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BIG WAVES vs Little Boat plus “Hypnosis on the Hudson”

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In This Video: I manage to ride out a huge wave event in my new Hornbeck Canoe on the Hudson River near Henry Hudson Park (Town of Bethlehem)… and then I bonus you a bit of conversational hypnosis to support your personal groovyness factor and encouraging you to try something new today or do something DIFFERENT today… just one small thing…

And I’m wawking my tawk ovah heah…. doing hypnosis on the Hudson River, my new OFFICE!!! Shazaam! Cowabungah!

HOLY GUACAMOLE!!!

– Mark

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Sound Healing Hypnosis Goes To College

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Staying the course: It’s about hanging in there when you WANT to give up… when other people WOULD give up… But YOU keep your mind focused on where you want to be, what you want to do and who you truly want to be…

Hey There Transformation Nation!

It’s been a while since I’ve posted here at Honest Hypnosis, but I have not been idle! I have been deep in the grooves of my path with heart STAYING THE COURSE!

  • I’ve been continuing to develop and integrate my hypnosis, neuro linguistics and personal transformation work with my music.
  • I’ve been learning how to do some serious video editing in Adobe Premiere (seriously anxiety provoking program! Just today I “had to use my CRUSH anxiety tools” to manage the frustration and stress of attempting my first 4 camera edit!)…
  • I’ve been studying film making, videography, sound recording and anything else that can help me to get my music and my message OUT into the world where it can do some good.

In the midst of all that, I had the privilege of doing a bit of a workshop recently on Overtone Singing and Neuro Linguistics as well as a Sound Healing Hypnosis Session with a group of Mercy College Speech & Hearing Pathology students and professors.

Since it came out pretty well (in spite of one of my camera’s running out of storage in the middle of it), I was able to edit the S.H.H. portion of the program for YOUR personal use and enjoyment. The theme is loosely woven around the concept of “Stay the Course,” “hang in there” “You Can Make It Through This!” which some of the students asked for when I invited them to share some areas in general they could use some positive suggestions in.

Since it was mid-term crunch time there was just a wee bit of stress and anxiety in the room.

So, that’s where I went with this session. I’ve used it myself a few times and it’s arguably one of my best hypnosis programs ever… and it’s FREEE!

Enjoy!      – Mark

p.s. Special thanks to Dr. Shari Berkowitz, Associate Professor, Program in Communication Disorders, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry NY for inviting me to speak AND sing!

P.P.S. Got anxiety? First. Watch/Listen to the video…

Second. Check out my powerful and easy to master home study course: CRUSH anxiety NOW!

(It’s how I overcame my own social anxiety, stage fright, shyness, panic attacks and how I manage to keep my own anxiety down to minuscule and easy to manage levels…)

Third. Have an awesome rest of the day!!!

Transformation Is A Marathon

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Transformation is Not a sprint. We all want it to be a sprint but it’s not. It’s a process that ALWAYS takes longer than we want. “Your Path With Heart” is a marathon.

Here we are at Day 15 of 90 Day Transformation Challenge #4.

And I’m ALREADY tired. LOL…. Of course fighting off a little bit of a “Code”… is part of it.

But that’s where most people stop. At the first sign of resistance. At the first roadblock. At the first moment when all the enthusiasm has faded a bit and the reality of all the work involved in making your dream a reality shows up…

So be patient with yourself. Take it a little bit easy BUT as Pete Seeger always used to say, “Take it!”.

Here’s an EXTREMELY short video (for me) with your Daily Mind Mastery Message.

And here’s a TranceFormation Tune to support it.

And that’s it for today.

Peace. Prosperity. Cowabungah. and LOVE.

– Mark

p.s. In case you missed it, here’s yesterday’s video which was a “Youtube Only” special.(It’s less than 2 minutes long)

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Better Than Expected

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317 Better Than Expected origWhy DOES It Work Out Better Than Expected…

I had a lovely weekend exploring the Finger Lakes Region of New York State. From the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge north of Lake Cayuga down to Ithaca and then west to the Finger Lakes National Forest then to Watkins Glen at the southern end of Lake Seneca, my delightful traveling companion and I did a lot of driving and walking and exploring.

Unfortunately in Watkins Glen I didn’t quite manage to negotiate a certain higher than expected curb… and it threatened to “curb my enthusiasm” for a few minutes as I surveyed the “crunch” on the right side of the formerly “cool, sporty ground effects” trim on my car… :o(

So I immediately began chanting my favorite “mind-hack”.

“Why does it work out better than I can possibly imagine?”

“Why does it work out better than I can possibly imagine?”

“Why does it work out better than I can possibly imagine?”

“Why does it work out better than I can possibly imagine?”

This is a conscious shift that I sometimes have to FORCE myself to make. It’s a sad fact of modern life that a little fender bender, bumper crunch can be expensive, not to mention INCONVENIENT…

I felt myself starting to get bummed out by the idea of my insurance company jacking up my rates, as well as time wasted being put on hold and having to make an appointment and give up the use of my car to get the darn thing fixed… blech!

So I said it again. Louder and with a few very satisfying expletives (which I’ll delete here just in case you might be shocked by them LOL)…

“Why does it work out !@#*%^ better  than I can possibly imagine?”

But literally POURING the alternative thought into my neurology of “Why does this work out better than I can possibly imagine?” I began to move me back into my usual joyful state…

I like to imagine that somehow “this is good!”… Perhaps the delay this caused saved our lives somehow… Perhaps this was exactly the reminder I needed to stay in this powerful state of mind. Or maybe I will never know consciously how “this is good.”

Whatever. I’m in charge of my state.

A RESOURCEFUL, positive state is ALWAYS better than being all pissed off and whiny…

And maybe it was all so that I would share this thought and song with you this morning… Maybe YOU need to hear it…

Either way this humorous song bubbled up in my mind as a perfect song to play for you this morning.

Song #317, “Better Than Expected” demonstrates NLP reframing techniques in a way that uses music and humor to install a powerful transformative idea deep into your subconscious mind.

And that idea is this:

The events that seem “bad” or “negative” only seem that way because of our interpretation.

Reframe or re-interpret them as positive and the physiological reaction can be one of positive, transformational empowerment. You may have a few moments of frustration or despair. But with practice you can instantly reframe any situation as a blessing.

Powerful, real life change from listening to a song? Yup. And what’s even cooler?
You can download it for nuthin’ (unless of course you want to pay in which case it definitely works out better than expected for me! ;o)

Now it’s up to you to test it in your own life… Seriously. Give it a shot…

[BTW I played this song for a guy once out of context and he said, “well I don’t really like country music.”

For the record. Just in case it isn’t OBVIOUS. This is a PARODY of a country music song. The cliche music style is part of the humorousness… Do I have to explain EVERYTHING? Sheesh…LOL]

BTW #2: all the instruments (including real TUBA)are played by “Country Joe” Mennonna who is feverishly working on several new arrangements that I will hopefully share with you soon.

Your assignment today, should you choose to accept it, is to Have a fabulous Monday! A Monday that is BETTER than you could have EVER expected! Unless of course you read this post on some other day in which case have whatever day you are having in a way that is better than you can possibly imagine. Ok?

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

And here’s how

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Glad we had this little chat.

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Will See You.

ON THE INSIDE!

Cowabungah!

– Mark

p.s. just in case you don’t remember, Tomorrow is the local and live streamed kick off of my new weekly Transformation Tuesday program combining Music, Movement, Meditation, Message and Meet Up. I hope you’ll join us!

The Master Mind Effect

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mark mccoy 700xI was away last week in Toronto for a very cool “Immersion Master Mind” for Thought leaders. It was MONUMENTAL.

Seriously. MONUMENTAL

I thought I would be able to keep posting my Mind Mastery Daily and Transformation Tunes for you while I was away… but IMMERSION is IMMERSION.

So I accepted that some “routines” were going to be “interrupted” and I embraced FOCUSING on soaking up some powerful and transformative ideas and strategies for doing what I do, BETTER.

And YOU will benefit from that in the days and weeks to come.
Now back to today.

mmmmmmmmmm MONDAY!
One of my absolute FAVORITE days of the week!

Here we go:

Monday’s Mind Mastery Message:
The Power of the Master Mind!
I’m kind of on the “M” kick today. As well as a MASTERY kick…

One of the great “take aways” from my learning adventure in Toronto last week was the absolute POWER of hanging out with people who are pursuing their passionate purpose in life.

Study after study has shown that people tend to match the income and achievement levels of the people they hang out with the most.

Napoleon Hill in his MASTERFUL book “Think and Grow Rich” mapped out the idea of the “master mind”.

And my favorite songwriter said, “Together we can change the world”…

And of course there was a dude back in “0” AD who said to his 12 buddies, “Where two or more are gathered amazing stuff can happen…”

So last week, not only did I get to experience the inspirational company of some amazing peak performers who like myself are rolling up their sleeves and getting to work on themselves, their lives, and bringing their talents and gifts to the task of making a positive difference in the world,

I got to rub elbows a bit with Olympic Gold Medalist, Mark McKoy.

Not only is he the only Canadian to bring home an Olympic Gold medal in the last 30 years, but he did it at age 30 in an event that considers a 25 year old… OLD.

For a 2 minute jolt of joy, inspiration and grooviness watch this video and see Mark McKoy WIN the Olypmic Gold Medal AGAINST ALL ODDS!

I LOVE the part where the STUNNED CBC broadcasters literally didn’t know what to say other than, “Unbelievable!” (Luckily HE believed in himself because THEY surely didn’t).

One of the key strategies he employed in his 16 year quest was to find and work with the best coaches in the world as well as to surround himself with the company of his BEST competitors.  The Master Mind Effect.

The guy who won Silver was his best friend who he lived and trained with. They pushed each other and caused each other to be better.

One of the greatest challenges with anyone who seeks to transform his or her life is to seek the company of other people who have the effect of PULLING YOU UP. Sometimes this requires letting go of some relationships that do not PULL YOU UP.

I found this to be incredibly true over the years as a hypnotherapist working with people who wanted to stop smoking (or other habits and addictions) if you quit smoking and then go hang out with a bunch of smokers, it’s going to be a lot harder than if you go hang out with a bunch of non smokers. Does that make sense?

Same deal with food issues. If you are attempting to transform your eating and exercise habits, it’s a lot more helpful to hang out with folks who are exercising and nourishing their bodies intelligently than your old gang of couch potato fast food fans.

Whatever you want to achieve in life, you might want to consider finding some other people who have done that or are deep in the process of doing it, and go hang out with them.

Make sense? Engage the master mind effect.

So your assignment today (should you choose to accept it) is to take a loving, compassionate look at the company you keep.
Is it supporting you becoming a better person? Or is it pulling you back to being someone you “used” to be? (And BTW my new weekly Music, Message, Meditation, Movement Meet-Up called “Transformation Tuesday” will be a place where you’ll be able to meet other people like yourself who are seeking the source of their own healing, success, strengths, talents and magnificence. ) The Master Mind Effect.

If you’re local to Albany NY I hope you’ll join us. If you are not, please watch this space for info on our live streaming broadcasts and replays.

And Now for Today’s Transformation Tune:
Song # 320 “Field of Dreams”

That’s it for now!

COWABUNGAH BABY!

Ahhhh Who Ahhh!

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

And here’s how

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Coming Home To Yourself

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Today’s Mind Mastery Daily, my beloved Transformation Tribe is about the journey.

Coming Home To Yourself

No matter what your circumstances of birth, your childhood, your teen years, your current situation as an adult, you are in a PROCESS. You are on a JOURNEY.

Life is filled with challenges and opportunities. Some say they are actually one and the same thing.

It is only our INTERPRETATION of events that make them “problems” or “solutions”.

To illustrate this today I want to share a song that has evolved over the years.

The original version this song, #175, was about the work I was doing in the late 80’s and 90’s healing my life. I was struggling on many fronts.

Physically, I was exhausted and seemed to be unable to digest my food properly.

Emotionally I was full of anger, sadness, fear, shame…you name it I was getting clobbered by it.

I could not for the life of me seem to be able to do anything significant with my music. Couldn’t perform it or sell it or market it or anything other than write song, after song, after song, after song…(that seemed destined to never be heard).

On the positive side of things, it was around this time that I began to add drumming and storytelling to the mix of music that was pouring through me.

Somewhat out of desperation, I began to study energy healing with a woman named Mearah Marqua who was one of physicist and energy healer Barbara Brennon’s first students. I studied with her and a group of other people seeking to heal their lives one weekend a month for about 5 years. Slowly things began to change.

But just so you know, first things fell apart even more!

First I had to lose the 4 houses I’d bought for “nothing down” and sell the Title Insurance business that was killing me…

Bankruptcy and foreclosure. “Failure” some might call it.

Looking back? “MIRACLES”, “GIFTS”, “RELEASE”!

Eventually, step by step (always taking way longer than I wanted :o) the healing began and the thriving and joy followed.

Then as I continued on my own healing journey, it became apparent as I dove into Ericksonian Hypnosis and Neuro Linguistics (NLP) in the early 2000’s, that a slight update was required linguistically to pre-suppose that the healing had already taken place…

You Mind Mastery TIP, is to begin to play with referring to your “problems” in the PAST TENSE.

So today’s Mind Mastery assignment, (should you choose to accept it) is to acknowledge today how far you’ve actually come on your own healing journey. Give yourself a little credit for all the work you’ve done on healing yourself, your work, your relationships, your body, your life.

And then share this song and post with anyone you know who may need some healing support.

None of us are alone in this process of healing even though sometimes it feels that way.

Today, imagine me, surrounding YOU with light, love, support, encouragement and the idea that you are making progress!

Because you are!

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

And here’s how

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