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Forgiveness in June

13 Jun No Comments Kim Croft General, Hypnotherapy, Transitions forgive, forgiveness, grief, Orlando, Pulse, sadness, tragedy

Forgiveness is so important for your physical and emotional health. To forgive does not mean forget, or “let someone off the hook” – because the person on the hook is actually you. That’s right, you. Whatever it was, or who ever did what, is over and in the past. Even …

Want to be a Non-Smoker? Hypnosis & On-Line Support

9 Apr No Comments Kim Croft Breast Cancer Awareness, Certified Professional Coach, General, Hypnotherapy, Transitions complications from smoking, hypnosis, lifestyle changes, lung cancer, non-smoker, non-smoking, quit smoking, Quitza, smoker, smoking, smoking and surgery, smoking and surgery complications, strategy, tobacco, tobacco and surgery, trigger

I lost my father to lung cancer in 1999, he had been a life long smoker. I am also a former smoker (several decades ago). I know how it feels, understanding the health risks and wanting to quit…wanting to quit and worrying it will be difficult. I am very passionate …

Transitions, Good and Bad

26 Mar No Comments Kim Croft Certified Professional Coach, General, New Diagnosis, Transitions change, life coach, Life Transisitions, life transition, plan, solutions, strategy, transition, transitional coach

The one constant in life is continual change. Some we can plan for, some we can not. Some anticipated transitions are exciting such as a new promotion or upcoming nuptials; some are as a result of a dark period in our life, or unpleasant events. During these periods it can …

Reflection on Priorities

6 Mar No Comments Kim Croft Certified Professional Coach, General, Transitions change, changing priorities, letting go, new goals, transition

One day in reflection I realized I had fallen into a habitual thought pattern, believing I wanted a particular thing in a very particular way – and had dearly desired it for years to the point of distracting myself to misery whenever I saw it elsewhere, but not for me. Upon further …

Perspective: How Long is Forever?

15 Jan No Comments Kim Croft Breast Cancer Awareness, Certified Professional Coach, General, New Diagnosis, Transitions constant, forever, grief, life change, limited, new normal, normal, transitions, unlimited

Perspective: Forever and unlimited are much more ambiguous terms than we realize. To some they may be a light shining in the dark, providing hope to those who are used to Never. But don’t become too comfortable with the thought that Forever means until the end of time, or even …

December – Our Connections With Others

20 Dec No Comments Kim Croft Certified Professional Coach, General, Transitions December, family, gratitude, holiday, holiday greetings, relationships

December brings to mind the connections we have with family and others. For instance, for me, it signifies my father’s birthday (lost to lung cancer), my mother’s death (breast cancer), and my own breast cancer diagnosis 8 days before Christmas. December also reminds me how grateful I am to have …

Have a Flexible Plan B

24 Nov 4 Comments Kim Croft Certified Professional Coach, General, Hypnotherapy, Transitions change, flexible plan, gifts, gratitude, metaphor, plan

Last Tuesday the universe reminded me it’s a good idea to have a flexible plan, even better, a flexible plan B. This week I was really looking forward to my first Cha Cha dance class. When I arrived I discovered class had been cancelled. So, while I drove around Orlando locating …

Are there Scientific Studies Showing Hypnotherapy Works?

12 Oct No Comments Kim Croft Certified Professional Coach, General, Hypnotherapy, Transitions clinical hypnotherapy, hypnosis, hypnotherapist, hypnotherapy, hypnotist, medical hypnotherapy

Recently a statement was made to the media in Florida that there is no science backing up the validity of hypnotherapy (not quoted directly by any means). If this interests you I invite you to my website page: “How Does It Work?” Here I present a very brief elementary summary …

What Next? October Breast Cancer Awareness

7 Oct No Comments Kim Croft Breast Cancer Awareness, Certified Professional Coach, Hypnotherapy, New Diagnosis, Transitions anxiety, biopsy, breast cancer, breast cancer counseling, cancer, changes, coach, counseling, diagnosis, distress, emotional shock, hypnosis, hypnotherapy, pathology, screening, shock, stress, test results, transitions

October is Breast Cancer awareness month in the United States. The push is on education and awareness…and breast cancer screening. The screenings (aka mammogram) are important. In fact, my radiologist said I was the “poster child for annual mammograms” because if he had not seen the previous year’s mammogram and just …

Feeling Overwhelmed by Your Diagnosis?

29 Sep No Comments Kim Croft Breast Cancer Awareness, Certified Professional Coach, New Diagnosis, Transitions ask for help, cancer patient, diagnosis, family, helping a cancer patient, new diagnosis, what to say, where to begin

I spoke to a client today who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and feeling a little overwhelmed by all of it. She didn’t know anyone who had breast cancer now or in the past, and she didn’t feel like her friends wanted to talk about it. Friends and family …