https://www.livingbydesign.nz en-nz living by design 30 Fri, 5 Jan 2024 12:21:16 +1300 daily 1 https://www.website.world https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/Personal-beliefs Beliefs drive out reactions to situations and they guide us through life. Our beliefs, however, are not always constructive or useful to us. Often, when we are very young we form unconscious beliefs through observation and experience - eg,"I am unlovable", "I am stupid", "I am clumsy". As small children these observations are likely to be wrong but we internalise them as facts - and then they become self-fulfilling. We can, however, change these beliefs! Wed, 19 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/Personal-beliefs Personal beliefsself-talkhabits https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/Why-is-smoking-such-a-hard-habit-to-kick how hypnotherapy helps you quit smoking Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/Why-is-smoking-such-a-hard-habit-to-kick quit smokingcigarette addictionhypnotherapy to give up smoking https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/building-self-confidence Believe in yourself, learn from failure, dream it then plan it and then do it! Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/building-self-confidence build self confidenceself belief https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/resetting-from-stressed-to-relaxed Going from worry, stress and exhaustion to calm and relaxed, hypnotherapy can really help Tue, 28 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/resetting-from-stressed-to-relaxed inner criticstressoverwhelmedworrybuilding inner resilienceburnout https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/weight-loss-and-why-diets-do-not-work Diets may work short term but often we end up piling the weight back again after weeks of feeling deprived.... Thu, 16 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/weight-loss-and-why-diets-do-not-work weight losshypnosis and losing weightdietswill-power https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/How-Hypnotherapy-helps-support-you-give-up-smoking How Hypnotherapy helps support you give up smoking Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/How-Hypnotherapy-helps-support-you-give-up-smoking hypnotherapy for smokingstopping smoking https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/changing-habits Often we know what we want and how we want to change but actually making the change can be REALLY difficult! Exercising more, stopping self sabotage, eating healthy, becoming calmer are some of the goals people set themselves but will power is not helpful! This is a really good article from Ari Yeganeh on why willpower alone doesn't work and what you can do about it Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/changing-habits Changing habitswillpowerself sabotage https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/diet-and-mental-health what we eat has a direct impact on our mental well-being as well as our physical well-being. We can reduce the risk of not only physical illnesses such as diabetes, cancer and heart problems through what we eat but also reduce depression, anxiety and other mental illness. Thu, 26 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/diet-and-mental-health https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/fear-of-needles3f Techniques to reduce anxiety and stress Wed, 18 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/fear-of-needles3f needle fearneedle phobia https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/goal-setting a process to help set direction and goals Wed, 23 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/goal-setting goal settinglife goals https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/www.livingbydesign.nz/stress-management what is stress? symptoms, impacts and two exercises to help manage it Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.livingbydesign.nz/blog/www.livingbydesign.nz/stress-management stress managementhow to relax