| It amazes me that even today, knowing the | | | | it. Motivation keeps us going and keeps us |
| connection between the mind and body that we | | | | growing, and everybody has to grow in order |
| continue as a nation to feed ourselves with | | | | to feel fulfilled in life. We have 2 kinds of |
| medicines and other such pills whenever our | | | | motivation in life, things we are motivated |
| bodies send us the message that something is | | | | to achieve and things we are motivated to get |
| wrong. I feel that more time and money should | | | | away from. Strangely the latter contains the |
| be invested in addressing the real causes of | | | | most power due to the fact that it is most |
| ailments, rather than continually treating | | | | like a survival instinct. In short, |
| the symptoms. I am a member of the NHS | | | | motivation is essential in life and you |
| Directory for Complimentary and Alternative | | | | really won't get very far without it. |
| practitioners. This is something that I have | | | | |
| to pay for whist using the very carefully | | | | 3. Life Changes |
| worded phrasing above. My details are on an | | | | |
| NHS list somewhere and I have never received | | | | This is probably the broadest of the 3. |
| one referral as a result of being on it. I | | | | People want their lives changed in many |
| have even hypnotised a doctors receptionist | | | | different ways. For some, changing their life |
| in from on several doctors at a primary care | | | | might be about changing their lifestyle- |
| trust meeting. | | | | taking up more exercise or giving up smoking |
| | | | for example. For others, changing their life |
| Below, I explore some of the reasons why I | | | | might mean leaving behind years of emotional |
| believe hypnotherapy and other such practices | | | | baggage from abusive relationships. Either |
| should be given much more credibility by the | | | | way, one small change always tends to |
| medical establishments. | | | | snowball and have positive knock on effects |
| | | | in many other areas of life also. |
| 1. Relaxation | | | | |
| | | | Hypnotherapy has been used as a therapeutic |
| Lets face it, the only time most people relax | | | | tool for many years and has been recognised |
| these days in when they go to bed- and then | | | | by the British Medical Association since |
| they can't even do that properly, the get | | | | 1955. Yet still it is brushed off as invalid |
| busy brains right at the point where what | | | | and jiggery pokery. If as a nation we |
| they actually need most, is to go to sleep. | | | | invested as much money into alternative |
| Relaxation is so important and should be | | | | practices as we have into pharmaceuticals, we |
| integral of your every day routine. Without | | | | would have invested wisely. People would be |
| it, there is often no way of releasing the | | | | in a better position to take responsibility |
| build ups of stress that accumulate in the | | | | for the impact their lifestyles have on their |
| every day working lives that we have. This | | | | bodies, getting better would be more |
| can lead to aggravated states within the | | | | empowering, potentially less money from the |
| body, such as headaches, IBS, muscular aches | | | | health services would be spent on treating |
| and pains and lack of energy. | | | | symptoms and would be more geared towards |
| | | | finding and solving the causes. Lets hope for |
| 2. Motivation | | | | the future that our potential as human beings |
| | | | can be taken more seriously than our belief |
| Quite simply we don't get very far without | | | | in manufactured drugs. |