For many, the desire to stop smoking is present but the willpower is not. And, over the years a popular New Year’s resolution has been, ‘I’ll stop smoking’. As a…
The festive season is a busy time and the pressure is on to buy gifts, entertain and be entertained. But for social anxiety sufferers it is a stressful time. People…
About 10 per cent of 13-year-old girls are ‘terrified’ about putting on weight, reports the BBC. This is from the first UK study looking for warning signs of eating disorders in…
Christmas is just around the corner and, for many, that involves facing the crowds malls and streets for that last-minute shopping. But, some of us do not like crowds at…
Following on news that the government in the UK wants an independent review into cigarette packaging to discourage younger smokers and the possibility of Brussels ‘outlawing’ e-cigarettes, smokers are becoming…
England cricketer Jonathan Trott, for four years the embodiment of the self-absorbed sporting hardman, has pulled out of the Ashes tour to Australia, citing depression as his ongoing problem. He…
Tinnitus is a term that describes any sound a person can hear from inside their body rather than from an outside source. Although tinnitus is described as ‘ringing in the…
Phobias, or irrational fears, can range from a fear of something small like a spider to something massive like a flying phobia. Just recently, hypnotherapy cured a youngster whose fear…
The campaign for the British Army to stop recruiting under 18-year-olds is gaining ground but the stress and anxiety that being in warlike situations for children reaches far wider than…
Attributing food addiction as the single cause underlying the development of obesity, despite the existence of numerous other very plausible explanations, is unhelpful, particularly for those trying to live more…
It was recently reported that total expenditure on NHS Stop Smoking Services was £87.7 million, £0.5 million less than in 2011/12 when it was £88.2 million and almost £63.2 million…
A pledge by food manufacturers to cut saturated fat levels is ‘a drop in the ocean’ in the fight against obesity, a top public health expert has said. Morrisons, Subway…
Hypnotherapy can help you do almost anything when treating a phobia – even skydive faster than the speed of sound! Last year, Austrian Felix Baumgartner became the first skydiver to…
Cognitive behavioural therapy is more effective than standard care for people with hypochondria or health anxiety, say researchers writing in The Lancet recently In their study, 14% of patients given…
The Hypnotherapy Extravaganza is being held on 15th February 2014 at The Royal Society of Medicine 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE. This one day event is not just an opportunity…
With over 240,000 people trying to stop smoking for 28 days, the NHS-sponsored ‘Stoptober’ campaign is proving that smoking is a habit many want to kick. But is 28 days…
The false widow spider, Britain’s most venomous spider, is spreading across the UK and is cause for concern for those who suffer from arachnophobia, or fear of spiders. But spider…
Worries about weight loss and dieting seem to be very much a part of modern life and with obesity rates ever increasing, weight loss is on most peoples’ minds. Hypnotherapy…
The recent outrageous attack by extremists on a shopping mall in Nairobi left many people traumatised – not least of all the children who were in the mall at the…
As the anti-smoking lobby continues to grow – with even prisons in the UK considering a ban on this habit – and the costs of cigarettes always on the rise…
As the colder weather approaches, so does the sometimes seasonal habit of ‘binge eating’ or ‘comfort’ eating. Chocolates and other sugar-rich comfort foods are often consumed at this time by…