Quit Smoking for Life https://quitsmoking4lifenovascotia.com Wed, 09 Oct 2019 17:20:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 Emirati psychologist uses the power of hypnotism to help patients quit smoking https://quitsmoking4lifenovascotia.com/2019/10/09/the-power-of-hypnotism-to-help-patients-quit-smoking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-power-of-hypnotism-to-help-patients-quit-smoking Wed, 09 Oct 2019 17:20:29 +0000 http://quitsmoking4lifenovascotia.com/?p=95 Emirati psychologist Nasser Al Reyami can rattle off plenty of examples of research that concludes hypnotherapy has strong results in helping smokers to quit. However, he has more success convincing the sceptics who walk into his clinic about the effectiveness of the method when he tells them how he kicked the habit within three months after he consulted a hypnotherapist in 2013. Read the full story…

(May 30, 2016 – The National)

]]> Is hypnosis all in your head? Brain scans suggest otherwise https://quitsmoking4lifenovascotia.com/2019/10/09/is-hypnosis-all-in-your-head-brain-scans-suggest-otherwise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-hypnosis-all-in-your-head-brain-scans-suggest-otherwise Wed, 09 Oct 2019 17:18:55 +0000 http://quitsmoking4lifenovascotia.com/?p=93 Hypnosis has become a common medical tool, used to reduce pain, help people stop smoking and cure them of phobias. But scientists have long argued about whether the hypnotic “trance” is a separate neurophysiological state or simply a product of a hypnotized person’s expectations. Read the full story… 

(July 30, 2016 – New York Times)

]]> How does hypnosis work? The science behind the phenomenon shows how it could be used to help people https://quitsmoking4lifenovascotia.com/2019/10/09/the-science-of-how-hypnosis-works/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-science-of-how-hypnosis-works Wed, 09 Oct 2019 17:17:44 +0000 http://quitsmoking4lifenovascotia.com/?p=91 I don’t know about you, but I’ve always been terrified of being hypnotized. Sure, it looks cool — but I’d be scared of revealing some deep, dark secret, like my double identity or the fact that I regularly listen to Disney music (no regrets). Read the full story…

(August 2, 2016 – Bustle.com)

]]> What happens to your body when you quit smoking? https://quitsmoking4lifenovascotia.com/2019/10/09/what-happens-to-your-body-when-you-quit-smoking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-happens-to-your-body-when-you-quit-smoking Wed, 09 Oct 2019 17:07:45 +0000 http://quitsmoking4lifenovascotia.com/?p=80

Stop for 28 days and you’re five times more likely to quit for good. But, what are the benefits of quitting, and how quickly can your health recover – if ever.

Step by step, we reveal what happens to your body when you quit smoking.

Here are the health benefits after 20 minutes, a year and a decade.

 (thesun.co.uk, September 30, 2016)
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