Ted’s Blog

Self Hypnosis: Einstein and Bono Said It Best…

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  Bono of U2 said: “Nothing changes on New Year’s Day.” Einstein said: “Problems cannot be solved with the same mind set that created them.” The reason that nothing changes on New Year’s Day for most people is that they try to solve their problems using the same mindset that created them. Even for those […]

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Holiday Family Gatherings: How to Stay Sane During the Holidays

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We all want our holiday family gatherings to be times of positive, loving  interactions and of basking in the warm feeling that comes from being with people we love. However, this is often not the case for many people. For these folks, and maybe you are one of them, these holiday family gatherings can be […]

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Holiday Expectations: Staying Sane During the Holidays

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Can you feel it descending upon you?  I’m not talking about a lovely snowfall.  I’m talking about the heavy blanket of holiday expectations that comes around this time of year. Much of the cause of holiday stress is having to fulfill the holiday expectations of others while hoping to get your own holiday expectations fulfilled. Here is […]

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Self Care During the Holidays: 10 Tips

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Self care during the holidays is essential if you want to stay sane. Getting seriously stressed out, experiencing emotional breakdowns, having conflicts with family members and getting sick may not be the technical definition of insanity, but if these things happen due to lack of self care during the holidays, then you might FEEL as if you […]

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How to Stay Sane During the Holidays

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[leadplayer_vid id=”54768FE2DBDD1″]   We all know that it can be hard to stay sane during the the holidays! They can be quite stressful. There’s money anxiety: “How am I going to be able to afford buying gifts? There’s family: “I just hope we don’t get into a big argument!” There’s travelling: “Flying isn’t so much […]

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It’s Better to Be Grateful than Dead

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Why do we have only one day a year dedicated to giving thanks? If it was up to me, we would have Thanksgiving day once a week, (minus the huge feast). Think about it: if you lived 80 years, having Thanksgiving day once a year would give you 80 days when you were reminded to be grateful. If you had it […]

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Fear of Public Speaking: Worse than Death?

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  It’s been said that fear of public speaking is a fear worse than death for some people. I’m not sure how many people have the fear of public speaking so bad that they would rather die, but many people do consider speaking in front of a group on par with a root canal on the […]

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Being Grateful for the Things that Went Wrong

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  As we approach Thanksgiving, much will be written this week about gratitude, how to give thanks, counting blessings, how not to stuff yourself like a tick, etc. I’d like to suggest being grateful for things in your life that went wrong. Things that didn’t go according to plan. Now before I go any further let […]

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31 Scary Questions to Ask Yourself

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  It’s all about scary this week as we approach Halloween and Day of the Dead.  It’s a time when it’s fun to be scared, as long as we know that it’s just a movie, or someone dressed up as the walking dead. Truth is, there are plenty of really scary things out there.  But by far, […]

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Hypnosis 101: How Does It Work?

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In last week’s post I talked about how hypnosis is a natural state we all go into; while watching TV, while driving, while exercising, before we go to bed and right after we wake up. That attached diagram, (courtesy of the Hypnosis Motivation Institute) is what I use with every new client to explain how […]

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