In a nutshell, I overcame my health challenges with hypnosis, became a therapist myself, wrote some books, appeared on TV and am here today….

Here is the slightly more comprehensive version though:

Once I had finished University, I had several psychological and physical health issues that my good friend, mentor and first hypnotherapist helped me to overcome, you can read about the challenges I overcame in my books or within my audio programmes.

As a result of the seemingly miraculous changes that I encountered, I abandoned conventional medicine and studied hypnotherapy and modern personal development.

The Big Guns

Firstly, I trained with lots of the big guns - Tony Robbins in the US , the only personal development guru I have met who is taller than me! He could be a basketball player, though other players may complain at how white Tony's teeth are. I also trained with Paul McKenna, he is a lot shorter and balding and still managed to become quite a celebrity in the UK and the US .

I trained with the wickedly hilarious Richard Bandler , co-creator of NLP, who adds some kudos to my own NLP training courses by very kindly signing the certificates for the delegates which makes them very happy.

I also trained with John LaValle , president of the NLP Society, Michael Breen, Eric Robbie, Ian Mcdermott, Michael Neill  and others in the emerging field of Neuro Linguistic Programming - I have lots of certificates, practitioner of this, master of that, trainer of this, devilishly handsome master king of that…

I Am A Hypnosis Nerd…

In the world of hypnosis after I did my first Diploma with my very good friend Jon Atkinson at Regents College , London , I went on to study with the undisputed heavyweight champion of indirect hypnosis, Stephen Brooks . Also studied with the human encyclopaedia, brilliant author and very giving man Kerin Webb and his wonderful wife Gill Webb .

I have studied with and followed the work of Joe Vitale , star of the film 'The Secret' and he wrote the wonderful foreword for my book The Hypnotic Salesman .

I have studied with other schools and spent time as a director and complaints officer for The Hypnotherapy Association and in the last 10 years I have worked with over 6000 individuals in my private hypnotherapy consulting rooms…  

A couple of good pals and I created an NLP board game that helps to develop skills while having lots of fun to boot! As a result, I got to meet and hang out with lots of fabulous people; Michael Carrol of the NLP Academy, the lovely Kate Benson , head of Education at the NLP Society, Robert Dilts , pioneer, multi author and very nice man and lots of other people too - all of whom continue to influence my own work and I continue to learn much from.  

My Work

My book “The Secrets Of Self-Hypnosis” is the bestselling of all time on that subject at Amazon and my book “The Hypnotic Salesman” does well too. “ The Secrets Of High Self-Esteem ” doesn't do as well as those, but heck, you can't have everything. They have all been translated into a whole bunch of other languages and more books are in the pipeline.

As you can see on this site, I have created lots and lots of hypnosis and personal development audio programmes that people invest in from all over the globe.

My work has featured in international, national and local media and I have appeared on television on numerous occasions including my regular position on BBC1's prime time TV series “Run For Glory.” I worked alongside Olympic gold medallists Steve Cramm and Sally Gunnell , helping the participants overcome psychological challenges. There is more TV coming soon too. I also worked on BBC1's “The Smokehouse” and have been on several other broadcasts.

I live on the south coast of England , very close to the sea. I love running by it, surfing in it, painting it and holding hands with Katie (my wife) alongside it.

I've got a trumpet and I'm gonna blow it…

I am extremely competitive. My family can't stand playing board games with me and trivial pursuit at Christmas is something that I have to win… I like to walk my talk too (can't believe I managed to squeeze that classic cliché in here!) - when I say that, I mean I am eager to demonstrate the array of benefits of the many varying techniques I use throughout my work.

My competitive nature is amply demonstrated by successfully competing in marathon, half marathon and various other running events…

  Today, I am continually researching, studying and working toward discovering and understanding human happiness, achievement and excellence. It is important to me to encourage innovation by seeking out and employing cutting edge technologies from across the world. I speak at lots of events and run seminars about these subjects all over the world. I also speak about body language, communication and much more.

Some of the many psychological technologies I employ throughout my work are hypnosis, NLP, Emotional Intelligence, classical psychiatry and psychology as well as others in the fields of Personal Development and Human Potential. I have trained in many forms of therapy including cognitive behavioural therapy, transactional analysis and I have certificates for every kind of massage imaginable - not forgetting to mention TFT and EFT and …… zzzzzzz……

I like to laugh. I am a big fan of live comedy and spent much of my youth watching the Young Ones, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore,  Blackadder, Red Dwarf, South Park and have a huge long list of comedians I have watched live including Eddie Izzard, George Carlin, Peter Kay and many, many lesser known people. I love being entertained and can watch any sport and so I do, I love watching magic, especially Derren Brown and like to perform many mentalism tricks for family and friends.

At my website, you can get a free downloadable hypnosis session, read my blogs daily from the world of hypnosis, you can listen to my free podcasts and read many articles on hypnosis. I look forward to hearing from you.