress why not give the hypnosis which works on the mind, a little help by mending the body naturally.

The amino acid D-Phenylalanine:   It can help with chronic pain, help the body fight cravings for drugs, or sugar when endorphins are not being manufuctured. D-Phenylalanine aids in the effects of acupuncture treatments by offering more pain relief tha if the needles are used without it.  It can also increase the pain threshold for prolonged periods during dental surgery. 

It has been very effective when treating clients with chronic physial and mental pain during a hypnotherapy session.

Montiff has a wonderful formula of L-tyrosine, N-Acetyl-Tyrosine which helps boost low levels of catecholamines (feel good chemicals) associated with depression, anxiety, irritability. It is useful for drug and alcohol cravings. So why not ask for a little help from a natural source, I am about helping people on their path to wellness, through hypnosis, talk therapy and amino acid therapy.

Send me an email if you would like more information on amino acid therapy.

Here is to your mental and physical health
Doc Judie
775 782-3889
judie@docjudie.com

I can't find my keys! Finding things through hypnosis

Greetings from Doc Judie

I just did this exercise with a friend of mine and I thought i would share it with you.  How often do you rush to the car only to find that your keys are nowhere to be found! Very frustrating.  Of course you pull out the spare, but the "main set" has your favorite silver good luck charm on and everything else that is important to you; your mail box key, your gym locker key, your house key-ouch!

The first thing you do is to calm down. Do this when you have 20 minutes to spare.  If you are suddenly losing things, more than likely you are in a stressful state, multi-tasking, and chasing a hectic schedule.  So sit back or lie down.  For just a few minutes, clear your mind and take a mini-mental vacation from life.  Do 10 rounds of deep breathing, in through your nose and exhale deeply through your mouth.  Imagine that you are emptying out a balloon when you exhale, really go deep into your belly.  Now think of anything that is bothering you and see where it lands on your brain or body. Where do you feel tightness or pain? Blow some nice relaxing energy into those affected parts and imagine the soreness or distressed points breaking up and you will feel relief.

Now just enjoy where you are, take yourself to someplace pleasant, without any stress, without a schedule, without a thousand things to take care of....can you see it? A mountain cabin? A seaside cottage?  Wherever it is, enjoy the adventure....by this time you just start to really unwind, your logical mind will pop back in and remind you that "you can't get to the vacation cabin without the car keys!" Time to address the obvious.  Think back to the last time you had the keys in your hand.  Feel the shapes of the keys, and hear the sound that they make when they hit the desk, your purse, your pocket. Do not use your conscious mind to "figure it out" it will only give you logical information, and your keys may not be in a logical place.  Ask your fingers instead to connect to your subconscious.  If you remember having the keys in your hand in the morning, raise your index finger.  If you don't remember, raise your thumb.  Take yourself through all the places that you remember and your fingers will float to the surface without you thinking it through. Ask your fingers for location; did I have them in the car? in the house? in the gym?  You will notice a hesitation when your subconscious gives your fingers a clue, don't try to figure it out, just keep asking.  When you have exhausted your questions or when you naturally feel it's time to end your journey, slowly get up and put the key finding adventure aside.  If you truly misplaced your keys, your subconscious will continue to work on the outcome.  If they fell out of your pocket, or if someone picked them up, obviously there will not be a response except the last time your subconscious remembers the keys in your position.

The results will suprise you.  Remember the subconscious does not necessarily go direct, it rambles around concentrating more on the feelings of the keys, when you use them, how they feel and what they mean to you.

The answer may jump up at you immediately such as "I was reading the paper and they were on the kitchen table..."
You may find them under the newspaper!  Maybe nothing will happen until later that eve. or the next day-go where your subconscious directs you even if it does not make sense to your logical mind.

  My friend tore her house up, contacted stores and the gym, but after the exercise, she found them outside,  left on a fence post while she dumped the garbage!

Give it a try, trust your sub conscious and see what pops up!

Now my turn,  time to take my own advice: " I can't find my office keys!"   Breathe! Let go and they will appear!!!

Here's to your mental and physical health and finding lost articles
Doc Judie
775 7823889 judie@docjudie.com

I garden, therefore I am

Greetings from Doc Judie

Memorial Day weekend is the start of the garden season in my hometown of Genoa, Nevada. I am located at the base of the Sierra Foothills, where the old timers warn never to plant until after Memorial Day!

It is then a race to the most beautiful garden center, the Greenhouse Nursery. The nursery is located in Carson City, where the following friendly advise is given." Plant corn, potatoes, asparagus & summer bulbs early this month. Plant around the 1st of June if you have the correct microclimate or are just adventurous. The last frost for many years has been Memorial Day weekend, so be prepared to cover the garden with cloth for greater protection. Plastic does almost nothing."

I am a believer,the Greenhouse Nursery has replaced the Dali Lami, Bible Study, and any and all social gatherings for awhile.  I am on a mission, I have purpose, I have dirt and I have seeds!  Anyone who knows me will know where to find me in the month of June-in the garden.

Now I know I am sounding over the top with enthusiasm, but there is sound reasoning behind what I do.  The benefits of gardening have physical, mental, and spiritual benefits. I drop 10 pounds and  two sizes every summer!  In the winter, I turn into such a wimp, I huff and puff when I have to carry more than two grocery bags into the house from the car. However, something snaps when I am gardening, I only see the task at hand and do whatever it takes.  I can dig in the dirt all day, sling 50 pounds of fertilizer over my shoulder and stretch out a bale of fence wire.

Now if you are not a believer in hypnosis, try gardening to put you into an altered state! I lose time, I get lost in the beautifl forms of the flowers and plants I am in aromatherapy heaven when planting basil, cilantro and lavender.  The scents mix with the overgrown lilac bushes and I feel intoxicated!

In the garden, it is not safe for cell phones.  I don't need music.  I don't want chatter.  I enjoy the wind chimes which softly hit notes in the breeze.  I love to feel rich fertile soil and break it up with my fingers.  I feel energized with the warm sun on my back and I tingle when the cold irrigation water from the ditch rushes over my garden clogs.  It is almost sensual. (O.K. not quite there are some things that potatoes and rutabagas just can't do!).

In the garden, my problems do not make it past the weathered garden gate. The bills, the appointments, the phone calls are on the other side.  I will get to them in a little while. When I am in the garden, I am finding my balance, adjusting my attitude and resetting my biostat. 

I often state that I am not a "healer," but a facilitator to help people when they are stuck or feeling sad or overwhelmed.   Nature on the other hand is a true healer.  Try gardening, hiking, or sailing on a lake.Go outside where humans really belong. Try your hand in the garden.  Discover flowers, home grown vegetables, and fruit bearing trees.  Breathe fresh air and like my little seeds, you too will start to bloom.

Here's to your mental and physical health.
Doc Judie
775 782-3889 judie@docjudie.com