Present for smokers
Historically, we are always ‘rushed off our feet’ in January and February when people are trying to effect change through enforcing New Year resolutions. On the other hand, December is the quietest month of the year when everyone seems focused on preparing for the festive season.
So, in an attempt to reverse this trend and avoid ‘putting our feet up’ and our minds in neutral during December we have decided to entice some of you smokers to bring forward your New Year resolution by stopping smoking in December. In fact we will give you a present of £75 in addition to the massive savings you will be making over a lifetime of not smoking. To benefit from this £75 price reduction you must book by the 8 December and attend both sessions of therapy by the end of December. You can also make further savings by bringing a friend or colleague with you.
For full details of this special offer call 01273 509793 now!
1st Impressions
Are you concerned about the way you look and the image you portray? At last week’s Brighton & Hove Chamber of Commerce meeting the subject of the presentation was ‘what to wear’. Nobody has ever praised me on my dress sense and if I wear something that doesn’t look right my wife or one of my teenage children soon put me right. So I thought I would get some help from the ’so called’ experts on ‘what to wear’ which included Gresham Blake who has a reputation for ’suiting and booting’ celebrities.
One of the speakers claimed that, unconsciously, we make a judgement about someone within seconds of meeting them, based primarily on what we see, in fact over 90 % is based on what we see. On meeting someone your fight/flight response is on alert so that if what you see is a potential threat you can run away. Unconsciously, you are taking note of sex, age, race & build.
Colour is also very important and can say a lot about a person or their business and therefore matching colours with skin colour, personality types and types of business are very important factors to consider. For example, someone working in PR might be advised to avoid wearing drab colours and dress with a certain flamboyance. Some advice for anyone attending a job interview, is to spend some time observing people leaving the office prior to your interview to see what most people are wearing. You can then match that type of clothing when attending the interview.
This is just one of many ways to help develop rapport with the person you are communicating with. It is often stated that communication is based on 55% of what you see, 35 % of what you hear and 10 % of what you say.
Matching and mirroring is one of the key communication skills taught in NLP training. The principle being that if you match and/or mirror the person you are communicating with. IE you mirror their body language, tone of voice and the words they use, you will have a much better chance of being in ‘rapport’ with them.
Mirroring is often something you do unconsciously. Observe peoples body language and you will notice that those people who are enjoying each others company are likely to be mirroring each others body language.
If you want advice on what to wear you might be better off contacting ‘Trinny and Susannah’ or Gresham Blake but if you want help and advice on how to develop rapport and improve your communication skills we may be able to help you.
Feel Good Fest
Join us at the Feel Good Festival at Hove Town Hall, Hove on Sunday 12 November. We will be promoting the EasyStop stop smoking programme and providing smokers with free ‘Lung Age’ testing, which provides a smoker with the predicted age of their lungs.
You don’t have to be a smoker to come along and chat to us. You will be able to meet Andrew Spence , principal therapist at the Brighton & Hove hypnotherapy practice, in person and ask questions about any of the conditions we treat at the centre. For more information about whats on at the Festival visit http://www.starcommunities.com/newsletter.htmWe have a few complimentary tickets available and will give them to the first 6 callers on 01273 509793.
Stress Awareness Day
I have passed Roedean School on many occasions when driving along the Brighton coast road over the last 35 years. On Friday of last week it was different because i was driving to Roedean School for a business meeting with the Brighton & Hove Chamber of Commerce. Although unusual, it was a great setting for a business breakfast meeting with a sea view.
The guest speaker was Susanne Barthelmes from a company called ‘all sorted’. She is a professional organiser which means that she helps people who work in a chaotic, disorganised manner to improve their organisation and administration.
Being more organised means less time wasted, increased productivity and less stress. Most business people agree that technology has made life easier but the downside is that because of email we are constantly being bombarded with information. Whereas our post is only delivered once a day email can be constant throughout the day if we allow it to be. Constant checking of emails results in less time to deal with the priority tasks. If the priority tasks are not dealt with the backlog of administration and filing will increase leading to more stress .
Stress impacts on people and organisations in different ways but generally the outcome of too much stress is a negative one. It is Stress Awareness day today so maybe today would be a good day to review how well you are coping with the stressors in your life. You could visit the life cycle page of this website to assess your level of satisfaction with your life or if you are suffering from the negative effects of stress you can contact us at the Brighton & Hove hypnotherapy practice to find out how we can help you.
