Self Help Product Reviews Blog

Hey, if you can’t poke fun at yourself, who else should you poke fun at?

Here’s a cute segment from a late night comic that makes fun of all the self help books out there.

Enjoy!

About a week ago, I gave a review of a new Self Hypnosis Program I had found and wanted to try out.

If you want to read that review first, go here: Self Hypnosis Review, Part 1

It’s been a week since I started the program and I’ve been pretty diligent with it. I’m listening to the CD I burned twice a day most days and at least once every day.

I originally reported that I was having problems getting my body to cooperate and RELAX during the sessions. It finally seems to have calmed down, although occasionally I still have minor problems. One time early on when I finally felt relaxed, I totally fell asleep during the whole thing! I don’t think that what they had in mind and luckily, that’s not usually a problem now.

I don’t feel my minor problems are really getting in the way from me enjoying the sessions or getting something out of them. I am able to follow all the relaxation exercises. I find her voice incredibly soothing and I come away from the sessions with a renewed sense of purpose.

Have I experienced any earth-shattering revelations or successes? No, not really. But I don’t think that’s what it is all about. Plus, it’s only been a week. I’ll give it the whole six weeks before I make an evaluation.

Meanwhile, I’ll keep you posted. Feel free to comment here if you have any questions, although I’m no expert on hypnosis. I can only give you my experiences with it.

Better yet, check it out for yourself and ask the expert there:

Self Hypnosis Downloads and CDs

I was walking with a friend of mine the other day and he mentioned that he used to be a chain smoker. I asked him, "How did you quit?"

He said hypnosis. "Oh, really?" I exclaimed. "How does that work?"

He said he made an appointment based on a friend's recommendation, had a few sessions and that was it. Although quitting cold turkey like that wasn't the easiest thing he's done, it wasn't that hard either.

Although most of us have HEARD of hypnosis working for a variety of problems, this was the first person I had met that actually had done it - successfully.

I had learned a little about self hypnosis years ago, but never did anything with it.

Now I'm ready to explore the opportunities again! I found a great website for self hypnosis cds and instant downloads. It's not run by a charlatan that's just selling other peoples products - she's an actual Master Hypnotherapist and makes all the cds herself. 

I decided to order a product (so many to choose from!) and give it a try. I must admit, I love her voice! And the background music (or in this case-bells)was perfect! Her suggestions weren't beyond what I thought I could accomplish and were filled with practical tips and advice.

I did have some problems getting my body to cooperate. For some reason, it just would NOT relax - my legs would twitch or I'd start getting itchy everywhere or I'd have a terrible time staying still even for a few minutes. It took several sessions just to get myself to relax properly. Hopefully, you won't have those problems.

Even with all my twitching and moving, I still was able to focus on her voice and do the exercises. Now that I can relax, I'm looking forward to really seeing some benefit from this. I'll keep you posted. 

Will self hypnosis work for you? Hard to say - especially if you don't try it.

The cost is inexpensive and who's going to know you are doing it? A short 20 minute session once or twice a day and you could be on your way to getting rid that problem area in your life.

At the very least, you'll be spending some time on quality relaxation, something all of us could use.

Check out this site: Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy CDS 

I think you can tell by now, I've been on a bit of a time management kick. Hey, it's the New Year! What better time than now?

Anyway, I ran across some fun tips for getting SOMETHING done this month. From Real Simple. They called it 31 Ideas for 31 days, but I seriously doubt you could get all this done in one month - but scheduling one of these tasks per week will really make you feel like you got something accomplished. They also claim that each of these little tasks can be done in 15 minutes - I beg to differ on a few of them.

The website itself was slow to load and they chopped up the list to 4 pages, each one taking forever to load. Why? I suppose so they could get 4 times more advertising in on the extra pages. So I'll just give you a short list of MY favorites. You'll have to go to website to get the rest of the list.

1. Empty Your E-Mail inbox. 15 minutes?? I doubt it, but they suggest focusing on only a short time frame (like a week or a month's worth) at a time.

2. Take digital photos of all the valuables in one room for insurance purposes. Haven't you been meaning to do that forever?

3. Program 5 essential numbers into your cell phone. Duh! What a brilliant idea! How about that take-out place you call once a month and have to keep searching the junk drawer for?  

4. Restack the nesting bowls and Tupperware. Seriously, how irritating is it to NEVER find the right lid to right piece of Tupperware?     

5. Tighten those loose screws. You know, the drawer handle that wobbles, the pot lid handle that's loose. Just annoying, aren't they?

And my personal favorite:

6. Create a list of parties you think would be fun to throw this year. Then pick one and make it happen!

Those were my favorites - go find yours at Real Simple.

Okay, I'm off my Martha Stewart kick — seriously.