ATHLETESย WHO HAVE USED HYPNOSIS FORย SPORTS SUCCESS
Steve Hooker of Australia won the 2008 Gold Medal in Pole Vaulting after his hypnotist helped him to
visualize his success.
Felix Baumgartnerย became the first person to reach supersonic speed without traveling in a jet or a spacecraft after hopping out of a capsule that had reached an altitude of 128,100 feet above the Earth, in 2012.
2008: The only two shooters who won gold medals for the U.S. worked with a Hypnotherapist.
1984: Mary Lou Retton used hypnosis to block pain in her foot and won the Gold Medal for Gymnastics.
1983: The Chicago White Sox hired a full-time Hypnotist and made the playoffs.
1967: The Swiss Ski Team used a Hypnotherapist and 3 members won medals.
At the age of 13, Tiger Woods began seeing a hypnotist to helpย him to block out distractions and focus on the golf course.
Jimmy Connors is said to have used hypnosis techniques to practice his winning strokes prior to the US Openย Championship.
Kevin McBride, the celebrated Irish heavyweight boxing champion summons his hypnotist before every game, to getย into the right frame of mind.
Championship golfer Jack Nicklaus lauded hypnotherapy and visualization techniques as the sole reason for his improvedย concentration.
CELEBRITIES WHO HAVE USED HYPNOSIS FOR WEIGHT LOSS
Orlando Bloom was so hooked on chocolate as a child, his mother called in a hypnotist to help him shape up.
Other celebrities who have used hypnosis as part of their weight-loss program include:
- Fergie, the lead singer of the Black Eyed Peas, keeps a hypnotherapist on speed dial when sheโs touring, according to Marie Claire magazine.
- Lily Allen (singer)
- Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York (former member of the British Royal family)
- Sophie Dahl (model)
- Geri Halliwell (singer)
- Chuck Clausen (former coach of the Philadelphia Eagles)
CELEBRITIES WHO HAVE USED HYPNOSIS TO OVERCOME THE FEAR OF STUTTERING OR SPEAKING IN PUBLIC
Bruce Willis โ Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is a German-born American actor and singer. He came to fame in the late 1980s and has since retained a career as both a Hollywood leading man and a supporting actor. Being the leading actor in some of the greatest action movies Bruce Willis has had stuttering problems throughout his youth and was always scared it would affect his acting career. Fortunately he successfully overcame it.
Tiger Woods โ Tiger Woods (born Eldrick Tiger Woods, December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Tiger Woods had stuttering problems at childhood but he overcame it through hard work and practice. He admitted doing everything possible to conquer his speech disorder including talking to his dog until he would fall asleep.
Julia Roberts โ Academy Award-winning actress. Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an Academy Award winning American film actress and former fashion model. Roberts has become the highest paid actress in the world, topping the annual power list of top earning female stars for four consecutive years. Julia Roberts admitted the fact that she stuttered when she was younger, but she now speaks fluidly and is a respected actress.
Mel Tillis โ (born Lonnie Melvin Tillis August 8, 1932) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and received the lifetime achievement award in 2007. He has also been inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. Tillis and his band, the Statesiders, released such hits as ?I Ain?t Never,? ?Good Woman Blues,? and ?I Believe in You.? His stutter developed during his childhood, a result of a bout of malaria.
FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO HAVE USED HYPNOSIS FOR CAREER SUCCESS
Carl Jungย andย Sigmund Freudย developed modern psychiatry as a result of learning about and practicing hypnosis.
Mozartย (1756-91) apparently composed the famous opera โCosi fan tutteโ while hypnotized.
Albert Einsteinย (1879-1955) physicist โ was known to go into a trance through self hypnosis every afternoon. His theory of
relativity came to him during one of these sessions. He also used trance states to develop his ideas.
Lord Tennyson Alfred (1809-92) wrote complete poems while hypnotized.
Thomas Edisonย used selfโhypnosis on a regular basis
Aldous Huxleyย used tranceโlike states to explore the nature of Consciousness.
Rachmaninov (1873-1943) reputedly composed one of his concertos following a post-hypnotic suggestion.
Sir Winston Churchillย used post-hypnotic suggestions in order to stay awake and carry out his duties as Prime Minister during WWII.
Chelsea Handler, Mark Knopfler, Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Ellen DeGeneres, Ben Affleck, Ashton Kutcher, Ewan McGregor, Adele and Charlize Theronย beat their smoking habit through hypnosis.
CELEBRITIES WHO HAVE USED HYPNOSIS FOR PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT
Martha Stewartย underwent hypnosis for recurring nightmares and was able to overcome them.
Sylvester Stalloneย worked with the famous hypnotherapist Gil Boyne while filming Rocky in 1975.
Hollywood actor Aaron Eckhart has credited hypnosis with changing his life forever after he used the practice to give up smoking and alcohol.
Kevin Costner flew his personal hypnotist to Hawaii to cure his seasickness.
Jackie Kennedy Onassis used hypnotherapy to relive and let go of tragic events in her life.
Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) politician used post-hypnotic suggestions in order to stay awake all night and
avoid tiredness during W.W.II.
Reese Witherspoon has used hypnosis to overcome her insecurities.
ย
FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO ARE CERTIFIED HYPNOTISTS AND HYPNOTHERAPISTS
FLORENCE HENDERSON
Florence Henderson is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Carol Brady on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch from 1969 to 1974. In the mid- 1980โs she married John Kappas, a hypnotherapist and founder of the Hypnosis Motivation Institute, whom she met while battling depression. Henderson studied hypnotherapy and is a certified hypnotherapist.
ย
HELEN REDDY
Helen Reddy has won a Grammy Award, appeared on Broadway and in feature films, and is credited with singing and writing one of the most iconic songs of the 1970s, โI Am Woman.โ Her musical hits also include the well-known songs, โI Donโt Know How to Love Him,โ โDelta Dawn,โ โLeave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress),โ โYou and Me Against the Worldโ and โAngie Baby.โ Helen is also a practicing clinical hypnotherapist based in Sydney and patron of the Australian Society of Clinical Hypnotherapists.
SCOTT ADAMS
Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip is also trained as a hypnotist. He credits his own success to affirmations, including Dilbertโs success. He states that the affirmations gave him focus.He has described a method he has used that he says gave him success. He pictured in his mind what he wanted, and wrote it down 15 times a day on a piece of paper.
JOE VITALE
Joe Vitale is one of the stars of the hit movie The Secret who teaches methods for using the Law of Attraction in business and life. He is the author of the international #1 best-seller, The Attractor Factor, the #1 best-seller Lifeโs Missing Instruction Manual, the #1 best-selling e-book Hypnotic Writing, and the #1 best-selling Nightingale-Conant audio program, The Power of Outrageous Marketing, among numerous other works.
CELEBRITIES WHO HAVE USED HYPNOSIS FOR CHILDBIRTH
Jessica Alba, pregnant with her second child used HypnoBirthing. HypnoBirthing was created by Marie Mongan, a Certified Hypnotherapist and is used throughout the world.
Gisele Bundchenย used HypnoBirthing too.ย Tom Bradyโs Parents are registered HypnoBirthing Educators and Practitioners.
According to The Mirror, Kate Middleton used HypnoBirthing to stay calm and visualize birth. Kate had her husband, Prince William by her side to support, reassure and coach her during the labor.
Emily Deschanel, (Dr. Temperance Brennan, on Bones) used HypnoBirthing for her recent baby.
INTERESTED IN LEARNING HYPNOSIS? CHECK OUT MY FREE HYPNOSIS VIDEOS