What Is Hypnosis?               

Hypnosis refers to an alternate, trance like state of consciousness, usually done by a hypnotherapist. The hypnotherapist uses mental images and verbal repetitions to create a trance like state in a person. A person, who is hypnotized, can actually become more focused and become more responsive to a suggestion. A person can also learn self hypnotizing techniques in order to get more focused and goal oriented.

How Successful Is Hypnosis For Weight Loss?

This technique has not been thoroughly studied, but the results of hypnosis for weight loss are positive. Hypnosis alone will never make a person lose weight; rather it helps a person develop his or her will power to reach their weight loss goals. A good exercise and diet program is necessary to lose weight in a safe and healthy way, and to make sure that the weight remains off. Hypnosis helps a person stick to strict diet and exercise regimes, which would be otherwise very cumbersome to follow for long periods of time.

What Methods Are Used For Weight Loss Hypnosis?

Hypnosis methods consist of repetitive verbal and mental images and suggestions which make a person fall into a “trance like” state. In reality all methods of hypnosis actually depend upon how receptive a person is to these suggestions and mental images. Hypnosis tries to penetrate the sub consciousness of an individual and programs them to follow a certain task or suggestion. When it comes to weight loss, the biggest struggle that people face is trying to follow diets and exercise programs. Hypnosis helps a person develop their will power to stick to these regimes without fail and reach their goals, rather than get off track time and again. In the end all sorts of hypnosis methods eventually turn into self-hypnosis, whether a person reaches a trance like state on their own, or with the help of a hypnotherapist all depends upon how receptive the person is to the method.

HealthStatus and Hypnosis

HealthStatus has added expert hypnotist Justin Tranz to our team!  You can learn more about Justin and his credentials on hypnosis and hypnotherapy.

He has been on The Tonight Show, The Wayne Brady Show, MTV, BET, VH1, Fox Sports, and many others. Jimmy Kimmel said, “I LOVED THE SHOW, IT WAS FANTASTIC.” Muhammad Ali calls Justin, “The Greatest Hypnotist Of All Time”.

Justin also knows the serious side of hypnosis, and the benefits it can bring. He has, through both seminars and personal sessions, helped thousands in their bid to stop smoking, lose weight or attain other personal goals. He has also works with medical professionals, corporate executives, and athletes in all sports and levels of competition. In fact, Justin has worked with many professional boxers and they are all undefeated. His powerful demonstrations offer spellbinding entertainment, a unique message, and incredible results.

I got a few minutes with Justin and asked him a handful of questions:

HealthStatus – Justin, how long have you been doing hypnosis?

Justin - I have been doing hypnosis professionally since 1979.

HealthStatus – Why did you decide to get into hypnosis?

Justin - When I was seven years old I saw a stage hypnotist at a carnival. I was so impressed by the performance that I decided at that very moment I wanted to be a hypnotist! I believed if I learned this skill I could control my parents and get them to do anything I wanted, like buy me more toys, let me stay up late at night, and eat candy instead of food. It didn’t workout too well but that is why I got into hypnosis in the first place.

HealthStatus – You have been on TV and stage with your hypnosis, can you elaborate on that?

Justin - I performed as a Las Vegas headliner in my own show doing my comedy stage hypnosis show for over a decade (1997 to 2008), and was seen by millions of tourists from around the world visiting Las Vegas. From 2009 to 2010 I took my show to New York City and performed my one-man show on Broadway. I have appeared on numerous TV Shows over the years The Tonight Show, The Wayne Brady Show, Fox Sports (Going Deep), MTV (Viva La Bam), Blind Date, Spy TV, and many, many others. I did a TV series for Playboy TV call Extreme Truth, and it is still airing in reruns after seven years.

HealthStatus - I understand you work with boxers, how did you get into that?

Justin – I got into working with professional boxers through a TV producer I had worked with on another TV project. In fact, the many professional boxers I have worked, they are all undefeated after having a pre-fight session.

HealthStatus – Justin, are you a hypnotist or a hypnotherapist?

Justin - I call myself a hypnotist, and I do hypnotherapy. A hypnotist is someone that can hypnotize individuals. A hypnotherapist is someone who uses hypnosis to help people overcome problems or to improve their life in someway.

HealthStatus - What is the most unusual thing you have helped someone with?

Justin - I feel that one of my most recent and very significant successes was just this year (2011). I met a woman who did crack cocaine every day for 20 years. She was at times spending upwards to $10,000 per week in crack cocaine. Ten years previously she had come to my show in Las Vegas and was a volunteer on stage and did some crazy things in the show, I had hypnotized her to do. Anyway 10 years later she got the idea I could help her. She had been to several high dollar traditional drug treatment centers, and had failed. After the first session with me she stopped using crack cocaine, and after 10 months she has used cocaine 4 separate times in very small amounts.  A big improvement from her 20 year habit.

HealthStatus - Since you have done that, I imagine that working with people on issues like weight control, smoking, anxiety and such are pretty straight forward, is that correct?

Justin – Over my 40 plus years, and 15,000 hours of doing hypnotherapy I have helped thousands of people to stop smoking, lose weight, overcome fears, improve in sports, eliminate pain, gain confidence, better memory, and just about improve in all aspects of life.

Stop smoking, weight loss, and anxiety are my specialties.  These challenges are very routine, easy to change, with very little effort using hypnosis. Hypnosis gives you what you need to succeed.

HealthStatus – Touching on your work with boxers, would similar methods work with other sports?

Justin - My methods can be adapted to any sport and level of competition.

HealthStatus – When you work on these kinds of things do you need to be with a person to get good results or will recordings work?

Justin - Personal one on one sessions are always the best way to proceed with hypnosis, but not necessary for excellent results. By following “the hypnotic system,” listening to the  recordings, doing the easy daily mental exercises anyone can benefit. Hypnotherapy is most effective when it’s interactive & engaging! These recordings are simple, straight forward, and a direct pipeline to the subconscious where all the change happens.

HealthStatus - So I get one of your recordings, do I listen to it once and I am golden? or will I need to repeat and how often? will it last forever, or is maintenance required?

Justin - You could be golden after listening to the recording one time, but that is generally not the case. If you follow the system, and merely just want it to happen, and expect it to happen, it will happen. Hypnosis administered and experienced as therapy through recordings will give you the power and control you seek over your life!

HealthStatus - Typically, most people associate hypnosis with changing a behavior or habits, can hypnosis affect body parts or function? For example, can you make a sprained ankle heal faster with hypnosis?

Justin - Medical science has proven that during surgeries hypnosis can be used to lessen pain and anxiety. You can even hypnotize the patient that he can reduce bleeding during surgery by controlling his blood flow, and give overall suggestions focusing on such things as expectation of comfort, decreased inflammation, diminished scar tissue, accelerated wound healing, return to normal activities, and adjustments to self-image.

HealthStatus - Would hypnosis work to make my daughter a better driver, like use a turn signal and understand that stop signs are not suggestions?

Justin - Hypnosis could get your daughter to pay more attention to what she is doing in all aspects of life.

HealthStatus - What about people that say they can’t be hypnotized?

Justin - The real facts are everyone is hypnotizable, because everyone is suggestible. If you weren’t suggestible you couldn’t learn anything! You see 50% of the population are naturals at going into hypnosis, and the other 50% take more time to get over their fear of hypnosis. Most times the fear is nothing more than the fear of not being in control.

HealthStatus - How much does a person’s willingness to change affect the success?

Justin - The secret to having success with hypnotherapy is in the word “HOW,” you must be Honest, Open, and Willing.

HealthStatus – So to wrap this up Justin, how do you see your specialization in hypnosis and hypnotherapy fitting in at HealthStatus?

Justin - Hypnosis is one of the most misunderstood topics on the planet. The truth is there is a lot of information on the Internet about hypnosis, but sadly most of it is wrong, and a waste of your valuable time. The products and information posted are usually by individuals who have very little training, and or experience with hypnosis. Most hypnotist have no track record of really doing anything except selling products, and writing blogs.  

I have over two dozen certifications in Hypnosis and NLP dating back to 1979 (I was doing hypnosis long before that). To put it simply, my methods are different and better than the average hypnotist because of my 40 plus years of doing hypnosis in the real world. Over that time I have created my brand of hypnosis, and taken hypnosis to another level. I discovered  how hypnosis really works, how to influence people, and get the results desired easily & effortlessly!  Now I want to bring all that here and share it with the visitors and members of HealthStatus.

Wow, you can easily see why we were so excited to learn that Justin wanted to work with us!  Justin has some video clips that we will be putting on the site over the next few weeks showing him in action.  In the meantime his full bio is located on our hypnotherapy and hypnosis page.

PLAINVIEW, NY, November 1, 2011 – -More often than you would think, health insurance companies refuse to pay medical expenses.  When this happens, most people think that they can sue the insurance company just like in the movies, but not so fast.  When you have health insurance provided by your employer, you give up your seventh amendment right to a trial by jury if you are wrongfully denied your coverage.

Any employee, whether the least paid or highest paid, loses his ability to sue insurance companies for losing a home, bankruptcy, poor credit ratings and emotional distress.  “That’s right, insurance companies are not held to account for their bad faith actions of wrongful denial.  If you are lucky enough to get a court date to sue your insurance company, the only thing you can sue for is the cost of the medical treatment the insurance company refused to pay, and that is it,” explains Brett Goldstein, author of “The Retirement Crisis”

Employer health insurance is covered by the Employee Retirement income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).  Initially passed by Congress as a simple and comprehensive way to reduce employee benefits litigation and protect employees, it has now become a loophole allowing insurance companies to make huge profits by denying claims without having to pay for expensive lawsuits.

In a poor economy, rising prices and unemployment are not all that is chiseling away at retirement funds.  Wrongful denial and ERISA sets employees up to deplete their retirement savings to cover costs of much needed medical care that some insurance companies refuse to pay, says Goldstein.

Goldstein makes a complicated law simple to understand with this example:

If your employer provided health insurance didn’t pay for a $50,000 medical treatment and it cost you a chunk of your life savings, you can’t sue.  This is reality of ERISA and it is a nightmare. The only thing you can sue for is the $50,000 medical treatment.

Employer provided health insurance is not the only type of insurance under ERISA, it also includes employer provided life insurance and disability insurance.  When Goldstein interviewed Frank N. Darras, the nation’s top insurance lawyer, Darras made it clear that people who are concerned about losing their retirement savings should buy their own health, life and disability insurance instead of getting it through their job.  “That way if an insurance company refuses to pay for something that should be covered, you can hire a good lawyer to sue them and also recover costs that sometimes equal your life savings,” says Darras.

Drink More Water and Avoid Bad Habits:

Increase your intake of water and try to avoid alcohol, smoking, caffeine, and fizzy drinks. Drinking water is the best way to detox your body and get rid of all the toxins that have accumulated within your system over time. Try to drink 8-10 glasses of water every day. Water also curbs hunger pangs, which will help you avoid unnecessary snacking, and keeps you hydrated providing you with healthy skin and hair as well.

Don’t Snack on Junk Food:

Most people grab a quick snack on their way to work, chores, school etc. and most of these snacks are donuts, processed sandwiches or burgers, a bag of chips or other high calorie unhealthy foods. These snacks just provide you with empty calories that will eventually make you gain weight. Try to take the time out to prepare a healthy snack of fruits or vegetables for yourself. You can also snack on smoothies, salads and whole grain grilled sandwiches as well. These snacks are packed full of vitamins and minerals that will make you feel healthier as well.

HRA also known as Health Risk Assessment tests have been created for the express purpose of gauging the health status of the people in different areas. However, with the advent of the internet tests, many websites have taken up this format and offer similar services of health reckoning. Previously, there were only 5 or 6 organisations that had taken upon themselves the task of creating and disseminating these worksheets, but now there are enough websites that cater to the health needs of the internet-using public.

There are various points of information one has to give. There is a personal information column where one has to give details like one’s name, age, status of marriage (this varies), date of birth etc. The next column is generally health-related information regarding habits, such as smoking, drinking, drug-taking etc. which influence one’s health greatly and the frequency of usage is asked. Thirdly, there is a column about family history and personal history, in case the test-taker has had recent attacks of certain diseases and then the automatic health generator generates a quick evaluation depending on the information given, for the possibility of attacks in the near future. Generally, family history has a huge role to play in the possibility of diseases striking without notice and the HRA Online test reveals this to us.