What is Intuition and How do I Develop It?

Intuition is an innate ability that we all possess. It’s a feeling or understanding of what’s true that comes from your subconscious or your inner voice.

It is not an analytical skill that comes from your conscious mind.   It is that part of you deep inside, the very center core of your subconscious mind that is logical, rational, cool and collected, calm and relaxed, clever and wise, your true Essence.

Some people refer to this as their inner guide or advisor. Others refer to this as their higher self or guardian angel. But regardless of the name, it has this incredibly special function of guiding you from within to continue to find your own way for self-actualization, your own way to learn the difference between past and present.

Intuition helps us survive by providing fast responses that usually offer an appropriate, immediate action to address a situation. It stimulates spiritual growth, connecting with the Divine, through intuition and clairsentience (a sense of knowing). It is all about getting used to information coming to you from a different source. Guidance comes from within and the more you listen and trust, the easier it becomes.

One way to develop intuition is to learn how to relax your mind and release the subconscious mind into the super-conscious. This can be done through hypnosis, meditation, mindfulness, and other relaxation techniques.

At ChangingLivesHypnosis, Georgina Cannon & Mary McCandless, you will learn how to quiet your busy, critical conscious mind, connect to your inner guidance and develop your spirituality in many ways.

Our next workshop on Developing Your Intuition at www.changingliveshypnosis.com is offered through Zoom. 

Questions are always welcomed by mary@changingliveshypnosis.com

When you are ready to stop smoking through hypnosis, the following is what must be accomplished the week before your first session.  This indicates that you are committed to make the changes you desire to become smoke free for life.  Three sessions are recommended to be successful.

STOP SMOKING AGREEMENT

(This is a legal binding document)

Goal Statement:  I will be smoke-free by  ___________________.

Primary Objective:  (What are my thoughts?)

I’ll rid myself of the idea that I get pleasure from cigarettes or that I have a need for them.  I believe I own the habit instead of the habit owning me.

Enabling Objectives:  (What is my behavior?)

1. I agree to buy a different brand of cigarettes every morning. (I can only buy my cigarettes in the morning.)
2. If my daily allotment is 15 cigarettes, I am to break up and throw away ten cigarettes when I buy my pack. Any cigarettes left over  at night are to be broken up and thrown away before going to sleep.
3. Grubbing or giving is out, of course.
4. I agree to replace my ashtrays at work and at home with a glass of water.
5. Each time I want a cigarette, I will take a deep breath, take a slip of water and ask myself, “Do I really want this cigarette?”  That is my trigger point.  It’s my signal to make myself aware that I am about to become smoke-free for life.
6. I will practice my self-hypnosis and auto-suggestion exercises every day to reinforce my goal statement.  Each night before I go to sleep, I will place one hand on my chest and one hand on my abdomen and repeat to myself ten times, counting on each finger of each hand, “I am smoke free for life.  My life.  I am in control.”  
7. I will mark my calendars with a large QD on my Quitting Date. I feel very good about this commitment.
8. I will increase my intake of water and fruit during this period and take Vitamin C, Calcium, Vitamin D and Vitamin B.
9. I will reduce my coffee and alcohol intake and will drink more water.                                                     

                                                Questions are always welcomed by mary@masterhealer.ca, 905-377-8585                                                                                                          Mary McCandless, Master Healer & Master Hypnotist, Hypnosis Instructor                                                               Cobourg Centre for Hypnosis, 1001 Ontario Street, Cobourg, ON  K9A 3C8

Who amongst us hasn’t searched a patch of clover for the ‘lucky one’ with four leaves, only to press it into a book for safe keeping?  My sister has had that gift all her life.  In fact, one of the boys she taught in kindergarten still carries one she gave him in his wallet, forty years later.  

Or, picked a dandelion puff to blow into the wind sending hundreds of wishes into the sky. 

Or pulled each petal from a daisy, determining whether they were loved or not.

I think of all these things as HOPE. 

HOPE is also an amazing woman, named Valerie Hawkins, who survived the ravages of cancer, again and again.  Her passion to help others who were experiencing this same loss of health and dignity was ever present.  As a lightworker, Val decided to study hypnosis with me to enable herself and others to continue to help and heal themselves, using the power of their subconscious or inner mind.  Connecting with their deep healing inner wisdom, enabling a sense of peacefulness and calm, optimism, confidence and most importantly HOPE, to prevail.

This recording captures the true essence of her positivity to live each day to the fullest, regardless.  I recorded it with her in mind this year adding only those thoughts that would truly enhance her message.  Believe.  Anything is possible.  Live Aloha.

This meditative, self-hypnosis recording will help you to develop a whole new way of being.  You will enable your body, mind and spirit to begin to heal, regenerate and restore.  This will help relax your stress response and boost your immune system.

Self-Hypnosis refers to a peaceful, meditative state in which positive suggestions are introduced into your subconscious mind. This can literally change your thoughts, feelings, perceptions, how you behave and react.  Hypnosis is safe and effective and can increase your abilities to focus, cut through the fog and clear your mind, calm the moment and help you move forward into a healthier, happier life.

Simply sit quietly and listen to one of these guided meditations at least once a day for 21 days or even as you are preparing for sleep. Gently, positively, effectively your life will change….all you must do is listen. 

This audio program is not designed to diagnose or treat any medical condition.  Do not listen to this recording if you have been diagnosed with epilepsy, disassociated disorder or have had recent heart surgery. Do not listen to this recording, if you are driving or operating heavy machinery. 

If you would like to receive a FREE Mp3 of HOPE contact mary@masterhealer.ca  Mary McCandless is a Master Hypnotist and Certified Instructor of Hypnosis and an active member of the National Guild of Hypnotists.   https://www.masterhealer.ca

Got a sweet tooth or are all your teeth sweet?  Can’t pass up on that new bag of Lay’s Light potato chips?

Whether you live to eat or eat to live, a new year brings our minds to a fresh start; healthier, happier, less stress.

As a Master Hypnotist, I see that stress is the number one cause of sugar and yes, salt addictions.  And, of course, the more we are stressed the more we eat.  I think of it as looking for the sweetness in life.

Yes, we eat when we are unhappy, sad, depressed, lonely, anxious, angry, as well as when we are happy! “What can we eat to celebrate?”

The more you try to stop, the more your taste buds remember just how much they crave its deliciousness and how much better you’ll feel with just one…bite.

I mean, if you’ve opened the bag of chips, you might as well finish it. Or, just one cookie becomes the first row of cookies in the tray…or two.

Does just talking about it make your mouth water?

Perhaps, you stay away from it all day, only to binge on all things sweet or salty once you’ve finished dinner.

It’s just a habit and habits can be changed permanently. 

We all know the reasons to take control of our habits; weight gain, obesity, depression and heart disease, but it doesn’t happen just by knowing consciously.

Change your habit and you change your life, easily and effortlessly.

To learn more about how hypnosis might help you, schedule a complimentary consultation or schedule an appointment, with Master Hypnotist, Mary McCandless at the Cobourg Centre for Hypnosis & Natural Healing.

https://www.masterhealer.ca/appointment-free-consultation/

Healing Through Hypnosis
Interview of Master Hypnotist, Mary McCandless,

Cobourg Centre for Hypnosis and Natural Healing,

by Elizabeth Palermo,The Link, Winter Solstice 2016

The idea of being hypnotized tends to evoke images of people seated on a stage, falling asleep to a count of three and then doing something embarrassing. That’s showbiz of course. Despite being exploited for entertainment, hypnosis helps many people lose weight, stop smoking, overcome anxieties and fears, and manage pain. It can work for almost anyone and any age.

The key to hypnotherapy is establishing trust with a certified hypnotist who creates the right setting for relaxation and focused attention. Mary McCandless is a Master Hypnotist living and working in Cobourg who will spend up to two hours initially getting to know a client. “Sometimes you meet someone and say, ‘Oh yeah, they get me.’ They have a similar language,” says the 64-year-old who’s formerly from Toronto and is also a Reiki Master.

“You can’t change the story, but you can close the book…”

A certified hypnotist guides a process of quieting the mind so the client will consider suggestions that enable releasing what holds them back. It’s not about intellectualizing why the client is feeling a certain way, but using special exercises where people can let the old storyline go. “Hypnosis is reframing and retraining the subconscious mind,” says McCandless, explaining the subconscious stores old feelings and emotions – usually imprinted on the psyche from a very young age – like books lining shelf after shelf in a library. “You can’t change the story, but you can close the book so it no longer affects you.”

It’s not uncommon for people to think they’ll fall asleep or lose control and cluck like a chicken when hypnotized! Rather, many hypnotherapy clients come into a heightened state of awareness that allows self-exploration and healing. “It’s impossible to change habits without a quiet mind,” says McCandless. “I’ll begin with something like a guided meditation: ‘Follow your breath. Begin to notice where you’re holding tension. Relax that…’ and the person uses their very powerful mind to relax.”

When McCandless works with people recovering from surgery and in great pain “We find a way for them to relax and then positive suggestions can be given: ‘I am in control. My body is healing itself easily and effortlessly. I am healthy and happy. Each day I get better and better,’” she says. “I think of the subconscious as where the diaphragm is – your intuition, your gut, where the ‘fight or flight’ instinct resides, the solar plexus, your inner home. Sometimes we have to clean it out. I call it dumping the junk. Letting it go.”

For Nancy Smale of Castleton, hypnosis has helped her lose more than 40 pounds. She has struggled her whole life to keep weight off and now in retirement has kept the weight off for two years – her longest ever. “We worked a lot in the beginning on self- esteem and past emotional stuff, and then as we got going we worked with food and weight loss.” Hypnosis changed everything for Smale, who listens to recordings of her sessions at home.

Not feeling good enough consumes so much of our collective psyche experience – and the best suggestion, the sincerest message we can give others, especially children, McCandless says is, “You can do anything you focus on. It completely overrides the ‘I’m not good enough.’”

Does it work?  Absolutely!

After suffering a for a large portion of my large with sleeping issues and trying just about everything out there, I took a chance on Mary’s sleep hypnosis CD, Sleep Like a Baby. Figured it was worth a try. She warned me that that it would likely be a couple of weeks before I would see the results, but within the first week I was already sleeping better. And it continued to get better, just through listening everyday when I went to bed. If I got up to the bathroom, I simply hit play again before laying down again. I’ve also noticed a couple of wonderful side effects, besides being almost completely off sleeping medication, my migraines (which I have suffered from for over 20 years several times a month and in times several times a week) have severely declined, and my energy level is much higher. I may still not want to cut the grass, but I now have the energy to do so. Her voice is incredible to listen to and the track is only about 20 minutes and what a wonderful solution to what seems to be a lifelong issue. I used to dread going to sleep, figuring that it was simply a waste of time since I wouldn’t sleep anyways. Now I can’t wait to go to sleep. So very grateful to Mary for her help.  MLS

Self-Hypnosis refers to a safe, peaceful, meditative state in which positive suggestions are introduced into your subconscious mind. This can literally change your thoughts, feelings, perceptions and how you behave and react.

Simply sit quietly and listen to this guided meditation at least once a day for 21 days or even as you are preparing for sleep. Gently, positively, effectively, your life will change. All you have to do is listen.

I travel a lot with my job and often I can’t fall asleep in an unfamiliar place. My mind keeps replaying the same things over and over again. I tried everything. Nothing helped. I Skyped with Mary and she helped me fall asleep easily and remain asleep throughout the night. Her voice is warm and comforting and now, I take her with me wherever I go. Her Sleep Like a Baby CD does the trick every time. LL

For more information about how to change your life for the better, schedule an appointment or a free consultation, with Mary McCandless, Master Hypnotist.  Mary McCandless, is an active member of the National Guild of Hypnotists. Mary McCandless is also a Certified Teacher of Hypnosis, located at The Cobourg Centre for Hypnosis & Natural Healing in Cobourg, Ontario (Northumberland County).

https://www.masterhealer.ca/appointment-free-consultation/

Questions are always welcomed.

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If you have tried everything to quit smoking, nicotine patches, lozenges, chewing gum, counselling, acupuncture and other smoking cessation methods, don’t give up yet!

Hypnosis for smoking cessation has been proven to be one of the most effective methods in helping people eliminate the habit and quit smoking.

Hypnosis involves creating a state of complete relaxation or trance from which focused concentration, heightened awareness and suggestibility helps the client accept the hypnotist’s directions. As a result, these “suggestions” remain with you and through repetition, your self-control and willpower is strengthened as you achieve your goal of being smoke free.

Completely safe, studies have proven hypnosis is one of the most effective methods that help people eliminate the habit and quit smoking, enabling them to live a healthier and longer life.

According to Health Canada, “Quit smoking and you’ll start feeling better within 24 hours. The minute you stop smoking, your body will begin cleansing itself of tobacco toxins. Two days after you quit, your risk of heart attack will start decreasing and that’s just the beginning.”

Become smoke free for life through hypnosis! Not only will you save a bag of money, you’ll have more time to spend it.

Book a free consultation or appointment now, with Master Hypnotist, Mary McCandless, and receive a free recording, Be Smoke Free for Life ~ With Hypnosis.

The Cobourg Centre for Hypnosis is located at 1001 Ontario Street, Cobourg, Ontario K9A 3C8.

The never ending pain of Fibromyalgia can be overwhelming and if you haven’t ever experienced it, be thankful. It takes all of the joy out of your life. This continuing chronic disorder is recognized as widespread pain in the neck, spine, upper back, joints and knees, shoulders and arms and can be totally debilitating, physically and emotionally. Some report that it feels as if it’s moving from one place to another in the body.

As a Master Hypnotist, my experience has shown that hypnosis is indeed the perfect way to help reduce your stress, which is believed to increase production of the stress hormone, cortisol, increasing sensitivity to pain.

The deep relaxation experienced from hypnosis is excellent for reducing your body’s pain, regardless of the origin and increases a sense of comfort in your body, while improving your mood, naturally.

Fibromyalgia pain often causes sleep disorders, morning stiffness, irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety and although it is not the same as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, the symptoms may be similar.

Hypnosis will help you feel instant relief by lowering your chronic pain levels, enabling you to feel more peaceful, calm and relaxed, energized and ready to face the day.

If you have any questions or concerns about hypnosis, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. And, when you’re ready to move forward in your life and overcome your pain click here to book a free 30 minute consultation or an appointment with Master Hypnotist, Mary McCandless, at the Cobourg Centre for Hypnosis in Ontario. Or, connect in person with Mary at 905-377-8585.

I love the ocean and everything about it; swimming in it, feeling the spray on my skin, hearing the sound of the waves, seeing the endless colours or just breathing it in. And having spent the last month in the Hawaiian Islands, I am reminded of my very first experience with hypnosis.

I was newly married and visiting my husband’s family in Ann Arbour, Michigan, for the first time. Anxious to fit in, when it was suggested we should all see one of the most popular movies of the summer, I agreed. It wasn’t until we were approaching the theatre that I realized the movie was Jaws.

I had seen the trailers with severed limbs floating down through the water and I knew myself well enough to know that this was definitely NOT for me. After much cajoling, I gave in to peer pressure. From the beginning, I knew it was a mistake. For me, it was indeed off the chart horrifying.

The day after the movie, it was decided we should go for a swim in the lake. As the others rushed ahead, I found myself exceeding anxious about going into the water. Willing myself in, my feet attempted to move through the uneven floor of muck, seaweed, old pieces of wood and discarded bottles, which only increased my anxiety. Again, my new “friends” told me I was being silly. There definitely was nothing to be afraid of, especially in Lake Michigan. I could not be convinced.

Later that summer, I found myself in the office of a Hypnotist. I don’t really remember how this came about or who he was. However, after a few exercises to engage my imagination and quiet my conscious mind, I was ready.

It all seemed pretty easy. And, as I became more and more relaxed, positive suggestions were introduced to help me overcome my fear. I left the session feeling peaceful, calm and hopeful. The next time I visited the lake, I managed to get down the stairs on the dock and touch the water, but was still extremely frightened.

After two more visits to the hypnotherapist, I was able to not only enter the water, but swim. All in all, hypnosis became an extremely positive experience, one that enabled me to return to something I loved.

As a Master Hypnotist, I’ve had the opportunity to help others overcome their fears or phobias. All real, all terrifying; from dentists and needles, heights and flying, dying and sleeping, claustrophobia and panic attacks, public speaking and fear of success, and yes, even fear of terrorism.

My own experience and that of my clients, continues to fuel my enthusiasm for helping people heal naturally through hypnosis.

And as for Jaws, I say “Bite me.”

If you have any questions or concerns about hypnosis, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. And, when you’re ready to move forward in your life and overcome your fears, click here to book a free 30 minute consultation or an appointment with Master Hypnotist, Mary McCandless, at the Cobourg Centre for Hypnosis in Ontario. Or, connect in person with Mary at 905-377-8585.

At some time in our lives, we create a protective wall around us because we have been hurt and are afraid. We create a mask to prevent people from seeing how wounded or vulnerable we actually are. We are afraid others will find we’re “not worthy” or “loveable” And, we begin to believe what we tell ourselves.

These feelings are based on irrational fear, so we push others away. We like to give the impression we are strong, confident and in control of our lives and we “don’t need anybody, thank you very much”.

From time to time, the mask may begin to slip, because holding it in place is exhausting.

No matter how long you have lived with this habit or pattern of telling yourself you’re not “good enough”, now it’s time to reconnect with the inner goodness you were born with and celebrate your innate capacity to love and “be loved”.

Through hypnosis, anything is possible. And when you’re ready, I can help you.

Click here for more information or to make an appointment or free consultation with Master Hypnotist, Mary McCandless, Cobourg Centre for Hypnosis.