So many people are trying to keep themselves and others safe as they tend to stay inside away from large crowds and even when they go out, they generally try to limit the amount of people that they are interacting with. The isolation, the staying in one place, is creating a lot of Cabin Fever symptomology, such symptoms may include feelings of depression, restlessness, irritability, and loneliness.

Traditionally, people may have had to stay indoors due to snowy or icy weather conditions or travel restrictions. Today, people around the world are experiencing cabin fever while physically isolating in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

While there are different tools and techniques, such as Hypnosis and Meditation,  to help deal with these symptoms, the following tips are just a few of the things you will learn, through Foundations Medical Hypnosis and Life Coaching, that can help you manage cabin fever and limit its psychological, physical, and behavioral effects.

1. Learn to relax: Using meditation and deep breathing is a powerful tool / technique to change your thoughts and emotions. The power of Hypnosis is a very effective way of learning how to change your brain wave patterns, and lower the levels of negative chemicals, such as Adrenaline, and Cortisol, that cause stress and thus symptoms of Cabin Fever, such as depression, restlessness,  and irritability. Using Hypnosis and meditative techniques will also allow you to learn how to flood your body with more positive chemicals such as norenepherine, dopamine, and serotonin. By learning to produce and increase these chemical levels your focus on the positive increases., which leads to the next tip:
2. Focus on the positives in your life: Sometimes this is harder than we think. With all of the negative news and chatter on social and news media we need to  express and consciously focus on gratitude every day. One of the things that you will learn with Foundation Medical Hypnosis and Life Coaching is to create a daily list of what it is you are grateful for and how do those things make you feel. Writing them down you can reflect on them at later times. Some examples of these things may include:
   • the blessings you have in your life: such as your friends, family, and other people who are in your life.
   • having the time to be creative and learn a new hobby or finishing a project you have been putting off for a long time.
3. Go easy on yourself: No matter what methods you use, it can take time to adapt to a new way of living. As the fourth step in “The Four Agreements” states, always do your best. This means that some days you will find yourself doing all the right things and somedays you will find yourself falling flat on your face. Remember when a child is first learning to walk, they take a couple of steps and they fall. Well if they stay down and never get up, they will never learn to walk, Each time they get up they increase the amount of steps they take. Keep at it, continue to practice. Using techniques such as Hypnosis and Meditation will give the perfect tool to lean to keep your focus and get to your goal.
4. Develop routines and stick to them: Creating, developing and following a routine can help you feel in control of your life and situation.
5. Follow a healthful diet: A healthful, balanced diet is important for mental as well as physical health. Develop a plan for eating healthy and stick to it.
6. Keep physically active:  Daily or routine exercise can helps keep the body fit and boosts the positive mood level. It doesn’t have to be a gym routine that leaves you sweaty and exhausted, but but by  developing  an exercise routine that you can perform in your home or garden you will be amazed at how this will lift your spirits.

So move past your symptoms of Cabin Fever, pick up the phone and call Foundations Medical Hypnosis and Life Coaching, at  (206) 417-4900, or e-mail Foundations Medical Hypnosis at dlscott2@comcast.net. You will be very happy you did and you will start living a positive and happier life.

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It is said that we are all in the same boat, but truth is that we are all in the same storm, just different boats.

Over the past seventeen to eighteen months, people have been isolated, and alone. They have been warned about always wearing a mask when with others, they have been warned about keeping social distance. Many clients have been weathering this global pandemic this storm, in not very safe or well equipped boats, and have found themselves feeling alone, and unsure of where to turn. Despite the fact the even now the restrictions are being lifted, in many cases, and in many locations, people are still seeking ways of reducing and releasing the inflammation that has been the result the recent trauma and stress that we have all been through.

Foundations Medical Hypnosis and Life Coaching uses a very powerful tool, Emotional Release Therapy, which works in the same way as EMDR, (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). The important difference is that the client is already in a very relaxed and hypnotic state when Emotional Release Therapy is applied, and so the effects are stronger and deeper.

ERT allows the client to let go of the emotional attachment to the images and messages that have been fueling and creating the stress, trauma, and the resulting Inflammation in the body, that allows for illness, aches, and pains to become chronic.

Reclaim the life that you once had, release the effects of the trauma, stress, and inflammation. CALL now and set up your first appointment.  (206) 417-4900, or email me at dlscott2@comcast.net. You will be so glad that you did.

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As the world continues to deal with Covid -19 and we are told to be sure and wear a mask when with others, and also to keep social distance from others, this increasing isolation leads to  anxiety stress, anger, and PTSD issues, while many people are experiencing multiple increases in addiction issues. It has been reported that drug and alcohol addiction is on the rise during this world wide pandemic, and deaths from drug and alcohol misuse are on the rise.

People are turning more and more to self care and healthy behaviors. Such things as Yoga, walking, meditation, and self hypnosis are being sought to help daily life, relaxation, and focus.

I have noted that more and more people are ordering MP3(s) that are created to help them reach deeper and deeper states of relaxation and meditation.

While these products are incredible powerful and do help you, the client, to achieve your goals, I would like to be able to teach the client how to utilize powerful, safe, and effective exercises that lead to mindfulness, meditation, and self hypnosis as a part of their daily lives.  The best way to do that is with 1:1 Hypnosis and Life Coaching.

I recently started working with a client who  is battling alcohol addiction. With the aide of 1:1 Zoom Sessions and downloading appropriate MP3(s), he reports that he is feeling better, and that his friends and partner are telling him that he presents as calmer and more focused when they talk with him.

I look forward to the time when people can get together in a safe and healthy way, but right now a lot of people are trying to follow healthy guidelines and practices, which include limiting contacts with other people, please think about how many people are now participating in many medical appointments long distance. through Zoom.

Call now for a free consultation and receive the tools and techniques that will allow you to live a calmer, healthier, and productive life.

Call (206) 417-4900, Foundations Medical Hypnosis and Life Coaching.

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As of last February things began to change for the entire world. We entered into a Pandemic due to Covid – 19. People were sent home from work, some being set up to work out of the home, while others were informed that their jobs were no longer possible until the Pandemic had been contained or better controlled.

Whether your depression and anxiety are the result of loss of work, social isolation, or having to wear a face mask, the true problem is that a lot of people do not have the skills or techniques available to help them cope with this new reality.

Hypnosis is one of the most effective and powerful techniques that allow anyone to move into a place of calm and relaxation using the ability to slow down our thoughts and become mindful of the fact that “we are not at the mercy of our thoughts and emotions, but we are the master of our thoughts, we are the master of our emotions”.

It has been discovered that we have two different parts of our nervous system. One is the Sympathetic Nervous System, and it regulates our flight, fight, or freeze response to anything perceived as a threat, or danger. When we are on alert for any danger or issue, which includes stress and anxiety, our Sympathetic Nervous System will unleash Neurochemicals such as adrenaline and cortisol. When we use hypnosis and mindfulness as a way of reclaiming power over our thoughts and emotions, and we slow down and become aware, we lessen the speed of our brain wave patterns and activate the Para – Sympathetic Nervous System, which regulates our relaxation, calmness, and positive responses via releasing Neurochemicals, such as dopamine, norenepherine, serotonin, to enable us to eliminate or reduce tension, stress, anxiety, and depression.

The stress of our current world situation is causing massive amounts of depression and anxiety among people, but  does not have to be the case. When you allow yourself to start practicing relaxation exercises, deep breathing exercises, and self – hypnosis, you will find that you can reclaim your emotions, you can find peace and serenity in your “new: daily life.

CALL NOW!!!!! (206) 417-4900. Foundations Medical Hypnosis and Life Coaching, will help you to reduce and eliminate the depression, anxiety, and stress, that have intruded into your life.

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Using Hypnosis, and ERT,  I began working with a new client for Counseling -Hypnosis in North Seattle, Shoreline. His long term partner had left him for someone younger, and he was left struggling with fear, stress, and depression. This fear and stress is based upon his belief that  he is bad person. One of his long held agreements is that there is something wrong with him, or his partner never would have left him.  He came to Foundations Hypnosis to help learn how to eliminate the beliefs, the stress and anger that have kept him stuck for months.
As I explain, with all clients, these beliefs are the result of agreements made long ago, and those agreements embedded in the EGO are designed to keep the EGO safe, secure. They would not necessarily kept him happy or living a life of success & joy, but they would allow the EGO to  keep itself in a position of safety and security.

How can this be possible, you may ask.

It was Rene Decartes, in the 17th century, who declared “I think there for I am”. This premise has been shown to be wrong over the years. You think because your brain was designed to think. It was designed to control your actions, from your heart beat, blood flow, respiration, and muscle movement. It also contains, a vast library of images and messages gathered from parents, teachers, churches, friends, television, movies and now social media,  that have been adopted by you and agreed to by you, whether the information is true or not.

The biggest fear that the EGO has is that of death, complete & total annihilation. When you die, when your physical body dies, the EGO is done. The thoughts, the memories, the images, the totality of our mental scripts, are gone. Now the energy, the awareness, the consciousness that is the true you will go on in some fashion, it is energy, and energy never dies, it simply continues in another form, what that other form is, is still up for debate, and one that I cannot answer. What I can answer is that for you to truly enjoy your existence, for you to truly live a life of success, happiness, and joy, you have to step into the driver’s seat. You have to take control of your life, let go of traumas, fears, addictions, phobias, and anxieties. Forgive your past, and start living your present.  (As someone once said, Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having a better past).  The past is done and over with, it is simply a memory, an electrochemical bit of energy that keeps replaying over and over in your  brain. You have no control over this, but you do have control over the present moment, the choices you make in the present moment, and whether you are going to live and EGO centered life, or whether you are going to live a life based in conscious choices and deliberate creativity.

How can you do this?

First you must let go of old attachments, traumas, emotional stresses, and images, and beliefs. You must allow yourself to believe that you can have the life you truly desire.

With Foundations Hypnosis Seattle – Lynnwood – Everett, you will experience The Power of Emotional Release Therapy. You will learn self hypnotic techniques, powerful NLP processes, mindfulness techniques, and how to use the power of your words to create positive outcomes, positive relationships, and powerful events in your life that will eliminate addictions, phobias, pain, fear, and anxieties.

Don’t delay CALL, Foundations Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy, NOW!!!!! (206) 417-4900. Join the hundreds of people who have obtained their goals through sound counseling methods enhanced by the Power of Hypnosis, NLP, and Mindfulness.

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Trauma comes in many different forms and many different levels. While seeking out and talking about the original trauma, has been proven effective in some cases, the most important thing to remember is that your memories and images of the original trauma(s), create emotional responses, such as stress, anxiety, guilt, loneliness,  all leading to seeking relief through addiction /addictive behavior.

It was Einstein who stated, “you can’t solve the problem at the level of the problem”.  With the help of hypnosis and specifically a technique called ERT or Emotional Release Therapy, clients have found fast relief from the emotions of trauma within the first session. Once a client is able to obtain release from the emotions that have been causing stress, and the continued relief through addictive behaviors, then the work of finding a more appropriate response outside of addiction, and addictive behaviors can begin.

Using Hypnosis and ERT, has helped clients stop addictions to Crystal Meth, Alcohol, Nicotine, and a long list of other substances, and behaviors.  While there is no magic cure for any kind of chemical dependency / addiction, there are many tools and supports that can help ease the stress, and anxiety from trauma, and addiction. In my 25 years as a hypnotherapist and my work in the chemical addiction field, I can guarantee that Hypnosis is one of the most powerful and effective tools.

Don’t delay, call My office in North Seattle, Foundations Hypnosis Seattle ~ Everett at (206) 417-4900. The office is located at 337 North 143rd St. Seattle, WA. 98133 take the 130th St. exit off of I-5 north, or the 145th St. exit off of I-5 South.

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Well let me tell you, the issue is not that there is anything wrong with you, you are perfectly fine, your brain is working perfectly fine, just the way that it was designed to work in fact. The problem is, what you are allowing yourself to focus on.

Most of us were taught to believe that we are our thoughts. Rene Descartes, the Christian Mystic, coined the phrase, “I think, therefore I am”!  The truth of the matter is that  your brain thinks, because that is what it is suppose to do. Our brains are what allow us to exist, and function on a daily basis. It runs our physical body, our heart, our internal functions, everything we need to live. It also has thousands and thousands of thoughts each day, thoughts based on lies and falsehoods that we have been trained to believe throughout the course of lives. The brain is one of the most incredible an sophisticated computers in existence, without it you could not live in this physical realm of time, space, and matter. The brain takes in thousands of bits of information and ideas on a daily basis and it interprets those bits of information and messages based on the information and messages that make up your basic program. If your brain, like most, was trained to look for the negative, to gossip, and make assumptions, then this leads to anxiety, and to stress. Your brain is working perfectly fine, as they say in the computer field, the hardware is running great, it is the software that needs to be changed. From the time you were a small child, your brain has been filled with images, messages, and lies that keep  you reacting with STRESS, and  ANXIETY, to the world around you. This is the brains basic programming.  BUT!!!! the brain is not you. You are the life force, the energy, the soul, the chi, the prana, that exist, behind it all. You are in control, not your brain.

As I describe it to my clients, think of yourself as driving a car. Think about getting into the car, turning the car on, putting the car into gear, taking the brake off, and then getting out of the car. What would happen to the car? The Car would starting moving around until it runs into something or gets into some type of wreak.

Now think of your body as the chassis to the car, the brain as the engine to the car, but where is the driver?

Most of us think of the brain as being who they are. We have allowed our selves to sit back and let the engine do the driving, putting the car into a form of auto pilot. We just sit back and give up true control.

What if you were to learn how to take control, what if you were to learn how to focus, and start directing our daily lives, our goals, our plans, and our dreams. Think about it, you are in complete and total control of yourself, and your reactions. While there may be things like random events and there may be random people that come into your life, you have NO control over these events or people. You do have COMPLETE Control over your reactions and your attitudes. This is the gift you were given when you were born into this world, complete and total free will, to react, behave, and live out your life. Why not live your life with a minimum of anxiety, and / or stress.

You can spend your life focusing on all the negatives, you can spend your life reacting to all of the seemingly random events in your life, or you can TAKE CONTROL, you can use your mind, instead of it using you. Just by taking control of what you focus on, you will be amazed at the things you can accomplish. Quit Smoking, Quit Addictive behaviors and substances. Attract and sustain better and healthier relationships. Reduce depression, anxiety, and stress.

Don’t delay; call Foundations Hypnosis Seattle / Shoreline, and  “Everett”, (206) 417-4900 today. You WILL be glad that you did.

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