One of the most striking experiences I have ever had with my deep unconscious mind involved fear so powerful I was rendered immobile.

Having just had a really scary experience during a diving certification class, I was looking directly into the eyes of my diving instructor.  Recovering from the immediate, near drowning fright-the instructor had pulled me over into the shallow water. We floated face to face, our elbows firmly planted on the lake bottom, our heads sticking above the waterline. My hands clutched the sides of my diving mask in preparation to do the thing I had just failed so miserably. ..removing my mask under water. It had been my greatest fear all along and now I had directly experienced it.

My conscious mind, and my instructor, there in the shallow water, said... “You are safe, take off the mask now”. But I could not do it, yet.

BECAUSE FEAR CAN PARALYZE YOU.

I could not make my hands take the mask off. Tears of frustration and fear streamed down my face. The deepest parts of my mind were locked around the fear and refused to cooperate with what I wanted to do. Now that is a scary feeling, scarier than the fear of drowning itself!

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE PARALYZED BY FEAR FOREVER.

Eventually, I did in fact overcome the experience and have enjoyed diving ever since. It is a wonderfully freeing experience to face, and overcome your fear.

We are going to discuss FEAR Reduction with Hypnosis at our FREE OCTOBER MEET UP. We have a FREE INTRODUCTION TO HYPNOSIS MEET UP in October too. Mark your calendars for January 16th-Tamera will be doing a FREE SELF-HYPNOSIS presentation at the Safety Harbor Public Library, just in time for New Year Resolutions! Our featured trance of the month is “OverCome Fear and Anxiety”. Lastly, and in keeping with our theme,  we share a FREE enlightening videoclip  “What’s Your Greatest Fear?” and an Info-graphic on Anxiety Disorders.SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER THROUGH THE BUTTON ABOVE AND GET ACCESS TO ALL THE LINKS!

Big Thank you to the Faculty and Students of St. Petersburg College’s Nursing School for letting me share information/experiences regarding the use of the Clinical and Medical hypnosis (September 23rd). Much fun!

Our affiliates at HypnosisDownloads have a recording to address almost every fear a person can have, there are 100s -from Agoraphobia to Fear of Weddings.

Just know, a pre-recorded session can be very helpful in and of itself but if it does not solve the issue,don’t give up, it just means you need a little more help to make that recording useful for you. If you need more help, call us. We will give you a credit for your Hypnosis Download purchase in your first session.

Overcome Fear and Anxiety

“Hypnosis can break the fear habit for good. Overcome Fear and Anxiety is a powerful audio hypnosis session that will unlock that cage and free you to live your life with confidence and optimism once more.”

Long, sun kissed days, white powdery sand and the hypnotizing lull of gentle gulf waters, seagulls laughing… people from all over the world come to visit our shores for their holiday.

It is no accident that I live here. 8 years old, on summer vacation here with my family, and I declared I would return to these beaches and be on a “permanent vacation” when I grew up. Of course, this was a feeling I desired, more than a specific locale.

Where are you headed this summer?

More importantly, what are the feelings you want to have?

The beach is calling…

Until next time, hope your summer gets off to a great start and safe travels!

“Yeeeeeeeesssss!” she sang out, intermingled with peeles of delightful, musical, 6 year old little girl laughter. Shaking her head and her hair out the open car window like a happy dog. The wind in her face was a treat in itself, so very much more exciting than her safe backseat in her mom’s minivan. We sped up just enough, to do a little “jump” as we hit the small hill in the road, breaking the rules of gravity for just a moment... We both loved that tickle in her stomache that happened when we caught “hang time”, sending her into uncontrollable giggles...

You know THAT feeling.

Years later, I would remember this experience with that child as a moment of PURE JOY - a moment in time where everything was “perfect”. Not that everything in our lives was perfect, far from it.

“WHAT IF?” is a powerfully suggestive phrase, that focuses and stimulates the imagination… and imagination, of course, is the prerequisite to much of our lives. Good, bad or indifferent-what we imagine as possible is pretty much we allow ourselves to experience.

What IF?

I begin today to know myself as the kind of person who gets things done NOW?

What IF?

I develop such love for self-discipline, that “getting things done” feels better than ice cream?

What IF?

My intentions and my attention were aligned so that moving forward on my goals is easy?

What IF?

Hypnosis can help with “putting off” my old procrastination habit?

After all, the old unconscious “habit” of procrastinating, is only a function of your imagination anyway. You don’t really have to wait anymore…taking it one step at a time…

Join us for our FREE April Meet Up “Putting Off Procrastination”. Mark your calendars NOW because in May we will focus on dealing with “Change and Uncertainty” and in June we will do a presentation on the use of “Hypnosis in Medicine and Health”.

And to the Goddesses in Waiting-WAIT NO MORE-we are opening up the Salon again!Our next ORIENTATION TO THE GODDESS SALON is scheduled for May 8th-seats are limited. Come join us to find out what all the buzz is about…

If you are really ready to get started on something special- one day “MasterMind Training” is coming up-this class is like getting the “Owners Manual for Your Mind”-giving you the keys to create a life you absolutely love.

Oh and it is EXAM TIME again-hypnosis IS a learning state but did you know that hypnosis can really help you or a loved one focus better, make better use of your study time, and perform better when taking tests? Your low-cost class is full but you can still check out some our very low-cost hypnosis recordings for titles related to academic, performance and productivity success!

Hope your Spring is in FULL BLOOM…

At some point in the very near future, our great nation will officially declare the next leader of of the “free” world.

From a field of infinite possibilities, that pivotal decision will take the world down very different paths; from that point in time, a whole host of possibilities will be eliminated from any probability, and whole different host will increase in probability. Of course, this is true of every moment, and the decisions we make in every moment, but we will not get quantum on you here-just yet.

This particular election seems to be highlighting two very different views for the future of America. If America was a client in our office-we would probably first work with her to help her understand that these conflicting parts, while they seem total opposites, actually share a similar intention-the highest and greatest good of our nation’s health, wealth and prosperity. They just have different beliefs about how to attain this.

The conflict between our candidates is the focus; it is encouraging black/white thinking and creates division, and a divided nation is an uncertain one. And any good hypnotist knows (and any good quantum physicist) states of uncertainty are highly suggestible states. A singular focus of attention in any one particular way, will change all of the reality that is experienced as a consequence.

The POWER OF BELIEF on the QUANTUM World and our physical bodies, is the focus of our next FREE Meet Up as we share the work of Dr. Joe Dispenza, “Hypnosis and Health: Dispenza’s “You are the Placebo” as an intro to his Tampa presentations in early 2017. The Hypnosis Education Association of Florida is holding their November conference “Hypnosis: From the Inside Out”, in Orlando with some amazing presentations at an incredible price and open to anyone interested in the field.

We here at Tampa Bay Hypno-Therapy are getting ready to wrap up 2016 so, December 10th is our LAST presentation of the 1-day ""Master Mind Training: Self-Hypnosis; Unlock the Hidden Power of Your Mind", December 10th 9-4pm. We offer it again in January and this really does make for an AWESOME HOLIDAY GIFT! November 30th is our last 2016 presentation of the Goddess Salon-we want your input for the 2017 Salons! Our last FREE 2016 Meet Up will be a year end celebration with a trance highlighting “The Precious Present” as our gift to you!

May you be at peace, and focused on voting your conscience about what you believe is in the nation’s greatest and highest good, this election day.

Disbelief.

It’s just not fair.

This is/they are “wrong”.

Recess privileges have been revoked for all of us, because a few kids can not, or will not…

Behave cooperatively.

It does not matter what side of the room you are on, the view is the same.

Overwhelm, powerlessness, fear and frustration.

America 2020. And anger is erupting across the nation.

Keeping us divided.

Now, ANGER is NOT A BAD EMOTION.

It is a message of threat perceived, of a boundary crossed.

It gives us the energy to respond to the threat.

It’s what we do with that energy that defines us.

Being the change you want to see in the world means you have to harness that energy, and direct it towards what you CAN do.

We encourage assertiveness over aggression.

To encourage effective channeling of the anxiety, frustration and anger so many of us are experiencing right now, our FREE monthly Meet Up is “Anger Management: Hypnosis and Life Mastery”. https://www.meetup.com/TampaBayHypnotherapy-Community-Group/events/271623426/?isFirstPublish=true

We will be sharing a hypnotic meditation from our affiliate “Keep a Cool Head”, a foundational piece from our affiliates’ “10 Steps to Absolute Assertiveness”.

“Absolute Assertiveness” is 50% off during the pandemic, making it extremely affordable-cheaper than a live session! With hypnosis titles like “Setting Boundaries”, “Saying “No””, “Overcoming Feelings of Inferiority” “Overcome Fear of Conflict” and more. https://www.hypnosisdownloads.com/10-steps/assertiveness

We are going into the 15th week of our FREE COVID19 Support Group, on-line every Thursday from 9:30-11am. This is an open, “drop-in” group for anyone who just wants to connect and participate in some hypnotic meditations to help manage their experience during this unprecedented event in our history.

As a FREE gift (not even an email address required!); here is a link to a FEAR REDUCTION hypnotic meditation from a recent Support Group Session. Hope it helps you have a better day. https://www.tampabayhypnotherapy.com/audiofiles/ATrancetoEnhance/FearReduction.m4a

Please remember, We have more in common than what divides us. You matter and you can change the world for the better, it’s starts with you.

The Hypnosis Education Association, cordially invites you to...

Save the date for the HEA Fall Conference Fun on November 10th, 11th & 12th. We will be back at the lovely and welcoming Hampton Inn near the airport.

Book your guest room by October 20th to receive the HEA discounted rate!

Booking Link: https://secure3.hilton.com/en_ US/hp/reservation/book.htm?inp utModule=HOTEL&ctyhocn=MCOAPHX &spec_plan=CHHHEA&arrival=2017 1110&departure=20171112&cid=OM ,WW,HILTONLINK,EN,DirectLink& fromId=HILTONLINKDIRECT

Our lineup includes experts in the field for a weekend of fun hypnosis education!

Vist heahypnosis.com to register for the conference itself and a closer look at all that is offered...

We begin on Friday evening with light fare and beverages AND our Crazy Gift Exchange! Saturday and Sunday are filled with presentations by Internationally known speakers with a wide variety of topics.

Please join our group of hypnosis professionals who love to share information.

Whether you are just beginning or a seasoned professional...there is something for everyone!

We will see you there!

January 2020. How time does fly.

If you could go back to speak to your younger self, what advice might you give?

How would your life be different today, if you had accepted your older, wiser, more experienced, self’s advice?

More importantly, here in 2020, are you living proof of your own best, “ lessons learned” and sage advice? If so, good for you!

If you find it easier to know what other people should be doing, but are not actually doing it yourself; you are not alone.

And you can change that!

Contrary to popular psychology that says resolutions are a set up for failure...We DO support making resolutions for change and believe that a New Year, a New Decade, is a GREAT time to start your change…

To accelerate you being your best version of you ever-you just have to have the right tools to make the change easy and permanent, and hypnosis is a fabulous tool for change.

Join us for or FREE Hypnosis Meet Up, “Achieving Your 2020 Resolutions with Hypnosis; Hypnosis and Life Mastery” , Thursday-January 9th.

Our affiliate offers over 40 titles of “straight up”HYPNOSIS TO END ADDICTIONS and BAD HABITS of all sorts: smoking, alcohol, pornography, skin picking…you name it! And at a very very reasonable prices. We often suggest people try these recordings FIRST, before coming into the office for a more individualized sessions. Often times, the generalized “re-patterning” of a hypnotic recording is all that is needed to make make your change easy and automatic! If there is something you would like to start or stop this year, why not see if there is a hypnosis recording for that?

Mark your calendar and be sure to get registered for our very special Guest Speaker at the FREE February Meetup, ‘BODY LOVE: Connecting with the Divine Intelligence of Your Body with Jean Riccio”.

Let’s get 2020 off to a great start!

Tamera

In this life-changing experiential workshop, you will explore your unconscious mind and learn powerful techniques for tapping into its unlimited potential to CREATE THE LIFE YOU WANT. Tools for rewiring unwanted reactions and for harnessing your mind’s natural creative forces will be explained and practiced.

Want to discover ways to have a happier, healthier you?

This workshop is for you!

Your current reality is the cumulative result of your habits of thoughts, feelings and behaviors. When you think something often enough, it becomes a belief; often a hidden belief, that you no longer even realize that you have. They have become “automatic”. These automatic habits are fine-until they are no longer working for your benefit and become obstacles to a happy life.

For some of us, our automatic habits of thought, feeling and behaviors seem to be running our lives and we “react” in ways we wish we could change. Stress, anxiety, discouragement, self-limiting beliefs and self-defeating behaviors have become the norm. Just about everyone has something they wish they could do differently.

If you could change anything, what would you change about yourself?

This workshop will teach you to explore and adjust those automatic habits right where they began, and right where they live: in your creative unconscious mind.

Using proven tools of the most contemporary neuroscience, such as meditation, mindfulness and hypnosis, you will learn how to re-wire your own mind to better:

• Reduce anxiety, sadness and unproductive stress.

• Breakthrough states of “stuck-ness”.

• Improve resiliency and control in handling difficult emotions.

• Develop connections to your own powerful, positive internal resources and harness them to create more success, motivation, focus, optimism, and confidence in your life.

• Change unwanted thoughts, feelings or behaviors easily and permanently.

• Improve relationships with self, family, friends, clients, peers.

• Clarify your purpose, passion and deepest values.

"If you are Ready for Change...Change Your Mind, Your Life Will Follow"

Held at : Touchstone Studios, 926 16th Street North, St. Petersburg, Florida.

Next Class: Saturday, May 21st, 2016 from 9am-4pm.

$100.00 per person. $25.00 OFF 2 or more registrations, or $25.00 OFF Military/Family Members.

Seats are limited to 7.

Register via MeetUp or email us directly at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

WARNING: THIS CLASS MAY RADICALLY IMPROVE THE WAY YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE

"It’s like finally getting the “Owner’s Manual” to your own mind."

“Responsibility” is such a loaded word. For a lot of us, it almost has the feel of a “heavy yoke” to it, something to be avoided. It seems a lot easier to blame someone or something else for our challenges and suffering. But such blame is a self-limiting belief.

The truth is, you can only be FREE if you are willing to accept responsibility for the reality in which you find yourself today. Once you accept responsibility, you are FREE to choose a different reality. If you are happy, anchor that in and you will only have more. If you are not happy, take responsibility for it and you are FREE to change it.

The hypnotic arts offer a lot of tools to foster that freedom. We have upcoming free Hypnosis events on “A Prosperity Mindset”, “The Emotional Freedom Technique”, and “Ending Perfectionism”. We also have upcoming“Intro” classes for newbies , our quarterly 1 day-”Mind Mastery-Self Hypnosis” class, as well as a links to local and state hypnosis related events. We share links to an amazing BBC program if you are looking for models in manifesting prosperity and an audio on“The Secret of the Abundance Mentality Mindset”.

May you manifest a safe and abundant summer. tamera

-The GODDESS SALON (Women Only)-If you are interested, please join the wait list, if we get enough Goddess Sisters in Waiting, I will figure something out. This group is amazing, fun and empowering, and I just want to share it with everyone I can. ""Class Session #5-The Art of Flirting through “Turning On”.

FREE:Looking for models on overcoming adversity to create abundance? Be inspired...BBC Series CHANGING FORTUNES: Wealth Without Borders.

-FREE: CALLING LOCAL PRACTITIONERS, Licensed and Vocational-you folks are always asking if I can start a PRACTICE GROUP. Well now I don’t have to. Erick Kand wanted to get some hypno-play dates together. Nothing builds your confidence, skill and professionalism like a group of peer hypno-junkies. Come play with us!

-CALL FOR PRESENTERS: Our March Hypnosis Education Association of Florida Conference was absolutely beautiful and because Time IS marching on, we are already beginning the call for hypnosis presenters for our 2-day fall Conference in Orlando. Got something hypnosis related you want to share? Join us!

It’s that time of year again, full of good intentions, we start setting goals for the coming year, it’s resolutions time again!

Quick tip from a hypnotist on changing habits:

Your brain hates a vacuum, and you will get what you focus on….SO you will have more success in keeping resolutions if you find some new habit to replace the old habit with, that is equally rewarding. We have a few suggestions...

Hypnosis is really cool new habit, a tool, that can make keeping those resolutions easy.

Welcome to 2019! We are kicking it off with all kinds of new options to support any changes you would like to make!

We start by announcing two new affordable groups;

“Stop Smoking with Hypnosis”,250.00 for 2 sessions and reinforcement recordings and

“Virtual-Master Mind for Mind Artists” Coaching group.$20.00

Our FREE Meet Up this month will offer more tips, tools and trancework for making change easy and starting the New Year right, join us for “Manifesting 2019 with Hypnosis".

Friendly reminder that Up Hypnosis is hosting their FREE annual “World Hypnosis Day” event, benefiting a local Veteran’s Group and featuring the amazing Art Emrich, on Saturday, January 5th.

Got some bad habits you, or someone you love, want to change in 2019? What if could be as easy as listening to a recording? Our featured Hypnosis Download this month is anything in the “Bad Habits” series from Uncommon Knowledge. From nail biting to ice chewing, these folks cover them all and usually for less than 20.00!!

Remember, every job is made easier when you have the right tools…is hypnosis the right tool for you?

“What’s wrong with me? Why can’t I lose this weight?”

The QUESTION IS THE PROBLEM.

A person asking questions like these, has just reinforced two very negatively skewed beliefs: 1) that something IS wrong with me and 2) I can’t lose this weight. That is some powerful self-hypnosis! It forces the brain to search for an answer. And the ever creative nature of the brain/mind is that it will find an answer to the questions asked of it.

Even if it has to make one up.

Even if it is not true.

Even if it is not helpful to solving the problem.

It has often been said, that the quality of our lives is, in a large part, determined by the quality of our questions and questions are powerful tools for change when asked from empowering frames. We will share some ideas on how to ask better questions when it comes to weight management in Our FREE October MeetUp “Hypnosis and Health: Weight Management through the Holidays”, which includes a FREE copy of the trance to participants.

If you think you are ready to explore hypnosis as a tool for change, or Tampa Bay Hypno-Therapy, we offer our FREE “Intro to Hypnosis” this month. Ready to take your skills up a notch? We are offering our last 2016 presentation of “Master Mind Training: Self-Hypnosis; Unlock the Hidden Power of Your Mind-1 Day Workshop” on December 10th. And by the way, seats for the February 11th, 2017 presentation make great holiday gifts!

The “Goddess Salon” experiment continues.

Reminder: The Hypnosis Education Association of Florida is planning their November Conference (11th-13th) in Orlando. The public is invited and hypnosis presenters are invited to submit proposals! http://heahypnosis.com/

The rest of the links are below. Wishing you all a safe and Happy Halloween! Tamera

Best $100.00 you’ll spend this year: December 10th 9-4pm, Master Mind Training: Self-Hypnosis; Unlock the Hidden Power of Your Mind-1 Day TouchStone Studios.

https://www.tampabayhypnotherapy.com/help-yourself/hypnotherapy-blog/115-master-mind-training-self-hypnosis-unlock-the-hidden-power-of-your-mind-1-day-workshop

The next presentation of the 1-Day will be offering it again February 11th 2017-a seat might be a great holiday gift!http://www.meetup.com/TampaBayHypnotherapy-Community-Group/events/233793889/

FREE: October 13th, “Hypnosis and Health: Weight Management through the Holidays” with a FREE recording available to participants. Acupuncture and Herbal Therapies. https://www.tampabayhypnotherapy.com/help-yourself/hypnotherapy-blog/116-free-hypnosis-and-health-weight-management-through-the-holidays

FREE: November 17th, “Hypnosis and Health; Joe Dispenza’s “You are the Placebo”. YOU CAN HEAL. https://www.tampabayhypnotherapy.com/help-yourself/hypnotherapy-blog

FREE: October 18th, “An Introduction to Hypnosis”. TouchStone Studios. For people new to hypnosis or Tampa Bay Hypnotherapy. Next presentation is January 17, 2017.http://www.meetup.com/TampaBayHypnotherapy-Community-Group/events/233796202/

$5.00: October 26th, 7-8:30pm “The Goddess Salon”, Classical Medicine. http://www.meetup.com/TampaBayHypnotherapy-Community-Group/events/229664888/

The Hypnosis Education Association, Inc. (HEA) was organized in 1998
under the Florida “Not For Profit Corporation Act.”

HEA – as a Not-For-Profit organization – is unique in that it is run by members for members, with the purpose to provide education and a venue for the exchange of knowledge regarding the nature and ethical uses of hypnosis.

All adults with a sincere interest in hypnosis are invited to join the association.

Our membership includes both professional and non-professional members, including those who are retired, those with many years of experience, and those who are new to hypnosis.

Most of us live all over the state of Florida, and we welcome members from other states and countries.

What We Do —

HEA conducts conferences three times a year in Florida on the second weekend in March, July, and November. The conference programs include a variety of interesting presenters and provide the opportunity for professional hypnotists to complete continuing education units (C.E.U.s), required by certain certifying organizations.

2015 Conference Dates:
March 14 (Saturday only in Oldsmar, FL)
July 11-12 (Saturday-Sunday; Hospitality event Saturday night in Orlando, FL)
November 13-15 (Saturday-Sunday; Hospitality event Friday night in Orlando, FL)

The Hypnosis Education Association, Inc. (HEA) was organized in 1998, as a Not-For-Profit organization– is unique in that it is run by members for members, with the purpose to provide education and a venue for the exchange of knowledge regarding the nature and ethical uses of hypnosis.

All adults with a sincere interest in hypnosis are invited to join the association.Our membership includes both professional and non-professional members, including those who are retired, those with many years of experience, and those who are new to hypnosis. Most of us live all over the state of Florida, and we welcome members from other states and countries.

ANNOUNCING THE 2016 FALL CONFERENCE

Friday, November 11-Sunday, November 13th

Orlando, Florida

Tamera Fontenot – From the Outside Looking In (Business building); Katheryn Napier– Pre & Post Surgery Hypnosis; Patti Scott – Inside-Outcomes (Pretalk suggestions); Art Emrich – How to manage your Mind/Body Systems; Susan Watson – Releasing Trapped Emotion; Gary Urso-Hypnosis & the Law; Eric Rosen –Use of Transformational Core Continuums for Medical Hypnotherapy

To learn more and register please visit the HEA website.

An amazingly well done presentationby a woman who healed her Fibromalgia with hypnotherapy, and went on to become a hypnotherapist herself. Believe it is possible. We didn't work with her, do not even know her, but everything she talks about is exactly the frame from which we are working!

Published on Apr 24, 2015

""Surviving an accident was the easy part; coping with the chronic pain would prove more difficult. Danna Pycher shares her story about trauma and the transformative insight she gained that allowed her to harness the healing power of the subconscious mind."

You already know the basic recipe for weight loss: less calories and more exercise so, why are you still struggling with your weight?

The trick to lasting weight management is to “think” like a person with a healthy weight and that means changing the way you think about food, about exercise, about health and about yourself! When you change how you feel about these things, a healthy weight and body, for life, are the natural result.

Now that may sound like a lot more work than another radical diet, a uncertain pill or invasive surgery, but it does not have to be.

Hypnosis is a tool for making EXACTLY these kind of changes in our habits of thinking, feeling and behaving, quickly and automatically. And yes, it can help you to lose weight and maintain that weight for life.

This presentation offers a basic introduction to hypnosis and its use in weight management. Participants will be offered instruction and opportunities to practice basic self-hypnosis skills for weight management that can be immediately implemented. The class includes a group guided meditation, a recorded copy of which is available to participants for reinforcement.

November 12th, 7-8:30pm

Acupuncture and Herbal Therapies

Register at our Meet Up Group.

or at FaceBook.

Halloween Candy, Thanksgiving and Christmas-Oh my! The "Season of Eating" is about to begin but you do not have to feel out of control, guilty or anything other than joyful. Tamera is going to present some hypnotic, meditative and NLP approaches to help curb your appetite, despite all the temptations of the season. The evening’s trance will reinforce your goals around food at holidays gatherings. A copy of the evening’s trance will be available for free to participants only.