Ted’s Blog

Learn Self Hypnosis to Train Your Brain

My Self Hypnosis for Success Class is being offered again at Pasadena City College starting tomorrow, June 4th and continuing for the next three Saturdays: June 11th and June 18th, from 9 am to 10:30 am. Click here to register! I’m will also be offering it again this summer starting Saturday, July 9th and continuing on the next two […]

13 Lucky Ways to Stay Sane in a Wacky World

I don’t know about you folks, but things are looking pretty nutty out there, at least from my perspective. It seems difficult to make sense of the rapid pace of change occuring these days. Many people are challenged on many fronts: financially, physically, emotionally, spiritually. Things are happening fast and change is coming quick. Your cable news channel […]

25 Wonderful Things To Do First Thing in the Morning

I believe that what you do first thing in the morning will determine how the rest of the day goes.  For the first half hour after you wake up, you’re are in a state of hypnosis, so what you do gets impressed upon your mind and has an effect on your day. Here’s some ideas for […]

Why You Always Do What You’ve Always Done

I’ve been trying to learn Message in a Bottle on guitar but it’s coming really slow. Since I’ve been wanting to post more videos on my blog, I thought I would do a short video explaining why sometimes your brain wants to do one thing but your body wants to do another. This was recorded in the “TManCave”, my home […]

The Ultimate Freedom: Choosing Your Thoughts

      When I was 11 years old I watched a TV movie that made a profound impression on me. I’ll never forget sitting down with my family in 1971 to watch the ABC Movie of the Week,  The Birdmen. The Birdmen is based on the true story of British officers captured by Germany during World War […]

Learn How to Control Your Thoughts with My Self Hypnosis for Success Class.

  The most powerful skill you will ever learn is the ability to control your thoughts. What you think becomes your life. If you think worrisome, fearful thoughts, you will be worried and fearful. Think thoughts of gratitude and success, and you’ll feel grateful and successful. Do you feel like you are controlled by negative thinking? […]

Ted Is Off to See the Wizard

See the TMan get hypnotized! Check out this video of my recent appearance on HMIWebTV’s “Imagine That” with Cheryl O’Neil. I get a chance to hang out with the Wizard (and a few hundred newts.)

Mindless Fat: Packing it On

      Todays post is by guest author Veronica Dascalu. This is excellent advice and in line with what I teach my weight clients. “The best diet is the one you don’t know you’re on,” writes Brian Wansink in his book Mindless Eating. We follow nutrition guidelines, read trendy diet books, and take up […]

How to Stay Calm and Effective When Chaos is Swirling Around You.

There’s a photo on the wall in a restaurant near the Grand Canyon. It shows a rubber pontoon raft in the middle of a rapid on the Colorado River in the Canyon. It’s in the process of flipping over, and inside are a bunch of folks about to go for a swim.

Cure for Procrastination: Hire the Gorilla

I first experienced the wrath of the Gorilla  in 1982. I was an hour late turning in a final paper for a college English class. “Sorry” the instructor told me “You’ve just flunked and will have to repeat the class.” “No way!” I exclaimed. “Way” he said. At that very moment, a Gorilla in a suit and tie