Jane Ann Covington’s Insight #1 – There is Nothing Wrong With You!

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Insight #1: There is Nothing Wrong With You!

What we learn growing in our environment may not be the truth about our self, our future, or what’s possible for us. History leaves holes in the fabric of our personal experience that can get us into situations that cause us problems, big problems, or just as bad…hold us back from our higher potential!  And, it doesn’t just happen for children or teenagers …it can happen to us at any age.  I was convinced that there was something “wrong with me”.

By age 5, I knew things weren’t right in my dysfunctional family, yet I had no power to speak up, much less do anything about it. I knew I needed help. I dreamed of being capable and available to get help and learn to help others.

Finally, by age 27, with the help of skilled professionals, I discovered there was nothing wrong with me. I discovered a whole new way of looking at myself, others, and life. I gave myself permission and freedom to intentionally find the specific help I needed to fill in those missing gaps of knowledge and skills that I hadn’t gotten growing up! I then promptly made it a point to learn and practice the missing skills right away.

Who you think you can be may be more limiting than what you are truly capable of becoming. I had tried to get help through traditional means, but that didn’t work for me.  My personal transformation came through specific education, hypnosis, hypnotherapy, and coaching.  For how could I possibly help others if I could not be helped myself?

And, it took another 13 years, to figure out my specific calling, the way for me to help others.  That’s what I get to do every day now…help people succeed!  I have devoted the last 36+ years learning, using, and developing processes that help people in short term therapy using the skills of hypnosis, hypnotherapy, education, and coaching.  You can be helped too to become your authentic self and find joy, passion for life, and inner peace, self confidence, coming to know that you are more than you ever knew you could be.

The subconscious can and will hold you back, but it can also be retrained to be the servant for good for the you that you’ve always wanted and deserve to be.  Call to schedule a free 20 minute consultation with me personally (in person or by phone or by Skype) to discuss your situation and let’s talk about creating a strategy to assist you in moving toward a more fulfilled life in every way, as quickly as possible. It will be my pleasure to serve you and help you discover “There’s Nothing Wrong With You!”

Best regards,

Jane Ann Covington

 

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What is Hypnotism?

What is Hypnotism?

By Jane Ann Covington

 

Hypnosis is being a concentrated and/or focused state of suggestibility and/or accessibility, yet in our subconscious mind.

 

What hypnotism is not: It is not controlling another person. A person in hypnosis is not unconscious nor out of control.  In fact, all hypnosis is self hypnosis.

 

Most of us spend 50 to 80% of our waking day in that same state (alpha) as hypnosis.  Only 20-50% of the average person’s day is spent in their conscious mind.

 

Because of we unconsciously spend so much time every day in our unconscious mind, we can be easily influenced by someone that we trust, that we want to trust, or that sounds credible.

 

It is very important that when seeking advice from others that they be knowledgeable and have our best interests in mind.  In fact, when we use our own mind, we must question certain beliefs that we consider facts.  These “facts” may simply be a belief that is incorrect.

 

Best Advice: Make sure that you go to a reputable, experienced and caring person or company to get your needs met, whether they be for psychological, emotional, physical, financial, personal, private or business interests.

 

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How Can Hypnosis Help Overweight Adults, Teens and Children?

The most significant and fundamental part of any weight issue is in the emotional basis for the out-of control feeding frenzy behavior that comes after negative feelings, coupled with low self-esteem – all in an attempt to feel better (get it: comfort food?).  Being overweight is rarely all about bad eating habits or addictions to food.  As I have noticed over my many years of working with individuals:  All addictions are an attempt to give to ourselves.  The point is:  There’s nothing wrong with giving to yourself, you just need to find healthier and more effective ways to do it.

The reality is that feeling better is the least of their problems.  Addictions are an unconscious behavior (driven by the subconscious mind).  In the end, those negative emotions that are felt and negative self talk that is so rampant are as a result of how they think of themselves, how others think of them, leaving them in a clinically depressive and anxious state that takes them back to those bad habits in order to feel better again–all in an attempt to give to themselves a better feeling.

See the cycle? If you are overweight, you most likely know the cycle and see the painful results in the mirror or when you’re out trying to buy something to wear that looks flattering on you.  It is so hard to accomplish this goal and is often never achieved.

Hypnosis, on the other hand, is the one process that can help reprogram your mind, emotions and behavior to feel better and behave in ways that will change your body by changing your mind.  Hypnosis is not magic or an instant fix, unlike what is shown on TV or in the movies, but it can help easily and quickly change years of those old habits.

Yet, if change is possible, as hypnosis research strongly indicates, the retraining of the mind and emotions being the key, and must be reinforced for long-term success!  Desire, participation and time are what I’m talking about – together with an effective
certified clinical hypnotherapist – can be the key to open up and create a new you, a healthier you, a happier person who can find the size he/she was meant to be.

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You Think Smoking Relaxes You? Try Hypnosis!

What’s the Problem? There are at least 4,000 ingredients in every cigarette. Around 500 of them are known to be toxic and/or poisonous causing vast, often devastating stress to your body and brain.

With all those ingredients and toxins, your immune system is constantly called upon to work hard to help you survive.  In time, your immune system becomes overloaded and stress, illness, and eventually death occurs.  This does not really sound relaxing, does it?

Do you really think your body wants you to smoke with all those toxins and poisons ingested?  When you really think about it, it even sounds crazy that your body would crave nicotine (which is one of the poisons and is used as an insecticide), acetone (nail polish remover), ammonia, lead, butane, carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide (rat poison), and hundreds more.

When you really think about it, it’s more of a habit that typically began as a teen.  You decided to smoke and you forced yourself to do it…telling yourself all the while that it was a good thing (like your friends told you it was).

Smokers like to smoke, but our society is getting smarter. Most people realize that smoking is a danger to their health, their environment, their longevity and long term quality of life.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, 400,000 premature deaths per year occur due to this habitual pattern.  And, a smoker’s life expectancy is 14 years less on average when compared to non-smokers.

Tobacco use is the single largest cause of preventable death in the United States.  Yet, cigarettes are heavily marketed in the U.S. and the tobacco industry spends more than $37 million marketing dollars per day on average.  Why?  Because they are in it for the money; no doubt about that.

Habits, any habits, can be changed if we want to or if we know it’s possible to.  Many people quit smoking every day and more and more research studies are proving that hypnosis is the most effective method out there.  Just like when you decided to smoke, you trained and forced yourself to smoke.  If you learned that, you can learn to be a non-smoker again.  After all, it is your natural nature to be a non-smoker.

When done well, hypnosis is a concentrated form of learning.  Our program is organized to help retrain your mind, and therefore your behavior, easily, without stress or withdrawals.  After all, why would the body be addicted to poison?

Of course, to some this sounds crazy because society has been hypnotized into believing that smoking is an addiction that has more to do with the body than the mind.  Your mind is your most powerful tool.  Just like it helped train you to be a smoker; it can help you become a non-smoker with the support of effective hypnosis and hypnotherapy.

Remember, Breathe………oxygen is a natural relaxant and an energizer at the same time.  It isn’t called the breath of life for nothing.  Every time you smoke, you deprive your body and brain of 50% of the oxygen it needs to function on.  Becoming a non-smoker is a very good idea.  If you want to know more about how that can happen for you easily, just call and ask.

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How to End Obsessive Behaviors

©2010 Jane Ann Covington

In our life, anyone can learn to be obsessed with something or someone. Most people with these symptoms had family members with similar patterns and they were passed down to the next generation (not by genetic encoding, but by example).
Definition of obsess: (verb) preoccupy or fill the mind of (someone or something) continually, intrusively, and to a troubling extent seemingly powerless to resist.
What doesn’t work: If I just figure it out, then I can control it. Why this strategy isn’t a strategy that works is that the patterns are in the subconscious and the “figure it out” is in the conscious mind. The subconscious mind always wins the battle in the end by replaying that old unhelpful obsession or addiction, until the underlying causes or unconscious beliefs are changed (by hypnosis and hypnotherapy).
Bad habits can become Obsessions, and when taken to the extreme, can eventually be classified as OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). This pattern is similar to an addiction to something or someone. The underlying cause(s) of these seemingly out of control patterns tends to be an immature perspective, neediness, out of control emotions or anxiety, brought on by perfectionism coupled with a lack of self-esteem or an overindulgence in self-esteem.
All addictions are an attempt to give to our self. There’s nothing wrong with giving to ourselves or making ourselves feel safe, secure, and comfortable. However, we need to find appropriate ways to accomplish this in order to remain healthy, balanced, and appropriately in control of ourselves.

The key to get out of this seemingly never-ending cycle is two fold:
1) To address these bad habits/patterns in the consciousness mind through education about your mind (which hardly anyone has ever been taught how their mind actually works and how to work it to your benefit), and then practice using this understanding appropriately
2) Confront and reeducate the subconscious mind with masterful hypnosis and hypnotherapy to clear unhelpful beliefs and patterns; becoming open to reinforce new beliefs, patterns, and strategies.
Coming at the problem from these two angles, helps develop effective skills that dissolve the old unhelpful patterns, in order to regain control of your mind, behaviors, freedom and your life.
Some areas that must be addressed include: 1) make a plan/strategy (broken down to doable, manageable processes) to take back control; 2) set limits; 3) develop skills to redirect your mind to healthy, helpful thoughts and behaviors.
Finally, as we first mentioned, we can’t always make changes ourselves. Just understanding why we do something doesn’t usually make it go away. Successful people ask for help. We’re here to help! Our success rate using my personally developed methodology process is 95%.
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Hypnotism: Is It Magic, Medicine, or Just Hype?

“You are getting sleepier and sleepier,” says the mad hypnotist as he swings the pendulum back and forth, back and forth in front of the unsuspecting victim on the flickering screen.  “You are in my power.  Ha ha.”

“Ha ha” is right.  This scenario is about as far removed from hypnotism as it is used therapeutically today as asafoetida bags are from antibiotics.  [Asafoetida, a gum resin that has the smell of old, stinky gym socks, was put in a bag and worn around the neck to ward off evil spirits from fall until spring because our ancestors did not know that illness was caused by germs.]

Nor is hypnotism a parlor trick although a number of practitioners ply their craft in nightclubs, on television, movies, and even at local county fairs.  To a lot of people, hypnotism is as mysterious as voodoo.

But if you have ever been involved in hypnotism even as show business, you know that a conscious part of you is always aware and alert and would never permit you to do anything you wouldn’t do consciously.

“I never felt I was out of control,” said an Atlanta client who used hypnotherapy first to stop smoking and later to give up alcohol.  “On one level I was absolutely conscious, I could have gotten up (from the session) and stopped at any time if I had wanted to.”

Wanting to change a habit or attitude is necessary for hypnotism to work, says Jane Ann Covington, who has practiced hypnosis for more than 30 years.

The woman quoted above had smoked for years and tried to quit numerous times before turning to hypnosis.  She has not had a cigarette for two and a half years now – and she doesn’t miss the habit.

“It was virtually painless; no withdrawal symptoms,” she said.  “It was almost like a curtain came down and I knew this (smoking) was just not going to be part of my life any more.”

Jim B., an Atlanta businessman, turned to hypnosis to get rid of anxiety about flying.  The problem was so great that he felt completely upset and wanted to avoid flying altogether.  Just thinking about going to the airport and getting on a plane would bring on a fearful reaction.

“I tried everything else,” he said.  “Medication could get me there, but it wasn’t comfortable.”  After a few hypnotherapy sessions, Jim flew to Nicaragua with no problem.

“The trip to the airport was fine.  Halfway there I said, ‘Wow this is really working.  This is too easy.’ It really worked,” he said.

But hypnosis may not be effective for everyone.  The worst that can happen is that the process doesn’t work for an individual.  One man trying to give up smoking while undergoing other life stresses found the technique unsuccessful in the long run.  He wasn’t ready to let the perceived safety net of smoking go, although it’s poison.

Covington emphasized that hypnosis and hypnotherapy shouldn’t be used to take the place of physicians, psychiatrists and psychologists.

“It’s a short term, brief therapy (typically 3 to 5 visit, some fewer than 3, some more than 5) with a commitment to help people help themselves and discover new options,” she said, adding that hypnotism can’t hurt people.  The Stop Smoking program is a two visit program for most and is guaranteed for a full year.

So if Svengali and mind control is out, what’s hypnotism all about?

The process is simple – an interview and introductory session.  The hypnosis sessions are conducted in a relaxing atmosphere while you sit in a Lazy Boy chair.  Often hypnosis sessions are recorded to take home and listen to before going to bed at night.

Covington explained that during the day we use about 3-4% of our mind at any one time.  We have a conscious mind and a subconscious mind.  Most people are only in their conscious mind 20-50% of the day.  This conscious or beta state is where our rational mind is: logic, analysis, choice.

The rest of the time we are operating from our subconscious.  Sometimes we are in the delta state of sleep or the theta state of dreaming.  During our waking day, we are in the alpha state – one that’s very familiar.  It’s where we are just before sleep or first upon awakening, while being creative or feeling emotions while watching a movie.  Covington went on to say we are also in that same state (alpha) when we’re driving automatically, but are able to consciously react quickly when necessary.

A working definition of hypnosis is being in a heightened state of suggestibility and/or accessibility.

Commonly 50-80% of most folks spend their waking day in the alpha state, the same state as hypnosis.

The only time a person cannot be hypnotized is if they are incapable of or resist learning or following directions, but that’s not why you go see one.  Is it?

Covington works with clients in three ways – hypnosis, education and coaching – to be as effective and efficient as possible.  Clients range from age 3 to 90′s.

Hypnosis and now hypnotherapy have come a long way since the early days.  Whether you want to quit smoking, lose weight, calm down about a particular challenge in life, be more motivated, increase sales, improve self-esteem, or dissolve unwanted habits and patterns, you’ll find hypnosis to be helpful and often a transforming experience.

Jane Ann Covington’s office is located in Buckhead.  Call (404) 442-8700 for a free brochure or consultation.

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Pain Control with Hypnosis

Pain has been shown to have a HUGE mental component.  If you have pain, hypnosis can most likely help you gain relief.  How do I know?  I am very allergic to all currently prescribed pain medications.  As I sit with two new permanent “pins” in my left inner ankle,  I say,  “Oh, well!”, and deal with pain on my own.  Thank God, I know self hypnosis, how to use my mind to feel better without pain meds.   [When people ask "what happened?," it was a paintball accident in the Catskill Mountains (NY).]  But, my  Mind is a Powerful Tool I choose to use to help myself feel comfortable and heal faster.

Another good technique to control pain is to concentrate on a relaxing subject that gives you enjoyment and engages you.  For me it is birding.  Here is a relaxing birding log.

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More articles about hypnosis…

Check out these articles about hypnosis!

 

from the New York Times

The Possibilities in Hypnosis, Where the Patient Has the Power
By JANE E. BRODY
Published: November 3, 2008

You’re in Labor, and Getting Sleeeeepy
By ELIZABETH OLSON
Published: April 27, 2006

 

from WebMD

New Clues on How Hypnosis Works
Researchers Observe Changes in Brain Activity During Hypnosis
By Bill Hendrick
WebMD Health News
Published: June 26, 2009

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Hypnosis to Stop Smoking On NBC 11 Alive 6 pm News

Congratulations, Jane Ann!Today, Jane Ann was on the 6 o’clock news on Atlanta’s 11 Alive. She was featured in a story about hypnosisas a very effective method to stop smoking. In fact, her success rate is 95%!Today a law went into effect increasing the national sales tax from 39 cents to $1.01 a pack, motivating many people to give up smoking, once and for all. Go here to see the print story. Want more information about our services? Go to our Stop Smoking GUARANTEED! page or contact us here!

When smokers try to stop with other methods they suffer misery and depression caused by the feeling that they are being deprived of a pleasure or a crutch. The beauty of hypnosis, and the way we use hypnosis in particular, is that it removes this feeling of deprivation. It removes the need, and the desire, to smoke. You won’t need useless aids, gimmicks, or substitutes. No nicotine gum or patches. No inhalers or nasal sprays. No needles or lasers. All that you have to do with hypnosis is sit back in a nice comfortable chair, and relax. It doesn’t get much easier than that!

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The Power of Intention

There’s a whole new awareness and study of intentionality going on… for good reason.
- Jane Ann Covington, BA, CCHT, RBT

Since 1975, nationally known personal and professional developmental specialist, Jane Ann Covington has focused on whole brain learning using proven methods that achieve results for her clients.

An experienced coach, registered behavioral therapist, speaker, trainer, certified clinical hypnotherapist, and business developer, Jane Ann’s inspirational message and transference of skills can make a difference in your life as well as the lives of your employees and members of your group.

“The Foundation of Success always has a formula that makes it work, beginning with Intention!”

Formula For Success

• Intention to Succeed
• Efficient Research of a Viable Goal
• Asking Questions & Getting Support
• Creation of an Effective Plan

Then…Action!

• Follow Through & Up To Date Delivery
• Effective Management & Maintenance

Experience the Benefits of Fulfilled Intentions: financially, socially, physically, emotionally, healthfully and joyfully!

All behavior comes from thought. Each program is effective in developing our listeners’ motivation in the area(s) they need most.

Our programs are designed and guaranteed to effectively influence your mind for success and in support of your goals.

If you’re purposefully developing yourself and creating the life you want and deserve, the ultimate technique is using intention to focus your mind on learning –expanding your consciousness to evolve yourself and your ability to access and awaken a unique unlimited potential within.

Move yourself towards freedom and away from self sabotage.

Our special products support the development and care of your most essential mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual resources required to succeed.

The true power of focused intention is that it engages the mind, speeding up your ability to learn and develop.

Your Mind Is A Powerful Tool!

Those who learn the fastest and act on that knowledge will become and can remain the leaders in their field.

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