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Fear is a powerful emotion that often serves a useful purpose as an effective survival mechanism. But there are fears that can become unreasonable and irrational. They serve no useful purpose and can make it hard for you to do the things you want to do. The response can seem automatic and out of your control. The good news is you can get rid of the automatic response very quickly under the right circumstances--and our hypnosis sessions will provide those circumstances. GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION GET RID OF IRRATIONAL FEARS AND ANXIETY WITH HYPNOSIS Fear is a powerful emotion that often serves a useful purpose. It's an effective survival mechanism. It makes us aware that a potential threat might be close by. When we have a healthy relationship to fear, we can allow it to serve this protective function and sometimes let it motivate us or inspire us to do something great, to stretch our boundaries. But there is a different experience of fear that serves no useful purpose and might be diminishing your quality of life. These are fears that become unreasonable and irrational. They can make it hard for you to do the things you want to do. These types of fears can include: unreasonable fear of driving, of plane flights, of crossing bridges, of enclosed spaces, of elevators, public speaking, spiders, heights, social situations, musical performance, abandonment-- the list goes on. Why do we develop these fears? Typically, when something threatening happens you have a reaction. If the emotional charge is strong enough, your brain takes a "snapshot" of that threat and from that point on, anything that remotely resembles it will trigger an automatic response. Sometimes it's a series of similar events rather than one event that results in the automatic response. SOLIDIFY THE CHANGE DEPOTENTIATE THE RESPONSE EMPOWERMENT The amazing thing about these fears is that they illustrate the power of your brain to learn and respond without your conscious intervention. But the good news is that you can get rid of the automatic response very quickly under the right circumstances--and our hypnosis sessions will provide those circumstances. We'll work together to dissolve the negative responses and create positive, empowering responses instead. If irrational fear and anxiety is interrupting the flow of your life and there's no positive purpose to it, why keep it? Now is a great time to let it go. You can get rid of the automatic response very quickly under the right circumstances--and our hypnosis sessions will provide those circumstances. GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION BOOK NOW "Hi Gary, I am very appreciative of the work you have done with me in our first two sessions. I feel like it is working well. My compliments to you on your expertise and thoughtful, personalized interventions, it is really touching and resonating with me." - Don P. << Back to Services

Online and in-office hypnotherapy sessions customized to your needs and your schedule. Confidential, safe, convenient and extremely effective. GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION HYPNOTHERAPY SERVICES RESOLVE AN ISSUE, IMPROVE PERFORMANCE Private hypnotherapy sessions customized to your needs and your schedule. Confidential, safe, convenient and extremely effective. Click on the squares below to learn about areas where Hypnotherapy and related techniques consistently get great results. If you have a question about an area that's not listed, please get in touch . RELAX FOR DENTAL & MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS PEAK PERFORMANCE FOR SPORTS GET RID OF IRRATIONAL ANXIETY & FEARS PERFORMING ARTS MAGIC BE YOUR IDEAL WEIGHT TARGET A GOAL CONFIDENT PRESENTING AND SALES BOOST YOUR EXAM PERFORMANCE STRESS RELIEF STOP SMOKING HYPNO-COACHING FOR KIDS AND TEENS ONGOING COACHING AND SUPPORT BUSINESSES AND GROUPS PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR LEARN MORE

Participants in our workshops have the opportunity to experience, learn and practice powerful tools for ethical influence and personal development. INTERESTED IN PRIVATE SESSIONS? BOOK A FREE EVALUATION WORDS THAT WORK Effective language and messaging for sales, non-profits, groups ON-SITE OR ONLINE Learn skills that not only improve business performance but also promote greater personal satisfaction for employees and better relationships with customers. A few simple changes to the language you use, your non-verbal communication and the sequencing of the customer experience can help you avoid alienating and losing customers needlessly. Instead, you'll create customer satisfaction and loyalty that is real. If you have a great product or service that offers real value to others, you owe it to yourself, your customers, and your team to let the world easily understand it and easily buy it if they want it. I can teach you some powerful communication techniques that will positively transform your business interactions and the results you get. And you can start using them right away. This is soft skills technology that works. Empower your team with the soft skills they need to succeed. CONTACT US

Discover a new world of satisfaction and enjoyment in your speaking and sales opportunities and dramatically improve your effectiveness. Hypnotherapy sessions designed to bring out the best in you and to keep you on track and continually evolving in the future. GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION CONFIDENT PRESENTING AND SALES COMMUNICATE, INFLUENCE, THRIVE How do you feel when you speak in front of a group? Whenever we speak in front of a group or enter a sales situation, there are multiple levels of communication going on. Usually, we're focused on delivering information about the subject or the product. What many people miss is actually the most important part of the interaction, the non-verbal communication. You are communicating all the time non-verbally and people pick it up right away. Are you nervous and preoccupied? Are you relaxed and friendly? Are you high-energy and exciting? Are you needy and self-centered? Are you someone they can relate to and feel comfortable with? Whatever your state is, people will feel a tendency to move in that direction or react against it. You can dramatically increase your impact and effectiveness by skillfully managing your own state. Our hypnotherapy sessions will help you do that. CLEAR MESSAGING POWERFUL MENTAL STATE BULLETPROOF STRATEGIES People really respond to authenticity. Everybody has things about them that are unique. We'll discover that special something you have, whether it's a special point of view, your sense of humor, a quirk of personality, whatever you have that makes you unique. When you integrate that into your presentations and sales and when that authenticity supports and reinforces the message being delivered it creates magic. The work will happen on many fronts. Targeted hypnosis, coaching, interactive practice during sessions, and developing cognitive skills. The program will be customized to bring out the best in you and to keep you on track and continually evolving long after our hypnotherapy sessions are over. You’ll discover a new world of satisfaction and enjoyment in your speaking and sales opportunities and dramatically improve your effectiveness. Dramatically increase your impact and your effectiveness. GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION BOOK NOW Today's online event was Awesome! Gary provided us with 3 very practical Power Tool techniques that we are able to use immediately to during these challenging and uncertain times. -Tom H. Gary did an excellent job of covering the material he was presenting. I really enjoyed it. This meeting had really good value for me. -Paul H. << Back to Services

Master your mental game by aligning your unconscious and conscious responses. You'll feel much more relaxed and confident as an athlete and notice improved focus and awareness. GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION PEAK PERFORMANCE FOR SPORTS SUPERCHARGE YOUR MINDSET, UP YOUR GAME Sports activities offer an amazing opportunity to challenge yourself and connect with others. Some of my clients participate in sports at a very high level of competition. For others, it's a great way to have fun while getting valuable exercise and relieving stress. Regardless of the level at which you compete, hypnotherapy can be an incredibly valuable tool. When it comes to sports performance, the mental aspect is just as important as the physical aspect. Of course, it's important to build basic physical skills and knowledge of the sport. But when you’re in a competition, you want that training to kick in automatically. You don’t have time to consciously analyze and prepare for each shot or move, and you don’t want negative thoughts, self-doubt and lack of confidence to impede the “flow.” You want your body and mind to work together, so you can be at your best when it counts the most. POWERFUL MENTAL GAME FLOW & PEAK PERFORMANCE BULLETPROOF STRATEGIES Targeted hypnosis, coaching and cognitive skill-building will help you master your mental game by aligning your unconscious and conscious responses. You'll feel much more relaxed and confident in these situations, and notice improved focus and awareness. By removing distracting internal dialog, you'll be able to react quicker, make adjustments, anticipate the next shot and play more effectively. You'll be able to access a flow state that's alert and focused with just the right balance of relaxation and power. You'll be able to access a flow state that's alert and focused...just the right balance of relaxation and power. GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION BOOK NOW "I have used Gary’s services several times and each time I was able to overcome my mental obstacles. The most recent session was done via “ Zoom “ due to covid concerns. I then played in a tournament with nothing clouding my mind during my play. I owe a lot of my success to Gary’s techniques." -Poko P. << Back to Services

Stopping smoking doesn't have to be difficult or complicated. It can  be a quick and easy process. If you've reached the point where you're totally fed up with smoking and you've finally had enough, if you value your health and your life, if you're ready to make a real change, then now is the time to get rid of this unhealthy habit. GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION STOP SMOKING WITH HYPNOSIS WALK AWAY TODAY You're probably reading this because either you or someone close to you is struggling with a smoking habit. Welcome, you're in the right place! Hypnotherapy can help you stop smoking - for good. It can be the difference that makes a difference. Stopping smoking doesn't have to be difficult or complicated. It can be a quick and easy process. If you've reached the point where you're totally fed up with smoking and you've finally had enough, if you value your health and your life, if you're ready to make a real change, then now is the time to get rid of this unhealthy habit. And smoking really is 99% habit rather than a full blown addiction It's mainly the psychological aspects of your smoking behavior, the rituals and routines surrounding it that need to be addressed in order to break the pattern completely and allow you to be a natural, effortless non-smoker. RELAX & REPROGRAM BREAK THE PATTERN MINDSET TOOLS Fear is the mental component that most people struggle with when they stop smoking. Fear that you won't be able to cope, fear that you won't be able to relax, fear that you won't have anything to do with your hands, that you won't look cool enough and so on. These are all rationalizations that the "smoking part" of your mind comes up with. They are excuses and illusions propagated and reinforced by hearsay, media hype and tobacco industry propaganda and disinformation. These impressions are often formed in the early teens, a time when many start the habit. Once you recognize the illusions for what they are, it becomes easy to walk away. I've seen plenty of people, pack a day smokers, stop easily after our hypnosis sessions. These people come in fed up with smoking and ready to change. They follow the program, take responsibility for their actions and they're successful. You'll always have free will. Which is great. Because you can willfully make the decision to quit smoking now. To take charge, to be a leader. And this time you have some secret weapons. You have therapeutic hypnosis, coaching and cognitive skill-building to help you! Once you recognize these illusions for what they are, it becomes easy to walk away. GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION BOOK NOW "I'd say I smoke for a good 25 years. I was a pack and a half a day smoker, I've tried so many times to quit but only last a couple days a couple weeks and then back to smoking again. As I hit my mid 40s I decided to quit again,a friend of mine told me about hypotherapy !!! I told my buddy that shit would not work for me, but I will give it try !!...Three months later I have not smoked!! My wife is also a pack a day smoker and she still smokes till this day I have no problem or urge to smoke !! - Hawaiian B. << Back to Services

Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy are being used more and more in hospitals, dental offices, major sports franchises, business coaching programs and many more areas. As the followup data comes in, patients, doctors, hospitals, educators, coaches, corporations and  insurance companies are realizing the value and efficacy of this non-invasive, cost effective modality. HOW CAN HYPNOSIS HELP? BOOK A FREE EVALUATION HYPNOSIS RESEARCH MOVING INTO THE MAINSTREAM Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy are being used more and more in hospitals, dental offices, major sports franchises, business coaching programs and many more areas. As the followup data comes in, patients, doctors, hospitals, educators, coaches, corporations and insurance companies are realizing the value and efficacy of this non-invasive, cost effective modality. Here are some studies indicating the effectiveness of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy is more effective than nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation: Results of a randomized controlled trial http://www.complementarytherapiesinmedicine.com/article/S0965-2299(13)00210-0/fulltext Big tobacco fuels nicotine replacement addiction, UCSF study shows http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Big-tobacco-fuels-addiction-with-nicotine-11882030.php Hypnosis to Manage Stress Related to Medical Procedures: A Meta-Analysis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2739386/ Boosting Human Learning by Hypnosis https://academic.oup.com/cercor/article/23/4/801/343536/Boosting-Human-Learning-by-Hypnosis The Effectiveness of Adjunctive Hypnosis with Surgical Patients: A Meta-Analysis http://journals.lww.com/anesthesia-analgesia/Fulltext/2002/06000/The_Effectiveness_of_Adjunctive_Hypnosis_with.52.aspx Clinical Hypnosis in the Treatment of Post-Menopausal Hot Flashes: A Randomized Controlled Trial https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3556367/ Guided imagery to improve functional outcomes post-anterior cruciate ligament repair: randomized-controlled pilot trial. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21564307 Hypnotherapy and IBS https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022040397

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Hypnotherapy can help you reset your relationship to food so you can reach your ideal weight without struggling or feeling deprived. You'll feel inspired as you regain control over this area of your life.  GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION BE YOUR IDEAL WEIGHT GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION RESET YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD Hypnotherapy can help you reset your relationship to food and reach your ideal weight without struggling or feeling deprived. Perhaps you've tried to lose weight in the past and found it difficult. You're not alone. Maybe you've struggled with special diets or other complicated weight loss processes like weighed portions and calorie counting. While these things can be very useful at times, they're difficult to keep up long-term. It's much easier to reach and maintain your desired weight if healthy eating becomes a natural, automatic behavior. A program of targeted hypnosis, coaching and cognitive skill-building can help you interrupt habitual patterns of binging or eating unhealthy foods and allow you to create new, healthy patterns. Along the way, underlying factors that may have been driving your food problem can be discovered and released, clearing the way for results that are truly long-lasting and life-changing. SMART GOALS BREAK BAD HABITS MINDSET TOOLS Your body is constantly giving you feedback about what you're eating. Our hypnotherapy sessions will help you take advantage of this incredible resource and let it guide you. You'll discover that the diet that makes you feel great and keeps you in vibrant health is the same diet that allows you to maintain your ideal weight easily. We understand intuitively what foods are good for us, but we can get pulled off track by many things including advertising, food industry tactics, and family or cultural influences. We'll also address the emotional connections you have with various foods. These can be powerful drivers for your eating habits. Our hypnosis sessions will help you make the changes that allow you to reach your goal quickly and to maintain it without feeling deprived. In fact, you'll feel inspired as you regain control over this area of your life. Who knows what other positive impact it might have? Of course, if you have special medical considerations you should consult with your physician or nutritionist to tailor a specific diet for your condition. But whether you design your diet by yourself, or work with a physician or nutritionist, our hypnotherapy sessions will help you stick to your plan while you have an amazing voyage of self-discovery and reach your goals sooner than you thought possible. You'll feel inspired as you regain control over this area of your life. GET STARTED NOW BOOK A FREE EVALUATION BOOK NOW "My life has really improved since going to Gary. Without getting into specifics, it has really changed my life and I'm forever grateful. I like that you see immediate changes and I'm a very practical person so I like that it's changes that people notice right away. He's very caring but most importantly effective." - Nhieu W. << Back to Services

This hypnosis audio session is specifically designed to help you prepare for any upcoming Important Event in your life.  A great preparation tool for: Job Interviews, Public Speaking, Artistic Performances, Weddings, Reunions, Meetings, Conferences, Negotiations, Social Situations, Art Openings, Exams.  LEARN ABOUT PRIVATE SESSIONS BOOK A FREE EVALUATION PREPARING FOR IMPORTANT EVENTS HYPNOTHERAPY AUDIO This Hypnosis Audio session is specifically designed to help you prepare for any upcoming Important Event in your life. A great preparation tool for: Job Interviews, Public Speaking, Artistic Performances, Weddings, Reunions, Meetings, Conferences, Negotiations, Social Situations, Art Openings, Exams. Listen to this session in advance of any upcoming event where you want to be at your best. Your inner state is the key to getting great external results. High performing professional athletes, musicians, actors and business executives know this well. The perfect state of mind will produce optimal body language, posture, eye contact, recall, fine motor co-ordination, brilliant conversation, creative insights and much more automatically. As you learn some interesting background information and listen to stories, you'll be gently guided into a state that opens the door to your unconscious mind. Then you'll do some exercises, building rock solid confidence. You'll program your mind for success. As a result, you'll be free to relax and enjoy yourself when the important day comes, knowing that your desired state will be available automatically when you need it. Don't be surprised when everything goes even better than you imagined. So find a spot where you won't be disturbed, and allow yourself to take a break from the day. You can listen to the recording while sitting or lying down. Play the track at a low but comfortable volume, through stereo earbuds or headphones. Don't worry about trying to remember what I say. Just let things happen. Your unconscious will notice and remember the things that are important for you. You can listen to the recording as many times as you like. Each time you listen, you may discover something new. Gary Schwantes MFA, CCH, CHt., California Teaching Credential, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, NLP Master Practitioner Rising Star Personal Development Services www.risingstarforhange.com <<Back to Products

INTERESTED IN PRIVATE SESSIONS? BOOK A FREE EVALUATION ARTICLES AND UPDATES Here are some articles about hypnosis, hypnotherapy, personal development and the power of the mind. Feel free to leave a comment or contact me with any questions! What Does Hypnosis Feel Like? The Answer May Surprise You. What does hypnosis feel like? So many people are curious about this, and there are many misconceptions about it. For me, "hypnosis"... Procrastinating? Stop Pretending and Set Goals That You Really Want. Are you feeling stuck? Perhaps you have some goals but you're having trouble getting started on them. You brain keeps finding a million... Afraid of Public Speaking? Read This. Many people feel extremely uncomfortable when they are asked to speak in front of a group. Sometimes to the point where it interferes... Hypnotherapy for Weight Loss: Why Does it Work? Perhaps you've tried to lose weight in the past and found it difficult. You're not alone. Maybe you've struggled with special diets or... Break Free from Anxiety and Boost Self-Confidence Anxiety, worry, stress, self-doubt. These are words used to describe thoughts and feelings that all of us experience from time to time....