In this E-News:

November Speaker-Lisa Mills: "When You're Out of Gas, Do You Drive to Dairy
Queen?"
The How-To of emotions, reading, interpreting, taking action and shifting.
Feature Article-Connie Brannan, CHt. "Turning Point"
Connie shares a simple and powerful technique for solidifying a goal into your
future timeline.

November Meeting Announcement and Misc.
--Call for Articles
--Call for Participants, World Hypnotism Day, 2010.
--2010 NGHWA Officer elections on Nov. 13th.
--2010 Membership Renewals

Member Announcements
--Quick Action Offer--who wants to go to Las Vegas and learn advanced
Conversational Hypnosis Nov 18-22?
--Connie Brannan is teaching specialized self hypnosis courses at Bellevue this
winter.
--Keith Livingston conducts a Seattle Meetup group for hypnosis and NLP
enthusiasts. Monthly.
--Connie and Michael Brannan offer life and career enhancing Seattle NLP
certification trainings. Ongoing.

GREETINGS:

I hope you'll join us this Friday, Lucky 13th for another gathering of the NGHWA
hypnosis professionals and enthusiasts at the PUD! Next two meeting dates have
been finalized: Dec. 11th, 2009 & Jan 8th, 2010. This month's meeting features
Lisa Mills, Certified Hypnotherapist and HypnoCoach™, offering a powerful
presentation on emotions. I don't know how you FEEL about that, but it's got me
plenty excited and full of positive anticipation. And the title alone has me
hungry for ice cream! Here's more details:

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

This month's speaker is Lisa Mills. Her topic is "WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF GAS, DO YOU
DRIVE TO DAIRY QUEEN?."

Lisa says:

Of course not, you go to a gas station. A Peanut Buster Parfait can't fuel a
car. But if you don't understand what those indicators on your dashboard are
trying to tell you, when the red lights start flashing, you may well take an
inappropriate, ineffective, or even detrimental action to alleviate the anxiety
all those red lights cause.

Our feelings and emotions are like those lights and gauges on a car's dashboard.
They're there to give us information - but what are they trying to tell us? What
are those feelings for? As hypnotists, we work with people's emotions and
feelings all the time. If we don't understand what our client's feelings are
for, how can we be sure that what we do is helpful,or effective?

During this talk you'll learn what emotions are for, how to interpret what
they're telling us, and appropriate actions to take to satisfy those feelings.
With this knowledge you'll be equipped to more effectively help your clients, as
well as yourself.

Here is Lisa's contact information:
Lisa Mills
Certified Hypnotherapist
HypnoCoach™
lm@millshypnosis.com
http://www.millshypnosis.com
Heliotrope Hypnosis
Seattle, WA
206-499-3057

FEATURED ARTICLE:

"Turning Point" by Connie Brannan, CHt.

I woke up the other day, actually lingering in that space between wakefulness
and sleep, that powerful place of connection with my unconscious mind--and the
words came to me: "turning point." Huh? Turning point what? I wasn't sure
what that meant, but it was clear to me that it was massively important. In
fact, it is!

It's the main piece of the puzzle that moves thinkers to doers. It sparks
action. It's a realization. It's a mind set. It's a knowing that what you
desire is a sure thing and NOW is the time for forward movement. Thinking about
making a change in your life may be excrutiatingly long and painful. But when
you reach that magical "turning point" in your mind, you just KNOW. It's time.
And knowing that, change is instant. It just happens. If the change is
something like re-shaping your body, it does take time to manifest--but the
important change itself has already happened. That snowball is rollin' down the
hill!

Here's a simple technique to help shift your mind into "turning point" mode.
This technique convinces your unconscious mind that what you want (your
well-formed goal) is a "done deal" and therefore you find yourself doing what
you must do to make it happen.

Think about your lunch yesterday. Yesterday is in your mind. Now, physically
point to yesterday. Where is it? Is it in front of you, behind you, up, down,
left, right? Find yesterday in space. There it is! Excellent! Now, find
tomorrow! Where is tomorrow in space? Where is that located? Now, connect the
dots!

By the way, there are no right or wrong answers here. Everyone is different.
What we're doing here is eliciting a "timeline." When you take the point of
yesterday and the point of tomorrow, and connect those dots, you can imagine
them forming a line. A line representing your life. Your past. One direction.
Your present. Where your body is right now. Your future, another, possibly
opposing direction. It's not always a straight line. It could be an arc, it
could be a Vee-shape. It could be something else. Most common is a line! My
timeline has the past to my left, and the future to my right. I'm sitting smack
dab in the here and now. I'm not actually IN my timeline, it sits in front of
me, and I can see it. (I like it that way!) Find your timeline. What does it
look like? It may resemble a beam of light, like a light sabre. It may be like
Dorothy's yellow brick road. Mine is a beautiful ribbon. Like satin. It could
be a rainbow. Part 1. Find your timeline.

Next, be sure you have a goal in mind. You know what you want, when and where
and with whom you want it, how it would look and feel and be and sound and taste
to have it, that it's realistic and doable, that it's something you can initiate
and maintain by yourself, that it makes sense for the whole of your life, for
all aspects of your life. Create an image, a symbol representing that goal.
Maybe it's a shape. Maybe it's red triangle, maybe it's an etching on a slate
tile, maybe it's a glowing sphere of energy, maybe it's a word floating in
space, it can be anything. Something that to you represents your goal.

Now close your eyes (after reading this through, and of course, when it's safe
and appropriate to do so--not while you're driving your car or riding on a
mowing tractor or cooking or playing with ginsu knives...) and imagine your
timeline spread out in front of you. Straightened out (if it's curvy) and
placed on the floor. Imagine yourself floating up, up over your timeline. You
can see it! All of it. Stretching like a beautiful ribbon or road beneath you.
Orient yourself facing towards the future. Bring your goal with you, holding
onto it. Now imagine floating gently, comfortably, slowly forward in time as
you move in the direction of your future. At the precise moment when you want
your goal to manifest, and your unconscious mind can guide you in this, drop it!
Let go of the goal and watch it fall and settle itself into your timeline!
Embed itself. Become part of it. Notice all the changes, including the ripples
moving in each direction through time this causes. Your goal is now a part of
your future, inevitable. Like taxes. :) It's coming! Know that and feel
good!

Now, orient your body back toward the present and past. Float again, gently,
towards the here and now. When you are directly above the here and now location
on your timeline, float down back into this moment, this place, wide awake and
aware, alert, feeling GREAT, all systems returning to normal, sitting before
your computer, or lying on your bed, on whereever you are doing this exercise.
If you had adjusted your timeline to a new orientation for this exercise, such
as flattening it, allow it to "spring back" into it's preferred shape and
location.

Your unconscious mind will now guide and nudge you to do what you have to do to
get your well-formed goal. The turning point has happened in your mind, and the
steps towards that goal become clear, and you find yourself not just seeing
steps, but STEPPING. Moving. Taking action. Enjoy your new success!

Connie Brannan, CHt., is a Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapist and Licensed Trainer
of Neuro Linguistic Programming™.

She is an active member in several professional organizations, including the
NGH, the NGHWA, 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

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT AND LOCATION:

Please join us Friday, November 13th, 2009, for our next NGHWA chapter meeting.
This month's meeting features a powerful and valuable talk on improving your
client skills re: reading and guiding emotions, presented by our own Lisa
Mills. Our 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!

Please visit http://www.nghwa.org for maps and directions.

OFFICER ELECTIONS:

It's time to vote for your new NGHWA Board of Directors for 2010. In December
we'll transition to the new (or continuing) officers, who take full charge
effective January 1st.

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS, WORLD HYPNOTISM DAY:

Let us know how you want to participate in 2010 World Hypnotism Day, this
January 30th. We're looking for speakers, both for general presentations to the
public and presentations to professional hypnotherapists. Contact: Michael
Brannan, NGHWA President, cmbrannan@yahoo.com.

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 paid 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 Connie Brannan and Michael Brannan:

We have a last minute offer here for anyone who is interested and available for
travel. We have TWO FREE TUITIONS to an advanced Mind Bending Language training
(this course sells for $995) happening this month in Henderson, Nevada (right
outside Las Vegas). The trainer is Igor Ledochowski, world renowned leader in
the field of conversational hypnosis. The training is November 18-22. If
you're interested, call Connie ASAP for more details. (425) 564-8608. It's not
impulsive, it's spontaneous. It's called "strike while the iron is hot." If
you can afford the time and trip, we can provide free tuition to this training.
2 seats available.

Connie is teaching FUN and powerful self-hypnosis courses at Bellevue College!
http://www.campusce.net/BC/course/course.aspx?C=11559&pc=1066&mc=1387&sc=
Healthy Hypnosis: Let Go of Weight

Also:
Discover Seattle NLP Trainings with Mindworks NLP. Pump up your success! Join
experienced Licensed Trainers of Neuro-Linguistic Programming™, Connie and
Michael Brannan, for our certification training programs. Earn your "stripes" as
Licensed Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming™ and Licensed Master
Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming™. Our certification trainings are
recognized and endorsed by Richard Bandler, the co-originator of these amazing
technologies, and by his Society of Neuro-Linguistic Programming™.

This is the time to learn these transformation technologies to build your wealth
and influence and success. 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
or contact 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:

Check out The Seattle Hypnosis/NLP Meetup Group!
Come meet with us to discover NLP and Hypnosis secrets, techniques, methods,
exchange ideas, etc. Whether you're a pro or just interested you're welcome to
come.

We usually hold 1 meeting per month on subjects related to NLP and hypnosis. The
events are typically combined lecture/demonstration/practice. To attend the
meetings, sign up for meetup.com and then this group.

It's free to attend. C'mon down, learn, network, and get hypnotized! For more
information, check out http://www.meetup.com/nlphypnosis/

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

Warm Regards,

Michael Brannan
President, NGHWA

PS: Remember in this meeting, Lisa Mills shows you how to enhance your client
success through emotional reading and shifting. It's sure to be a fantastic
talk, and a valuable and enjoyable way to spend your Friday evening!

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