When I was a very keen trainee Hypnotherapist, I took an extra course in Virtual Gastric Band Hypnotherapy. I was very excited, having seen some amazing stories on TV & online about it's success. I eagerly posted on Facebook for volunteers to 'practise on' - didn't think that one through! I was inundated with requests from friends & even people I'd never met! But I got lots of practise & really enjoyed it, learning some valuable lessons along the way (for a laugh read my 'Con

(And dieting isn't the answer) You know that if you eat less, you’ll lose weight, right? But it’s not that simple... I see a lot of clients for weight loss, many of them share the feeling of despair over their lack of ability to manage their weight. Most have a long history of dieting & successful weight loss, followed by gaining more than they'd lost. If you tend to resume your ‘normal’ eating habits after a diet, feeling that you’ve lost the weight and now deserve to ‘eat a