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Will Hypnotherapy Help Me Stop Smoking?

9 Aug

Breaking your smoking habit is difficult to do. However, it does not necessarily mean that since it is difficult you cannot do it anymore. I am telling you, it’s just all in the mind. And would you believe that hypnotherapy will help you quit smoking? In fact, hypnotherapists stop smoking! Again, it’s all in the mind.

It has been found out that hypnotherapy is one positive way to easily stop smoking than you think. I have actually used hypnosis for many changes in my life and yes, I recommend it as a great way to quit smoking. Hypnosis gently programs your mind to stop wanting to smoke through easy and enjoyable relaxation where your mind will freely goes same as your body. And before you know it, a hypnotherapist helps you to stop smoking.

Under hypnotherapy session, you won’t be fighting your body that craves smoke and diverted instead your mind and body for a guaranteed cure. Once your mind decides to do not smoke and don’t ever want to smoke, you can assure that you will no longer be focused on cigarettes and smoking. Your mind will tell you that you just don’t smoke anymore.

There are few to things to look for in a hypnotherapist when you want hypnotherapy to give a try. First, you have to make sure that they offer a free analysis session. The purpose of this meeting is for you to be confident and trust the therapist that you want to work with him/her. At the same time, the therapist will also determine if you are a good candidate for hypnosis.

You should also make sure that the hypnotherapist has a guarantee. It simply means that you have the guarantee to keep coming back in the program as often as necessary for additional session at no additional charge for as long as it takes until you quit smoking for good. In this way, you cannot fail with hypnosis unless you stop coming for sessions.

At first, the hypnotherapist will first collect information about the reason why you want to quit smoking. A good hypnotherapist will customize the therapy to the triggers that you mostly crave for cigarettes. Once the hypnotherapist found it, they will customize a solution to your problem and immediately eliminate the cravings. And the quitting they will do is absolutely no withdrawal and stay with you until you fully quit and get your life back. At the end of the session, most hypnotherapists will give you a stop smoking tape or CD for you to reinforce the suggestions at your own suitable time.

A good hypnosis program is the one that will find out what your triggers are and will work it with your unconscious mind to eliminate the nicotine cravings. As a result, you will no longer automatically reach for a cigarette with a desire to smoke. And the good thing here is won’t be struggling to get through withdrawals, you just don’t want to smoke.

Hypnosis focuses on your emotional and psychological aspects of overcoming the tendency to smoke. There are many positive outcomes that you can get of quitting smoking, to name a few: good health, fitness and energy. In fact, there are thousands of people who are enjoying their freedom through stop smoking hypnosis. And for a new life, they are more than thankful to their hypnotherapists for helping them to get back their normal life. You will feel so proud and positive when you achieve the life that you want to, a non-smoker person for that matter.

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Electronic Cigarette: A Smoking Device to Quit Smoking

26 Jul

Smoking kills. In fact, smoking is one of the top killers in the world today. Like cancer and heart disease, smoking claims the hundred million lives all over the world. This is not a surprise anymore for there are 10 million cigarettes being sold in every minute! As a result, someone dies in every eight seconds because of smoking related diseases. And in the United States alone, there are more than half million mortalities annually due to smoking.

The invention of electronic cigarette is the breakthrough for those smokers who wish to stop their nicotine addiction. We are currently seeing how this fantastic smoke device increases its popularity with of course among smokers. These smokers can be distinguished into two categories: those who want to stop smoking and those who wish to continue their smoking habit in a safe way. And electronic cigarette fulfills both of these needs.

There are two barriers for a smoker like you who wants to quit smoking. These are escaping from the need for nicotine and breaking the physical habit of using a cigarette. But with the aid of electronic cigarette, these hurdles can be remedied with its progressive use of lower dosage cartridges and by emulating, in appearance and feel a real cigarette.

The electronic cigarette looks and feels like the real cigarette. When you take a pull, the ends lights up same as the real cigarette would, and the device also smokes just like a real cigarette. Well, it looks like and is used in the same way as a real cigarette. The big difference of device smoke to the real one is its water vapor smoke which makes it totally harmless and odorless. The electronic cigarette operates with the use of electric technology.

The electronic cigarettes is not only affordable, it is also harmless and does not contain any nasty things that you’d normally find in a cigarette. Unlike the traditional cigarette, electronic cigarette have no tars, carbon monoxide/dioxide and it don’t stink, give bad breath or make you go yellow.

A recent study about electronic cigarette conducted by medical professionals in South Africa has proven to the world that electronic cigarette can be very effective for smokers to fully quit smoking addiction. About 50% of their 350 respondents which are all heavy smokers had completely quit smoking and moved over to the electronic cigarette in just 6 weeks! Isn’t it impressive?

These medical people have also found out that electronic cigarette is much healthier than the traditional cigarettes, and far better among smoking alternatives. The 50% of the electronic cigarette smokers have shown noticeable difference when it comes to their lifestyle, health, and becomes more active and obviously having more energy. There are also lots of respondents who have gained better physical appearance and increase energy level while using the smoking device.

Aside from the fact that it is healthier compared to the traditional cigarette, device cigarettes are completely legal! Since electronic cigarette does not involve tobacco, you can legally use them anywhere that traditional cigarettes are prohibited in places such as bars, restaurants, working place and even on airplanes. Electronic cigarettes also allow you to smoke with no fears and guilt in yourself to harm others because of your second hand smoke.

Electronic cigarette is undeniably become more and more popular. As evidence, increasing number of people used to smoke in pubs and clubs with a smoking ban. With these happenings, I would say that electronic cigarettes seem to be the next thing and may soon replace real cigarettes. For those of you that are curious – I am currently experimenting with a brand called NJOY electronic cigarettes. I will definitely keep you all updated with my progress.

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Top 10 Reasons to Stop Smoking

21 Jul

I really want you to realize that quitting smoking is not the end of your happiness. In fact it’s just the beginning for you to see what life has better to give when you are free from nicotine. To name a few, these are the top 10 reasons to stop smoking

  • Reduce your chance of getting cancer – Quitting smoking prevents you for having a lung cancer, emphysema, and other smoking related diseases. Research show that the risk of dying from lung cancer after 10 years of quitting from smoking is 30 to 50 percent lower than those who continue smoking. That alone, is a good reason fro you to stop!
  • Reduce your chance of having a heart attack or stroke – In United States alone, 20% of deaths from heart diseases are because of smoking. So, quitting from smoking will lower the risk of such disease and also death.
  • Save a LOT of money – With your addiction, a pack of cigarettes a day is not impossible. Now, compute the amount that you spent to sustain your smoking addiction each year. It is already a lot of money!
  • You will smell better – Any non-smoker will definitely give their honest answer that smokers smells terrible!
  • Have better sleep – Smokers have found out to have more sleepless nights compare with those non-smoker individuals.
  • Stop the morning coughs – Smokers always experience the morning coughs. It is for the reason that the chemicals and the body are responding which makes the cough a regular of waking up.
  • Avoid early forming of wrinkles – Smoking causes skin aging, which develops to wrinkles.
  • Stop exposing others to your smoke – Exposing your family, friends and children to your smoke gives them the thought that smoking is okay. Also, the smoke makes them sick whenever they inhale your smoke second-hand.
  • Get a better shape – Smoke affects your cardio activity. It also reduces your maximal oxygen uptake up to 10%.
  • Smoking will never control your life – Life is too short, so don’t make it shorter. Don’t waste your life on this nonsense addiction. Remember, you can beat smoking and it is you that controls your life and definitely not the smoking!

It does not really matter how old you are now. We always have a choice. To choose what is best for us and to others. Maybe you think that it’s late for you to stop smoking but I’m telling you… “better be late, than never”

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Quit your Smoking Addiction with Hypnosis

19 Jul

Want to stop smoking? Well, that’s definitely one of the most right decision that you have made in your life! And it’s my pleasure to help you on that. Actually, there are wide range of products and methods that can be used to quit smoking, including new-age methods. One great method that would really help you to stop smoking is with hypnosis.

There is no doubt that hypnosis can be a very effective method to help you quit smoking. All you have to do is be patient and follow all the hypnotist’s directions. I know that you will worry about being hypnotized because you are afraid to let someone control your mind. And that I can understand. So, if that’s what you feel then bring someone that you trust and have a one on one session. However, if you feel no worries about it then you can try a large seminar designed to help large number of audience to quit smoking with hypnosis. You can choose of what you think is best for you.

The procedure of quitting smoking with hypnosis starts by giving your subconscious mind a suggestion that you do not want to smoke, then reasoning out why you do not want to smoke, and even finding some alternatives of what you will do when you feel the urge to smoke. As a result, your brain will be slightly rewired to be disgusted with cigarettes, its smell, and even the sight of them. And I tell you, many people do not ever smoke a single cigarette again after they go through the hypnotic session. So, if you are really serious about kicking that nicotine addiction once and for all, then you should give hypnosis a shot. As the saying goes, there’s no harm in trying.

An examination of multiple research studies show that a single session of hypnosis treatment to stop smoking have produced about a 25% success rate. And 66% of those people who engage in at least 4-5 sessions of hypnosis also successfully quit smoking! These stats are pretty amazing.

Also, the American College of Chest Physicians have found out that hypnosis is more than twice as effective as quitting “cold turkey,” and over three times as effective as nicotine replacement therapy. The conclusion was made after comparing four smoking cessation programs by patients in certain hospital who were motivated to quit smoking. 80% of patients who were using hypnosis successfully quit smoking after only one hypnosis session with recorded sessions for follow-up. If these people have made it to fully quit smoking through hypnosis, then it’s definitely possible for you to do it. I’ve personally have used forms of hypnosis and audio recordings in my arsenal to stay motivated and quit smoking.

I know that it is hard for you to stop smoking which becomes your habit and also a physical addiction for a long time. Smoking becomes a ritual and has been part of your daily life. And whether we deny it or not, human beings love rituals and we really hate rebelling against our habits. But I think we can all agree that smoking is a bad habit because you put all the people around you (your loved ones) into serious health problems.

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