The Insulin Connection

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My question to my readers...would you pay $8.95 to gain sufficient Knowledge & Motivation to prevent Adult Onset Diabetes & to prevent all the life complications? If not, why not?

I never considered myself a writer, yet I've always been a writer, first keeping journals as a child. Most were on single pieces of paper, some written in the middle of school work. Teen years brought the locked diary. The writing was simple, sometimes reporting on what happened during the day, rarely expressing feelings, except for the teen years when so much drama took place.

As my life unfolded, I was becoming a disorderly, secret, binge eater, already on the road to developing early stages of killer diseases. None of this was ever mentioned in my diary. My mother was troubled by my excessive appetite. When I was eight she took me to see Dr. Ben who listened to my mother & prescribed three little boxes of colored pills that were meant to curtail my appetite. I was not over-weight, just hungry. For some reason Dr. Ben & my mother thought this hunger needed to be controlled. In a way they were right, but how they went about it was very wrong.

In Sugar...the Hidden Eating Disorder I discuss the important issues surrounding family & personal medical history. I introduce you to hyperinsulinemia, or the over-production of insulin by the pancreas & the development of insulin resistance & how this connects to excessive hunger, as well as the killer diseases. Yes, I was a hungry kid. I was also athletic. My family medical history was moderately high for hyperinsulinemia, but unfortunately neither Dr. Ben, nor my mother had any idea about this, so I was given amphetamines that introduced more problems into the mix. Realizing that my mother was watching how much & how often I was eating, I began to hide & eat secretly. This was the beginning of my binge life that went on for decades. By the time I reached early adulthood, I was locked into a serious eating disorder that went unnoticed for decades. I was well on my way to developing adult onset diabetes.

The level of hyperinnsulinemia was causing symptoms of reactive hypoglycemia, once again without diagnosis. The symptoms were so varied that no one took me seriously. This was a complicated & frightening time. Each day became a day of unknown challenges.

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Why Do I Feel So Sick & Tired?

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The first eBook in the Series...Sugar...the Hidden Eating Disorder & How to Lick It Hypnotically begins with the "food connection." I was in a debate about naming the original book because it is NOT just about sugar. It's about what I call "disorderly eating." However, what's interesting about "disorderly eating" is it's connection to the hot desire for more carbohydrates, mainly the more refined ones & sugar is at the top of the list. A close look shows that this is just the TOP OF THE ICEBERG. As I began to put myself under the microscope I found more & more clues about my behaviors, choices & habits that were causing me to become very ill & I was very frightened. It was no longer about wanting to lose weight.

As I've written before, I have been eating in a "sick fashion" as long as I can remember. It wasn't that I didn't realize it...I just couldn't seem to control it. I started where many people start & where many people live. To begin, I thought about food all the time. I thought about losing weight continually. I kept notebooks of articles about dieting & everything related to it. I wrote out detailed plans. I joined the gym. I found a walking partner. To look at me, I appeared healthy, but I was definitely on a downward health spiral & it wasn't just physical.

Emotionally, part of me wanted to change, but another part of me told me to "shut up." Physically, I was becoming sicker by the day. It was becoming difficult to stay awake in the afternoon, of course interfering with my work. Each day brought more fatigue, anxiety & depression. I knew something was wrong with me, but no one could put a finger on it. My lab tests were fine. I had the weight yo-yo syndrome. Doctors took no notice. I kept food logs, thinking I had an allergy or food sensitivity. Once again, the tests showed nothing much, certainly not anything that came close to matching what I was feeling.

My biggest issues revolved around a hunger that just wouldn't stop. This was a true hunger. Here's the truth. I was ALWAYS HUNGRY. If I ate, I was hungry within an hour. When I sat down to eat a meal, I could never finish it, BUT the hunger returned with a vengeance. I would snack while preparing dinner, then have a low hunger during the meal, but would snack while cleaning up & then in the middle of the evening. There was a time when I would wait until everyone was asleep & then binge in the dark in front of the television. Whatever was happening to me, it had no name & I was alone with my very frightening secrets.

One day I decided that something had to change. What I didn't know in that moment was that just about everything had to change. I didn't know where to start, so just like with my eBook Series, I started with the food connection. My symptoms were so varied & had gone on for so long. I knew my eating habits were at the heart of the matter, but the emotional roller coaster had other connections. I just didn't know what they were, nor what to do about them, but I had to start somewhere. Since after all these years nothing had killed me, I took this as a positive.

I began my journey on that particular day. I had no idea what I would uncover, nor how I would manage whatever it was. I was both frightened & excited. Sugar...the Hidden Eating Disorder is the organized journey that took me from a very sick & low place, to the opposite end of the spectrum. I still travel the path. Doors continue to open, showing me even more. That's the magic of Interactive Self-Hypnosis & the Creative Mind. It is a spiritual journey..."ask & you shall receive."

I had spent my life hurrying to get to my outcomes. I wasn't looking for answers...just outcomes. This was a big mistake. I decided to offer something different to my patients & readers. We need answers. We need Knowledge. We need to understand what is underneath the imbalance we experience, as well as what it has to teach us. When we take this approach, we can finish what we begin instead of never quite getting it right. For me, I never wanted to think about losing weight again. I had wasted so many hours doing this. I never wanted to feel that fatigue & anxiety again. I wanted to live the life I was given with high energy & health. I wanted to be happy. Could my food issues be getting in my way? Yes...they were...BIG TIME.

Someone just asked me about the other eBooks in the Series & if they each come with mp3's. Also, can you read them "out of order." Yes, they can be read that way, but I suggest you read them in order. They all come with mp3's. These are SESSIONS...not audiobooks. Here are the others.

Part Two - The Mind and Body Connection
Part Three - Learning Imagery, Imaginology and Interactive Self-Hypnosis
Part Four - 40 Day Workshop that integrates self-development hypnosis for changing your mind and body programming.

And, another question.
Yes, I am on PINTEREST. Follow me on Interactive Self-Hypnosis eBooks

And, another question.
Yes, I'm happy to answer your direct questions. My promise to my Higher Power was this. "If you will show me the way to get healthy, I will share it with everyone I meet." I keep my promises. ;-)

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Changing my Eating Behaviors? OH NO

To my Twitter friends..every question I have posted has either been asked to me OR perhaps more importantly...I have asked myself throughout my years of disorderly and secret eating.

I was chatting with my friend Gabbie who is a cardiac care nurse. Her career desire is to teach the public how to "prevent cardiac disease" and wanted my opinion of how to go about doing this while earning a living at the same time.

Now, I love Gabbie. She has a vast experience in making changes. Gabbie was an eating disorder patient of mine from the age of thirteen. We worked together for about ten years. Yes...ten years. The first five were living hell. I would describe the second five like climbing up stairs very slowly, but at least climbing.

Here's the thing. Gabbie didn't want to change. She loved how she was living her life, despite it being very unhealthy and life-threatening. At one point she weighed eighty pounds. Her parents sent her to a live-in clinic where she was assigned to a wheelchair for a year to conserve her energy. She was tube-fed. She yanked out the tube. Then her wrists were restrained. Gabbie didn't want to change.

One day Gabbie asked me how much she had to weigh for me to discharge her. She still didn't get it. The scale was her "manager." If you are rolling your eyes...don't. Look to the gym. You will see many like Gabbie.

Of course, while I won't deny that Gabbie lived at the end of the spectrum, I do know this place personally. More than a few of us do...

If you look around the world you will see the problem about eating behaviors, but you will have to look closely to find the crux of the problem because "disorderly eating" has become the norm.

While you're looking, check out the restaurants, the menus, the supermarket aisles, the shopping carts, and don't forget to notice where and when people eat. The next time you go to a movie, find someone who is not eating. Pay attention to television ads including the size of refrigerators. Then, look at the number of pharmacies and advertisements for food-related symptom management medications.

People are set in their ways.

If a person is "lucky", they will AWAKEN before it is too late. This is what happened to me, but not before I went through that same hell visited by Gabbie. I wrote this Series over ten years ago. Someone asked me, "Why a series?" My answer, "It takes a series IF you really want to get better and stay out of trouble. People need to stop dieting and start caring for their body and mind. There is no other way out of trouble. The choice is this...go towards health OR go towards serious illness and death."

Have a look at the Table of Contents...this will give you an idea of what needs to be addressed. Don't have time? Don't care? My advice, "Be aware. One day you will care and that is only if you are lucky like I was. Not interested in developing diabetes, heart disease or the other killers? I suggest you have a look. How about looking at what high level health could deliver....a less complicated life and never having to think about losing weight again? Have a look...think about gifting yourself with an enjoyable, happy, healthy life.

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I knew about my disorderly eating very early on. It began when I was about five years old, or at least that's what I remember. Of course, it had little meaning to me, but deep inside my little self, I did know something wasn't right about it. As I look back now, I have deep compassion for that child who was attempting to stuff her body in order to feel some level of happiness. Through the decades, I did the same, but by then it was my "normal." And...I now had physiological reasons to keep doing it. My body required my craziness. How to stop? This was my dilemma. A solid year of research and the courage to "jump off the cliff" brought me onto a new way of living. I want to take you there..

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Someone just asked me about the other eBooks in the Series & if they each come with mp3's. Also, can you read them "out of order." Yes, they can be read that way, but I suggest you read them in order. They all come with mp3's. These are SESSIONS...not audiobooks. Here are the others.

Part Two - The Mind and Body Connection
Part Three - Learning Imagery, Imaginology and Interactive Self-Hypnosis
Part Four - 40 Day Workshop that integrates self-development hypnosis for changing your mind and body programming.

And, another question.
Yes, I am on PINTEREST. Follow me on Interactive Self-Hypnosis eBooks

And, another question.
Yes, I'm happy to answer your direct questions. My promise to my Higher Power was this. "If you will show me the way to get healthy, I will share it with everyone I meet." I keep my promises. ;-)

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Inner Exploring

Working inside the creative mind is an extraordinary experience. I like to teach my clients the tools of "automatic writing or journaling." For me, they are the same.

All of my eBooks are tools for "inner exploring." All Interactive Self-Hypnosis is "inner exploring." It would have to be....for we are all different people. Our experiences that are stored in our subconscious mind are special to us...not just the experience, but how it is remembered and the emotions that color it.

My catalog has over 350 programs....a good place to "explore." Move out of the box where your problem may reside and jump into one of the Interactive Self-Hypnosis Workshops. You may be surprised what you may find there...!

I've been asked to blog about my eBook Series...Sugar..the Hidden Eating Disorder & How to Lick It...Hypnotically.

OK...I'm happy to do this, but it will take me awhile because the project is big. I compiled it over ten years & still continue to update it through my other programs. It is available on Amazon.com, but only as an eBook. Each of the four eBooks contains a separate mp3 Download link. This mp3 is not an audiobook, but separate Interactive Self-Hypnosis Sessions that I designed for my office patients.

I'm happy to answer questions about each eBook & hope that this information will help those who do not understand the complexities of disorderly eating & what one can do to change very serious outcomes into a life of high level health. Please send your questions to me directly.

Elizabeth Bohorquez, RN, C.Ht
Author
Sugar..the Hidden Eating Disorder & How to Lick It Hypnotically

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Therapist'sCOUCH - Healthy Eating

Dear Readers...

I've been a way for a few weeks, but not on vacation. I've been busy organizing my Interactive Self-Hypnosis eBooks & getting ready to present some courses on Udemy. The first eBook I'm presenting here is about Healthy Eating for Teens. It is an offspring of my major work "Sugar...the Hidden Eating Disorder & How to Lick It." I've decided to produce some educational audio programs to shed some light on each of my eBooks. I hope you enjoy them & share with your friends. Please feel free to contact me at any time AND be sure to sign up on my website for free mp3 audio programs.

I enjoy working with teens. Writing and designing Interactive Self-Hypnosis Programs for them is pure joy. Many people, especially parents, wouldn't agree with me, but as I go back to my own teen years, I meet the problems that threatened to destroy me, but also the passion that was clearly available, but just not seen on the surface.

As I sit across from a teen in my office, or as I speak to them through my mp3 programs, here is what I would like to share.

Think of your teen years....and what would have helped you to move forward & grow in a healthy way. What kind of "fertilizer" would have benefited you?

Working right along...I just posted "Motivation for Losing a Large Amount of Weight." This is one of my most popular programs for weight management, not only because so many people need to lose a lot of weight, but because the program is successful for long-term weight loss & an enjoyable journey. No joke...it is!

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Inside - Outside ...Beginning Mental Biofeedback
originally posted: April 8, 2013

Here's a clip from Sugar...the Hidden Eating Disorder & How to Lick It eBook Part 2 available on Amazon.com This eBook also contains an embedded mp3 for placing these images in your subconscious mind.

Most of us are familiar with the term "biofeedback". Individuals are hooked up to a special machine, then taught relaxation techniques that help the body to maintain a healthy blood pressure, heart rate, breathing, etc. The person can see the special screen that shows their progress. This type of training can be very empowering, as the mind and body connection is personally experienced. This is especially important for individuals caught up in stress reaction that can be dangerous to health outcomes.
Body scanning is mental biofeedback. There is no need to be hooked up to a machine to change the way your body functions. This mind-tool holds a big advantage because in any moment in time, the person practicing mental biofeedback can change a mind or body outcome. There are also other advantages. As one learns to observe the momentary body sensations over a period of time, the body sensation patterns become clear. One can see how they are attached to particular emotional states, or perhaps other triggers such as situations or even relationships. Another advantage is the feeling of self-confidence in being able to change an unpleasant or frightening sensation, right there in the moment, whether it be peaking or just beginning to build. As one becomes more practiced in the skills of mental biofeedback, it becomes easier to catch the body sensations at earlier moments, when it is much easier to diminish or release them. This is extremely empowering. Later on you will learn many applications for doing this.

CONTAINMENTS AND RELEASE

Containments are invaluable because they allows us to work in big areas of our lives without feeling overwhelmed. Body sensations can be overwhelming, especially if they are not contained or released. In that circumstance, the body and mind will produce even more sensations to deal with. A good example of this is anxiety and panic disorder. Anyone experiencing this problem can certainly attest to this. It’s simple to set up a mind-container. Let me show you how. Take a moment to relax deeply. On your mind screen label a special container for body sensations. Later on you may decide to have several containers for different kinds of sensations, but for now we will work with one container. Notice a particular sensation in your body. Focus or pay special attention to that sensation. Now move it into the mind container. Pay attention. Keep the focus. You can now change the sensation. Practice diminishing it; making it smaller. Dim it, just with the power of your mind. Change the color to one that is pale or uninteresting.

We all have tons of body sensations, but sense very few of them, as they build through our daily physical, mental and emotional stress. The stressors do not have to be big. Low level or chronic stress is responsible for much of our illness. If you are addicted to sugar, practice disorderly eating, or partake in other addictions, you will tend to have even higher levels.
Through body scanning you will have a glimpse at more of them. Just this small peak will act like the lens of your camera. The sensation will be caught and now you can change it through the mind and body communication system provided by Interactive Self-Hypnosis tools.

SELF-EXPLORATION – TRAINING YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

The results you get will equal the amount of work you are willing to do. Mind training is no different from any other training. As you train with the tool of mental biofeedback, you can either become excellent or mediocre. The choice is yours.
You already know that it is not possible to catch and examine each moment. Your true purpose is to engage your subconscious mind in assisting you to release stress throughout the day. It is rather like hiring a highly skilled personal assistant whose job it is to check the body continuously, releasing as much stored stress as possible. The personal assistant will also bring to your attention any body sensations that are too big for it to handle. These you must release, as you did in the above exercise.
As your assistant becomes highly trained, you will find yourself spending more time at the slow brain, or alpha level. You will be producing less stress chemicals at this level. In addition, when you are at the alpha level, you are also at the door of the subconscious mind. In this position you have all the freedom to practice many different Interactive Self-Hypnosis applications. You will be learning more about this later in this book.

MIND EXERCISE

You will want to practice body scanning or mental biofeedback several times during the day. It doesn’t take long to do this once you get the idea. You can also train with the mp3 I've designed for this purpose, but you will still want to be practicing right in the moment as well. You already have a “mind container” and now I’ll help you design a body container. Please read through this exercise and then close your eyes to practice.

Sit up straight in your chair with your feet flat on the floor. Take a big yawn breath and hold it in your mouth for the count of four. Let it release slowly, taking time to do this. Place your fingertips gently on your lower abdomen, allowing it to rise and fall, just like a merry-go-round horse goes up and down. Next, image magnets pulling your body down into your chair, under your buttocks and behind your back, almost as if you were the chair and the air of the room was sitting on you. Tilt your eyes up about twenty degrees and on your mind screen image the number four coming in slowly from a distance. Allow the four to enter your forehead and now focus on the number three coming in slowly, noticing it entering your heart. The two is making it’s way in and entering your lower body and now the number one is coming towards you and outlining your body in white paint, just like a big cookie cutter. Notice you can take the cookie cutter image off and put it back on.

The cookie cutter is your containment. When you are wearing it, all body sensations are contained and you can read them easily. Start reading and inner communicating from the top of your head. Simply visit the areas and notice if there are any sensations. Place an image of a flower on each visited part and allow the flower to open. This is instructing your subconscious mind to open and release this area. Go slowly as you are currently building a mind program for this skill that will be carried on in the future by your own subconscious mind. Your etching is very important, so do take your time. Visit your eyes right and left, noticing they are different. And now, your nose, inner and outer, sinuses right and left, ears, mouth outside and in. Going down systematically visit your neck, both front and back. Go inwards and visit the inner structures placing flowers as you go. Downward now and into the upper chest looking into your heart, lungs right and left and further down into your esophagus, stomach, spleen, pancreas and liver. Now enter your lower abdomen, visiting your intestinal areas, kidneys and connecting tubes, urinary bladder and sexual organs, placing and opening flowers as you go. I suggest you do all bones and muscles systematically from the top to the bottom with special attention to your spinal column, just as if it were a long train and you were inspecting each car as if it were different.

Now bring your attention back to your cookie cutter and have it in place over your body. With your mind allow the cutter to sparkle and invite the sparkling to enter all visited areas holding opened flowers. There you have it….. you have build your first communication with your body and now you will be able to work further with this gigantic and powerful tool.
John: When I relax deeply some of body parts, like my neck, are extremely painful. I thought they would feel better in deep relaxation, but instead I’m having the opposite experience. Am I doing something wrong?

It’s not uncommon for certain areas of the body to communicate increased pain or discomfort during mental biofeedback. You are now in direct contact with your body. Earlier on you were on automatic pilot and the body part could not get your full attention. So it’s not that the area is having more tension, it is simply able to have your attention now and is communicating it’s truth to you. When this happens utilize an image of a flower. Place the flower on the body part and open it slowly. This will place a suggestion in your subconscious mind to release the tension in that area. Move on to the next area in your body scanning, and if the objecting part calls you back, gently return and place another flower or apply some mental light to the area.

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Disorderly Eating & Stopping Crazy Behavior
originally posted: March 27, 2013

HERE'S THE WORKSHOP LINK
I'm inviting you to work along with me inside my eBook Series...Sugar..the Hidden Eating Disorder & How to Lick It...Hypnotically

The eBooks are available on Amazon.com as a 4 Part Series. They come with or without mp3 downloads. The audio portions are real Interactive Self-Hypnosis Sessions. Each eBook has a particular Session that will assist you in embedding the necessary changes into your subconscious mind. Together, the eBooks & Sessions are like working with me personally in my office...perhaps, only better because you have the materials to review over & over.....& there sits the secret to successful change.

Some of you may want to lose weight, or more importantly...need to lose weight. What you really need to is to burn fat & manage your blood sugar levels. This is the KEY. Understanding this & how the emotions, compulsions & stress come into play & how to manage them...will put you on the road to long term health. No more yo-yo. That is very dangerous & leads to killer diseases.

THIS IS MY STORY....IT IS MOST LIKELY YOUR STORY...I'VE HEARD THE SAME STORY IN MY OFFICE FOR DECADES..

THIS IS HOW I BEGAN..

We come into this life with two books ---
one for learning, the other for teaching,
for we are both students and teachers at the same time.

My Learning Book...

Several decades ago I found myself feeling chronically ill, but with no diagnosis. It was a scary time. I remember asking myself, "When is the last time I felt truly well?" I had no answer. Despite many tests, doctors couldn't find anything wrong with me. If I had to explain it, I would have called it a brain cloud. My symptoms were both physical and emotional. Body tension, anxiety and depression were always present. My physical symptoms did make me anxious, but since they went on for years I found myself wondering "how could they be serious?" Sometimes my vision was blurred. Headaches were part of my daily life. A good part of my day was spent fighting through the hours until I could go back to bed. Going to work was uncomfortable because of hiding my symptoms from everyone. The afternoons were the worst. The fatigue was so great that I wanted to crawl under my desk to sleep. My family was tired of hearing about my ill health, and so secrets were kept. I was angry, but also ashamed, secretly wondering if I was mentally ill. I thought of ending my life, but for me, suicide was not an option.

One day I got the idea to put myself under a microscope. Maybe if I really paid attention without trying to submerge my symptoms and emotions, my own mind and body would tell me what was wrong. As a nurse and clinical hypnotherapist, I believed in the power of inner communication. I did practice meditation, but never thought about working with specific imagery to connect with the body parts that were complaining. Thinking this way appealed to me, but as a nurse it was understood that I would have to do my part. This meant forming a true partnership with my mind, body and spiritual self, encouraging them to show me what was causing my symptoms. I also had to promise to follow what they told me, for this was to be a very deep physical, emotional and spiritual journey.

I communicated in two ways, one through awareness meditation and interactive hypnosis, then through automatic journaling. My meditation practice was woven throughout my day, so the mind and body were encouraged to stay open. It didn't take long for me to realize that my symptoms had to do with the disorder in my life. That included my nutritional disorder, and certainly my other habits that were out of balance including several addictions. I was living a life of high level stress. My body was communicating with me, but I was not paying attention to the reasons.

Once I gave my body and mind the space to communicate, many things announced themselves. I noticed that I felt better before I ate, and much worse afterwards. Mid-morning and mid-afternoon were my worst times. I had high level hunger and horrible fatigue. Sometimes I was so dizzy that I was afraid to walk to my car. I felt anxiety every time I left home, almost becoming agoraphobic. My sleep was erratic, my emotions playing out like a roller-coaster. I felt drunk without any alcohol. In my attempt to escape my symptoms, I wanted to binge and so I did. Food was my medication of choice and it was making me very sick.
From that moment on I became my own patient. Just separating the sick part of me from my nurse-self was helpful. This division allowed me to accept my symptoms and learn from them. I was no longer fearful. I kept track of everything I ate and how I felt hour by hour. This included my hunger and fatigue levels, as well as my emotions. It was clear that these were all connected, but I needed to know more before I could make needed changes. Tracking other areas of my life opened areas I would never have caught, such as how many times I thought about eating, what I wanted to eat and how badly I desired it. I also tracked what I would have eaten if given the choice to do so. This particular observation was very sobering to me. If given my way, something would always be in my mouth. Why?
While not obese, I had life-cycles of being overweight. Dieting was always on my mind, but the more I dieted the more I binged, making my symptoms even worse. My eating issues were not a matter of self-control. No, there was something else going on, but I couldn't find it.

The learning continued. My eyes were opened to food sensitivities and how one comes to develop these. I came to understand why my chronic symptoms were so varied, as well as their timing. It was easy to understand why I had no formal diagnosis. I could now accept that all of my symptoms and their erratic behaviors possibly had to do with my nutrition, or lack of it. At least I had a starting point to begin to make changes. For me, this was nothing short of a miracle. I was truly motivated to research this further, and hopefully to be able to help others, for there had to be others. And there were....thousands of others.
While I had sufficient information to start the many changes I would need to make, I wanted to know why I had developed such poor habits in the first place. What was different about me and how had I become so ill? This was more than an overgrowth of yeast. I needed to understand my family medical and addiction history, as well as my own. I needed to look inside my emotional, compulsive and secret eating.

Remembering my partnership with my mind, body and spirit, I decided to enhance my communication. It was time for me to look deep and hard. In answer to my enthusiasm, my anxiety began to get bigger, attempting to block my actions. But, the new voice inside of me came equipped with a special power and I was not deterred. I was going to get well and if that meant feeling uncomfortable, then so be it. Something inside told me that nothing would ever be the same. That was truth speaking.
I look forward to sharing this Journey of self-enlightenment with you with the hope that your own Journey of high level health and performance will unfold right next to mine. For me, that is a very powerful image.

Elizabeth Bohorquez, RN, C.Ht

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Re: The Magic Inside Question Asking...!! (June 13, 2012)

Like what I am seeing about your Book. We seem to share a lot in common regarding belief. Looking forward to the completed book

Re: Sugar...the Hidden Eating Disorder - Excerpts (December 4, 2011)

Wonderfully insightful and beautifully written post. I struggled for over 40 years with eating disorders and disordered eating and what you've written is so true, especially the part about being an information-gatherer.

Re: 'Tis the Season - The Biggest Gift Ever! (December 18, 2010)

I dont have a lot of words right now i just came across youre material. As i read this i am just sitting hear crying my eyes out something is defenetly going on. This material that you write about is obviously hitting a cord with me.

Re: The Art of Self-Tweaking (May 20, 2010)

I love your blog regarding the art of tweaking! I've enjoyed a number of your tapes (way back when) and now mp3 recordings. Your imagery is deep and rich; it resonates with me. I really enjoy reading your creative thoughts and ideas!

Re: The Art of Self-Tweaking (May 20, 2010)

Thank you Elizabeth for this article. I was reminded of a talk I used to give several years ago, particularly to business people, but it also (I believe) has a message for people in general, except that the image I used mightn't be meaningful for them.

The message is simple and is contained in its title "You are your own product manager." When you know the responsibilities and role of a product manager, the message is quite clear. But what I wanted my audiences to understand and believe, is that their future is their responsibility.

Thank you for the opportunity to comment.

Re: Brick Throwing & Ducking (May 18, 2010)

Once again my comment arises from my business background. In sales your prospect (customer) will always offer some objections. It doesn't matter whether the objection is valid or not, or significant or trivial. What it is - is something to be dealt with. Each objection you treat seriously and overcome, becomes a new selling point for whatever your product or service is. The customer might be objecting simply to show that s/he is in command. Your treatment of it validates the customer's self-perception, and increases your acceptance value in his/her eyes. But whatever - an objection requires you to consider it, and if necessary to take some relevant action - requires you to react positively.

Elizabeth Bohorquez, RN, C.Ht has been working & writing in the field of mindbody health, self-hypnosis, addictions, creativity & optimum performance for over 30 years. She is a graduate of Rockland Psychiatric Center, SUNY; Graduate Nurse Intern, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Cornell University, N.Y. She is President & Program Designer, Sarasota Medical & Sports Hypnosis Institute, Sarasota, FL & online at http://www.hypnosis-audio.com & http://www.sugar-addiction.com

She has written & produced +350 audio CD programs for adults, children, students & athletes, as well as several books in original Interactive Self-Hypnosis. She specializes in the food connection to addiction, optimum health & performance. She is the author of Sugar...the Hidden Eating Disorder & How to Lick It, as well as Beyond Disorderly Eating...the Truth About Sugar & Binging & How to Stop