In this E-News:

July Speaker--Connie Brannan, CHt.: "Transforming Words: Kaleidoscope of Mind"

Feature Article--Connie Brannan, CHt.: "'What do I want?' -- Easy Steps for Goal
Setting and Manifestation of Desires"

July Meeting Announcement and Misc.
--Call for Articles

Member Announcements
--Lisa Mills offers another fabulous, exciting Stage Hypnosis Show. Once you've
seen her you'll know this: "Lisa Rocks!" July 15th
--Connie and Michael Brannan offer life and career enhancing Seattle NLP
certification trainings. Ongoing.
--Connie and Michael are offering a one day seminar entitled NLP for Sales.
July 18th
--Connie and Michael are offering a Biznik Event NLP for Business Success-Pump
up your Sales! July 22nd.
--Keith Livingston is now organizing a Seattle Meetup group for hypnosis and NLP
enthusiasts. Monthly. This month's meeting is July 11th on Ericksonian
Inductions.


GREETINGS:

Thanks to all of you for your efforts in spreading the word on the
NGHWA, our membership is growing every month! Keep it up! The more
minds, the more ideas, the more we can all grow and learn from each
other. Our membership is for everyone, from practicing hypnotists to
hypnosis enthusiasts. Invite your friends!

Keep an eye on the NGHWA website http://www.nghwa.org
<http://www.nghwa.org/> for our new format and features. The first
stage of the update is live now.

There are lots of exciting surprises and improvements in store. If you
have any ideas to share, please email me, Michael Brannan, at
cmbrannan@yahoo.com <mailto: cmbrannan@yahoo.com> . Members, remember to send us
your information for inclusion on our current members page to Craig Sigl at
Craig@break80inc.com.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

"Transforming Words: Kaleidoscope of Mind"
Instantly transform your clients with powerful Mind Shifting Language.

Connie Brannan, CHt. & Licensed Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming

Words have immense power. Language patterns have immense power. We all know
this. It's our stock in trade as hypnotherapists, our tools of transformation,
after all. In this talk, I'll present a fun conversational process, a hypnotic
process using "transforming words" to shift attention to resources, while
inducing trance, and blowing out a problem state! We'll have a live
demonstration of the process, and your own hands-on opportunity to practice as
well.

"Where attention goes, energy flows." Simply stated, we focus on a shifting of
attention to where the problem is not, using paradoxical language to elicit
resources, which we can then attach where needed and useful. A three-dimensional
metaphor: Kaleidoscopes. I love them--those shape-shifting, spinning, living
pieces of art! As we spin or rotate the tube, we get a unique and beautiful new
view of the same bits of glass and beads and paper, etc. which are
present—reflected to us in new ways. It's the same with our minds. They can
spin, too. With transforming words, we spin them in useful, problem-dissolving
directions.

Connie Brannan, CHt., is a Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapist and Licensed Trainer
of Neuro Linguistic Programming™. She's co-creator of Mindworks Hypnosis (a
therapy practice in Bellevue, WA.) and Mindworks NLP (a State licensed
vocational school offering NLP certifications). She also teaches at Bellevue
College, offering an adult continuing education self hypnosis program. She's a
published author and creator of several hypnotic self help audio products, as
well as a trained and certified Stage Hypnotist. She is an active member in
several hypnosis professional organizations, including the NGH (National Guild
of Hypnotists), the NGHWA (National Guild of Hypnotists, Washington
Chapter--where she holds the office of Treasurer for 2009), the IAPCH,
(International Association of Professional Conversational Hypnotherapists), The
International Hypnosis Association, and the Society of Neuro-Linguistic
Programming™. Her websites include:

http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net
http://www.seattlenlptraining.com


FEATURED ARTICLE:

"'What do I want?' -- Easy Steps for Goal Setting and Manifestation of Desires"
Connie Brannan, CHt.

"I hate my life." "I hate my job." "I hate _________." Have you ever caught
yourself thinking and feeling this way? Or perhaps your clients express these
feelings to you? Feeling trapped, or suffocated by circumstances? I think we
all have experienced this. The good news: We all can change things. No one is a
victim in this life. We all have choices. And we can guide others to more
choices, as well, through this process.

The topic today is manifesting. It's about bringing into reality the things we
want, and increasing joy. We're not talking hocus pocus, or pipe dreams. It's
real. In my own life, I've successfully manifested a lot of things, new body
(I've lost a lot of pounds!), new friends, new career, and new passions. You
can, too!

The most important part of manifesting is coming up with and knowing the answer
to this question: "What do I want?" If you're like I was, I'm sure you can come
up with a litany of "here's what I DON'T want..." That's not the question. What
DO you want? Focus on the positive! What you focus on expands. When you focus on
what you don't want, you get more of what you don't want. Think, rather, about
what you do want. Delineate what you want, inside and out, and make sure it's
realistic, makes sense and fits your life. Here's how to create a well-formed
goal or outcome in your mind, or on paper, for yourself or others.

So, you're thinking about what you want: state it in the positive. The next step
is to set the context. Be very specific! Where do you want this goal, when and
with whom? Think about these things as well: Is it realistic? Is it attainable?
"I want to lose 40 pounds by next Saturday." Not realistic! It reminds me of the
magic 8 ball message: "wish for something possible." It has to be physically
possible. Perhaps change it to 40 pounds within the next several months; that's
doable.

Ask yourself: Is this something I can do by myself, start by myself? We only
control ourselves, our behavior, our feelings, we can't control others. "I want
Mary Jane to fall in love with me." That's not a well-formed goal. What you can
wish for, instead, is that you yourself develop and enhance your own positive
attributes that would attract someone like Mary Jane.

Think about the goal in complete sensory terms. How will you know you've gotten
it? What will it look like? What will you feel inside your body? What will you
hear? Smell? Taste? Get every sense involved!

Think about how the desired outcome may change your life, and whether those are
positive changes for all aspects of your life. How will it affect your family
and your friends, your health, your career, your spiritual beliefs, everything?
How does it fit? You may want a promotion in your job, but what if that would
entail much more time spent working and traveling, and less time for your
family. How do you feel about that? Is it worth what it will take to get it?
Think about ecology, as it's called, as you define your outcome.

Ok, now you have an answer to "What do I want?" You have a positive,
contextualized, self-propelling, sensory-based, ecological goal. You've
accomplished more than half the battle!! Now we'll talk about what specifically
you can do with this goal to bring it into your world as reality. Here comes the
fun part.

We play "let's pretend!" Activate all your senses. Go inside your mind and
imagine or fantasize that you have already manifested the goal. It's yours! What
is your life like now? How does it look? How does it feel? How does it taste?
What do you hear? What's going on? Get inside that context you created. Most
importantly, attach a strong feeling of satisfaction to having your goal. I like
to play this James Brown song in my mind: "I feel good! I knew that I would,
now!" Create a knowing, a certainty, that what you want is a done deal. I throw
in some gratitude, as well.

Now, think about how you got there. Notice any intermediate steps you might have
taken to accomplish the goal, and attach a powerful feeling of desire to them.
Feel the satisfaction as you move closer to the goal, step by step, and feel a
growing sense of completion. Make this exercise in imagination really intense,
fully blooming, make it potent! The better you can create a compelling fantasy
here, the more importance your unconscious mind will attach to accomplishing the
goal.

Now, let go and trust. And watch (in varying degrees of amazement) as things
materialize for you. Your unconscious mind will look for opportunities, little
things in everyday life, which will advance you towards your goal. When you
notice these little positive nudges from the universe occurring, go with them!
Go with the flow, towards achieving what you want.

Put a written list of your goal or goals where you will see
it, and spend time every day looking at it. When you review it, notice the
progress being made on each one, and activate that gratitude again! Be
appreciative. Every few weeks, you lather, rinse, and repeat: Re-do the
imagination and desire process. You can modify the goals at any time and make
any changes you desire as you're moving forward.

Life is all about change. Change is good! Change is fun, especially when it's a
positive change you have well-delineated and desire intensely, and have
manifested into your life. Go for it!!

Connie Brannan is a Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapist and Licensed Trainer of
Neuro-Linguistic Programming™, certified Stage Hypnotist, and co-creator of
Mindworks Hypnosis, http://www.mindworkshypnosis.net/about_us.html, a therapy
practice in the Seattle, Washington, area. She is a published author and creator
of several self-help audio hypnosis products, a speaker and a teacher. She is a
member in good standing of professional organizations including the National
Guild of Hypnotists, the International Hypnosis Association, and the Society of
Neuro-Linguistic Programming™.


MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT AND LOCATION:

Please join us Friday, July 10th, 2009, for our next NGHWA chapter
meeting. This month's meeting features an exciting "mind-bending" talk by Connie
Brannan, CHt. Doors open at 6:30 pm for our "happy half hour" for socializing
and networking with some of the Seattle area's top hypnotists! The meeting
proper begins promptly at 7:00 pm.

Meetings are held at:

South Snohomish County P.U.D. Office
21018 Highway 99
Edmonds, WA 98026

Visitors are always welcome. An evening's visitor's pass is available at the
door for just $10. Bring your friends!

Also, if you haven't renewed your NGHWA chapter membership, now is a
good time to do so. Please see our Treasurer, Connie Brannan, at the
table by the door to renew. Annual dues are $60, for current members of the NGH
national. Please visit http://www.nghwa.org
<http://www.nghwa.org/> for maps and directions.


CALL FOR ARTICLES:

Get published NOW! Please submit your hypnosis and NLP themed articles for
inclusion in our next e-newsletters of Hypnotic Health. The articles should be
geared for our general readership. We look forward to featuring your article
soon. Articles may be submitted to Michael Brannan at cmbrannan@yahoo.com.


CALL FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS:

As a member of NGHWA, you can have your announcements included here, in this
e-news. Simply submit your announcement(s) to Michael Brannan,
NGHWA President at cmbrannan@yahoo.com.


MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS:

From Lisa Mills:

Save the date! Another awesome Comedy Hypnosis Show on Wednesday, July 15! Come
see an incredible performance of hypnotic humor as our own Lisa Mills hosts a
wacky evening of fun and altered reality. Best of all, YOU get to be the star!
Come early to get a beverage and the best seat! The show is:

Laughing Ladies Cafe
17551-15th Ave, NE
Seattle, WA 98155
Phone: 206-362-2026
Fax: 206-362-2140

ALL AGES ARE WELCOME, so it's great entertainment for the entire familly!

From Connie Brannan and Michael Brannan:

Take your sales to the next level, improve sales 10, 20, 40%! NLP for Sales,
One Day Seminar/Workshop. Mindworks NLP. $97.00 July 18th at Bellevue Coast
Hotel. 625 116th Avenue Northeast, Bellevue, Washington 98004 9:00 AM - 6:00
PM. Call Connie to sign up now: 425-564-8608.

Biznik Event: NLP for Business Success--Pump Up Your Sales. $20 July 22nd,
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
Event is open to Biznik members only, and it's free to join. More information
here:
https://biznik.com/events/nlp-for-business-success-pump-up-your-sales-4

Seattle NLP Trainings with Mindworks NLP. Pump up your success! Join
experienced Licensed Trainers of Neuro-Linguistic Programming™,
Connie and Michael Brannan for 4 exciting weekends beginning in September, 2009.

This is the time to learn these transformation technologies to build
your wealth and influence. These are fantastic skills for professional
hypnotherapists to enhance their practice as well as for the lay person looking
to craft an abundant life.

For more information, please visit http://www.seattlenlptraining.com
<http://www.seattlenlptraining.com/> or contact
connie@seattlenlptraining.com <mailto: connie@seattlenlptraining.com>
Phone: (425) 564-8608. Mindworks NLP is fully registered and licensed
through the State of Washington as a vocational school.

From Keith Livingston:

Keith has put together a NLP/Hypnosis "meetup" group which meets
monthly, next meeting is July 11th. The current location is the Montlake Terrace
public library:

The Seattle Hypnosis/NLP Meetup Group
Ericksonian Inductions in Mountlake Terrace
July 11th, Sat 1:00 PM
Mountlake Terrace Library
23300 58th Ave W
Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043
425-776-8722

For more information contact Keith at keith@advancingideas.com
<mailto: keith@advancingideas.com> or 206.721.8751

See you soon at the PUD or at one of our member events!

Warm Regards,

Michael Brannan
President, NGHWA

PS: In this talk, Connie shows you almost magical ways to break your clients out
of fixed patterns of unwanted behavior by turning their own language into
positive resources. You'll notice how quickly and easily your clients change,
when you use these mind-bending techniques skillfully. Connie shows you how!