Sarasota Medical & Sports Hypnosis Institute

Welcome to Sarasota Medical & Sports Hypnosis Institute Online. This is our Chronic Disease Department. This is an interactive educational website filled with a multitude of opportunities for learning. Always feel free to contact me with any questions you may have about our educational programs or choosing the best CD program for you. Elizabeth Bohorquez, RN, C.Ht

OUR PROGRAMS -

As a young RN working in Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York & in the Royal Marsden Cancer Center, University of London, UK, I came to understand the importance of winning the mind game in relation to chronic disease diagnosis. While most of our patients had cancer, many also had other chronic disease states including diabetes, heart & circulatory disease.

Hypnosis is not alternative medicine, but a very important aspect of medical care. This is the aspect where the patient has the power to heal & manage the treatment. The emotional component is huge in any medical diagnosis & especially so in oncology.

As you learn to manage your body physiology in the moment with interactive self-hypnosis, you will be able to sense the changes. Your emotions will stabilize, as well as your thought patterns. Stress, pain & body sensations are closely connected. You, the patient, can improve what you are sensing by utilizing these tools. You will also come to notice that as you gain control, the hopeless-helpless spiral is contained & even your relationships with those around you can change for the better.

Here are a few links to programs designed for our Chronic Disease Department. You can review all of the programs available by clicking on the first link in the yellow column.

WHO WE ARE
We are medical professionals working in the field of medical hypnosis & mindbody health. We are also educators, writers, publishers & producers of original Interactive Self-Hypnosis Educational Tools including audio, CD, workbooks, e-books & e-school. We are currently celebrating 30 years of original product design. Our unique approach allows listeners to reach a high level of self-mastery & self-control. Unlike any other hypnosis CD or cassette, Interactive Self-Hypnosis invites you to explore your own subconscious "inner library" right in the moment & allowing you to plant permanent changes when they mean the most.

In addition, listeners program their minds for emotional & thought management related to the subject at hand, changing what is necessary & enhancing what is needed. Managing thoughts & emotions is key to high level performance.

You can review our + 350 interactive self-hypnosis programs by shopping the department links, or go directly to our product list. Each link leads to descriptions & formats available. Here is a working example of what you will find in our list.

We offer one of the largest selections of self-hypnosis programs available in the world. As medical & staff development professionals, our programs cover some of the most important lifestyle changes & integrate our knowledge in patient care, employee health, stress management & high level performance. Our programs are utilized in schools, hospitals, workplaces & by individuals for personal health & development on all continents. We also design programs to meet specific needs.

Our programs are available to HR Professionals, schools, & hospitals at discounted rates through International Medical & Health Writers. Publishers, editors & literary agents interested in representing our work are invited to contact us directly. We offer FREE articles for online publication to serious & professional websites, as well as to workplace newsletters & ezines. Join our direct mailing list & never have to look for an article again !

Mind-Body Fitness Boot Camp
The Boot Camp is an original "self-discovery" program that is offered FREE online. This is an excellent program for those with any chronic disease diagnosis who want to gain more control in their lives. The focus is lifestyle change & high level performance/healing. Here you will learn to set & activate goals, manage emotions & negative brain cloud, curb addictions, challenge disorderly eating, manage & release stress, accelerate learning, experience high level health & optimum performance through the applications of original interactive self-hypnosis. The Boot Camp also has an email discussion group moderated by the author & program designer.
About the Boot Camp

Moving From Helplessness to Optimum Health Elizabeth Bohorquez, RN, C.Ht

In this article we are focusing on developing optimum mindbody health in all areas of life management. Unfortunately, chronic disease is so common that it is "uncommon" to find someone with a clean bill of health. It is important for us to be aware of this, and while many people do fall into this category , we should all be working on a daily basis to prevent the development of these conditions.

Chronic stress reaction states lead to disease. We already know that chronic stress reaction takes us away from our goal of optimum mindbody performance. A chronic disease diagnosis should not keep a person from working to function at a higher level, and interestingly enough, it is often the catalyst for powerful change.

Most people live their lives on automatic pilot, not paying much attention to what they do "moment to moment." They don't see the big picture, nor the minute changes occurring in the mind and body triggered by unhealthy lifestyle behaviors. Little attention is paid to the reasons why heart disease, diabetes, circulatory disease, asthma, or the many others developed. Little attention is paid to why the bowel is irritable, or why the body keeps breaking down in so many areas. Little attention is paid to why anxiety and/or panic disorder developed and staying in residence.

In order to function at a higher mindbody level, it is vitally important to accept the concept that everything is connected, and while on the surface that may seem like "bad news", in reality it is "very good news indeed." The reason for this is that once a person takes full responsibility for the working of the total picture, the outcomes will change. That is not to say that all diseases will reverse, but once a person makes healthy lifestyle changes that include food intake, managing stress, emotions, and utilizing healing imagery, the path changes and therefore the outcomes change.

It may be that chronic pain is reduced, and other mindbody functions may normalize, or at least head in that direction. In this course you will learn that the actual act of caring for your mind and body at very high levels will bring the opportunity to achieve many of your goals, even if you have not been successful in the past.

It is best to review all lifestyle change programs with your physician before starting. You may be taking certain medications that will need monitoring as your blood sugars stabilize. If you are over-weight you will probably begin losing stored fat. If you are under-weight, your body will respond in healthy ways to your improved lifestyle changes. It is not uncommon for certain types of medications to need a dose adjustment. The physician may choose to actually eliminate certain medications as your body begins to respond to these changes.

I suggest that all participants keep an ongoing journal while working on this program. The tools in this program will allow you to view your body messages on very subtle levels. This information can be very valuable for your physician, and the management of your health care. A simple notebook will suffice. I encourage participants to write a few pages daily, noticing changes not only in the body, but also in their mind state.

There is a big connection between food and beverage intake and chronic diseases. Many individuals literally live in food stress, causing their body and mind to function at much lower levels than before. Much of this lower level functioning is then blamed on the actual chronic disease process, while in truth it is caused by the lifestyle behaviors of the individual. When the mind and body are under food stress, additional stress chemicals are produced as the body attempts to find balance.

It is well known that chronic disease states are stress related. The medical literature suggests that 60-90% of disease states are related to stress in some way. Once again, this can be seen as good news. Translated correctly, this means that 60-90% is within your power to change. Very good news indeed!

This program will present information that may appear very simplistic on the surface, and perhaps you may view it as far too simple in managing any perceived large problems. Make no mistake. The answers are often very simple indeed. Most of the answers are subtle, and this is the actual reason for the lack of success. True long term success lies in doing the same simple, subtle things over and over, and then over and over. This is where the tools of persistence and perseverance come into play.

You will be developing these powerful assets as you work with these simple, subtle tools. You will also be working with the parts of you that do not want to practice self-discipline, but prefer to keep you in the chronic disease state, and living at your current level of health. Perhaps the most interesting, and certainly most powerful part of this program is coming face to face with this destructive inner force. The process of getting to know it, respecting it’s power, and learning to diminish it will change the way you currently live your life.

This program contains many different tools and techniques designed to help the individual towards high level health and performance. These very same tools are used by sports professionals, individuals interested in accelerated learning, those in the creative arts, as well as those managing life threatening illnesses. Some of these tools may be familiar, while others are totally unfamiliar. The highest level of success is with those who remain open minded, and work daily on the development of awareness and change.

Self - Development Questions

What are the most important parts of this article as it relates to you?
What is the most important change you need to make?
How will you make this change? What action steps do you need to make today?
How does you current stress management plan affect your levels of chronic disease management? What things will you change beginning today?
Describe how you will feel when you new plan is in place. In your mind's eye see yourself feeling better than before. How will this affect other areas of your life?

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