Self-Hypnosis For Dummies is your hands-on guide to achieving your goals using hypnosis. Whether you want to lose weight, overcome anxiety or phobias, cure insomnia, stop smoking, or simply stop biting your nails, this guide has it covered! The reassuring and straight-talking information will help you harness the power of your mind and re-train your subconscious to think in more healthy and constructive ways, and to overcome specific issues, such as anxiety and paranoia, and break bad habits, such as smoking. The easy-to-follow style will guide you through every step of the process, empowering you to take control and start making changes right away.

Self-Hypnosis For Dummies is your hands-on guide to achieving your goals using hypnosis.Whether you want to lose weight, overcome anxiety or phobias, cure insomnia, stop smoking, or simply stop biting your nails, this guide has it covered! The reassuring and straight-talking information will help you harness the power of your mind and re-train your subconscious to think in more healthy and constructive ways, and to overcome specific issues, such as anxiety and paranoia, and break bad habits, such as smoking.The easy-to-follow style will guide you through every step of the process, empowering you to take control and start making changes right away.

Introduction 1Part I: Identifying Your Needs and Preparing the Way 7Chapter 1: What Is Self-Hypnosis? 9Chapter 2: Getting Your Mind and Body Working Together 19Chapter 3: Using Self-Hypnosis to Achieve Your Goals 35Chapter 4: Resisting Resistance and Avoiding Relapse 51Part II: Training Your Mind with Self-Hypnosis 69Chapter 5: Entering a Hypnotic Trance with Traditional Self-Hypnosis 71Chapter 6: Working with Words: Becoming Your Own Recording Star 87Chapter 7: Consciously Directing Your Unconscious 103Chapter 8: Using Unconscious Self-Hypnosis 119Part III: Improving Your Outlook with Self-Hypnosis 131Chapter 9: Putting Paid to Panic, Anxiety, Phobias and Fear 133Chapter 10: Signing Up to Self-Esteem 149Chapter 11: Minimising Pain 165Chapter 12: Ironing Out Anger 181Chapter 13: Overcoming Insomnia 195Part IV: Overcoming Problems with Self-Hypnosis 209Chapter 14: Quitting Smoking 211Chapter 15: Keeping a Handle on Your Drinking 227Chapter 16: Controlling Your Eating Habits 245Chapter 17: Fostering Good Relationships 263Part V: The Part of Tens 279Chapter 18: Ten Creative Ways to Enter Trance 281Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Know You're in Trance 287Chapter 20: Ten (or so) Reasons to Seek Professional Help before Trying Self-Hypnosis 291Appendix A: Self-Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Resources 297Appendix B: About the CD 301Index 303