Stress

"Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths." -Etty Hillesum

When we experience excessive stress-whether from internal worry or external circumstance-the "fight or flight" response is triggered. This response is hard-wired into our brains and represents a genetic wisdom designed to protect us from bodily harm. In actual dangerous situations, the fight or flight response is invaluable.

Today, however, most of the stressors we encounter are not a threat to our physical survival. They consist of sitting in rush hour traffic, missing a deadline, bouncing a check or having an argument with a boss. Unfortunately, in most of these situations, we cannot flee or fight. We have to sit in our office and bite our tongues, or sit in traffic and deal with it.

There is overwhelming evidence that unreleased stress can lead to problems of the nervous system including chronic headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, and high blood pressure. It can also affect the immune and endocrine systems creating susceptibility to infection, chronic fatigue, depression, and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and allergies.

Hypnotherapy can help you to deal with stress and to discard unnecessary perceived threats. During your session at Mother Peace, you will also learn effective self-hypnosis techniques for ongoing control of stress. These techniques will help you to relax, to adopt healthy ways of dealing with stress, and to leave negative coping patterns behind. Hypnosis has no negative side-effects and the benefits are wide-ranging. Once you learn these techniques, you can use them for life.

To book your Hypnotherapy session, call Brigitte at (705) 845-1458.

Cost: $75/session