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New study finds that short-term memory is improved 20% by walking in nature, or even just by looking at an image of a natural scene.

TITLE: "Depression and Creativity" Symposium SPEAKER: Kay Redfield Jamison, Terence Ketter, Peter Whybrow EVENT DATE: 02/03/2009 RUNNING TIME: 124 minutes DESCRIPTION: Kay Redfield Jamison, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and co-director of the Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, convened a discussion of the effects of depression on creativity. Joining Jamison were two distinguished colleagues from the fields of neurology and neuropsychiatry, Dr. Terence Ketter and Dr. Peter Whybrow. The Music and the Brain series is co-sponsored by the Library's Music Division and Science, Technology and Business Division, in cooperation with the Dana Foundation. The "Depression and Creativity" symposium marks the bicentennial of the birth of German composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), who died after a severe depression following the death of his sister, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, also a gifted composer. Speaker Biography: One of the nation's most influential writers on creativity and the mind, Kay Redfield Jamison is a noted authority on bipolar disorder. She is the co-author of the standard medical text on manic-depressive illness and author of "Touched with Fire," "An Unquiet Mind," "Night Falls Fast" and "Exuberance: The Vital Emotion." Speaker Biography: Dr. Terence Ketter is known for extensive clinical work with exceptionally creative individuals and a strong interest in the relationship of creativity and madness. He is professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and chief of the Bipolar Disorders Clinic at Stanford University School of Medicine. Speaker Biography: Dr. Peter Whybrow, an authority on depression and manic-depressive disease, is director of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is also the Judson Braun Distinguished Professor and executive chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at th

It almost seems unlikely that in any kind of situation you walk up to someone, shake their hand, and voila! They are in trance. But no matter how hard it is to believe, that's exactly what the handshake induction is designed to do. This induction is incredibly effective when when time isn't on your side, or when you're after an effective and instant way to bypass a particularly resistant critical factor. And while it might appear to be some unbelievable magic trick, it's actually very simple to perform. Especially when you have the right technique. Check out the infographic here for a breakdown of master hypnotist Igor Ledochowski's very own 8-step handshake induction technique.

Has this ever happened to you? You meet someone and quickly fall into a deep conversation. And although you've just met this person, you feel an instant bond. This experience is known as Instant Rapport. For hypnotists, instant rapport is an invaluable tool when it comes to building trust and setting the parameters for effective communication - meaning it can make or break your hypnosis practice. Interested to find out how you can master rapport so it flows effortlessly and becomes second nature when you're working with a subject? Visit HypnosisTrainingAcademy.com now to get your FREE eBook and MP3 audiobook to discover top rapport building secrets, including the 7 most common barriers to building rapport and the 5-step conversion formula for instant rapport building. Discover how you can enhance your hypnosis practice today.

Anxiety and depression affect upwards of 55 million people in the U.S. alone. Research has shown that hypnosis is highly-effective at dealing with anxiety and depression, and what's more, is that positive results can often be seen in a fraction of the time. The other benefit with hypnosis is that it's 100% natural and drug-free - which is also good news given how quick doctors can be to prescribe medication. Curious to discover more about how hypnosis can be used as a powerful ally in the emotional struggles that haunt depression and anxiety sufferers? Check out the latest article on HypnosisTrainingAcademy.com to discover why hypnosis works, the techniques you can use to treat it, in addition to 3 scientific studies that back its effectiveness up.

Curious to discover how you can use hypnosis for insomnia? Yes? Great, you've come to the right place. The Hypnosis Training Academy has compiled a list of 8 proven hypnosis techniques for better sleep, energy, and health. This in-depth article discusses the causes of insomnia, the medical side effects of prolonged sleeplessness, 9 non-hypnotic lifestyle changes that can help, in addition to 8 proven hypnosis techniques that'll get to the root cause of insomnia. If you'd like to learn how hypnosis can be used to treat sleep disorders, you won't want to miss this article. Read it, share it and never stop enhancing your hypnosis skills!

A Northwestern research group has found that people that solve anagram puzzles by sudden insight rather than by conscious search or analytic strategies have an EEG resting state that prefers the right over the left hemisphere.

Mrs. Retallack placed plants in each chamber and speakers through which she played sounds and particular styles of music. She watched the plants and recorded their progress daily. She was astounded at what she discovered.

Hypnosis has been shown to be an effective therapeutic tool when treating a host of mental and physical issues. In fact, given how versatile it is, you'd be hard pressed to find something that hypnosis can't treat. Some of the common issues it's been proven to resolve include: quitting smoking (smoking cessation), weight loss, sexual dysfunction, depression, anxiety, pain relief, self-esteem issues, physical healing, trauma, bad habits and phobias. Interested to find out how? Check out this article by HypnosisTrainingAcademy to discover 15 common issues that can be resolved by going into a hypnotic trance, in addition to the scientific studies to back it up.

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Interested in discovering how to master hypnotic influence and create powerful channels in the mind using emotion, logic, and reasoning? Yes? Well, we have got good news for you as Hypnosis Training Academy has created an in-depth guide that explains the heart of influence, the Influence Strategy Tree and the 5 branches of influence that fall under it. With this guide, you will get a very clear sense of how you can effectively use hypnosis to carve influence channels in people's mind. This 2-part guide on hypnotic influence also takes you through strategic influence techniques to generate a positive change in your subjects and clients. Intrigued? Visit HypnosisTrainingAcademy.com today to discover what is the role of influence when used in hypnosis….