Hypnosis Training Podcast #1 by Cal Banyan

I am very excited to announce to that we have a new hypnosis podcasting program that I believe you will enjoy and find very useful. And it starts today!

This podcast is in addition to the already very popular audio programs that we have been producing and are currently available under the title of the Meet the Pros Audio Program, on our www.BanyanHypnosisMall.com website. The Meet the Pros Audio Program is a series of mini seminars that I produce with interesting and informative trainers in the field of hypnosis, but is not being produced as regularly as this podcasting program will be.

So, starting today, the hypnosis podcasting series has begun. These fun and informative hypnosis podcasts are scheduled to be broadcasted each Friday!

Here are some of the topics I cover in this audio program:

• I share my goals with you for this series of hypnosis podcasts.
• I invite you to join our fun and informative hypnosis discussion groups on Yahoo.
• I tell you why we should all completely reject the label of “lay hypnotist“!
• I explain how, when and why you should raise your fees.
• I wrap it all up by sharing with you some future topics I have in mind for this program.

Please send me your comments about the program and suggestions for future topics. Then keep coming back on a regular basis to enjoy the latest programs.

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Enjoy!

Cal Banyan’s Hypnosis Training Podcast #1 (right-click and save as…)

Reduce Stress and Have a Baby!

Hi everyone. Here is a quick link to a news piece on how stress reduction can help women to get pregnant. They don’t mention hypnosis, but it is obvious to me that hypnosis will do it as well as the congnitive therapy promoted in the article. Actually, I beleive that 5-PATH® hypnotherapy would work much better.

This would be a great service to provide in your community, and a great fit for anyone doing HypnoBirthing®, or other natural childbirth procedure using hypnosis!

Here is a link, http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060620/hl_afp/healthfertilitywomen

Listen Now to Cal on WCCO Radio with Pat Miles

Hello everyone. This is just a quick note to let you all know that we just posted my recent radio interview on our website. It was fun talking to Pat Miles about hypnosis on WCCO Radio.

Stop by and give it a listen. Here is a link, WCCO’s Pat Miles interviews Cal Banyan about hypnosis. (You will also find several other radio interviews as well.)

To learn more about Pat Miles and her show on WCCO Radio you can check out their website at, http://wccoradio.com.

Stop Accepting the Label of a “Lay” Hypnotist

It has been a while since I wrote on this topic. But today I received an email from a very well known writer and trainer on the subject of hypnosis and hypnotherapy. In that email he used the phrase “lay hypnosis professional.” I simply could not believe it.

I am placing my response to my friend here because I want all hypnotherapists and hypnotists who have taken the time, and put the effort into becoming properly trained and certified to simply not allow this label to be applied to you.

The following is my response…

In your email you stumbled upon one of my “pet peeves.” So please allow me to vent for a moment. What follows is said with respect…

I want to strongly encourage you to stop using the phrase “lay hypnosis professional.” It is an oxymoron. The term “lay” means untrained or nonprofessional. Your use of the word “professional” in the phrase implies a high degree of training and professionalism, hence the oxymoron.

I know that it seems trivial to some, but letting the other professions press upon us the term “lay” anything (hypnotist or hypnotherapist) is in my mind much worse than accepting the title of “Hypnotist” over the title of “Hypnotherapist.” [The individual to whom I am writing loathes the use of the title of “Hypnotist” and much prefers the term “Hypnotherapist.”]

For more on my feelings about this topic check out this blog entry on CalBanyan.com, It is Time to Completely Reject the Label of “Lay Hypnotist”.

Well, I am glad to get that off my chest.

$100.00 Gift Certificate Offer Extended One Week

I have received a couple of emails asking me to extend our $100 gift certificate offer for those who register for our Week of Power Advanced Hypnotherapy Course at the NGH Convention this year. Rightly so, they told me that I announced it a bit late and one or two people were not able to take advantage of it, so I agreed to extend the offer. Just go to the http://www.BanyanHypnosisMall.com website and “read all about it” as they say.

I hope to see you in class in August! We are going to have a great time, and everyone will learn a lot!