Most of us feel we could do something better, or have a few nerves about something we are about to do, whether it is to speak at a wedding or play a darts match in front of an audience.

Top athletes and performers, the famous and the powerful have long known that confidence and focus are the keys to success and, being human like the rest of us, have needed a variety of methods to develop those essential attributes. For example, I helped a chess player maintain focus and motivation which was very difficult when the opponent played a particularly slow game.

We want to be successful, we want to change some aspect of our lives, we want to have confidence in ourselves, but the all too human truth is that these can be difficult because our conscious willpower is often not enough to achieve or maintain the changes we desire. We need deep-rooted confidence to make significant changes to our lives.

Hypnotherapy and NLP can be used to enhance our lives in many ways:

* Public speaking

* Performance confidence

* Goal-setting for change

* Harnessing the power of positive thinking

* Preparing for interviews, exams or tests (eg the driving test)

* Focused, determined sports performance

* Feeling more in control of our lives, including if we feel we are

unable to say 'No', or we smoke, drink or gamble too much.

* Past-life regression (for those who are open-minded and would like to

find out more)