Global Hypnotherapy with Aidan Noone

I'm often asked about how trauma can be related to or connected to your experience of irritable bowel and or your experience of the symptoms of irritable bowel.  Many clients tell me that such and such an event in their life was significant and or what they describe, was painful.  You see, often times it's the aftermath of an event that is traumatic, that is, what's happening in our mind as a result of us having gone through a past event and that can be the trauma.

Some of the ways that trauma can impact a person's life include:

It's important to remember that everyone's experience with trauma is unique, and the impact of trauma can vary widely from person to person. If you are struggling with the aftermath of trauma, it's important to seek support from an experienced mental health professional.

Hi, I have a question for you! What I'm about to say may not necessarily apply to you. Perhaps you may know someone who would benefit from what I'm about to say to you. If so, please pass this on to them. You are probably doing them an enormous favour. Did you know that you don't have to remain stuck, yes stuck in a rut, yet knowing deep down inside yourself, in that part of you that knows everything, there is to know, you somehow know there is more, you know you want to make changes in your life and yet don't know how! Remember, you were born into this world not feeling the way you currently feel or not believing what you currently believe. Or perhaps you have a limiting belief about who you and what you can achieve. A feeling of being stuck! This stuckness is probably a protection mechanism. Yes, a protection mechanism. Maybe being afraid of what other people think of you, or have an unrealistic belief you have about yourself, that you're not good enough. Or that you'll never succeed. You see, It all started way back when Man and indeed Woman were hunters, hunting for their food or being hunted for food. From that, we get the flight, flight, or freeze response. To fight the Saber Tooth Tiger or run away from it to safety if we can. Or we freeze. Science tells us that, the memory of the Sabretooth Tiger remains engrained in our deeper mind and we operate in the same way today that our ancient forefathers reacted. The freeze response, as mentioned above, is a protection mechanism. Protection from what you may ask? We are no longer hunted by a Sabre Tooth Tiger yet we experience the same emotional response/reaction as if we are being hunted. Strange isn't it? You are probably familiar with what I'm saying. If you can identify with what I've just said, it's probably somewhat reassuring: that you're not alone. Thousands of people feel that way. Yet thats not very consoling, is it? You know what? You don't have to feel that way. You don't have to feel that way or You don't have to have those same old limiting beliefs about yourself. Isn't it time you did something about it, Now? Henry Ford is credited with the following statement: " Whether you think you can or you think you can't," You are 100% correct. When you were born you weren't handed a manual on how to run your brain. Yet, today, science has given us so much information on how our brains work that it startling how much we know now about our brains compared to let's say 25 years ago. Modern-day science has coined the phrase Neuro-Plasticity. The nerve or neural pathways in our brain are constantly being renewed and or repaired enabling us to learn and to continue to learn. Similarly, if you consider some of the unwanted behaviour you currently indulge in, is a learned behaviour. Guess what? If you learned that unwanted behaviour, Yes you can learn something new, something that is way more expressive of the true You, to unleash that creative capacity of your mind so that you thrive and express yourself to the fullest. To learn new beliefs, leaving behind the old jaded beliefs that have held you back for so long now. Being much calmer with the capacity to make that breakthrough, that shift, you have desired for, so many years now. And your relationships become way more expressive and meaningful. You don't have to take my word for it. Many eminent scientists attest to the plasticity of the Human mind. Your Mind. Where change happens. Is that something you'd like to do? I know you're going to say yes. You'd be crazy to not want to make those changes, all for the better, Now! Ok so, I want to make you aware of a great bunch of Professional and ethical people who can help you. Let me introduce you to the European Association of Professional Hypnotherapists. As the name suggests, they are based in Europe, for now, mostly Ireland and the UK. Many work online, so you have the peace of mind that you'

Ok, I get it, you just want results. You just want to make that breakthrough. I can't blame you, it's what anyone would want. It's normal and natural.

You don't want to hear all the theories and concepts behind how change happens and how you make that breakthrough that you've wanted, for so long now.

You don't need to hear how it's done, all you want is the result, the breakthrough. It doesn't matter how it's done, providing it's done professionally and ethically, of course!

Let's be honest and upfront, I'm not a medical doctor, nor a medical practitioner of any sort. Therefore, in all medical-related matters, you must consult with a medically qualified person to seek out the correct medical advice available and follow their instructions to the letter.

What I do have a good working knowledge of, is how your mind processes everyday stuff that every day we need to process in order to function as expected. Sometimes, things happen that interfere with how we process stuff and the outcomes we get are not what we want nor expect.

This is where mind therapy comes into play. To clear out the stuff that's holding you back from living the life you have wanted to live for, for so long now.

Because the mind and body are so well connected, anything in the mind that's not sitting there well or just floating around inside it and not sure where to settle down there, can cause upset in the body and or in the mind. There is an imbalance and where there is an imbalance, that can be seen in certain symptoms that may cause you distress, even pain, anxiety, digestion problems, if a woman, menstrual issues, even difficulty getting pregnant issues. So there can be a broad spectrum of issues arising from unsettled stuff that's floating around in your mind. You may or may not be aware of stuff floating around there. This free-floating stuff or possibly a misunderstanding at a deeper mind level is expressed in symptoms as previously mentioned.

It has happened and is happening to many people each day and every day. Sometimes you may not know what do to, you may not know what's happening to you and yet you know it doesn't feel as usual as you usually feel, it's a different feeling or awareness. So you are not alone in feeling the way you feel.  And you well know, this is possibly holding you back from doing and achieving what you want to do and or achieve. Perhaps holding you back for years now.

The good news is that help is at hand. A good responsible way to deal with this is to call to see your medical professional and take their advice and seek out a good ethical and responsible professional therapist, one who can provide you with understanding and empathy and may suggest a way forward to help you make that breakthrough that you so badly want to make and move forward with your life and your career.

Nowadays, Breakthroughs can be achieved in a relatively brief time frame, giving you the results you so greatly deserve.  Best of luck with that!

Why is it we do the things we don’t want to do and don’t do the things we want to do?

Seems a bit of a dilemma and yet many people experience that reality for themselves.

Perhaps it’s got to do with our beliefs and our beliefs are what motivates us. Combined with the pleasure principle. What brings us pleasure is highly appealing and we are drawn towards it. There is a pull forward.

What brings us pain, usually demotivates us and there is a big push away from that which is painful.  I acknowledge there are exceptions to the rule, believe it or not.

What you believe will happen, generally happens. You may be familiar with the expression: whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t – you are correct.

What you believe usually turns out as you expected. Interestingly, our unconscious motivation provides the impetus to achieve what we expect and believe. To make real what we believe should be so.

What are your beliefs and expectations? Are they serving you well? How do you start to change them?

Consider this, when you experience stress and or anxiety, your whole body does into overdrive and gets ready for something to happen. That something to happen, your mind and your body cannot identify exactly what it is. You see its all related to the fight or flight response. The well-known explanation of the saber tooth tiger is ready to devour you and you must be in a position where you can protect yourself, do you either run away or fight to defend yourself? It’s a state of hyper-vigilance. Draining.  Somehow your mind has picked up on something as being threatening and triggered off this flight or flight response. Even though there’s no saber-tooth tiger present.

The interesting thing about this is that in this mode of behaviour, this fight or flight response behaviour, your digestion slows down and becomes sluggish, not working as it should.  Your body under the direction of your brain sends most of the blood to the limbs to assist in the expected running away or defending. This whole process can be exhausting, and it can contribute to an increase in digestive problems. It’s a cyclical process. Maybe even going non-stop.

Perhaps some ways you can help yourself is to try to calm down using techniques that work. Guided meditation, and hypnosis, are well-documented methods of alleviating symptoms. Remember there is help available. Stay with me for more updates to help you to help yourself with IBS.

Is my Anger Causing IBS?

Do you often get angry? Perhaps you blame your parents, your husband wife partner, or significant other? Or maybe a work colleague or son or daughter? Maybe you’re dealing with resentment or trauma of some sort!

What if you haven’t dealt with the resentment, the anger, the frustration?  Do you need to forgive someone? And how long is long enough for you to put yourself through the wringer of torment because of the anger, frustration, and resentment you carry around daily with you?

Unresolved emotions and hurts are quite possibly the cause of many physical symptoms you may experience. So whatever symptoms you may be experiencing, ask yourself, am I even aware of any unresolved anger or am I withholding forgiveness from someone I need to forgive to enable me to move forward living a healthy life?

I’ll leave that with you, just think about it!

Hello there, I’m often asked the question is there a connection between the mind and the body? The accepted wisdom is that there is no mind/body split.

Many of you will have busy lives, busy workplaces, targets to reach, children to care for, meals to cook, etc, etc.  And sometimes we ignore the things that we know we need to pay attention to.

And yet I'm sure you've heard of the expression: Look after yourself because if you don't, you won't be able to look after anyone else or when traveling on an aircraft: the message is, put your own oxygen mask on first before you attend to anyone else.

So it's all about self-care. Taking care of things.  makes sense I think.

What has that got to do with the connection between your mind and your body?

How do you know when it's time to exercise? When it's time to eat?  Usually, in the case of exercise, You may have a daily routine. You can choose to pay heed to the daily routine or ignore it.  The feeling of hunger, again we can choose to eat or not eat.

What are the consequences of not exercising or not eating? Obvious, I'm sure.

You see, Your thoughts, your feelings, and your beliefs, and your decisions and attitudes can affect negatively or positively on your physical health. Your mind can affect how healthy your body is.

And again how much you eat or how much you exercise correctly can impact your mind: and your mental health.  Hopefully positively rather than negatively.

I suggest paying attention to your mind and your body connection. Look after yourself!

Thanks for watching and listening.

I'm sure you are familiar with the concept of the "one size fits all", policy.

It's, perhaps it's similar to when you call your bank on the telephone and you have to go through the process of listening to the options available to you! Press one to arrange a mortgage, press two to order a statement, etc, etc. You already know what I mean, you have gone through this ordeal to try to get the answer to a quite straightforward question.

Oftentimes, it takes ages. A phone call, that can last hours.

I think that's a prime example of the: "one size fits all policy".

And yet this 'one size fits all' doesn't really meet our needs, we are forced to go down a funnel in the hope that we find the answers to the questions we have.

Or it's like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. It won't happen.

I think it's somewhat similar to when you try to find the right therapist for you.

Not all clients are the same, not all therapists are the same. People are different. This is what makes life interesting.

Next time, you or someone you know and or love is looking for a therapist, remember it's important to seek out the right therapist for you.

Ask questions, who are they, how long have they been in business, and how much experience have they? Are they registered and certified? Do they have professional indemnity insurance? Do they engage in ongoing supervision, ongoing continued professional development?

I know, lots of questions. Yet very important to protect you!

Be Powerful.

As human beings, we are capable of experiencing great emotions and feelings. Man and indeed woman have conquered Everest, come up with the most ingenious inventions, and as we now know of technological advances of the 20th Century and it seems that we can look forward to much much more advances in technology to come.

Say, for example, man per se didn't get involved in science and technology and research. Where would we be today? Would we be worse off or better off?

I'll leave you to come up with your own answer.

When it comes to our feelings and emotions, we probably have no choice but to process them, to experience them, to feel them.

Aldous Huxley was a British Philosopher and writer who contributed to our understanding of psychology and human experience.

He gave us the 'reducing value theory'.  Let me paraphrase. He told us that the function of the mind was to reduce our perception. Millions of pieces of sensory material or data are constantly bombarding our senses. Think of all the sounds around you, you probably hear them yet do you focus your attention on them?  How many different smells can you detect? Walking in a city is a kaleidoscope of colour, sounds smell, and even taste.  Yet we come fully equipped with our very own deletion device to preserve our sanity.

We focus only on a tiny part of all that we could experience or could be aware of. Huxley's reducing value enables us to filter out much of what is going on around us. It's really necessary if you were capable of processing all of what you could experience might cause you a mental breakdown.

Finding equilibrium, a balance in our mental health is so important.

Have you ever tried to communicate to someone about an experience you had, only to realise that it's well nigh impossible to truly and fully communicate to another an experience in its entirety so that the person listening to you experiences the exact same feelings.

Difficult indeed. Words indeed are inadequate.

Each person experiences life in their own way.  Two people looked out the window, one saw mud, and the other saw stars.

I know you get it.

Be powerful.