I would like to remind all of you who have experienced for yourselves how valuable self-hypnosis is for stress relief to use this skill every day, and encourage your friends and family to learn and use this unparalleled tool as well. The more we can keep our collective calm, the better our nation will weather this storm overall. The more we individually attend to our own stress relief, the more internal resources will be available to us to meet the challenges of the current situation.

We have never had a better incentive for proactively addressing our stress needs, and working on maintaining a level of well-being which will enable us to support our body’s immunity and defense mechanisms against all the onslaughts we are likely to encounter, from the person coughing in our face at the mall, to more serious threats. Many of you have one or more of the support tapes—use them! Practice with and without the tapes, using your anchor experience to pull you back into that still, quiet place within. Look for other stress-busting tips elsewhere in the newsletter.

What can you, your friends, family, or corporate associates do with such a gift? Let me count the ways…

Achieve a state of total relaxation and learn how to re-access this state at will

Gain mastery over habitual behaviors which are self-defeating, and/or instill positive new habits

Release fears, anxieties, phobias or other inhibiting behaviors or emotions

Access the creative mind for inspiration, problem solving, goal setting or ‘thinking outside the box’

Look into the future to rehearse, prepare for, and vision positive outcomes for upcoming challenges in the way athletes prepare for big games or meets

Look into the past for historical perspective or to release and heal old wounds that may be limiting in the present

Effective pain management techniques

Prepare for surgery and facilitate physical healing

Skill rehearsal, memory improvement, enhancing learning abilities

Test preparation for career or school

Increase ability to work well with others in many difficult situations

Gain ability to achieve sound sleep

Learn how to remember and use your dreams

Discover how to resolve internal conflicts and work with the higher consciousness available to us all

Increase self-awareness, self-esteem, and empower yourself to achieve your goals

Learn how to access that energized state necessary to achieve your intentions just as athletes use these techniques to reach that level of arousal before games and meets

This is a sample list, the actual uses are limitless!