Press and Testimonials
QUIET MEDICINE IN THE NEWS...
Below is a selection of national press coverage featuring my work and my weight-management book Adore Yourself Slim.
Cosmopolitan, January 2011
EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT... SELF-HELP GURUS
Adore Yourself Slim by Lisa Jackson (£12.99, Simon & Schuster)
A rounded programme of hypnotherapy, nutrition and exercise designed to get you into your swimsuit without the usual agonies that go with shedding the post-Christmas pounds. The encouraging thing about this book is that the author herself lost 3st 7lbs using her own strategies.
The Sun, 6 January 2011
SELF-HELP GUIDE TO SELF-HELP BOOKS
Are you drowning in motivational books? Are you too indecisive to decide which decide-to-change-your-life title to buy? Fear not - The Sun is here to help. Whether your New Year's resolution is to lose weight, find a partner or rule the world, there is no shortage of books that claim they can help you achieve it. But if you are too lazy to read pages of motivational mumbo jumbo, LEE PRICE has condensed nine of the best titles for you.
Adore Yourself Slim - Lisa Jackson
Before you diet, feel good about yourself. List ten things you love about you and add ten that others like about you. Keep the lists for a 'what's the point?' day.
Harper's Bazaar, August 2011
MID-YEAR RESOLUTIONS
Power of the mind
'Take a mental Polaroid of your body at its best on that sunlounger, recording how good you look, what you can smell and hear,' says Adore Yourself Slim author Lisa Jackson. 'Every night, relax deeply by breathing in for four counts and out for eight, for two minutes. Hold that image in your head and run through what is stopping you keeping that body (choosing a drink over the gym). Mentally rehearsing this imprints the right choices in your mind.'
Daily Mail, 3 January 2011
LOVE YOURSELF SLIM!
Want to lose weight? The secret is to think you're beautiful just the way you are right now. By Louise Atkinson
There's nothing like the first week of the new year to start a diet and exercise regime, but if your motivation is disgust at the size of your waistband, you could be setting yourself up to fail. Successful slimming, according to Lisa Jackson, is all about banishing negativity and concentrating on loving everything you possibly can about yourself - even the Christmas excess. In her new book, Adore Yourself Slim, she sets out a sensible eating and exercise plan packed with clever tips to ensure weight loss is steady and effective. But the real twist that makes her plan promise to work where so many others fail, is her emphasis on getting yourself in the right frame of mind before you start.
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Women's Running, February 2012
CHANGE YOUR HABITS, CHANGE YOUR WAISTLINE - FOR GOOD!
Overdosed on mince pies and tempted to dramatically overhaul your lifestyle? Don't even think about it! Big changes are all too often unsustainable. Small changes, however, are the no-swet way to slim. Here weight-loss expert and clinical hypnotherapist Lisa Jackson identifies the key habits of successful slimmers.
Health & Fitness, March 2011
ME AND MY GURU
'Hypnotherapy has helped me lose a stone'
Elaine Swaby, 43, an HR advisor from southeast London, overcame her sugar addiction and regained control of her weight with the support of hypnotherapist Lisa Jackson
'...During our first session, Lisa asked me lots of questions about myself. There was an instant rapport between us and, because she's so approachable and trustworthy, I felt I could confide in her. When she started to hypnotise me, her soothing voice made me feel calm, relaxed and at ease, which helped me open up. As soon as the session was over, I found myself in Tesco stocking up on healthy food, Lisa's voice in my head reminding me that I could make healthy choices... The best thing I got from having hypnotherapy was the ability to be totally in control of my chocolate addiction. It's an amazing feeling to not even want chocolate. It's three months on and I've never felt better - I've lost a stone after having the therapy and I even managed to avoid the dreaded three o'clock sweet cravings!...'
Top Sante, August 2011 
EXPLODING THE DIET MYTH
What if the answer to a slimmer body isn't on your plate after all? Beth Gibbons talks to the experts who are daring to blow the diet industry wide open
'So much of weight gain is not even about food,' says clinical hypnotherapist Lisa Jackson. 'I've been there myself. I tried every diet going and would lose the weight, then put it all back on the second I reverted back to my "normal" eating habits. It was only when I visited a hypnotherapist that I began to understand how my relationship with food affected my weight... Most diets promote an unhealthy obsession with food. They're about restricting yourself, setting yourself up for failure and beating yourself up when you do fail. My book teaches people to analyse the true reasons they eat too much. It encourages you to build a healthier relationship with food which is sustainable. It's a change for life... It's easier to hand over your credit-card details for another "miracle" diet than it is to address the reasons you can't trust yourself around food. I've never met a client whose weight issues were solely attributable to a love of chips or cake. In every case, there has always been an issue from the past (being bullied, parents showing love with food) or the present (using weight as a barrier to change, not feeling worthy enough to eat healthily) that has contributed to their being overweight... Whenever you feel the urge to eat outside a designated meal or snack time, ask yourself "What do I really need right now?" You might put money on the answer being "food" but, if you analyse your cravings, the answer is usually something entirely different: stimulation because you're bored, a hug because you're low or a nap because you're frazzled.'
Sainsbury's Magazine, March 2011
BOOK OF THE MONTH
Losing weight is about more than simply what you put in your mouth, which is why I love Lisa Jackson's new book Adore Yourself Slim. It combines a diet plan, hypnotherapy and exercise in a triple-pronged attack.
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Zest, June 2007
THE THERAPY Hypnotherapy
THE GUINEA PIG Tabitha McDonald, 29. She's been smoking for 15 years and gets through ten to 20 cigarettes a day.
WHAT DID IT INVOLVE? 'The session started with a 45-minute chat about what to expect and why I wanted to stop smoking. I explained that I wanted to quit for health reasons and that my main trigger is boredom - cigarette breaks punctuate my day and I consider my mid-morning and mid-afternoon cigarettes rewards for hard work. I also socialise with smokers a lot, which doesn't help. The hypnotherapist, Lisa Jackson, explained that hypnosis works by implanting suggestions into your unconscious mind that you no longer want to smoke. The session started as I expected, with Lisa telling me I was feeling deeply relaxed. I went into a trance and the next thing I recall is being counted out of my hypnotised state - quite spooky!'
DID IT WORK? 'Much to my surprise, it really did! Despite going on a group holiday with six smokers, I've managed not to smoke for a month. I did feel a little grouchy for the first few days, and I'm fidgeting a lot, but find that every time I think of having a cigarette, an image of a sad, old, wrinkly smoker pops into my mind - which must be down to the hypnosis!'
Women's Fitness, New Year 2011
DE-CLUTTER YOUR LIFE
Nix your negative thoughts
'It's estimated that we have 10,000 thoughts a day, many of which are negative and drag us down instead of inspiring us to achieve our goals,' says clinical hypnotherapist and author Lisa Jackson. 'Whenever your find yourself thinking an unhelpful thought, imagine a giant stop sign flipping up in front of you and someone shouting ''STOP!'' through a megaphone. Then replace that thought with a positive one and notice how different you feel.'
Women's Running, May 2011
MIND OVER MARATHON
Rhalou Allerhand enters a trance-like state of altered consciousness to ease her running fears
'I called upon the services of the inimitable Lisa Jackson, a clinical hypnotherapist who happens to be a keen ultra runner, too! I visited Lisa in her Croydon clinic and within half an hour felt a renewed lust for the sport before she'd even hypnotised me... I was sceptical to being with, but after my first session with Lisa, I promptly laced up my trainers, dashed out the door and ran all the way to work (12.5 miles no less)... By session two, I felt ready to conquer the world, so come race day, I'll surely be ready to take on 26.2 miles.'
Best, 12 May 2009
THE TREND: HYPNO-DIETING
WHO FOLLOWS IT? Lily Allen, Liz McClarnon, Courtney Love
Lily Allen credits hypnotherapy for dropping from a size 14 to a size 8, splashing out £300 per session at a Harley Street clinic. "After the hypnotism, I want to go to the gym every day, or I feel really bad," she says.
Former Atomic Kitten Liz McClarnon says hypnotherapy turned her off crisps and help her drop to a size 8/10: "I used to eat four packets a day. Now I feel I just don't want them," she explains.
And Courtney Love praised hypnotist Paul McKenna for helping her lose weight: "He's repsonsible for me staying so skinny. When I feel my resolve weaken, I see Paul for a hypnosis session."
VERDICT? "Hypnotherapy is effective here, but it does this by reinforcing changes you already want to make," says hypnotherapist Lisa Jackson. "The motivation to lose weight has to come from you."
Daily Express, 4 April 2011
Zest, May 2006
'I CURED MY DENTAL PHOBIA WITH HYPNOTHERAPY'
'I've been terrified of going to the dentist since I was a child, when a nurse held me down while I was having a filling,' says Tamsin Larcombe, 27. 'As an adult, I avoided going for years and eventually found one who offered intravenous sedation. But being heavily sedated to have a filling seemed ridiculous, so I decided to go for hypnotherapy. In the session, the therapist and I made a list of what I feared about it, starting from the least scary situation and working up to the worst. She then put me in a trance, described each situation to me and asked me to imagine myself feeling calm. When I was able to visualise the scenario without feeling fearful, we moved on to the next. I went to the dentist a week later and it was amazing. I had a filling with no sedation and I was finally able to control the fear.'
Tamsin visited Quiet Medicine Clinical Hypnotherapy in London (www.quiet-medicine.co.uk).
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