Peace, quiet, calm – it’s a commodity in this tumultuous, stressful world that seems ever harder to come by! Looking for it “out there” seems ultimately mistaken, so when I saw this Glenn Harrold self hypnosis Audio book, entitled, “Creating Inner Peace and Calm”, I knew I had to give it a go, as I have bought a number of other Glenn Harrold recordings in the past and have been very impressed with the results! So I now play this hypnosis recording regularly with a view to getting close to the peace that can be found within!
The CD is split into around 59 minutes, with two separate hypnotic tracks of approximately equal length, although one is slightly longer than the other. Both tracks make use of background music and subliminal effects, but the music is never obtrusive or the kind that is “relaxing” in an forceful kind of way, but rather integrated into the words and narrative that Harrold skilfully delivers. I find it very useful to play it at night, but sometimes if I can find half an hour during the day, it really does give me an oasis of calm which gives me lingering effects for some time – although as with most things, the strength of the effects will vary from person to person.
Harrold’s voice takes you through a hypnotic journey, beginning with some breathing exercises that gently relax the body, and then you are taken deeper and deeper inside so that the hypnotic suggestion can work on your mind in a very relaxed state (indeed all hypnosis really is, is a very relaxed, focused state which enables things to get through to your subconscious workings better). I had been very anxious lately due to family bereavement and illness, but found I managed to relax to this recording, and felt very positive when Glenn Harrold brought me back up – although the effects have now worn off somewhat, these CD’s are best used regularly to give the subliminal messages a chance to sink in and do their work at an unconscious level – so as soon as I have finished this article, I am going to lie down and play the first session again!
You may also be interested to read my review of his Motivation hypnosis CD as well 
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The best time to quit smoking is now! Well, if you smoke, and are thinking of quitting, don’t delay too long – I am writing this around Christmas as 2007 approaches, and a lot of people think of quitting as a new year resolution. Thank God I won’t have to this year, as I have now been a non smoker for over a year, as I quit just before Christmas last year, maybe to give myself a head start. How I remember the utter dread, the utter panic, the withdrawals, the tantrums, the irritability, the pleading with myself to just have one, one would be all right, but then I’d be hooked again, wouldn’t I?! But what I remember more than all the horrible things is the sense of achievement, the pride in knowing that I was refusing to yield to the temptation, that I was making it. I had tried many times before, using gums, patches, dummy cigarettes, lozenges, pure will power, and combinations thereof, but never quite managed it. In December 2005, I found the correct ingredients (and the experience of failing before certainly helped).
I think the key is motivation. A lot of people think, “Well, I have to give up because it’s bad for my health” but that’s the wrong attitude. If you really want to give up because you want to be healthy, that’s a better starting point (the mind is our best friend and our worse enemy!). I think if you really want to quit, you will quit sooner or later. It’s not easy, and that’s why you should use all the resources available to you. Quit with a friend (maybe one you like to beat!), try the patches or gum, maybe even get a life coach to assist you with your goal!
Hypnotherapy is one method that works for a lot of people, but maybe we’re not all rich enough to be able to pay a therapist (although they are good, and it does often work!) – this is where audio hypnotherapy recordings come in very handy, and bestselling hypnotherapist Glenn Harrold has produced The Ultimate Guide to Quitting Smoking Forever which could prove to be a crucial tool in your battle to give up smoking. Remember the mind is a powerful thing, the unconscious mind even more so – and Glenn Harrold’s audiobook uses advanced clinical techniqes together with relaxing music and sound effects to calm your body and mind and enable you to use the resources deep within yourself. With post hypnotic suggestions and layered affirmations, the two sessions on the CD safely and effectively reinforce your own desire to quit and help your mind to focus on and stick with your resolution. It might not work for everyone (nothing ever does) – but it’s got to be worth a try, and I have used Glenn Harrold’s recordings before with great success – see my review of his Motivation recording as well
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I’ve been reading a lot of books lately, and enjoying a variety of fiction and non fiction, but I must take you back to that fateful day referred to in my last post when everything went wrong and I had to do something to change it. As well as reading Susan Jeffer’s Feel The Fear and Do It Anyway I also stumbled upon a self help hypnotherapy recording, Glenn Harrold’s Building Your Motivation, which I thought I would give a try. So my rational mind was fed with some great positive ideas from Susan Jeffers, and later in the evening I lay down with my headphones on to start listing to this hypnotherapy CD. It was certainly an interesting experience – Glenn’s voice and accent were at first quite strange and not at all what I’d expected, but I soon got used to it and fell into the experience. The calming techniques, rhythmical breathing, and visualisation all helped me to go into a state that in fact did feel very different from normal waking consciousness. The CD took me through a motivational visualisation which left me feeling totally satisfied after completing a difficult journey, and then I was fed some layered affirmations. The calming music and sound effects on the CD were instrumental in helping me relax, and when I finally came out, I did feel a little different, but not astoundingly. The CD actually contains 2 tracks, and I listed to the second one straight away – it is a shorter version of the first, probably useful for booster sessions.
As a background, there were a number of things I wanted to do with my life, both personally and in my business, that I had kept putting off, and as mentioned in the previous post I had also been experiencing a lifelong feeling of lack of confidence. Although this CD was to help with my motivation, it would turn out to have several knock on effects. The next day, a Sunday, instead of dragging myself out of bed at 11 to be ready to visit a country park with my parents at 1, I was up at 9 and straight back into my self help books. I thought I might as well make use of an extra couple of hours! I detected an extra spring in my step and felt much more positive about things in general. At the park, my parents commented that I was much more lively than usual, and while before I suffered from mild social phobia and some small agoraphobia, I leapt at the opportunity to go into the cafe for our order (which I would normally leave to someone else). I really did feel more confident in myself, but also a lot more motivated to take on challenges, to do new things, to put a stop to my negative thinking and to do some of the things I’ve always wanted to do but had been afraid to try. I have since used a few more Glenn Harrold hypnotherapy recordings which I will review here, and will say in the main that they have been much more effective than I expected, and I am looking forward to trying others to work on different aspects of my life.
Of course hypnotherapy recordings don’t work for everyone, and sometimes it’s necessary to visit a professional therapist, but I can honestly say that Glenn Harrold’s Ultimate Guide to Building Your Motivation did a great job for me, and I still listen to it on a regular basis when I need a boost, or feel my motivation slipping!
And I do have to say that there are at least 2 major things I had been waiting over 5 years to do, and I finally got over my fears and procrastination and went ahead and did them
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