Written by Eugene Morgan During a hypnosis session, Milton Erickson often assists subjects in developing a learning set. He does this by redirecting the subjects to childhood events when everything was new and fresh. Childhood was a time of learning countless new things and new situations. As children we didn’t have preconceived ideas yet. […]
Year: 2010
Review on: Kindle
Written by Joseph Ramsey I got a 6” Kindle as a gift, with a leather cover, and have to say I’m enjoying it a lot. Mainly I use it to read the newspaper on the bus. It’s perfect for this. A number of newspapers are available for a monthly charge; I was reading the Wall Street […]
Ericksonian Fable: The Barks Behind The Tree
Written By Eugene Morgan The old man heard faint barks amidst the forest. He went into the forest to investigate. Where he heard the barks, nothing was there. So he left the forest, then later the barks started up again. He returned to the forest but found nothing. This time the old man stayed in […]
Creating Freedom In Our Lives
Written By Eugene Morgan Milton Erickson often tells stories to aid in helping his patients to make changes. Most of his stories are about accomplishing goals and overcoming obstacles. He wants his listeners to identify with a character, thus experiencing what the character is experiencing. In a way, Erickson is getting his listeners to create […]
Discovering Our Uniqueness
Written By Eugene Morgan “Every individual is unique… There are no duplicates.” (Milton Erickson) My Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines unique as “being the only one of its kind.” Can we imagine that there was never an “us” at beginning of human existence up into the day of our births and there will never be an […]
Another Fable: The Ugly Hog
Written by Eugene Morgan A group of Wild Boar hogs saw a Giant Forrest hog. One of the Wild boar hogs shouted, “What an eye soar! That overgrown hog has the ugliest face I have ever seen!” Another Wild Boar hog said, “His small eyes make his face look like that of a bat.” Still […]
Should You Trust Your Unconscious Mind?
Written By Eugene Morgan Trusting Your Unconscious When it comes to solving a problem you can’t solve consciously or going through life difficulties, trust your unconscious mind. When Dr. Erickson saw a patient he did not plan on how he would facilitate change in that person. He waited until the patient gave him some kind of […]
The Magic Lamp
Written by Eugene Morgan A distraught wolf was running through village after village looking to find someone to relieve him from pain. No one in the villages trusted the wolf enough to help him, not until he saw a crane with a long and thin beak. “I’ll pay you any amount if you take […]
Ericksonian Fable: The Domesticated Camel
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Domesticated Camel While traveling through a desert, an old man spotted a tamed camel. “My master abandoned me, “the camel cried, “I won’t survive the desert.” After hearing this the old man took his saddle off the camel he was riding on and placed it on the abandoned camel’s back. […]
What is the difference between Conscious and Unconscious?
Written by Eugene Morgan Zen Story A farmer was fortunate to have one horse, unlike most people in his village. One day the farmer’s horse ran away. Because it was a small village the news spread quickly about the runaway horse. One of the neighbors said to the farmer, “I am so sorry for […]
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