It’s that time of year. When we turn the page from December to January, most of us give at least a little thought to “New Year’s Resolutions.” It’s hard not to. Virtually every publication—both traditional and electronic—has at least one article on how to make and keep resolutions, what resolutions are being made by famous people, and how quickly resolutions can be broken. We tend to forget that we can leave old behaviors behind and/or begin new ones at any time, but birthdays and the start of a new year tend to amplify the sense of leaving the old behind . . . → Read More: Resolutions Revolution
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 Comments are closed  Blog  alcohol, Anchoring, change, change behaviors, cold turkey, conditioning, control, courage, decision, decision-making, direction, Erickson, fiscal cliff, habits, learning, losing weight, Milton Erickson, muscle soreness, muscles, New Year, nonsmoker, physical fitness, problems, quitting smoking, resolutions, resolve, reward, smoking, stimulus-response, U.S. Congress Several news sources used the following headline to report the results of a recent medical study: Doctors predict impotence after prostate treatment. A number of other news sources used the following wording: Study: Potency after prostate cancer varies widely. And other headlines put it this way: Sex After Prostate Cancer: New Study Helps Predict Erectile Function Post-Treatment Which of the headlines is a hypnotic command promoting impotence for those facing prostate surgery? I suspect that most readers of this blog know that “Doctors predict impotence after prostate treatment” is a form of “doctor hypnosis.” One of my videos on . . . → Read More: Why Everyone Needs to Know Hypnosis Comments are closed Blog advanced language patterns, advertising, alcohol, alcohol advocacy, commercials, heart disease, hypnosis, hypnotic language, impotence, language, medical personnel, medication, metaphor, movie, movies, nurse, presuppositions, product placement, Richard Bandler, stories, story, TV, video, you tube |
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