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Happy Holidays!  I'm writing about a very personal topic today, the mind and healing.  I believe that there's a powerful connection between these two, one that is not understood by Western medicine.  Why personal?  My little sister was in a horrific car accident this week, and it was touch and go as to her very survival.  But she is surviving.  And healing.  She's in a coma, and on life support, with serious head and body injuries.  I sat by her bedside in the critical care unit this week, and delivered healing suggestions to her.  And she's improving every day.  "Stellar," as one of her RNs put it.  Mere coincidence?  Or can we activate the power of her mind to accellerate healing?  This is not a scientific study, and I don't have "proof" of any linkage, I just know that it's there.  Faith.  She's accepted my suggestions and now her body is working on it.  I love you, Marci!  This issue of my newsletter is for you.

Miracles do happen.

What is the placebo effect?  That's when the mind believes a drug or medical intervention WILL help (even though there's nothing--no drug--actually being introduced into the body--it may be a sugar pill rather than the actual medicine being tested) and then it DOES help.  The placebo may cause negative side effects as well, because the mind believes that it will.  Last visit to my doctor, he gave me a prescription for a drug for pain all the while informing me that I didn't have to actually consume the drug--that just having the bottle in my possession would help with the pain.  It did.  I never took any of those pills.  This is an example of the power of suggestion.  PS:  I LOVE my doctor, he's more enlightened that most.

For an interesting series of stories on spontaneous healing and the mind/body connection, check out the current issue of "Bottom Line Personal." Volume 28, Number 23, December 1, 2007.

We in our own lives can enhance this connection, the mind and physical well-being.  DECIDE that you're not going to catch a cold this winter.  I know I'm not!  Avoid language to yourself such as "That makes me sick!"  If you say so, and repeatedly, it will.  "He's a pain in the neck!"  Guess where on your body it might start hurting?  "Wow!  She's a pain in the butt."  "She makes me crazy!"  (dimentia, here we come!  One of my students came up with that one.) "She makes me so mad I can't stand it!"  (foot or leg problems) "She makes me so mad I can't see straight!"  (potential eye problems) Say something positive to yourself instead.  One of my brilliant teachers suggested saying instead:  "That just UPS my metabolism!"  I like that one.  Try some positive healthy well-being language on for size in your own head.  It can't hurt!

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I'm terribly excited to report that I'll be teaching two courses this winter schedule for Bellevue Community College, in January and February, 2008. Just in time to enhance the success of your New Year's Resolutions.  One is Healthy Hypnosis: Letting Go of Weight.

"Imagine yourself in your "skinny jeans." Hear the compliments of your family and friends. Like what you see when you look in the mirror! Feel the energy! The hypnosis skills taught in this workshop can help you unleash the infinite power within you to achieve all this! You'll learn to reprogram your own mind to act in ways you desire: healthy choices, healthy eating, and motivation to exercise. It won't be a struggle, and it's not a "diet," it's simply doing what you want to do. Your mind and your body will be working together--for your health!!"

The other course is Building Confidence and Self-Esteem Through Self-Hypnosis.

"Do you fear public speaking, presentations, work related issues, or even social settings in approaching an attractive member of the opposite sex? Overall feeling of low self-esteem? Learn how to feel confident, comfortable, competent, capable, with a high level of self-esteem through self-hypnosis. Success is just a trance away! Workshop is conducted by Connie Brannan, CHt, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguisitic Programming."

If you're interested in attending, you can find the schedule and all enrollment particulars here:  www.gotobcc.com/explore.  I hope to see you there!

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There's a new online community coming soon that I'd like to encourage you to check out.  It's called "The Million Minds Project" and should be up and running in a few weeks.  When it's officially launched, I'll send all of you on this list a special invitation.  It's dedicated to improving lives, through the power of the mind--it's being created by a friend of mine, Dr. Travis Fox.  More info. to come!

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This month I offered a Stress Release Workshop for Veterans and their families in association with the National Guild of Hypnotists "Veterans Appreciation Event."  I plan on having another FREE Stress-Release Hypnosis Workshop coming up next month in Bellevue, Washington.  The holidays can be an extremely stressful time!!  Check out my website for details.
http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net

With this stress release workshop, I'm offering a drawing for a free hypnotherapy session, a $200 value. You could win it!  Would you like to experience a deep trance state and have my focused attention and skilled interventions directed for your individual needs in my lovely office in Bellevue at no cost?  Here's an opportunity!

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As always, we’d love to hear from you!  Questions, comments, or topics you’d like to see addressed in “The Monthly Trance” are welcome!

‘Til next time,
Hypnotically Yours,

Connie Brannan, CHt.
Owner, Mindworks Hypnosis
connie@mindworkshypnosis.net
www.mindworkshypnosis.net
(425) 564-8608

Mindworks Hypnosis
PO Box 6506
Bellevue, WA  98008

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