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Kimberly Burns, OTR/L, CLT – Perspectives – REAL Health

Keeping An Open Mind

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” ― Albert Einstein

By Kimberly Burns, OTR/L, CLT

Life is ever changing yet when it comes to bad habits, we tend to have difficulty changing. We can get stuck in a routine that’s hard to break free from. You try all the things that you know or believe work to help break a habit yet still it lingers. When nothing you try works, it may be time to step out of the box.

Having an open mind means you are receptive to new ideas or arguments. Your mind is a powerful tool to use in making change. It can be difficult to control your own thoughts due to beliefs or experiences you may have had in life. Negativity can sit in your subconscious and keep you from moving forward. That’s where hypnosis comes in to help change what you have in your subconscious mind that is stuck. Habits and addictions are all learned behaviors and you can choose to let them take the control and lead you down a path you know you don’t want to go or you can take back your life.

Hypnosis is a misunderstood treatment that many could benefit from. Yet how it has been presented in your life or how you perceive hypnosis can hold you back in your journey to wellness. Our perspectives very much affect the way we choose to see our life experience. I’ve been fortunate enough to have had a positive experience with hypnosis in my childhood. My mother was interested in hypnosis and I was able to derive a positive feeling from its use. I like to use hypnosis as a tool to help me control the thoughts in my subconscious that may lead me to stray from what I am working on. It is a technique that you are in control of. You cannot go to a hypnosis session and expect that the hypnotist will change your thoughts. You have to go into it with an understanding of what it is that you need to change and how it can be placed in your subconscious to enable you to overcome the distracting and negative thoughts that can lead you astray. It can give you a subtle feeling of control in that last breaking moment where you may feel tempted to cheat, feel negative or depressed. Just as other tools, hypnosis must be used consistently for effectiveness.

Recently I met up with an educated and experienced hypnotist, Dr. Janice Coleman. She has devoted over 20 years developing the best programs to meet all your personal needs and goals. One of Dr. Coleman’s proprietary programs is Hypnosis-NLP™. It uses the language and anchoring emotions techniques of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) along with the deep relaxation and suggestions of hypnosis to guide you safely and comfortably toward your goals.

Dr. Coleman and I work together to understand my needs to release my bad habit, smoking, that controlled my life. With my permission, she directs my thoughts to a positive, healthy outlook, providing me with a tool to use to help release the fears and anxiety that keep me chained to that negative behavior.

Using her Doctorate in Curriculum Development from the State University of New York and her training in NLP and Hypnosis education from the World Institute of Cognitive Studies, Dr. Coleman has developed effective programs in Weight Loss, Nutrition, Smoking Cessation, Substance Abuse, and other customized positive change programs to meet the needs of each client. Her motto is: “Where Permanent Changes Happen!”

In 2012, Dr. Coleman received specialized training in Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis from Sheila Granger, the innovator of this cutting edge, permanent weight loss solution in England. In this program, Dr. Coleman works with your subconscious mind so it believes you had the gastric band surgery. The surgery tightens the upper part of your stomach with a special plastic band making it the size of a tennis ball. Her subsequent hypnosis sessions reinforce the belief that you feel full with three small, nutritious meals a day. The excess weight releases easily and permanently with no side effects.

Dr. Coleman offers consultations and individual hypnosis sessions in her private Sarasota office as well as home visits. You can contact her at: (941) 356-5506 or visit her website: www.InvincibleSolutionsHypnosis.com.

Keeping an open mind can change and free your life in a way you would have never expected!

Kimberly Burns, OTR/L, CLT, is an Occupational Therapist with over 14 years’ experience working with clients ranging from infants to the elderly. She has always had passion for wellness and what she could do at home for herself to manage pain and delay disease processes. Her recent certification in Lymphedema Therapy has provided her further incentive to focus her business around preventing disease and halting its progression. Kimberly Burns, OTR/L, CLT – (215) 499.0444 – Kim.Burns@SensoryIntuition.com – www.SensoryIntuition.com.