Proposals, Hooks, and Titles … What’s my book about?

So…I’ve started blogging about my writing Journey and my hypnotherapy work. The last three weeks have been a total revelation to me.  Since watching the video of Rebecca Campbell on my Hay House Community, it’s shifted so much within me! It’s been an absolute life changer!

Learning Step-by-Step

The thought of doing Book Proposals, creating a ‘Hook’ for my book, sorting a Book Title out, Chapter Titles etc seemed quite daunting, but we are getting there now, we are flowing. I have had the book title for quite a while now, and it really does resonate with me.  I also have a ‘hook’, but I won’t share these just yet, I’ll keep them under wraps as a surprise later, but they feel right to me at this present moment in time. I’m not rushing this project, I’ve got a steady flow, and it’s coming together nicely. Most importantly, I’m enjoying every minute of it right now which is a much better place than I had been before, I’ve learnt to trust ME!… and this journey. 

It’s quite a process writing a book, and there really is no right or wrong way to do it really.  It’s what resonates with you.  Once you find the right way for you it’s more believable to you to complete, it’s a step-by-step process. Like anything, you can’t be concerned with the final product, you really do have to take it through one step at a time.  

Trust … Faith … Belief

When you can’t see the road clearly ahead …

Have TRUST, FAITH, and BELIEF you will be guided at the next turn.

What’s it all About?

What’s this book of mine all about? Why am I writing a book? Why did I get this idea in my head to do such a project? Read on…

Where it all Started

The book writing all started back in 2008 after receiving Hypnotherapy for Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity, EHS for short.  It’s a dis-ease that not many know about and can be looked at as quite taboo.  After receiving no success from the NHS or doctors regarding this dis-ease, and I’d seen many of them believe me! … in complete dire straits I was guided by a friend to try Hypnotherapy to attempt to alleviate the effects I was experiencing from Electrical equipment, WiFi, Mobile masts the list goes on and on.  October 2007 was my first appointment with an amazing Hypnotherapist called Mike England, who is now a very dear friend of mine. Little did I realise what I was about to experience and the amazing journey I was about to enter. 

A ‘Powerful’ Journey

The Hypnotherapy initially wasn’t an overnight sensation, but what it did do straight away was refocus me in the right mindset. It created hope for me.  I was severely depressed and literally losing the will to live with the responses I was experiencing. ‘How could I live in a world of electricity if it did this to me!’ Modern technology was only going to get better and signals stronger and bearing in mind this was when we were back on 2G strength! I’d experience pain in my body, feeling faint, lack of focus, tingling sensations the list goes on and on. I couldn’t even drive our new car we had just bought! And that’s a story in itself! That’s what drove me to go for a hypnotherapy session. After a few sessions it really started to become powerful and shift in the right direction. I was amazed! And totally drawn into how this stuff works.  The mind, especially the subconscious is very powerful, more powerful than we could ever realise. The journey was amazing and learning how the mind works was just so fascinating.

Cancer Diagnosis

The journey continued through the Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS) with symptoms improving all the time and sensitivity reducing as each month passed, I never gave up and kept on keeping on with the ‘Trust, Faith and Belief’ and with the process of healing, but I still wasn’t right, something didn’t seem right.

In October 2009, I found hard lumps in my neck, my chest cavity we had noticed was protruding out slightly on the left-hand side.  I also kept feeling as though there was something in my chest. I was sent for tests just before Christmas 2009 and then called for a biopsy in the January, to then be diagnosed on Tuesday 26th January 2010 with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Cancer of the Lymphatic System. It was diagnosed at stage 2 initially, going into stage 3, but later found out it was heading to a possible stage 4 as it was showing signs it had started to enter my bone marrow after a bone biopsy.

Once again because of the powerful experience I had received from Hypnotherapy I chose to utilise it once again to help me though the cancer journey which I was about to embark. 

Powerful Hypnosis

Hypnotherapy proved to be the right journey for me, in fact it was the most powerful journey.  That’s why I’m now a Hypnotherapist myself.  I had received very good success regarding the Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity and, I had complete faith in it.  There are many people out there who never seem to overcome EHS, but I was experiencing great success. At the point of the cancer diagnosis there was still a small amount of response going on regarding the EHS, but it was now very minimal.  Had the EHS caused the cancer? There were all sorts of thoughts going through our heads at the time. 

Trusting in the Hypnosis so much, I embarked on another Hypnotherapy journey, utilising it once again to help with the cancer journey ahead. I received a hypnotherapy session on the morning of each Chemotherapy treatment to help me on my healing journey. I was able to continue working through my treatment, with a very positive mindset. 

Sharing My Story

My book back in 2008 was initially all about the Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity.  Little did I realise the journey I was about to embark.  The book slowly transformed into the cancer journey too.  Now, this may seem quite unusual to hear but, the way I see it, and the way it feels within me is, the EHS journey was way harder for me than the cancer journey.  That might come as a shock to people, but it’s absolutely true!  If I hadn’t have gone through the EHS experience first, I really don’t think I would have coped with the cancer experience in the same way.  It’s almost like it prepared me for it! It made me strong in mind. I was very positive throughout the cancer journey, I shocked quite a few people around me.  They couldn’t believe how positive I was. 

Overcoming Procrastination

So yes, I’ve stopped and started this book, in fact this is the third version of it now that I am working on, it’s been going on for 14 years now!  There have been beliefs within me that I have had to address to get where I am, to allow this to move forward in the right way. Overtime, it’s changed its direction and it probably will do again in the coming months, but do you know what? I’m writing it now to get it out there to help people understand how powerful the mind is, how we can create amazing changes just by the power of thought! Connecting into the power of the subconscious mind. If I can help one person with my story, then I will have done a good job!

Creating Help and Advice

The book is a Transformational Memoir sharing my journey, tips, and techniques. My aim is that people reading my book will be able to apply the advice to their life. 

When we have a reasonable understanding of how the mind works, which I share in my book and with every client in their hypnotherapy sessions, it can create life changing possibilities.  It literally can change your life, just like it did mine. I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for this amazing journey, and you know what? I wouldn’t change any of it, not one bit! it’s been the making of me. 

So…the reason I want to write and share my book with everyone is to show this amazing power we have within us, the power that I found in me, that everyone out there has within them.  Its life changing if we allow the door to open and let in the light.

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Fear and it’s Tricks – Testimonial Time

It’s amazing how fear can play tricks with us. So, let’s find out in today’s blog a little more around the subject of fear and how the mind processes it.

The focus this last couple of weeks has been of FEAR! Fear can surface in numerous ways, with anything. It’s interesting to know that we are only born with two fears, the fear of falling and the fear of loud noises. All our other fears have been created by us, through our life experiences and perceptions about those experiences.  We can only learn and process life from our own experiences nobody else’s, therefore everyone’s perception will be different. 

How does our Subconscious process Fear?

Like stress, a fearful response can occur with a thought. It is a thought. It’s a physical response that your body has practiced from your thoughts, memories, and reactions from previous experiences, particularly a fearful one! Your subconscious remembers those experiences when you find yourself in similar situations. Just thinking about those situations that created that fearful moment initially within you can strike an adverse bodily response. 

Cynophobia ‘The Big T-Rex!’

For example, let’s use an irrational fear, fear of dogs, known as ‘Cynophobia’, as today’s testimonial is just that.  Say you had ‘what seemed to you’ at the time a very big dog running towards you when you were a toddler.  This dog was observed, ‘by you’, like a big, massive T-Rex coming at you! As a child our minds are very creative.  Now, remembering that the subconscious doesn’t understand the difference between reality or whether we are thinking it, the thoughts of a T-Rex coming at you could allow strong emotional responses to come into our mind, especially in a two-year-old.  This would instantly create a fear response.  

To add to it…if your parent or guardian responded in a way to protect you, suddenly whisking you off out the way of the so observed T-Rex dog! that would reaffirm within you what you were experiencing. ‘He’s going to bite me!’. It’s the emotional response to that situation that creates the deeper-seated memory.  

Why and How does this Keep Happening?

Every experience you have is recorded in your subconscious mind. It is then filed away in your memory bank or memory library so to speak (See The Mind). These experiences will include every second of your life, right back to the third trimester in your mother’s womb. 

Now, consciously we can’t remember every single experience in our life, but our subconscious does. The T-Rex coming at you probably is a memory you will surely remember as an adult.  It’s also likely you have told the story repeatedly to friends and family of how awful it was at the time. Now, from YOUR perspective, it might have been awful back then, when in fact it was just a big playful, bouncy dog just wanting lots of love.

When we experience something fearful, stressful, or frightening and there is strong emotion attached to it, the subconscious logs it away very quickly in that memory library. Each time it is triggered you add more emotion to it. Strengthening the thoughts, reactions, and physical responses, thus creating a habit and a belief around the thoughts and response. All this coming from what was originally a lovely playful dog wanting a great big fuss! 

Each time that child then sees a dog, that memory along with the thoughts and responses reappear, it then builds and builds, creating a stronger fear. It’s how fears expand and trick the mind. The subconscious is also known as the ‘monkey brain’ and our body starts to respond in the same way that it did initially. We must remember each situation is about perspective too. We all have our own perspective, which of course comes from our experiences. Changing our perspective can switch a situation and tip it on its head.

Why does the Subconscious think it’s Protecting us?

We learn a lot from our experiences, and so does the subconscious.  Remembering everything about the situation.  It remembers the temperature of the room, colours, sounds, textures and of course your feelings, responses and especially your emotions. 

When we find ourselves in these similar situations again, the subconscious ‘pattern matches’. In an instant it brings back the information from the previous experience ‘The Big T-Rex!’ and creates a response in the same way.  If you responded in panic, fear, anxiousness, heart racing or a particular bodily response, those feelings arise within you instantly to protect you when it finds itself in that position again. 

The subconscious thinks it must respond this way because it doesn’t know any different, it’s been wired that way. 

The Power of Hypnotherapy

Hypnosis allows access to the powerful part of our subconscious mind (see Hypnosis).  Once in a state of Hypnosis you can be guided to create positive changes to release the anxiety, stress, fear, and feelings associated with our experiences. Our subconscious doesn’t understand the difference between reality or whether we are imagining it, so imagine what you can change when you are in a state of hypnosis being guided to create positive change.  

I liken it to ‘updating your App’ on your mobile phone or computer.  The subconscious works in the very same way. We are literally all a walking set of programs. Your brain fires and wires from our experiences so imagine what you can rewire, just by a change of perspective about your experiences.  It can create amazing changes to allow you to move forward in a positive way. 

Final Words

It has been lovely to receive amazing news of a client having success after just one session back in August 2021.  I received a lovely message letting me know of the success for overcoming her fear of dogs. Sadly, our beautiful dog Tess lost her life to cancer very suddenly last October, we had no idea at all that she was ill.  It came as such a shock to us all, she really is sadly missed.  

Tess used to help me with clients suffering from fear of dogs.  After each session I would bring her into the therapy room and allow my client to meet her, it was always with great success. Working alongside me she has helped so many people overcome their fears, she was just totally amazing.  This client was the last one to be helped by our Tess.  I know now that she works through me as her energy here can still be felt.

I am commemorating this Blog and wonderful Testimonial in remembrance to Tess, she will always stay in our hearts, she was by far the most special dog we could ever have wished to have had in our lives.

Testimonial

I cannot thank Michelle enough for the massive difference she has made to my Daughter’s life. From a very young age my Daughter had developed a phobia of dogs. It stopped her being invited over to friends homes if they owned dogs and would cause her severe anxiety if she came within a few metres of a dog. Over the next few years we tried many different techniques to overcome her fears but nothing ever worked. That was until she met Michelle.

She made my Daughter feel at ease and took time to explore what may have lead to these fears. By the end of the first session Michelle, along with her wonderful dog Tess, helped my Daughter to begin to overcome her fears. It was amazing to see how quickly the change occurred. My Daughter has now gone from strength to strength and was recently was able to stay overnight with a friend who owned dogs. This would never have been possible without Michelle’s help.

You can read more Testimonials here

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Welcome to my Blog and my Writing Journey

Welcome to my BLOG! I’m quite excited with this being my very first. It’s all very new to me, but I want to share my journey as a writer, my journey up to releasing my new book and of course the wonderful work I do as a Hypnotherapist.

Firstly I want to share a little snippet of me with what’s been going on recently……it will also give me chance to catch up with you all with my exciting news, and also processes I have been working through myself. If you want more information about me venture over to my about page, or have a little browse around my website. I welcome you 😊

So….I’ve been writing a book for years about my journey, the journey that bought me to being a Hypnotherapist 📖 📔📑📚 ✍️

It’s been on and off, I’ve doubted myself, I’ve had confidence in myself, I’ve procrastinated, asked myself ‘who am I to write a book!’ 

Well….in fact I’ve written quite a lot. 

As most writers will agree it’s quite a process, you have to address demons deep within yourself. This process I have to admit has been hard for me the last 6 to 12 months, but….I’m still ticking over….just about. 

It’s partly why you haven’t seen a lot of me on social media regarding ‘Harmony Life Balance’ recently. I had to take a step back from it. 

Even therapists have their sh*t that they have to work through! After all, we are only human! It’s been hard, extremely hard and I’ve been processing that sh*t lately. Realising that it’s strongly coming from aspects of a childhood of self doubt, not feeling good enough, and feelings of self sabotage. My subconscious programming and beliefs were just working in a way to keep me feeling safe, to protect me. 

So….why do we need to do this to ourselves? Why do we put things in place to create that protection for ourselves? We all do it in some way or form, even if we don’t realise we do. There’s a part of you (subconscious) that protects you to avoid something because it feels uncomfortable to you. The thought of it, whatever it may be makes you feel unsafe or brings feelings of fear forward, it comes from your beliefs and experiences. 

It started with a realisation Wednesday morning after watching something on my Writers Community . It made me realise there’s no need to wait for that right moment, there’s no need to be in the right place to do something, there’s no need to hold back from doing something you really want to do because you feel you are not good enough to do it! Cut those past beliefs, they no longer serve you, not one of them! There’s no need to wait for something to drop into place, address your demons, just placing your focus in the right way can give you that ‘inspired action’ that you need to move forward, a way will be shown to you. We get what we focus on! 

You only have NOW to move forward from, just NOW! It’s good to ask yourself what are you going to do with NOW? it’s your choice. We only fear or procrastinate because we worry who we are going to upset, risk negative comments or failure. What’s it to do with others what we do? So what if we fail! You learn from it! 

We are the only ones in the driving seat of our life, we are the only ones who can choose to create the life we want, and we do create it, every bit of it! 

I’m ready to step forward, to openly declare that I am a writer, an author, willing to share her story, share her journey, to share her experiences good and bad, to help people on their journey too….I feel newly inspired today. 

After Wednesday’s inspiration I stepped out of my front door…and there…I was faced with what’s in the photo 🪶 a white feather, right on my doorstep 🙏🏼 the feather then vanished, but by Thursday evening it returned right on my doorstep once again. I’m certain there is a positive message within that 🙏

Much love 💜

Feather of Inspiration

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