Author Archive for Erika Slater

Erika Slater is a Certified Hypnotist specializing in smoking cessation, weight loss, and stress management. She offers private hypnosis sessions in her practice covering the metro-west Boston and Worcester region in Massachusetts. Erika also offers a selection of recommended self-hypnosis products. Ms. Slater writes and publishes articles on hypnosis and alternative health topics for a number of web sites.

Avocados have wonderful health properites

The Health Benefits of Avocados and Why They Belong in Your Diet

The avocado is a tasty treat used in popular dips but it also has wonderful health benefit properties as you’ll discover in this short article.

What if hypnosis could simulate this surgery?

Obesity and Type II Diabetes and Lap Band Hypnosis

Lap Band Hypnosis is a breed of safe and painless procedures that are alternative to weight loss surgery for obesity and type 2 diabetes – Read more here.

I wonder if it will be difficult for me to quit?

How Hard is it to Stop Smoking?

A common question I get when I interview a smoker who wants to quit smoking is “How hard will be for me to stop smoking?” – here’s how I respond.

You may want this for them... but do they?

How Can You Stop a Family Member of Friend From Smoking?

As we enter the New Year there are a lot of concerned family and friends of smokers that put some pressure on them to quit. Maybe they see a decline in health or felt they over-indulged during the holiday season and it really is time their smoker friend stopped smoking and got their life in order. Here’s my best advice for you to help.

Obesity and type 2 diabetes can be fought

Obesity and Type II Diabetes Doesn’t Have to Be a Life Sentence

Obesity and type II diabetes in the U.S. has been climbing recently – this isn’t just in adults but more alarmingly in teenagers as well – here’s more info.

Obesity can lead to type II diabetes

Type II Diabetes and Weight Loss – How to help Yourself

Obesity can lead to type ii diabetes and spiral into major weight loss needs – Hypnosis and the technique virtual gastric band hypnosis offers promise.

Weight loss surgery has evolved to hypnosis surgery?

Is Hypnosis Surgery the Next Weight Loss Phenomenon?

The desire to shed pounds has been craved by humans throughout the last century. Diets and exercise are staples but now surgery and even hypnosis surgery?

But - Did it really happen?

Gastric Mind Band – Virtual Gastric Band for Weight Loss

Gastric Mind BandTM and Virtual Gastric Band are techniques for Weight Loss using hypnosis – find out more in this article by Massachusetts hypnotist.

Recovering from a kneww injury takes time

The Pace Exercise Program Helps Runner Get Back from Injury

Read how the PACE exercise program put a runner back on the road to recovery after knee injury and get his competitive fitness level back.

Hypnosis can help with many challenges

Does Hypnosis Work and How Does it Work?

Hypnosis is an excellent form of therapy to help you quit smoking as well as to help you lose weight and overcome any number of life challenges.

You can successfully quit with these tips

The Most Popular Reasons to Say, I Quit! (Part Two)

Once you’ve decided to quit cigarettes here’s the preparation you need to make to get and remain smoke free, and how to overcome the challenges you’ll meet.

Breaking the habit can be hard

The Most Popular Reasons to Say, I Quit! (Part One)

Smoking is not an easy habit to break but the smokers who persevere usually have strong reasons. In this series I’ll cover the most popular reasons to quit.

Hypnosis opens our subconscious mind

What is Hypnosis Really Good For?

Hypnosis is generally misunderstood as a therapy. This is mostly because it deals with the unconscious mind – a powerful force if it can be controlled.

Mood eating plays havoc with diets

Weight Loss can be Less about Diet and More about Mood

For many weight loss is less about their diet and more about how they feel. Diets are unsuccessful for many if that’s all they do – so here’s more info.

Hypnosis can help with confidence and self-esteem

Confidence Hypnosis – Building a Beautiful Mind

Confidence hypnosis is just a mindset away and can unlock potentials you dream about and here are some basic steps you can take today to make a difference.

Do you think yourself fat?

Are You a Fat Head on a Thin Body?

If you’ve struggled to keep weight off then it could be because of your inner beliefs and you could have a fat head on a thin body working against you.

Top things to know about hypnosis to stop smoking

10 Things I Wished I’d Known Before using Hypnosis to Quit Smoking

Most people like to know what they are getting into when they’re about to embark on making a drastic change in their lives. Quitting smoking is drastic.

Exercise helps thinking through problems

Cleanse Your Mind While You Exercise

You’ve heard about how exercise helps to cleanse your body by keeping it operating at optimum levels – but exercise can also help to cleanse your mind.

Hypnosis can work with other techniques to increase success

Why Hypnosis is Not the Answer to Everything

As a Hypnotist you’d expect me to use the “hammer of hypnosis” to beat down every bad habit of a client asking for help. A few taps and everything is fixed.

Everybody wants to know if it's instant

How long does it take to quit smoking?

Often times, individuals thinking about quitting smoking will wonder, “How long does it take to quit?” In all honesty, this is a loaded question – here’s why.

Exercise for weight loss doesn't have to be hard!

Dispelling Two Myths About Exercise for Weight Loss

One of the sessions in my weight loss program covers exercise, and the struggle that people expect or experience using exercise to lose weight.

Here's your scrubbed brain - just kidding!

Please Just Scrub My Brain Clean and Make Me Better!

We’ll all guilty of struggling with a bad habit or personal issue and just wanting to find somebody that’ll make it all better with no work required of us.

But I don't wanna go to bed!!!!

It’s Late and Time to Send Your Smoking to Bed

Overcoming the fear of, or reality of, withdrawal symptoms when you stop smoking is a major concern for people who quit. Here’s one way of dealing with it.

Do you know what type you are?

Don’t Start A Diet Until You Know Which Metabolic Type You Are!

The same diet is not appropriate for everyone because not everyone is the same metabolic type. If you’re struggling to loose weight then info. here may help.

Change Your Beliefs: Understanding How You Communicate

Change Your Beliefs: Understanding How You Communicate

Nothing makes me happier than to teach someone to “fish”. Being able to change your beliefs goes a long way towards changing many things in your life.

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