Monday 26 February 2007

Reiki and addictions


I was delighted to meet up with one of my former reiki students over the weekend. Mike was visiting the area having moved out to Spain. Interestingly he has been having a lot of success using reiki with addictions and specifically in using the 'harth' symbol. What sort of success has anyone else out there had with addictions and did you use the same symbol as mike or bring others in? I would be really interested to know.




Friday 9 February 2007

Another excellent missive from WDDTY!

If you know anyone who is taking anti-depresents, do make sure they are aware of all the facts.
Hopefully the following will make them think.
ANTIDEPRESSANTS: The baddest of the bad is revealed

Antidepressants are a family of drugs that are bad and dangerous to know – and now researchers have named Effexor (venlafaxine) as the baddest of the bad. Patients are much more likely to attempt suicide while taking Effexor than any of the other antidepressants, a new study has found.
The news comes as no surprise to those who’ve already been exposed to the drug. It’s considered to be one of the most powerful antidepressants, and one of the hardest to tolerate. In fact, around 19 per cent of patients stop taking the drug early because they can’t stand the side effects, which include anxiety, sexual dysfunction, weight gain, high blood pressure and thyroid depression. One patient even reported a sudden change of hair colour.
They are the lucky ones. Once over the initial hurdles of life-destroying side effects, withdrawal symptoms are so severe that it’s almost impossible to stop taking the drug.
Thousands of patients who signed a petition to the drug’s manufacturer, Wyeth-Ayerst, claim the drug company knew about the side effects and the withdrawal problems, but failed to properly disclose the facts.
Most of the problems were slowly drip-fed into the public arena over a period of eight years after the drug was first licensed, they say.
Now the last piece of the jigsaw has been revealed. Researchers from RTI Health Solutions at Manchester Science Park analysed the safety records of 219,088 patients from the UK who were taking an antidepressant between 1995 and 2005. Patients taking Effexor were nearly three times as likely to attempt suicide compared with a patient taking another antidepressant, including Prozac (fluoxetine).
(Source: British Medical Journal, 2007; 334: 242-5).

Sunday 4 February 2007

Some timely testimonials

Hi Graham, its now January 27th and just to let you know that my weight loss and keep fit programme continues.With the help of Weight Watchers I have lost an incredible 2 and a 1/2 stones and am absolutely delighted. I still put much of my success down to your help at the start when I came to you last summer. Without your sessions to unlock my self-confidence and increase my self-esteem, I know I would not find myselfin this more positive position now. Thanks to you, I have found an inner strength, a way to move forward and the strength to stick with my commitments.So, thanks for your support last year and, the ongoing support in the form of your tapes.Thanks again and all the best J North Bucks

"Despite being very nervous, I found the environment created by Graham to feel both secure and relaxing. The sessions were extremely helpful and the time Graham spent doing research into my condition was much appreciated and I'm sure helped me progress more quickly than if I had just received a more general treatment. I found the sessions to be very much patient led and never felt under any pressure to continue with treatments any longer than necessary."
Good Luck!
LE Milton Keynes

“I suffered from phobias which really affected my life, not to mention my family's life too!
The fear of vomit and/or vomiting, a phobia I had since childhood and it got progressively worse during my teens and early 20's. I would avoid situations such as public transport, pubs, parties and children to avoid the possibility of facing this phobia. This then kicked off my phobia of flying. On one particular flight, there were difficulties with the engine, which resulted in a lot of people becoming hysterical and being "ill". Therefore, this did not help and the fear of being trapped with lots of people in a capsule became unbearable. After this experience, I did not fly for years until I had to go on my Honeymoon! I could only get on a plane if I had several Gin & Tonics or tranquilisers. I would insist on driving everywhere but you can't drive to the Far East!
I knew I had hit crisis point when I realised my phobias were affecting my son so I decided I had to get help. I knew about NLP and Hypnotherapy and thought that this would be the best thing.
I made an appointment to see Graham at The Wishing Well: Through hypnotherapy, he got to the root causes of my phobias and I can honestly say that I have not looked back. He also showed me some techniques that I could use e.g. EFT and visualisations to assist my own healing process. After 3 sessions, I boarded a plane and I think I was the calmest person in the airport lounge. My husband was astounded! I have been on 5 holidays abroad in the last 18 months (making up for lost time!) and have thoroughly enjoyed myself.
With regard to my phobia of vomit, Graham helped me to put things in perspective. It isn't nice but it can't ruin your life. I had not been on a train for 17 years but I now I do my clothes shopping in London and I go in by train!
I really feel safe and free to explore the world now thanks to Graham.
SH Peterborough