It’s an old joke. A man hurrying along a New York street asks a passing musician, “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?” The musician replies, “Practice, man. Practice.” photo credit: t_a_i_s But Carnegie Hall isn’t the only destination that can be reached by practice. Regular practice can take us in the direction of our dreams. …
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Living Skillfully: Your Mind and Health
A collection of book reviews, ideas, hints and notes on ways to use your mind to improve your life and general health, by hypnotherapist Mike Reeves-McMillan
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Practice, man, practice
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Preorder period extended for Changing Health Behaviours book and CD
http://hypno.co.nz/blogs/index.php/2008/11/27/preorder-period-extended-for-changing-health-behaviours-book-and-cd/For several reasons, I’ve decided to extend the preorder period for Changing Health Behaviours to 31 January 2009 (rather than 31 December 2008). This will give me a chance to organize a book launch and will fit in better with the printer’s schedule. It also gives more time for anyone who wants to review the book and CD to do so. …
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Multiple selves and personal integration: the Parts Conference
http://hypno.co.nz/blogs/index.php/2008/11/27/multiple-selves-and-personal-integration-the-parts-conference/The blog Improved Lives consistently features things I am interested in, and this article in The Atlantic on “multiple selves” is no exception. Psychologist Paul Bloom writes there about his view on a significant debate in neuroscience: given that our brains have multiple subsystems, is there a “self” that’s in charge of all the other parts, or not? …
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City of Masks
http://city-of-masks.blogspot.comat a special preorder price of $17.50 (NZD), until 31 December 2008, when the price will rise. Preorder books will be personally signed by me. Along with the book you get 20 hypnotherapy tracks on MP3 CD. You can find out full details on my hypnotherapy and health blog.
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The Innocent Man
http://mikerm.blogspot.coma simple but practical introduction to using self-hypnosis and material on habit change, emotional management and change planning and execution. The other main source is my hypnotherapy recordings. Again, you can listen to free samples of these in my podcast. The CD which accompanies the book holds 20 MP3 tracks, all of my Healthy Lifestyle and Transformation Skills recordings, plus several extras. The total comes to over three hours. These are tracks that I give as bonuses to my clients, and the
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Compassion meditation and the stress response
http://cultobar.com/blogs/Meditation/4230/compassion-meditat...Original post: Compassion meditation and the stress response by at meditation - Google Blog Search Blog tag: Meditation Technorati tag: Meditation
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Brain Blogging, Fortieth Edition
http://brainblogger.com/2008/10/09/brain-blogging-fortieth-e...Cognition literally means “to know”. Knowledge can be thought of as memories formed from the manipulation and assimilation of raw input , perceived via our senses of sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell. Living Skillfully writes How Mind-Body Healing Works: What this means is that I can sit in a room with you and talk - or you can even listen to a recording of me talking - and your cunning brain can translate (or, in Rossi’s term, “transduce”) the words into symbols, memories and emotions which,
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Personal Development Articles
http://personalhack.com/2008/10/personal-development-article...Next time you want great customer service, use the Law of Attraction and kind but effective approaches.” Rena Williams presents A Recipe For Success posted at Balanced Success. Mike Reeves-McMillan presents Learning perseverance as a skill | Living Skillfully: Your Mind and Health posted at Living Skillfully: Your Mind and Health, saying, “Perseverance isn’t just a virtue that you have or don’t have - it’s a skill you can develop, and this is how.” kiran sharma presents
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World Heart Day: Assess your Heart Risk
http://www.hypnose.nu/2008/09/28/World Heart Day: Assess...there is strong evidence that depression, social isolation and lack of social support are associated with increased heart disease risk, so if you suffer from one or more of these factors, have your heart checked. I blog extensively here on lifestyle, personal change, nutrition, exercise and smoking, and I’ll be discussing psychosocial factors increasingly in the future. If these are topics that interest you, please subscribe. Technorati Tags: heart, cardiac,
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World Heart Day: Assess your Heart Risk
http://www.hypnose.nu/2008/09/28/World Heart Day: Assess...depression, social isolation and lack of social support are associated with increased heart disease risk, so if you suffer from one or more of these factors, have your heart checked. I blog extensively here on lifestyle, personal change, nutrition, exercise and smoking, and I’ll be discussing psychosocial factors increasingly in the future. If these are topics that interest you, please subscribe. Technorati Tags: heart, cardiac, risk, heart disease
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Psychosomatic illness: Your mind extends throughout your body
http://www.hypnose.nu/2008/09/24/Psychosomatic illness:...This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Mind-Body Healing Years ago now, I was struck down by a mysterious illness. I was tired all the time but couldn’t sleep, eating more but losing weight, couldn’t concentrate, and found loud noises and bright lights painful.
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Healthy Lifestyle CD and free Therapeutic Relaxation track updated
http://www.hypnose.nu/2008/09/24/Healthy Lifestyle CD and...Just a quick note: I’ve finished re-recording my Healthy Lifestyle series and updated the free download for Therapeutic Relaxation, the sample track. Therapeutic Relaxation You can get either the audio CD or individual MP3 downloads of the tracks from the shop. On my list of things to do is redesigning the shop slightly; at the moment it doesn
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The Innocent Man
http://mikerm.blogspot.comLiving Skillfully, my Hypnotherapy and Health Science blog
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