Brain Software With Mike Mandel: Hypnosis | Nlp | Self Improvement

Welcome to Episode 66 of Brain Software with Mike Mandel and Chris Thompson! This is without a doubt the finest podcast we’ve ever done! Check out mikemandelhypnosis.com for more info on what we’re up to. Here are the show notes for this episode: Mike starts by calling Chris “a bast” because he doesn’t want to say “bastard” on a podcast. They review how life should be effortless, enjoyable and vaguely annoying to other people! Mike reviews his beginnings as a performer, back in 1975 on the Tommy Banks Show. The multiple uses of “Is that what you’re calling it these days?” and how it sounds obscene… Mike and Chris name a waitress “Jessica” because she looks like a “Jessica”. Mike cracks his neck and reminisces about torticollis and a sadistic teacher. Chris got back from Dominican Republic with this wife and kids. Mike calls them “Vorolaya, Clymnestra and Allistrate” and Chris ignores him. Better than a New Year’s resolution is a Word for the Year! What’s yours? Mike’s word for 2016 is “Transformation”; both

Welcome to Episode 65 of Brain Software with Mike Mandel and Chris Thompson! Those of you who enjoy this sort of podcast, will find this to be just the sort of podcast you enjoy! Check out mikemandelhypnosis.com for more info on what we’re up to. Here are the show notes for this episode: Chris begins by explaining and justifying his bizarre, complicated, expensive, and largely unsuccessful eye-surgery. You can hear the fear in his voice, and the regret that he had PRK instead of Lasik. Chris realizes he’s telling a Ken Sweatman story, and attempts to resell it as a metaphor. It falls horribly flat, resulting in the loss of thousands of devoted Brain Software listeners. (editor’s note from Chris: Can you tell Mike is  writing the show notes now? This stuff is absolutely hilarious!) Chris forgets the program is about hypnosis and NLP and goes into an extended rambling story about beach volleyball and his upcoming vacation. He’s going to the Dominican Republic for Christmas, to lie on the beach, ogling mega-bab

Welcome to Episode 64 of Brain Software with Mike Mandel and Chris Thompson! Amazingly, we continue with our 5 Star Rating, despite the absolute idiocy of this podcast. Check out mikemandelhypnosis.com for more info on what we’re up to. Here are the show notes for this episode: Despite technical difficulties, we’re still here! Two Silver Bags of Pykthos arrived in the mail! Who the heck was it?!? Mike explains how he just helped out the Soulpepper play Marat/Sade as the Mind Consultant. More about pattern interrupts…Chris messes people up with them; then helps them get resourceful! Chris tells a Ken Sweatman story about using a pattern interrupt on his daughter Gloxinnya But isn’t the real reason…??? Mike challenges Chris to give his product free to the planet. Chris reverses and attempts to get Mike to sell his hypnosis training cheaper. It doesn’t work. 1971: Mike’s friends were the intelligentsia of Wexford Collegiate. Mike begins a Ken Sweatman story. The Mike Gray psychedelic ending as a pattern interru

Welcome to Episode 63 of Brain Software with Mike Mandel and Chris Thompson! Testing…testing…testicule! We are back in Toronto, and are riding the very crest of the nexus of the cathexis of the Hypnotic Sturm und Drang…and we’re doing it for you. Check out mikemandelhypnosis.com for more info on what we’re up to. Here are the show notes for this episode: Mike is the very font of logicicity. You need language for logic! Proof vs. evidence. Beware the Kripkean dogmatist! The ultimate in closed mindedness and confirmation bias. Anecdotal evidence? It doesn’t mean it’s not true. When is logic unnecessary? Hypnosis! Trance bypasses logic. Trance logic and M.T. Ornee at the University of Pennsylvania, and cognitive dissonance. Experiments and social compliance. PGO Spikes and humour, shock, texting and car crashes. Evidence? We didn’t do the research so there isn’t any. Instant inductions are all the rage! Dealing with refractory subjects through repetition of the same technique? Gil Boyne: The Master of the insta

Welcome to Episode 62 of Brain Software with Mike Mandel and Chris Thompson! For this episode of the podcast we’ve taken the hypnotic storm to Las Vegas. That’s right! We recorded this on-scene at the Hypnothoughts Live 2015 conference. For more information on how to ride the hypnotic storm, rather than being swept away by it, check out the Mike Mandel Hypnosis Academy and join the growing cadre of Hypnotic Storm Riders, worldwide! Here are the show notes for this episode: Sorry for the distortion in the first 30 seconds. Chris screwed up with our portable sound recorder (but he admits it, so it’s OK.) Mike and Chris are on scene in Las Vegas with an army of storm riders. Chris has been talking too much so he has a rough voice. Our special guest is Scott Sandland, founder of Hypnothoughts.com, and he tells us how it all got started. But wait! There’s more! We also have special guest hypnosis storm riders who share their main thoughts from the conference. We’ve never had so many live guests in one show! Mike

Welcome to Episode 61 of Brain Software with Mike Mandel and Chris Thompson! The hypnotic storm that we caused is still raging! For more information on how to ride the hypnotic storm, rather than being swept away by it, check out the Mike Mandel Hypnosis Academy and join the growing cadre of Hypnotic Storm Riders, worldwide! Here are the show notes for this episode: Mike has been oil pulling! He has the gums of a man half his age… Vegas is approaching! Mike and Chris will be in “Lost Wages Nevada” for Hypnothoughts Live! No doctorates in clinical hypnosis! Just scam organizations… People get angry when forcibly educated Hypnotic illiteracy is everywhere. No apology! Critical Faculty vs. Critical Factor! Does it matter? Yes. The November 2015 Architecture of Hypnosis class had 8 spots left when we recorded the podcast but is now sold out, but get on the waiting list in case someone cancels or for early bird notification of the next class in May 2016. The double-bind of forcing people to repent or keep saying

Welcome to Episode 60 of Brain Software with Mike Mandel and Chris Thompson! We’re back again and we’re thrilled to be here. If you want to learn hypnosis online make sure you check out the Mike Mandel Hypnosis Academy Here are the show notes for this episode: We had to completely scrap our first recording of this podcast. We had technical problems and we thought the end result was crap. Sorry for the delay!. Chris pointed out that whenever someone says “To tell you the truth” it presupposes that they’ve been lying to you prior to that point. It’s filler language. Avoid it. Mike challenges everyone to create massive confusion at the Drive Thru! We call this the non-identifiable foreign accent joke, otherwise known as “Lemon Cobra”. Mike and Chris discuss another great gag called “Tag team intentional misunderstanding.” Have fun with this one because, when done right, it’s brilliantly funny. Jack emailed us with a half-joking (but still serious) question about hypnosis involving Batman, the Joker and crazy pe

Welcome to Episode 59 of Brain Software with Mike Mandel and Chris Thompson! NLP, hypnosis, personal development, we cover it all. If you want to learn hypnosis online make sure you check out the Mike Mandel Hypnosis Academy   Here are the show notes for this episode: Mike is 62 now, and has no more problems with vitreous detachment, after a retinologist exam involving what was essentially a vaginal speculum in the eye. Chris emailed thousands of people and got birthday greetings for Mike, from students and listeners around the world. If you didn’t respond, Chris wants you to know that you failed him. The first ever disempowering question! Use it if your life is going too well, and you need to screw it up a bit. Some people actually live their lives like this! Instant inductions discussed. Want to know what’s going to be happening in the hypnosis world in 18 months to 2 years? You’ll hear it here first… Mike killed and buried the progressive relaxation induction a few years ago. Other trainers are now finall

All about the Enneagram personality typing system! This is a bonus episode. It's not a numbered episode of the Brain Software series, but we know you folks have expressed an interest in this topic. Mike and Chris had a chance to sit down with Bettylynn Stoops, an Integral Master Coach who teaches the Enneagram system. We hope you enjoy this extra episode.

Welcome to Episode 58 of Brain Software with Mike Mandel and Chris Thompson! This episode is packed with fun and useful stuff as always! Get ready to laugh as you build a better life. If you want to learn hypnosis online make sure you check out the Mike Mandel Hypnosis Academy   Here are the show notes for this episode: Mike is officially banned from gambling by every casino in Toronto. He’s also been getting insufficient sleep, which has elevated his blood pressure. Chris is being pushed to book the rooms in Las Vegas, where the Stormriders will be gathering this August for Hypnothoughts Live 2015. Mike reminds the audience that there’s still time to book  a spot for MINDSCAPING training in Toronto, on June 6 and 7.  This is a great modality for all therapists, counsellors, coaches, etc. Mike answers Sam’s email questions about the alleged psychic powers of the Amazing Kreskin. Mike traces the methodology Kreskin uses, back to the original solo mentalist, Joseph Dunninger. The subject turns to “table tippin

Welcome to Episode 57 of Brain Software with Mike Mandel and Chris Thompson! This episode is packed with fun and useful stuff as always! Get ready to laugh as you build a better life. If you want to learn hypnosis online make sure you check out the Mike Mandel Hypnosis Academy   Here are the show notes for this episode: Reminder we’re hitting Las Vegas this August for Hypnothoughts Live 2015. We dive into a discussion of unnecessary capitalization and unnecessary quotes. Do you know what strange capitalization tells you about a person (even in typed content)? Listen and find out. The winner of our contest from Podcast Episode 56 is Matthew from El Paso, TX. Congratulations on a hilarious use of the tag team context free humour model that we shared during our last podcast. Michael’s question is about working a typical 9 to 5 job, but he recently has been feeling as if he’s living in the third person. Can this be related to his job not being fulfilling, or his newfound interest in personal development? Mike ta

Welcome to Episode 56 of our hypnosis podcast, Brain Software with Mike Mandel and Chris Thompson! We’ve got a great episode for you … and we actually had to record this one twice! Yup, Our studio computer went haywire on us. But the second time was an improvement. And hey, We had fun recording it! If you want to learn hypnosis online make sure you check out the Mike Mandel Hypnosis Academy   Here are the show notes for this episode: Mike just came off a two-day introduction to Ericksonian Hypnosis, which he teaches a couple of times per year for NLPWorks (the only NLP training in Canada we recommend, BTW). Mike explains the main difference beween this class and our 5-day full hypnosis training course. Congratulations to Jessie T, the winner of our contest from Podcast #55. She even sent us the hilarious text message chain where she beautifully applied the context free humour that we challenged everyone to use. Chris has just returned from a trip to San Diego to attend a marketing conference.  He explains ho

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