By Tina Taylor

Whilst studying NLP and hypnosis, one of the things that interested me was the mind's ability to do amazing things, and I was drawn to the mind's ability to control pain.  This question brought my attention to childbirth, the fact that there are women in the world today who give birth within a few hours and then return to work with their babies swaddled to them.  These women don’t need hospitalisation nor drugs and I began to question what makes birth easy for some women and difficult for others?

I specialise in helping couples with fertility issues.  In my private practice I often find that my client’s problems stem from beliefs they have, many of these they have been persuaded to accept by others.  The persuaders often think that they know best and express their views from a position of authority, and in some cases truly believe they are helping.  Their suggestions are accepted without question, you could say they are hypnotised into their belief.  And yet many of the people who take on these suggestions are the very people who are sceptical about hypnosi