 Hypnosis?
Steve,
I'm curious about the effectiveness of hypnosis as a method of changing sub-conscious beliefs. It would be very interesting to me if you picked any area where you felt a belief change would help you to personally grow and then start a hypnosis regimen and blog on the day-by-day effects. If you did this, your normal day-to-day life wouldn't have to change in any significant way (i.e. you could still take business calls, use your computer, eat the foods you're used to, etc). You could listen to subliminal message tapes while you sleep, but I'd really like to see you work with a hypnotist (choosing one of the more well known ones who took the practice seriously, of course). I've always been a bit of a skeptic when it came to hypnosis, but if such an honest, objective person saw some merit to it (and practical benefits) I would reconsider. Picking a long-term phobia to change would be interesting.
I have something to add here. At the risk of sounding like his mother, Steve does all of us a great service by challenging us to grow in new and interesting ways everyday, and it's not very nice to ask him to do something which would compromise his health or well being merely for our own amusement. We have to keep our suggestions limited to things which would not endanger him or his important relationships in any way. I was shocked when I read the suggestions for Steve to take up drugs or eat totally lousy or become sexually "loose." Come on. Yes, he does want to try something totally new but I'm sure I can speak for him (and his wife!) and say that he doesn't want to do something that is well known to be a hazard to his health or morally base. He's smart enough to not do any of those things anyway, but for the few of you who have suggested such crazy things, I'm just saying... let's show a little more caring for a guy who shows us so much! Jeesh!
--Erin  |