Do you struggle with confidence or nerves in a job interview?

Do you say something in an interview and later think “I could have answered that better”?

Are you looking for an advantage in today’s competitive job market?

If you answered “yes “ to any of the above then this is the workshop for you!

At the Oke Hypnotherapy “Get That Job” seminar in Manchester you will:

Receive two hypnotherapy sessions to boost your confidence during job interviews.

Learn Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques which you can use during a job interview to really sell yourself to the interviewer!

Be coached in the “DOs and DON’Ts” of interview techniques so that you come across as confident and apt but not overbearing or arrogant!

You will also receive a £20 voucher to put towards the cost of a one-on-one session, should you require it, or you can gift the voucher to a friend!

The cost of this valuable day of hypnotherapy, NLP and coaching is just £75 – a very worthwhile investment in your future!

In fact, if you book before 4^th October , you qualify for an early bird discount and can attend for just £60!

Don’t delay, places are limited and are awarded on a first come, first served basis so book now!

This seminar is being held on 19th November from 9:30am to 4:30pm at Oke Hypnotherapy in Manchester City Centre

In addition to being trained in Hypnotherapy, NLP and Life/Executive Coaching, Gary Oke is originally from a commercial background. In different senior management roles throughout his career, he was responsible for recruiting staff from factory apprentices to National Account Managers and has interviewed countless job applicants during this time.

I was pleased to find that Steve’s methods are very similar to the way that I work with weight loss clients, in particular his 80/20 plan, and we hit it off straight away as our opinions and techniques overlap greatly. Having stayed in touch, often discussing coaching and hypnotherapy techniques, particularly for weight loss and confidence clients, we decided it would be great to work together, combining our skills and experience as hypnotherapists and life coaches.

It’s my great pleasure to announce that Steve and I will be presenting “The Steve Miller Plan” at Oke Hypnotherapy Manchester on 8th October, 2011.

The day will run from 9:30am to 4:30 pm and will include:

The “80/20 Plan” of food control.
Learn self-hypnosis for weight loss.
How to stop comfort eating.
Exercising for pleasure, not pain!
How to keep the weight off!

Delegates will also receive a copy of the Steve Miller Weight Loss Manual – this is not available in the shops!

To book, please visit the Events page of my Manchester Hypnotherapy website.

Find out why previous weight loss attempts have only ever been temporary.
Understand how and why hypnotherapy is so effective in changing your relationship with food and eating.
Ancient body, modern mind – how to turn your body into a natural and effective fat burning machine!
Three weight loss hypnotherapy sessions throughout the day!
One Gastric Band Weight Loss hypnosis session!
CD recordings of the four sessions that are carried out throughout the day!

All participants will receive a £20 Oke Hypnotherapy gift voucher to either put towards the cost of a one on one session, or give to a friend!

If you quote “Oke Hypnotherapy Blog” when booking then receive a £45 discount!

This is not a diet plan or a slimming club! Weight loss hypnotherapy helps you to change your lifestyle and relationship with food and eating so the changes are permanent – no more yo-yo dieting!

The taster day is being held on Saturday 2nd July 2011 in Manchester City Centre.

As well as finding out more about hypnotherapy, NLP and Life Coaching, you will get the opportunity to discuss hypnotherapy with the BEST trainers, learn self-hypnosis, travel a NLP timeline and discover the Life Coaching Wheel.

The cost of the day is £25 per person which is redeemable against the cost of a BEST hypnotherapy training course should you decide to take things further. There is no “hard sell” to train with us and you will find the day’s teaching valuable even if you decide not to train further.

More information can be found at the Manchester Hypnotherapy Training website.

The plan is to update the Facebook page daily (or as close as I can get to that). No, it won’t just be a pile of adverts! I intend posting up useful tips on weight loss, self-confidence, overcoming addictions and lots more. It will also be a faster way to keep people updated on seminars and workshops, although the full versions of such posts will appear on this blog and on my website.

The Oke Hypnotherapy and Life Coaching Facebook Page

Negative emotions such as worry, guilt, jealousy, anger, hate, regret, apathy, fear and blame don’t achieve anything. They just make situations harder to deal with and can harm you both mentally and physically! The anxiety caused by these feelings cause your body to go into “fight or flight”. During this process, your heart rate and blood pressure increase, your body makes adrenalin that isn’t going to be used, your immune system lowers and your digestive system slows down.

This one day workshop is based on techniques Gary uses successfully with clients suffering from anxiety, depression, and confidence problems but is a workshop everyone can benefit from.

You will learn how to reframe situations and therefore be able to control or eliminate the aforementioned emotions.

You will learn how to relieve stress so that you can see things in their true perspective without unnecessary anxiety.

You will find that when you are free from the limits of these emotions, as well as from your own limiting beliefs, you will be able to do the things that you have known for a long time that you ought to be able to do. This will enable you to reach your full potential in life.

The course is run by Gary Oke of Oke Hypnotherapy. Gary holds diplomas in Hypnotherapy and Stress Management, Advanced Hypnotherapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Life Coaching, Emotional Freedom Technique, Complete Mind Therapies, and is a British Ethical School of Therapies Master Practitioner in Applied Clinical Hypnosis as well as being a member of the British Institute of Hypnotherapy and the General Hypnotherapy Register. Gary also teaches hypnotherapy at British Ethical School of Therapies where he was originally a student.

In addition to his experience as a hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner and Life Coach, Gary has trained and managed sales and telesales teams on a national level. This work includes motivational training, sales training, interpersonal skills and time management. Gary has also worked alongside management consultants on “Commitment to Excellence” and “World Class Business” programmes.

Gary was also on Duncan Bannatyne’s team of experts for the recent television show on Virgin One “Duncan Bannatyne’s Seaside Rescue” where Gary coached and produced a cast of actors as part of the improvements made to the Newquay tourist attraction “Tunnels Through Time” (now Buccaneer Bay). Some of the cast had no previous acting experience but were “camera ready” in under a week, from both performance and confidence perspectives!

The cost of the course is £99.00 per person. Discounts are available for groups of four or more.

Places must be pre-booked as numbers are restricted. To book a place on this course, please call 0800 197 2775 or email gary@okehypnotherapy.co.uk.

Most of us have been in situations when our reactions were not appropriate. We may have felt insecure, nervous or out of control. Assertiveness and confidence is learned behaviour. When we learn how to communicate clearly our needs, wants and feelings we find that we have better relationships with people around us, at work or at home. We also have a better relationship with the most important person in our life – ourselves.

This one day workshop will give you practical tools and techniques which will help you be more confident and successful when you are communicating with others. The workshop will help you to understand how your behaviour can affect others, positively and negatively. It will help you to make changes in your life, for the better.

The day will cover topics such as:

What is self-confidence?

Why are some people lacking in self-confidence while others exude it?

What makes a person come across as being confident?

How do some people appear to “own the room” when they enter a situation?

Public Speaking and giving presentations.

As well as receiving hypnotherapy throughout the day, you will learn body language and NLP techniques/language structures to give you the assertiveness to control your life in both business and social circles.

The course is run by Gary Oke of Oke Hypnotherapy. Gary holds diplomas in Hypnotherapy and Stress Management, Advanced Hypnotherapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Life Coaching, Emotional Freedom Technique, Complete Mind Therapies, and is a British Ethical School of Therapies Master Practitioner in Applied Clinical Hypnosis as well as being a member of the British Institute of Hypnotherapy and the General Hypnotherapy Register. Gary also teaches hypnotherapy at British Ethical School of Therapies where he was originally a student.

In addition to his experience as a hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner and Life Coach, Gary has trained and managed sales and telesales teams on a national level. This work includes motivational training, sales training, interpersonal skills and time management. Gary has also worked alongside management consultants on “Commitment to Excellence” and “World Class Business” programmes.

Gary was also on Duncan Bannatyne’s team of experts for the recent television show on Virgin One “Duncan Bannatyne’s Seaside Rescue” where Gary coached and produced a cast of actors as part of the improvements made to the Newquay tourist attraction “Tunnels Through Time” (now Buccaneer Bay). Some of the cast had no previous acting experience but were “camera ready” in under a week, from both performance and confidence perspectives!

The cost of the course is £99.00 per person. Discounts are available for groups of four or more.

Places must be pre-booked as numbers are restricted. To book a place on this course, please call 0800 197 2775 or email gary@okehypnotherapy.co.uk.

The workshop is due to be held at Evade Blackbelt School in Glossop on Sunday 8th August. The workshop is free of charge to members of Evade and is only £5.00 per person for non-members. You must be pre-booked to attend, if you just turn up on the day then it’s likely you will not be able to take part.

Hypnotherapy, NLP and other mind therapies have been used in sports performance successfully for a number of years. In 1962, the Olympic Committee actually tried to ban the use of hypnosis for athletes as they were concerned it was giving individuals an unfair advantage. This ban was unsuccessful as, although hypnosis is very effective in reaching or maintaining optimum performance and settling pre-competition nerves, it can’t take an athlete beyond his or her abilities the way certain drugs can. Also, how on earth would you prove a person has been hypnotised?

This workshop will explain how hypnotherapy and NLP aid in sports performance, particularly full-contact fight sports, as well as how it can be used to control pre-fight anxiety, nerves, anger, etc. There will also be a group session for confidence in competition as part of the workshop.

For further information, please contact Oke Hypnotherapy in Manchester, or Evade Blackbelt School in Glossop.

With this in mind, I have now started up an “Open Clinic” on the last Friday of each month in Manchester city centre. This will give the public the opportunity to hear more about hypnotherapy, have questions answered, and experience a short relaxation session. The Open Clinic groups are limited to a maximum of five people at a time but if you are uncomfortable with group environments or wish to discuss a personal problem, then individual sessions can be accommodated.

If the Manchester Open Clinic proves popular then this service will also be offered in Sheffield in the near future.

For further information on the open clinics, or on hypnotherapy in Manchester, Glossop and Sheffield, please click here.

Chris Boyce of the University of Warwick and Alex Wood of the University of Manchester compared large data sets where 1000s of people had reported on their well-being. They then looked at how well-being changed due to therapy compared to getting sudden increases in income, such as through lottery wins or pay rises. They found that a 4 month course of psychological therapy had a large effect on well-being. They then showed that the increase in well-being from an £800 course of therapy was so large that it would take a pay rise of over £25,000 to achieve an equivalent increase in well-being. The research therefore demonstrates that psychological therapy could be 32 times more cost effective at making you happy than simply obtaining more money.

Governments pursue economic growth in the belief that it will raise the well-being of its citizens. However, the research suggests that more money only leads to tiny increases in happiness and is an inefficient way to increase the happiness of a population. This research suggests that if policy makers were concerned about improving well-being they would be better off increasing the access and availability of mental health care as opposed to increasing economic growth.

The new research paper, entitled “Money or Mental Health: The Cost of Alleviating Psychological Distress with Monetary Compensation versus Psychological Therapy” is published online this week at: Health Economics, Policy and Law

This research helps to highlight how relatively ineffective extra income is at raising well-being. The researchers further draw on two striking pieces of independent evidence to illustrate their point – over the last 50 years developed countries have not seen any increases to national happiness in spite of huge economic gains. Mental health on the other hand appears to be deteriorating worldwide. The researchers argue that resources should be directed towards the things that have the best chance of improving the health and happiness of our nations – investment in mental health care by increasing the access and availability of psychological therapy could be a more effective way of improving national well-being than the pursuit of income growth.

The research also has important implications for the way in which “pain and suffering” is compensated in courts of law. Currently the default way in which individuals are compensated is with financial compensation. The research suggests that this is an inefficient way at repairing psychological harm following traumatic life events and that a more effective remedy would be to offer psychological therapy.

University of Warwick researcher Chris Boyce said:

“We have shown that psychological therapy could be much more cost effective than financial compensation at alleviating psychological distress. This is not only important in courts of law, where huge financial awards are the default way in which pain and suffering are compensated, but has wider implications for public health and well-being.”

“Often the importance of money for improving our well-being and bringing greater happiness is vastly over-valued in our societies. The benefits of having good mental health, on the other hand, are often not fully appreciated and people do not realise the powerful effect that psychological therapy, such as non-directive counselling, can have on improving our well-being.”

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/therapy_32_times