Neuroplasticity - Change Your Brain and Change Your Life

The adult brain is not “hard-wired”. as we used to think. It has the ability to change continuously through all of our lives. There is now significant research and evidence in neuroscience to show that the brain can be reorganised. This is called neuroplasticity and it can be seen taking place in the brain on an MRI scan.

The way we view and react to the world, people, situations and even ourselves is all based on patterns that have been created in our brains throughout our lives. If you change these patterns, you change your life. With all of the research, we know that this is not just wishful thinking or “mind over matter” but is a physical change in the electrical connections in the brain which we can manipulate to create a new way of being.

This rewiring is much easier and quicker than we thought because “neurons that fire together wire together” (Donald Hebb, Neuropsychologist). Hypnotherapy initiates and strengthens this rewiring, bringing specific measurable change to our thinking patterns. It helps you to create and repeat behaviours, habits and thoughts that are healthy for you and break behaviours, habits and thoughts that are not.

When we think about behaviour and habits, it is not just things like stopping smoking or eating healthier, but also includes removing negative thinking patterns, allowing life to feel easier and more fun, breaking the anxious thought patterns, feeling more self-confident etc.

Here is a great TED talk on the subject: After Watching This Your Brain Will Not Be The Same

Spring is Here!

Spring has sprung at last and we can feel some warm sunshine and some longer days.

Spring is a very forward looking season associated with new growth, regeneration and energy. It is a good time to focus on yourself - looking at how things are now and assessing what you would like to change to bring you back in line with your values, your aims and even your dreams in life.

It is time to wake up your mind. We can’t always change what is going on in life around us. It is like watching a film play out in front of us sometimes, but we can change the way we experience the film. We can change the way we experience life. It is your mind rather than events that determines the quality of your life. Your mind is the basis of everything you experience. Once you truly realise this, it is liberating.

It is this aspect of the human mind that hypnosis targets. Think about how you would like to change the way you think about things. Maybe you want to feel that life is a bit easier, take the emotion out of food, let go of anxiety or remind yourself of the fun and the joy in life.

You can do this. With help, your mind can automatically make these changes for you. How do you want to think about yourself, think about life? What do you want to wake up inside of you? Whatever it is, hypnosis can make these changes blossom surprisingly quickly and at a very deep subconscious level. Time to give your mind a Spring clean!

Happy New Year!

Start 2019 by setting realistic goals, to help make this a great year. Maybe you want to feel more confident, lose weight, reduce alcohol or simply feel more positive about life.

Whatever you want to achieve this year, hypnotherapy can help you plan, get motivated and keep you on track. With help and support it’s much easier to reach your goals quickly and with lasting results. Give hypnotherapy a go in 2019!