http://www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com en-us Sat, 16 May 2026 05:47:44 +0100 Rocketspark http://www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com/blog/post/24572/changing-our-biases/ For what feels like far too long, I’ve been trying to understand my own unconscious biases. I knew I wasn’t immune to them. I knew I must have some. But I kept racking my brain trying to work out what they were and how I could bring them into conscious awareness so I could do something about them.And then, to my great relief, I came across this book (The End of Bias: Can We Change Our Minds? by Jessica Nordell) on a visit to the wonderful Foyle's bookshop in London. Reading it helped me real... Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com/blog/#post24572 http://www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com/blog/post/24518/how-to-choose-the-right-therapist-for-you/ Choosing which therapist to work with to help you move forward in your life can seem like a daunting task. In this blog post I offer some advice for you to consider: to help you work out where to start; how to narrow your search and how to make the final decision.... Tue, 03 Jun 2025 18:10:16 +0100 http://www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com/blog/#post24518 http://www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com/blog/post/24455/5-ways-hypnotherapy-helps-you-quit-smoking/ Once they’ve made the decision to quit smoking, many people are able just do it. Others find they need a helping hand and turn to a hypnotherapist for help.Here’s 5 reasons why stopping smoking with the help of hypnosis can be the difference that makes the difference.... Mon, 26 May 2025 15:37:02 +0100 http://www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com/blog/#post24455 http://www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com/blog/post/19402/5-reasons-hypnosis-works/ By the time we become adults we’ve already absorbed many different messages about the world around us. Those messages may reinforce ideas such as change is difficult and that any efforts we make may be in vain. In contrast think about how well children who haven’t yet learnt to be cynics are able to absorb new ideas and possibilities, like sponges. What’s not to like about re-connecting with that sort of state of mind? Hypnosis can help with that.... Tue, 25 Apr 2023 13:55:33 +0100 http://www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com/blog/#post19402 http://www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com/blog/post/18526/why-i-have-a-bit-of-a-problem-with-the-slogan-never-give-up/ I was watching Louis Theroux interview adventurer Bear Grylls recently and during the programme they visited Bear’s private island off the coast of Wales. In Bear’s office was a sign saying “Never Give Up” and it was clear from what Bear was saying that this was something of a mantra for him.Bear Grylls inspires countless children to challenge themselves. He’s UK’s Scouting Chief Scout and recently launched a new badge with the “Never Give Up” slogan on it.It’s a phrase many of... Tue, 22 Nov 2022 11:11:16 +0000 http://www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com/blog/#post18526 http://www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com/blog/post/18144/how-to-feel-less-fearful/ Do you ever wonder why some people seem to be less fearful than others? From the outside some people seem to have the balance about right, others seem to take far too many risks and some people seem to want to eliminate all risk from their lives. And of course the natural balance for each person is different. Some people may aspire to have the nerve to do extreme airborne sports, others may be content for a life lived fixed more firmly to the ground. But what happens when we cannot overcome our... Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:13:49 +0100 http://www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com/blog/#post18144 http://www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com/blog/post/18102/when-is-going-with-your-gut-feeling-a-good-idea/ We’re often told to “just go with your gut feel”. Or as a hypnotherapist might say, “Let you subconscious decide!” Letting our subconscious make our decisions for us works really well when we have lots of expertise about something, lots of experience, including times when we’ve made mistakes and learnt from them. It’s why great professional sports people doing team sports just seem to instinctively know who to throw or pass the ball to and where to move next on the playing field. S... Tue, 13 Sep 2022 13:41:02 +0100 http://www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com/blog/#post18102 http://www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com/blog/post/17989/why-what-we-say-at-key-moments-matters-so-much/ I remember when I learnt first aid the instructors emphasized the importance of reassuring the casualty. And in the practical role-playing scenarios we would dutifully approach our casualty and ensure we told them we were a qualified first aider and could help them and also reassure them that further help was already on its way. But if I’m honest most of the training was about practical things to do, how to apply pressure to a wound, how to use water to cool a burn and clingfilm to keep it cle... Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:39:38 +0100 http://www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com/blog/#post17989 http://www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com/blog/post/10550/What-is-Parts-Therapy/ One of the ways I love working with clients is through Parts work.Parts Therapy simply works with what many of us intuitively suspect, that we have different internal parts or aspects of ourselves that sometimes take over how we think and feel is different situations in our lives. These parts can be what help us feel confident, calm and in control in some situations and perhaps unfathomably make us feel anxious and full of fear in others. Sometimes we might feel like “we’re working against o... Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com/blog/#post10550 http://www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com/blog/post/17124/is-there-a-way-we-can-control-time/ If we want to know the time we can of course glance at a clock on the wall, or look at our phone or may be ask Alexa. I’m even old enough to remember the days before the internet,  when if you wanted to know the accurate time you would phone the speaking clock! So that’s clock time, but what about our own internal sense of time? We all carry with us our own internal perception of time, and this perception can vary from person to person as well as according to what we’re currently doin... Sun, 19 Jun 2022 15:02:01 +0100 http://www.deborahwinyardhypnotherapy.com/blog/#post17124