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Hypnosis for PTSD

Sound Healing Hypnosis At Heartspace Yoga Albany – Full Program

May 15, 2018 by Mark Shepard


The full program I did on May 12, 2018 at Heartspace Yoga Albany NY…

It turned out to be a major breakthrough for me as I played my new “Yamaha Silent Guitar” in public for the first time.

There was a great group of people who “got it” live and in person!

Also, I am deeply grateful to Elizabeth and Andrew Kasius for hosting the event at Heartspace Yoga and the wonderful participants who came out on a rainy afternoon to experience Sound Healing Hypnosis “Song Bath” or “Sound Bath” for the first time!

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I’ve spent the last 25 years researching and applying personal healing and transformation tools to my own life as well as a close circle of students who I’ve worked and collaborated with as well as hundreds of thousands of people online. I started putting what I have learned and what I continue to learn and practice into a growing library of specific courses that walk you through step by step some of the most challenging experiences life has to offer:

Anxiety? Crush it!

Shyness? Forget how to do it!

Fear? Face it, Feel it and Release it!

Lost your mojo? GET IT BACK!

Struggling to get over a breakup? Let it GO!

Check out my Honest Hypnosis Courses

Want more of my music? Check out my “Life In Song Project” at http://MarkShepardSongs.com

Thanks! – Mark

Filed Under: Articles, Conversational Hypnosis, Hypnosis for Life Purpose, Hypnosis for PTSD, Path with Heart - Massive Throbbing Vision, Perfectionism, Self Hypnosis, Sound Healing, Sound Healing Hypnosis, Transformation Songs

The Essence of Honest Hypnosis

July 27, 2016 by Mark Shepard

37314437_mlImagine YOU.

Getting what you want.

Doing what you want.

Being who you want to be.

Faster.

Easier.

Better.

If you’re open to learning and applying what you learn, I can teach you how…

   – Mark Shepard, NLPT – “America’s Honest Hypnotist” 

The really important thing is just to be fully aware that you can realize the change you’re looking for…

And here’s how

Click the link below to:

  • Review my hypnosis video programs
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Filed Under: Articles, Conversational Hypnosis, Daily Mind Mastery Tip, Hypnosis for anxiety, Hypnosis for exercise, Hypnosis For Habit Change, Hypnosis for Life Purpose, Hypnosis for Money, Hypnosis for Peak Performance, Hypnosis for PTSD, Hypnosis For Self Confidence, Hypnosis for Self Esteem, Hypnosis For Skin Irritations, Hypnosis For Weight Loss, Hypnosis to Relax, Peak Performance, Self Hypnosis, Self Improvement

Clearing Intense Traumatic Experiences

May 13, 2016 by Mark Shepard

43398645_mlWhaddya Know?

Who knew?

Growing up I thought I knew what “reality” was.

But I didn’t. I only knew what I THOUGHT my “reality” was.

We all have such different perceptions of the world that unless we actually talk to each other and compare notes, we tend to do a lot of “mind reading.”

As kids we often learn INTENSE lessons on how to fit in and survive in our “family of origin”. These lessons are often so intense they leave a life long imprint on us and in turn affect everything and everyone around us. The technical term for these “one time learning events” is TRAUMA. And ultimately trauma creates Phobias and Anxiety as well as negative and pervasive beliefs that block the free flow of energy and keep us small, sick, hopeless, and stuck in “victim mode”.

Then we head out into the world as supposedly “well adjusted adults” and we continue to interact with EVERYBODY the same way we interacted in our families of origin.

Who was in charge? Your Mom or your Dad? I’ve worked with a lot of “nice” guys who grew up with dominant, feminist moms. And they pretty will do whatever a woman tells them to do… They give their power away to the feminine…

I’ve worked with women who grew up with abusive dads and they seem to find “dad duplicates” in all of THEIR relationships who “help them” to repeat the pattern of getting “beat up” literally or metaphorically.

Was there a “bully” in your family? Were you trained to be the victim?

Wherever you go do you find yourself being bullied? Maybe at home the way you got along was by being compliant and “good”. Or maybe you learned to “tune out” all the criticism? Maybe you got a lot of praise for keeping a neat room… so when things get messy you start to freak out until things are orderly again?

And not all  of the “imprinting” we received was negative. There are often positive patterns as well that we want to keep. There are often positive aspects to the negative patterns that we want to keep as well.

For example I escaped into books. In the process I got praise because reading was valued in my family. I also learned how to educate myself because I couldn’t handle criticism. I got really good at self evaluation. But eventually a successful entrepreneur or teacher, or musician or auto mechanic or whatever, needs to be able to incorporate helpful feedback from other people without crashing and burning!

So with every strength there is weakness and with every weakness or wound there is strength.

The question is…

How the hell do we break the negative behavior and thought patterns that once kept us alive but now screw us up while at the same time strengthening the positive ones?

Good question! And that’s what I’ve been working on for about 30 years now. :o) LOL

[Voice-over Announcer: “Yes! YOU TOO can clear PTSD with HYPNOSIS! but not just ANY hypnosis. HONEST HYPNOSIS!]

The first step is by realizing that ultimately we are creating this. When we Own our patterns then we can begin to heal.

And whether we actually did create our own reality or not, When we BELIEVE We are creating whatever dysfunctional patterns we are experiencing in our lives through our unconscious beliefs, decisions, childhood vows, family agreements etc. THEN we can do something about them.

If we CHOSE IT WE CAN CHANGE IT.

But if we don’t release the victim beliefs or patterns, there is no way to change.

We can not heal what we can not feel.

So sometimes we have to get down and dirty into gritty guck to clear out some of that old crap. And sometimes it’s NOT FUN.
But the only way out is THROUGH
(and sometimes it actually is a lot of fun particularly after a significant clearing).

The main thing to start with is awareness combined with the idea that it is ACTUALLY POSSIBLE TO CHANGE THE PATTERNS.

However. It takes persistent, consistent action. What some people call “work”.

And the general population would prefer a pill.

But as songwriter Robert Palmer sang, in “Bad Case of Loving You”,
“No pill gonna cure this ill…”

But a path of personal mastery that combines energy work, hypnosis, NLP, attention to your diet and exercise, journaling, coaching and persistence can literally empower you to transform your life.

Add some powerfully hypnotic songs and stories and some energy gathering and grounding movements, the practice of asking powerful “how” and “why” questions presupposing your desired “reality” and you might be delightfully surprised with the kind of results that “stick”.

We are looking for sustainable, ecological, congruent transformation that works WITH your unconscious mind and trains both your conscious mind and your unconscious mind how to communicate with each other in the ways that get you positive change… POSITIVE RESULTS.

If one thing doesn’t do it, then another approach, a new combination will.

To use the old “motivational speaker” analogy, it’s like the stone cutter gently, persistently tapping, tapping, tapping at the right spot on the stone… eventually the rock breaks exactly where it most needs to in order to reveal the new you.

I’d like to invite you to check out part of the process I use to help people release the “stuff” in their lives that has been stopping them from fully living.

My new program: Hypnosis for PTSD is turning out to be the best course I’ve ever developed.

It should really be called, “Clearing Out The Emotional and Behavioral Crap from Your Childhood that is Screwing up Your Life so that you can start living the life of joy, health, wealth and love that you deserve”  :o)

So for the present we will keep calling it “Hypnosis For PTSD” because ultimately our patterns of behavior that cause us problems are 99% of the time caused by our childhood reaction to something traumatic.

Just in case you find actually paying money for self help programs to be “traumatic,” at the moment we are offering “Hypnosis for PTSD” at a reduced, “pre-release” price with my usual unconditional guarantee.

And if you are all “good” and just read these emails/posts to get a daily Mind Mastery Assignment and Transformation Tune, here’s your

Mind Mastery Assignment for today: (should you choose to accept it)

Begin to gently question your habitual mental patterns. Particularly “mind reads”.

A “mind read” is when you project out onto another person what you think about other people or when you think you know what they’re thinking. For example if you tend to jump to the conclusion that other people think certain negative thoughts about you, start imagining them thinking positive thoughts about you. You can also imagine yourself thinking positive thoughts about them.

We are making this stuff up people so let’s make up some good stuff for a change ok? And ultimately we CAN clear what needs to be cleared so we can live the kind of lives we’ve always longed to live!

And while you’re at it, I know you will absolutely LOVE this song.
ready? Go!

Cowabungah baby!

–  Mark

The really important thing is just to be fully aware that you can realize the change you’re looking for…

And here’s how

Click the link below to:

  • Check out Hypnosis for PTSD
  • Review my hypnosis video programs
  • Contact me today

Filed Under: Articles, Daily Mind Mastery Tip, Hypnosis for PTSD, Trauma

Trauma & Anxiety Are LINKED

April 4, 2016 by Mark Shepard

Today’s Mind Mastery Daily is about the connection between Trauma (one time learning events in the past) and Anxiety (imagining what you do not want to have happen in the future)

Trauma and anxiety are deeply linked neurological processes. But they are CLEAR-ABLE!

Hypnosis for PTSD must include conscious tools for clearing old beliefs, childhood vows, and limiting decisions we made about the world as children…

It’s time to stop running old beliefs that “program” you to be fearful, weak, frustrated, and small. And time to start installing bigger, better, more useful beliefs… like, “Why am I more powerful than I can possibly imagine?” [sound FX of Lion roaring!]

It’s all in the video! (Make sure you also listen to today’s Transformation Tune which is below the video)

 

Transformation Tune for Today: Song # 161 Beautiful Person (version #2)

This is the 2nd version I recorded of “Beautiful Person”.

The first one is from Visions & Voices CD and was arranged by Gene Moore. This version is a very simple “chant” that includes some significant shifts in language inspired by the field of Neuro Linguistics. Most notable is the shift into the past tense.

So, “I can not love you if I hate myself” became, “I could not love you when I hated myself”.

The past tense pre-supposes that I no longer hate myself… see how it works? Even the subtlest of language patterns can free us from our old patterns and stories or keep us stuck.

This is another one of those songs to listen to repeatedly for its potential to get “stuck” in your head… and do some good in there… :o)

BTW I actually did have a dream where there was a lion coming up out of the bathtub drain! It scared me awake from a deep slumber. As I lay there in the dark it occurred to me that the lion represented my own true power. And that it was time to stop running away from it.

May you too find your power and experience how incredibly beautiful you are. Right now. Right here.

The really important thing is just to be fully aware that you can realize the change you’re looking for…

And here’s how

Click the link below to:

  • Check out Crush Anxiety Now
  • Review my hypnosis video programs
  • Contact me today

Or just leave a comment below 🙂

Filed Under: Anxiety, Anxiety Relief, Articles, Change, Clearing Limiting Beliefs, Creating Change, Daily Mind Mastery Tip, Dominant Thoughts, Empowerment Songs, How to Overcome Trauma, Hypnosis for PTSD, NLP Techniques, Self Hypnosis, Self Improvement, Transformation, Transformation Songs

Monday Morning Moments

March 21, 2016 by Mark Shepard

Monday Morning Moments

Hey!

Are you having that “Monday Morning Moment”?

Struggling to get motivated to do the job that seemed so promising when you interviewed for it but that has turned out to be a MASSIVE test of your ability to ENDURE being miserable?

No? Cool..

Just checking…

Glad you can hardly wait for Mondays to gear up for your AMAZING week doing what you most love to do and making a MASSIVE positive difference in the world!

Way to go Tiger!

Here’s a song in your honor…

Song # 312 “Freedom”

But just in case you’re not totally ecstatic about your Monday Morning, and are open to a suggestion or two…

I’d like to ask you a few “What if?” questions…

  • “What if, whatever you are struggling with at the moment is somehow necessary?”
  • “What if, the challenges and frustrations that are coming up in your life are mission critical moments that are flawlessly, impeccably nudging you towards finally accepting your OWN greatness?”
  • What if, you are being Called Out by your highest good to discover and follow your “Path With Heart”?
    So today, your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to pay attention to the possibility that you are perfectly on your path with heart and your mission is to either embrace exactly where you are and go DEEP with it in a transformational way or embrace exactly where you are and take action to transform where you are at this moment into something that serves you and suits you better…

You don’t have to do anything about it right now. Just pay attention and notice what comes up for you…

then play this song a few times and let it start to sink in…

Song # 312 “Freedom”

I’ll be here waiting for your emails. I want to know what’s going on with you so I can create programs that support your complete and total TRANSFORMATION.

Have a great day!

Love,

Mark

p.s. This week I’m adding another module to the Hypnosis For PTSD Course. So those of you who have taken immediate action to jump in to it will get even more value. If you haven’t checked it out yet, here’s the link:  Hypnosis For PTSD

This program is NOT yet available to the general public and I’m only allowing a small number of folks in at a ridiculously low pre-release price so if PTSD or old Traumatic stuff from your childhood is a challenge for you, check it out. It comes with a total satisfaction, money back guarantee.

The really important thing is just to be fully aware that you can realize the change you’re looking for…

And here’s how

Click the link below to:

  • Check out Hypnosis for PTSD
  • Review my hypnosis video programs
  • Contact me today

Or just leave a comment below 🙂

Filed Under: Articles, Daily Mind Mastery Tip, Empowerment Songs, Frustration, How to Overcome Trauma, Hypnosis for PTSD, Overcoming Obstacles, Path with Heart - Massive Throbbing Vision, Self Hypnosis, Transformation, Transformation Songs

Transformation Tuesdays are Coming!

March 15, 2016 by Mark Shepard

Transformation Tuesdays Are Coming Soon!

There has been a lot of work going on behind the scenes in my life.
A MASSIVE, MAJOR SHIFT.

For years I struggled with what to “focus on” (can you relate?):

  • Should I focus on my music?
  • Should I focus on Storytelling and School Assemblies?
  • Should I focus on Professional Speaking for the corporate market?
  • Should I focus on my Hypnosis/NLP/EFT Healing practice?

And as I worked on each area for awhile, whatever I learned, whatever I discovered, whatever I healed and released in my own life made attempting to “figure out” what I “should” focus on more and more frustrating!

I don’t know about you, but in my life, there are no neat separate little boxes. PLUS the linguistic pattern of “SHOULD” is a clear clue that “Limited Beliefs” or “Limited Thinking” is in operation.

The Unlimited truth is more inclusive:

  • I use music and storytelling in my hypnosis sessions and NLP trainings…
  • I use music and drumming and transformational neuro linguistic language patterns when I’m billed as a “Storyteller”…
  • I can pretty much stand up in front of any group of people from Elementary Schools to Corporate Conferences and find a way to connect with them and deliver the kind of value that they can immediately use to shift their states, transform their thinking and improve their lives… and I can sings songs and tell stories to support it… :o)

So the big shift that has been happening since July when I began to integrate all of my hypnosis/NLP Personal Transformation Programs under the Honest Hypnosis “umbrella” has continued…

If you’ve been following these posts or have taken the stop to join the Transformation Nation VIP list you might remember a couple of weeks ago me talking about “Chunking UP”…

Well, just so you know I do my best to follow my own advice! I’ve been chunking up and by jove! I think I’ve got it!

I’ve chunked up to TRANSFORMATION.

EVERYTHING I do is TRANSFORMATION!

So I can do a multi-cultural school assembly with my Drums, Songs and Stories and still be totally in alignment with my highest purpose. Check out DrumSongStory.com for more info on that.

I can make awesome music with my musical mentor Roger Mock and my beloved music team at Unity church in Albany on Sundays and still be totally “on task”. UnityAlbany.org

I can create courses for you and daily emails and blog posts integrating my transformation tunes and my “Jedi Mind Mastery” Tools and techniques and it’s still on track. Honest Hypnosis Video & Audio Programs

This may seem obvious to people looking on, but most marketing coaches and business experts will advise you to “FOCUS on a NICHE to grow RICH.” And while I definitely benefitted over the years from chunking down into a specific “target” areas like “Anxiety Relief” or even more chunked down, specific kinds of anxiety, like “Performance Anxiety” or “Fear of Flying” or Sports Hypnosis, or whatever,

Ultimately EVERYTHING….
and I mean EVERYTHING
I do is about TRANSFORMATION.

And suddenly it kind of HIT me in the face.

SPLAT!

I NEED TO DO SOMETHING ON A WEEKLY BASIS THAT INTEGRATES EVERYTHING I DO IN ONE COHESIVE PROGRAM LIVE AND IN PERSON AS WELL AS STREAMED LIVE ON THE INTERNET…

(sorry about the shouting but I’m just a little bit…

EXCITED…

as I reflected intensely on this idea, what came to me was that the best day for me to actually do it would be TUESDAY evenings…

TRANSFORMATION Tuesdays.

So. Drum roll please!

Starting TUESDAY April 5th 2016. From 7 pm to 8:30 pm Eastern Time, I am inviting you to join me either in person (if you’re local to Albany NY) or by the exciting “streaming” technology on the  internet.

LIVE! in Real Time!

And I will continue EVERY Tuesday thereafter for as long as it continues to feel congruent. :o)

Here’s what will be included:

Each Transformation Tuesday  event will start with

Meditation Movements – We’ll move our bodies in ways that are specifically designed to increase endorphins, and healthy energy flow throughout the body. We’ll ground ourselves and get the breathing and gentle “tai chi like” movements charging up our fields. This will empower us to transform whatever energy, state, or mood we are in or working through into personal empowerment.

Next, we will begin to use
Intentional Chants, Transformation Tunes and Toning to take that energy process to a deeper, higher, wider, level.

Then once we “tune in” we will bring our hearts and minds together for a
Specific Transformational Intention that will assist each of us to apply one or two simple, powerful Mind/Heart/Body Personal Mastery Tools to our own lives, situations, relationships, etc.

Once we focus on what we want and discover a new way of looking at and experiencing the things we desire to transform, we’ll go into a
Guided Meditation, Visualization, Hypnosis, (whatever you want to label it) to let go of what we need to let go of and internalize and focus our minds, hearts, bodies and spirits on what we DO want…

We’ll then “Lock In The Change” with a few more appropriate Transformation Tunes and “Release the Form” as we bring the evening to a close.

There will also be time at the end to simply hang out and share our individual experiences with each other.

Are you in?

Contact Me and Let me know so I can save a seat for you!

In the meantime, Today’s Transformation Tune is:
Song # 472 Be The Change (use this link or the player at the top of this page)

Your Mind Mastery Assignment for Today (should you choose to accept it), is to play today’s Transformation Tune and then take a moment or two to IMAGINE the current challenges, frustrations and obstacles in your life gently and significantly giving way to wholeness, health, abundance, clarity, freedom, empowerment, joy, love and the absolute best kind of TRANSFORMATION you can possibly imagine…

Got it?

AWESOME!

PEACE, LOVE, GROOVINESS!

– Mark

p.s. Whoops! In all the excitement about Transformation Tuesdays, I almost forgot to give a special shout out to my action taking Transformation Nation members who jumped right in to check out my brand new program, “Hypnosis For PTSD”. A special thanks to Linda, Jeremy, Paula, Starsky, and Ronald who grabbed the 5 Scholarship spots. It pays to watch these emails like a hawk, cuz in addition to the free songs, I give you folks the first “heads ups” about new stuff and cool stuff and stuff that is FRESH and exclusively available to ACTION TAKERS.

The new program, “Hypnosis For PTSD”  is now available for purchase at this link:
http://honesthypnosis.com/ptsd-hypnosis-invitation/
please remember that you are totally covered by my iron-clad, money back satisfaction guarantee.

p.p.s.  I love you. I believe in you. And I imagine you whole, healed, healthy, happy, and radiantly transformed in ways that are even better than you can possibly imagine! :o)

Filed Under: Articles, Chunking Up, Creating Change, Daily Mind Mastery Tip, Empowerment Songs, Hypnosis for PTSD, Self Improvement, Transformation, Transformation Songs, Transformation Tuesdays

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John B.

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“I went online and logged in to your course How To Get Over A Breakup and experienced a total transformation.”

Paula

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Susan C.

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Kent

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Beth P.

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“Dear Mr. Shepard, I killed it with my speech yesterday, so thank you so much for all of your help! And thank you for adding me into the Bully Proof Teen group. I’ve been bullied myself as well so this is a good place for me to learn more. I will definitely take advantage of it. Don’t ever stop doing what you are doing!”

Hasen Khiar

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“I have really enjoyed watching all of your videos, and I am already noticing huge progress! I go through all of your recommended self-hypnosis on a daily basis and notice improvement each day.”

Chris

One day I just stopped wanting all the sweets…

“It wasn’t an ‘instant’ fix. It took a little while but one day I just stopped wanting all the sweets that I used to crave. Now I’m drinking more water and loving my body more.”

Kay F.

Leaving my fears in the dust…

“It is a journey and Mark has shared a lot of great, drug free techniques that I intend to KEEP practicing as I leave my fears in the dust once and for all.”

Cheryl

Makes it easy to understand…

“Oh man Mark. This is what I needed today. You explain things so well that makes it easy to understand. You my friend are awesome at what you do. Thank you, thank you, thank you!”

Linda

I’ve been regularly using your breathing techniques…

“Hi Mark, I’ve been regularly using your breathing techniques and positive ‘why’ questions. I also bought your song ‘Arise Arise’ as it seems to really help when nervous.”

Jason

The program is so powerful and energetic…

“Mark provided a lot of information and tools to help me in weight loss and in all areas of my life. The program is so powerful and energetic. The camaraderie you encourage is extremely beneficial.”

Ann B.

A miracle!

“Mark’s intensive phobia-releasing session CURED me. The ‘trigger’ no longer causes me to shake and tremble. That’s a miracle! The healing affected more than just me.”

A. Hart

I’ve been applying the techniques…

“Thank you Mark! I’ve been applying the techniques you taught us last week, and DAMN, it seems to be working already (but I’m not positive yet). I also wanted to tell you that I think you’ve got a real winner in your ‘Rain’ song. Ever since I heard it, I can’t get it out of my head! You’re the Best!”

Kate

Used your courses to great effect…

“I’ve used your Shy Guy Help and ED courses to great effect, thank you!”

Ian

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“Thank you for your work, Mark! You are a ROCKSTAR! The best kind. Full of love and life!”

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