Hypnosis to Stop Smoking

Hello, I’m Jonathan Garside from The Hypnosis Clinic. You know, a lot of people ask me, how I got involved in hypnotherapy in the first place. It's an interesting story, and one that I hope is inspirational to people who smoke. I started smoking at the age of 14, for a variety of different reasons, to feel more confident, to fit in with a group of cool kids, and the feeling of just growing up a little. I had a 20 a day habit for about 25 years, and it got harder and harder to enjoy my life as a smoker. I tried so many different ways and different methods to give up smoking, but nothing really seem to work. Until one day, a friend suggested that I go and see a hypnotherapist in London. I studied psychology at university, but had no real understanding or experience of hypnosis, other than what I've seen on TV or the stage as a student. So, I had no real idea of what to expect, but the experience was underwhelming, I didn't go anywhere or experience any magical feelings or sensations, I was just lying there while this guy talked to me about the benefits of being calm, relaxed and confident. When I left, I remember feeling disappointed as if I hadn't really achieved anything great. But then something serious happened or rather didn't happen, because for the rest of that day I didn't smoke a cigarette, I didn't feel like smoking at all, it was as if someone had unscrewed my head taken out the chip that said smoker, and replaced it with a blank one. I didn't smoke for the rest of that week, for the rest of that month, or for the rest of my life. I've been a non-smoker for 26 years now, and the difference is that it makes to your health and the way that you feel are nothing short of extraordinary. Fascinated, by how it worked, I embarked on a course of study over a number of years and eventually qualified as a clinical hypnotherapist and a master hypnotist. So, something that was supposed to change my habit changed my career, and my life. Smoking is such an insidious thing to get rid of, and it’s tough - for good reason too! Every time you reach for a cigarette and go - Hmmm that’s better. You tell yourself that 20 times a day, 365 days a year for 20 years and you wonder why it’s tough to quit, you’ve told yourself cigarettes make your life better over 150,000 times! Hypnosis is so good at helping you to quit smoking. Oh! Not giving up! You’re not giving up smoking? Why? We associate the phrase ‘giving up’ with things we would rather keep; you give up your seat for the old lady on the bus, you give up your place in the queue for someone in a wheelchair, you give up hope, we associate the phrase ‘giving up’ with the things we’d rather keep. You don't want to keep cigarettes you want them out of your life. So you're not giving up smoking you are becoming a non-smoker, you're stopping smoking for good, for the rest of your life. I love helping people to stop smoking - it’s something I’m so passionate about. So, if you’d like to find out how to become a non-smoker for the rest of your life, take a look through some of my tips on this blog. If you’d like to find out more about the work I do helping people to get rid of cigarettes, make an appointment for a free consultation. You can either come to meet me at our clinic in London’s regent street, or via a Telehealth video call. I look forward to meeting you soon. Have a look on our website for more details: https://thehypnosisclinic.com