Have you ever struggled to find the will power to change an unwanted behaviour? Maybe you want to lose a few pounds, quit smoking, improve your sports performance or free yourself from irrational fears and phobias. Whichever unwanted behaviour you suffer from, hypnosis is an effective way to achieve positive change within your life. Irina Benoit, certified hypnotherapist and owner of Lasting Change Hypnosis in Mississauga has helped thousands of people overcome mental obstacles to live happier and healthier lives.
There are a lot of misconceptions about hypnosis. We’re all familiar with the comedic stage performances where people are hypnotized to comply with sensational and sometimes embarrassing suggestions – clucking like a chicken or having a full-blown temper tantrum in front of a live audience. Therapeutic hypnotherapy is vastly different from stage hypnosis, but both forms of hypnosis use a similar technique. People have to be willing to be hypnotized. They have to have the correct mind set and be mentally willing to accept suggestions. Over the past few years, hypnosis has been gaining popularity with famous celebrities including Ellen DeGeneres, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Winona Ryder, and Tiger Woods.
“Behaviors begin in the mind and that is why hypnotherapy is so very effective, it addresses the root cause,” explains Benoit. “I guide my patients into a state of deep relaxation called a trance that is very much like a daydream. We’ve all experienced trances that occur naturally at one point or another – watching TV, reading a book, or riding the bus.” While under hypnosis, patients are alert, attentive and are completely in control. “During this state of deep relaxation I am able to make new healthy suggestions directly to the subconscious mind which accepts these suggestions. When the old messages are reprogrammed with new healthy messages the behaviors change accordingly. Emotional eating stops and unwanted pounds just melt away. Patients, who have smoked for 3o years, stop, have no cravings and never go back,” Benoit explains. “It’s simple, effective, and safe. In just a few sessions, hypnosis can help change your life.”
Benoit has helped countless clients butt out with hypnosis, with a 90 per cent success rate. Smokers quit without any side effects, cravings or withdrawal symptoms.
“No matter what your struggle with, I can help you,” claims Benoit.
For more information on what hypnosis can do for you, visit www.lastingchangehypnosis.ca or call (905) 271-0695.
