Stop Nicotine Addiction Now
Overcoming Nicotine Addiction
Nicotine addiction is extremely powerful – ranking up there with heroin in terms of its strength. However, your physical addiction only represents only about 20-40% of your dependency — the bulk of the addiction is purely psychological. That's good news! As humans, each of us can obviously influence the behavior or our own mind.How do cigarettes actually affect you? After years of smoking cigarettes, your thought processes and behaviors gradually begin to revolve around smoking. In other words, you develop the thought processes and behaviors of a smoker. I am no stranger to this. When I smoked, each cigarette gave me satisfaction and shaped my words and thoughts, getting me hooked on smoking.Non-Smokers Think DifferentlyIf you want to become a non-smoker, there is a simple way to quit smoking forever. Learn to think like a non-smoker. Embrace the lifestyle change. Successfully quitting smoking starts in the mind. Even highly-effective Pills and Non-Smoking programs will make no difference in your habits until you finally realize that your decision to be a non-smoker must last.So how do you permanently quit smoking for life? You must first understand that nicotine addiction is slowly & definitely ending your life. It eats away at your mind and body and begins to take power over many of your daily decisions. There are so many little ways that us smokers have altered our daily routine to accommodate our smoking habits. For a moment now, imagine how free you will feel, getting up every morning and knowing that your day does not have to start with a cigarette because you have finally become a non-smoker. Do you think being a non-smoker will affect the flow of activities throughout your day? Think about it!Your Health is Your Responsibility… Nobody ElsesThe bottom line is that each of us controls our own mind. Ultimately, you are the only person who can decide to stop smoking cigarettes forever. You hold that power in your own mind.Nobody does it alone. Nobody should ever have to quit smoking cigarettes without help. Support groups are available to increase your chances of success. Plus, stop-smoking treatments are available to help break your addiction. If you have been smoking cigarettes for a number of years and think that your psychological addiction is strong, you may want to consider hypnosis. Though some remain fairly skeptical of this technique, I have used it with success and I know it has helped many others as well.Good Luck & Best Health to You!Dan Gluckman has successfully remained a non-smoker for the past 6 years and is committed to helping other smokers break their nicotine habit. He operates the stop-smoking resource site Giving Up Smoking Cigarettes ( http://givingupsmoking.net ).Get the facts about your options. Find more about how to quitting smoking.


Protecting Those Back To School Smiles
Just a reminder for students and parents that part of any back to school supply list should be a mouthguard for any child playing contact sports such as football, basketball, wrestling, soccer or any sport that poses a risk of injury to a child's smile.
A mouthguard is as essential as a helmet or padding for school sports. Bruises and bones can heal, but teeth cannot be replaced without a lot of cost and pain to the patient and the parents. Mouthguards are also helpful in preventing concussion as they absorb about 50% of the force from jaw related impacts, thus reducing the amount of trauma to the brain.
There are three types of mouth guards: the regular store bought mouth guard, the boil and bite mouthguard, and custom made mouthguards fitted by your dentist. A custom fitted mouthguard will provide the most comfortable fit and a dentist can make any alterations if needed. A mouthguard fitted by your dentist can also be customized to the demands of the sport or athlete.
When caring for a mouth guard it is recommended rinsing with cold water or an antiseptic mouth wash before and after each use. Cleaning the mouthguard with a toothbrush and toothpaste is also acceptable. It is also important to keep the mouthguard away from any high temperatures or hot water as it can warp out of shape and become unsafe and uncomfortalbe.
To ensure the mouthguard continues to do its job it is recommended the child bring it to any dental checkups to make sure it is still fitting properly and is in good condition. The American Dental Association recommends seeing a dentist about a mouthguard for the following sports: Acrobatics, Basketball, Boxing, Field Hockey, Football, Gymnastics, Martial Arts, Racquetball, Rugby, Softball, Volleyball and Wrestling.
Mouthguards are especially essential for kids who have any kind of dental appliances such as braces or retainers. Your investment in your child's smile should not end at the orthodontist's door. By adding a mouthguard to their back-to-school list you can be assured your child's smile is well protected.
Dr. Patric Cohen is a prominent Beverly Hills Cosmetic Dentist Who has lectured and written extensivelyh on custom fitted mouth guards and their essential role in the prevention of dental injuries as they relate to sports. He was a speaker at the 1996 Atlanta summer Olympics as well as the Sports Medicine Symposium on Head Injuries in 1999 in Los Angeles. Dr. Cohen has also been volunteer director of Dental Services at the Vista Del Mar Child Care Facility as well as Team detist for the Long Beach Ice Dogs.
Dr. Patric Cohen has been practicing cosmetic dentistry in Beverly Hills since 1984. He graduated from Stanford University in 1980 and received his DDS degree from USC in 1984. Dr. Cohen is a Fellow in The Academy of General Dentistry, a member of The American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and a member of the International Association of Comprehensive Aesthetics.


3 Things You Must Do If You Want To Change Your Behaviours in a Swish
3 Things You Must Do If You Want To Change Your Behaviours in a Swish
by Gemma Bailey
In this article we discuss how unwanted behaviours can be eliminated in an NLP technique called a Swish Pattern. This technique is also employed by hypnotherapists, and can be used to round off sessions regarding weight loss and smoking.
1. Create a picture in your mind of the behaviour you no longer want to have.
Using this picture you can already begin to make changes to the way you feel about the unwanted behaviour. Notice what happens when you dull the colour in the picture or move it further away. Changing the fine details (Submodalities) can remove the emotional content that is programmed in your mind to associate to that picture.
2. Create a picture of a new empowering alternative.
This is a picture of a new behaviour that will replace the old behaviour. See yourself in this picture (dissociated). This is so that when your brain views it, it sees it as something you wish to achieve. If you're looking through your own eyes in the picture (associated), your mind may believe that you have already achieved the desired behaviour and will not provide you with an adequate level of motivation to achieve it.
3. Make the change as quickly as Swish!
Put the picture of the unwanted behaviour on a big screen in your mind. Then in the lower left hand corner, make the picture of the desired behaviour. As quickly as you can say swish, move the picture of the desired behaviour over and in front of the picture of the unwanted behaviour, covering it completely, then open your eyes. Do this process several times, until you feel unable to recall the picture of the unwanted behaviour or the feelings that went with it. As you repeat the process, do so very quickly. The key to this technique is to confuse the old wiring in your mind with the use of the speed at which you change the pictures.
Swish patterns are great to use on your own but if you would like to adopt some other powerful techniques to use with it, then give me a call in my office in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire where I can discuss with you the benefits of NLP and Hypnosis.

Gemma Bailey is qualified hypnotherapist and NLP Master Practitioner.
She is based in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire and has helped many clients and patients throughout South East England.

http://www.gemmabailey.co.uk
Gemma Bailey is qualified hypnotherapist and NLP Master Practitioner, registered with the General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR), American Board of Hypnotherapy (ABH), British Board of NLP (BBNLP) and American Board of NLP (ABNLP) as well as being a member of the NHS Directory of Complimentary and Alternative Practitioners.
She is based in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire and has helped many clients and patients throughout South East England.
Her vast areas of expertise include helping with weight loss, quitting smoking, stress, bad habits, phobias, confidence building, performance anxiety, regression, Life Coaching and much more. She also offers an exclusive 6 hour, one off session in which a person can overcome all of their emotional problems or anxieties that are holding them back. This is called Turning Point, and details of these sessions can be found on her website.
Gemma is also a qualified trainer of NLP and runs a training company called People Building which provides NLP Practitioner and NLP Master Practitioner Training. Details of these trainings can be found at http://www.peoplebuilding.co.uk
For more information on Hypnotherapy, NLP therapies and Life coaching, visit http://www.gemmabailey.co.uk