Just like most Torontonians, we’ve been doing our civic duty and working from home during the lockdown. Although Ontario’s stay-at-home order makes an exception for “mental health support services,” most of our clients are using our private video-calling service, which we’ve set up for better audio quality, reliability and security. But while online sessions seems to satisfy most of…
We’ve all heard the metaphors “life is like a box of chocolates” or “it’s raining cats and dogs.” Metaphors are a great way to express broad, abstract ideas and make them relatable and easily digestible. But these literary devices should not be reserved solely for the artsy types—a study published by The Journal of Personality…
The article below summarizes the video above. There are many varying views and explanations about how hypnosis works. Many first impressions of hypnosis are from a movie or a television show, where the experience of hypnosis, and what the hypnotist can do, is overly dramatized. Here at The Morpheus Clinic for Hypnosis, we make hypnosis…
As humans, we tend to fear the unknown. Hypnosis has been shrouded with mysticism for so long that even though we are living in the digital age of information, in some circles, hypnosis is still regarded as a hat trick or a gimmick. And as our motto at Morpheus is, “we make hypnosis make sense,”…
Feelings of relaxation and thoughts of being calm, might come to mind when someone mentions meditation. The same may happen when the thought of hypnosis comes along shortly thereafter. The two practices are often paired together because they both involve bypassing logical thoughts and lowering inhibitions to access a deeper state of mind. With this…
Most of our clients want to know the details of what is going to happen in hypnosis, and we want to give them the information they need to make an informed decision. Last month we explored the hypnotic induction, it’s history, and how is it used in a hypnotherapeutic setting. This month we will be…
We view the world through frames: our mind needs classes and categories to think, to represent information, and to make decisions. Whenever you think, you use frames of reference to quickly make sense of the world. We use so many frames, and so often, that we don’t even notice them the majority of the time;…
The first breath of spring is here, and many of us become intent on cleaning out our homes and offices, giving them the deep cleaning that’s been missed over the winter. Sometimes, though, the house isn’t the only thing that needs clearing. We dedicate time and serious effort to primping and refreshing our spaces, yet…
We all know that finding a job can be stressful. When you are looking for a new job, there can be a sense of urgency, and if you are looking for something better, you may want the job so much that you put a lot of pressure on yourself to succeed. You spend hours re-working…
In Canada, gym members go to the gym on average of 1.6 times per month. We certainly have the desire to go to the gym, and, logically, we know the benefits of being physically fit, but, for usually a multitude of reasons (some known, some unknown), sometimes we just can’t seem to align our habits…