loading… In this blog, I explore the research that has already been done, looking at the effectiveness of approaches that use the same underlying method as that of the NLPs fast phobia cure (the history of this is the subject of my previous blog in this series). There is some fascinating work being done in […]
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Within the NLP model, we speak about anchoring, you probably know it as the plain old conditioned response of Pavlov and his dog fame. Before you decide that you know all about it, and that maybe your experience of using anchoring as a technique hasn’t been great till now, I’d like you to think again.Ever […]
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Sitting here now, reflecting, I know something for sure. I have complete confidence in the absolute integrity of my own experience. After all, these are my feelings and thoughts; they are happening to only me. In fact even when I do my best to describe them to others, I can be pretty sure they don’t […]
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A distressed man on the phone, the birth of his baby had been for him a very difficult experience indeed. What you are about to read is a conversation that in various forms I have had with more than one man. Researchers tell us that the number of men who are reporting symptoms of PTSD following […]
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Otherwise known as Nonviolent Communication (NVC) A quality of heart connection. Would you love to know how to most effectively be with a mother in labour who says “I can’t do this anymore” or a partner who says “there must be something that can be done to help her with the pain” or the doctor who […]
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Our chance to change the world…….One sufferer at a time.This final blog in the series will conclude with an outline of the recommended treatment protocol described by The National Institute Of Clinical Excellence (NICE). It will then compare the NICE guidance with the steps of the MAM 3 Process. Concluding with an explanation of why […]
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I was lucky enough to meet Professor Amy Brown of Swansea University recently. She has been looking at women’s traumatic experiences of breastfeeding. I’m sharing some of her findings here, because like her, I want to highlight that this is quite a big issue that needs raising. As part of her research, she spoke to […]
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When I started out as a hypnobirthing instructor, there was some discontent with the fact that I was being trained to teach people self-hypnosis. I was not a hypnotherapist, so why was it okay for me to teach pregnant people how to do self-hypnosis? That was 14 years ago, and its great that this is […]
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IntroductionMediation is about finding a way to positive communication. Reaching an agreement is secondary to building positive communication. Language is the key. The mediator’s body language and verbal languageneed to be honest authentic and empathetic. This is achieved not byfaking it until we make it, (although that might be a way of beginning), but by self […]
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I was sat with a client a while back, and I was trying to find a metaphor to explain that just because you’ve got a healthy baby, that doesn’t mean that you can’t be upset about your birth. I usually use the example “if you had been mugged and punched to the ground, but they […]
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