By Lesley Ford, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Phoenix Hypnotherapy, Cheltenham
Published: June 2026

I visited the Roman Baths in Bath recently.

It wasn't my first time.

But I went with a friend, and this time I took a little more knowledge in with me.

And it…

Every penalty shoot out throws up the same strange thing. A player who has scored that exact kick a hundred times in training, with nobody watching, suddenly misses it completely when the whole stadium is watching. It is tempting to put that down to skil…

Published 10th June 2026

Have you ever ignored a sat nav?

You know the route it wants you to take. You have driven it a hundred times and you know it is not the fastest way. So you take a different turning.

And immediately, that voice kicks in.

Recal…

You don’t need more motivation, you need fewer arguments in your mind.

Why Can't I Motivate Myself? How Hypnotherapy Can Help You Stop Putting Things Off

You know what you need to do.

You have known for a while.

And yet something keeps getting in the …