Brain Software with Mike Mandel

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April 13, 2015 Session 58: The Amazing Kreskin, flying tables and naked audiences
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43 min
March 26, 2015 Session 57: Unnecessary Filler
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42 min
February 25, 2015 Session 56: Spunky, Beezer and the Context Free Humour Tag Team
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35 min
December 16, 2014 Session 55: Black Hats, Reframes, Violets and Lavender
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33 min
December 16, 2014Session 55: Black Hats, Reframes, Violets and Lavender
Welcome to Episode 55 of Brain Software with Mike Mandel and Chris Thompson! We’ve got a very full episode for you with lots of great content including some fun context free humour. If you want to learn hypnosis online make sure you check out the Mike Mandel Hypnosis Academy

Here are the show notes for this episode:
We discuss Mike’s last stage hypnosis show for the year, which took place last week. We brought a group of about 25 past hypnosis students with us and it was tremendous fun to have everyone able to see the structure of hypnosis in action.
The two of us have started using a strange and fun new way to refer to stupid behavior or stupid statements by others. It all started when Chris sent Mike an audio message, and Mike misheard the content, thinking Chris had referred to somone “Drinking from the bag of Pykthos.” So Mike crafted an entire Greek mythology back story included at the bottom of this post. Whenever you refer to the bag of Pykthos, or Lavender and Violets (or anything related to this), it now means you are referencing the stupidity of whoever you direct your reference towards.
The person who emails us with the funniest, most clever, or subtle use of this new context free humour mechanism wins a free download from our website of their choosing. Contest closes on December 24th, so you have just over a week. Have fun, and remember not to explain the reference! Let the recipient remain confused.
Getting back to serious business, we discuss the Black Hat, which comes from Edward de Bono’s book “Six Thinking Hats”. Mike explains that the “Black Hat”, which represents discernment, or applying logic to identify reasons to be cautious or conservative, should not be applied when you are in a creative phase. For example – if you feel stuck in your job and want to craft a new career, don’t hang around people who wear the black hat. They won’t be helpful to you in your brainstorming.
We also have a serious discussion about entering situations with the proper mental framing. Often times people will frame things as being very difficult, or requiring a lot of effort. This is not particularly useful if you are going into a business meeting where you need a new solution to a problem, or adopting a new lifestyle of healthy eating and exercise. We recommend reframing “I have to” into “I get to” whenever possible. Start noticing how other people around you frame things.
Empowering Question: What will it take for you to get off your butt and start transforming your life … NOW!
The Back Story to the Bag of Pykthos
King Menelaus of Ithaca hired his brother Pykthos who was skilled in the use of herbs, poisons and Pharmakeia. He filled a leather bag with various plants, including lavender and violets, and the witch, Circe, knitted a covering bag of the finest silver thread. The potion inside would cause abject stupidity, and would be given to all of Menelaus’ rivals, but he feared lest Pykthos might use it on him, so he threw it into the fire.
The leather burned away, but the silver remained, holding a sweet liquid, redolent of violets and lavender, a single drop of which would cause permanent stupidity.
Based on the above, here are the wonderful phrases at our disposal:
Your speech drips with the lavender fluid of Pykthos!
You have clearly dipped your straw in the silver bag of Pykthos…
Your tongue is redolent with the odour of lavender and violets…
Clearly, my friend, you have drunk deeply from the lavender bag of Pykthos!
Dined with Menelaus recently?
Is that a slight Ithacan accent I detect?
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33 min
November 26, 2014 Session 54: Hidden Observer and Ego States
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41 min
November 26, 2014Session 54: Hidden Observer and Ego States
Welcome to Episode 54 of Brain Software with Mike Mandel and Chris Thompson! We’re back with another info-packed session. Make sure you check out the Mike Mandel Hypnosis Academy

Here are the show notes for this episode:
Mike will be presenting at the Hypnothoughts Live conference in Las Vegas during August 2015. Come on out! All of the education sessions (including Mike’s) are included in the very reasonable conference fee of $289. Chris and Mike would love to hang out with you!
Jeff asked us to explain two seemingly contradictory statements that we’ve made on this podcst: 1) Hypnosis can’t make someone do something that violates their moral code; 2) Mike was able to hypnotize a waiter to take a library card as payment for lunch. We explain how this all makes sense, and Mike talks about the concept of a hidden observer in hypnosis.
Eric sent us in a question asking about how best to use embedded commands in everyday conversation while helping people and without sounding weird. Mike tells a funny story about a guy who left a very heavy-handed voice message with insane levels of analog marking. Chris talks about how to do this by engaging the interest of another person and coming up with embedded commmands unconsciously as you talk.
Another listener question: Is the stuff Mike talks about with respect to handwriting analysis (grapholoyg) real? Is it based on actual data? It sounds so unbelievable. Mike answers this in thorough detail.
Can you become a hypnotherapist without having a psychology degree? This was another question from a listener and you’ll really enjoy the way Mike frames the answer.
Mike discusses one of his newest protocols, the Mandel Ego State Integration protocol. He talks about ego state theory, and how to deal with vaded (damaged) ego states. Fascinating stuff! Tidbit to take away: Anytime you say you want to do something but behave in a different manner to what you say you want … it means you have a conflict between two ego states.
Closing metaphor: Camping trips
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41 min
October 28, 2014 Session 53: Hypnotic Intersection
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42 min
October 28, 2014Session 53: Hypnotic Intersection
Welcome to Episode 53 of Brain Software with Mike Mandel and Chris Thompson! We seem to be taking a long time returning to our regular publishing schedule, but we're back and we have tons of awesome podcast plans! Make sure you check out the Mike Mandel Hypnosis Academy

Here are the show notes for this episode:
Mike tells Chris about his phenomenal trip to Boston, which includes doing random hypnosis on the plane, meeting Rory Block, and spending time with an online student.
Both Mike and Chris have shifted away from sugars and grains in the diet. We are feeling fantastic!
Mike talks about hypnotic intersection, which is an intriguing concept, and how it ties to his trip to Boston.
Mike and Chris talk about how many other hypnosis trainers are hessitant to perform demonstrations, which is in stark contrast to how we run the Architecture of Hypnosis training.
Mike discusses calibration exercises from back in his NLP training days with Derek Balmer. This seques into a discussion of calibrating an Irish woman on a plane, intersecting her with communication and using it as a hypnotic experience to help her get past grief.
Mike shows Chris how rapport becomes a trance.
A quick discussion of the hierarchy from incompetence to conscious incompetence. Mike gives an example on this topic.
Mike and Chris talk about a book they found online.
Mike gives some useful advice about the use of scripts during sessions.
What are ideomotor responses?
Closing metaphor: Doctor Roach and the Power of Rain
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42 min
September 20, 2014 Session 52: Insanely Stupid Food Aversion Hypnotherapy
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33 min

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