Original Broadcast: The Hypnotist
There are various coping strategies which people employ to deal with difficult emotions (anger, anxiety etc..) such as drink, drugs or food. However, more often than not they are just umbing in their effect at the time, and more like destructive self-sabotage in the longer term. Emotions are temporary: so, in this episode Adam Cox uses the technique of 'pattern interrupt' to help with developing an alternative approach to dealing with those difficult times.
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Too much alcohol can lead to health problems, weight problems, and sometimes doing or saying things you might regret. This episode is about significantly reducing, but not eliminating, alcohol consumption by the effective use of alcohol-free drinks — perhaps interwoven with some alcoholic ones. Doing things differently in this way can lead to a clearer head and more focus: definitely worth giving it a try.
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Adam Cox joins Greg Bornstein on an episode of Greg's 'Open Loops' podcast series, with Adam discussing how his methodology for hypnotherapy has developed through learning psychology, styles of therapy and different uses of metaphors. It's a bit different from our normal episodes, as Adam Cox is the guest here. Please search for 'Open Loops with Greg Bornstein: Conversations That Bend' to find out more.
Guests: Greg Bornstein
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This episode is about turning a compulsion into a revulsion. Its theme draws an analogy to show how the drug cocaine is parasitic: how it exploits the host to take much more than it gives, thereby taking control. The challenge is, how to dispense with a parasite that has taken hold? Adam Cox helps to show the way ..
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If you've started losing weight but are now finding that all that eating control and exercise is not generating as much of a result as you'd expect, this episode will provide some help and reassurance to move off that plateau. It uses the metaphor of a travelator moving the wrong way, as if to make you mark time but not progress, and Adam Cox helps you to look forward to re-establishing that momentum of weight loss that you've started.
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Original Broadcast: The Hypnotist
For those for whom the urge to smoke is not just a habit or addiction but to some extent driven by emotions — anger, boredom, excitement — this episode could provide a welcome release. It's always good to find ways to reduce smoking, but this could be a different approach to help you on that journey.
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Adam Cox draws a link back to the Paleolithic period, going back 15,000 — 20,000 years when humans had to be hunter-gatherers in order to eat. There was then lots of movement and lots of gaps between eating, in contrast with today's snacking society. Building a mix of hypnosis with weight loss strategy can be an effective way of controlling excess body fat.
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Original Broadcast: The Hypnotist
Here's an intriguing episode — following the medical resolution of a client's serious brain aneurism, Adam Cox seeks to help someone experiencing recurrent side effects of spells of dizziness: albeit very temporary in contrast to their original problem. He seeks to reframe these experiences by positioning them as cheeky rascals, more playful than destructive, in order to limit their ability to disrupt life going forward.
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This episode is all about love, intimacy and connection, and lifting them to new levels in order to reverse the drifting that can occur with familarity. Reaching back into those early memories and refreshing them can help you find that same harmony and passion going forward.
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Last week we tackled emotional drinking; this week it's the turn of emotional eating. This is when you're not hungry or in need of nutrition, but you're just coping with stress or anxiety by constantly nibbling away at certain foods which 'make you feel safe'. However these are often processed foods which are anything but safe in the long run. The episode seeks to help with a 'reframe' in order to give up mindless snacking.
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