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Perhaps one of the most phenomenal things about the unconscious mind is how it automatically communicates with, and responds to, the outside world. How it gets your body moving without you even being aware of the movements you're making. Or the way your body language continuously changes, while you remain completely oblivious to these subtle nuances. Which is precisely why hypnosis is such a powerful tool - because it sets the optimal conditions for the unconscious mind's learning process to take place. Watch this amazing hypnosis demonstration to see how trainer Steve Roehm uses Milton Erickson's Non Awareness Set to enhance unconscious learning.

A team of researchers in Germany have discovered the source of human awareness in the brain through the analysis of dreams.

Find out how to seamlessly break down someone's resistance during hypnosis and lead them into a deep trance using the Non Awareness Set technique.

Buddhist psychology's core techniques of meditation and awareness may have much to offer ordinary Westerners.

1. Human relationships: Men have a more difficult time understanding emotions that are not explicitly verbalized 2. Left brain vs. both hemispheres: men approach problem-solving from a task-oriented perspective while women more creatively and are more aware of feelings 3.Mathematical abilities: men perform higher 4. Reaction to stress: Men tend to have a "fight or flight" response to stress, women approach it with a tend and befriend strategy. 5. Language. 2 sections of the brain responsible for language - larger in women 6. Emotions. Women are more in touch with their feelings and better able to express them 7. Brain size. Typically, men's brains are 11-12% bigger 8. Pain: women require more morphine to reach the same level of pain reduction. 9. Spatial ability. Men have stronger spatial abilities. 10. Susceptibility to disorders: Men are more apt to have dyslexia or other lang problems. women are more susceptible to mood disorders such as depression and anxiety.

"Researchers have long known that people cling to their personal biases more tightly when feeling threatened. After thinking about their own inevitable death, they become more patriotic, more religious and less tolerant of outsiders, studies find. When insulted, they profess more loyalty to friends - and when told they've done poorly on a trivia test, they even identify more strongly with their school's winning teams. #implicit learning: k. gained without awareness #rain-imaging studies of people evaluating anomalies, or working out unsettling dilemmas, show that activity in an area called the anterior cingulate cortex spikes significantly. The more activation is recorded, the greater the motivation or ability to seek and correct errors in the real world #disorientation begets creative thinking. "

In support of Stress Awareness Month, we have created this infographic to show how serious prolonged stress is, and how to relieve stress naturally.

The aging brain resembles the creative brain in several ways. For instance, the aging brain is more distractible and somewhat more disinhibited than the younger brain (so is the creative brain). Aging brains score better on tests of crystallized IQ (and creative brains use crystallized knowledge to make novel and original associations).