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For those interested, I have merch back on my channel.

For years I used Teespring for my merch and connected them with my YouTube channels, but last July when I requested a payout of my latest income they never paid out.

In October when they had apologised and said there had been an issue but they still hadn't actually paid out yet, I unconnected Teespring from my YouTube channels and deleted all of my products from Teespring, because I didn't want sales where the money was going to them, but they weren't passing on my share.

I have given up chasing them now. It seems like I need to just draw a line under that income and move on. I have now set up a new merch store using Fourthwall, which seems reasonably rated (so hopefully there won't be any payout problems!) and it can connect with YouTube so that you can see a selection of the products under my videos and on my channel store page.

Some of you have requested I re-release my two-message design, where from a distance people saw one message and up close they saw another. I probably won't release that exact design, but may look at ideas for creating an updated version at some point.

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Just reading Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism by A. Alpheus (1903) on discussing awakening subjects from 'the lethargic state' of hypnosis when the person won't awaken to verbal suggestions, lifting the eyelids or applying pressure to locations like the ovarian regions - then applying cold water can work, and 'in olden times' burning coal was used...

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What hypnosis questions would you like answered?

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Dr David Lewis' final book has arrived. It is about blind spots in perception and is written with David's magician friend and long time collaborator on projects ‪@KeelanLeyserTV‬

The book is definitely worth a read for those interested in how the mind works.

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These are most of the books I own which were written by the late Dr David Lewis (who used to run this YouTube channel with me). I think the final book he wrote - Unseen, is still due to be released in April (written with Keelan Leyser).

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There is currently misinformation being spread that autism is caused by Tylenol/Paracetamol, there is currently no compelling evidence to support this claim, and large studies which suggest this isn't the case (like the one shared below).

Autistic people are also not a "horrible crisis", autistic people are humans with strengths and challenges just trying to find their place in a world that can feel like strangers in a foreign land, waking up where you don't understand the language & behaviours, both verbal and nonverbal, or the customs & rules and where everything is over-stimulating and confusing, but you are treated as if you should just 'know' how to fit in like everyone else, you should just know the language, the verbal & nonverbal behaviours, customs, rituals & rules, and you shouldn't be finding the environment overstimulating or have a problem with the food, etc...

Autistic people often need compassion, love and support, being treated as different, not disordered.


Ahlqvist, V. H., Sjöqvist, H., Dalman, C., Karlsson, H., Stephansson, O., Johansson, S., Magnusson, C., Gardner, R. M., & Lee, B. K. (2024). Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children's Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability. JAMA, 331(14), 1205–1214. doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.3172

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Voice Dynamics: Speaking to Both Awareness and Non-Conscious Processes

In hypnotherapy, communication is more than just words. The tone, rhythm, and pacing of your voice can significantly influence the effectiveness of suggestions. Voice dynamics play a critical role in engaging both a client’s conscious awareness and their non-conscious processes, fostering a therapeutic environment where meaningful change can occur.

The Importance of Voice Dynamics
Voice dynamics refers to how you use elements like volume, tone, pitch, and timing to communicate effectively. While words capture a client’s conscious attention, your voice can carry suggestions directly to their non-conscious awareness. This dual-layered communication creates a sense of connection and allows your messages to resonate on a deeper level.

For example, a steady, clear tone might engage conscious awareness, while a softer, slower phrase on introspective words can subtly encourage non-conscious exploration. By varying your delivery, you can guide clients through a journey of focus, curiosity, and discovery.

How to Use Voice Dynamics in Hypnotherapy
Using voice dynamics effectively requires intentionality and practice. Here are three strategies to help you integrate this technique into your sessions:

1. Vary Your Tone and Volume
A steady, confident tone can create a sense of trust and authority, while a softer, gentler tone can invite relaxation and introspection. For example, saying, “Now, as you begin to relax,” shifting your tone on "begin to relax" to a soothing tone, encourages the client’s non-conscious processes to engage without overt pressure.

2. Pace Your Delivery
Slowing your speech and introducing strategic pauses gives clients time to process suggestions. For instance, after asking, “I wonder what it feels like to truly let go…,” pausing briefly allows the client’s non-conscious to explore the idea without interference from conscious reasoning. You can enhance this further, by pausing for a moment just before saying "let go..." and then saying this with a pronounced deep, outbreath.

3. Use Emphasis to Guide Focus
Emphasising key words or phrases as I've mentioned above can direct the client’s attention to specific ideas. Saying, “You might notice how comfortable you feel…” with slight emphasis on “notice” encourages the client to shift their focus inward in search of the comfort, while implying comfort is present. You could reword this slightly to "You might notice how you feel comfortable..." adding the slight emphasis on "feel comfortable..." and rather than giving the message to "notice" you give a suggestion for experiencing comfort, so it is more directive toward non-conscious processes developing comfort, it isn't just about noticing, but about experiencing, and there is a distinction. For example, you can have arthritic pain in a wrist and notice the pain there without feeling the pain, or you can feel the pain without noticing it. You can also notice it is now comfortable without feeling anything in that wrist, you just 'know' it is comfortably, or experience it as comfortable without paying it any conscious attention and so not noticing it.

Building Trust Through Voice
Your voice is one of the most immediate ways to establish trust and rapport with clients. A calm, supportive tone reassures clients that they are in a safe space, while deliberate pacing shows that you are attuned to their needs. Consistency in your delivery gives a sense of reliability, which is crucial for effective hypnotherapy.

Practical Applications of Voice Dynamics
Match the Client’s Energy (within reason and aligned with who you are as a person): Start by aligning your tone and pace with the client’s current state, then gradually shift to guide them toward a desired state of relaxation or focus.
Experiment with Pauses: Use pauses not only to give the client time to process but also to observe how they respond. Their body language or subtle changes in breathing can offer valuable insights.

Practice Active Listening: Adjust your voice based on the client’s feedback, ensuring that your communication remains responsive and adaptive.

Takeaway Question
Why are voice dynamics important in hypnotherapy?

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Utilizing Childhood Associations in Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy often involves accessing deeper, non-conscious processes to help clients resolve issues or make meaningful changes. One powerful method for doing this is through the use of childhood associations. By evoking memories and responses linked to early experiences, therapists can tap into a client’s natural curiosity, creativity, and receptivity to new ideas, it is also a time when they were more hypnotically receptive.

Why Childhood Associations Work
Childhood is a formative time when patterns of thought, emotion, and behaviour are established. During these years, the mind is highly impressionable and responsive to suggestion. By referencing or recreating aspects of childhood, hypnotherapists can evoke these non-conscious patterns of responding, bypassing learned conscious defences or resistance.

For instance, as children, we failed to stand up thousands of times, but never quit, we failed to walk thousands of times without giving up, we learned an entire language without any formal lessons, just through mimicking and trial and error. We hadn't learned many of the limits adults place upon themselves.

Paraphrasing Milton Erickson, he famously said that if children had to learn to walk with adult minds, no adults would be able to walk, most of us would have quit by our third failed attempt.
If these innate, non-conscious patterns of responding are stimulated, then they will be active while engaging in hypnosis or addressing the presenting problem, which can help the hypnotherapist to get better outcomes.

How to Use Childhood Associations Effectively
Incorporating childhood associations into hypnotherapy requires sensitivity and creativity. Here are three strategies for using this approach:

1. Draw on Familiar Childhood Experiences
Referencing universal childhood experiences, such as learning to walk or discovering something for the first time, can help clients connect to feelings of curiosity, persistence, or accomplishment. For example, the hypnotherapist might say, “The way children learn to walk is fascinating, they often start by learning to stand, perhaps leaning on a chair or the parents hands or knees, then they try to take a step, but as they lift a leg off of the ground, they topple over. Eventually, after hundreds of attempts, they manage to take a first step while still perhaps holding the parents fingers, then another and another. The parent gently supporting and guiding them, while they do the work, then at some unknown point they no longer need to hold onto anything to be able to walk, and this is at a time where each day that they wake up, their legs have gotten longer and their whole body has changed size and so the centre of mass has shifted and they have to learn to adapt every single day to the changes within themselves as they master the art of walking, until eventually it becomes instinctive and just a part of who they are.”

2. Use Simple, Playful Language
Language that mimics the tone and simplicity of childhood can engage non-conscious processes more effectively and helps to elicit or encourage the state of mind the hypnotherapist would like the client to be in. So, it is best for the hypnotherapist to talk almost as if they are talking to someone of the age they are trying to evoke patterns from. What this does, is it encourages the client to start to take on the role as if they are that younger age.

3. Recreate a Sense of Wonder
Asking questions that evoke curiosity, such as, “Remember what it was like as a child, when you curl up with an engaging story book?” or "Remember what it was like as a child, when you take cereal boxes and turn them into a spaceship or fort, powered by your imagination?" encourages clients to explore new possibilities without pressure or expectation by stimulating the neural patterns involved in creative exploration of ideas. Something you may have noticed here is the technique I used in formulating those questions. I started off with 'was', to evoke the past experience, and then moved to talking in present tense to encourage the client to experience that in the here and now.

Takeaway Question
Why are childhood associations effective in hypnotherapy?

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