For many people, the very thought of a job interview can cause an attack of the nerves: butterflies in the stomach, dry mouth, and weak knees. Sometimes, the thought of a job interview can even trigger a panic attack. If this happens to you, you might be interested in some tips on using hypnosis for job interview anxiety.

If the thought of a job interview makes you nervous, you have what is called anticipatory anxiety, and it is very common. Many people have it over all sorts of situations. You need to try to relax and calm down, and there are several ways to do this.

First, make sure you are completely prepared for the interview, down to the fine detail of knowing exactly how to travel to the interview and contingencies in case of being delayed. Have your clothes picked out, any materials you are bringing ready, and make sure you get a good night s sleep beforehand. Also remember that life goes on after the interview, so try to keep it all in perspective. Even if you don’t get the job, you will have learned something worthwhile from the experience which you can improve upon in your next interview.

You should also practice some deep breathing exercises, breathing from the diaphragm and not your chest. This will trigger a relaxation response that will soon become second nature to you - it’s called 7-11 breathing. You breath in for a count of 7, and out for a count of 11 and repeat this slow, deep breathing for a few minutes until your body quietens down. This forces your body to move out of the ‘fight or flight’ state, into a more useful, calmer state.

Now, if you do all of these things and you still feel nervous, you might want to consider using hypnosis for your job interview anxiety. Hypnosis is really no more than a way to get into a deeply relaxed state, during which you are able to access your unconscious mind, where your fears and anxiety are stored. You will be able to replace any negative thoughts you are having about your job interview with positive thoughts. For example, you can practice hearing you talk confidently, and answer tricky questions without being flustered. As a result, you will find that your anxiety over the interview is greatly relieved, and you’ll go into your interview with an abundance of energy and confidence you canl give it your best.

Copyright 2006 Lyndsay Swinton

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Article by Lyndsay Swinton of ‘How Hypnosis Works’ http://www.hypnotics.co.uk This site explains how hypnosis works for all sorts of everyday problems and more unusual human troubles and challenges.

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I recently saw a t-shirt with the following saying: “Procrastinate later.” I had a great laugh. However, procrastination is really not that funny.

The Effects of Procrastination

Just what is procrastination? It is the habit of putting things off until the last possible minute. Procrastination in and of itself is not a problem - the consequences of procrastination, however, can be devastating.

If you are a procrastinator, you have likely:

• Missed opportunities
• Worked late hours at work trying to get finished at the last moment
• Felt completely stressed out
• Been overwhelmed
• Suffered feelings of guilt and resentment

Procrastination is a killer - a killer of dreams, ambitions, and achievement.

The Effects of Hypnosis

There is truly no need to continue on the procrastination cycle of wait, wait, wait, stress out, and wait some more. You can overcome procrastination. How? Through the power of hypnosis.

Hypnosis is not some hocus pocus form of psychotherapy - it is simply a natural occurring state of mind that bypasses the conscious part of the mind. When the conscious is bypassed, we don’t pass judgment on what is being suggested.

Believe it or not, we are in a hypnotic state quite often. For instance, here are some times when you have “turned off” the judgment portion of your mind:

• When you see a commercial on TV that influences you to buy a product
• When an expert tells you something and you don’t question the validity of that statement
• Children do it when they are pretending.

By going around the judgment portion of the mind, suggestions can be put into your subconscious and get you to head towards a particular goal - just the way advertisers propel you towards their product.

Your Conscious Mind Resists Overcoming Procrastination

Have you ever tried to stop procrastinating?

What happens? If you are like most people, you tell yourself something and your judgmental mind finds all kinds of reasons why it won’t work!

For instance, one of the main self-help suggestions for overcoming procrastination is to break the overall task into smaller, more doable chunks. This sounds great.

Now try putting that through your conscious, judgmental filter. Here are some of the things you are likely to “hear”:

• “Just what I need - more things to get done that I can’t get done.”
• “If I can’t finish one big thing, what makes me think I can finish many small things?”
• “Who cares if you break it down? You still won’t start it until it is due!”

And this kind of self-talk from your judgmental conscious mind is what you can expect whenever you try to overcome procrastination. So, what can you do?

One way to overcome procrastination is with hypnosis.

Put An End to Procrastination With Hypnosis

Hypnosis can help you overcome procrastination forever. How? By detouring around your conscious mind!

Procrastination is nothing more than a bad habit. Your conscious mind doesn’t like change and will “talk” you right out of changing. However, if you can get those suggestions into your subconscious mind without the judgmental filter, you can change from being a procrastination to being an achiever.

Hypnosis is stronger than willpower because it puts the suggestions straight into your subconscious, the way advertisers do. By the time the suggestions reach your conscious mind, they will have already been accepted by your subconscious - so no more defeating self talk to contend with!

Best of all, your changed status from procrastinator to achiever means that you will achieve your goals and still have time left over. Instead of using up all your spare time with worry and guilt and frustration, you can use your spare time for enjoyment and relaxation!

Hypnosis is an effective and lasting way to overcome procrastination. Use your willpower on procrastination one last time and get your hands on a hypnosis program today!

Learn to Overcome Procrastination in 8 audio sessions over 14 days! The advanced hypnosis techniques used in Dr Neil Fiore’s program will help you eliminate your problems with procrastination, permanently. Dr. Fiore is a licensed psychologist with more than 30 years of research and testing experience. His powerful hypnosis techniques will help you easily become a producer instead of a procrastinator. Imagine, in just as little as two short weeks, you can eliminate your bad habit, have more time for your friends and family, and be much more successful at work and at home!

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Teri Clark s interest in the new and different has led to a successful online writing career as an editor, researcher, ghostwriter, and author. The North Carolina resident has a degree in psychology and her work includes hundreds of articles and several books and e-books on the subject of hypnosis.

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