The Little Book of Laughnosis: Using the Hypnotic Power of Unconditional Laughter to Change Lives - Softcover

Hazlerig, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1536948586 ISBN 13: 9781536948585

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Intense Chronic Seriosity—an affliction that causes people to smile too little and frown too much—is an epidemic in our society. Laughnosis is the cure. Unconditional Laughter—that is laughter that occurs because we decide to laugh, rather than because something is funny—has the amazing power to help us change our own brain chemistry, which leads to instant changes in mood, behavior, and outlook. In this book, hypnosis practitioner James Hazlerig shares practical laughter exercises he uses to help his changework clients take charge of their neurology and ultimately their lives. Foreword by Dave Berman, CHt, Laughter Ambassador

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About the Author

Author. Fiddler. Storyteller. Hypnotist. James Hazlerig, MA, is a native born Texan, and when other boys wanted to be firefighters and police officers, he wanted to be a comedian. The youngest of four, he often laughed long and loud, loving when his elder siblings tickled him incessantly. Yet as so often happens, he lost that child-like love of laughter as he struggled to fit in with the demands of adolescence and then adulthood; a dark shadow of depression hung over him for many years, sometimes overwhelming him to a life-threatening degree. He found eventually that he didn't have to be a victim of his circumstances or his emotions, and on that day, he began to take charge of his own identity, the story he told himself about himself. That decision led to exploration of hypnosis, imagination, trance states, and ultimately the power of laughter to alleviate stress, anxiety, and depressive thinking. It's not that the clouds don't still gather, but now he can laugh them away. Though formerly a shy child, James Hazlerig is now a force to be reckoned with: a professional musician, performer, and hypnosis instructor.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1536948586
• ISBN 13: 9781536948585
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 66