Are You Ready to Make a Change?

Imagine that you have your own blueprint for thinking, behaving, and feeling. It evolved over time and was influenced by your upbringing, culture, family, education, and life experience. It continues to be shaped by your desires and where you choose to put your attention. It is so unique. This blueprint manages how you view and perceive . . . → Read More: Are You Ready to Make a Change?

Did you know that …

Did you know that people who receive hypnotherapy together with behavioral therapy are much more successful at effecting change and maintaining the positive effect over time? In my clinical practice with hypnosis for stress management clients learn a new response to stressors, especially in emotion-focused forms of coping. Attitudes and emotions change from doubt, guilt, and . . . → Read More: Did you know that …

Let’s Do Something About The Stress

Life is stressful. What can we do about it?

All change begins with awareness. Stress resiliency and stress hardiness can be learned, even in adult age. Stress hardiness is a combination of courage and coping strategies that take stressful life situations and turn them into opportunities for personal growth. Courage grows out of fear and is considered . . . → Read More: Let’s Do Something About The Stress

Let’s Talk Stress

It seems like somehow with the modern conveniences and technological advancement we have managed to create living and working environments that are not only stressful but also not optimal for mental and physical health. How many people did you hear today complain about being stressed out, feeling overwhelmed, under pressure, unable to cope, anxious, unable to . . . → Read More: Let’s Talk Stress

Anyone’s Love Story

Press Release June 1, 2011

“Anyone’s Love Story” by Daniela Bayer aims to provide readers with a source of wisdom and comfort as they achieve positive, lasting changes in their relationships

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Once they end a serious relationship, many people are often left with questions to be answered and pain to be . . . → Read More: Anyone’s Love Story

Chemicals that harm with pleasure: Meth

Methamphetamine is illegal, relatively cheap, easy to obtain, and highly addictive. It affects the central nervous system and causes structural, chemical, and metabolic brain changes. Stress increases neurotoxicity of meth. Addiction leads to reduced cognitive performance and verbal fluency, poor attention and memory.

Exposure to meth causes impairment to visual motor integration, sustained attention, and verbal . . . → Read More: Chemicals that harm with pleasure: Meth

Chemicals that harm with pleasure: Cocaine

Cocaine is illegal, relatively expensive, and highly addictive. Approximately 10% of Americans have used cocaine. Cocaine is a neurotoxin that is used as a stimulant as it increases neural and cognitive, behavioral, and sensory activity, and suppresses the need for sleep or food. The toxic effects of cocaine include insomnia, tremors, nausea, hyperthermia, and psychosis.

A heavy . . . → Read More: Chemicals that harm with pleasure: Cocaine

Chemicals that harm with pleasure: Tobacco

Tobacco: is legal. 70% of people who try it become addicted. 20% of deaths each year are due to smoking. Smoking has a genetic effect. It causes nausea, cough, dizziness, chest pain, difficulty breathing, and compromises the immune system.

Smokers end up with panic attacks, cardiovascular disease, heart attack, stroke, pneumonia, bronchitis, . . . → Read More: Chemicals that harm with pleasure: Tobacco