Let me tell you about a client who came to see me recently for hypnotherapy. She had purchased a stop smoking hypnotherapy recording and said it had not worked and she felt upset because she had put lots of effort into listening to it everyday. She was still smoking!

So, after a brief chat about what was also happening in her life, she decided to come along and see me for hypnotherapy and counselling.

It turned out this lady was going through a rather painful divorce, she was very angry and had difficulty expressing her feelings. She felt she could not explain how she really felt and how much anger she experienced inside. When I asked her how she coped with those feelings, her spontaneous answer was, ‘Well, I just smoke!’

We worked together with the built up feelings and emotional past events leading up to her divorce. I suggested she took her time to get over her present situation and perhaps listen to an anger, self-esteem or self-confidence hypnosis CD or MP3 download recording to start, and once she felt better about herself; she could consider stopping smoking.

So, for the first two months or so, the lady practiced self-hypnosis and then, when her divorce was over, she decided to stop smoking and used the stop smoking self-hypnosis recording.

Now, I am not saying everyone needs to see me for hypnotherapy if they have lots happening in their life. What I am saying is, consider all your life when you are about to make changes to yourself – would the new changes be right for you now? How would they affect others in your life? Is there anything else or any other area in your life which would benefit from self-hypnosis first? If you’re not sure, then please do ask, because the team at HypnoShop.com are always happy to guide you with your purchase.