| Part 1: |
What Is Hypnosis? |
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Mind over Matter
What hypnosis can do for you, and how to
tell if you've already experienced hypnosis without knowing it.
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3 |
| 2 |
You Are in a Trance
Everything you always wanted to know about
hypnosis but were too mesmerized to ask.
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17 |
| 3 |
Look into My Eyes
A complete hypnotic session from beginning
to end.
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27 |
| 4 |
Strange Things Are Happening
Interesting experiences you can have while
in a hypnotic trance.
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41 |
| 5 |
Magnetism and Mesmerism
The history of hypnosis from ancient times
until today.
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53 |
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| Part 2: |
The Healthy You |
67 |
| 6 |
You Are Feeling Sleepy
How to use hypnosis to fall asleep, stay
asleep, and awaken replenished at just the right time.
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69 |
| 7 |
You Don't Want Dessert
Hypnosis to control your food intake and
change your eating habits once and for all.
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83 |
| 8 |
A Trance a Day Keeps Cigarettes Away
How to finally quit smoking for good, and how
a hypnotist can tell if you're using nicotine as medicine.
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97 |
| 9 |
Hypnosis to Stop Drinking and Drugging
Using hypnosis to overcome addictions to
drugs and alcohol.
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111 |
| 10 |
Nail-Biting and Other Nasty Habits
How hypnosis can help you get rid of bad
habits and develops good new habits.
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127 |
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| Part 3: |
The New You |
143 |
| 11 |
Learning to Spell While Under the Spell
How to identify your learning style and how
to use hypnosis to master new subjects, stay calm before and during
tests, and talk to teachers.
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145 |
| 12 |
Wide-Eyed at Work
How to use hypnosis to smooth out the rough
spots in your workplace, and how ad agencies use hypnosis.
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159 |
| 13 |
Having Fun Automatically
How to improve your social life and
determine if your shyness needs medical attention or can be eased
with hypnosis.
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173 |
| 14 |
Becoming Game at Your Game
Improving athletic performance with
hypnosis, and an interview with football great Jim Taylor.
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187 |
| 15 |
Throw Out the Viagra
Using hypnosis to have more fun in bed, and
an interview with sex educator Dr. Beverly Whipple.
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199 |
| 16 |
Children and Hypnosis
Hypnotic techniques that are perfect for
helping your child face the challenges of growing up.
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211 |
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| Part 4: |
Get Well Soon |
225 |
| 17 |
Hypnosis and Patient Care
How to make hypnosis your ally in the
doctor's office and in the hospital.
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227 |
| 18 |
Pregnancy and Childbirth
How hypnosis can help you from conception
through your first days home from the hospital with your baby, plus
a detailed script to use during delivery.
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241 |
| 19 |
In the Operating Room
How to relax before surgery, begin healing
during your operation, and have a rapid, pain-free recovery.
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255 |
| 20 |
Open Wide
Using
hypnosis for dental work, including the treatment of tooth grinding
and clenching.
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267 |
| 21 |
Hypnosis and Pain Control
Hypnotic methods of reducing and eliminating
pain.
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281 |
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| Part 5: |
Another Side of Hypnosis |
295 |
| 22 |
Quack Like a Duck
Hypnosis as entertainment in nightclubs and
on television and hypnosis as depicted in the movies.
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297 |
| 23 |
You Once Were a Duck
The dangers of using hypnosis to recover
your hidden memories and to look for your past lives; also, the true
story of an innocent man behind bars.
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311 |
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| Part 6: |
You're on Your Own |
325 |
| 24 |
Do-It-Yourself Inductions
Step-by-step instructions to put yourself
into a hypnotic trance.
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327 |
| 25 |
Do-It-Yourself Scripts
What to say to yourself when you're in a
trance.
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341 |
| 26 |
Locating a Trustworthy Hypnotist
Where to look for a hypnotist, and what to
look for when you find one.
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357 |
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Appendixes |
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Your Prescription for a Stress-Free Day |
369 |
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Hypnosis on the Web |
371 |
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Further Reading |
373 |
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Finding a Hypnotist |
375 |
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Glossary |
379 |
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Index |
383 |
