Once again (as set forth in a previous blog: your behavior is not determined by what you want but rather by how you choose to be)—so it is with knowledge.... Continue Reading
My good friend, and author of many self-help books, Steve Chandler, advocates that: “worry is a misuse of creative thinking.” I totally agree with Steve. Worry does not change anything—taking... Continue Reading
My interest in hypnosis has spanned 60 years. My first exposure to hypnosis was in my sociology class during my senior year in high school (1955) when our teacher hypnotized... Continue Reading
There is a principle that I call Emotional Independence… An aphorism that is based on a stroke of inspiration that was triggered by one of my clients many years ago,... Continue Reading
I am writing my second book, They Called it Hypnosis, but I am writing it backward from my first book As the Pendulum Swings—A Memoir. As the Pendulum Swings begins... Continue Reading
There is a phenomenon in human behavior that is most commonly called hypnosis and to a lesser degree mesmerism but I call it Perceptionism. The underlying principles that define Perceptionism... Continue Reading
My Inner Room and Socrates When I have a problem to solve, or a question to resolve, I take it into my inner room and discuss it with Socrates. My... Continue Reading
A Conversation with Socrates Socrates: Explain to me what is wrong with hypnosis and hypnotism? Me: Okay, it appears to me that the phenomenon that is called hypnosis is not... Continue Reading
I am convinced there is a vast creative resource “hanging out” in the gray matter between our ears, and with the proper stimulus we can activate that creative resource to... Continue Reading
Finding a Term That Describes the Hypnotic Process: Perceptionism After having been advised by Socrates to look in a dictionary or thesaurus for a term that explains what makes the... Continue Reading
