Lisa Murphy Counselling & Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy for fear of flying

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Are you looking for hypnotherapy for fear of flying? As a hypnotherapist, coach and counsellor, I specialise in anxiety and have helped many people overcome their fear of flying using hypnosis. Book a free consultation with me by clicking on the link below: BOOK A CONSULTATION Hypnotherapist Lisa Murphy Fear of flying – don’t let it come between you and your family Fear of flying can make holidays a nightmare for you and your family, causing tension and upset for all concerned while you feel guilty for being the ‘spoilsport’.  Sometimes it can also prove very expensive, with last minuteContinue Reading

Exam Stress Hypnotherapy

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Exam stress is a big problem for teenagers, who find themselves under an enormous amount of pressure these days.  A lot of my clients lately are young people who are suffering stress and anxiety, and much of that stress revolves around school work – particularly exams. I remember those times when it felt like my brain was going to explode trying to take in all that new information! So I wanted to create a free resource to help with calming and focusing the mind in preparation for exams: a guided ‘exam stress hypnotherapy’ video. Here it is: As with allContinue Reading

4 ways to sleep better in Spring

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You may be looking forward to longer days and lighter nights as Spring approaches and we put the clocks forward soon. But for some people Springtime brings increased sleep disruption. It’s important to be aware of the increased stress and health impacts that the time change can bring, particularly for those who already suffer from health and sleep issues. 4 ways to sleep better in Spring Studies have shown increases in several adverse health outcomes during the days following the clock change, including sleep disruption, and increased rate of heart attack, stroke, depression, and traffic accidents. Circadian rhythms and yourContinue Reading

The Grittier Side of Self Care – 6 ways to really look after yourself

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Self-care – it’s a fairly well-known concept these days, and a particularly relevant one considering it was International Women’s Day this week. But hang on – why am I being so sexist about self-care? Shouldn’t men take care of themselves too? Yes, absolutely.  But the sad fact is, even in this day and age, women remain the chief carers for children, the elderly, and, well, pretty much everybody – except for themselves. I find the vast majority of the clients that come to me suffering from anxiety and stress are female. And a lot of their issues stem from simplyContinue Reading

Dairy-free caffeine-free turmeric chai latte recipe

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Turmeric lattes and chai lattes seem to be all the rage lately in the cool cafes (of which we are blessed with many here in Glasgow!).  Everyone raves about the health benefits of turmeric, so I decided to make my own dairy-free and caffeine-free version, using rooibos tea (a lovely healthy caffeine-free substitute for black tea – also known as redbush). I’m all about caffeine-free drinks because giving up caffeine can be one of the most simple and effective things we can do if we suffer from stress, anxiety, or insomnia.  Sure, it can be tough because caffeine is inContinue Reading

Anxiety – is it you, or is something else causing it?

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A lot of people come to me for hypnotherapy for anxiety, and it’s certainly a very effective therapy when it comes to calming the mind and changing our thought processes. However, before you shell out for therapy, it’s worth noting that there can often be external factors that are causing (or exacerbating) your anxiety symptoms that you can change yourself very simply, for free. So in order to save you money (and do myself out of business!) here is a list of 9 of those things: 1. Food allergies MSG, caffeine, aspartame, transfats, refined carbs… these things are in soContinue Reading

Winter Solstice New Year’s Resolutions

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I made my New Year’s Resolutions for 2018 today. You might think it’s a little premature to be making New Year’s Resolutions on the 21st December, but I prefer to set my intentions for the coming year on the Winter Solstice. It feels like such a magical day that it just seems like the right time to do it. And here in Scotland today it certainly was a perfectly magical day – all misty and mysterious. Gilbertfield Castle in Cambuslang   When making New Year’s Resolutions (and indeed when I set any kind of intentions), I begin by identifying myContinue Reading

6 ways to learn things quickly

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The ability to learn things quickly and easily is such a useful skill. Retaining information is key in many areas of life, such as revising for exams, learning a speech, or even a new language. For myself, having spent many years as a professional singer, I have regularly needed to quickly memorise song lyrics for various performances. I must have thousands have songs squeezed into my memory banks – I often wonder where I keep them all! They must be stored in The Cloud somewhere 😉 It used to take me a long time to commit information to memory. ButContinue Reading

5 Ways To Stay Healthy At Your Desk

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Whatever we do for a living, these days most of us are stuck using a computer for a lot of the time. And in many ways this can be harmful to our health.  Sitting in a sedentary position peering at a screen is really NOT what the human body was designed to do. So it’s important to try and rectify this as much as possible. Here are 5 easy ways you can make the time you spend at your desk a little healthier. 1. Stand up Raise your computer keyboard up by placing it on a crate or box (or getting a modified desk), andContinue Reading

What Facebook can teach us about positive thinking

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When you see the title of this blog, you might jump to the conclusion that I’m going to be talking about those inspirational quotes and memes about positive thinking that pop up so often on Facebook.   Actually, no, what I’d really like to talk about is algorithms. If you use social media such as Facebook or Instagram, you may have noticed that once you interact with a certain friend, page, or group, they then start to pop up in your newsfeed more often.  You might not have really paid much attention to it, or you might have simply passed it off asContinue Reading