Category Archives: Hypnotherapy

Alison Bechtel’s new book Are You My Mother?

Posted on May 12, 2012 by janellmoon

Just saw Alison Bechtel at San Francisco’s Booksmith Height Street. (What a neighborhood to remind us of the 60′s and the “flower children” we once were.) It was a crowd of all ages and orientations and the store actually felt … Continue reading →

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Visaul Art As Poetry

Posted on April 10, 2012 by janellmoon

I have talked before about how all the arts feed into an artist’s sensibility. I went to the play RED at the Berkeley Rep which was a two man show of Mark Rothko and his assistant. Rothko had an interest … Continue reading →

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Writers Need Writers Need Counselors Need Artists and Singers

Posted on March 17, 2012 by janellmoon

A friend and I drove over the San Francisco bay bridgewith a high wind warming last night into San Francisco to hear Jeannette Winterson read from her new book, a memoir, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? You … Continue reading →

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Adult Children

Posted on March 3, 2012 by janellmoon

It may hurt but it’s great when an adult child of ours does tell us something that is bothering them about us. It’s our time to listen and be willing to really hear. Can you imagine what it would have … Continue reading →

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Blind Spots/Creative Work

Posted on January 24, 2012 by janellmoon

Blog 4 I’ve been thinking of what I have to change in myself.  I am a long-term counselor working with many clients over the years but  I still have my blind spots and know it. I am glad to have … Continue reading →

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Mindfulness and Hypnotherapy (Hypnosis)

Posted on January 7, 2012 by janellmoon

A close study of the two methods of using the mind to relax are different but they share fundamental similarities of purpose. And both are processes to help the self function better in this fast- paced world of ours. One … Continue reading →

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