Musings on Hypnosis by Certified Hypnotherapist Donna Sherman, CHt

"The Persistence of Memory" by Salvador Dali ***May 5, 2014*** As many of you may know, my partner of 15 years passed away suddenly on Saturday, April 26, 2014.   This (below) is the blog entry I had been working on and literally just completed moments before I got the call to tell me what had happened.   I could not make this fact up if I tried.   I post it here now, below, in the hopes that what it says it may truly reach some of you reading, as it is now resonating in ways for me personally that I never could have dreamed of when these words first were written:    ************************************************************* Do you remember the last time you almost busted a gut laughing?   Laughed so hard that tears ran down your face? Can you recall a sight you saw or a moment you shared with someone that took your breath away and changed your whole world forever? If asked, could you envision a memory when you triumphed over an obstacle and

  Artist: Quint Buchholz   Bombardment.  This is on my mind lately.  The swirling tornado of imagery, advertisement, updates, news flashes, texts, emails, articles, website links, sorrows, celebrations,  that we exist in the middle of every day. Our collective virtual plethorum of stuff that BOMBARDS us pretty much 24/7. It is an assault on the senses.  I guess every period in history has it’s unique challenges, and this would be ours.   Do you feel like some days; your thoughts aren’t even your own?   Do you ever wonder if, in a sense, we are all somewhat under hypnosis all the time? Fire. Radio. T.V. Computer. Smartphone. Oh the things we have gathered around over time, to stare at and glean from. At least the first 3, we used to do in the company of others, mostly. Now we stare at these little rectangles in our hands.   Alone. And we are hypnotized. I have heard the theory floated that modern Hypnotherapy is actu