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		<title>Hypnotherapy Very Special Offer (time sensitive)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 19:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the last 8yrs, as well as coaching, NLP and EFT, I&#8217;ve been working as an Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist. The project I was due to be working on over the next 2wks has had a sudden &#38; unexpected change in timescale&#8230;&#8230;..which leaves me surprisingly available to offer my services to a few lucky clients who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nikiduffy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8016483&amp;post=47&amp;subd=nikiduffy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>For the last 8yrs, as well as coaching, NLP and EFT, I&#8217;ve been working as an Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist.</p>
<p>The project I was due to be working on over the next 2wks has had a sudden &amp; unexpected change in timescale&#8230;&#8230;..which leaves me surprisingly available to offer my services to a few lucky clients who take action now!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m offering the first 15 fast acting people a 40min personal phone consultation from which I will create a personalised downloadable hypnotherapy session lasting between 30-60min which they can listen to at their leisure as many times as desired.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s no fancy sales page, no hype. Just honest to goodness therapy for whatever you&#8217;re looking to &#8220;fix&#8221; in your life.</p>
<p>Whether it&#8217;s procrastination, releasing a block to success, a phobia that&#8217;s been holding you back &#8211; health related, habit related, peak performance related, diet or exercise related, stress management&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.whatever you&#8217;re ready to take control of in your life and change for good &#8211; this is your opportunity to go for it!</p>
<p>Usual cost £97 per consultation.</p>
<p>Today&#8217;s offer to the first 15 people £37.</p>
<p>Just go to paypal, send payment to n1k1d@aol.com and as soon as I receive the paypal receipt email, I&#8217;ll send you the link to my online appointments.</p>
<p>Simple.</p>
<p>Feel free to extend this bargain offer to clients, friends and family or enjoy the opportunity for yourself.</p>
<p>First 15 people only get this valuable offer for less than 60% of the normal fee</p>
<p> - Take Action Now for Results!</p>
<p>Nikix</p>
<p>PS The link to appointments will not be automated, it&#8217;s just lil&#8217; ol&#8217; me who&#8217;ll forward it, so please be patient if you don&#8217;t get it immediately, I will be checking emails often in order to action this and can guarantee sending you the appointments link within 24hrs <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Week by Week Financial Fun Clubs Overview</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Week 1  Play by the Rules:  Just like in life, the Cashflow game has a few rules.  The first week we’ll be learning about the game and there’s a lot to take in at first, so we’ll stick to playing the game in the way that it’s been set up and intended for play.  However [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nikiduffy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8016483&amp;post=42&amp;subd=nikiduffy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Week 1</span></p>
<p> Play by the Rules:</p>
<p> Just like in life, the Cashflow game has a few rules.  The first week we’ll be learning about the game and there’s a lot to take in at first, so we’ll stick to playing the game in the way that it’s been set up and intended for play.  However you feel about rules, whether you think that rules were made to be broken, that rules are necessary for clarity and order, or a mixture of the two, it’s important to know and understand the rules of the game, before we decide whether or not to follow them <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Week 2</span></p>
<p>Play for Collaboration:</p>
<p>In week two, we’re going to take a different, more flexible approach to certain game rules.  We’re going to play for collaboration, working together to be successful in the game.  This will be a way to practically explore the question “Is it possible to succeed personally <em>and</em> help others succeed at the same time?”</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Week 3</span></p>
<p> Play for yourself:</p>
<p>This week, the focus will be on each player concentrating purely on what’s personally beneficial.  As usual, we’ll review and discuss the different playing styles and strategies that we’ve been experimenting with in the safe, fun environment of the club.  We’ll compare how each style feels, how realistic the styles are and suggest real life situations where we’ve seen them used and the effect they had.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Week 4</span></p>
<p>Play against Type:</p>
<p>It can be really interesting in the supportive club environment to play at least one game in a manner that’s completely opposite to how you normally are in real life. By week four, you’ll have noticed how the game can reflect real life circumstances.  Playing against type will feel really strange at first, but how useful could this experience be when communicating in life situations that are unfamiliar to you?</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Week 5</span></p>
<p>Surprise element:</p>
<p> Introducing something different to the “mix” to spice up the game!</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Week 6</span></p>
<p>Players Choice:</p>
<p>Club members can decide what angle they want to give to their game today, on the last Financial Fun week. </p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Next Step</span></p>
<p>What’s next:</p>
<ul>
<li>Individually?</li>
</ul>
<p>After playing, learning and building connections with fellow players, what’s the next step for you personally.</p>
<ul>
<li>For the club? </li>
</ul>
<p>Looking at sustainability options for those who just don’t want the fun to end!</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Club Community Project</span></p>
<p>As a club it would be great to choose a little project for the wider community.</p>
<p>Something simple that we’ll decide as a group.  The club project could be anything that impacts positively outside of our group.</p>
<p>Club Projects Ideas include (but are not limited to):</p>
<ul>
<li>“Smile at a stranger” – where every member commits to smiling at a stranger at least 7 times (once for each day of the week) between club meetings.  Then reporting back on what happens.</li>
<li>“Blooming Lovely” – choosing a local community group ie  Children’s Nursery, Elderly Day Centre etc.  In communication with them and local businesses, aquiring and planting plants to brighten up their outside area.</li>
<li>“Charity Charm” – choosing a local charity and raising money / donating time / donating stuff in a way that suits the ethos of the group.</li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<p> These are just ideas, each group can be as creative as they like and the choice is up to the group.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;d like to join us for weeks of fun, either at a club in Kent or by joining an online club here are your best options:</p>
<ul>
<li>Become a fan on our <a href="http://bit.ly/FIClubs" target="_blank">facebook page </a>for all the latest updates</li>
<li>Sign up to one of our <a href="http://bit.ly/FIClubs" target="_blank">free events</a></li>
<li>Email <a href="mailto:abundance@uwclub.net">abundance@uwclub.net</a> for further information</li>
</ul>
<p>It&#8217;s all good at the <a href="http://bit.ly/FIClubs" target="_blank">Financial Fun Clubs </a> <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Choosing to allow today to be Courageously Caring</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does it really take courage to be caring? I think it does. Courage to take the time to do the things you care about Courage to stand up for what you believe in because you care passionately about it Courage to stand out doing the things you care about Courage to look beyond immediate &#8221;urgencies&#8221; at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nikiduffy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8016483&amp;post=39&amp;subd=nikiduffy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does it really take courage to be caring?</p>
<p>I think it does.</p>
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<li>Courage to take the time to do the things you care about</li>
<li>Courage to stand up for what you believe in because you care passionately about it</li>
<li>Courage to stand out doing the things you care about</li>
<li>Courage to look beyond immediate &#8221;urgencies&#8221; at the bigger picture and not waste time or energy on stuff you don&#8217;t care about</li>
<li>Courage to care enough about other people that you think about what they want and need and how you can help them get it.</li>
<li>Courage to care enough about yourself to think about what you want and need in each area of your life and healthily make sure you get it.</li>
</ul>
<p>Some of the ways that I&#8217;ve chosen to be courageously caring today are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Caring about my health today so I&#8217;ve done some aerobic excersize &#8211; courageously getting up early and braving the elements to do so.</li>
<li>Caring about my neighbours today &#8211; courageously looking like an idiot and freezing then sweating to clear their path of snow.</li>
<li>Caring about my finances today so I&#8217;ve courageously overcome my paperwork gremlins and caringly accounted.</li>
</ul>
<p>They may not be extremely courageous or caring, or even remarkable in any way&#8230;&#8230;. but every little act of courage, every little sign of caring all add up, encouraging more and greater acts from yourself and others.</p>
<p>Now I&#8217;m going to care about my well being and courageously tear myself away from work that I love, take a breather, have a stretch and enjoy the moment.</p>
<p>How are you going to be courageously caring today?</p>
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		<title>Choosing to allow today to be filled with Income and Enjoyment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been thinking about doing my Income &#38; Expenses updates and realised how uncomfortable I am with the word Expenses.  As words have vibrational power, I had a think for a while about a word I'd prefer to use.   The word I came up with was "Enjoyment" which may seem odd at first as how can we "enjoy" our expenses?!.....but I do enjoy the warmth that paying my gas bill gives me…………
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’ve been thinking about doing my Income &amp; Expenses updates and realised how uncomfortable I am with the word Expenses.  As words have vibrational power, I had a think for a while about a word I&#8217;d prefer to use.   The word I came up with was &#8220;Enjoyment&#8221; which may seem odd at first as how can we &#8220;enjoy&#8221; our expenses?!&#8230;..but I do enjoy the warmth that paying my gas bill gives me…………</p>
<p>To be honest, the words “Income and Expenses” just don’t fill me with joy.  </p>
<p>Income’s OK, but Expenses? It brings up thoughts of pain and lack and not enough.</p>
<p>We all know that the words we use and the emotions they evoke can have great power and when used consciously, can create all kinds of wonderful realities in our lives.</p>
<p>So when thinking about updating my Income and Expenses records this morning, I felt the *YuK* feeling as soon as I thought about the Expenses bit.</p>
<p>My Mental Word Radar leapt into action and after some deliberation, I thought it would be fun to call it “Income and Enjoyment” updates.</p>
<p>“Don’t be daft!”  </p>
<p>Scoffed the “rotter” voice in my head </p>
<p>“How can you ‘enjoy’ expenses?  Expenses are expensive, they’re bullying bills &amp; pain and a burden that you’ve got to shut up and shoulder like the rest of us – it’s called living in the real world!”</p>
<p>(told you the voice was a rotter <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>So, now way ahead of myself with this idea of transforming Expenses into Enjoyment, I thought of all the ways that I get enjoyment out of paying my expensise and here’s a short examples list:</p>
<p>•	I may not “enjoy” paying my mortgage, but I love the shelter and comfort that my home gives me</p>
<p>•	I may not “enjoy” paying my gas bill, but I love the warmth &amp; cosiness from my central heating</p>
<p>•	I may not “enjoy” paying my car insurance, but I love the sense of security having that kind of back up gives me – and that I can rest easy knowing I’m fulfilling my legal car driver obligation – and I love the freedom and independence that driving my car gives me!</p>
<p>Thinking like this also made me feel incredibly grateful and blessed to have all these wonderful things in my life.</p>
<p>Of course the energy we give out and connect with things, attracts more of that same energy to us.  So instead of dragging myself kicking and screaming to sort out Income and Expenses – which instantly tightens in my throught and makes it feel (whether it’s true or not) as if the income’s never enough to cover the gaping greed of the expenses…</p>
<p>By changing the words,I’m changing the thoughts and changin the energy.  Creating a more powerful sense of abundance, allowing prosperity doors thoughout the Universe to swing open and welcome me in!  </p>
<p>The more I’m feeling truly grateful for the goods and services that I’m blessed with as I update my enjoyment and get excited about the wonderful flow and expansion of my income…..the more I’m becoming a Magnet for all the good that I want to attract in my life  <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>So if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to have fun doing my Income and Enjoyment updates.</p>
<p>What are you choosing for today?</p>
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		<title>Choosing Enjoyment as a feeling that accompanies Important Ongoing Activities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activities.&#8221; Paul Goodman What are your Important Ongoing Activities? I’d define important ongoing activities as the actions that we need to take in order to fulfill our dreams. The actions that we need to take in order to reach our goals. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nikiduffy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8016483&amp;post=33&amp;subd=nikiduffy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_34" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://nikiduffy.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/ebay-sept-09-014.jpg"><img src="http://nikiduffy.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/ebay-sept-09-014.jpg?w=150&#038;h=112" alt="Fairground sign" title="Amusements" width="150" height="112" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-34" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Amusements</p></div>&#8220;Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activities.&#8221; Paul Goodman</p>
<p>What are your Important Ongoing  Activities?</p>
<p>I’d define important ongoing activities as the actions that we need to take in order to fulfill our dreams.</p>
<p>The actions that we need to take in order to reach our goals.</p>
<p>The actions that we need to turn into habits to propel us to where we want to be.</p>
<p>Is it OK for these actions to be fun?</p>
<p>Is it even possible?!</p>
<p>Often we think that the things that “have to be done” are dull and boring.  That’s where procrastination creeps in, dragging you back from where you say you want to be because it feels like getting there’s going to be a chore.</p>
<p>It can be hard in the white noise of all that has to be done to distinguish, evaluate and delegate – but it’s a great way to find you’re doing more and more of what you choose to do.</p>
<p>As long as the important ongoing activities get done, does it matter if they’re done solely by your fair hand, where can you outsource to an expert or swap skills with someone so you find you’re doing more of what you love to do and it’s getting you where you want to go!</p>
<p>Enjoying the journey is a wonderful part of the blessings of major achievements.  Whatever type of goal it is, material, physical, spiritual, educational……….when you can smile upon it and say: – </p>
<p>Yeh, I did that….it may not have been plain sailing all the way, but it sure was fun!</p>
<p>What feeling do you choose to accompany your important ongoing activities?</p>
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		<title>Choosing for today to allow Intuition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After seeing my &#8220;Choosing for today to allow Intuition&#8221; status which goes out on twitter and facebook, someone just asked me through facebook  if I was in fact having an intuitive day. Now often I decide at the beginning of my day what I choose for that day, I set my intention.  Then I&#8217;ll go about my day without [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nikiduffy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8016483&amp;post=25&amp;subd=nikiduffy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After seeing my &#8220;Choosing for today to allow Intuition&#8221; status which goes out on twitter and facebook, someone just asked me through facebook  if I was in fact having an intuitive day.</p>
<p>Now often I decide at the beginning of my day what I choose for that day, I set my intention.  Then I&#8217;ll go about my day without necessarily thinking any more of it.</p>
<p>At the end of the day I might have a quick review, scan through my day and check how true my choice was for me that day.</p>
<p>When I do that, it still surprises me how frequently my choice for the day has shown up in positive ways.  Even days that have been otherwise rotten, the glimmers of &#8220;goodness&#8221; have usually come from the positive intention that I set myself at the beginning of the day.</p>
<p>So as for today, since my facebook friend asked, it&#8217;s now nearly 3.30pm and my creativity has been on fire today!  My hands have hardly been able to keep up with the colourful overflow of creative juices flowing from my brain.</p>
<p>How does this relate to my earlier intention of &#8221;allowing intuition&#8221;?</p>
<p>What I&#8217;ve realised is that no matter how much the entrepreneur inside me wants to do everything, control every aspect of every project, in order to get things done effectively I need to allow other people to take part.</p>
<p>What I mean is let the techies do the techie stuff, the marketers do the marketing stuff and the creators do the creative stuff.</p>
<p>As long as it all gets done, it doesn&#8217;t have to be all me doing it.</p>
<p>Thank heaven for today&#8217;s intuition.  It&#8217;s like a breath of fresh air giving myself permission to do what I&#8217;m best at while allowing others to loan / rent me their best skills so my beloved project flies to fruition elegantly, expertly and speedily!</p>
<p>What do you choose for today?</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why use the word "Allow"?

I have a great love of words and my Clinical Hypnotherapy and NLP trainings have taught me the power in each word, so I choose my words with love.

"Allow" because I believe we have all that we need available to us at all times, (whether we're aware of how to access it or not) and it's often a matter of 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why use the word &#8220;Allow&#8221;?</p>
<p>I have a great love of words and my Clinical Hypnotherapy and NLP trainings have taught me the power in each word, so I choose my words with love.</p>
<p>&#8220;Allow&#8221; because I believe we have all that we need available to us at all times, (whether we&#8217;re aware of how to access it or not) and it&#8217;s often a matter of allowing what we want into our lives instead of demanding, asking, wishing and the like.</p>
<p>What do I mean by &#8220;Natural Rhythm&#8221;?</p>
<p>I mean instead of battling along, fighting for all that we want, allowing the natural rhythm is about going with what &#8220;is&#8221; instead of trying to row against the tide.</p>
<p>There is a natural rhythm to life; birth, growth, development, demise.  Just like the seasons have an order, a structure, a rhythm.</p>
<p>Allowing the natural rhythm is more about dancing with life, being &#8220;in tune&#8221; with the Universe.</p>
<p>There are many other natural rhythms that are there whether we&#8217;re in harmony with them or not.</p>
<p>Our bodily cycle &#8211; what&#8217;s the sense in fighting against it?  Sometimes we get frustrated and berate our body for not being strong enough, or getting tired when we&#8217;ve still got so much to do&#8230;..allowing our own natural rhythm listening to our body and paying attention, even when it seems inconvenient will pay valuable dividends.  Once we get used to flowing with our natural rhythmic cycles, eating when we&#8217;re hungry, resting when we&#8217;re tired we will be rewarded with improved energy and better health.</p>
<p>There was a bright celebratory pop song out in the 70s called &#8220;Walking in Rhythm&#8221; basically celebrating how good life is.</p>
<p>When the Millennium Bridge was first built in London, it got nicknamed &#8220;The Wobbly Bridge&#8221; because it would sway gently when lots of people walked over it.  In a series of experiments to fathom out why as there seemed no clear structural reason, they had a group of people walking across and they realised that people were unconsciously walking in the same rhythmic way, regardless of individual speed, groups of people walking together automatically became in tune with one rhythm in their walk.  This combined group pressure on the bridge is what made it &#8220;wobbly&#8221;!</p>
<p>Going against natural rythms gives us an awkward, jerky, clumsy experience in life.  Today&#8217;s my choice to be naturally, rhythmically smooth.</p>
<p>Happy Natural Rhythm Day to you:)</p>
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<p>Choices Coaching is all about choosing the life that you want to live.</p>
<p>How?  By being aware of the choices we make on a day to day basis and just how much control we actually do have.</p>
<p>What do you Choose for Today?</p>
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