Inflammation is one of the leading causes of all kinds of chronic inflammatory conditions such as cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disease, cancer, diabetes, and arthritis, to name but a few (de Cabo et al., 2019) There are many ways to reduce inflammation e.g., eating a wholesome and healthy ...

We're now living in an age where 41% of adults aged between 65-74 are now classified as obese (ABS 2018a), the same age where people are also more susceptible to cardiovascular disease (i.e., atheroma, thrombosis, heart attacks/disease, angina, stroke, aneurysms, etc) (Rodgers et al., 2019). Obe...

If we want to regain our health and prevent or reduce our risk of death and disability through all manner of nasty cardiovascular diseases and ailments, we have to have a plan. For someone who wants to quit smoking, the health plan will span over a period of about 10 years so it's never too earl...

These days a smoker would be hard pushed to not be aware of the links between smoking and lung disease/cancer, but were you aware that it's now the leading cause of preventable disease and death in Australia (AIHW 2019) with over a third of all cardiovascular deaths in Australia for people aged l...

Are you a smoker or know someone who is? Do you hear the same excuses time after time about why smoking is so easy and quitting is so hard? There’s help at hand…here are 9 classic excuses regularly heard from smokers in my practice, and a few nice ways to reframe them!   “I really need a cig...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) includes a range of conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels. The most serious types of CVD include coronary heart disease, stroke, and heart failure1    CVD is a major cause of death in Australia, responsible for 118 deaths a day, with 1 person dying of CVD...

Hypnotherapy is often sought as a method of curing impotence i.e., the inability of a man to achieve an erection or orgasm. Hypnotherapists will commonly use psychological methods to help someone overcome the block to resolving the problem. A range of emotions, thoughts, and behaviours can i...

The short answer is yes you can fall asleep during hypnotherapy! However, let’s explore why and when this might happen, and if it does, does it matter? We know from the 6 stages of sleep (Dement & Kleitman, 1957), that when we go to bed and read for a few minutes before attempting sleep, we are ...

Implementation is a huge issue even with the best of intentions and having some detailed plans to make it happen.As a hypnotherapist, this is my daily bread and butter where I help people to put their plans and intentions into motion by implementing their desires in their imagination i.e., their ...

One in every four to six couples in developing countries has been found to be affected by infertility [1,2]. And this figure remained relatively stable in 190 countries between 1990 and 2010 [1]. According to the Australian Fertility Society ‘infertility is the inability of a couple to achieve c...