The Steve Miller Plan – at Oke Hypnotherapy in Manchester

August 16, 2011

Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of attending a couple of seminars with Steve Miller, presenter of the Sky TV series “Fat Families” and author of “From Fat to Fit”, “Get off Your Arse and Lose Weight” and “7 Secrets of Confidence”.

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.


Facebook

June 28, 2010

I finally got round to setting up a Facebook page for Oke Hypnotherapy (I previously set up a group but lacked the time to keep it up to date).

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


Release Negative Emotions – Saturday 4th September, 2010

June 28, 2010

This is a one day workshop, held in Manchester City Centre.

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.


Self-Confidence Workshop – Saturday 21st August, 2010

June 28, 2010

This is a full day workshop and is being held in Manchester City Centre

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.


Hypnotherapy for Fight Performance / Pre-Fight Anxiety

June 28, 2010

This workshop is open to those involved at a competitive level within full contact fight sports such as Boxing, Muay Thai and Mixed Martial Arts / Cagefighting.

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.


Weight Loss in Manchester

November 29, 2009

Healthy Mind – Healthy Body is a new weightloss programme in Manchester.

The programme utilises Hypnotherapy, NLP, EFT and Lifestyle Coaching techniques. There are no weigh-ins, no awful weight loss diet plans and, because of the mind therapy techniques used, the effects are long-lasting and in most cases, permanent! Unlike certain slimming clubs and diet plans where a lot of people might lose weight to begin with but it soon returns when they go back to their normal eating habits.

The programme is also a lot more cost-effective than one-on-one therapy (although that is also available for those who prefer it). In just six weeks, you could change the way you eat (and exercise) forever!

The next group is starting on 10th January 2010. The sessions are held at Forsyth Business Centre at The Triangle in Manchester City Centre. There are plans to also run this programme in Sheffield, Glossop and later, Liverpool.

For further information please visit www.healthymind-healthybody.co.uk


Oke Hypnotherapy is moving!

November 13, 2009

I thought I would just put this up on my blog for now, I will update my websites once I’ve actually moved but……

The Oke Hypnotherapy Manchester practice is moving!

If all goes to plan, then from 30th November Oke Hypnotherapy will be moving from Oldham Street in the Northern Quarter of Manchester to one of the city’s landmark buildings, The Triangle on Exchange Square.

I’m really excited about this move, it means that I have more flexibility especially for hypnotherapy training in Manchester and the regular seminars and workshops that I run, due to having fantastic meeting and training rooms on site, as well as being in a more prestigious part of the city.

The way the move has been planned, this should not affect my availability as the management at The Triangle have been very flexible. The transport links to the new location are fantastic, the metrolink and main bus station are only a few minutes away, Victoria train station is practically across the street and there are three car parks close by (two of which are only £3 to park all day!).

Having been based in the same building for several years, in fact since it was first redeveloped, this feels like a really big move but I’m looking forward to a new era in the Oke Hypnotherapy and Life Coaching practice and am confident that clients will prefer the new location.

Oke Hypnotherapy New Manchester Premises

New Oke Hypnotherapy Location


September 19th Coaching Seminar

September 15, 2009

Really short notice on this one as I completely forgot to blog it!

September 19th 2-5pm is a free coaching seminar. A brief description is below but for full details and to attend, please join Manchester Hypnotherapy and Self-Improvement Meetup Group:

Finding Your Passion
Where are you in your life now and where did you dream you would be when you were a child?
Identifying your true potential.

Limiting Beliefs
What are those negative things that you have said to yourself, or heard from others, that limit you from reaching your true potential?

Planning the Journey
How to start mapping the territory we call life so that you can achieve your passion in life!
This will also include tips on how to continue this process on your own, with or without a Life Coach.


Finally!……………..

March 2, 2009

So, after starting this blog several months ago, I finally got round to adding to it!

Although there are only a few case studies posted so far, it’s beginning to grow slowly but surely. I have selected several other cases ready to post up, I ‘m just struggling for time at the moment with it being my busiest time of the year. In addition to this, I am now teaching hypnotherapy at British Ethical School of Therapies.

If there is any information or particular types of case studies that anyone would be interested in reading then please let me know and I will do my best to accommodate.

Once I’ve caught up with the posts I have already planned to make on this blog, I intend also starting a Life Coaching blog but at my current rate of posting/amount of time available, it will most likely be a couple of months away.


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