I Love Me Enough Project

Stop Smoking Success-Have You Programmed Yourself to Succeed or to Fail?

nancyphilpott@suddenlink.net (Nancy Philpott) — 2010-03-08T14:49:00Z

You don’t realize it, but in the next few minutes you will discover a secret that hypnotists around the world have discovered about smokers and why they have such a difficult time quitting.

As every word travels from this page to your brain you’ll start to understand how and why your subconscious mind keeps you locked up in that smoke filled prison you hate so much.

Do me a favor…Take a deep breath….close your eyes… and remember the last time you tried to stop smoking.

Were you excited, thinking positive, and committed to stop no matter what happened?

Or….

Were you preparing yourself to fail before you even started?

How did you feel when you weren’t successful?

Please be really honest with yourself….

Do you remember what you were telling yourself right before and after you quit?

Were any of these thoughts running through your mind?

“If I gain any weight at all…I’m going to start smoking again.””

Or…

“Last time I stopped I gained 20 pounds and I can’t let that happen again”

Or…

“I refuse to quit smoking because I know I’ll gain weight”

Or…

"I’d rather smoke than be fat!”

Hypnotherapists around the world know that almost every smoker has a fear of gaining weight when they stop smoking.

We hear that every time we work with a client who has decided to use stop smoking hypnosis.

Let me tell you a secret that hypnotherapists know that you may not realize yet….

What You Think Becomes What You Say....

What You Say Becomes What You Do...

What You Do Becomes What Your Get!...

That's Right....you have have programmed yourself
for failure or success without even realizing it!

Let me repeat that again….it is the key to your success!

You actually program yourself to succeed or fail based on what you...

Think….Say….and…. Do!

Your thoughts become your words and your words become your actions!

If you’ve tried to quit smoking in the past….and failed….that experience is stored in your subconscious memory.

Along with what you thought about that experience and how you felt about it.

The more times you try and fail…..the more trying and failing becomes your subconscious program, habit, and belief system.

What hypnotherapists know that most smokers don’t understand is that it is possible to reprogram your subconscious mind for stop smoking success!

Is it possible for you to do it on your own? Absolutely!

Is it possible to make it happen easier and faster with the help of a hypnotherapist? Absolutely!

I know exactly how to help you make that happen!

If you are sick and tired of trying to quit and ready to BE SMOKE FREE FOREVER!

Let me help you reprogram your subconscious mind for success!

Grab my Free Stop Smoking Hypnosis Video at

www.BreakthroughStopSmokingHypnosisSystem.com

I’ll be waiting for you in the membership area with more information.

I wish you success!

Stop Procrastination Today! Join the 2010- 21 Day I Love Me Enough Challenge

nancyphilpott@suddenlink.net (Nancy Philpott) — 2010-01-07T17:35:00Z

Join the 2010 I Love Me Enough 21 Day Challenge

Imagine what your life would be like if you had someone who would....

Believe in You
Love and accept you unconditionally
Support your dreams and aspirations
Listen to you openly and without judgment
Recognize and appreciate your talents and strengths

Imagine what your life would be like if that person was you....

Imagine what your life would be like if you...

Chose to Make a commitment to Love Yourself Completely and Unconditionally for 21 days in a row.

The 21 Day Challenge Mission:
To recognize and release your habit of negative self-talk and create the habit of loving and accepting yourself unconditionally

The 21 Day Challenge Process:
Decide and make a conscious committment to love yourself unconditionally for the next 21 days. Each time you recognize a that negative program has begun to play inside you... (ie. you hear yourself saying negative things about you... out loud to yourself or someone else... or you hear yourself thinking negative thoughts)...Choose to stop, take a deep breath, and use self-hypnosis to reprogram your subconscious mind... by saying out loud "I Love and Accept Myself Unconditionally."

The 21 Day Challenge Goal:
To go 21 days without thinking or saying anything negative about yourself. Each day you find yourself saying or thinking something negative about yourself... one or more times...means that you must repeat that day again until you successfully go all day without saying or thinking something negative about you. (Ex. if you have sailed through the first three days successfully and find yourself saying or thinking something negative on day four...you must repeat day four again until you successfully complete the day without saying or thinking negative thoughts.

When you have successfully completed 21 days without engaging in negative self-talk….Congratulations to You!... you have successfully created a new habit of being in a healthy relationship with you. (It takes 21 days to break or make a new habit.)

Imagine what your other relationships will be like when you love yourself unconditionally first.

Congratulations for Loving Yourself Enough to Take the 21 Days Challenge and Begin a Healthy Relationship with You!

Stop Smoking Hypnosis Tips-5 Proven Tips to Make Your Stop Smoking Hypnosis Hypnosis Session a Success!

nancyphilpott@suddenlink.net (Nancy Philpott) — 2009-10-29T15:06:00Z

As you use hypnosis to stop smoking, keep these quit smoking tips in mind. The following stop smoking hypnosis tips will help guide you into a deeper, stronger, and more effective state of trance.

Remember, you’re in control. The hypnotist is just a guide assisting you in the process of awakening your subconscious mind.

Relax

Entering a trance state is about releasing the everyday stressors of your life. As you relax your body, you’ll be able to sense a greater clarity in your thought processes. You’ll be able to venture through the landscape of your mind with a sense of lucidity you might not have ever expected to experience!

Just breathe deeply and concentrate on your heartbeat, letting your thoughts float by without latching onto any one of them.

Stay Focused on the Hypnotist’s Voice

The hypnotist is there to guide you and assist you. The hypnotist will give you suggestions that will reinforce your experience of the hypnotic process, moving you further and further into deep states of trance.

Allow the hypnotist’s voice to fill your conscious mind, occupying it as you explore the exciting landscape of your powerful subconscious mind together.

Allow Yourself to Participate Fully in the Experience--Don’t Hold Back!

Ultimately, the effectiveness of your stop smoking hypnosis session is up to you. Go into the session with a positive mindset, eager to create change in your state of mind.

Negative self-talk will only hold you back, not only in your hypnotic session, but in your life as well. Be ready to create change and open the pathway between your subconscious and conscious mind. You are the master of your own mind. Your willingness to create lasting change will determine the effectiveness of hypnosis on your life.

Hypnosis is a two-way street. It requires openness to change. But, most of all, it requires that you are willing to move into a deep and fulfilling awareness of self.

Notice Any Emotions and Where You Feel Them in Your Body

Believe it or not, we store emotions in our subconscious memory. That is why certain people, situations and events are able to “push our buttons” and trigger and unexpected emotional response in us.

During your hypnosis session, pay attention to different feelings in your body. The awareness of where we keep different emotions is key to understanding and controlling them.

If a difficult emotion arises during your session, notice how it feels and moves in your body. Don’t attempt to avoid or repress these feelings. Open them up and explore them. Move your consciousness to the middle of these feelings.

If the feeling comes with a sense of motion or color, try moving the feeling in the opposite direction or assigning it a different, positive-associated color.

Have Fun and Enjoy Yourself

Aha! The most important tip of all time: enjoy yourself!

Hypnosis is a very exciting, fun, and rewarding experience. Many people "wake up" from the experience and feel a light, refreshed, "glowy" sensation in their bodies. Their minds feel clear and easy.

Take a deep breath, close your eyes, relax and enjoy yourself...and repeat after me...

I Love Me Enough to Stop Smoking and Be Smoke Free!

Stop Smoking Hypnosis--The Best Way to Stop Smoking Without Gaining Weight

nancyphilpott@suddenlink.net (Nancy Philpott) — 2009-10-28T15:59:00Z

If you’re a smoker, whether you’ve been smoking for weeks, months, or years, then you’ve probably looked for the best way to stop smoking. Maybe you’ve considered, or even tried, the reduction method or just quitting cold turkey.

What is Stop Smoking Hypnosis?

Have you ever considered using hypnosis to stop smoking? It is likely that, if you’ve tried to quit cold turkey, you failed, because it does not address the necessary change in mindset required to finally put away such an addictive habit.

Stop smoking hypnosis reinforces positive changes in your behavior while reducing, or even eliminating, your urges toward negative behavior. Hypnosis alters your perceptions and behaviors by changing the control center of all conscious thought patterns--your subconscious mind.

How Does Stop Smoking Hypnosis Work?

All longstanding behaviors and patterns are rooted in your subconscious mind. That is why it is difficult to change old behaviors, even if we intensely desire to. After all, the physical addiction to nicotine passes from our bodies in a matter of 3-10 days. But, it is the mental addiction that is the most difficult part of quitting.

Smokers, through behavioral repetition (habit), have rooted the act of smoking deep into their personalities. They have taught themselves, through a form of negative self-hypnosis, "They just don’t feel right," unless they are participating in those old habits.

Often, when smokers try to quit, they replace their old bad habits with new bad habits. To satisfy their oral fixation, they begin eating more. Usually, they start to eat candy or junk food to fill that "hole" where "something is missing."

Benefits of Quitting Smoking

Nevertheless, if you’ve really set your mind to quit smoking, hypnosis actually changes your mindset from the inside out. You no longer feel the urge to fill that hole, because your mind does not think that anything is missing. In fact, you really understand all the fantastic things you gain from stopping such an expensive and harmful habit.

The best thing to do is replace your old bad habits with new and positive ones. When you quit smoking, you’ll have a larger lung capacity, so you can go for long walks or ride a bicycle through the park. You’ll find great relief being able to work on projects without the need to constantly stop and light up. You won’t have to worry about leaving friends at a restaurant or bar just so you can go outside and smoke in the cold.

Advantages of Stop Smoking Hypnosis

They great thing about hypnosis is that it plants deep and powerful suggestions into your subconscious mind. With the help of hypnosis, you can quit smoking in a painless and natural way, without the use of toxic tasting gums, or dangerous and unsightly skin patches. You’ll feel empowered to fill your routines with positive, life-altering behaviors instead of harsh and painful ones.

Not only will this prevent the dreaded weight gain (which I used as an excuse so many times as a smoker), but it will even allow you to explore new hobbies and perspectives on your life. Think of all the time you’ve wasted smoking when you could have actually been doing something! Stop smoking hypnosis is an amazing, life changing tool that will not only decrease your urges to smoke, but can change your whole mindset about yourself! Stop Smoking Hypnosis--The Best Way to Stop Smoking Without Gaining Weight

When you're ready....Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and repeat after me......

I Love Me Enough to Stop Smoking and Be Smoke Free!

Stress Hypnosis--How to Achieve Stress Relief with Hypnosis Now

nancyphilpott@suddenlink.net (Nancy Philpott) — 2009-10-19T21:10:55Z

If you feel that you have been overwhelmed with stress, hypnosis would be the perfect thing for you. Hypnosis is an amazing tool for stress relief, calming your mind and body by offering you control over your emotional states.

Maintaining stress relief with hypnosis is as simple, accessible, and attainable as reminding yourself that a majority of stress comes from within. This realization actually offers you a sense of control and aptitude that will prepare you for stressful situations.

Causes of Stress

A majority of stress is caused from change in our lives. Changes in your lifestyle, job, and residence are all sources of stress. How you perceive the changes that occur in your life will determine both how you experience stress and how much stress you experience.

There is positive stress and negative stress. Positive stress motivates us to complete projects or otherwise change our life for the better. However, negative stress often piles up (sometimes unnoticed) until we become anxious and overwhelmed.

Stress Symptoms

Symptoms of stress can be as wide and varied as the person experiencing them. Headaches, lack of energy, anxiousness, negative self-talk, and depression can all be signs of being over-stressed.

Stress affects us in two ways. It affects our minds and our bodies.

Much of stress can be avoided or dealt with in positive ways. Having an adaptable outlook on life (roll with the punches), being prepared for incoming stress, and having a positive outlook on stress (This may be hard now, but this task will influence me in positive ways.) can all be excellent ways to reduce perceived stress.

Workplace Stress

Workplace stress can be difficult to manage because it is hardest to avoid. Whether stress is coming from new projects (or falling behind on old ones) or from interpersonal workplace relationships, it is important to keep in mind that your general well being is more important than the expectations of your job.

That being said, there are several methods for appropriately dealing with and avoiding workplace stress.

What is Stress Hypnosis?

For example, stress hypnosis is an excellent method for dealing with feelings of anxiety, depression, and the general emotional stress of being "stretched too thin."

Stress hypnosis is a way to energize your mind and your body, allowing you to recuperate quickly from ongoing stress. It adjusts your perceptions to see potential negative stress and gives you the foundation to prepare yourself and turn it into positive stress.

How Does Stress Hypnosis Work?

Stress Hypnosis works by accessing the power of the subconscious and communicating it to your conscious mind. Hypnosis gives you power over the states of trance that your mind is always moving through.

This process can be very relaxing, meditative, restful, and leave your mind and body with a general sense of peace and well-being.

Benefits of Stress Hypnosis

You’ll feel more prepared to take on new tasks once your mind and body are relieved of useless and energy-draining anxieties! Hypnosis reinforces the positive perception that stress is only there to motivate you, and that you have control over your life. It is an empowering experience realizing that you can choose how stress affects your body and mind.

When you are ready..take a deep breath, close your eyes, and repeat after me....

I Love Me Enough to Be Stress and Anxiety Free!

10 Stop Smoking Self-Hypnosis Affirmations to Help You to Quit Smoking

nancyphilpott@suddenlink.net (Nancy Philpott) — 2009-10-16T14:19:00Z

As you begin your life as a non-smoker, it is important to constantly remind yourself of why you quit smoking. An excellent and effective way to do this is to use a form of self-hypnosis. Stop smoking hypnosis can be used at all stages of consciousness. You don’t have to be in a deep trance in order to reinforce your conscious and subconscious desire to quit smoking.

One tool is to create and use affirmations to bolster your confidence. If you feel the urge to smoke again, repeat these affirmations. You might even notice that they send you into a light, calm trance that can be very relaxing as you deal with stressful situations where you might have turned to cigarettes.

If you post these affirmations and mantras around your house, office, and car, it will help by continuously sending these positive messages to your subconscious:

I Love Me Enough to Be Smoke Free

Remember that you chose to quit smoking out of respect for yourself. Take that "lack" that you might feel when you crave a cigarette and, instead of becoming tense and worrisome, fill that "hole" with positive feelings of love. Repeat the above affirmation. Breathe deeply, because you can!

I Deserve to Be Healthy and Smoke Free

Many people smoke because they lack confidence. Subconsciously, they might want to harm themselves in some way. Smoking is an expression of self loathing.

But, once you realize that you deserve health and that you deserve to live a smoke-free lifestyle, then it becomes much easier to recognize your own self worth.

I’m Falling in Love with Fresh Air

A fun visualization, as you repeat this affirmation aloud, or in your head, is to imagine the air filled with bright sparkly lights. Give them a color that, for you, represents an energetic and healthy feeling. It doesn’t matter what color it is, as long as it makes sense to you!

As you breathe in this fresh air, really imagine the sensation that these twinkles of light are warming your lungs and rejuvenating your body. Feel the fresh air moving the oxygen through your body, your fingers and toes, and even directly to your brain!

It’s an amazing feeling, isn’t it?

I Feel Refreshed, Renewed, and Relaxed

This affirmation is perfect for when you are waking up or preparing to sleep. These can both be difficult times when urges tend to resurge.

Instead of feeling those needless urges of the old you, feel the energetic potential and positive awareness of the new you. Trust me, you’ll love yourself for it, sleep easier, and wake up refreshed and vibrant.

You’ll feel like a new person!

Other Affirmations to Keep in Mind

Here are some other excellent affirmations in your journey of stop smoking hypnosis. Remember to post these around you in visible locations for best self-hypnosis effect:

It is safe for me to succeed and be smoke free.

I am creating a new healthy smoke free life.

I deserve to be healthy, happy, and smoke-free forever.

I know I am worthy of a happy smoke free life.

I love me enough to let go of my relationship with tobacco.

I easily release any attachment I have to smoking.

The Top 5 Reasons Smokers Resist Quitting Smoking-A Hypnotist's Perspective

nancyphilpott@suddenlink.net (Nancy Philpott) — 2009-10-05T15:03:00Z

If you're a smoker...and have found yourself wanting to quit smoking...but dragging your feet....

Consider this...

When you stop smoking, your mind and body will initially resist your choice. For days, weeks, or even years after you quit smoking, smokers come up with reasons to justify a relapse. Do not fear, it is the same with any other kind of behavior or addiction.

Quitting smoking is just like changing any other long-term habit. The conscious mind always comes up with reasons to maintain the status quo. It finds tricky ways to not change a behavior.

So, here are the most common rationalizations that smokers use to resist change. You might recognize them in yourself. Just know that these excuses are just tricks. They can be overcome and dealt with in a supportive environment.

Fear of Gaining Weight

Most smokers, in their attempts to quit smoking, tend to misplace their craving for nicotine and turn it into a craving for food. Usually, it is to fulfill their developed oral fixation. Eating might also seem attractive in order to satisfy the vague craving.

Instead of replacing the craving for cigarettes with a craving for junk food, you should snack on healthy foods. Keep a steady supply of carrots or your favorite vegetable. It is also a good idea to chew sugar-free gum.

Also, you should take advantage of your new health by going on walks or bicycle rides. Cardio becomes much easier when your lungs are healthy. Also, you will burn more calories because your body can more efficiently make use of the oxygen to burn fat while you exercise.

Fear of Losing Control

All too often smokers rationalize their smoking by claiming that it keeps them calm. However, nicotine is actually a stimulant. It speeds up the heart and increases our adrenaline levels. Smoking actually makes us prone to anxiety. It triggers the "fight or flight" response in our bodies. In that state, we have very little control.

What smoking does is hit our dopamine reward trigger. We trick ourselves into a feeling of accomplishment.

However, during this kind of addiction, we have lost our sense of control. Addicts are ruled by their addictions, and, ultimately, their world revolves around when and where they can get their next fix.

Fear of Failure

It is easy to fall into the "I can’t quit, what’s the use" mentality. But I always respond with “if you don’t keep trying, then how do you know?” Fear of failure is the most limiting belief that a person can maintain. And, think of all the energy it takes to maintain that kind of fear. It’s exhausting!

A person could apply that fear of failure to any project, but they would never get anything done. If you’re using smoking as a reason to not get anything done, then maybe you’ve used this excuse too….

Fear of Losing My Best Friend

Smokers often maintain a kind of interdependence in relation to their habit. They feel or sense a kind of bond with cigarettes because smoking becomes a way to cope with an uncomfortable situation or feeling. Many smokers perceive smoking cigarettes as a metaphor for a friend who is always there in time of need.

Dump the habit and get some new friends!

Fear of Uncontrolled Emotions

In the first few weeks of your quit, make sure to tell everyone that you are quitting, and set up a supportive environment for yourself.

If you find yourself becoming irritable or emotional, take some time, focus on yourself and your body, take some deep breaths, relax, and repeat this phrase…“I deserve to be smoke free!”

Make a commitment to yourself to focus on the years of your life you’ll save if you quit now!

Then....take a deep breath....and repeat after me...."I Love Me Enough to Stop Smoking and Be Smoke Free"

Discover the Top 5 Benefits of Using Hypnosis to Stop Smoking!

nancyphilpott@suddenlink.net (Nancy Philpott) — 2009-10-03T18:33:00Z

If you’re looking for an excellent and proven way to stop smoking, hypnosis is an amazing, behavior-altering method to finally put down that habit you’ve tried to kick so many times before! There are too many reasons to use hypnosis to stop smoking that, really, you can no longer rationalize and justify your expensive and unattractive habit.

Maybe you’re like me, and you wanted control of your life and health again. There are other amazing benefits to shrugging that nagging monkey off your back.

Think about all the poison you’re pumping into your system (and, again, paying outrageous prices to do so). No, wait, really think about it. If you smoke a pack a day, you’re taking 5-10 minutes per cigarette to ingest countless unknown chemicals into your body just to feel normal! That’s 100-200 minutes of slowly, painfully killing yourself. I mean, could you imagine sitting for 2-4 hours a day just breathing smoke?

Instead, think about how much better you could feel, how much more attractive you can become, how much easier you could breathe, and how much more confident you can feel. And all you have to do is stop wasting your precious time breathing strange chemicals. The idea is really starting to sell itself, right?

Feel Better without Cigarettes
Think about how much better you’ll feel. Without your reliance on cigarettes, you’ll have noticeably higher levels of energy. Sure, nicotine is a mild stimulant, but, as with all stimulants, over a long period of abuse your body needs the stimulant just to maintain normalcy.

Also, abuse of stimulants decreases levels of serotonin in the brain, causing depression and lack of energy. So, if you’re a smoker that needs cigarettes for the energy boost, think about how. If you were a nonsmoker, you could have that energy all the time!

Look Better and Younger without Smoking
It’s a proven fact that smoking actually ages your skin, as well. This might account for the concept that teens smoke in order to “look older.” Rapid aging is a terrible effect of smoking. Smoking increases visible wrinkles, ruins your complexion, and gives the skin an unhealthy, yellowish tint.

Stop Smoking and Breathe Easier
If you quit smoking, you’ll immediately notice that you can breathe easier. For one, the cilia in your lungs regain motility and actually remove the junk built up in your lungs. Now, you’ll be capable of taking long, deep breaths. You’ll notice that you are no longer winded from mild physical tasks, such as housework or walking up steps. Many people fear that they will gain weight when they quit smoking, but really your ability to do cardio will be greatly improved.

Increase Your Self-Esteem
Because of all these factors, when you quit smoking, you’ll feel more confident and have more self-esteem. You’ll be more attractive to positive, desirable people. You’ll feel better about your body. You won’t have to worry about the stale smoke smell in your clothes, hair, skin, car, home, etc. You’ll begin to shine with a happy, healthy glow that says, "I am a strong-willed person capable and willing to take care of my mind and body!"

Quit Smoking and Quit Making Excuses with More Confidence
Often, when we try to quit smoking, we rationalize and come up with ridiculous reasons why we should continue our old, unnecessary habits. We build up difficulties and obstacles in order to maintain the status quo and avoid the seemingly painful process of growth and change. But, if you keep the previous benefits in mind, those short-lived urges will seem like a small price to pay, indeed!

Now take a deep breath and repeat after me....I Love Me Enough to Stop Smoking and Be Smoke Free!

Stress & Anxiety-Grab a New Perspective Here!

nancyphilpott@suddenlink.net (Nancy Philpott) — 2009-09-17T15:21:00Z

Negative events can create positive stress and positive events can create negative stress.

Does the above statement seem like it's turned around?

What is the key ingredient that makes the difference?

It's not what happens to you that determines the stress response, it's how you perceive what's happening to you.

What determines if an event creates positive or negative stress is not the event itself; it's your perception of the event.

Here's an example... most people would consider a wedding as a positive event. Compare these two brides:

The first bride is thinking, this is my Cinderella Day. I'm the star of the show. I get to wear a beautiful white dress. I've been dreaming about this event since I was a little girl. I get to call the shots on my day. It's my day to be Queen. My wedding day will be so magical.

The second bride is thinking, I'm so excited, I'm going to marry the man I love. I can't wait to see him so we can experience this event together. I'm looking forward to seeing all my family and friends that I haven't seen in years. It doesn't matter what happens because I'm getting married! We're going to go on our honeymoon and have a wonderful time together.

When things go wrong--problems with the caterer, or the invitations, or the flowers, or the cake, or the entertainment, etc. etc. etc.-- who do you think is going to experience more stress and anxiety? The first bride or the second bride?

Their expectations are very different. When things go wrong, the first bride's fairy tale world is shattered. She may go into the control mode, trying to make things turn out as she expects them to be. And as she loses control, she becomes frustrated and anxious and loses sight of the beauty of the event itself. The second bride is better prepared to take things in stride. That's because she is focused on the fact, that no matter what goes wrong, she is still getting married. How cool is that?

When your expectations are not met, you feel stress and anxiety. Your perceptions drive the stress response. It's how you interpret what happens to you that determines whether or not you experience positive stress or negative stress. In essence, you are creating your own stress! Think about it.

Take a moment right now and reflect about a situation in your life that's creating negative stress. What are your perceptions of that event? What are you expectations? Is it falling short of what you expect to happen?

STOP OBESERVE BREATHE AND SHIFT …..

Once you have shifted your physiology to a state of balance, notice the shift in how your body feels and embrace the calm peaceful feeling. Do you notice that you feel less tension in the muscles in your neck and shoulders? Do you notice that your heart rate has slowed down? Has the “knot” in your stomach relaxed? Can you tell that the stress you were feeling has shifted?

You’re less than a heartbeat away from stress proofing your body for life..

Now Take one more Deep Breath and repeat after me......

I Love Me Enough to Be Stress and Anxiety Free

Procrastination-The Paradox

nancyphilpott@suddenlink.net (Nancy Philpott) — 2009-09-15T17:07:00Z

Can you imagine....what it would be like....to discover that your habit of procrastination... can really serve you in some way?

If you're like me....and occasionally find yourself wondering why you procrastinate...and honestly attempting to break the cycle....

I can almost hear your mind saying..."That will never happen to me"..

"Procrastination is a habit I dislike...a habit I struggle with...a habit that holds me back...gets in my way!"

I, too... used to feel the very same way....until Saturday.

Saturday....I discovered the procrastination paradox .

It was a rather painful discovery I might add.

In a moment, I'll tell you why...

But first, allow yourself to imagine...that you or someone you love is struggling with having to say good-bye to a family pet.

Picture yourself with a pet that adores you...lovingly greets you when you come home....looks at you with adoring eyes...and unconditionally loves you no matter what you do or say.

Allow yourself to imagine...how difficult it would be...to watch helplessly as a devastating illness....quietly, stealthfully, and wickedly sucks the life out of your pet... and steals your friend away.

Now imagine....that it is up to YOU... to decide...IF and WHEN...you help your family friend...leave this world with dignity...and move out of the relentlessly painful existence they have lived in...to a place of health and joy in heaven.

I discovered the procrastination paradox on Saturday...when I helped my family friend leave this world with dignity....and find her place in heaven.

The truth is that I struggled several weeks to make the decision.....AND...the struggle allowed me to spend quality time with her before she moved on. That was the paradox.

My struggle with procrastination served me in a number of ways.

The struggle allowed me to fully feel and understand her unconditional love for me....AND... the struggle taught me how to love her unselfishly and unconditionally too.

Katie Philpott...part bassett..part beagle...our family pet... gave me an opportunity to shift my perception about procrastination.

Saturday.... I decided that I Love Me and Katie Enough to Be Procrastination Free.

Healthy Relationships Tip # 1 -Start With Self-Love

nancyphilpott@suddenlink.net (Nancy Philpott) — 2009-09-03T19:33:12Z

Have you ever heard yourself saying..."When I finally find my perfect soul mate...

I'll be Happy...or... I'll be Content with my Life...or... I'll be at Peace...or..____________.(you fill in the blank?)

Have ever found yourself reading self-help books or watching self help videos hoping to discover the secret to long term healthy relationships?

You're not alone.

Have you found yourself wishing for that special person....a soul mate....one who willl....

Believe in You
Love and accept you unconditionally
Support your dreams and aspirations
Listen to you openly and without judgment
Recognize and appreciate your talents and strengths

You may be looking for love in all the wrong places.

What would you think... if I told you... the perfect soul mate you've been searching for is YOU.

STOP and ask yourself this....Who can possibly define better than you..what..

Believing in You... looks and feels like
Loving and accept ing you unconditionally ...looks and feels like
Supporting your dreams and aspirations... looks and feels like
Listening to you openly and without judgment... looks and feels like
Recognizing and appreciating your talents and strengths.... looks and feels like

Imagine how differently would you feel... if YOU made a committment to ...

Believe in You
Allow yourself to Love and accept yourself unconditionally
Take the necessary actions to achieve your dreams and aspirations
Listen to the voice whispering inside you openly and without judgment
Give yourself credit for and appreciate your talents and strengths

I challenge you to join the I Love Me Enough 21 Day Challenge and finally discover the person
you've been dreaming of and searching for all this time!

Take a deep breath...close your eyes...and repeat after me....I Love Me Enough to Have Healthy Relationships!

How to Shift from Stressed Out to Stress Free... in a Heartbeat

nancyphilpott@suddenlink.net (Nancy Philpott) — 2009-09-02T18:56:00Z

Five minutes of stress can reduce the body's immune system function

for up to five hours.

Does the above statement surprise you?

Stress. It seems so vague and non-specific. You may be wondering, well, what exactly is stress and why should I be concerned about it?

Most people tend to think of stress as something that happens to us. We think that the situation is the stress. Something does happen to us, however it's what happens on the inside that characterizes it as stress.

Stress is actually the mind and body's response to any demand that disrupts your balance. The cause of stress (a stressor) can be a real event or an imagined one.

The stress response is commonly referred to as the "fight or flight" response. We instinctively go into the fight or flight mode as a form of protection. This natural response is a built-in mechanism that serves our higher good...to protect and preserve our survival and our sense of well-being.

However, when stress becomes chronic, it then becomes detrimental to our health and well-being. Too much stress or no relief from stress leads to exhaustion and a myriad of health problems.

Most people associate chronic stress with high blood pressure and heart disease. However, the negative effects of stress accumulate over time and can cause other problems too, such as depression, bone loss, brain cell destruction, impaired memory, impaired learning, weight gain, muscle atrophy, and blood sugar problems.

Did you know that stress-related disorders account for 75-90% of all doctor visits?

Unmanaged stress has been linked to increasing health care costs by up to 7 times as much as physical risk factors, such as smoking, obesity and lack of exercise.

What a paradox! The stress response that was inherently designed to protect us from harm, is now causing us harm!

What can you do about it?

Get into the habit of shifting out of the stressed place you're in.

Here's how...follow me....

Take a deep breath....close your eyes...and shift your attention and focus...to previous time or event when you remember being filled with love and gratitude...

Now....imagine that you are there....right now...in this moment...

Allow yourself to re-experience those same feelings or love and gratitude...

Repeat after me...."I Love Me Enough to Be Stress and Anxiety Free"

Making a conscious decision... to let go and release the stress you are feeling... and shift to a place of love and gratitude... is the first step

Take a moment right now and think about how stress might be affecting your health. Are you already facing some stress-related disorders? Do you have health challenges that are being magnified by stress?

Watch for my next post when we'll explore how to make stress work for you.

Until then, take a deep breath..... and repeat after me....

"I Love Me Enough to Be Stress and Anxiety Free"

Top 7 Reasons to Try Stop Smoking Hypnosis Today

nancyphilpott@suddenlink.net (Nancy Philpott) — 2009-08-28T18:35:00Z

As a smoker for more than 37.5 years, I knew my health would continue
to be impacted if I didn't stop smoking....

So I tried to quit smoking using the patch....

I stopped for three days and started smoking again.

Then I tried to stop smoking using the gum....

I stopped for two days and started smoking again.

And felt bad about myself.

The negative self-talk played quietly in my head...."What's wrong with you"..

"You stupid idiot...you're going to die if you don't quit"...

So I tried to quit smoking using Zyban pills....

I stopped for two months..then started smoking again.

And felt bad about myself.

Again....the negative self-talk played quietly in my head...."What's wrong with you"..

"You stupid idiot...you're going to die if you don't quit"...

Then, I decided I Love Me Enough to Be Smoke Free

and stop smoking with hypnosis...

It worked!

What I didn't know then that I know now is that I discovered

7 reasons to stop smoking and remain smoke free forever....

Reason # 1... 20 minutes after the hynosis session my heart rate dropped.

Reason # 2... 12 hours later the carbon monoxide level in my blood dropped back to normal.

Reason # 3...1 month later the coughing, sinus congestion, and shortness of breath was gone.

Reason # 4... 3 months later my lung function improved by 30%.

Reason # 5... 1 year later my risk of having coronary artery disease was half that of a smoker.

Reason # 6...5 years later my risk of a stroke was reduced to that of a nonsmoker 5-15 years after quitting.

Reason # 7...I Love Me Enough to Be Smoke Free Forever!

I believe the power to dispel fear, eliminate self-defeating habits, seize opportunity, and transform our destiny is waiting within each of us. It's there....you simply have to decide to unlock, turn on, and release within you the power to stop.

If you're saying to yourself....I Love Me Enough to Be Smoke Free and I want to transform my destiny....

Click here Now and grab your FREE Stop Smoking Hypnosis Video "7 Secrets to Stop Smoking in 2 Hours or Less" and discover how to unlock, turn on, and release within you the power to stop!

By the way.....I'm launching an amazing online Breakthrough Stop Smoking Hypnosis Program on September 1 and need 25 smokers to beta test this amazing stop smoking program ABSOLUTELY FREE! If you're ready to finally stop smoking and transform your life, your health, and your destiny forever and want to beta test this program....here's what you need to do...go to www.BreakthroughStopSmokingHypnosisSystem.com and review the information.

Then....send me an email Nancy@BreakthroughStopSmokingHypnosisSystem.com with "I Love Me Enough to Be Smoke Free" in the subject line and I'll email you back with the details.

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Who Else Wants to Be Procrastination Free?

nancyphilpott@suddenlink.net (Nancy Philpott) — 2009-08-26T12:59:00Z

Procrastination....do you find yourself wondering.... is it caused by of a fear of failure....a fear of success...or both?

Can you remember a time...when you wondered that about yourself?

You may have fully intended to accomplish something...and yet...you found yourself...putting it off...dragging your feet....distracting yourself...doing other things....avoiding the very activity to intended to accomplish....

Until another day goes by...and what you intended to accomplish...wasn't finished...and even worse yet...you didn't even start..

And then...you found yourself wondering..."Why Do I Procrastinate?"... "What's Wrong With Me?..."Am I Afraid to Fail?"...."Do I Have a Fear of Success?" "Why Can't I Stop This Stupid Cycle of Behavior?"....

Sound familiar?

If you and I were working together...doing a hypnosis session...we WOULD get to the bottom of this...and discover the truth.

The fact is...

After doing thousands of hypnosis sessions.... working with individuals.... using hypnosis to eliminate their procrastination habit...

Both the individual and I are always amazed to find that....

Somewhere hidden in their subconscious memory...is a "historical tape" .....that continues to play the message....

"I'm not worthy"

"I'm not loveable"

"I don't deserve"

Let me ask you this....if you close your eyes....take a deep breath..and go deep inside yourself...

Can you remember a time...perhaps more than one time....when you heard a little voice deep inside you...whispering....

"I'm not worthy"..."I'm not loveable"..."I don't deserve"

STOP and imagine how different your life would be if...

You made a conscious decision to...delete that message...use self hypnosis to reprogram yourself with these messages...

"I AM worthy"

"I AM loveable"

"I Deserve It All"

Ask your self this question......

What Would You Attempt to Do If You Knew You Could Not Fail?

Imagine how different your life would feel if you decided...

I Love Me Enough to Be Procrastination Free!

Hypnotist Reveals a Free Self Hypnosis Tool for Anxiety and Stress Relief

nancyphilpott@suddenlink.net (Nancy Philpott) — 2009-08-25T13:47:00Z

Have you ever been so overwhelmed with stress that you felt like SOBBING?

If you have never attempted to RELIEVE stress and anxiety through SOBBING, I highly suggest that you do!

(Wait! Please don't begin sobbing literally... I’m talking about something else!)

No, I’m not talking about crying at this time, although that's a good idea too. Crying is a great tension reliever. Tears help remove toxic by-products of stress.

However, I am talking about practicing a different kind of SOBBING...

This simple stress management activity is guaranteed to stop your fight or flight response dead in it's tracks.

Here's how it works....

As soon as you become aware that you are feeling stressed or anxious…

Have a SOBS session…..

Stop-Observe-Breathe-Shift
S-O-B-S

You may need to repeat this process several times a day if you're having a really stress-full day. Each time you recognize that you're experiencing stress or anxiety, I encourage you to Stop-Observe-Breathe-Shift. You can do it anytime, anywhere, even in a room full of people.

When you practice SOBBING, (SOBS …SOBS…SOBS…) you neutralize the stress response, erase the negative effects of stress and anxiety on your body, and shift all your internal systems towards a state of balance. And, all this can happen in less than a heartbeat.

Please don't underestimate the power of this simple stress management technique...

It ABSOLUTELY works!

In fact, practicing SOBS is so beneficial for you, that I recommend you use it to PREVENT stress. Make it a habit to periodically "check-in" with yourself throughout the day and take a brief "time-out" to do this. You may want to even schedule it into your day by putting it on your daytimer, palm pilot, Blackberry, or your computer. Add a SOBS session to your beginning, middle, and end of day routine.

Here's the key....as soon as you notice your body sending you early warning signals of stress and anxiety , that's your cue to begin SOBBING.

Take a moment right now to practice this simple hypnotically transforming technique:

S--Stop. Stop whatever you are doing, disengage your thoughts, and get comfortable.

O--Observe. Pay attention to what your body is telling you right now. Scan your body for "stress spots".

B--Breathe. Breathe in very slowly through your nose. Try counting to 5 as you inhale.
Imagine the in-breath containing new life, new energy, peaceful calming positive energy.
Place your hand on your abdomen and watch your hand rise as you breathe in and your lungs expand. Keep inhaling until your lungs feel full. Then hold your breath for a moment.

Now breathe out, very slowly, through pursed lips (like you're blowing out a candle). Try counting to 5 as you exhale.
Imagine the out-breath containing stressful, negative energy, and you are releasing it from your body.
Keep your hand on your abdomen and watch your hand go back down as you breathe out and your lungs deflate.
Keep exhaling until your lungs feel empty and you can't exhale anymore. Then hold it for a moment.

Repeat this entire breathing process until you feel your body relax, until your body feels quiet.

Now, the next step is to....

S--Shift. Once you have shifted your physiology to a state of balance, notice the shift in how your body feels and embrace the calm peaceful feeling. Do you notice that you have less tension in the muscles in your neck and shoulders? Do you notice that your heart rate has slowed down? Has the “knot” in your stomach relaxed? Can you tell that the anxiety and stress you were feeling has shifted?

Congratulations!

By consciously choosing to STOP, OBSERVE, BREATHE, SHIFT… you’ve chosen to listen to your body’s early warning signals… stop the “fight or flight response” that happens automatically… shift out of your old "I'm Feeling Stressed and Anxious Subconscious Programming"....begin balancing all of your internal systems… and “ERASE” the negative effects of stress…and all that happened in just a few heartbeats!!!

Now...repeat after me....I Love Me Enough to Be Stress and Anxiety Free!

Stress Vs Heart Attack-Which is Worse for Your Health and Why?

nancyphilpott@suddenlink.net (Nancy Philpott) — 2009-08-24T16:58:00Z

You don't realize it yet, but in the next few minutes you're going to learn
why unmanaged stress more deadly than a heart attack.

Actually, a sudden and deadly heart attack is an easier way to die.

I'll prove it to you.

Let's look at the facts....

Scientist have been studying people with stress for a very long time.

They've been looking for the link between mental and emotional attitudes,
physiological health and long-term well-being.

The results of the research are astonishing!

Read these facts carefully.

Three 10-year studies concluded that emotional stress was more predictive
of death from cancer and cardiovascular disease than smoking... people who
were unable to effectively manage their stress had a 40% higher death rate
than non-stressed individuals. H. Eysenck, Br J Med Psychol, 1988; 61(Pt1)

Can you believe that?...emotional stress more predicitve of death from cancer
and cardiovascular disease than smoking!

Want more proof?

According to a Mayo Clinic study of individuals with heart disease,
psychological stress was the strongest predictor of future cardiac events,
such as cardiac death, cardiac arrest and heart attacks. T.Allison et al.
Mayo Clin Proc. 1995; 70(8)

A 3-year analysis of over 46,000 workers from six major U.S.
companies, depression and unmanaged stress emerged as the top two most
costly risk factors in terms of medical expenditures-increasing health
care costs by 2 to 7 times as much as physical risk factors such as smoking,
obesity, and poor exercise habits. R. Goetzel et al, J Occup Eviron Med, 1988; 40(10)

Stop! and think about that for a minute....you could be an obese smoker.. who never
exercised..and your risk factors would still be lower than someone with unmanged
stress or depression.

Amazing!

Now, for another harsh reality...

Job stress costs employers more than $200 billion each year in absenteeism,
tardiness, burnout, lower productivity, higher turnover, worker’s compensation
and insurance costs. National Safety Council, 1995

Depression costs the U.S. $44 billion per year in lost productivity.
National Foundation for Brain Research, 1999

Do you own a business? Have you ever wondered why health insurance for you and
your employees is so expensive?

Ready for the good news....and a shift in your....perspective?

An international study of 2,829 people between the ages of 55 and 85 found
that individuals who reported the highest level of personal “mastery”-feelings
of control over life events-had a nearly 60% lower risk of death compared
with those who felt relatively helpless in the face of challenges.
B. Penninx et al. Am J Epidemiol.1997; 146(6)

In a study of 5,716 middle-aged people, those with the highest self-regulation
abilities were over 50 times more likely to be alive and without chronic
disease 15 years later than those with the lowest self-regulation scores.
R.Grossarth-Maticek & H. Eysenck, Person Individ Diff. 1995; 19(6)

Now, let me ask you a personal question...

Do you understand why a sudden deadly heart attack is an easier way to die
than living with unmanaged stress?

Stop and ask your self this question...

Is long term chronic stress silently robbing me of my health and my dreams?

Imagine how different you would feel if you made this conscious decision today...

"I Love Me Enough to Be Stress Free"

I Love Me Enough to Be Stress Free

nancyphilpott@suddenlink.net (Nancy Philpott) — 2009-08-20T17:19:00Z

It’s not surprising that stress relief, a state or condition most of us desperately seek, continues to elude us.

We simply don’t have time to find it.

Too many demands and too little time prevent us from discovering the real truth about stress relief. WE ARE the reason we can’t find it.

That is, until we get the unexpected “wake-up” call.

That call often presents as… a personal health crisis… the death of a loved one.. the break-up of a marriage or friendship… the termination of our job… a crisis involving one of our children… or a global crisis like 9/11 or Hurricane Katrina.

And…. if we’re lucky…somewhere in the midst of the “wake-up” call…we WILL wake up and remember…

Remember that…

We have a Choice and a Responsibility to reclaim our life… our health… and our time.

When we CHOOSE to reclaim ourselves, reclaim our life, and our health….

When we CHOOSE to be and do what matters most to us…achieving stress relief is less than a heartbeat away.

Continuing to live our lives in "default mode"....rushing around at breakneck speed...ignoring or overriding that voice whispering inside us saying..."I really need a break"... "I wish someone would help me"....."I have needs too"..."I wish I had more time for me"...

GUARANTEES...we will soon receive a "Wake Up" call...and life as we know it will never be the same.

Today I'm making a conscious decision to listen to that voice and choose me!

I Love Me Enoough to Be Stress Free!

The # 1 Secret Hypnotherapists Know about Procrastination

nancyphilpott@suddenlink.net (Nancy Philpott) — 2009-08-19T18:50:00Z

You don't realize it yet.... but in the next 2 minutes you're going to discover the #1 secret most hypnotist know.... but have failed to reveal... about the cycle of procrastination.

Have you ever wished you could get rid of that pesky behavior called Procrastination....and found yourself putting it off ?

Have you ever wished you could figure out.... what's causing you to repeat that pesky pattern of behavior called Procrastination....but found yourself having a difficult time staying focused long enough to figure it out?

Are you like many of the clients I work with as a hypnotist....who have read or been told that their Procrastination is a result of ....

Depression
Anxiety
Perfectionism
ADD/ADHD
Impulsiveness
Low Self-Esteem
Fear of Sucess/Failure

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Do you find yourself explaining to others that because of your personality type.....perhaps you see yourself as a Perfectionist... or a Crisis-Maker...or a Dreamer...or a Rebel... or a Worrier...or an Overdoer...you procrastinate?

Well......

Imagine how your life would be if.... you finally knew and understood...how to make that pesky behavior go away...forever.

Take a deep breath....focus.... and allow your subconscious mind... to read the following information very carefully.....and remember....

The # 1 Secret I discovered while doing thousands of hypnosis sessions over the years is this .....

Procrastination is.... a behavior we use.... to distract ourselves and cope ....with a feeling we want to avoid. That feeling can be anything..like....

Boredom
Anger
Guilt
Sad
Loneliness
Inadequacy
Stressed
Fearful
Frustrated
Depressed

Or any combination therof.....

When procrastination works for us....it becomes the behavior we continue to use to cope...rather than dealing with the feeling we are feeling... and.... it becomes a habit.

You might be surprised to discover....that the procrastination habit is relatively easy to neutralize or eliminate in hypnosis.

I do it all the time.

If you are on this page because your frustrated and tired of procrastinationg over and over and want to get out of that procrastination loop......

Grab your phone book....and call a hypnotist.

They know exactly what to do and how to help you break that pesky procrastination habit.

If you don't have one locally...or if you're not sure how to find one with great credentials and experience....

Send an email to me Nancy@HeartSyncWellnessCenter.com and be sure to include "Help Me Stop Procrastinating and Find a Hypnotist " in the subject line. I'll help you find the perfect hypnotist.

Don't put it off....you're worth it.....change your destiny today....

Take a deep breath and repeat after me.....I Love Me Enough to Be Procrastination Free!

I Loved Me Enough to Stop Smoking and Be Smoke Free

nancyphilpott@suddenlink.net (Nancy Philpott) — 2009-08-18T13:16:00Z

“Take a deep breath… close your eyes… and relax”

If I had known then what I know now, I would have understood that something as simple as those three hypnotic suggestions can be a wake-up call…the kind of wake up call that transforms your life instantly, dramatically, and irrevocably.

Fortunately for me, I was paying attention. I listened to the voice stirring inside my heart and answered the wake up call when it came....the day I decided I Loved Me Enough to Stop Smoking and Be Smoke Free and transform my destiny.

The day I received the call began like most of my days for more years than I’d care to admit. I woke up, jumped out of bed, lit a cigarette, and took a long drag as I walked out onto my deck to greet the deer grazing in my yard.

Smoking had been a part of my life for more than 37 years. Over the years, I had tried to quit smoking more times than I am able to count on both hands… without success. Patches, gum, inhalers, stop smoking medications, you name it…I tried it. Nothing I tried helped me stop smoking. I’d almost given up hope that anything would.

Now, if you’re like me, and you have tried to break a habit, you know how challenging it can be. You may be able to recall how the struggle feels inside of you….it’s almost as if your heart and your mind are at war. The more you try to avoid thinking about your habit the stronger the urge becomes.

It becomes a vicious cycle. You try. You fail. You feel bad about yourself. You try again. You fail again. You feel bad about yourself again. You keep repeating the pattern until finally… you get frustrated… tired of feeling like a failure… stop trying… and give up.

It matters not whether the “too much behavior” you’re trying to give up is smoking, eating, drinking, working, exercising, golfing, sexing, etc. (you get my point.)

You can end up convinced that you’re doomed to live the life you’ve been living… instead of the life you’d love to live.

I was almost in that place.

Until I decided to give myself one shot. I made an appointment with a hypnotist for a one-on-one stop smoking hypnosis session.

(Pay close attention!….I’m about to get the call.)

Looking back now, I’m not sure why I didn’t ask more questions when I scheduled the appointment.

I guess it’s because the hypnotist sounded calm, confident, and very convincing when I called. She assured me that I could be hypnotized and would become a permanent non-smoker. She told me 99% of her clients stopped smoking permanently with just one session.

I listened to my heart…. (It was pleading with me…please try just one more time)... took a deep breath and a giant leap of faith, and made the appointment. (Ring, ring, ring, ring!)

I walked in a smoker.

I walked out a non-smoking believer.

What I thought I knew then and I’m convinced of now, is that each of us will get a wake up call…in fact, probably more than one.

And… if you are not paying attention…you’ll miss the call.

If you’re stuck in the destructive vicious cycle of try, fail, stop trying, give-up, and just live a life of quiet desperation…chances are you will miss the wake-up call…the wake-up call you’ve been hoping for … the one that will transform your life instantly, dramatically, and irrevocably.

If you’re moving through life at breakneck speed… allowing your life to run on autopilot…forgetting to stop, breathe, and live in the moment… chances are you will miss the wake-up call…the wake-up call you’ve been praying for … the one that will transform your life instantly, dramatically, and irrevocably.

Wake-up and pay attention… you don’t want to miss the call!

How will you know when you have an incoming call?

Here’s what you might want to consider that worked for me….

Slow down… go to a quiet place, and just listen…

Listen for that quiet little voice inside your heart…(ring, ring, ring!)

You’ll recognize that voice…it’s the one deep inside you that keeps whispering…

“Take a chance”

“Please try again”

“I believe it really will work this time”

And, if that doesn’t provide you with a ring, ring, ring…

“Take a deep breath…close your eyes…and relax….”

I'm launching an amazing online Breakthrough Stop Smoking Hypnosis Program on September 1 and need 25 smokers to beta test this amazing stop smoking program ABSOLUTELY FREE! If you're ready to finally stop smoking and transform your life, your health, and your destiny forever and want to beta test this program....here's what you need to do...go to www.BreakthroughStopSmokingHypnosisSystem.com and review the information.

Then....send me an email Nancy@BreakthroughStopSmokingHypnosisSystem.com with "I Love Me Enough to Be Smoke Free" in the subject line and I'll email you back with the details.

This is your "Wake Up Call"....... Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring!

Please ...give yourself one more chance...listen to that little voice inside of you whispering..."I'm Worth It"... "I Really Do Love Me Enough to Stop Smoking and Be Smoke Free"

I promise I know exactly how you feel AND how to help you Stop Smoking and Be Smoke Free Forever....

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