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Greatest Discovery of all Time

If someone were to ask you what the master discovery of the ages was, what would you answer? Well, you might suggest something in the scientific field like atomic energy or you may suggest travel to space or perhaps a cure for life threatening diseases!  Great as these are, the master discovery of the ages is within all of us.  It is simply the extraordinarily powerful workings of our subconscious mind.

It is through the work of great men like Sigmund Freud only in the last century and which continues to this day that we are beginning to glimpse the power behind our waking lives.

The Limitless Nature of the Subconscious

Research has shown that our conscious awareness is limited in that most of us can only focus our attention on no  more than seven thoughts at a time and even when we do this we go from one to another in quick succession rather than thinking of them all at one time. The subconscious, however, is capable of attending to millions of the most intricate and complex tasks from regulating our breathing and heart beat to controlling all the chemical processes in our body.

We don’t often stop to think that if the subconscious refused to take charge of our breathing or our heart beat we could not function. Yet these are just two of the many processes which sustain life and make it possible for us to get on with our daily lives without being bogged down with thinking about taking our next breath or having the next heart beat.

As a Man Thinketh

“As a man thinketh, so he is”.  These very famous words, by the sage James Allen, tell that the thoughts we dwell upon reflect how we feel and who we really are. It is our feelings that are the driving force behind our every word, action and reaction  and as such paint the picture of ourselves we show to the world. It is by feeling the way we do that we attract to ourselves the people and experiences we have.

Would it then not make more sense for us to practice dwelling on thoughts that will make us feel the feelings that will attract the people and experiences we say we want. Thoughts which recur on a daily basis betray our true feelings but more importantly tell us what we have been attracting into our lives. Thinking a certain way can become a habit and like all habits we become a slave to them having no longer to consciously control them without enormous effort.   Everything we attract into our lives is as a result of those very thoughts we can’t stop thinking and determine how we react to any given situation or person again and again!

The more we think that we can’t do something the more it becomes impossible to do it. Whether we are singers, actors, sport people, writers, teachers, plumbers, doctors or from any walk of life we are only as good as we believe ourselves to be. It doesn’t matter at the end of the day how much natural talent you have or gifted you are, you are limited by the belief you have in yourself.

The Prison of Irrational Fear

So many performers who could be so much better fall victim to and are paralysed by irrational fear, and the ensuing lack of confidence, to the point where they are physically sick before going on stage or before a big competition. This kind of fear imprisons us and forbids us to reach our full potential. The key to the prison which lies within is the unlocking of the power of the subconscious mind freeing us from all kinds of mental and physical bondage.

Within each of us lie infinite wisdom, infinite talent, infinite courage, and infinite love.  It is all there waiting for us to use, we just have to become aware of it and learn to access it thus allowing us to make all our dreams a reality. We need to befriend the genie within each one of us.

Trust in the Power of the Subconscious

“The law of life is the law of belief”, says Dr Joseph Murphy. Do not hold yourself back by holding fast to limiting thoughts and beliefs.  Use the power of your mind to see yourself at your best, performing at your best, feeling your best, looking your best and ultimately this is what you will achieve.  Stop the negative criticism and feed yourself loving, inspiring words, imagine yourself performing perfectly.  Do this regularly and with love and tenderness and watch the changes you bring about in your life. Remember if the subconscious can control all those things that your conscious mind can only deal with one at a time then imagine what it can do with a simple request for excellence!

Hypnosis to Harness the Power of the Subconscious

Hypnotherapy guides you to connect with the infinite power within you to achieve all the things you imagine you might like to have.  After all what the mind perceives … you can achieve. With a little guidance you can learn to change your thoughts and thus change your destiny!

Following is a link to our downloads page where you can purchase for £29.99  high quality hypnosis audio programs made by Xavier and Mary Nathan who run their own  Private Hypnotherapy Practice , Setanta Hypnotherapy Clinic in Peel, Isle of Man.

Setanta Hypnotherapy Clinic Audio Downloads Page

For more information or to book a Free Initial Consultation contact Xavier or Mary on 01624 842938 or visit the website:

Setanta Hypnotherapy Clinic Website

To connect with Xavier and Mary on Facebook

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Treating Phobias at Setanta Hypnotherapy Clinic


What is a Phobia?

A phobia is an irrational fear of something which, in fact, poses very little danger to the sufferer.  He or she knows that this fear is illogical but is unable to control the panic and anxiety which when confronted with the phobia is completely overwhelming.  The panic and terror is automatic and often prevents people from doing ordinary things they would love to do.The most common phobias are:

• Fear of spiders

• Fear of flying

• Fear of needles

• Fear of  dogs

• Fear of public speaking

• Fear of illness

• Fear of enclosed spaces

• Fear of open spaces

• Fear of heights

This is just a brief list of the most common cases we have treated at Setanta Hypnotherapy Clinic but in reality people could and do have phobias about anything.

What is the difference between a normal fear and a phobia?

Fear is a useful tool to have because it protects us from/in dangerous situations.  It is an adaptive human response and is there for protective purposes … bring our “fight-or-flight” response into play when needed.  For example, it is normal to feel fear if facing a wild tiger, but should the same fear be experienced when facing a domestic cat? For a person suffering from a cat phobia the same rush of anxiety and fear would catapult them into an immediate state of panic which to a cat lover seems totally irrational or bizarre.

What is the difference between a normal fear and a phobia? Fear is a useful tool to have because it protects us from/in dangerous situations.  It is an adaptive human response and is there for protective purposes … bring our “fight-or-flight” response into play when needed.  For example, it is normal to feel fear if facing a wild tiger.  But should the same fear be experienced when facing a domestic cat? For a person suffering from a cat phobia the same rush of anxiety and fear would catapult them into an immediate state of panic which to a cat lover seems totally irrational or bizarre.

Common Phobia signs and symptoms:

• Palpitations and pounding of heart and increased heart beat

• Dizziness, feeling faint

• Trembling body

• Sweating

• Nausea

• Fear of losing control

• Throat closing up

• Loud noises in ears

Some people suffer from a couple of these symptoms and others suffer them all and more!

How can Hypnotherapy help with phobias?

Most clients who visit our clinic have phobias which can be successfully treated with three sessions of Suggestion Therapy.

The First Session is Information Gathering, during this session I ask many questions about the client’s background, the history of the phobia and the changes the client wishes to make in his/her life.  The client learns Self-hypnosis during this 2 hour session and this starts the client on the road to freedom!

The Second Session is a Suggestion Therapy Session during which the client is guided into a state of hypnosis and positive life changing suggestions are given.  The hypnotic state, which is simply a state of relaxation during which the analytical mind is relaxed and the subconscious mind comes to the fore, allows the client to readily accept the positive suggestions for change which s/he has already stated in the first session.  This therapy is about empowerment … allowing the client take responsibility for their own life, thoughts feelings and behaviour.

From the information I gather in the first session I make a personalised CD for each client.  This CD is of benefit only to the person it has been made for because it contains positive suggestions relating to what the client specifically stated in session one.  This CD is given to the client at the end of the second session and I request that the client take responsibility for playing this every night for a minimum of 90 nights.

The Third Session may contain any or some of the following techniques:  Fast  Phobia Cure, Pin Point Analysis, Traumatic Incident Reduction, The Swish Technique and or Healing the Inner Child.  This session depends of the individual client and what they present in session.

A phobia is by its very nature debilitating and may limit a person hugely, restricting job promotion, travel, social life and many other aspects of life.  Sometimes there is an emotional root cause that needs to be looked at before the phobia is cured.  If this is the case then Analytical Hypnotherapy is the route we would promote.  An example of this may be Tokophobia , (to mention just one )… which is a fear of pregnancy and/or giving birth.  If there is an emotional root cause it would be like putting a plaster on an infected wound without cleaning it to do Suggestion Therapy alone.  Analytical Therapy requires a minimum of 12 sessions, for more information please look at our webpage explaining the difference between both therapies.

Hypnotherapy lends itself very well to the treatment of phobias in people of all ages.  All it takes is the client choosing to embrace positive changes in his or her life and trusting that all will go well.

Hypnosis for Life Video from YouTube

Following is a video created by Clinical  Hypnotherapists Xavier and Mary Nathan who both own and run their own private hypnotherapy practice in Peel, in the Isle of Man;  Setanta Hypnotherapy Clinic. The video explains explains hypnosis and the role it plays in the therapy they  provide.

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