- Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Adam Up
It has been a few weeks since the previous edition of Adam Up, clocks have changed, Halloween has been and gone, fireworks has too, and we are almost on the countdown to Christmas.
I've been back in the laboratory at Bournemouth University conducting our latest research project that combines Stroop task performance in response to hypnotic suggestions and we are measuring the size of pupils throughout to see how much effort our participants are putting in - I posted a number of pictures and an explanation on Facebook and Instagram earlier today in fact. If you have an interest in
this and hypnosis in general, then you'll be interested in a big announcement I've made below in this edition - it is aimed at hypnotherapists. We have a new hypnotherapist development hub that offers lots of educational materials, live weekly events (lectures, peer support, supervision, CPD, practice sessions), a supportive community and much more besides, have a read below.
The past few weeks, I've been continuing to chart my weightlifting progress on instagram and offering a lot more hypnosis and psychology related infographics, memes and information there, so do come and join me there, I can be found via my tag on Instagram: adam_eason
In this edition, I have a bunch of new articles covering the topics of mental flexibility, not letting small things bother you, how to trust yourself, the value of taking things slow, an article about brain facts and how to persist in the face of failure. I also have a couple of new videos covering the topics of using your brain more effectively according to neuroscience, whether medication should be
demonised as it tends to be, and explaining the brain not feeling pain.
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Articles: What's New?
A wide range of new articles to help in varying aspects of life here today...
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All articles are founded in science and have references for you to explore should you wish:
1. Let’s face it: We’re all humans and are prone to a range of emotions. Each hour of every day can feel a bit like a roller coaster sometimes. These emotions may vary from happiness to sadness, from enjoyment to anxiety, and even at times that slight feeling of annoyance. This annoyance can be projected to anyone or anything and can be aimed at an object or a situation, big ones and small
ones. There are many examples of the seemingly small things in life, which may seem trivial when written down here, but in reality, they can really bother someone, especially when they accumulate throughout a day.
And you are not alone to experience this: this happens to most of us (all of us really)! We know that we should try to engage ourselves in other things to keep our minds off of such trivial matters. But we all know that the goal of letting something go and trying not to feel bad or bothered about something can be more difficult to achieve in reality.
Full article: How to Stop Letting the Little Things Bother You?
2. Over on my Instagram account this past week, I posted a couple of infographics about mental flexibility and wanted to write in a bit more depth about the topic.
Although he has been greatly misquoted on this, Darwin wrote and spoke about the value of being adaptable to change, “according to Darwin’s Origin of Species, it is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds
itself.”
Adaptability to change in the modern world naturally includes mental flexibility.
It is natural that whenever someone mentions flexibility, one can think of people or objects being able to stretch or perform yoga. It tends to be less common to think that it can indeed be applied to our thoughts and our cognitive abilities as well.
3. While technology and other aspects of modern living aim to make our lives easier for us, we have also become busier than ever whereby many hardly find enough time for themselves. Today, we tend to demand fast paced service, fast delivery, fast responses, fast travel and fast this and fast that. Our lives have become so fast paced and for some tiresome in a way we may not have imagined before.
Many of us complain that the days pass by quickly and we don’t have the time to do some of the things we’d like to do; if only we knew how.
One reason you may not be able to enjoy your life as much as you’d like, may be because you are cramming more hectic stuff and further busying yourself with things that may seem necessary or important but may not really be giving you and your life much value. Perhaps it’s time you slowed down and turned your attention towards leading a more slow-paced life.
4. The brain has long been an organ of fascination, which has intrigued biologists and researchers with its complexities. All of us know, it is an integral part of your bodily functions. From ensuring an efficient supply of oxygen around your body to coordinating the various movements of your body, to dispensing chemicals, regulating hormones, your brain works it all. And while you may
believe that modern science has revealed all about the brain, the reality is actually closer to being the opposite. There is so much more to learn about the brain, and it is researched extensively. Those exiting research findings do not always make it out into the public awareness, so there may be a bunch of cool facts about your brain that you remain unaware of. Made of grey fats and proteins, the brain is one of the most intriguing and complex parts of the hum
an body.
In order to help you foster a greater understanding of your brain and help you overcome certain myths you may have heard about the brain and its functioning, here are a few interesting facts about your grey matter.
5. When teaching our students about how to become effective therapists, one of the key predictors of successful outcomes I mention often is that of developing an effective working alliance with those that you work with, and a central component of that is establishing trust between the two of you. This is something we can share with ourselves too. That is, as we learn to trust ourselves, so we
develop a better relationship with ourselves which enables us to do a great many more things in life that make us happy.
Every now and then, we can lose trust in ourselves. For example, after we’ve made a mistake or an error or after somebody criticises us. It can sometimes feel harder to settle on choices when you can’t trust yourself since you dread you’ll settle on some unacceptable decision, and often rumination ensues.
Building trust in yourself can help support your dynamic abilities and build a sense of healthy fearlessness. This can lead to life feeling somewhat simpler and usually significantly more pleasant.
6. Failure is a part of life, and it is usually accompanied by a range of emotions: these could be anger, embarrassment, guilt, and at times sadness as well. However, it is believed that these negative emotions can really affect your mental and physical well being.
These feelings can be very uncomfortable for some of us. However, it is recommended that you keep these negative emotions at bay but not by necessarily avoiding them. For example, in a 2017 study published by Noelle Nelson at the University of Kansas in the Journal of Behavioural Decision Making, you shouldn’t purposefully avoid negative emotions. Rather you should try thinking about the emotions rather than the failure itself to help you deal with such situations.
Videos: What's New?
Science Denialism and Psychological Myth Busting covered here today...
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1. Within my research and writing for a new course being offered at my college next year all about the neuroscience of psychotherapy, I came across some cool facts about
the brain that formed an article on my personal blog last week.
There were two specific areas that seemed to capture people’s interest the most and created the most discussion and I thought I’d record a short video about them…. In particular they were very relevant to hypnotherapy and hypnotherapists.
In this video I firstly explain about the brain not feeling pain (and how we therefore get headaches). I then go on to talk about superior pattern processing (SPP) and how learning to harness it can be so beneficial to anyone and everyone.
Video: Pain In The Brain… And Superior Pattern Processing.
2. I see the demonisation of medication a great deal, and maybe it’s because I work in a professional field that many alternative therapists are part of, and many of whom reject conventional medical approaches, in particular the use of prescribed medication.
Official statistics tend to suggest that there is approximately 10% of the populations of the US and UK taking prescribed medication, and it has been the centre of a fair bit of discussion in the circles I work in recently.
In this video I seek to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of medication for mental illness.
3. The brain is an incredible pattern-seeking machine. This video today explicitly shows you how to make that work for you and help you to develop a happier outlook.
As the brain seeks patterns, to be happier in our daily lives we want to be able to set our brain to seek out positivity patterns, and develop patterns that progressively filter our experience. One way to effectively do that, is to ask yourself some questions on a regular basis, and get your brain working for you.
Questions and themes supported by science are what this video shares.
In this video, I give you some ideas on how to ask yourself questions and get your brain working to your advantage. And I guess many of us have experienced, or are aware that our brain often does the opposite - when we ruminate, when we establish rigid negative thinking patterns, it can lead us to be unhappy, sad, depressed or anxious - we can become expertly skilled at using our brain to make us unhappy!
Learn how to become skilled at using your brain more effectively, with 8 simple questions.
Important Announcement:
Major new resource for hypnotherapists... Never worry about supervision, CPD, business development and peer support ever again...
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This has been a challenging past couple of years for many hypnotherapists. During the past couple of months, I spent a great deal of time speaking with students, graduates and fellow professionals and trying to find out what they needed and wanted in terms of professional support and development.
Then I had to balance that with what I am physically capable of offering and sought to create a solution. The result is what I am sharing here with this post, and is something that those who work closely with me know I have been working hard on for a while behind the scenes.
The Anglo European College Hypnotherapist Development Hub:
An online members area with live weekly offerings aimed at educating, developing and supporting hypnotherapists. This will include:
– Extensive digital resources: educational training videos available to stream, including our diploma course, advanced diploma, hypnotic coaching course, rapid inductions, science of self-hypnosis, additional specialist lectures, much more (similar to existing members area).
– Monthly specialist live lecture: Including a range of specialist lectures from academics, authors and experienced specialists. Attend live and get to ask questions and interact with leaders in the field, but if you are unable to attend live, the recording will be posted the following day for you to access and revisit.
This will count as meeting your official CPD quota with all major hypnotherapy associations if you attend half of these each year.
– Monthly group supervision: You can attend and receive supervision from and with me, or join the group to learn and develop accordingly. The hub will equip you with guidance for the way we conduct the supervision in the most effective fashion and will include official structured forms and resources.
These sessions will count as your official supervision requirement with the UKHC, GHR and NCH (as well as meet the requirements for most other professional hypnotherapy member organisations).
– Monthly Peer Support Group: We used to run a regular group here locally that was very well attended and lots of you asked for more of that. In particular though, this will have a focus upon hypnotherapist business building – there’ll be a monthly presentation with a live discussion afterwards. This will include coaching, support, guidance and regular expert speakers. There will also be additional lectures and presentations of my own that I have recorded through the years
adding to the business development section.
– Therapeutic Forms Depository: You will have access to and be able to download from a huge number of therapeutic forms used in cognitive behavioural, mindfulness based and ACT approaches to therapy.
– As a member, you’ll have an ongoing discount to any courses you wish to attend with the college (including next year’s new courses ‘the neuroscience of psychotherapy’ and ‘using ACT in hypnotherapy’).
We’ll also be holding a live Zoom skills practice session regularly – which is a great chance for our trainees to meet up and practice, and for graduates and seasoned hypnotherapists to hone skills and stay sharp.
In addition we’ll be using our main college Facebook group much more as a place to regularly discuss related topics and support members.
It is not going to be fully launched until January 2022, some finishing touches are still being made, but I wanted to announce it as I am excited about it.
When launched in January, it will cost £25.00 per month to subscribe. There will be an option to pay £250.00 for a full year, thus getting two months free.
However, if you’d like to jump on board now and join us in time for our opening, you can join for a greatly reduced fee of £200.00 for membership until the end of 2022. This won’t be offered again once it is all up and running. You’ll get access to all the existing resources before Christmas (aiming for mid-December) and you’ll be able to join all the events as of January. I will also keep that same fee available for you for life and give you the
option to take it up each year regardless of what the fee increases to in the future.
If you’d like to take this £200.00 offer up, visit the booking form here at the college website (link below or in the main toolbar on this site), fill in your personal details, choose the “Hypnotherapist Development Hub” option (it is the last option, scroll to the bottom of the list) and when I receive the submitted form, I will invoice you accordingly and you’ll be all set to be part of it all right from the beginning.
Booking form can be found here.
So you won’t have to worry about where to look for your CPD requirements, you’ll have your supervision requirements met, you’ll have access to resources we have never offered before, as well as LOTS of training videos and materials.
I’m aiming for this to offer a great deal of ongoing resource, support, guidance and importantly professional development to all who are part of it. For those looking to be part of something, and joining an amazing cause too, it will create a great community of us evidence based hypnotherapists seeking to raise standards in this field, seeking to shake off myth and misinformation, seeking to examine and understand the science, the research, the literature that informs this field with a view to
improving what we do and ultimately achieving greater results with our clients.
Useful resources for hypnotherapists:
Visit this page for lots of resources for hypnotherapists.
The Anglo European College of Therapeutic Hypnosis:
In recent weeks, my social media output has been filled with video clips of me squatting at the gym, lots of evidence-based memes citing the latest hypnosis research, photos from my life and loads of articles from our vaults and some other bits and pieces.
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That's it for this week's edition, how did I do?
I shall be back soon; in the meantime, look after yourself, and keep yourself safe and well during these times, I send you much love and my very best wishes,
Buloo!
Adam Eason.
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